Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Ann Mae Johnson, 1907
17 April 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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JOHNSON, ANN MAE
(20 Nov 1907, Wednesday, Elk City Record, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
A SAD FUNERAL.
On November 13, I received a message by phone to come to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Johnson, 2 miles south of Canute, where their little 16 months
old daughter had died the day before.  The occasion of the call was to
preach the funeral of the unfortunate little one.
The cause of the death was a very sad one and come in this wise.  The
little girl was alone in the room with her 3 year old brother and was
playing with a newspaper, when, as it is supposed, she got too near the
stove and the paper became ignited.  The little brother gave the alarm and
before Mrs. Johnson arrived the little girl's clothing was aflame.  In
trying to save the little one Mrs. Johnson burned her hands severely.
This occurred Monday evening and the little girl died Tuesday morning. 
The grief stricken parents wired for Mrs. Johnson's parents and his sister
who live in Indian Territory but they received the message too late to
attend the funeral.  The funeral services were held at the home and the
burial was made in the neighboring graveyard.  And thus we go one by one. 
Elder David Utt.

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