Obit of David, Willa Ruth - Cimarron County, Oklahoma

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::Willowbar Cemetery--Keyes OK

Willa Ruth David

KEYES, Okla. - Willa Ruth David, 95, a Cimarron County pioneer, died 
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1996, at Guymon.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Keyes United Methodist Church 
with the Rev. Del Watkins, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in 
Willowbar Cemetery by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors of Guymon.

Mrs. David was born in Montague County, Texas. She pioneered with her 
family to the Oklahoma Panhandle from Marathon, Texas, in 1914, and 
homesteaded northeast of what is now Keyes. She graduated from 
Panhandle Agricultural Institute at Goodwell in 1931. She taught in 
several country schools in Cimarron County.

She married Charles Franklin David in 1934 at Keyes. They farmed in 
the Keyes area. Her husband died in 1982. She also was preceded in 
death by two daughters, Vera Faye David and Myoma David, both in 
1945.

Survivors include two sons, Everett Neil David of Winlock, Wash., and 
C.F. David of Dumas, Texas; a sister, Lorena Harryman of Keyes; seven 
grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

A Willa David Memorial has been established for the OPSU Foundation. 
The donations will be designated to the Frank and Willa David 
Scholarship at the college. Memorials will be accepted at Henson-
Novak Funeral Home, Box 1306, Guymon, Okla. 73942.

Amarillo Globe 13 Dec 1996
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