Eddy Co. NM & Jackson Co. OK - OBITS:  Mary Belle (Varnell) Rollins

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Submitted by:  patti pennington <patti_p_99@yahoo.com>
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The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - January 5, 2000

ROLLINS
Graveside services were January 4 at City Cemetery in 
Altus, Okla., for former Artesia resident Mary Belle Rollins
of Altus.  Rollins, 99, died at her home on December 29.  She
was born on September 23, 1900 in Waxahachie, Texas, to William
McFielden Varnell and Olive Stephen Cook Varnell.  In 1910, 
together with her family, Rollins moved by wagon to the
Oklahoma terrority, where they settled near Altus.  She married
Erbon Oliver Rollins on February 5, 1920. He died in 1954.  She 
moved to Artesia where she lived until December 1999.  She was
a baptist and active in Eastern Star.  In addition to her parents
and husband, she was preceded in death by her brother, Wornie
Varnell; sister-in-law Vollie Varnell; and son-in-law John C. Ward.
She is survived by her daughter, Erbalene Rollins Ward of
Artesia; brother Judson Varnell of Tulsa, Okla.; a grandson;
two great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.