Mayes County,OK - Obit: Mary E. McCleery
===============================================================
USGenWeb NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free
information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial
entities, as long as this message remains on all copied
material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any
format for profit or for presentation by other persons or
organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this
material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the
written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has
given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file
permanently for free access.

Submitted by: Nadine Chepeus on 10Sep2000
===============================================================

Mary E. M'Cleery Burial Rites Held

Services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth McCleery, 82, 25 South Pine at Pryor, who died
at her home Saturday morning May 26, following a long illness were held Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Assembly of God church with Rev. George Newby
pastor officiating.

Mrs. McCleery was born near Mena, Ark., and was married to Dr. John R. Beggs.
To this union three children were born. Dr. Beggs and one child died while the
family lived in Arkansas.

She moved to Oklahoma in 1906 and located at Coweta where she was married to
her second husband, Charles E. McCleery. They became the parents of six
children, three of whom are living. The McCleery family moved to Mayes county
and located near Salina in 1910 and then moved to the vicinity of Pryor.
McCleery died in Pryor.

Mrs. McCleery was a member of the Holiness church.

The survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Sarah Meberg; Enid; Mrs. Tina
McCarty and Mrs. Jessie Moore, both of Pryor; Mrs. Gladys Gordon, Kansas City,
Kans; two step-daughters, Mrs. Edna Henry, Greeley, Colo.; Mrs. Nola Alvis,
Ada; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Burns, Wetumka; Mrs. Sallie Harmon, Sand Springs;
26 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.

Interment was in Alberty cemetery under direction of Green funeral home of
Pryor.

Pryor Jeffersonian Thursday, May 31, 1956