Obit of Stout, Vera Izyal McElroy - Pontotoc County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 27 Jan 2008 Return to Pontotoc County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pontotoc/pontotoc.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Oklahoma Family Cemeteyr--Davidson OK Stout, Vera Izyal McElroy Vera Izyal McElroy Stout born Nov. 28, 1910 in Pocahontas, Arkansas, passed away. She will be buried in Davidson, at the Oklahoma Family Cemetery. Married on June 13, 1929 to Arthur Irvin in Grandfield, Oklahoma. She's lived in Allen since 1970. She is the mother of 7 children. She was a Christian wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and mentor to many orphans, prisoners, and needy. She lived her life for Christ and left a legacy to her family and friends. She was a farmer, rancher, gardener, cook, hospitality, counselor, missionary, disciplinarian, taxi, seamstress, manager and had the ability to make any situation an opportunity to tell souls about Christ. Through her, many people in the U. S. A. and abroad have heard God's word. She has fought the good fight, finished the course, and she has gone to her heavenly reward. She is preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Irvin, age 64; 4 children, Rose Marie (Margie), age 5, Roy Franklin age, 41, Ronnel Irvin (Ronnie), age 37, and Cloy Dean, age 57; and 2 grandchildren, Bradley Don Rogers, 28 and Melanie Stout, 3. She is survived by 5 children, Dewayne Faller (Dutch) of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Gwendolyn Sue and husband Jerry Edwards of Allen, OK; Patricia Kay and husband Otho Rogers of Melrose, New Mexico, foster daughter, Tina and Roger Cosby, Ada, OK. Also preceeding Izyal in death are her parents, W. F. McElroy and Viola Adams McElroy, two brothers, Lester McElroy and Vernon McElroy, one sister, Alpha McEfford; two half-brothers, Claud and Luke McElroy; 17 grandchildren, , Roy Kent Stout, Indianpolis, Indiana, Rebecca Muenchow, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Micki Qualls, Abilene, Texas, Tim Stout, Fayetteville, Arkansas; Diane Ponzio, Susie Adair, Weatherford, Texas, Marty Stout, Arlington; Michael Stout, Frederick, Oklahoma, Chasen Arthur Stout, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Mark Stout, Houston, Texas, Todd Stout, Plano, Texas; Tacy and Terry Olivo, Allen, Oklahoma, Tanya and Denise Smith, Cleveland, Oklahoma, Tonda Edwards, Fayetteville, Arkansas; Darren Cosby, Dallas, Texas and Keith Cosby, Ada. Published in The Oklahoman on 8/22/2005. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Pontotoc County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pontotoc/pontotoc.html