Obit of Albright, Cleo Bowman - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 17 Jul 2005 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Albright, Bowman Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6042 Mrs. Robert Albright of Reydon was killed instantly late Saturday afternoon by a shot accidently discharged from a target in the hands of her husband. A group of young people were at the Albright home south of Reydon and were shooting at a post in the yard. The target which Mr. Albright used snapped and later he came into the house and started to hang the gun up on the wall, thinking it was empty, when he accidently discharged the gun and the shot struck Mrs. Albright in the throat killing her within three minues time. The shot struck the judular vein in her throat. Mrs. Albright was the 22 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ebe Bowman, known as Cleo. She is survived by her parents and three sisters, Virginia, Alice and Madeline, and two brothers, Bill and E.B. The accident occured about five o'clock Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman were notified immediately at their home northwest of Cheyenne. All roads were blocked with snow and Mr. and Mrs. Bowman rode horseback to Reydon. Last Sunday afternoon a group of volunteers from Reydon broke the road from Reydon to the Bowman home where the body was taken. Burial was in the Cheyenne Cemetery Wednesday afternoon. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 22-Feb-1940 ========= Surnames: Albright, Bowman, Malson Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6040 Cleo Ruth Bowman was born January 15, 1918, near Cheyenne, Oklahoma, Roger Mills county, and departed this life February 17, 1940 at Reydon, Oklahoma. She was married to Robert Albright August 10, 1936. She was converted and joined the Nazarene Church in 1934. One brother preceded her in death. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband Robert E. Albright, her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Ebe Bowman, together with their children, Mrs. Doyle Malson of Leedey, Oklahoma, Alice and Madaline, E.B. and Bill, all of Reydon, and uncles and aunts on both sides of the family. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 29-Feb-1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html