Roger Mills Co. - Obit for John A. Anderson Submitted by: Wanda Purcell wpurc25758@aol.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Obit for John A. Anderson Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. for John A. Anderson, pioneer civic leader, at the First Baptist church, Sayre, Rev. R.F. Gates officiating. Mr. Anderson died Sunday, May 15, 1960 at Clinton hospital. He was born July 4, 1871 at Fort Gibson, Texas. He made the run in Cheyenne-Arapaho Country in 1892, homesteading southwest of Cheyenne, where he lived for many years before moving to Sayre. He and his father built the first post office in Cheyenne and he helped build the First Baptist church in Cheyenne, of which he was a charter member. When the new church at Cheyenne wad dedicated recently he was the only surviving charter member. He is survived by his wife, Lora Lee of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Virginia Chenette, Carlsbad, New Mexico, Mrs. Mae Perkins, Pueblo, Colorado, Mrs. Goldie Mobley, Durango, Colorado; two sons, Gibert of Nampa, Idaho, Jack of Winterhaven, California; one stepson, Leland Gibbons, San Antonio, Texas; nine grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren. Committal will be in Sayre-Doxey cemetery, Sayre, Beckham County, Oklahoma with arrangements by Scroggins funeral home. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok