Obit of Adams, Venita - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Rob A Walker 03 Jun 2021 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 ===================================================================== ::Red Hill Cemetery--Hammon OK The Cheyenne Star, Thursday, April 12, 1934, pg 1 Legionaries To Search For Missing Bodies Sunday April 15th LEGIONAIRS WILL CONDUCT SEARCH Five Persons Still Unaccounted For As Rescuers Search Washita Valley For Missing 12 BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND Local Legionarres(sic) To Help In Sys- tematic Search Of Entre(sic) Vali-(sic) ley, Sunday April 15th Although a diligent and continuous search has been going on for the past nine days, five of the missing bodies swept away in the flood of last week, are still unaccounted for. The 12 dead bodies that have been found are: Audrey Adams, age 10; Opal Adams, age 18; Lola Adams, age 5; Mrs. A. M. Adams, age 35; Edith Adoms,(sic) age 13; Mr. L. L. Fenters, age 35; Levi Fenters, age 18; Mrs. Lawrence Taylor; Lenora Taylor, age 9; Stella May Fenters, Lorena Bush, age 8; Mrs. Leo Bush. The missing are: Wilma Adams, age 6; Veleta Aams,(sic) age 1; Mary Agnes Fenders, age 12; (sic) L. L. Fenders; and Leo Bush. The Adams family resded(sic) four and a half miles west of Hammon and the Fenders family resided five miles east of Hammon. The flood which swept the Washita valley leaving in its wake a path of destruction, was caused by a 13-inch rain which fell in Cheyenne and vicnity(sic) on the evening of April 3, between the hour of 6 and 11, causing a 25-foot rise in the Washita river which swept its valley from Cheyenne east, causing greatest damage in the vicinity of Hammon where it spread about 2 o'clock in the morning. Mrs. Fenters was a daughter of Co. Commissioner and Mrs. J. J. Wilson. The entire family were lost in the flood. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html