Obit of Elizabeth Beavin (b150) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 27 Jan 2001 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Beavin, Flemming, Gray, Johnson, VonBuskirk, Sizemore Elizabeth Beavin was born July 6, 1906 in Davenport, Iowa to Lenora and Herman Flemming and died August 31, 1993 in the Deaconess Hospital, Oklahoma City, at the age of 87. Elizabeth moved with her parents to Cheyenne, Oklahoma as a small child. She attended Southwestern State College and graduated from Northwest College in Alva. She returned to Cheyenne and taught school in Cheyenne and Clear Springs. Elizabeth married Paul J. Beavin on May 25, 1933 in Elk City, OK and made their home in Cheyenne where they owned and operated Beavin's Dry Goods and Tax Service. Although she retired in 1969, she continued to work in the Tax Office with her Daughter-in-law, Joyce and grandson, Jimmy. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her mother and step-father Lenora and V.K. Gray, husband, and 1 grandson. A Prayer Vigil will be held at the Cheyenne First Baptist Church, Today at 7:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m., Friday at the Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Sayre, Oklahoma with Reverend Stephen Cude, Celebrant. Graveside services will follow in the Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Okalhoma at 12 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service, Cheyenne. Survivors include 1 daughter and son-in-law, Paula and Phil Johnson of Yukon, Oklahoma; 3 sons and daughters-in-law, Austin and Mary Beavin Topeka, Kansas, Howard and Joyce Beavin of Cheyenne, Okalhoma, Jerry and Marty Beavin of Nacoma Park, Oklahoma; 2 sisters, Ida VonBuskirk of Medford, Oregon, Ellen Sizemore of Cordell, Oklahoma; 13 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. --------------------------------------------------------------------