Obit of Newman Baggett (b230) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Wanda Purcell   <wpurc25758@aol.com>  25 Jan 2001
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Surnames: Baggett, Rogers, Knight, McGowen, Burns 

Funeral services for Newman Baggett were held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. 
in the Martin Funeral Chapel with Bro. Albert C. Trent of Frederick, 
Okla. officiating. Burial followed in the Kiowa Cemetery, Roger 
Mills County, Oklahoma.

Mr. Baggett was fatally injured in a one car accident located 15 
miles east of Grants, New Mexico, Wednesday, June 22, 1978. He and 
his brother, Ted Baggett, were enroute home from attending the 
funeral services of a brother-in-law in Phoenix, Arizona.

Mr. Baggett was born in St. Augustine, Texas December 19, 1896, he 
was 80 years of age. His resident address was 411 W. Second St. He 
moved to Oklahoma Territory in 1900 settling in Ellis County and 
spent most of his life in western Okalhoma. He was married to 
Estella Rogers at Arapaho, Okla. on June 18, 1921 and she preceded 
him in death March 3, 1968.

Newman graduated from the Hammon High School in 1921 and attended 
Southwestern College at Weatherford acquiring his degree from 
Central State Unviersity at Edmond, Okla. He was a member of the 
Masonic Lodge and served his country during WW I overseas. He was a 
member of the retired teachers association and a lifetime member of 
the O.E.A. He taught school for 30 years retiring in 1961 when he 
moved to Elk City, where he has lived since.

Survivors include: 4 sons, Harold of Oklahoma City, OK, Clifford of 
Butler, Okla., Raymond of Vian, Okla., Floyd of Balko, Okla. Three 
sisters: Mrs. Eula Knight of Amarillo, Texas, Mrs. Lorene McGown of 
Hawaii, Mrs. Fern Burns of Garland, Texas. Four brothers: Ted of Elk 
City, Okla., Cecil of Sentinel, Okla., John of Modesto, California, 
and Bonda of Conroe, Texas. 12 grandchildren and 6 great 
grandchildren. Besides his wife he was preceded in death by one 
daughter. 
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