Obit of Effie C. Bessire (b260) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 16 Aug 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: Bessire, Bird, Milner, Hickey, Baker, Scrivner, Good, Aragon, Sadler Effie C. Bessire was born November 1, 1906 in Rockhill, Texas to Annie and Daniel Washington Bird. She passed away August 3, 2001 in Roger Mills Memorial Hospital in Cheyenne, Oklahoma at the age of 94 years 9 months and 2 days. She was married to Eddie Louie Bessire at Reydon, Oklahoma on November 5, 1944. She was a Housewife and she wa a member of the Reydon First Baptist Church. Effie loved her Lord and joined the Baptist Church at an early age. She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands and 1 son, Arnold Leroy Milner. When Effice was a young lady her family moved to Wheeler County, Texas and later to Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. She had four brothers, Everett, Orile, Lorell and D.W., four sisters, Clara Bell Hickey, Lorene Hickey, Juretta Baker and Anna Lou Scrivner. On December 17, 1927 she married T. R. Milner at Wheeler, Texas. Ted passed away April 21, 1937. They had one son, Arnold Leroy, who was born June 6, 1929 and passed away November 6, 1992. Effie and Eddie Bessire where married November 5, 1944. They made their home in Reydon where they owned an operated the Bessire Grocery Store; they also purchased cream and eggs from local customers. Sometime after they closed the store, they began working at the Reydon School as Custodians. Then Eddie drove a bus and Effie cooked at the lunchroom. For many years, Effie took care of teacher's children. She dearly loved everyone of them and they returned her love by keeping in touch with her long after they were grown. She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Leatrice Milner of Grants, NM; three sisters, Lorene Hickey of Bakersfield, CA, Juretta and Roy Baker of Denver, CO, Anna Lou and John Scrivner of Reydon, OK; one brother, D.W. and Jean Bird of Albuquerque, NM; three grandchildren, Cheryl and John Good of Weatherford, TX, Jana and Gene Aragon of Grants, NM, Keith and Lynn Milner of Las Vegas, NV; five great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren and numerous nieces, and nephews. A loving nephew, Lynn Hickey, special friends, Claude and Georgia Sadler, and a host of other relatives and friends. Services were held Monday August 6, 2001 at 10:30 AM at Reydon First Baptist Church, officiated by Jim Gibhart. Burial will be at White Rose Cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service. --------------------------------------------------------------------