Obit of Bessie Ruth Bailey (b400) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Wanda Purcell   <wpurc25758@aol.com> 25 Jan 2001  
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Surnames: Bailey, Allee, Orgain 

Funeral services for Bessie Ruth Bailey will be held Tuesday, Arpil 
14, 1987 at 2 p.m. in the Strong city Baptist Church with Rev. 
Milton Gage officiating. Burial will follow in the Red Hill 
Cemetery, Hammon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction 
of the Martin Funeral Home.

Bessie Ruth was born July 28, 1902 in the Kiowa Community to Frank 
and Nora Allee and died in the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oklahoma 
City, Oklahoma Saturday, April 11, 1987 at the age of 84.

She was raised in the Kiowa community where she attended school. She 
was married to Ocie Bailey on October 20, 1920 in Elk City. They 
lived in a half dugout one mile north of the Kiowa School. They 
later moved northeast of Hammon where they lived for some 23 years. 
In 1945 they moved to Strong City where they had lived since. She 
was a strong Chirsitan woman. She was a friend to everyone and 
always tried to help everyone. It was said by one of her doctors 
when she was in the hospital that "She was one of the last of the 
pioneer women." She had already purchased the seeds in preparation 
to plant her garden which brought her great pleasure to cook. She 
was a longtime member of the Strong City Baptist Church and a member 
of the Strong City Quilting Club.

Bessie is survived by one daughter, Veneta Mae Orgain, Strong City; 
one son, Ocie Franklin Bailey, Cheyenne; one brother, Bob Allee, Elk 
City; six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren,and one great 
great grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ocie Bailey, on Feburary 
21, 1987, and also by one brother.

Casket bearers Gary Scott, Wesley Harden, Clyde Bottom, Ivan Minor, 
Kenneth Hay, Andy Hall

Honorary Casket bearers Annie Allen, Louise Stamper, Ora Bell Leach, 
Carrie Scott, Alene Robinson, Alice Thomas and Bertha Scott
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