Obit of Audrey Irene Blurton (b463) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 11 Apr 2003 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ==================================================================== 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ==================================================================== Surnames: Blurton, Merritt, Self, Young, Coryell, Lyde, McDonald Originally at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5368 Message Board Post: Graveside services for Mrs. Audrey Irene Blurton, 81, Bethany resident were held at 10:00 a.m., April 1, 2003, Tuesday in the Silent Home Cemetery, Roll, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma officiated by Mr. Patrick Peters and under the direction of the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home. Audrey Irene Merritt Blurton was born June 26, 1921 to Joseph Henry Merritt and Julia Self Merritt in Roll, Oklahoma and passed away early Saturday morning, March 29, 2003 in the Winsor Hills Nursing Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mrs. Blurton was raised in the Roll community and graduated from Crawford High School in 1938. She married Mr. Rolly Blurton on December 20, 1941 in Sayre, Oklahoma. They made their home in Cheyenne and Crawford Community until they moved to Hobart in 1953. The Blurton's then moved to Oklahoma City in 1962 and she was employed with the John A. Brown Stores. She also worked for a Petroleum Company as an accountant until her retirement in 1985. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters, Naomi Young and Maggie Coryell and three brothers, W.D. Merritt, Joe Merritt and Ken Merritt. She is a member of the Church of Christ, she and her husband loved to travel as long as their health permitted. She is survived by a daughter, Judy Lyle, Oklahoma City and a son, Ronnie lurton and his wife, Dianna, Austin, Texas and three grandchildren, Greg Lyde, Wichita, Kansas, Molly McDonald and husband Bobby Ray, Warner Robins, Georgia and Randy Blurton, Ft. Worth, Texas and two great grandchildren, Grant Lyde, Andover, Kansas and Heath McDonald, Warner Robbins, Georgia. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 10-Apr-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html