Obit of Viola V. Benton (b535) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 27 Jan 2001 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: Benton, Cotton, Sites, Pope Viola V. Benton, 84, of Sweetwater, died Wednesday at the Sayre Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Saturday in the first Buffalo Baptist Church with Dennis Surber officiating. Burial followed in the Brookside Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of Rose Chapel of Sayre. Mrs. Benton, daughter of Columbus and Martha Cotton, was born January 14, 1903 in Marshall, Ark. She moved with her parents to Sayre as a child. She married Willard E. Benton September 25, 1920 in Sayre. They moved to a farm north of Cotton's store in 1931. In 1945 they moved north of Buffalo. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Buffalo. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and two brothers. Survivors are: one daughter, Betty Sites of Sweetwater; two sons, Buddy Benton, Spearman, TX., Alan Benton, Modesto, Calif.; 7 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Ernest Cotton, Sarasota, FL., Van Cotton, Sweetwater, one sister, Jenevive Pope, Sweetwater. (Published in the Cheyenne Star June 4, 1987) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html