Obit of Lee Binion (b550) - Rogers Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 30 Jul 2002 ===================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== Funeral services for Lee Binion will be conducted Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. from the Martin Funeral Home of Sayre with Rev. Tom Cooksey officiating. Burial wil follow in the Sayre-Doxey Cemetery, Sayre, Beckham County, Oklahoma under the direction of the Martin Funeral Home. Lee Binion was born March 21, 1900 near Crafton, Wise County, Texas to James Wiley and Laura Belle Sugg Binion and died Thursday at the age of 99. He married Grace Lee Reagan on December 21, 1919 in her parents home in Erick. They made their home in Erick and Sayre most of their lives. They operated th Hi-Glo Cafe in Sayre. Later they moved to Perryton, Texas then back to Sayre where he and Grace operated a small hamburger place. They retired in 1973. Le moved to the Hensley's Nursing Home shortly after his wife died. He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; two sons, Roy and Arlie "Doc", six brothers and one sister. Survivors include two daughters, Verla Grace Lieberman and her husband Norman of Joshua, Texas and Virgie Ruth Vermillion of Fairview, Montana; seven grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; one sister, Esther Burks of Oklahoma City; two sistes-in-law, Ernestine Binion of Sayre and Beatrice Binion of Wichita, Kansas; several cousins; many nieces and nephews and friends. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK