Obit of Cole, Jennie Ruth (c400) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 22 Oct 2000 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Cole, Riley Services were held Monday, September 15, 1986, 2:00 p.m. for Jennie Ruth Cole in the Cheyenne First Baptist Church with Milton Gage and Ken Shiplett officiating. Interment was held at the Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, OK. Jennie Ruth Cole was born June 11, 1912 in Texas and passed away September 13, 1986 in the Roger Mills Memorial Hosptial, after an extended illness, at the age of 74 years 3 months and 2 days. Ruth the daughter of William Jessie and Idell Riley moved with her parents to Roger Mills County in 1928. On December 20, 1936 she married James Ira Cole in Durham, Okla., where they made their home until 1949 when they moved to the Dempsey Community. Later, in 1962 they moved to Cheyenne where they have made their home since that time. She was a member of the Cheyenne First Baptist Church were she had worked in the church nursery for 25 years. She had also babysat numerous other children around Roger Mills County. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and 2 brothers. She is survived by: 4 sisters, Lois Thomas of Cheyenne, Oklla; Hazel Malson of Durham, Okla., Alta Reed of Cleburne, TX; Gerri Saiz, of Farmington, NM; 2 brothers, H.D. Riley of Amarillo, TX; W.T. Riley of Dumas, TX. Also a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Pallbearers were: W.T. Riley, J.A. Woods, Melvin Summers, Leon Malson, Ronald Briggs, Harold Dee Riley. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html