Obit of Clift, Gabriel B. - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 10 Sep 2006 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Dempsey Cemetery--Dempsey OK Surnames: Clift, Hanks, Knox, Brister, Coots Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6868 Gabriel B. Clift was born Feburary 1, 1870 at Marshfield, Mo. He was married to Nancy Coots June 1, 1890 and to this union 10 children were born. He and his family came to Roger Mills Ccounty in 1911 and have resided in this community since that time. Mr. Clift was preceded in death by his wife and 5 children. He passed to his reward January 18, 1948 after a lingering illness of about 4 years. He leaves to mourn his going two daughters, Mrs. Elssie Hanks of Lake View, Oregon; Mrs. Dorothy Knox of Oakdale, California; three sons, Burnice, Elston and Home Clift all of Reydon; one sister, Mrs. Harriett Brister of Los Angeles, California; one brother, Flake Clift of Lubbock, Texas, also 18 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren and many other relatives and a host of friends. Services were held Wednesday, January 21st, 1948 at 2 P.M. from the Community Building at Reydon, with Rev. Charlie Simpson of Shattuck officiating. The Fatheree Funeral home of Erick was in charge of funeral arrangements with interment in the Dempsey Cemetery, Dempsey, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 29-Jan-1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html