526 Obit of Dodson, Edna E. Dawkins (d325) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 26 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: Dodson, Dawkins Funeral services were held for Edna E. Dodson, age 73 Friday, August 19, at 2:00 p.m. in the Cheyenne First Baptist Church. Officiating was Aubrey Cowan and Raymond Sahey (Mrs. Dodson's nephew). Edna was born November 25, 1909 to Edna E. and J.M. Dawkins in the Needmore Community south of Cheyenne, Okla., and passed away August 16, in the Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston, Texas. In 1926 she married Orville Dodson. To this union one daughter, Mercydee was born. Orville preceded her in death on October of 1927. She continue living in the Needmore Community until 1937 when she and Mercydee moved to Cheyenne. Edna was employed by the Dept. of Agriculture in the ASCA office until her retirement in 1972. Mrs. Dodson was a long time member of the First Baptist Church of Cheyenne, where she was active in Sunday School and church. In June of 1982 she moved to Houston to be with her daughter and son-in-law. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Orville, 4 sisters and 2 brothers. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Mercydee and Frank Tyson of Houston, Texas; 1 sister, Alva Ward of Cheyenne, Okla. and 2 brothers, Irvin Dawkins of Sayre, OK and Guy Dawkins of Oklahoma City, OK. Interment was in the Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, OK under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Cheyenne. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html