Obit of Eakins, Larissa F. Frier - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 21 Aug 2005 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 ========================================================================== Surnames: Eakins, Frier, Hawkins Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6133 Services for Mrs. Larissa F. Eakins were conducted Sunday, July 8, 1951 at 2:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Hammon. Rev. W.L. Magar, pastor, and Rev. Frank L. Barnes, Leedey, were the officiating ministers. Casket bearers were J.B. Lamb, A.E. Creach, Dolph Luttrell, Clark Cordum, Albert Flynt and J.W. Walton. Burial was in Kiowa cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Larissa F. Frier was born August 31, 1854, near Corsicana, Texas, and departed this life July 6, 1951 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.G. Hawkins, at the age of 96 years 10 months and 6 days. She was married to Noah J. Eakins September 6, 1873, at Corsicana. To this union were born eight children, two of whom died in early maturity. She was also preceded in death by her husband, who passed away May 8, 1925. Mrs. Eakins with her family moved from Texas in 1896, and located in the Kiowa community, where she lived until the death of her husband, then she went to Tulsa, where she had made her home with her daughter ever since. She was converted at an early age and united with the Baptist church; at the time of her passing she was a member of the Hammon Baptist church. She was a faithful Christian, devoted mother, and a loyla friend. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Mrs. Eakins is survived by five sons and one daughter, namely, Thomas F., C Foalgate, Oklahoma; Gus and Fred Hammon, Oklahoma; Guy, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Zack, Portland, Oregon; Mrs. W.G. Hawkins; 18 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. The Hammon Advocate, Hammon, OK 14-Jun-1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html