Roger Mills Co. - Obit for Henry Crockett Ely

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Obit for Henry Crockett Ely

Henry Crockett Ely, route 1, Sayre, died Tuesday, January 10, 1967 in the 
Hensley Nursing Home following an extended illness.  Serivces were held Friday 
at 2 p.m. in the Nazarene church with Rev. T.R. Louthan and Rev. Billy Covey 
officiating.

Born April 9, 1881 in Tennessee.  Mr. Ely was married to May Abney in Berea in 
1913.  They moved from Kentucky to the Doxey community in 1918 and to Cheyenne 
in 1927. He has been a member of the Nazarene church over 30 years.

Preceding him in death were his parents, wife in 1963, three brothers and four sisters.

Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Jane Schmidt, Sweetwater, Mrs. Frankie 
Tidwell, Grimes, Mrs. Deaton Williams, Sayre; two sons, Hiram of Cheyenne, 
Leonard of Colorado Springs, Colorado; 27 grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Dora 
Shannon, Bowling Green, Ky.

Interment in Dempsey cemetery, Dempsey, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok