Obit of Vera Evans Erwin (e650) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 17 Nov 2000 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ==================================================================== Surnames: Erwin, Evans Vera Evans Erwin was born October 23, 1920 in Port, Oklahoma to Eula and Harrison Evans. She passed away November 13, 2000 in the Elk City Nursing Home at the age of 90 years and 20 days. When Vera was one year old she moved with her parents to Mexico, near House. Due to her father's ill health, they moved back to Oklahoma when she was six, living near Port until she was eleven when the family moved to Cheyenne, Oklahoma where she spent her childhood. She graduated from Herring High School in May of 1930. After graduation she continued to live with her parents and helped operate the farm. In 1949 she moved with her parents to Reydon, Oklahoma where she met and married Cecil "Shorty" Erwin at Wheeler, Texas on April 23, 1951. They lived on the farm east of Reydon until 1966 when they moved to Sayre, Oklahoma. Cecil passed away in 1979. Vera continued living in Sayre until 1981 when she moved to Elk City to be near her family. Sue to failing health Vera moved to the Merrit community where she lived with her niece, Vickie Branham and her children Cody and Casie, who she thought of as a daughter and grandchildren. She was a member of the 2nd and Adams Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, tow sisters and two brothers. Her survivors include on sister, Allene Campbell, Cheyenne, Oklahoma; one sister-in-law, Florence Evans of Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma; a host of nieces and nephews, and other relatives and friends. Services will be held Thursday, November 16, 2000 at 10:00 a.m. at Second and Adams Church of Christ, Elk City, officiated by Tom Harguess. Burial will be at Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, OK under the direction of Whinery-Savage Funeral Service. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html