Obit of Fowler, Roy James (f460) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 11 Jul 2002 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: Fowler, Hart, Thompson, Daugherty, Hall Roy James Fowler was born at home on September 10, 1913, to Coral "Carl" Rue and Hettie Caroline Hart Fowler. After a lengthy illness, Roy died Sunday at the Elk City Nursing Center, at the age of 83 years. Services will be held 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Whinery-Savage chapel, officiated by Steve Lowrance, and assisted by Isaac Snow. Interment will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of Whinery-Savage Funeral Service. Roy's parents were born in Texas in the early 1980's. They moved from Young County, Texas, to the Sandstone community, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, where they homesteaded in 1900. Carl and Hettie Fowler had three children. Ruby H. Fowler Thompson and twin boys, Roy J. and Clarence R. Fowler. Roy attended Sandstone School and graduated from Herring High School in 1933. While attending high school, Roy and Clarence drove the school buses. On November 12, 1939, Roy married Ada Edna Daugherty, in the home of her parents, Robert Lee and Euna Edna Daugherty, who resided in the Merritt community. Roy and ada had two children, James L. Fowler and Carolyn Fowler Hall. Roy and Ada farmed and ranched north of Elk City in the Sandstone and Grandview Communities. Roy was a member of the Beckham County Farmer's Co-Op and assisted the U.S. Governent Soil Conservation in building the "Sandstone Watershed". Roy was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, and sister. Survivors include his wife Margie, one son James L. Fowler and wife, Beverly of Guymon, Oklahoma; one daughter, Carolyn F. Hall, of Elk City; his twin brother, Clarence R. Fowler and wife, Mary, of Elk City; four grandchildren; four foster grandchildren; two great grandchildren; seven foster great grandchildren; four stepdaughters; one stepson; 24 step grandchildren; 40 step great gbrandchildren; one step great great grandchild; and a host of relatives and friends. Memorial donationa may be made to the Roy J. Fowler Memorial Fund, C/O Bank of Western Oklahoma, P.O. Box 507, Elk City, Oklahoma 73648. The Elk City Daily News, Elk City, OK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html