Obit of Franklin, Roy Thomas - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 15 May 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: Franklin, Bagget Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5934 HERRING MAN IS FROZEN TO DEATH Two Men Found n Highway 66. East of Sayre, Friday Morning Partially Frozen ONE DIED ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Other In Critical Condition In Sayre Hospital With Limbs Frozen; May Not Survive Roy Thomas Franklin of near Herring died Wednesday afternoon in a Sayre hospital and his brother, Bill Franklin, is in a serious condition in a Sayre Hospital as a result of freezng. Officers found the two men staggering along iHghway 66 a few miles east of Sayre, early last Friday morning when the weather was zero. Roy Thomas was found to have both his legs frozen to his knees while Bill had the heels and toes of both feet frozen. Roy and Bill Franklin are the brothers of Mrs. Gene Bagget of near Herring. They had been picking cotton in Texas and were returning to the home of Mrs. Bagget when they were overtaken by the severe cold wave that hit this country Thursday night. They were seen by a passing motorist staggering along the highway, and he reported this to a Sayre officer who went out and found that the men were practically frozen. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 20-Feb-1936 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html