Obit of Hills, Elvert Ray - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 9 Apr 2006 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 ========================================================================== ::Doxey Cemetery--Sayre Ok Surnames: Hills, Campbell, O'Neil, Burns, Davis, Hayes, Kile Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6731 E.R. HILLS DIES TUESDAY FROM SELF INFLICTED WOUNDS E.R. Hills who recently retired after conducting a grocery business in Cheyenne for twenty-five years, died Tuesday morning of this week from self-inflicted wounds. Mr. Hills was found dead in the garage at his home with a bullet wound through his heart. A coroner's jury rendered the verdict that he came to his death as the result of a self-inflicted wound. Ill health is attributed as the cause of Mr. Hills despondency. Mr. Hills, who was about 61 years of age, is survived by his wife, two daughters, Arlene O'Neal and Elverta Burns, all of Cheyenne, and one son, Bud Hills, of Florida. Mr. Hills was a member of the Masonic lodge, the Methodist churcfh and the American Legion of this city. No announcements has been made of funeral arrangements. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 24-Oct-1946 ========= Elvert Ray Hills, son of Alonzo Marion and Martha Ellen Hills, was born January 31, 1884 at Hatton, Ill., and departed this life October 22, 1946 at the age of 62 years, 8 months and 22 days. He was one of four children, two of whom died in infancy. With his parents he came to Oklahoma in 1896 and grew to manhood near Plymouth. He was a graduate of Kansas University and spent 10 years teaching in Kansas, California and Oklahoma. He was united in marriage to Lena Grace Campbell August 19th, 1914 at Osakee, Kansas. Four children were born to this union ---Arlene O'Neal, Cheyenne, Oklahoma; Marshall, who preceded him in death at the age of three years; Walden Hills of Miami, Florida; and Elverta Burns of Cheyenne, Oklahoma. He moved with his family from Sayre to Cheyenne in 1922. He operated a grocery and market until the summer of 1946 when he retired. He was a member of the Cheyenne Methodist Church. He was a Thirty-second degree mason, a veteran of World War I, member of the Campbell-Cross American Legion post. Those surviving him are his wife, Lena Grace Hills; daughter, Arlene O'Neal and son Walden Hills; daughter, Elverta Burns; one granddaughter, Lana Beth O'Neal, sister, Mrs. Ionia Davis; sons-in-law, Ed O'Neil, Bobbie Joe Burns; and one daughter-in-law, Georginia Hills; a brother-in-law C.S. Davis and tweo nieces and their families, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kile. Funeral services for Mr. Hills were conducted Friday afternoon at the Methodist Church in Cheyenne, with Rev. C.B. Reneau, pastor of the Baptist church preaching the sermon, Rev. Oden, pastor of thed Pentecostal Holiness church, assisted in the services. The Campbell-Cross American Legion Post of Cheyenne formed an honor guard. Burial was at the Doxey Cemetery near Sayre under the direction of the Tunnards Funeral home. The Masonic Lodge of Cheyenne performed the last rites at the graveside. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 31-Oct-1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html