Obit of Keith, John F - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 20 May 2007 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 ===================================================================== ::NOT LISTED Surnames: Keith Originally posted at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oklahoma.counties.rogermills/8326/mb.ashx A corner's jury returned a verdict of suicide in the death of John Keith, 55, farmer living in the Sweetwater community in southwestern Roger Mills county, found shot to death Wednesday morning at his home. The body of the middle aged farmer was found shortly before noon Wednesday 14, July, 1937 in a cellar near his farm home eight miles north and one-half mile east of Sweetwater, according to Roger Mills county authorities. A charge from a shotgun entered his head and was believed to have caused instantanous deaath. Mr. Keith had been a resident of the Sweetwater community for many years. No motive for the act was discovered, officials said. Erick Democat, Erick, OK 16-Jul-1937 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html