Obit of Kendall, Nancy Elizabeth (Harper) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: LuAnn Smith 21 Aug 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 ========================================================================== Nancy Elizabeth (Harper) Kendall Nancy Elizabeth Harper was born July 1, 1873 in Corsicana, Texas. She died November 28, 1963. She was married to John Hiram Kendall November 5, 1889 at Corsicana. To this union was born 8 children. She and her husband came to Oklahoma territory in 1901 to what was known as Custer Bend community, and later moved to Cheyenne. In 1912 they returned to their old home place which was the Strong City community where she lived until she went to make her home with her youngest daughter and son-in-law in Kingfisher. She and her husband helped to organize the Custer Bend Baptist Church, one of the first churches organized in Oklahoma Territory, which later became the Strong City Baptist Church. She was the only surviving Charter member. She was always faithful in the Lord's work and willing and ready to help anyone in need. She was currently a member of the First Baptist Church at Kingfisher. She was preceded in death by her husband, a son John Floyd Kendall and a daughter, Lillie West. She is survived by one son Ray Kendall of Oklahoma City, 5 daughters, Mrs. Jessie K. Cross, Houston, Texas; Mrs. Mammie K. Warren, Norman; Mrs. Frede Cobb, Oklahoma City; Mrs Hugh Jobe, Maysville, Arkansas; Mrs. C.E. Pyatt, Kingfisher, 13 grand children, 24 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great- grandchild and a host of other relatives and friends. Burial Strong City cemetery, Strong City, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html