Roger Mills Co. - Obit for Virgil Royce Lewis

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Obit for Virgil Royce Lewis

Virgil Royce Lewis, Durham, died suddenly of a heart attack on Thursday, 
July 11, 1968.

Funeral services were held Saturday July 13, at 2:00 p.m. in the Crawford 
auditorium with Rev. Carl Blackburn, Altus, officiating.

Born February 28, 1901 in Beuford, Ohio.  Mr. Lewis came to Durham with his 
parents and married Lennie L. Beach in Sayre on February 24, 1931.  He was a 
member of the Pentacostal church.

Survivors are his wife of the home; one son, Ray of Baytown, Texas; one daughter, 
Estela Lee Baker of Midwest City; two brothers, Albert of Durham and Carl of 
Oklahoma city; three sisters, Georgia Cockrell, Durham, Dora Timmons, Gould, and 
Lucille Link, Oklahoma City; five grandchildren.

Pall bearers were Coy Lacey, Jessie , Otto Ator, Ray Cole, Austin Davis, and 
Carl Kendall.

Interment was in the Silent Home Cemetery, Roll, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma with 
Scroggins and Son Funeral Home in charge.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK