Obit of Nichols, Matilda Anne Benson - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 10 Jun 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 ===================================================================== ::Fairview Cemetery--Durham OK Surnames: Nichols, Benson, Cunningham, Bain, Thompson, Wells, Walters Originally posted at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oklahoma.counties.rogermills/8404/mb.ashx Matilda Anne Benson was born June 18th, 1855 in Page county, Iowa, and died in Elk City, Oklahoma May 14, 1925 aged 69 years, 10 months and 3 days. Funeral services were held in the First M.E. Church in Elk City on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. The church was beautifully decorated with many cut flowewrs in baskets, vases, etc, while the casket was covered with beautiful lillies and other lovely flowers while many floral offerings were banked around the casket, showing the love and respect in which Mrs. Nicholss and family were held by friends and relatives. Her daughter Mrs. Cunningham, being one of the High School teachers here the choir was composed of Prof. Steele and Mrs. Scott, of the school family. E.C. Wilson, clerk of the school board. Mrs. E.C. Willison and Mrs. Alice Blackburn representing the First Methodist Church with Miss Helen Blackburn as painist. "In the Garden" was sang by special request as this was the favorite son of Mrs. Nichols. The other songs were "Jesus Lover of My Soul," and "Rock of Ages." Rev. R.B. Gettys, the pastor, was in charge of the services, and read the 23rd Psalm, whcih was Mrs. Nichols favorite chapter in the Bible, after which he made a comforting prayer and address. After the services were concluded the body was taken to Fairview cemetery, Durham, Okla., for interment, accompanied by members of the family and Rev. Gettys. Matilda Anne Benson was married to Allen R. Nichols, in June 1877, he being a son of O. Nichols of Elk City. To this union was born six children, the oldest Mary Etta dying in infancy, the only boy, Martin Clark died in May 1922. Her husband died January 4th, 1908. The remaining four children: Mrs. Maud Bain, Wetumka, Okla.; Mrs. Estell Cunningham, Elk City; Mrs. Ruth Thompson, Norman, Okla.; Mrs. Laura Wells of Follett, Texas, are left to mourn her loss. She also leaves one brother, Rev. T.C. Benson, Anabeim, California, a niece, Mrs. Laura Walters, Weatherford, Okla.; seven grandchildren, one great grand child and many other relatives and a host of friends. She was converted when twenty years of age, joining the Friends Church. After marriage, she and her husband joined the First Methodist Church of which she was a member at Weatherford, Okla., at the time of her death. After marriage she and family lived in Missouri, then Illinois, later moving to Iowa, then in 1902 to Weatherford, Okla., which has been her home since, with the exception of six years spent on a farm near Durham, Okla. It was during this time that she loast her husband by death. She had spent several months with her daughter, Mrs. Cummingham. Elk Ciy Daily News, Elk City, OK 22-May-1925 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html