Obit of Platts, Lula Pruitt - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 18 Sep 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 ========================================================================== Surnames: Platts, Pruitt, Garrison, Boswell Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6251 Lula Pruitt Platts was born May 5, 1874 at Pierce City, Missouri and quietly passed away at her home near Roll December 6, 1929. She was united in marriage to Joseph Platts December 21, 1894. To this union were born one daughter Bessie Garrison and two sons, Hugh of Shidler, Oklahoma, and Verne who still lived with his parents. Besides the husband and children she leaves to mourn her loss two grandchildren, Anna and Irene Garrison, one sister Mrs. Hattie Pruitt Boswell of Pierce City, Missouri, two brothers William Puritt of Gracemont, Oklahoma and Louis Pruitt of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1903 she came with her family to Oklahoma settling on the farm on which they had resided till death called her away. In early life she united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church of Pierced City, Missouri and lived a consistant Christian lifed, was aalways a kind and loving wife and mother, always thoughtful for thed comfort of others and to know her was to love her. She ran thed journey of life in a little more than 55 years. It was a path marked with love and kindness, flowers not thorns, sunshine not shadow, she scattered everywhere. Truth was the inspiration of her life and by kindness she exemplified its great worth. The floral offerings were beautiful tributes of love. A large assembly of friends was present at the funeral servicess which were conducted by Rev. C.E. Sheads of Cheyenne, December 7, 1929. She was tenderly laid to rest in the Silent Home Cemetery near Roll, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 12-Dec-1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html