Obit of Tom E. Swopes (s120) - Roger Mills County, OK Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 31 Aug 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Swopes, Craven, Selby Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5026 Funeral services for Tom E. Swopes were held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 11, 1992 in the Savage Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Gary Harber and Rev. Roy Rowlan, officiating. Burial follwed in Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City under the direction of Savage Funeral Home. Thomas Edwin Swopes was born September 30, 1904 in Chelsea, Oklahoma; the son of Henry H. and Edity May Cravens Swopes and died Debember 9, 1992 at Hensley Nursing Home in Sayre, Oklahoma at the age of 88. Tom attended schools in Tucumcari, New Mexico and at Midway. He married Mabel Elizabeth Selby on December 2, 1922 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Tom and Mabel celebrated their 70th wedding anniversay on December 2n, 1992 at their home at 609 N. Boone with family and friends. Until 1947, Mr. Swopes was a farmer. He later puchased the laundry in Durham, which he operated for five years. From 1955 until 1963, he and his wife moved to Elk City. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Reydon. Mr. Swopes' hobbies, reading, camping and traveling. He is survived by his wife Mabel, of Elk City; two sons Thomas Frailey Swopes of Norman and Edwin "Jack" ,Stinnett, Texas 14 grandchildren; 32 great grandchildren; 17 great great grandchildren. He was preceded by his parents, one daughter, eight brothers and sisters. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK