Obit of James Earl "Jim" Sossamon (s255) - Roger Mills County, OK 28 Aug 2002
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Surnames: Sossamon, Swearingin, Hartley, Smith, Jeffers, McCain 

Originally posted at:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/4964

James Earl "Jim" Sossamon, 69, of Bakersfield, California formerly 
of Oazrk, died Saturday, July 24, 1993 in Ozark, after and extended 
illness.

Born March 22, 1924, in Ozark, he was the son of the lated James 
Rufus and Ola Swearingin Sossamon.  He was retired businessman, a 
veteran of the Army Air Force and a Baptist.

Sossamon was a past president of the Ozark Chamber of Commerce and a 
former member of Ozark Kiwanis Club, Ozark Lions Club and Ozark 
Rotary Club.  He was active in the Little League baseball program in 
San Dimas, California.

Survivors include his wife, Dona Lou Hartley Sossamon; one daughter, 
Barbara Smith of St. Joseph, Michigan; one son, David of Van Buren; 
five stepchildren; his step-mother, Lottie Sossamonj of Ozark; two 
sisters, Gelen Jeffers and Alma Ruth McCain, both of Ozark; two 
brothers, Bill and Jack Sossamon, both of Ozark; 17 grandchildren 
and six great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ozark Assembly of 
God Church, with Rev. Kemp Holden and Rev. Bill Calwell officiating.  
Burial was at Highland Cemetery, under the direction of Shaffer 
Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Gary and Larry Hood, and Greg, Jeff, Wayne and Bill 
Mac Sossamon.

Honorary pallbearers were Fritz Alston, Harley Jeffers, Clitton 
Mainard, Jim Mainard, Lonnie Turner, John Robison, Billy Trotter, 
Cas Wagner, Rick Doss, Bud Hawkins, Bill McCain, Al Torrea, James 
Nichols, Landy Doyel Sr., Jerry Hamel, Marshall Chrisman, Bryan Hood 
and Mike Womack.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 14-Oct-1993