Obit of Thompson, Joe - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 23 Oct 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: Thompson, Hanawalt Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6392 Many will be sad to learn of the death of Joe Thompson which occured at Elk City June 10, 1918. His remains were laid to rest June 12th at Elk City. He was 39 years old and a member of the Baptist church. Most of us first remember Joe as a fine, spirited young man living on a claim in our community at Roll. We always found him to be industrious, honest and upright in every particular with none of the waywardness of most young men. September 5, 1908 he was married to Lottie Hanawalt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hanawalt. Born to this union is one daughter who is now seven years old. Shortly after their marriage Joe went to work for Mr. W.M. Rice a contractor of Amarillo, Texas and worked for him continously until four years ago when he was seriously injured and permanently disabled by a falling elevator on a building he was working on at Corsacana, Texas. The accident seemed to have been caused by the carelessness of some of the other workmen thru no fault of Mr. Rice who has been a true friend to him. He was presented to a whell chair by his co workers and was able to sit in it most of the time. They lived at Roll thru the summer of 1916 moving from heretoElkCity. Joe's parents lived on a claim near Berlin in the early days but later moved to Florida. His last illness lasted about four weeks. Besides a wife and little daughter he leaves a mother, one brother, three sisters, besides other relatives and a host of friends to mourn his loss. Cheyenne News, Cheyenne, OK 30-Jun-1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html