Obit of Tracy, John B. - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 19 Jun 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: Tracy, Moore, Stout, Whittington, Sary, Ballard Originally Posted At: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6046 Funeral services for John B. Tracy, county pioneer, will be held at the Methodist church in Cheyenne Thursday afternoon, March 7, 1940 at 2:30 p.m. Mr. Tracy passed away at the home of his son, Elbert Tracy, who resides northwest of Cheyenne, on Tuesday afternoon March 5, 1940. He had not been ill, and passed away as he sat in his chair reading. Survivors are two sons and two daughters who are: Elbert Tracy, Cheyenne; Dan Tracy, Orange, Texas, Mrs. Welton Moore, Erick; and Mrs Lola Stout, Pawnee, Oklahoma. Mr. Tracy was surveyor of Roger Mills county at the time of his death, a position he had had for a number of years. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 7-Mar-1940 ========= ATTENDING FUNERAL OF KINSMAN Among those from a distance in Cheyenne last Thursday to attend the funeral of John B. Tracy were: Judge D.W. Tracy, wife and daughter, Judge and Mrs. Cornellson, of Sayre. Mr. Tracy was a brother of the deceased. A daughter, Mrs. Welton Moore, of Erick, who teaches at the Berlin school in Roger Mills county. A grand daughter, Miss Kathleen Moore, a teacher at Heatley in Beckham county. A daughter, Mrs. Lola Stout, a teacher in the high school at Pawnee, Oklahoma. A nephew, Henry Tracy and wife, of Tuttle, Oklahoma. A niece, Mrs. J.B. Whittington and family of Oklahoma City and Miss Frances Tracy, daughter of E.B. Tracy of Cheyenne, Mrs. Whittington was formerly Miss Ruth Tracy of Cheyenne. A nephew, Judge Sary and family and another nephew, all of Pampa, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Oral Ballard of Snyder, Oklahoma. Mrs. Ballard is a sister of Mrs. Elbert Tracy. Dr. Gilbert Tracy, a grandson, of Erick, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 14-Mar-1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html