Roger Mills Co. - Obit for Gene Weeks

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Obit for Gene Weeks

Funeral services for Gene Weeks were held Sunday afternoon at the Crawford 
community building.  Rev. A.L. Martin gave the funeral sermon.  Committal was 
in the Silent Home Cemetery, Roll, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the 
direction of Scroggins Funeral Home of Cheyenne.

Gene Weeks was born April 2, 1908 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma the son of Billy and 
Ella Weeks, both of whome preceded him in death.  He departed this life April 
17, 1958 at Almagordo, New Mexico, just days after his 50th birthday. 

He was united in marriage to Lena Hay December 17, 1927 at Cheyenne.  To this 
union one daughter was born.

He united with the Baptist church at Breezy Meadow.

He lived in the Roll community all his life except the last few years when he
moved to Alamagordo because of his health.  He was a man of high principles and 
a friend to all who knew him.  He was a good huband and father and accomplished 
with satisfaction every task to which he laid his hand.  

He is survived by his wife, Lena, of Almagordo, New Mexico, his daughter: Miss 
Pauline Beebe of Phillips, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Ray Ballard of Rockyford, 
Colorado, and Mrs. Charlie Beall of Pond Creek, Oklahoma; two grandsons, Dennis 
and Dannie Beebe and a host of other relatives and friends.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok