Jack Co. TX - Obit for Ettie Epps Cannon ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ Submitted by: Wanda Purcell April 24, 2002 ************************************************************************ Ettie Epps Cannon was born June 16, 1886 in Post Oak, Texas and departed this life July 13, 1955, in the Cheyenne hospital, after an illness of three days. She was 69 years and 27 days of age. On January 18, 1905, whe was united in marriage to John H. Cannon in Post Oak. To this union eleven children were born. In August, 1911, she moved with her family from Jacksboro, Texas, to a farm seven miles east of Sayre. For a number of years they lived in Sayre. Then in 1919 the family moved to Erick where they resided until moving to Roger Mills County in 1931, to the community where they have lived until the time of her passing. Grandma Cannon was a member of the Baptist church in Crawford, a good companion, mother, and neighbor. Last January she and her husband, John H. Cannon, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. One daughter preceded her in death. Survivors besides her husband include five daughters: Mrs. Audrey Zeeck, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Wilma Fitzgerald, Argile, Texas; Mrs. Lillian Fitzgerald, Miami, Florida; Mrs. Jeffie Fae Vordermark, Honolulu, T.H.; and Mrs. Jessie Mae Flori, Laredo, Texas; five sons, Ray and Johnnie, both of Crawford; W.A., Reydon; Herbert, Sayre; and Hubert, of Bloomfield, New Mexico. Other survivors are two sisters, Mr. Leona Coburn and Mrs. Wimmie Hood, both of Dallas, Texas; three brothers, Leroy Epps, Newport, Texas; Anderson Epps, of Jacksboro, Texas, and Otis Epps of Perryton; fifteen g5randchildren and four great grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at the Crawford school, with Rev. Sanford Cole and Rev. A.L. Martin officiating. Burial was in the Silent Home Cemetery, Roll, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Scroggins Funeral Home was in chage of arrangements. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK