Kaufman Co. TX - Obit for William B. Martin

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   Funeral  services  for  William  B. Martin, pioneer retired farmer and
   rancher,  who  died  Thursday, January 14, 1954 following a three week
   illness,  were  held  Sunday,  January 17, 1954 at 2 p.m. in the Sayre
   Methodist church with Rev. Roy Ward officiating.
   He  was born February 21, 1871 in Tennessee and was married to Lora K.
   Havely  at  Terrel,  Texas  October 29, 1897. They came to Oklahoma in
   1900  and  homesteaded in the Dempsey community near Grimes, Oklahoma.
   In 1948 he moved to Sayre when he has made his home.
   Survivors  include  his wife, Mrs. lora k. Martin of the home address;
   two daughters, Mrs. Duwart Johnson, Sweetwater and Mrs. Horace Graham,
   Sayre;   four   sons,  R.T.  (Rounder)  Sayre,  Marvin  H.,  Richmond,
   California,  W.T. "Bullie" of near Reydon, Junior, Sayre; two sisters,
   Mrs.  Mel  Holland,  Lone  Wolf,  Oklahoma, Mrs. Jencks Greer, Denver,
   Colorado;  four  brothers,  L.D. and John, Donna, Texas, Ben, Terrell,
   Texas, Don, Cheyenne.
   Commital  was  in  the  Dempsey cemetery, Dempsey, Roger Mills County,
   Oklahoma.
   Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK