Leon Co. TX - Obit for Lula Maude Cofer Prestridge (Mrs. A. C. Prestridge)
   
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   Funeral  services  for Mrs. A.C. Prestridge were held Wednesday at the
   Baptist  Church  in  Cheyenne  with Rev. Harry Comer in charge. He was
   assisted  by  Rev. Harry Stevens of Strong City. Mrs Prestridge passed
   away  Sunday  evening,  March  15,  1953, after a few days of critical
   illness.  Committal  was  in  the  Strong  City  cemetery,  under  the
   direction of the Scroggins Funeral Home of Cheyenne.
   Mrs.  Prestridge  came  to  Roger Mills County with her husband in the
   early  days and resided in the Strong City community until a few years
   ago when she moved to Cheyenne.
   Lula Maude Cofer was born February 10, 1876 in Leon county, Texas.
   On  February  8,  1894,  she was married to Andy C. Prestridge in Coke
   County,  Texaas.  To this union two children were born, Cletis Ivy and
   Larkin A., both of whom are deceased.
   After  the  death of her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Kdnall, Mrs. Prestridge
   cared  for her six grandchildren. Immediate survivors are her husband,
   Andy  C. Prestridge; six grandchildren who are Florence Gray, Liberal,
   Kansas;  Murel  Adams,  Fresno,  California; Dorothy Summit, Elk City,
   Oklahoma;  Louise Gretman, Canute, Oklahoma; Elwyn Kendall, Chedyenne,
   Oklahoma  and  T-Sgt.  James C. Kendall, Malbar, California; and their
   father  and  step-mother,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest Kendall of Torrance,
   California;  two  brothers,  Jim  Cofer  and Gus Cofer, both of Strong
   City;  and  five  sisters  who  are Nanie Grissom, Elk City, Oklahoma;
   Minnie  Hammit, Ft. Sumner, New Mexico; May Cypher, Stead, New Mexico;
   Della Cooper, North, Oklahoma and ____ McGuire, Oklahoma City.
   Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK