Ellen F. Cree

Cheyenne Star

Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Funeral services for Mrs. T.B. Cree were held Sunday, May 24, 1959 in the Community Building at Reydon. Rev. Lynn Heard, Baptist pastor preached ther sermon. He was assisted in the services by Rev. W.S. Little, Methodist pastor.

Mrs. Cree died on May 21, 1959 in Erick where she and her husband had lived for the past three years. She was a pioneer of the Reydon community having resided in the community for a number of years.

Relatives attending the funeral services were a sister, Mrs. Maye Davis and a nephew, Ed Murphy of Tulsa, a granddaughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Sewell of Mt. View, California; nieces Sybil Webster and Evelyn Smith of Sapulpa; Gladys Wilson and Mrs. Walter Latham and husband of Bristow; Mrs. Roy Jones and husband of Abinathy, Texas, and a brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs Busge Cree of Springfield, Colorado.

Ellen F. was born June 18, 1880 at McCune, Kansas, Mrs. Cree was married August 4, 1905 at Mangum to Thomas B. Cree. A resident of Reydon until moving to Erick three years ago, she was a member of the First Baptist Church, Reydon.

Survivors are her husband of the home address; one daughtger, Mrs. Margaret McBee, Salinas, California; three sons, E.A. of Redwood City, California, John R. and Perry of Erick; six grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. J.E. Davis of Tulsa.

Committal was in the White Rose cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma with Fatheree-Albert funeral home in charge of arrangements.