© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, January 3, 1940 Jonathan Ellswores Fast 1861 ~ 1939 Final Rites Held For J.E. Fast Friday Funeral services were held at the Methodist church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon for J.E. Fast who died at his home on North Broadway December 27. Rev. Edgar Jacks of Hominy, former Carnegie Baptist minister, conducted the service. Burial was made in the Carnegie cemetery under direction of the Pitcher Funeral Home. Mr. Fast, a resident of the Carnegie community since 1907, was 78 years of age at the time of his death. He was member of the First Baptist church of Carnegie, having joined the Cedar Dale church in 1917. Johnathan Ellswores Fast was born July 30,m 1861, at Coldwater, Mich. He married to Miss Roxie Anderson at Carnegie, November 26, 1916. Survivors besides the widow, a foster son, Robert Wise, a daughter, Mrs. Dave Cook and a grandson, Leslie Gregory, Wichita, Kansas; three sisters, Mrs. T.V. Griffeth, Arkansas City; Mrs. J.H. Hawkins, McAlister; Mrs. Cora Justice, Gutherie; and a brother, Wallace M. Tooman, Hydro. Those who attended the funeral from a distance include Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Cain and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wolfe and Mrs. T.V. Griffith and son of Arkansas City; Andrew Wolfe, Newkirk; I.C. Stanley, Yukon; and Mrs. J.B. Farley, Lawton. Jonathan Ellswores Fast July 30, 1861 ~ December 27, 1939 |
© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, January 14, 1953 Roxie O Anderson Fast 1884 ~ 1953 Mrs. Fast, 68, Dies Following Stroke; Rites Friday P.M. Mrs. Roxy Fast, 68, died at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday in the Carnegie hospital following a week;s illness. Mrs. Fast suffered a stroke at 6 p.m. Wednesday of last week on the street near her home on North Broadway. Her brother, Jeff Anderson, who lives nearby, came to her assistance and she was taken to the hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the First Baptist church with the pastor, Rev. Frank Elkins, officiating. He will be assisted by Rev. M.J. Kersten, Nazarene pastor. Arrangements are in charge of the Pitcher Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Carnegie cemetery. Roxy Anderson was born May 10, 1884, at Center, Ala. She came to Oklahoma in 1906 and located north of Alfalfa. She was married to J.E. Fast Nov. 26, 1916. Mr. Fast died Dec. 27, 1939. Mrs. Fast has made her home in Carnegie since 1938. She was a member of the Baptist church here. Survivors include a stepdaughter, Mrs. Goldie Cook, Wichita, Kan.; a foster son, Robert Wise, Fredericktown, Mo.; five sisters, Mrs. A.E. Anthony, Anadarko; Mrs. Asilee Burge, Shawnee; Mrs. Stella Burge, Carnegie; Mrs. Nettie J Pritchard, Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Cyntha Martin, Lawton, and four brothers, William A. Anderson, Merced, Calif.; Jeff and Joe of this place, and Ed Anderson of Oklahoma City. Also surviving is one grandson. Roxie O Anderson Fast May 10, 1884 ~ June 21, 1953 |
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