Margarite Francis Baxter Lemon

Published in the Clinton (Custer), Oklahoma Newspaper - 17 August 1936

Submitted by: Norman Peter Daprato

Margarite Francis Baxter was born at Saltillo, Indiana, November 24, 1856, and passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe F. Gibson, in Clinton, Oklahoma, on August 13, 1936, at the age of 79 years, 8 months, and 19 days.

On October 26, 1886, she was married at Saltillo, Indiana, to A. D. Lemon, who preceded her in death four years. To this union were born 12 children, two of whom died in infancy, and a daughter in 1913. Four daughters and five sons remain.

Mr. and Mrs. Lemon moved from Indiana to Kansas, in the year 1882, where they resided until coming to Oklahoma in 1900. Nine years after moving to Cleo Springs, Oklahoma, they moved to Hennessey, where the greater part of their lives were spent. Mrs. Lemon moved to Clinton two years ago to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Gibson.

She became a Christian in her early teens and has lived a faithful and consistent Christian life; happy in the service she was able to render her children and her church and in anticipation of a happy home in eternity.

She leaves four daughters, Mrs. Evelyn McCormick, of Clinton; Mrs. W. Powell, of Enid; Mrs. Joe F. Gibson, of Clinton; and Mrs. W. C. Schwartz, of Manhattan, Kansas. Five sons, O. B. Lemon, of Coupeville, Washington; W. A., of Clinton; O. M., of Wichita, Kansas; J. B., of Hollywood, California; and Frank C., of Preston, Missouri. One sister, Mrs. Mayme France, of Mercedes, California; and four brothers, J. D. Baxter, of Ringwood, Oklahoma; S. N., of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma; G. O., of Blackwell, Oklahoma; and C. E., of Friant, California. Nine grand children and a host of friends who will miss her happy face in their midst.

Funeral services were conducted from the Brown Funeral Home at Enid, by her minister, E. F. Gassaway, of the First Christian Church, Clinton, Oklahoma. Burial was made in Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, under the direction of the Brown Funeral Home