Lula Maude Cofer Prestridge

© Cheyenne Star 1953

Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Mrs. A. C. Prestridge - - 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, Texas. 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 Kendall, Mrs. Prestridge cared for her six grandchildren.

Immediate survivors are her husband, Andy C. Prestridge; six grandchildren who are Florence Gray of Liberal, Kansas; Murel Adams of Fresno, California; Dorothy Summit of Elk City, Oklahoma; Louise Gretman of Canute, Oklahoma; Elwyn Kendall of Cheyenne, Oklahoma; and T-Sgt. James C. Kendall of Malabar, California; and their father and stepmother, 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 of Elk City, Oklahoma; Minnie Hammit of Ft. Sumner, New Mexico; May Cypher of Stead, New Mexico; Della Cooper of North, Oklahoma; and Mrs. McGuire of Oklahoma City.