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Salt Fork Valley News
Tonkawa , Oklahoma
February 08, 1901

Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

Death of Mrs. Sarah Parsons

Mrs. Sarah Parsons, the aged mother of Mrs. J. M. Cockrell, died at the home of the latter in east Tonkawa Monday morning in her 77th year. She had been here only since November, having come to spend the winter with her daughter and family.
Four of her sons from a distance attended the funeral; M. W. Parsons, Harper, Kansas; J. V. Parsons, Montgomery City, Mo., T. J. Parsons, Liberal, Kansas, J. F. Parsons, Nowater, Indian Territory.
The funeral services were conducted Wednesday, at the M. E. church, by Rev. Kleinstiber.
The News extends sympathy to the bereaved family.