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Surnames: Garretson, Brice, Headrick, Williams, Barksdale
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The Ringling Eagle
Ringling, Jefferson County, Oklahoma
June 9, 1932
Mrs. J. T. Cecil
MRS. J. T. CECIL, pioneer citizen of Marietta, died at the home of her daughter, MRS. D.
R. GARRETSON in Ringling, May 30, 1932 at the age of 75 years 2 months. She had been in
declining health for more than a year, and was brought to Ringling several weeks ago.
Mrs. Cecil was born in Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri March 31, 1857. On October 9,
1871, she was married to J. T CECIL in Huntsville, Arkansas. Ten children were born to
this union, two of whom preceded their mother in death.
At the tender age of 15, she accepted the Christian faith and united with the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, remaining a true and devoted member of this church until death.
A short funeral service was held in the Garretson home in Ringling and in the afternoon,
the service was held from the Methodist church in Marietta with REV. T. A. FOWLER of
Ringling in charge. Interment followed in the Marietta cemetery.
She is survived by MRS. D. R. GARRETSON and MRS. S. A. BRICE of Ringling, MRS. S. F.
WILLIAMS of Ardmore, MRS. J. M. HEADRICK of Shattuck, MRS. J. T. BARKSDALE of Chico,
Texas, W. E. CECIL and GUS A. CECIL of Rush Springs, J. E. CECIL of Carnegie.