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May 11, 1992
Sapulpa Herald
Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma

GUNSHOT WOUND FATAL TO WOMAN

Sapulpa Police say a woman died at her residence Saturday from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A report indicated officers were dispatched to 518 N. Moccasin Place about 4 pm and found a body of Verma Marie Dobson, 69, in her bedroom with a gunshot wound to the head.

Dobson's stepfather, Cleo Barnes, 80, told police he heard a gunshot and found Dobson's body.

Barnes told officers Dobson had been in failing health for a number of years and had made "numerous" references to committing suicide recently, according to the report.

May 12, 1992
Sapulpa Herald

Verma Marie Dobson, 69, 518 N. Moccasin Pl., died Saturday at her home.

Funeral services are scheduled for 11 am Wednesday at First Nazarene church with the Rev. Curtis Martin officiating.

Burial will follow at Green Hills Memorial Gardens under the direction of Owen Funeral Home.

Mrs. Dobson was a lifelong Sapulpa resident. She married Bill Dobson on Jan. 24, 1940. She retired from Mercantile Bank in Tulsa, where she had been employed as a bookkeeper in 1971. She was a member of First Nazarene Church.

Mrs. Dobson was preceded in death by her husband in 1983.

Survivors include stepfather Cleo Smith of Sapulpa; daughters Sandra White of State Line, Nev., and Linda Sandlin; brothers Kenneth Davenport and Don Smith, both of Sapulpa; sisters Katharine Sawyer of Sapulpa and Dean Reynolds of Fort Worth, Texas; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

The family will headquarter at 518, N. Moccasin Pl.

May 13, 1992
Sapulpa Herald

VERMA DOBSON

Funeral services for Verma Marie Dobson were held today at First Nazarene Church with the Rev. Curtis Martin officiating.

Burial followed at Green Hills Memorial Gardens under the direction of Owen funeral Home.

Casketbearers were Leon Pritchard, Trey Pritchard, Kenny Davenport, Larry Sawyer, Keith Evans and Joe Don Charboneau.

Mrs. Dobson, a lifelong Sapulpa resident, died Saturday at her home.