Maysville News
June 22, 1933
DEAN
Pioneer citizen is claimed by death.
John W, DEAN passed away at his home south of Garvin Springs school house
at noon last Friday, at the ripe age of 86 years, death being directly due
to heart disease from which he had been afflicted since last
September.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. P.E. HIGH at the Antioch school building
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment was in Antioch cemetery, beside
the grave of his father, who died more than 30 years ago.
Mr. DEAN had lived in and near the Antioch community for 45 years, and a
large crowd of old friends and neighbors as well as a host of relatives were
in attendance at the funeral.
Surviving relatives are the aged wife, six sons, Joe, Lee, Mit, Ben, Homer
and Ellmer; two daughters, Mrs. P.A. MORING and Mrs. Dolly McGREGOR: thirty-five
grand-children and four great grand-children.
Mr. DEAN was a grand old man and during his long residence in the community
had won the friendship of hundreds who will mourn his passing.
He had been a member of the Methodist church for many years an met the end
with confidence that all was well.
John Wesley DEAN died June 16, 1933. Burial at Antioch cemetery, Garvin county,
OK, beside his father, who died some 30 years ago.
Submitted by Gayla Dean
[email protected]
July 11, 1935, Thursday
Dave WILLIS has installed a bubbling drinking fountain in his drug store.
April 9, 1936, Thursday
John UNDERWOOD dies of self inflicted wound-Funeral was Tuesday at Story. He was buried at Randolph Cemetery. He was 43 years old. He died at 6:45 a.m. Sunday at University Hospital from self inflicted wound of the neck Saturday. Despondent over continued ill health was said to be the cause of him taking his own life.
July 30, 1936, Thursday
Josh LEE wins Senate race by over 12,000
September 24, 1936
Ike BASS marries Charlen BASS - Kent MAYS
April 27, 1943
Lawrence Potts Kills Former Wife With a Shotgun
Tragedy Occurred Monday Night In Maysville
Tragedy again stocked in Maysville, Monday night, the victim this time being
Mrs. Sylvia POTTS, who was shot and killed by her former husband,
Lawrence POTTS, 37, from whom she had been divorced about two
months.
After the shooting, which occurred near the home of Mrs. J.H. MAYS about
8 o'clock, POTTS drove away in his car, presumably going to the home
of a brother to get more shells for his gun, which he did not get, then made
his way back to town on the road to a friend's to try to get the shells to
kill himself with he told the officers when they had literally treed him
in a pecan tree on the S.J. MAYS place west of town, where he gave
up and plunged to the ground, the fall knocking him out temporarily.
The trouble leading to the tragedy was not a recent date. After obtaining
a divorce Mrs. POTTS came to Maysville with her six children and secured
employment in Roy HARRIS' cafe, while POTTS worked on the railroad
and lived in the tenant house on the Calvin HORN place east of town.
He was discharged from the section fob that morning and spent the day in
town it was said.
Mrs. POTTS quit work at the cafe for the night about 8 o'clock and
walked toward her home in the Reubin COFFEY house in the west part
of town. POTTS, sitting in a car in front of the C.L. WILLIAMS
home, accosted her, according to his testimony. Refusing to go to the
car to see him, he said he went across the street to her and opened fire.
In all, three shots were fired, at least two of them being into her body.
She fell in the bar ditch near Mrs. MAYS' home and died instantly.
Night Marshal Bill ADAMS was the first officer to reach the scene
of the tragedy. POTTS already had driven away. Arousing Marshal
McKINNEY who was at home, and calling the sheriff's office soon a
posse of officers was on the trail of the man. When located in the tree he
readily gave up and admitted the shooting, Mr. ADAMS said.
POTTS was arraigned Wednesday morning on a charge of murder before
County Judge GARVIN, pleaded guilty, and was bound over to the district
court without bail.
Funeral services for Mrs. POTTS were held at the First Baptist church
Wednesday at 10:30, Rev. P.E. HIGH, conducting. Yeary & Vaughn
had charge of the funeral arrangements, taking the body to Pernell for
burial.
Besides the six children ranging in ages from 6 to 17, she is survived by
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.L. McCARTY of Whitebead, two brothers
and two or three sisters.
Researching Potts/McCarty Family is
Carolyn Byrum
Kay WREN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. MERRITT, was operated for appendicitis at the Lindsey-Johnson-Shirley clinic Monday night. Her condition was satisfactory following the operation. She is eight years old.
April 27, 1944
Potts Given Life For Wife Slaying
Lawrence POTTS, accused murderer of his wife in Maysville on the night
of December 6, 1943, entered a plea of guilty when his trial opened in district
court on April 17th. He was immediately sentenced to life imprisonment at
hard labor by Judge Ben T. WILLIAMS. POTTS had been in jail
since the fatal shooting of his wife, Sylvia POTTS, near the home
of Mrs. J.H. MAYS, where she was waylaid by her estranged husband
on her way home from work in a cafe. A large number of witnesses had been
called and preparation made for the trial, which ended abruptly by
the defendant's guilty plea.
Researching Potts/McCarty Family is
Carolyn Byrum
Former Maysville Girl Dies In California
Mrs. C.L. WILLIAMS reported Friday that she had received a message
that a niece, Mrs. Loreene SCOTT, a daughter of Dode
CROUCH, had died at Richmond, Calif. at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April
20. Burial was Monday, Mrs. SCOTT is survived by a husband and three
small sons. The family has lived in California the past three years.
Gene Wade Out For Sheriff Job
The first political announcement of the present campaign was brought in to
The News sanctum today, when Gene WADE, former Pauls Valley policeman,
walked in and placed his announcement for sheriff of Garvin county. Mr. WADE
served on the police force in the county seat for two years and had a
splendid record. He resigned to enter the sheriff's race. WADE was
born and reared in Pauls Valley and is well known over the county. he will
make a formal statement at a later date.
O.L. SHOEMAKE and wife and baby of McAlester stopped for a short visit with Mrs. SHOEMAKE'S grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan WEST, as they were on their way home from Oklahoma City, Thursday, where Mr. SHOEMAKE took his final for the army.
Mrs. Belle J. DICKERSON, 81 years old, passed away at her home in Wynnewood Saturday night. Mrs. DICKERSON was the wife of Rev. J.H. DICKERSON, Presbyterian minister, and the mother of Mrs. Guy MITCHELL.
Mrs. Will CLEVELAND of Duncan visited her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan WEST, Friday. It was their first visit together in 12 years.
Mrs. Frieda SANDER of Seiling, Okla. is a guest of her daughter, Mrs. C.J. ALLISON and family.
Maysville News
Thursday, June 14, 1951
Listed 4/23/98
Leonard CARROLL was called to Joplin, Mo., last Friday by the death of an aunt, Mrs. Henry ROLAND .He went by way of Ripley, OK and his mother, Mrs. George BRAKE accompanied him.
Barbara Sue, Jaylene and Leroy HALEY and Eddie Ray CARROLL who had been visiting their grandmother, returned to Maysville on the train. Hard to tell whether the HALEY children and Eddie Ray were happier to get home...or their mothers were to get the here.
Submitted by: Barbara Holland [email protected]
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