Sallie M. Berry

1877 - 1942  (65 years)

• Name	Sallie M. Berry
  Birth	20 Mar 1877	Flatwoods, Braxton Co., WV   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	31 Mar 1942	Faxon, Comanche Co., OK   [2, 3]
  	Cause: blood clot
  Burial	2 Apr 1942	Faxon Cemetery, Faxon, Comanche Co., OK   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I26668	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family	William Oren Morrison,   b. 25 Nov 1876, Sutton, Braxton Co., WV d. 10 Jan 1951, Lawton, Comanche Co., OK (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	12 May 1898	Flatwoods, Braxton Co., WV   [2, 3, 4]
  Children	1. Wilbur O. Morrison,   b. Jul 1899, WV d. Yes, date unknown   2. Spurgeon Morrison   3. John L. Morrison   4. Jim Morrison   5. Opal Morrison   6. Ruby Morrison   7. Helen Morrison
  Family ID	F2664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  The Lawton News-Review, Lawton, OK, Thursday, 2 Apr 1942, p. 5, col. 2 https://www.newspapers.com/article/lawton-news-review-obituary-for-sallie-m/180603429/ Prominent Faxon Woman Is Buried Mrs. Sallie Morrison Dies Tuesday Night Services for Mrs. Sallie Morrison, 65, wife of W. O. Morrison, and prominent resident of Faxon, who died at 9:30 p. m. Tuesday at her home south of Faxon, were held at 2 p. m. Thursday in the Faxon high school auditorium. The Rev. Oren C. Reid, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Lawton, conducted the services. Burial was in the Faxon cemetery under direction of the Ritter funeral home. Mrs. Morrison fell in her home a week ago and fractured her right foot. It is believed a blood clot caused her death. Born in Flatwood, W. V., March 20, 1877, she was married there May 12, 1898. They moved to Faxon in 1914. She was a lifelong member of the Baptist church and was a member of the church at Faxon. She was a member of the Eastern Star lodge at Chattanooga, and the Royal Neighbors at Lawton. In addition to her husband survivors include four sons, Wilbur, Faxon; Spurgeon, Tulsa; John L., Norman; Jim, Browning, Okla.; three daughters, Mrs. Opal Putney, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Ruby Reed, Temple, Mrs. Helen Sample, Mayesville, Okla.; four sisters, Mrs. B. W. Fitzpatrick, Chickasha; Mrs. Ollie Hoard, Mrs. Minerva Kanuck and Mrs. Ava Squires, all of West Virginia; two brothers, George Berry, and Lum Berry, both of West Virginia, and 12 grandchildren.

  
  

• Sources

  [S158] Federal Census Record: Braxton Co., WV 1900. [S2412] Oklahoma. Lawton., The Lawton News-Review (Lawton, OK), "Prominent Faxon Woman Is Buried," 2 Apr 1942, p. 5, col. 2; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 7 Sep 2025). (Reliability: 3). [S2412] Oklahoma. Lawton., The Lawton News-Review (Lawton, OK), "Funeral Rites," 11 Jan 1951, p. 4, col. 3; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 7 Sep 2025). (Reliability: 3). [S1256] West Virginia. Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register, 3: 461, Morrison-Berry, 1898; accessed 7 Sep 2025. (Reliability: 3).