Beckham County, OK - Obits: William Davis Maddox, 1918
17 August 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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MADDOX, WILLIAM DAVIS
(31 Oct 1918, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
W. D. MADDOX DIES SUDDENLY
Last Monday, W. D. Maddox was enjoying dinner, having as guests, George
Gordon and Will Kincaid.  After all were through with the meal it was seen
there was something wrong with Mr. Maddox, as he was unable to move, and
it was soon discovered that he had had a stroke of paralysis.  He was
carried to the bed and doctors summoned, but there seemed to be nothing
that could be done, and he passed away that night at eleven o'clock.
The sudden taking of Mr. Maddox was a severe shock to all.  He was an
excellent citizen and neighbor, honest and upright among his fellowmen,
always ready to lend a helping hand, and was very hospitable, his friends,
always receiving a hearty welcome at his home.
William Davis Maddox was born in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, February 8th,
1857, and died near Elk City, October 28th, 1918.  He moved to Arkansas in
1871, and to Oklahoma in 1910.  He was a member of the Church of Christ
congregation and was an earnest christian man, devoted to church, home and
family.
A wife and six children are left to mourn his departure, four children
having preceeded him in death.  The children remaining are, Mrs. Otis Munn
and Lewis J. Maddox of Dilworth, Okla., Mrs. Willie Hall, of Guyman,
Okla., Miss Sillah and Wardie Maddox, at home, and a son, Harley, who is
in the service, Camp 5, C. C. L. & T. Co., Montesane, Wash.
His mother, who is up in the 80's lives at Magazine, Ark., with his
brother, T. J. Maddox.  A sister, Mrs. Riner, lives at Anadarko, Okla.,
while a brother, L. J. Maddox, familiarly called "Bob" Maddox, lives
southeast of Elk City.
At the time of writing this, funeral arrangements have not been made, as
they were trying to get into communication with the son in Washington.

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