Susie M. Cline Obituary (1912

Susie M. Cline, 100, longtime area resident, passed away Monday morning, December 31, 2012 at the Morton County Care Center, Elkhart, Kansas. Funeral services will be Friday, January 4th, 11:00 AM, at the Henson-Novak Funeral Chapel, 501 NW Fifth St, Guymon, with Rev. Tommy Hull, pastor of Texhoma Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow in Elmhurst Cemetery, Guymon. The second of ten James children born to Lizzie (Dickerson) and Charles James, Susie was born on November 8, 1912 in Alta Vista, Kansas. The James family lived south east of Hardesty and Susie graduated from Spearman High School. She was united in marriage to Rex Cline on December 21, 1935 in Guymon. The Clines lived in Guymon and Hitchland, Texas until moving to California in 1946. Rex and Susie owned rent houses and childcare in her home in Bell Gardens, California. During their years in California, the Clines always returned to Hitchland to harvest and help with the Bill Logsdon family and other Hitchland neighboring farms. Susie cooked for the farm hands and would help run the Hitchland grocery store. In 1975, Rex and Susie returned to the Panhandle and lived in Texhoma, Oklahoma to be near their daughter. Rex passed away in 1979 and Susie continued to be active in Texhoma. As a member of Texhoma Baptist Church, she enjoyed Bible studies and Sunday school. She was active in the Iris Garden Club, Calypso Women's group, and enjoyed traveling with close friends. Susie lived a century as a capable, independent and fine Christian example of a wife, mother, sister, grandmother and friend. Susie is survived by her daughter, Anita and husband Marvin Elliott of the Griggs community; two grandchildren, Carla Pugh of Texhoma and Billy Elliott of Stratford; four great grandchildren, Megan and husband Carlos Morales of Midland, TX; J.D. Pugh of Weatherford, OK; Ashley Elliott of Austin, TX and Heidi Elliott of Amarillo, TX. She is also survived by her one sister, Betty Gage of Palm Desert, CA and Charles James of Lincoln, CA; her last James cousin, Herman James of Hardesty and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rex Cline; an infant son, Allen Leon Cline; four sisters, Mildred Mara, Gladys Kumpe, Elise Roper, Jean Matheny; three brothers, Oren James, Raymond James and Claude James. Memorials may be given to the Iris Garden Club, c/o Barbara Burns, Rt 1, Texhoma, OK 73949 or the Texhoma Pride Committee, c/o Sheri Leach, Anchor D Bank, P.O. Box 649, Texhoma, OK 73949.