Argus Rosson, 71, of Star Route 1, Ozark, died Monday at Veterans hospital in Fayetteville of injuries sustained August 15 in a two-car accident near Ozark. He was a life-long resident of Franklin county.
Mr. Rosson was born November 19, 1896, the son of Jasper and Ollie Mae Barnett Rosson. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, Eva; three daughters, Edith Lee Otis of Oklahoma City and Norma Sue Pate and Ada May Simpson, both of Durant, Okla.; three sons, Franklin D. of Ozark, William A. of Antlers, Okla., and Douglas of Oklahoma City; three sisters, Irene Campbell of Tulsa, Bonita Hobby of Ozark and Julia Hill of Webb City; 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Burial will be at Rankin cemetery
Source: from the Spectator
Find A Grave contributor David McClellan
I spent some time with Argus and Eva at their home in Ozark, Arkansas. Their house was way back in the woods and six miles from town. That Christmas we had dinner with his sister and her husband, Bonita and George Hobby, who lived just up the road. My memory of this 1963 Christmas being that I received one gift, a pack of cigarettes.
While I was there Argus showed me how to use dynamite, how and when to plant certain vegetables, and many things a city boy doesn't get the chance to learn.
Argus told me of the time he spent as a young man cutting out railroad ties with an axe, hitching them to a team of horses, and dragging them many miles to the railroad warehouse where he was paid him 11 cents apiece. He would take 10 at a time and was paid $1.10. He was a farmer first but when times were hard and the family needed cash money; Argus would travel to different states finding work. He worked in Florida picking fruit and in Kansas in the wheat fields.
In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Argus worked at Kerr's Department Store in downtown Oklahoma City. His title was Turnkey which was similar to a night watchman. He walked a floor and seeing that everything was in order, turned a key at a switch which relayed a message that every thing was fine. He then went on to another floor and repeated the process. He was a kind, hard working man.
Mr. Rosson was born November 19, 1896, the son of Jasper and Ollie Mae Barnett Rosson. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, Eva; three daughters, Edith Lee Otis of Oklahoma City and Norma Sue Pate and Ada May Simpson, both of Durant, Okla.; three sons, Franklin D. of Ozark, William A. of Antlers, Okla., and Douglas of Oklahoma City; three sisters, Irene Campbell of Tulsa, Bonita Hobby of Ozark and Julia Hill of Webb City; 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Burial will be at Rankin cemetery
Source: from the Spectator
Find A Grave contributor David McClellan
I spent some time with Argus and Eva at their home in Ozark, Arkansas. Their house was way back in the woods and six miles from town. That Christmas we had dinner with his sister and her husband, Bonita and George Hobby, who lived just up the road. My memory of this 1963 Christmas being that I received one gift, a pack of cigarettes.
While I was there Argus showed me how to use dynamite, how and when to plant certain vegetables, and many things a city boy doesn't get the chance to learn.
Argus told me of the time he spent as a young man cutting out railroad ties with an axe, hitching them to a team of horses, and dragging them many miles to the railroad warehouse where he was paid him 11 cents apiece. He would take 10 at a time and was paid $1.10. He was a farmer first but when times were hard and the family needed cash money; Argus would travel to different states finding work. He worked in Florida picking fruit and in Kansas in the wheat fields.
In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Argus worked at Kerr's Department Store in downtown Oklahoma City. His title was Turnkey which was similar to a night watchman. He walked a floor and seeing that everything was in order, turned a key at a switch which relayed a message that every thing was fine. He then went on to another floor and repeated the process. He was a kind, hard working man.
Argus Rosson, 71, of Star Route 1, Ozark, died Monday at Veterans hospital in Fayetteville of injuries sustained August 15 in a two-car accident near Ozark. He was a life-long resident of Franklin county.
Mr. Rosson was born November 19, 1896, the son of Jasper and Ollie Mae Barnett Rosson. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, Eva; three daughters, Edith Lee Otis of Oklahoma City and Norma Sue Pate and Ada May Simpson, both of Durant, Okla.; three sons, Franklin D. of Ozark, William A. of Antlers, Okla., and Douglas of Oklahoma City; three sisters, Irene Campbell of Tulsa, Bonita Hobby of Ozark and Julia Hill of Webb City; 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Burial will be at Rankin cemetery
Source: from the Spectator
Find A Grave contributor David McClellan
I spent some time with Argus and Eva at their home in Ozark, Arkansas. Their house was way back in the woods and six miles from town. That Christmas we had dinner with his sister and her husband, Bonita and George Hobby, who lived just up the road. My memory of this 1963 Christmas being that I received one gift, a pack of cigarettes.
While I was there Argus showed me how to use dynamite, how and when to plant certain vegetables, and many things a city boy doesn't get the chance to learn.
Argus told me of the time he spent as a young man cutting out railroad ties with an axe, hitching them to a team of horses, and dragging them many miles to the railroad warehouse where he was paid him 11 cents apiece. He would take 10 at a time and was paid $1.10. He was a farmer first but when times were hard and the family needed cash money; Argus would travel to different states finding work. He worked in Florida picking fruit and in Kansas in the wheat fields.
In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Argus worked at Kerr's Department Store in downtown Oklahoma City. His title was Turnkey which was similar to a night watchman. He walked a floor and seeing that everything was in order, turned a key at a switch which relayed a message that every thing was fine. He then went on to another floor and repeated the process. He was a kind, hard working man.
Mr. Rosson was born November 19, 1896, the son of Jasper and Ollie Mae Barnett Rosson. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, Eva; three daughters, Edith Lee Otis of Oklahoma City and Norma Sue Pate and Ada May Simpson, both of Durant, Okla.; three sons, Franklin D. of Ozark, William A. of Antlers, Okla., and Douglas of Oklahoma City; three sisters, Irene Campbell of Tulsa, Bonita Hobby of Ozark and Julia Hill of Webb City; 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Burial will be at Rankin cemetery
Source: from the Spectator
Find A Grave contributor David McClellan
I spent some time with Argus and Eva at their home in Ozark, Arkansas. Their house was way back in the woods and six miles from town. That Christmas we had dinner with his sister and her husband, Bonita and George Hobby, who lived just up the road. My memory of this 1963 Christmas being that I received one gift, a pack of cigarettes.
While I was there Argus showed me how to use dynamite, how and when to plant certain vegetables, and many things a city boy doesn't get the chance to learn.
Argus told me of the time he spent as a young man cutting out railroad ties with an axe, hitching them to a team of horses, and dragging them many miles to the railroad warehouse where he was paid him 11 cents apiece. He would take 10 at a time and was paid $1.10. He was a farmer first but when times were hard and the family needed cash money; Argus would travel to different states finding work. He worked in Florida picking fruit and in Kansas in the wheat fields.
In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Argus worked at Kerr's Department Store in downtown Oklahoma City. His title was Turnkey which was similar to a night watchman. He walked a floor and seeing that everything was in order, turned a key at a switch which relayed a message that every thing was fine. He then went on to another floor and repeated the process. He was a kind, hard working man.
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