The daughter of Jacob and Emily (Latimer) Bowers, she came to Oklahoma in 1901 in a covered wagon to the Foss area in Indian Territory. She was married to Toney P. Humphrey on Dec. 27, 1925 at Foss.
Bernice was a member of the First Baptist Church of Foss, where she served as a Sunday School teacher for many years. She had been a resident of the Cordell Christian Home since 1982.
Survivors include a son, Willard Jacob Humphrey and his wife Janet of Pequanock, N. J.; two daughters, Mrs. John (Sylvia) Maloy of Foss and Mary Emily Shinn of Oklahoma City, OK; 8 grandchilden; 21 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Maurice, four brothers and a sister.
Interment was under the direction of the Kern-Schneider-Kiesau Funeral Home of Clinton.
The daughter of Jacob and Emily (Latimer) Bowers, she came to Oklahoma in 1901 in a covered wagon to the Foss area in Indian Territory. She was married to Toney P. Humphrey on Dec. 27, 1925 at Foss.
Bernice was a member of the First Baptist Church of Foss, where she served as a Sunday School teacher for many years. She had been a resident of the Cordell Christian Home since 1982.
Survivors include a son, Willard Jacob Humphrey and his wife Janet of Pequanock, N. J.; two daughters, Mrs. John (Sylvia) Maloy of Foss and Mary Emily Shinn of Oklahoma City, OK; 8 grandchilden; 21 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Maurice, four brothers and a sister.
Interment was under the direction of the Kern-Schneider-Kiesau Funeral Home of Clinton.
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