Moniteau Co Herald
September 1929
FORMER HIGH POINT GIRL DIES AT DOVER, KANSAS
MARRIED ONLY A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND BODY WAS BURIED AT VERSAILLES LAST
WEEK
Myrtle Georgia Deakins, daughter of C. C. and Ruth Deakins,
was born
December 31, 1883 and departed this life August 25, 1929.
She was born near High Point and there she made her home
with her
parents until she reached womanhood. She attended various higher
institutions of learning in Missouri. She taught for a number
of years
in the public schools of Missouri and Oklahoma.
She united with the Christian church early in life and
was an ardent
worker in the church.
June 29, 1929, she was united in marriage to P.
T. Cheuvront, of
Dover, Kansas. She lived with her husband there until her death.
She leaves to mourn her death her husband, four sisters,
namely; Mrs.
Cleo Renfro, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mrs John James, of Versailles,
Mo, Mrs
Goie Raines, and Mrs. W. L. Garland of Windsor, Mo., also many more
relatives and a host of friends.
The body was brought to Versailles where a short
service was
conducted by Rev. Pierce P. Hummel, of Columbia, Mo., and the body
was
laid to rest in the Highland Cemetery.