Joseph W. Dawson and his wife Emma (Bone) Dawson. Date
is 1905, when they married. Her children: Gladys Winkle, age 7, on the
left; Calvin Simmons, age 2 1/2 His children: Walter Dawson, about 11,
standing in center; Orin "Shorty," age 9, on the right |
Joseph W. Dawson, father of Finis Dawson, with a co-worker on a banana
wagon. Joseph is on the left, holding the bananas. (Identification courtesy of Floyd Dawson.). |
Looking east in Sunny Lane Cemetery, Oklahoma City, across the
place where the unmarked grave of Joseph W. Dawson is located.
The persons are Jean (Karns) Ladd and an unidentified cemetery
worker who helped us locate the spot. He is standing on the space
for Joe's grave. |
Finis R. Dawson, son of Joseph W. Dawson, and his wife Beulah (Brown)
Dawson |
Finis Roland Dawson, son of Joseph W. and father of Floyd Dawson.
Photo is dated January 1957. |
Tombstone of Finis Roland and Beulah (Brown) Dawson. They are
buried in the Sunny Lane Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK. This view
faces west. Photo taken 25 May 2002. |
Looking across the stone of Finis and Beulah Dawson toward the east.
Their stone is the flat granite marker in the lower right quadrant of
the photo. Taken 25 May 2002. |
Floyd Dawson, age nine, and Erma Dean Dawson, age 23 months. They
are children of Finis and grandchildren of Joseph Dawson. |
Floyd Dawson and his sisters. Their names, without regard to
order, are Erma Dean, Patsy, Earline, and Linda. |