Pattie Pocahontas Sword

PATTIE POCAHONTAS FLOWERS SWORD "POCA" Services have been set for Pattie Pocahontas Flowers Sword,"Poca", as she was known to family and friends and long time resident of Arriola and Cortez. A viewing will be held at the Arriola Community Center, Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The funeral will follow at 10:00 a.m. Pastor Conway Wood will officiate. Burial will follow at the Arriola Cemetery. Pocahontas was born the seventh child to James Blackmore and Pattie Mary (Hall) Flowers on April 3, 1922 at Utleyville, Colo. She passed away on October 3, 2009 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 87. She married Marvin Andrew Sword on August 30, 1949 at Perryton, Tex. Pocahontas and Marvin enjoyed many years together on the family farm at Arriola until his death in 1991. They were blessed with seven children. Pocahontas' greatest joy was her family. She also enjoyed church, reading her Bible, gardening, and traveling when she was able. Pocahontas is survived by her sons, Steve Sword and wife, Patricia, Kim Sword and wife, Della; daughters, Juandell Long and husband, Bud, Robbi Sword Wilson and husband, Ron, Vanessa Aoun and husband, Chaker; siblings, Samuel Flowers and wife, Florence of Cadyville, N.Y., and Violet Waschke and husband, Willie of Dove Creek, Colo.; sister-in-laws, Wilma Flowers, Black Canyon, Ariz., Ann Flowers, of Anderson, Mo., and Anna (Sword) Myers of Denver, Colo.; and by numerous grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Preceding Pocahontas in death were her parents, J. B. and Pattie Flowers; husband, Marvin Andrew Sword; son, David Arthur Sword; and daughter, Neva Zelldene (Deane) Sword Beene; and siblings, Lula Belle Hopper, Paralee Robison, Goldie Flowers, James B. Flowers Jr., Mary Flowers, Martha Flowers, Melvin (Cotton) Flowers, Gethsemane Flowers, Noble Flowers, and Geneva Watkins.