Veronica J. Fox was born in Girard, Kansas, to Matt and Jenny Fox. About 1930, she married Roy G. Messenger.
She graduated from Pittsburg State University. She and her husband, Roy, were both school teachers in Kansas and Arkansas for over 20 years.
In 1947, she and Mr. Messenger moved to Hot Springs. While living in Hot Springs, Veronica became known as "Granny Messenger." She served on the Garland County Quorum Court from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1973 to 1976. During her term as justice of the peace, she married 64 couples of which 59 were still married at the time of her death. She was designated as Garland County's "Official Granny" by County Judge Bud Williams in 1975. In 1983, she was appointed as "Honorary Deputy Sheriff" by then Garland County Sheriff Clay White. In 1986, she was honored for her work on the Sesquicentennial Wagon Train by Garland County.
Mrs. Messenger operated Granny's Junkology on Highway 270 West for over 30 years. The writer of this biographical sketch passed by her place of business for years and always saw "Granny" sporting a bonnet like the kind the pioneer women wore in the 1800s. She was a colorful, independent person and was quoted as saying, "I never had any children, but I am Granny to thousands of children."
Granny Messenger made guest appearances in Ted Mullenix's Homestead character at Music Mountain Jamboree. The Music Mountain Jamboree was, at one time, located where (or very near) Granny's Junkology once sat. She was a lifetime member of the St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Girard, Kansas; a member and supporter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Manatake American Indian Council. She was the official greeter at the Cherokee Longhouse where she lived the last three years of her life.
On November 21, 1999, "Granny" Messenger passed away in a Hot Springs nursing home. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband and five brothers and five sisters: Ambrose Fox, Joseph Fox, James Fox, Peter Fox, Edward Fox, Beatrice Fox, Sister Ann Fox Mullen, Sister Camillus, Sister Gertrude and Sister Elizabeth Fox. Four of Mrs. Messenger's sisters were nuns.
At her funeral, Robert "Many Hawks" Foy, David Vann, Gary Fisk, Ted Mullenix, Terry Wallace, and Bud Williams served as pallbearers. (from the Sentinel-Record, date unknown)
Military Information: WAGONER, US ARMY
She graduated from Pittsburg State University. She and her husband, Roy, were both school teachers in Kansas and Arkansas for over 20 years.
In 1947, she and Mr. Messenger moved to Hot Springs. While living in Hot Springs, Veronica became known as "Granny Messenger." She served on the Garland County Quorum Court from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1973 to 1976. During her term as justice of the peace, she married 64 couples of which 59 were still married at the time of her death. She was designated as Garland County's "Official Granny" by County Judge Bud Williams in 1975. In 1983, she was appointed as "Honorary Deputy Sheriff" by then Garland County Sheriff Clay White. In 1986, she was honored for her work on the Sesquicentennial Wagon Train by Garland County.
Mrs. Messenger operated Granny's Junkology on Highway 270 West for over 30 years. The writer of this biographical sketch passed by her place of business for years and always saw "Granny" sporting a bonnet like the kind the pioneer women wore in the 1800s. She was a colorful, independent person and was quoted as saying, "I never had any children, but I am Granny to thousands of children."
Granny Messenger made guest appearances in Ted Mullenix's Homestead character at Music Mountain Jamboree. The Music Mountain Jamboree was, at one time, located where (or very near) Granny's Junkology once sat. She was a lifetime member of the St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Girard, Kansas; a member and supporter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Manatake American Indian Council. She was the official greeter at the Cherokee Longhouse where she lived the last three years of her life.
On November 21, 1999, "Granny" Messenger passed away in a Hot Springs nursing home. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband and five brothers and five sisters: Ambrose Fox, Joseph Fox, James Fox, Peter Fox, Edward Fox, Beatrice Fox, Sister Ann Fox Mullen, Sister Camillus, Sister Gertrude and Sister Elizabeth Fox. Four of Mrs. Messenger's sisters were nuns.
At her funeral, Robert "Many Hawks" Foy, David Vann, Gary Fisk, Ted Mullenix, Terry Wallace, and Bud Williams served as pallbearers. (from the Sentinel-Record, date unknown)
Military Information: WAGONER, US ARMY
Veronica J. Fox was born in Girard, Kansas, to Matt and Jenny Fox. About 1930, she married Roy G. Messenger.
She graduated from Pittsburg State University. She and her husband, Roy, were both school teachers in Kansas and Arkansas for over 20 years.
In 1947, she and Mr. Messenger moved to Hot Springs. While living in Hot Springs, Veronica became known as "Granny Messenger." She served on the Garland County Quorum Court from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1973 to 1976. During her term as justice of the peace, she married 64 couples of which 59 were still married at the time of her death. She was designated as Garland County's "Official Granny" by County Judge Bud Williams in 1975. In 1983, she was appointed as "Honorary Deputy Sheriff" by then Garland County Sheriff Clay White. In 1986, she was honored for her work on the Sesquicentennial Wagon Train by Garland County.
Mrs. Messenger operated Granny's Junkology on Highway 270 West for over 30 years. The writer of this biographical sketch passed by her place of business for years and always saw "Granny" sporting a bonnet like the kind the pioneer women wore in the 1800s. She was a colorful, independent person and was quoted as saying, "I never had any children, but I am Granny to thousands of children."
Granny Messenger made guest appearances in Ted Mullenix's Homestead character at Music Mountain Jamboree. The Music Mountain Jamboree was, at one time, located where (or very near) Granny's Junkology once sat. She was a lifetime member of the St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Girard, Kansas; a member and supporter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Manatake American Indian Council. She was the official greeter at the Cherokee Longhouse where she lived the last three years of her life.
On November 21, 1999, "Granny" Messenger passed away in a Hot Springs nursing home. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband and five brothers and five sisters: Ambrose Fox, Joseph Fox, James Fox, Peter Fox, Edward Fox, Beatrice Fox, Sister Ann Fox Mullen, Sister Camillus, Sister Gertrude and Sister Elizabeth Fox. Four of Mrs. Messenger's sisters were nuns.
At her funeral, Robert "Many Hawks" Foy, David Vann, Gary Fisk, Ted Mullenix, Terry Wallace, and Bud Williams served as pallbearers. (from the Sentinel-Record, date unknown)
Military Information: WAGONER, US ARMY
She graduated from Pittsburg State University. She and her husband, Roy, were both school teachers in Kansas and Arkansas for over 20 years.
In 1947, she and Mr. Messenger moved to Hot Springs. While living in Hot Springs, Veronica became known as "Granny Messenger." She served on the Garland County Quorum Court from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1973 to 1976. During her term as justice of the peace, she married 64 couples of which 59 were still married at the time of her death. She was designated as Garland County's "Official Granny" by County Judge Bud Williams in 1975. In 1983, she was appointed as "Honorary Deputy Sheriff" by then Garland County Sheriff Clay White. In 1986, she was honored for her work on the Sesquicentennial Wagon Train by Garland County.
Mrs. Messenger operated Granny's Junkology on Highway 270 West for over 30 years. The writer of this biographical sketch passed by her place of business for years and always saw "Granny" sporting a bonnet like the kind the pioneer women wore in the 1800s. She was a colorful, independent person and was quoted as saying, "I never had any children, but I am Granny to thousands of children."
Granny Messenger made guest appearances in Ted Mullenix's Homestead character at Music Mountain Jamboree. The Music Mountain Jamboree was, at one time, located where (or very near) Granny's Junkology once sat. She was a lifetime member of the St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Girard, Kansas; a member and supporter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Manatake American Indian Council. She was the official greeter at the Cherokee Longhouse where she lived the last three years of her life.
On November 21, 1999, "Granny" Messenger passed away in a Hot Springs nursing home. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband and five brothers and five sisters: Ambrose Fox, Joseph Fox, James Fox, Peter Fox, Edward Fox, Beatrice Fox, Sister Ann Fox Mullen, Sister Camillus, Sister Gertrude and Sister Elizabeth Fox. Four of Mrs. Messenger's sisters were nuns.
At her funeral, Robert "Many Hawks" Foy, David Vann, Gary Fisk, Ted Mullenix, Terry Wallace, and Bud Williams served as pallbearers. (from the Sentinel-Record, date unknown)
Military Information: WAGONER, US ARMY
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