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Professional photo of Sara Roberta Getty from 1937

Sara Roberta Getty, 1880 - 1973

Sara served as Woman’s Editor for the Cumberland Daily News from 1924 to 1942. The following poem was written by her and appeared in the Frostburg Mining Journal, March 18, 1911.

Little Boys of Mine
Dedicated to my little boys, born January 8, 1899; one of whom died ten days later; the other March 20, 1900. At rest in Allegany Cemetery (now Frostburg Memorial Park), Frostburg, Md.

Dear little brown-eyed boys of mine – out in God’s acre sleeping!