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Hugo Man Ends Life Monday By Drinking Poison
The Ft Towson Sentinel August 24, 1942 – transcribed by Ron Henson
Steve Morris, 48, died at his home four miles east of Hugo early Monday morning as a result of having drunk about two-thirds of an ounce of carbolic acid, according to a coroner’s jury verdict.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at Springs Chapel cemetery by the Rev. M.N. McFarland, Baptist minister. Burial was directed by Snow Funeral home.
Members of the family told Sheriff Cap Duncan and justice of the Peace C.A. Pitts, who conducted the inquest, that Mr. Morris retired Sunday night in a room also occupied by two sons, Marvin and Billy. He read in bed before going to sleep and seemed in good spirits they said. About 6 a.m. the youths said, they heard their father fall from the bed. Running to him, they found the partly filled bottle of carbolic acid in his hands. They administered an antidote but he died shortly. Mrs. Morris also was at home at the time of his death.
J.H. LaMascus Died Saturday
The Ft Towson Sentinel September 4, 1942 – transcribed by Ron Henson
J.H. LaMascus, resident of this community for the past twenty years, died at her [sic] home here Saturday afternoon after an illness of several months duration.
Mr. LaMascus was eighty-four years of age and was born in Georgia. He moved to Oklahoma near Atoka while young, coming here in 1922. He had been a member of the Methodist church for over fifty years.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Fort Towson cemetery with Rev. G.M. Billings, pastor of the Assembly of God church here officiating. Interment was in charge of Wilson Funeral Home of Idabel.
Mr. LaMascus is survived by four daughters: Mrs. Martha Polk of Beaumont Texas, Mrs. Pearce Cargile and Mrs. V.P. Turnbo of McAlester; and Miss Berta LaMascus of Fort Towson.
Frogville Lady Buried Here
The Ft Towson Sentinel September 4, 1942 – transcribed by Ron Henson
Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Brown, 39, wife of W.A. Brown, of Frogville, were conducted by the Rev. M.N. McFarland August 27 at the home of her niece, Mrs. Ursrey, of Sawyer. Burial was in Fort Towson cemetery directed by Campbell Funeral home.
Mrs. Brown died Wednesday morning at the home of her father, G.W. King, of Virgil, after an illness of about six months. She is survived by her husband, seven sons and daughters, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. King, three brothers Jim King, of Sawyer, John King, of Boswell, Buck King, San Antonio, Texas, and Mrs. R.L. Davis of Scholter, Mississippi.
One Killed, Two Injured In Fall From Moving Truck
Fatal Accident Occurred Near Swink Saturday
The Ft Towson Sentinel September 11, 1942 – transcribed by Ron Henson
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Swink cemetery for Earl J. Piercy, 28, who was killed late Saturday in a fall from the rear of a truck, a quarter of a mile west of Swink on U.S. Highway 70. The Rev. Riley Tidmore, Baptist minister, officiated and the Coffey Funeral Home made interment.
According to Melvin Goforth, highway patrolman, who with Crockett White, of the patrol, investigated the accident. Pearcy [sic], his wife and latter’s brother, Willard Stinnett, were riding on the stripped down skeleton bed of a log truck. The truck, pulling out to pass another car, became over balanced and the three riding in the back were thrown out onto the highway. Pearcy [sic] died instantly of a broken neck and concussion and officers say the wheels of the truck may have run over him after he fell from it. Mrs. Pearcy received two fractured legs and her brother remained unconscious in the Sanitarium of Paris.
The accident occurred a mile and a half from the place where Raymond Allen Stinnitt, 16 year old brother of Mrs. Piearcy [sic], was killed on June 17, when he was hit by a passing car after he alighted from a truck he was riding in.
Piearcey’s [sic] survivors are his wife his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Piearcy: two brothers, Walter and Reuben Piearcey [sic] and a sister, Mrs. Larriby, all of Swink.
Swink Resident Buried Monday
The Ft Towson Sentinel September 18, 1942 – transcribed by Ron Henson
Funeral services for Claude Eugene Caldwell, well known Swink farmer, were conducted at Swink Monday afternoon. Burial in Swink cemetery was directed by Coffey Funeral home.
Mr. Caldwell died at his home on Sunday after a brief illness. He was 60 years of age. He had lived in that area for a number of years and had a large number of friends.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Edna Earl Caldwell, five sons and daughters, one sister and two brothers. They are Mrs. Vera Watson, whose home is in Texas; Earl Eugene Caldwell, of New Mexico; Clarence Caldwell, of Swink; Ray and Lola Lee Caldwell, of Virginia, all sons and daughters: Mrs. Maggie Myers of Arkansas, a sister; Blake Johnson, of Arkansas, and George Young, of Texas, brothers.
Roy E. Wallace Buried At Hugo Sunday P.M.
The Ft Towson Sentinel September 25, 1942 – transcribed by Ron Henson
Funeral services for Roy Wallace were held in the First Baptist church at Hugo Sunday afternoon at four o’clock with Rev. J.F. Murrell, pastor officiating and the Campbell Funeral home in charge of arrangements. A brief service was held by the American Legion at Mt. Olivet after which the Masonic service was held with G.B. Bristow of Broken Bow, past grand master in charge.
Mr. Wallace died at the Veterans hospital in Muskogee following an illness of several months.
He was born in Lewisville, Arkansas on November 8, 1890 where he resided until 1902 when he came to Valliant where he began his life work as a printer and publisher.
After being discharged from the army he returned to Valliant where he married Miss Mildred Montgomery and they soon moved to Fort Towson where he was publisher of the newspaper in that city. Several years ago he entered the employ of the Southeast Oklahoman at Hugo and was so employed at the time his health failed.
A.A. Jones Is Called By Death
The Ft Towson Sentinel October 2, 1942 – transcribed by Ron Henson
Abner Ausbin [sic] Jones, aged 53 years, well known citizen of this community, died at his home here Monday morning after an illness of about four months.
Funeral services were held at the Fort Towson cemetery Tuesday morning, conducted by Rev. M.F. Sullivan, Methodist Minister of Hugo. Interment was made in the local cemetery.
Mr. Jones was born at Corinth, Miss., November 4, 1882. When he was twenty-four years of age he came to Oklahoma. In 1911 he married Miss Fannie Epperson at Coalgate. Mr. Jones came to Fort Towson to reside in 1937. He was a carperter [sic] by trade.
Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Lynn of Fort Worth Texas; one son, James Arsbin [sic] Jones of this city; and three brothers and one sister.
Sawyer Citizen Died Monday
The Ft Towson Sentinel October 23, 1942 – transcribed by Ron Henson
W.R. "Bill" Brasher, resident of Sawyer since about 1913, died at the home of his son, Clovis Brasher, in Hollis at 7:45 o’clock Monday night, according to a message to Campbell Funeral home. Funeral arrangements had not been completed Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Brasher had been ill at his home at Sawyer for the last several months and had been taken to his son’s home at Hollis about a week ago.
During the approximately 30 years Mr. Brashier [sic] had lived in Sawyer he had been known as a good neighbor and a kindly man. He had farmed all of that time and had real estate in addition to his farm interests.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Winnie Smith, of Valliant, two sons Clovis Brasher, of Hollis and Leon Brasher, of Sawyer, who is working Watsonville, California, at this time. He also is survived by several grandchildren.
Billy Lee & Marjoria Marie Waits
Two Children Burn To Death
The Fort Towson Sentinel November 6, 1942 – transcribed by Ron Henson
Hugo – While their mother went to attend a sick neighbor, two children of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waits were burned to death when their home, a two room frame house on S. 1 St., caught fire from a stove Monday about 9:30 a.m.
The dead are Marjoria Marie, just 22 days old, and Billy Lee Waits about three years old.
A six year old brother who escaped, had been left in the house with the two children, sleeping on a straw mattress, while their mother was gone. The father, a laborer, was away from home at the time also.
The fire started from a wood burning stove which became overheated. The house was a total loss but the fire did not spread to adjoining houses in the area, which is in Second Ward, the south part of town.
Funeral arrangements had not been completed Monday noon.
Former Sheriff Died Suddenly
The Ft Towson Sentinel November 6, 1942 – transcribed by Ron Henson
Roy Edgar Harmon, 51, former Choctaw County sheriff, died Monday at 4 p.m. of a heart attack at his home at Hugo. He was employed as a guard at Camp Maxey, Texas, at the time of his death.
Born in Lamar County, Texas, he had made his home in Choctaw County many years. Survivors include his wife and one son, Roy Harmon, Jr., now serving in the United States armed forces.
Funeral services were arranged tentatively for Wednesday afternoon at First Methodist Church at Hugo.
Hugo Child Is Killed By Car
The Ft Towson Sentinel November 13, 1942 – transcribed by Ron Henson
Hugo – Funeral services for Max Anderson, 8 year old son of Dr. and Mrs. G.W. Anderson, were held in First Methodist church at four o’clock Wednesday afternoon with Rev. C.W. Lester officiating and the Campbell Funeral home in charge of arrangements.
The lad was killed during the noon hour Monday as he was returning to school when struck by an automobile driven by Aaron Sharp, Jr. of Wichita Falls, Texas.
B.W. Thompson Funeral Held
The Ft Towson Sentinel November 13, 1942 – transcribed by Ron Henson
Funeral services for Bradford William Thompson, of this community, were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the First Baptist church in Fort Towson by the Rev. G.A. Ratterree, of Fort Worth. Snow Funeral home was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Thompson died at 4:10 a.m. Saturday at his home here.
Born May 10, 1865, in McNeal, Arkansas, Mr. Thompson had lived in Oklahoma for the past 37 years. He is survived by his wife and four daughters, Mrs. W.E. Stamey, of Fort Towson, Mrs. C.T. Williams, of Dallas, Mrs. H.C. Fultz, of New Orleans, and Miss Mildred Thompson, of Dallas.
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