JOHN McHANEY "UNCLE"
INFANT OF PRESLEY JOHNSON
WILL HENSON
OBITS
RECORD WRITTEN BY : TINA EASLEY
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RESEARCHED FROM THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
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MONDAY , APRIL 12, 1909 - Front Page
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BODY LAID TO REST
FUNERAL OF " UNCLE" JOHN McHANEY AT THE FAMILY HOME SUNDAY MORNING AT 9:30 WAS LARGELY ATTENDED BY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES OF THE DECEASED.
THE FUNERAL WAS ONE OF THE SADDEST EVER WITNESSED IN PARAGOULD , WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MASONIC ORDER BY REV. A.C. GRIFFIN ASSISTED BY REV. W.C. McPHERSON . THE FLORAL OFFERING WAS LOVELY AND BANKS OF THE PRETTY TRIBUTES OF FLOWERS WERE ARRANGED BY THE COFFIN .
THE SONG SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED BY THE MALE QUARTETTE AND WAS VERY PRETTY. THE QUARTETTE MEMBERS CONSISTING OF MESSRS. HOWARD MARTIN , A.L. WELBORN , TOM FLETCHER AND PROF. B.H. PARRISH SANG " NEARER MY GOD TO THEE " , " SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER " AND " SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS. "
MR. McHANEY WAS A MEMBER OF THE GAINESVILLE LODGE OF MASONS BUT THE PARAGOULD ORDER HAD CHARGE OF THE FUNERAL AND BURIAL ARRANGEMENTS . THEY TOOK CHARGE OF THE REMAINS AFTER THE FUNERAL CEREMONY AND LAID THE COLD FORM TO REST ACCORDING TO THEIR RITES IN THE FAMILY BURYING GROUND AT NEW FRIENDSHIP.
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APRIL 15, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
A CHILD OF PRESLEY JOHNSON , AGE FIVE MONTHS , DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE FAMILY HOME ON EAST LAKE STREET. THE BURIAL WAS AT LINWOOD CEMETERY.
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WILL HENSON KILLED BY FALLING TREE
SATURDAY , APRIL 17, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
WILL HENSON , TIMBER CUTTER FOR BOYNION LUMBER COMPANY , RECEIVED FATAL STOKE ON HEAD
HURT MONDAY DIED THURSDAY
DR. W. H. HUBBARD WAS IN TOWN LAST NIGHT TO VISIT FAMILY AND BROUGHT THE NEWS OF AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH AT BOYNTON. THE ACCIDENT OCCURED LAST MONDAY IN THE TIMBER LANDS OWNED BY THE COMPANY AT BOYTON . WILL HENSON AND OTHER TIMBER CUTTERS WERE FELLING TREES WHEN A LARGE LIMB FELL FROM ONE OF THE HUGE TREES. IT FELL WITH CRUSHING FORCE AND STRUCK HENSON IN THE HEAD AND CRUSHING HIS SKULL AND KNOCKING HIM UNCONSCIOUS.
DR. HUBBARD CALLED ON DR. BIRCHETT FROM CARDWELL AND TOGETHER THEY OPERATED ON THE UNFORTUNATE MAN , REMOVING A LARGE PORTION OF THE BROKEN SKULL. THE OPERATION WAS A SUCCESSFUL ONE , BUT THE MAN WAS TOO BADLY INJURED TO RECOVER AND DIED THURSDAY WITHOUT REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS.
HE WAS BURIED THE FOLLOWING DAY AT CARDWELL . MR . HENSON WAS SINGLE AND IN THE PRIME OF HIS LIFE AT THE AGE OF 28 . HE WAS A STRAIGHTFORWARD AND HONORABLE MAN A VALUED EMPLOYEE OF THE COMPANY AND HIS UNTIMELY DEATH IS GREATLY DEPLORED.
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