Keeps Watch Over Husband’s Dead Body
Aged Woman Finds Husband Dead in Field; Guards It From Hogs Thru Cold Rainy Night
Grim Tragedy stalked over the Fox Creek section Monday night and left in his wake a dead man and a woman seriously ill. The dead man was James Thomas Ingram, a seventy year old farmer of that vicinity, and the ill woman is his widow.
Early Monday evening, Mr. Ingram left the house to feed some hogs which he was keeping in a nearby field. His wife was busily engaged in preparing ______ time had passed and her husband had not returned, Mrs. Ingram became alarmed and went in search of him. She found him lying dead near a clump of bushes in the hog field. The shock was so great to the aged woman that she fainted.
No One To Help
When she revived, she attempted to get Mr. Ingram’s body back to the house but as he was a large man and she a frail little woman, she could not manage it. She called for help but no one heard her. Fearing that the hogs would mutilate the body, she covered it with the sack that Mr. Ingram had used to carry the hog feed and sat down beside the body. It was cold and a rain fell throughout Monday night but the feeble old lady kept her vigil faithfully the long night through and was found beside her husband by the neighbors Tuesday morning. She is now dangerously ill and her recovery is doubtful.
Death Came by Heart Disease
A sudden heart attack was the cause of Mr. Ingram’s death. Funeral services were held from the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Joseph Faulkner, of Lexington, conducting the ceremonies. Burial was in the Fox Creek cemetery. Mr. Ingram was a member of the Fox Creek Christian church.
Those who acted as pall-bearers were: S. Q. Sparrow, Kelly Sparrow, Omar Murphy, Lafe Murphy, Charles Dennis and W. H. Hahn.
Besides his widow, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. W. D. Sparrow, Mrs. James Hayden and Mrs. Lester Carter, all of this county. One brother and one sister also survive.
(Published in The Anderson News, Oct. 24, 1929; obituary courtesy of contributor #48033167)
Aged Woman Finds Husband Dead in Field; Guards It From Hogs Thru Cold Rainy Night
Grim Tragedy stalked over the Fox Creek section Monday night and left in his wake a dead man and a woman seriously ill. The dead man was James Thomas Ingram, a seventy year old farmer of that vicinity, and the ill woman is his widow.
Early Monday evening, Mr. Ingram left the house to feed some hogs which he was keeping in a nearby field. His wife was busily engaged in preparing ______ time had passed and her husband had not returned, Mrs. Ingram became alarmed and went in search of him. She found him lying dead near a clump of bushes in the hog field. The shock was so great to the aged woman that she fainted.
No One To Help
When she revived, she attempted to get Mr. Ingram’s body back to the house but as he was a large man and she a frail little woman, she could not manage it. She called for help but no one heard her. Fearing that the hogs would mutilate the body, she covered it with the sack that Mr. Ingram had used to carry the hog feed and sat down beside the body. It was cold and a rain fell throughout Monday night but the feeble old lady kept her vigil faithfully the long night through and was found beside her husband by the neighbors Tuesday morning. She is now dangerously ill and her recovery is doubtful.
Death Came by Heart Disease
A sudden heart attack was the cause of Mr. Ingram’s death. Funeral services were held from the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Joseph Faulkner, of Lexington, conducting the ceremonies. Burial was in the Fox Creek cemetery. Mr. Ingram was a member of the Fox Creek Christian church.
Those who acted as pall-bearers were: S. Q. Sparrow, Kelly Sparrow, Omar Murphy, Lafe Murphy, Charles Dennis and W. H. Hahn.
Besides his widow, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. W. D. Sparrow, Mrs. James Hayden and Mrs. Lester Carter, all of this county. One brother and one sister also survive.
(Published in The Anderson News, Oct. 24, 1929; obituary courtesy of contributor #48033167)
Keeps Watch Over Husband’s Dead Body
Aged Woman Finds Husband Dead in Field; Guards It From Hogs Thru Cold Rainy Night
Grim Tragedy stalked over the Fox Creek section Monday night and left in his wake a dead man and a woman seriously ill. The dead man was James Thomas Ingram, a seventy year old farmer of that vicinity, and the ill woman is his widow.
Early Monday evening, Mr. Ingram left the house to feed some hogs which he was keeping in a nearby field. His wife was busily engaged in preparing ______ time had passed and her husband had not returned, Mrs. Ingram became alarmed and went in search of him. She found him lying dead near a clump of bushes in the hog field. The shock was so great to the aged woman that she fainted.
No One To Help
When she revived, she attempted to get Mr. Ingram’s body back to the house but as he was a large man and she a frail little woman, she could not manage it. She called for help but no one heard her. Fearing that the hogs would mutilate the body, she covered it with the sack that Mr. Ingram had used to carry the hog feed and sat down beside the body. It was cold and a rain fell throughout Monday night but the feeble old lady kept her vigil faithfully the long night through and was found beside her husband by the neighbors Tuesday morning. She is now dangerously ill and her recovery is doubtful.
Death Came by Heart Disease
A sudden heart attack was the cause of Mr. Ingram’s death. Funeral services were held from the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Joseph Faulkner, of Lexington, conducting the ceremonies. Burial was in the Fox Creek cemetery. Mr. Ingram was a member of the Fox Creek Christian church.
Those who acted as pall-bearers were: S. Q. Sparrow, Kelly Sparrow, Omar Murphy, Lafe Murphy, Charles Dennis and W. H. Hahn.
Besides his widow, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. W. D. Sparrow, Mrs. James Hayden and Mrs. Lester Carter, all of this county. One brother and one sister also survive.
(Published in The Anderson News, Oct. 24, 1929; obituary courtesy of contributor #48033167)
Aged Woman Finds Husband Dead in Field; Guards It From Hogs Thru Cold Rainy Night
Grim Tragedy stalked over the Fox Creek section Monday night and left in his wake a dead man and a woman seriously ill. The dead man was James Thomas Ingram, a seventy year old farmer of that vicinity, and the ill woman is his widow.
Early Monday evening, Mr. Ingram left the house to feed some hogs which he was keeping in a nearby field. His wife was busily engaged in preparing ______ time had passed and her husband had not returned, Mrs. Ingram became alarmed and went in search of him. She found him lying dead near a clump of bushes in the hog field. The shock was so great to the aged woman that she fainted.
No One To Help
When she revived, she attempted to get Mr. Ingram’s body back to the house but as he was a large man and she a frail little woman, she could not manage it. She called for help but no one heard her. Fearing that the hogs would mutilate the body, she covered it with the sack that Mr. Ingram had used to carry the hog feed and sat down beside the body. It was cold and a rain fell throughout Monday night but the feeble old lady kept her vigil faithfully the long night through and was found beside her husband by the neighbors Tuesday morning. She is now dangerously ill and her recovery is doubtful.
Death Came by Heart Disease
A sudden heart attack was the cause of Mr. Ingram’s death. Funeral services were held from the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Joseph Faulkner, of Lexington, conducting the ceremonies. Burial was in the Fox Creek cemetery. Mr. Ingram was a member of the Fox Creek Christian church.
Those who acted as pall-bearers were: S. Q. Sparrow, Kelly Sparrow, Omar Murphy, Lafe Murphy, Charles Dennis and W. H. Hahn.
Besides his widow, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. W. D. Sparrow, Mrs. James Hayden and Mrs. Lester Carter, all of this county. One brother and one sister also survive.
(Published in The Anderson News, Oct. 24, 1929; obituary courtesy of contributor #48033167)
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