Dale County AlArchives News.....Leis J. Marshall, Fatally Injured this Afternoon August 4 1938
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The Southern Star
THE SOUTHERN STAR	Wednesday, AUGUST 5, 1998--23

  60 Years Ago, August 4, 1938...,
Lewis J. Marshall Fatally Injured This Afternoon
  Falling Timber On Church Building Job Crushes Skull 
 Dies In Dothan Hospital 2 Hours After Accident

  Mr. Lewis J Marshall, local carpenter, was fatally injured this afternoon at 
three o'clock when a large piece of lumber fell from the top of the steel 
framing at the M.E. Church construction job and struck him on the head. Mr. M.
D. Moore, of Pinckard. another workman on the job with Mr. Marshall suffered 
severe bruises.
  Marshall and Mr. Moore were sawing lumber, four by ten pieces 12 feet long 
and hoisting them to the workmen above by a block and tackle. In some manner a 
piece of the lumber that had been hoisted slipped from the handa of the workmen 
and fell on Mr. Marshall who was working directly under the scaffold, crushing 
his skull.
  Mr. Marshall was rushed to a. Dothan hospital in a Holman ambulance but died 
at 5:25, never regaining consciousness.
  Mr. Marshall had been employed on the church job since it started several 
weeks ago. He was an expert workman and one of the city's most highly esteemed 
citizens. For several years he was Superintendent of the City Streets, 
resigning to follow the building trade. He was a loyal member of the Methodist 
Church, an officer of his Sunday School class and a faithful attentiant upon 
all services of both Church and Sunday School.
  A more extended account of the life of this good man will appear in next 
week's issue of The Star.

  
   *Tombstone has Louis J. Marshall b Oct 12, 1868 d. Aug.4, 1938, buried 
Asbury United Methodidt Church Cem.
   * Wife Susan Sophronia Marshall b Oct. 8, 1880, d Feb. 14, 1961.

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