Lamar-Fayette County AlArchives Obituaries.....STOUGH, G. W. "Deek" March 1889 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Veneta McKinney http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003775 November 9, 2010, 4:45 pm Vernon Courier, March 22, 1889 - pg 1 Vernon Courier, March 22, 1889 – pg 1 People coming to town from Newtonville neighborhood Thursday morning, reported the tragic death of G. W. STOUGH, commonly called “Deek.” Which occurred in Hico beat Wednesday night. The particulars are as follows: STOUGH was on his way home from Fayette where he had spent the day. When a mile or so below Newtonville he decided to test the speed of the horse he was riding, and started off at a gallop. Before he had gone far, he leaned to one side, his head struck a tree and he was knocked from this horse. When he picked up, he was dead. – {Fayette Sentinel] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lamar/obits/s/stough1840gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb