Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....McGill, Lawton October 1937
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The Nashville Herald, November 4, 1937
The Nashville Herald, November 4, 1937
Mr. Lawton McGill, Well Known Farmer Killed In Accident
Killed Instantly When Car Overturned – Funeral Tuesday
	Mr. Lawton McGill, well known Berrien County farmer who resided four 
miles north of Nashville, was killed instantly Sunday afternoon about 2 o’clock 
when the car in which he was riding overturned two miles north of town on the 
Alapaha road.
	Mr. McGill suffered a broken neck and a broken left leg when thrown 
clear of the car.  He was dead when picked from the ground following the 
accident.  The car, an old model Chevrolet, was driven by his son, L.H. McGill, 
age 14 or 15.  Young McGill received a strained back and bruises, and another 
boy, Mack Brown, was bruised.
	It is said the car overturned when the left front wheel caught in the 
sand or dirt shoulder of the new road that is under construction.  Witnesses 
said it turned over four or five times, and that Mr. McGill was thrown several 
feet into the air and 25 or 30 feet clear of the machine.
	Funeral services for Mr. McGill were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock 
at the Antioch Church in Cook County.  Rev. Lyman Hughes conducted the service, 
with interment followed in the church cemetery.
	He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheard McGill, deceased.  He was born and 
raised in Berrien County where he had a host of friends who are saddened by his 
untimely passing.  He was 53 years old.
	He is survived by his widow and two sons, L.H. and Escon McGill; a 
brother, Bud McGill, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Bennett, all of Nashville.
	Funeral arrangements were in charge of The Giddens Funeral Home of 
Nashville.


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