Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Nix, Eli April 1927
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Valdosta Daily Times, April 6, 1927
The Valdosta Daily Times, front page, April 6, 1927
Mr. Eli Nix Killed by a Rolling Log
Berrien County Citizen Meets Tragic Death in Loading Piling on Cars
	Mr. Eli Nix, a well known and prominent citizen of Berrien County, for 
many years in the lumber business, was crushed to death Tuesday afternoon, while 
superintending the loading of piling on a car at Webber, several miles above 
Nashville.
	It is understood that skids were placed up on the car so that the piling 
might be pulled up on to it. One of the huge timbers caught and could not be 
budged.  Mr. Nix is said to have gotten under it with a hook for the purpose of 
trying to release it.  The chain, which held it, broke and the huge timber began 
to slide back down the skids.  Mr. Nix tried to out run it, but it knocked him 
down and crushed his life out.  It is said that, if he had stooped down and let 
it slide over his head, he would not have been injured at all.
	Mr. Nix was reared near Ray City and was well known throughout that 
section.  He is a brother of the former sheriff and also of the present game 
warden.  He is survived by his wife and five or six children.
	His funeral will occur this afternoon at Empire Cemetery.  His tragic 
death brings sorrow to many friends throughout that section and in this city, 
who were well acquainted with him.


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