Clay-Terrell County GaArchives Obituaries.....HOWELL, J.D. July 1895
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THE FT. GAINES SENTINEL, JULY 5, 1895
TRAGIC DEATH

REV W.M. HOWELL OUR EFFICINT COUNTY SCHOOL COMISSIONER HAS THE SYMPATHY OF HIS 
MANY FRIENDS IN THE TRAGIC DEATH OF HIS BROTHER, MR. J.D. HOWELL, WHO WAS RUN 
OVER AND KILLED BY A PASSENGER TRAIN AT BRONWOOD TUESDAY OF LAST WEEK.  THE 
DAWSON NEWS GIVES THE PARTICULARS AS FOLLOWS:

"MR. HOWELL WENT TO BRONWOOD TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO ASSIST MR. G.H. DILLARD AND 
HER TWO LITTLE CHILDREN WHO WERE GOING TO ALABAMA TO JOIN MR. DILLARD ON THE 
TRAIN.  HE REMAINED IN THE COACH UNTIL THE TRAIN STARTED, AND IT HAD GONE 
ABOUT 70 YARDS WHEN HE JUMPED OFF WITH HIS FACE TOWARD THE REAR CAR.  THE 
MOTION OF HIS BODY THREW HIM UNDER THE SIDE OF THE COACH, BUT HE RECOVERED AND 
WAS RAISING UP WHEN THE STAY RODS STRUCK HIM AND THREW HIM ON THE TRACK.  IN 
AN INSTANT THE REAR TRUCKS PASSED OVER HIS NECK, COMPLETELY SEVERING THE HEAD 
FROM THE BODY EXCEPT THE SKIN ON THE UNDERSIDE.  MR. HOWELL WAS SIXTY YEARS 
OLD, A FARMER AND A STRICT MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS HIGHLY 
ESTEEMED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.  HE LEAVES A WIFE, THREE SINGLE DAUGHTERS, ONE 
MARRIED DAUGHTER, AND A SON ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD.

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