Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Gray, Bascom June 1 1919
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, June 6, 1919
Bascom Gray is Dead From A Pistol Wound
Was Talking To a Friend Saturday Night — Died Three O'clock Sunday Afternoon

The whole of Cairo and this vicinity was shocked to learn of the death last 
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock of Mr. Bascom A. Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. 
B. Gray, as a result of a pistol wound accidentally self-inflicted at a late 
hour last Saturday night.

Gray was talking to Edwin Hurst in front of the Central Drug Company about 
11:30 o'clock Saturday night and in a friendly vein over something that was 
said, they attempted to grab each other in a friendly tussle, when they both 
slipped on the wet tiling.  In the fall, a pistol in an inside pocket of Gray 
was discharged, a bullet entering his body nearly under his right arm.  He 
immediately arose and walked to one side in an effort to remove his coat.  For 
several moments, he was apparently not seriously hurt and he removed the pistol 
from his pocket. Handed it to a party standing nearby and told them to keep 
it.  However, he soon began to feel weak and it was decided best to carry him 
to where medical attention could be secured.  He was placed in a car and 
carried by Hurst to Walker's Sanitarium and medical attention secured.

After he reached the sanitarium it was found that his wound was serious and he 
gradually grew weaker until his death at three o'clock Sunday afternoon.

The two boys were great friends and the conversation just before the accident 
was purely amicable.  It is said they had planned a trip to some ------ Gray 
was employed by Cairo Motor Company and Hurst is employed by Grady Pharmacy.  
Hurst, it is said, deeply regrets the occurrence.  There were some eye 
witnesses to the whole affair.  Gray was twenty one years of age and was a 
member of the Methodist Church.  

The funeral services were held at the Tired Creek church at four o'clock Monday 
afternoon.  The services were conducted by Dr. J. A. Wynne.  The funeral was 
attended by all of the close relatives of the deceased, besides numerous 
friends.  He is survived by his father, mother, several brothers and sisters, 
besides many relatives and friends.


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