Obituary of William Ednie Spivey, Crawford County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 2000 Cindy McCachern Obituary of William Ednie Spivey 23 May 1902, Hutsonville (IL) Herald Ednie Spivey Killed Was Thrown From a Mule While Returning Home Tuesday Afternoon William Ednie Spivey, oldest son of Marion and Rainy Spivey, was thrown from a mule south of West York Tuesday afternoon and instantly killed. Ednie lived with his parents about one mile south of West York and had rode the mule to town for a sack of flour. Having finished his errand, he started home. At the edge of town, he overtook Ed Tague, a youth of twelve years, and invited him to ride home. The boy mounted the mule behind Ednie and as a storm was fast approaching, it was spurred into a lively gallop. While descending a hill, the animal became unmanagable and the Tague boy fell off. This caused the animal to become frightened and began bucking. At the foot of the hill it threw Ednie, the boy striking the ground on his head. The Tague boy was not hurt and ran to Ednie's assistance, but found him dead. There was no word or struggle and Ednie did not move after striking the ground. Help was immediately procured and he was carried to the home of Lawrence Newlin near by and the doctor was called. Upon examination, he found that the boy's neck was broken, death resulting instantly. Later in the evening his remains were taken home. Coroner Hutchinson was summoned and arrived about 11:30 p.m. He immediately held an inquest, impaneling a jury, which was composed of the following persons: James Lindley, Bert Winters, Wilford Spivey, Robert Tague, John Clough and Dan Mickey. They returned a verdict of accidental death, substantially as above. The accident has cast a gloom over the entire community and the parents are bowed down in grief over their untimely loss. Ednie was born Feb. 3, 1882 being aged 18 years, 3 months and 17 days. He was a model young man, having no evil habits and was industrious and highly respected by all. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the house, being conducted by Elder Richard Layton. Interment was made in the Lindley cemetery, a large concours of sympathizing friends being present to pay their last sad rites to the deceased. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb Archivist with proof of this consent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cindy McCachern