Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....MERCER, Vincent October 16, 1939
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Unknown Kentucky Newspaper   October 1939
TWO MEN MEET TRAGIC DEATH LAST MONDAY WHEN CRUSHED
BY TRACTION ENGINE NEAR SEREE
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Vincent Mercer and Percy Armes, Killed Instantly
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     Two men met instant death last Monday evening near SeRee while moving a saw 
mill from one location to another.  Vincent MERCER, age 19, of Kingswood, and 
Percy ARMES, age 35, of near Mook, were moving a steam traction engine, 
weighting eight or ten tons, and while crossing a ditch that platform on the 
back of the engine dragged on the ground and broke loose, throwing them between 
the platform and the engine, one under each wheel.  It is thought that Mr. 
ARMES, who was driving, pulled the throttle in reverse when the platform broke 
loose and the heavy engine backed on the men, killing them both instantly.  The 
saw mill was owned by Mr. MERCER'S father, and was being moved from the farm of 
Murray MOORE near Mook, to another location.

     Mr. MERCER was born July 21, 1921, a son of Mr. & Mrs. Ed MERCER of 
Kingswood.  He was married to Miss Frances Hope McDONALD on March 11, 1939, who 
survives.  Also surviving are:
his parents
four brothers:
Holmes MERCER of Brandenburg, Ky
Ed MERCER in the parental home
Fred MERCER in the parental home
Bobby MERCER of the parental home
one sister:
Jean MERCER
     A brief service was held at the home on Tuesday, the Reverend Wilson Smack, 
pastor of the Pilgrim Church at Kingswood, officiated.  Burial was in the Coyles 
Cemetery near McDaniels.

     Mr. ARMES was a son of Mr. & Mrs. J. R. ARMES of Elizabethtown in Hardin 
County, Ky.  He is survived by:
his widow, Mrs. Eva LASLIE ARMES
one son:
Percy ARMES, Jr.
his parents
three brothers:
Robert ARMES of Elizabethtown, Ky
Homer ARMES of Elizabethtown, Ky
Pearl ARMES of Elizabethtown, Ky
three sisters:
Mrs. Denver DAVIS
Mrs. Ava LASLIE
Miss Rhea ARMES
     Funeral services were conducted at the Fairview Methodist Church on 
Wednesday, the Reverend Finley Hardison, pastor, officiating.  Services at the 
grave were in charge of the Masonic Lodge.  Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery.












































Additional Comments:
#0096 Coyles Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, located on the southeast 
side of KY 401, midway between Centerview and Madrid, in southeast Breckinridge 
County, Ky.

MERCER, Vincent  21 Jul 1921 -- 16 Oct 1939
(death certificate lists born on 21 Oct 1921)
husband of Frances Hope McDONALD
son of Ed MERCER & Sylvia HOLMES
have his death certificate   have his obituary
unknown if he has a tombstone
Dana Brown & Peggy Russell




































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