Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Morse, Tommie January 1919
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The Portland Observer, Tuesday, January 28, 1919
Headline:  Tommie Morse and His Faithful Companion for Twelve Years Buried on 
the Same Day

Tommie Morse, who died of pneumonia last week, had a dog named “Colonel,” who 
had been his companion from the time he was a small boy until he grew into 
young manhood.  While Tommie was sick the dog stayed around the house and 
seemed to sense that something was wrong with his master.  After the young 
man’s death there was no outward sign that the dog knew a tragedy had entered 
the home but why he should have chosen this particular time to have gone to 
the Keyes neighborhood, north of Collins, to visit his old friend, Nine 
Pinckney, can only be accounted for on the theory that the dog was lonesome.  
It was the day before the funeral, and Mr. Pinckney fed his dumb friend and 
petted him for sympathy, because of what had happened. 

They buried Tommie Friday afternoon, but there was another ceremony, close to 
the Keyes railroad crossing earlier the same morning. Mr. Pinckney, on his way 
down the road, paused to look at mangled mass which he recognized as having 
once been a dog.  Colonel had been hit by an engine in the early morning 
hours.   He was buried closed to where he met his death.

And so it happened that Tommie Morse and his dog Colonel, pals for 12 years, 
went to their long rest on the same day.



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