Barry County Missouri News - Ver Overton 1904 - 1921

 Ver Overton 1904 - 1921
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VER OVERTON KILLS SELF ----

While his mind was in a be-clouded condition from being overheated while
working on the farm, Ver Overton the 17 year old son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.
Frank Overton well known and highly respected citizens  of  near  Exeter
committed suicide Sunday morning, July 17, at about  1  a.m.,  near  the
home of Gus Tracey who resides about 3/4 mile southeast  of  the  Horner
school house, on the Farwell farm formerly known as the  Richard  Hudson
farm.

Ver Overton attended the Band Concert in Cassville, Saturday  night  and
accompanied Miss Cleta Tracey to her home after the  concert  in  a  one
horse buggy. He told her he intended shooting himself and  loaded  a  38
calibre British Bull Dog  Pistol  in  her  presence.  She  it  is  said,
attempted to persuade him from doing the deed and talked  to  him  until
about 1 a.m. when he bade her good-by and told her  to  listen  for  the
report of the pistol. He drove his horse about 100 yards from the Tracey
home, hitched the horse to a tree on road side, got out on the road  and
fired that awful shot. He placed the muzzle of the revolver against  his
head, about one inch back of his right ear and the bullet ranged to just
back of left eye, where it lodged. The Tracey family  went  to  him  and
immediately called Dr. Salyer who went and attended him,  but  could  do
nothing. His parents were mortified and arrived about three a.m.,  Loren
Hodge taking them in his car. They took the remains home with them.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday  at  4  p.m.  at  Exeter  Baptist
Church of which the deceased was a member, and a very  large  number  of
relatives and friends attended  the  services.  Interment  was  made  in
Maplewood Cemetery at Exeter.

This is a very sad blow to Mr. and Mrs Overton and their son Porter, who
were a happy family. Recently he had been working only as he  felt  like
it, because he had been complaining of not feeling well and Dr.  Searcey
of Exeter, had been treating him, who says he was sick and was bordering
on an attack of the slow fever.

In the hour of their great grief and sorrow Mr. Overton and family  have
the sympathy of all their acquaintances.

Ver was born June 1, 1904, on the  Overton  farm  1  1/4  miles  out  on
Washburn road, and was 17 years, 1 month and 16 days old.

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