McAFOOSE OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== McAFOOSE, James 1871 - 1940 James McAfoose Suicide - Shot From Rifle into Temple Fatal to Brownington Man Wednesday - Found In Garage - James McAfoose. 68-year-old veteran Brownington citizen, shot himself in the left temple about 9:20 a. m, Wednesday in a garage at the rear of his home, His wife had gone to a store for a loaf of bread and when she returned, about 10 minutes later, not seeing him about the house, she discovered his body in the garage, his .22 calibre rifle at his side. A bullet had gone through his skull. The garage door had been bolted from the inside. Mr. McAfoose had been despondent some time over ill health from bad teeth, which he was having extracted. No inquest was deemed necessary by coroner, Dr. S. B. Hughes, who was in Brownington Wednesday morning. A former coal miner in small mines near Brownington, Mr. McAfoose had been out of work about two years. Quiet and agreeable, Mr. McAfoose was born Nov. 18, 1871, and is survived by his wife, formerly Mary Coe, and five children: Mrs. Frank Hobbs and Mrs. Ruth Stewart of Hobbs, N. M.; Mrs. Tom Hurst of Deepwater; Mrs. Mamie Argo of Borger, Tex., and Jack McAfoose of Kansas City. Funeral arrangements had not been completed at press time. The body was taken to the Hurst Funeral Home in Deepwater. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Henry County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections. ====================================================================