Beckham Co. OK         WESLEY EUGENE MITCHELL

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   Elk City Paper November 23, 1949
   
   WESLEY EUGENE MITCHELL
   
   Little Wesley Eugene MITCHELL, 18-month-old Negro son of Mr. and Mrs.
   Carl G.(Grant) MITCHELL of Tyler, Tex., was burned to death shortly
   after 2 p.m. today in a blaze that completely demolished a frame house
   in the Lincoln addition.
   
   The child's grandmother who was caring for him in the house, belonging
   to her daughter, Mr. Mary HOWELL, and had left the baby asleep to run
   down to the store when the fire broke out.
   
   By the time the blaze was discovered it was too late to rescue the
   youngster. Cause of the blaze had not been determined, but it was
   believed that a kerosene stove might have been overheated.
   
   The building was completely demolished before the Elk City fire
   department could bring the fire under control. County Attorney Jim Ted
   ROBINSON and Fire Chief charges STICE wee(were) investigating the fire
   to determine its origin.
   
   The child's parents were working in the cotton field, and had left him
   in his grandmother's care.
   
   Record Notes: b. April 1948 d. November 22, 1949
   Burial at Evergeen Cemetery