Beckham County, OK - Obits: Earl J. Seely, 1930
Sunday, 02 November 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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SEELY, EARL J.
(10 Jul 1930, Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
Death Steals A Base on Veteran Ball Fan
The body of Earl J. Seely, ardent baseball enthusiast, was being returned
to Iona, Mich., Friday, not far from where in early days of baseball he
"covered" big league games at Detroit and hobnobbed with the brightest
stars of the game, as a newspaperman.
Death claimed Seely, 72 years old, Thursday night, when he planned to
attend Oklahoma City's first night game.  His son, Earl W. Seely, was at
his bedside at his Egbert hotel room.  Adjudged the most useful citizen of
Sayre in 1924, Seely was warned to quit the newspaper business or lose his
eyesight. - Oklahoman.
E. J. Seely was probably one of the best known editors in western
Oklahoma, and was for several years owner of the Sayre Headlight at Sayre.

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