Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Willie Calhoun, 1929 08 Nov 2007 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ CALHOUN, WILLIE (17 Oct 1929, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK): BOY FALLS UNDER WAGON; IS KILLED. Funeral services were held today for Willie Calhoun, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Calhoun, who live five miles north of Hammon. The lad and his little sister were riding on the bumper of an automobile behind which a half-loaded wagon of cotton was being pulled. When the auto hit a bump in the road both of them were thrown off. The wagon ran over the boy and he died a few hours later from internal injuries. His sister escaped injury. Burial was made in the Red Hill cemetery with Gentry-Killough, funeral directors, in charge.