Beckham County, OK - Deaths: A. Ware Fowler, 1926
25 Jan 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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FOWLER, A. WARE
(8 Apr 1926, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
A. W. Fowler of Sweetwater died Monday night at the Tisdal hospital.  Mr.
Fowler was brought in from Sweetwater, Monday afternoon, his back had been
broken in three places.
Last Sunday night Mr. Fowler, his wife and children, attended the evening
services at the church in Sweetwater, as they left the church they walked
down the road a ways to Mr. Fowler's store.
Mr. Fowler was carrying the baby, Mrs. Fowler was leading the two older
children.  Suddenly there came up behind them a car, it is said there were
no lights on the car, the wind was blowing, and the car was upon them
before they knew it.
Mr. Fowler, thinking of his wife and little children first, and wanting to
save them, hastily shoved them off into a ditch at the side of the road,
but before he could jump after them the car swerved and hit him.
The little baby was knocked out of his arms and thrown down the road a
ways, Mr. Fowler was dragged more than fifteen feet before he got free
from the car, the car then plunged off a culvert.  The parties in the car
were uninjured.
The baby when picked up had a large cut above its eye and it was very
badly shaken up.
Mr. Fowler was brought to the Tisdal Hospital on Monday afternoon, X-ray
pictures were taken where it showed three vertebrae were broken and torn
all to pieces, he was paralyzed from the neck down.
Mr. Fowler died about 11 o'clock on Monday night.
(8 Apr 1926, Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
A. W. Fowler, Meridian merchant, while walking home from church Sunday
night was run down by car driven by W. H. Allen, who was driving without
lights.  Mr. Fowler was dragged down street, or road, a few feet before
the occupants of the car discovered what they had done.  He was rushed to
Tisdal Hospital at Elk City where he was given skillful aid, but fate was
against him and he passed away Monday night.
The neighborhood of Meridian are very much grieved over this sad occurance
(sic) but let us profit by others misfortune and let this be a lesson to
those who drive cars without lights.

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