Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Peyton Welch Gum, 1922
21 Feb 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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GUM, PEYTON WELCH
(31 Mar 1922, Elk City Press, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
AUTO KILLS P. W. GUM OF SAYRE.
Mrs. Emmett Wall, clerk in the county recorder's office at Sayre, was
driving down Main St., Wednesday evening very slowly, when P. W. Gum, an
old settler, stepped from behind cars parked in the middle of the street,
directly in front of Mrs. Wall's car, and the accident was purely
accidental as reported by many who saw the accident, and his son in law,
Guy Ford.
Mr. Gum was past eighty years of age, and death was almost instant.
(6 Apr 1922, Thursday, Erick Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK): (from Daily
Oklahoman):
P. W. Gum Killed by auto.
Sayre, March 29. - (Special) - P. W. Gum, 80 years old, father of Eugene
P. Gum, secretary of the Oklahoma Bankers' association, and pioneer of
this district, was killed instantly when struck by an automobile driven by
Mrs. E. E. Wall, deputy county clerk, Wednesday afternoon.
The accident, which occured (sic) on one of the main business corners, was
avoidable, according to witnesses.  Gum started to cross the street but
stepped directly in front of the car, it was stated.  His neck was broken.
 Mrs. Wall is said to have been in a hysterical condition since the
accident.
Gum is survived by his widow, two sons, Earl S. Gum of California and
Eugene P. Gum of Oklahoma City, and two daughters, Mrs. E. D. Pritchard of
Oklahoma City and Mrs. Guy Ford, Sayre.
Gum came to Sayre in 1900 and established Beckham county's first bank,
then the Bank of Sayre.  The bank now is the Second County National bank.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Methodist church under
the directions of the Masonic lodge, of which he was a member.

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