Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Jack Vestal Hise, 1930
31 Mar 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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HISE, JACK VESTAL
(29 Jul 1930, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the First
Baptist church here for Jack Vestal Hise, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A.
Hise, 223 North Randall street, who drowned last evening in the pond on
the old Amos Williams farm three miles southeast of the city while
visiting his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Daily.  Rev. J. A. Land
officiated at the ceremonies.
The youth and his parents went to the farm late yesterday.  Jack Vestal
went to the barn with his cousin, Walter Dale, to watch him milk the cows.
 When Mr. Hise last noticed his son he was sitting on a fence near the
barn.  A few minutes later Walter Dale came running to the house calling
for his uncle and told him that Jack Vestal had gone in the pool and had
failed to come up after going under the water.
Father Finds Body.
Mr. Hise rushed to the water and after three dives located the body of his
son in about five and a half feet of water.  A physician arrived about
five minutes after the body was taken from the water but hope for
resuscitation was soon abandoned.
The body had been under water about 10 minutes when Mr. Hise found it, the
father estimated.  This time and the few minutes the doctor took in
driving from the city were sufficient for all hope of reviving the youth
to pass, it was stated.
Jack Vestal had been eager to learn to swim, his parents said.  He could
take a few strokes but could not go any appreciable distance through the
water.  It is believed that he waded out as far as possible and then
started to swim.  When he got tired and tried to let down and stand on the
bottom he found he was too far out and became frightened, it is surmised. 
His fright is credited with overcoming him and causing him to drown.
Was Swimming Pool.
The pond was once a popular swimming pool for people in Elk City and the
surrounding communities.  It was closed as a public place about three
years ago.  Two seasons back it was leased by some men who formed a club
and had a private recreation resort.
Jack Vestal was born in Elk City on Dec. 15, 1920 and lived here all of
his life.  He was an only son.  Other than his parents, relatives
surviving the youth living here are Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bass and Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Hise, grandparents; Mrs. J. C. Daily, Mrs. W. C. Burl, Mrs. R.
D. Dugan and Mrs. Jess Reeves, aunts; and George Hise, Millard Bass, Andy
Bass, Noah Bass, Everett Bass, C. C. Bass and E. H. Bass, uncles.
Interment was made in the Fairlawn Cemetery, with Killough-Hullum, funeral
directors, in charge.

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