Beckham County, OK - Deaths: J. Q. Hoy, 1916
01 April 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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HOY, J. Q.
(3 Aug 1916, Elk City Leader, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
J. Q. Hoy, a well known resident of this section, who lived near the
Taylor school house, was killed by a bolt of lightning during the
electrical storm which visited the section near his home Monday afternoon.
 Reports reached here Monday afternoon that he had been struck and was in
a dangerous condition, and word reached here Wednesday afternoon that he
had died as a result of the stroke.
According to the report received here the team Mr. Hoy was driving was
instantly killed, and for a time it was thought he had been killed, but he
rallied from the shock and lived until Wednesday.  Mr. Hoy had been a
resident of this section for many years and bore a splendid reputation as
a good citizen and useful man, and news of his death will be received with
regret.
He is survived by his widow and three sons.  He was a member of the local
lodge of Woodmen of the World and funeral arrangements will probably be
looked after by the lodge, although these facts would not be definitely
learned at the hour of going to press.
(4 Aug 1916, The Carter Express, Carter Beckham Co, OK):
J. Q. Hoy, a prominent farmer residing one mile north and six and one half
east of Carter, near the Taylor School House, was struck down by lightning
last Monday afternoon about one o'clock and died on Wednesday morning
about eleven o'clock as a result of his injuries.
Mr. Hoy had been over to a neighbor's house and was returning home when
the shower blew up and he and his team were struck by the terrific
electrical bolt.
He was discovered an hour or two after the accident by Will Cain and boys
and Marian Moore, he having lain by the roadside in the sun since being
struck.  He was unconscious but it could be seen he had been moving around
a little and was pulling at the weeds when found.  He was carried home and
although everything that could be done was done for him, he never regained
consciousness.
The team that Mr. Hoy was driving was instantly killed, together with a
young colt that was following.  The crown of his hat was gone and an bald
spot on the back of his head showed were the current had burned away the
hair and his flesh was also burned more or less, as the bolt passed down
the left side of his body.
Deceased leaves a wife and several children to mourn his sudden passing away.
(Aug 1916, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Obituary.
J. Q. Hoy was born Sept. 6th, 1866, in Vanzant county Texas, and died at
his home seven and a half miles northeast of Carter, Wednesday, Aug. 2nd,
1916, from injuries received two days previous by being struck with
lightning while driving along the public road near his home.
Mr. Hoy was 49 years old at the time of his death.  He and his family have
been residing in this country for about nine years having moved here from
Kaufman county, Texas.  On Feb. 27th, 1898, he was married to Miss Gussie
White in Henderson Co., Texas, and who still survives him, together with
three children, Otis age 17, Clyde 16 and Oscar 10; also three sisters and
three brothers.
The writer having lived a neighbor to Mr. Hoy for several years, we knew
him to be a kind and loving husband and father who was honored and
respected by all of his neighbors.  He believed in doing right because his
reason taught him that that was the right way to live.  He had no words of
condemnation for those who differed with him in the way that he believed.

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