Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Leonard Long, 1929
27 August 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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LONG, LEONARD
(21 Oct 1929, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Lenard (sic) Long, 14, of LeFors, Texas, was found dead in an overturned
car near Coton's (sic) Store 20 miles northwest of Sayre at 10:30 o'clock
Saturday morning.
Long and his nephew Bedie Long, 5, were on their way to LeFors.  They had
been to get some clothes from an aunt living near Erick.  Young Bedie
says, "A Chevrolet car hit us and turned our car over."  The boys were
driving a new Ford sedan.
Long was crushed about the head and shoulders and young Bedie received a
bad break in the left leg just above the knee.  Bedie says, "The first
thing I knew I was in the ditch, and I couldn't walk."  He seems to be
having a big time in the hospital and doesn't mind being there.
Long's body was taken to Erick and arrangement of the funeral has not yet
been made.
(24 Oct 1929, Thursday, Erick Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
ONLY 14 YEARS OF AGE.
Leonard Long of LaForce, Texas, who has been visiting in the Sweetwater
community was instantly killed in a car accident which happened near the
Cotton store, last Saturday.  The body was brought to the Fatheree Funeral
Home, where it is being held until the arrival of his father, who was at
Yuma, Arizona.

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