Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Robert Martin, 1929
16 August 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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MARTIN, ROBERT
(7 Feb 1929, Thursday, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Body of Robert Martin Had Been Buried in Cotten (sic) Seed For 14 Days.
Apparently buried alive as he slept in cottonseed at a oil mill two weeks
ago, the body of Robert Martin, 18 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Martin of southwest of Hobart, was discovered.
Box Tennyson, employee of the Baker Cotton Oil Mill company discovered the
body at about 5 o'clock, while he was taking seed from the building.
When the body was extricated, it was found to be badly decomposed, leading
to the assumption that it had been buried there ever since October, when
the seed was placed there.
Letters found in his pockets, however, led to his identification and
proved the body had been buried only two weeks.
Martin is survived by his parents, two brothers and five sisters.
Services were held Sunday both at Hobart and at Retrop (Washita County)
where the body was interred.

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