Beckham County, OK - Deaths: George Valentine Nichols, 1928
Tuesday, 09 Sep 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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NICHOLS, GEORGE VALENTINE
(11 Oct 1928, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
George Valentine Nichols, aged 21, was killed Saturday night at 8:30 when
the car that he was driving on Highway 41 ran into an open bridge.  The
boy failed to see a warning to motorists which was posted on the highway. 
The brakes on the roadster which he was driving did not work and the car
was overturned.
Two companions who were riding with Nichols did not receive serious
injuries.  Otis Sharp, one of the occupants of the car, received cuts
about the face and was taken to a local hospital where he stayed until
Monday.  The other person in the car, who was the son of George Hanks, was
not injured.
An ambulance was rushed to the scene of the accident but the boy died
about ten minutes after the wreck, before the ambulance arrived.  The car
which Nichols was driving, was badly damaged.
Nichols was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nichols who live west of Elk
City about twelve miles.  He assisted his father in farming.
Funeral services were held at Grubitz & Son chapel Sunday afternoon at
2:00 o'clock p.m.  Interment was made at Fairlawn cemetery.  Rev. John A.
Tracy of the Presbyterian church conducted the funeral services.

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