Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Bert Odell, 1929 Wednesday, 10 Sep 2008 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ************************************************ ODELL, BERT (23 May 1929, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK): BERT ODELL IS KILLED IN FALL Bert Odell, well-known farmer of Beckham county, died at 9:35 Monday morning from injuries received when he was thrown from a horse Thursday. Odell was injured internally by the fall. He did not regain consciousness after the accident. After some time, Odell was removed from his home five miles north and east of Sayre to the local hospital where he died. Mrs. Odell was the only witness to the accident. She said that the horse threw down his head and then she looked away and did not see exactly what happened. It is thought that the horse fell. - Sayre Headlight. --------------------------------------------------- Return to Beckham County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/beckham/beckham.html