Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Cecil Rogers, 1917 Wednesday, 15 October 2008 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ************************************************ ROGERS, CECIL (21 Jun 1917, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK): LITTLE CECIL ROGERS KILLED A gloom was cast over the entire Carter vicinity last Thursday when it was learned that Cecil, the little twelve year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Press Rogers had been killed. The little fellow wanted to help in the harvest and his father allowed him to drive the wheat header. It is not known just how it happened, but he fell and the header barge ran over him, crushing him so that he died at nine o'clock that night. How futile are words of sympathy in this hour of bereavement. We can only commend the sorrowing parents to Him who alone can comfort them. (22 Jun 1917, The Carter Express, Carter, Beckham Co, OK): One of the saddest accidents that has happened in this part of the country in years, occurred on Thursday morning of last week on the farm of J. P. Rogers, one and a quarter miles north of Carter. Cecil, the thirteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers was fatally injured in the harvest field by a team running away with a barge loaded with wheat. The men who were running the binder were having trouble with it, so one of the barge wagons was left behind and Mr. Rogers fearing that the team might start off asked Cecil to go back and watch the team, but after the binder men had gotten out of sight in a draw and stopped to work on their machine, it is supposed that the boy attempted to climb on to the wagon in order to see them when the team started to run, dragging the boy a ways and running a wheel across his body causing death that night about nine o'clock. The accident happened in the morning between nine and ten o'clock. Mr. Rogers summoned several physicians as soon as he could, but they soon decided that nothing could be done to save his life as his internal injuries in his stomach and bowels was so severe that the physicians despaired of his life. The remains were laid to rest in the Carter cemetery Friday morning, Revs. McIntyre and Reels conducting the burial services. It was hard indeed for the parents and other near relatives to give up their boy, his death coming so sudden and unexpected. The Express extends to the grief stricken family our sincere sympathy in such a trying hour, for we can fully realize that even death itself is not compapable (sic) with sorrow of a parent in giving up a loving child in such a sudden and tragic death. --------------------------------------------------- Return to Beckham County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/beckham/beckham.html