Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Fred Everett Scott, 1930
Tuesday, 04 November 2008
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SCOTT, FRED EVERETT
(12 May 1930, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Funeral Services for Fred Scott Are Held in Sayre Today
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in Sayre for
Fred Scott, 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clay Scott, who was killed
almost instantly yesterday when a horse which he was riding on the paved
highway 66 south of Sayre, sliped (sic) and threw him on the cement and
sent him rolling in the path of an approaching car.
Rev. A. J. Bradshaw, pastor of the First Christian Church, conducted the
services.  Interment was made in the Sayre-Doxey cemetery with
Killough-Hullum, funeral directors, in charge.
The youth was rushed to a Sayre hospital immediately after the accident
but attending physicians said that he had probably died instantaneously.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott were in Duncan visiting at the time the tragedy
occurred and did not arrive in Sayre until late Sunday.  They had gone to
spend the day in Duncan and Fred had remained in Sayre to play with his
friends.
Several Boys Riding.
Several boys were riding down the highway at a rather fast gallop,
witnesses reported, when the horse the Scott boy was on made an unexpected
sharp turn up a path.  The mount slipped and fell on the pavement,
throwing the youth's head hard against the cement and rolling him toward
an oncoming machine.  The auto, being driven by tourists, struck the
horse, but did not hit the boy, witnesses said.
A fractured skull and a severe cut across the temple were sustained by the
Scott youth, it was reported.  The name of the driver was not learned
here.  General opinion expressed today held the tragedy purely accidental
and no reflection was thrown on the tourist.
The accident occurred just south of the Red river bridge, south of Sayre,
about 11 o'clock in the morning.  The young riders had just crossed the
bridge and were planning on continuing south for a while when the horse
the Scott boy was riding made the unexpected turn up the trail.
Fred Scott was a student in the junior high school and was popular among
his schoolmates.  Mr. Scott is manager of the Sayre Refinery a mile
southwest of that city.
(15 May 1930, Thursday, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Horse Threw Boy As It Slipped on Pavement
Fred Everett Scott, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clay Scott of Sayre was
instantly killed Sunday morning May 11, when the horse he was riding
slipped throwing him to the pavement South of the long river bridge near
Sayre.
Fred left his home at the Sayre Refinery, about ten o'clock.  He told his
older brother, who was there with him, that he would take his pony over to
the pasture.  As he started onto the pavement, South of Sayre, his pony
slipped and threw him to the pavement.  Immediately following the accident
some tourists, who were passing on the highway, rushed with the body to
Sayre for medical aid.  Following examination it was found that the blow
killed him instantly.
The young boy was born in Lawton, November 17, 1916.  He moved to Sayre
with his parents 2 1/2 years ago.  He was a member of the eighth grade
graduating class.  He was active in all of his school work, an the athlete
and an excellent scholar.  He was a clean sport and a hard working boy,
his school chums stated.
Besides a father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Clay Scott, he is survived by 4
sisters, 2 brothers, a grandmother and grandfather, 3 uncles, 2 aunts and
several cousins.
Funeral services were held at the first Christian church Monday afternoon
May 12 at 2:30 o'clock.  The eighth grade class of the local school, of
which the deceased was a member, attended the funeral in a body.  Rev. A.
J. Bradshaw, pastor of the Christian church, was in charge of the service.
 Music was furnished by the church choir.  Interment was made in the
Sayre-Doxey cemetery.  Killough-Hullum, funeral parlor was in charge.

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