Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Albert Shelton, 1924
Tuesday, 04 November 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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SHELTON, ALBERT
(13 Nov 1924, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
ALBERT SHELTON DIES FROM INJURY IN GIN.
Last Thursday night Mrs. O. N. Choate received a long distance telephone
call from Vernon, Texas, stating that her nephew, Albert Shelton, was
seriously hurt in a cotton gin there.  Mrs. Choate left immediately for
Vernon accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Rogers.  They drove through in
about seven hours.  On arriving they learned there was no chance for
Albert's recovery.  He was taken to the Vernon Hospital where doctors and
nurses tried to relieve him from all pain possible.  Everything that
skilled hands and kind hearts could do was done, but he never regained
consciousness, dying at 4:30 Friday afternoon.  The Pastor of the M. E.
Church, South, spoke very appropriate words of comfort to the bereaved
ones, and told them he also felt Albert's death his own personal loss. 
And said we couldn't understand why one so young and just equipped it
seemed to meet life, should be called away at the age of 20 years.
His body was tenderly laid to rest in a beautiful grey casket.  And the
mound of earth heaped high with lovely flowers by loving friends.  We feel
a great loss by our boy being called away so sudden and he so young.  But
we don't question God's wisdom.  Albert was converted and joined the
Presbyterian church at the age of thirteen years.  He will be remembered
by a host of friends in and around Elk City, as his home used to be here. 
He lived with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Shelton and family out in
the Ural settlement for some years where he has many friends.  By his
Aunt.

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