Marshall County Obit for Leona Dawson
Contributed by Merlene Dawson leonamay@cowtown.net
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Mrs. Dawson Is Killed in Explosion
Services Held at Kingston Sunday

Mrs. Leona Dawson, wife of Dean Dawson, was one of five employees killed 
in a series of explosions at the Pan American aircraft plant in Fort Worth
Friday. Her funeral services were held at Kingston Sunday with the Rev. B.
J. Wilkins and the Rev. J. S. Dennis in charge.
The F. B. I. Is investigating the explosion but according to press dispatches,
the accident may have been caused by lightning striking the plant.
Mrs. Dawson was born March 23, 1897. She is survived by her husband; four 
children, Eugene and Buddy Dawson, in the armed services; Bernice and Patsy
Dawson; and her mother.
Mr. Dawson's father is E. E. Dawson of Kingston.
Watts Funeral home was in charge of arrangements.
 
*Note:Pan American was not an aircraft plant. It was a manufacturing plant 
for explosives manufacturing bombs for World War II. It's location was northwest
of Fort Worth in Lake Worth, Texas.

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