McCurtain Co. OK - OBIT:    ERVIN BUCHANAN

Submitted by:  Sandie Welch  sandiewe@verizon.net
Return to McCurtain County Archives:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/mccurtain/mccurtai.htm
=====================================================================
                          USGENWEB NOTICE
                  Copyright.  All rights reserved.
             http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm       
=====================================================================
::Holly Creek Cemetery--Holly Creek OK
*McCurtain County Local Newspaper:

MAY 19, 1934

ERVIN BUCHANAN SHOT BY A FARM NEIGHBOR

At a preliminary hearing before Justice Dooley in Idabel, Add Andrews was 
bound over to district court and placed in jail for the killing of Ervin 
Buchanan Friday morning, May 11, near their homes west of Broken Bow.

The two men, who live about 150 yards apart, met on the road and after a few 
words between them Andrews shot Buchanan with a 12-gauge shotgun, the shot
striking him in the right chest and shoulder.  Buchanan dropped to the road,
dying instantly.  Dave Futtrell and Carl Poindexter, who live nearby, heard 
the shot and rushed to the scene.

Andrews must have been ten or twelve feet from Buchanan when he fired the 
shot, according to Sheriff Bud Stewart.  Andrews had placed his gun against 
the fence and was still on the scene when the sheriff arrived.

Buchanan, who was working at the mill here, had his dinner pail with him and 
had started to work when the shooting occurred.

Funeral services were held for Buchanan Saturday at the Holly Creek cemetery.
He is survived by his wife and several children.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Return to McCurtain County Archives:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/mccurtain/mccurtai.htm