McCurtain Co. OK - OBIT:    G.H.Gifford 

Submitted by:  Sandie Welch  sandiewe@verizon.net
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::Denison Cemetery--Idabel OK

McCurtain County Local Newspaper:

1925

SHULTS MAN SHOT WHILE HUNTING.

G.H. Gifford, 54, living in the Shults neighborhood, was accidentally shot
and killed while hunting last Thursday afternoon about one o'clock.

As given to a Gazette reporter by the county attorney's office, Mr. Gifford,
in company with his son-in-law, Jess Compton, started for a hunt Thursday
morning about 9:00.  About 1:00 in the afternoon they were ready for the 
return to their home.  It seems that a wire fence had to be crossed and it
was here that the accident occurred.  Mr. Compton had crossed the fence and
was some 20 or 30 steps in the lead when he heard the report of Mr. Gifford's
gun.  He turned at the report of the gun and upon seeing Mr. Gifford reeling,
rushed to him.  When he reached the wounded man he found that the discharge
from the gun had struck just above the heart, the man dying instantly.  Mr.
Compton doesn't know just how the accident occurred, but it is to be 
supposed that the gun was discharged while Mr. Gifford was crossing the fence.

Interment was made in Denison cemetery, near Idabel, Saturday.
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