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McCurtain Co. OK - OBIT:    Willis Taylor
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::Valliant City Cemetery--Valliant OK

McCurtain County Local Newspaper:

Aug. 20, 1925

CAR OVERTURNS, KILLS WILLIS TAYLOR

Willis Taylor was instantly killed Tuesday afternoon about 5:30 when 
the car he, Lester Merritt, and Ben Hellum, of Fort Towson, and Mr. 
Williams, of Swink, were driving, overturned in the Hellum pasture 
four miles south of Swink.  Lester Merritt was seriously injured 
also, and was carried to Hugo immediately.

Mr. Taylor was pinned beneath the car and was choked to death by the 
runningboard, which fell across his neck.

Mr. Taylor has been living in and around Valliant for a number of 
years and has many friends who regret to learn of his death.

He leaves his mother and two sisters, Mrs. Bud Felker and Mrs. Bruce 
Still, to mourn his loss.

Interment was at the City Cemetery, Thursday. -- Valliant Tribune.
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