Obit of Howard, Lonnie - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 30 Oct 2005 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Howard, Duncan, Simmons, Bradshaw Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6515 Lonnie Howard of near Butler was killed instantly Wednesday morning, October 6, 1943 by the accidental discharge of a shot gun. Howard, Orville Duncan, J.D. Duncan, 13 year-old-son of Orville Duncan, and Loyd Simmons, were riding together in a hunting party on the J.M. Bradshaw ranch in Ellis County when the accidnet occurred. According to information, Orville Duncan was driving the car. In the front seat with him were his son and Loyd Simmons, with three shotguns between young Duncan and Simmons. Howard was riding in the back seatl leaning over the front seat when one of the guns accidentally discharged, blowing Howard's head almostly completely off. Howard is survived by his wife and two small children, a boy six years of age and a girl four years old. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 7-Oct-1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html