Obit of Simpson, Vernon M - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 14 Dec 2008 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 ===================================================================== ::NOT LISTED Surnames: Simpson Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7871 BOY ACCIDENTLY HANGS SELF With Rope Around Neck, Foot Slippeed Killing Him. A sad accident occured at the home of T.J. Simpson, near Berlin, on Saturday last January 28, 1922, by which a son Vernon M. Simpson of Mr. and Mrs. Simpson lost his life. It seemss that there is a large barn on the farm and that a number of boys were playing in the loft of the barn. A rope was slipped over the young man's neck, some reports say by himself and other reports say by one of his playmates. At any rate, there was a rope over his neck with the other end fastened in the loft, when his foot slipped and he fell, tightening the noose around his neck, and killing him almost instantly, the neck being broken. From all reports there are no features about the affair which maked it possible to construe it in any other manner than as a most deplorable accident. Funeral services were held from the Berlin church on Sunday afternoon last, and very largely attended by neighbors and friends, who are extending their heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. Sayre Headlight, Sayre, OK 2-Feb-1922 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html