OBIT: Bud TAYLOR, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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COLORED MAN DROPS DEAD WHILE AT WORK

  Bud Taylor, colored, age 40 years and six months, died suddenly while 
at work on the Pennsy track in front of No. 3 roundhouse, shortly after 
1 o'clock yesterday afternoon.  Death was attributed to heart disease 
by a physician that made an examination immediately after Taylor had 
dropped over.  
  Taylor was a native of Texas, had been employed as a trackman for the 
Pennsy for some months and recently complained to fellow workmen that 
he feared his heart was weak, as he suffered from fainting spells and 
oftimes felt very weak.  Yesterday morning he remarked to his wife that 
he was not feeling well.
  He worked during the morning and returned to duty shortly before 1 
o'clock.  He had not been working more than 10 minutes when he fell 
over.  He was taken to the big engine house and a physician summoned, 
who pronounced him dead from heart disease.  Deputy Coroner Chester C. 
Rothrock was summoned, but he will conduct no inquest.
  The remains were turned over to Lafferty and Tobias for preparation 
for burial, and tomorrow morning they will be shipped to Houston, 
Texas, where funeral services will be held upon the arrival of the 
body.  Taylor is survived by a wife, residing at 931 1/2 Ninth avenue.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, December 10, 1918