Donley County Texas Archives Obituaries.....Adamson, Ludie May 23, 1911
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The Hedley Informer; May 26, 1911
Death of a Popular Young Lady of Hedley

It is with much regret and a heart full of sympathy for the bereaved the 
Informer chronicles the death of one of the popular young ladies of this 
community, Miss Ludie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.L. Adamson of near Hedley.  
Miss Adamson was visiting in Altus, Oklahoma, at the time visiting.  We clip 
the following account from the Altus Daily Times: "Miss Ludie Adamson, aged 17 
years and 10 months, the elder of two sisters who have from time to time been 
employed by the Pioneer Telephone Co. here, committed suicide Tuesday about 5 
p.m. at the residence of J.W. Cook, 612 Main Street, by drinking carbolic 
acid... Miss Ludie was a very popular young lady with all who knew her, and 
her sudden action was a great shock, to all of her friends, who assign no 
motive for her determination to die... Miss Lula Cook, who lives just across 
the street from Miss O.R. Culwell, sister of Miss Ludie, went home from the 
telephone exchange where she is employed as operator, and her younger sister, 
Lester, and Miss Adamson sitting in the parlor, the latter informing Miss Cook 
she was going to stay all night with them.  Miss Lula and her sister then went 
to the kitchen to prepare supper, and had been out of the room only a few 
seconds when Miss Lester heard Miss Ludie call her.  Going to the room Miss 
Lester found the girl writhing in agony on the bed.  Dr. Abernethy was 
summoned but was unable to give her relief and she died in a very few 
minutes.  When asked why she had taken the poison the girl replied because she 
wanted to die.  Ludie had been a close friend of the Cook girls ever since she 
had been in Altus, and it is a sever blow to these young ladies who have lost 
a chum who was very dear to them.  Mr. and Mrs. S.L. Adamson parents of Jessie 
and Ludie, Bob Adamson their brother, and his wife.  Wesley Adamson and two 
nephews arrived this morning from Hedley, Texas, to take charge of the body.  
The funeral will be held at the Culwell residence, 611 North Main Street, at 
8:30 tonight, and the body will be shipped to Hedley, Texas, Thursday morning 
at 9 o'clock, over the Frisco."  The family arrived yesterday evening on the 
7:10 train with the remains, and were met at the train by a large crowd of 
friends.  Internment will be made in the Rowe Cemetery this afternoon.

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