Limestone Co. TX - OBIT:  Vernon O. Vinson, 1971

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                      Vernon O. Vinson -March 30, 1971

                                      
   MEXIA MAN DIES AFTER GUN ACCIDENT
   
   Mexia (SPL)-Vernon O. Vinson, 59, of Mexia was killed Tuesday night in
   a freak gun accident at Tehuacana.
   
   Mr. Vinson and his wife had been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Dorothy
   Duncan in Tehuacana. They were on their way home in the family pick-up
   truck when the accident occurred.
   
   Mrs. Vinson said her husband had been bothered during the trip by the
   rattling of a .22 rifle in a gun rack in the back of the cab of his
   truck.
   
   She said her husband stopped and got out of the truck and asked her to
   "stop that old gun from rattling on."
   
   Mrs. Vinson reached back to adjust its position and the rifle
   discharged. The bullet went through the cab wall and struck Mr. Vinson
   in the chest.
   
   Justice of the Pace Sam Bonner ruled the death was accidental. He said
   the safety on the rifle had been on.
   
   Mr. Vinson was born in Navarro County, but had lived in Limestone
   County most of his life. He was an employee of the Crider Feed & Seed
   co. here. He was a Methodist.
   
   Funeral services will be today at 4 p.m. at the Blair-Stubbs Funeral
   Chapel, Rev. Ellis Holden Jr. of Coolidge officiating. Burial will be
   in the Tehuacana Cemetery.
   
   Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Duncan of
   Tehuacana and Mrs. Janet Ruth Duncan of St. Louis, MO; thre brothers,
   Noil Vinson of Tehuacana, Ralph Vinson of Bellmead, and Raymond L.
   Vinson of Pasadena; one sister, Mrs. Marie Meisch of Waco; and one
   granddaughter.