The following is a newspaper clipping regarding the death of my grandfather, Howard Acton, in 1958.
Howard Acton, 57, Freetown R1 was fatally injured Thursday afternoon in a logging accident at Edinburg. Acton, after the accident was first admitted to Johnson County Memorial Hospital at Franklin about 3 p.m. Thursday, and later transferred to the Bartholomew County Hospital, Columbus where he died about two and one-half hours later. Acton, a log hauler employed by Ivan Bane, Freetown, had take a large load of small logs to the Amos Thompson Corporation at Edinburg. While the logs were being unloaded in the log yard Thursday afternoon, it was reported that two of the three chains around the load had been removed, four logs started rolling off. The first log was reported to have struck Acton in the head, knocking him down, and three others fell on him, crushing him according to reports from Edinburg.
Funeral services were conducted at Rock of Light Tabernacle, Brownstown, with the Rev. Bob Emily pastor of Hilltop Pentecostal Church and Rev. Raymond Gaiter pastor of Rock of Light Tabernacle in Brownstown. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery Brownstown.
Howard Acton, 57, Freetown R1 was fatally injured Thursday afternoon in a logging accident at Edinburg. Acton, after the accident was first admitted to Johnson County Memorial Hospital at Franklin about 3 p.m. Thursday, and later transferred to the Bartholomew County Hospital, Columbus where he died about two and one-half hours later. Acton, a log hauler employed by Ivan Bane, Freetown, had take a large load of small logs to the Amos Thompson Corporation at Edinburg. While the logs were being unloaded in the log yard Thursday afternoon, it was reported that two of the three chains around the load had been removed, four logs started rolling off. The first log was reported to have struck Acton in the head, knocking him down, and three others fell on him, crushing him according to reports from Edinburg.
Funeral services were conducted at Rock of Light Tabernacle, Brownstown, with the Rev. Bob Emily pastor of Hilltop Pentecostal Church and Rev. Raymond Gaiter pastor of Rock of Light Tabernacle in Brownstown. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery Brownstown.
The following is a newspaper clipping regarding the death of my grandfather, Howard Acton, in 1958.
Howard Acton, 57, Freetown R1 was fatally injured Thursday afternoon in a logging accident at Edinburg. Acton, after the accident was first admitted to Johnson County Memorial Hospital at Franklin about 3 p.m. Thursday, and later transferred to the Bartholomew County Hospital, Columbus where he died about two and one-half hours later. Acton, a log hauler employed by Ivan Bane, Freetown, had take a large load of small logs to the Amos Thompson Corporation at Edinburg. While the logs were being unloaded in the log yard Thursday afternoon, it was reported that two of the three chains around the load had been removed, four logs started rolling off. The first log was reported to have struck Acton in the head, knocking him down, and three others fell on him, crushing him according to reports from Edinburg.
Funeral services were conducted at Rock of Light Tabernacle, Brownstown, with the Rev. Bob Emily pastor of Hilltop Pentecostal Church and Rev. Raymond Gaiter pastor of Rock of Light Tabernacle in Brownstown. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery Brownstown.
Howard Acton, 57, Freetown R1 was fatally injured Thursday afternoon in a logging accident at Edinburg. Acton, after the accident was first admitted to Johnson County Memorial Hospital at Franklin about 3 p.m. Thursday, and later transferred to the Bartholomew County Hospital, Columbus where he died about two and one-half hours later. Acton, a log hauler employed by Ivan Bane, Freetown, had take a large load of small logs to the Amos Thompson Corporation at Edinburg. While the logs were being unloaded in the log yard Thursday afternoon, it was reported that two of the three chains around the load had been removed, four logs started rolling off. The first log was reported to have struck Acton in the head, knocking him down, and three others fell on him, crushing him according to reports from Edinburg.
Funeral services were conducted at Rock of Light Tabernacle, Brownstown, with the Rev. Bob Emily pastor of Hilltop Pentecostal Church and Rev. Raymond Gaiter pastor of Rock of Light Tabernacle in Brownstown. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery Brownstown.
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