The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1942
Dr. Alton Aiken Dies Wednesday As Heart Fails
House Is Caught Afire And Burns to Ground But Veteran Doctor Not Burned
Dr. Alton Aiken, beloved Chriesman doctor for thirty-five years, dropped dead from heart failure about 3:30 Wednesday morning and only through the nearness of a neighbor, Horace Kornegay, was the veteran doctor saved from a charred grave.
Dr. Aiken, who had not been feeling well for the past few days, had awakened and decided to get up, despite the early house. He had lighted a stove to make coffee prior to his death and a fire resulted. Mrs. Aiken and her father, David Black, were asleep in the home when Dr. Aiken passed away. Kornegay, who lives close by, saw the blaze and ran to the Aiken home. He pulled the doctor's body away from the flames and out of the house. They were unable to put out the fire and the residence was completely destroyed.
Funeral services for Dr. Aiken were held from the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kornegay in Chriesman with Rev. J. Carroll Cooper, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Caldwell, officiating. The funeral was conducted by Harvey-Schiller. Interment was made in the Chriesman Cemetery.
The deceased was born at Granbury, Texas, in Hood County on September 2, 1876. He was the eldest son of the late Ed and Narcissus Aiken of Granbury.
In Granbury Dr. Aiken grew to manhood. He was a graduate of the Methodist College there and then went to Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended medical school and was graduated. He later took a post graduate medical course at Tulane University, New Orleans.
After being graduated from his last course at Tulane Dr. Aiken became a physician on a ship that sailed from New Orleans to Islands in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. He later practiced medicene (sic) at Granbury for several years, finally settling at Chriesman about thirty-five years ago, where he practiced medicine and was active until only a few years past. Ill health forced him to retire. He went to Portland to live after that and remained in Portland three years. He had hoped that the climate would improve his health.
Dr. Aiken returned to Chriesman only recently, where he had expected to remain. It was in 1909 that he was married to Miss Eula Black of Chriesman, the couple spending their entire married life in Chriesman with the exception of the three years the doctor and Mrs. Aiken resided in Portland.
Recently Dr. Aiken had been feeling much better than usual and had attended his brother, J. O. Aiken, during his last illness at Fort Worth. His brother passed away in Fort Worth on the second day of September.
Dr. Aiken was a typical old time, country doctor, who probably knew more about his business and how to treat a patient than hundreds of the big city doctors far away. He settled in a small town because he loved small town people. He was said by those who knew him best to have been the most sincere man who had ever come to this section of the country. "Doc" had hundreds of friends in Burleson County. Over a period of years he brought hundreds of youngsters to see the light of day and every last one of them still swears by their family doctor.
Although he had been active for a little over three years, the interests of his people still came first with him. The little town of Chriesman and all the people round-about are grief stricken at the news of the doctor's death.
The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eula Aiken; three sisters, Mrs. George Bayer of Georgetown, Mrs. Eula Findley of Granbury, and Miss Mittie Aiken of Branbury; four brothers, Dr. Y. J. Aiken, Fort Worth, E. M. Aiken f San Benito, Arthur Aiken of Granbury and V. R. Aiken of Austin.
Pall Bearers were Ray Sewell, Ben Bauman, Charlie Boedeker, John Speckman, Jess Tabor and Leonard Kornegay."
Dr. Alton Aiken Dies Wednesday As Heart Fails
House Is Caught Afire And Burns to Ground But Veteran Doctor Not Burned
Dr. Alton Aiken, beloved Chriesman doctor for thirty-five years, dropped dead from heart failure about 3:30 Wednesday morning and only through the nearness of a neighbor, Horace Kornegay, was the veteran doctor saved from a charred grave.
Dr. Aiken, who had not been feeling well for the past few days, had awakened and decided to get up, despite the early house. He had lighted a stove to make coffee prior to his death and a fire resulted. Mrs. Aiken and her father, David Black, were asleep in the home when Dr. Aiken passed away. Kornegay, who lives close by, saw the blaze and ran to the Aiken home. He pulled the doctor's body away from the flames and out of the house. They were unable to put out the fire and the residence was completely destroyed.
Funeral services for Dr. Aiken were held from the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kornegay in Chriesman with Rev. J. Carroll Cooper, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Caldwell, officiating. The funeral was conducted by Harvey-Schiller. Interment was made in the Chriesman Cemetery.
The deceased was born at Granbury, Texas, in Hood County on September 2, 1876. He was the eldest son of the late Ed and Narcissus Aiken of Granbury.
In Granbury Dr. Aiken grew to manhood. He was a graduate of the Methodist College there and then went to Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended medical school and was graduated. He later took a post graduate medical course at Tulane University, New Orleans.
After being graduated from his last course at Tulane Dr. Aiken became a physician on a ship that sailed from New Orleans to Islands in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. He later practiced medicene (sic) at Granbury for several years, finally settling at Chriesman about thirty-five years ago, where he practiced medicine and was active until only a few years past. Ill health forced him to retire. He went to Portland to live after that and remained in Portland three years. He had hoped that the climate would improve his health.
Dr. Aiken returned to Chriesman only recently, where he had expected to remain. It was in 1909 that he was married to Miss Eula Black of Chriesman, the couple spending their entire married life in Chriesman with the exception of the three years the doctor and Mrs. Aiken resided in Portland.
Recently Dr. Aiken had been feeling much better than usual and had attended his brother, J. O. Aiken, during his last illness at Fort Worth. His brother passed away in Fort Worth on the second day of September.
Dr. Aiken was a typical old time, country doctor, who probably knew more about his business and how to treat a patient than hundreds of the big city doctors far away. He settled in a small town because he loved small town people. He was said by those who knew him best to have been the most sincere man who had ever come to this section of the country. "Doc" had hundreds of friends in Burleson County. Over a period of years he brought hundreds of youngsters to see the light of day and every last one of them still swears by their family doctor.
Although he had been active for a little over three years, the interests of his people still came first with him. The little town of Chriesman and all the people round-about are grief stricken at the news of the doctor's death.
The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eula Aiken; three sisters, Mrs. George Bayer of Georgetown, Mrs. Eula Findley of Granbury, and Miss Mittie Aiken of Branbury; four brothers, Dr. Y. J. Aiken, Fort Worth, E. M. Aiken f San Benito, Arthur Aiken of Granbury and V. R. Aiken of Austin.
Pall Bearers were Ray Sewell, Ben Bauman, Charlie Boedeker, John Speckman, Jess Tabor and Leonard Kornegay."
The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1942
Dr. Alton Aiken Dies Wednesday As Heart Fails
House Is Caught Afire And Burns to Ground But Veteran Doctor Not Burned
Dr. Alton Aiken, beloved Chriesman doctor for thirty-five years, dropped dead from heart failure about 3:30 Wednesday morning and only through the nearness of a neighbor, Horace Kornegay, was the veteran doctor saved from a charred grave.
Dr. Aiken, who had not been feeling well for the past few days, had awakened and decided to get up, despite the early house. He had lighted a stove to make coffee prior to his death and a fire resulted. Mrs. Aiken and her father, David Black, were asleep in the home when Dr. Aiken passed away. Kornegay, who lives close by, saw the blaze and ran to the Aiken home. He pulled the doctor's body away from the flames and out of the house. They were unable to put out the fire and the residence was completely destroyed.
Funeral services for Dr. Aiken were held from the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kornegay in Chriesman with Rev. J. Carroll Cooper, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Caldwell, officiating. The funeral was conducted by Harvey-Schiller. Interment was made in the Chriesman Cemetery.
The deceased was born at Granbury, Texas, in Hood County on September 2, 1876. He was the eldest son of the late Ed and Narcissus Aiken of Granbury.
In Granbury Dr. Aiken grew to manhood. He was a graduate of the Methodist College there and then went to Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended medical school and was graduated. He later took a post graduate medical course at Tulane University, New Orleans.
After being graduated from his last course at Tulane Dr. Aiken became a physician on a ship that sailed from New Orleans to Islands in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. He later practiced medicene (sic) at Granbury for several years, finally settling at Chriesman about thirty-five years ago, where he practiced medicine and was active until only a few years past. Ill health forced him to retire. He went to Portland to live after that and remained in Portland three years. He had hoped that the climate would improve his health.
Dr. Aiken returned to Chriesman only recently, where he had expected to remain. It was in 1909 that he was married to Miss Eula Black of Chriesman, the couple spending their entire married life in Chriesman with the exception of the three years the doctor and Mrs. Aiken resided in Portland.
Recently Dr. Aiken had been feeling much better than usual and had attended his brother, J. O. Aiken, during his last illness at Fort Worth. His brother passed away in Fort Worth on the second day of September.
Dr. Aiken was a typical old time, country doctor, who probably knew more about his business and how to treat a patient than hundreds of the big city doctors far away. He settled in a small town because he loved small town people. He was said by those who knew him best to have been the most sincere man who had ever come to this section of the country. "Doc" had hundreds of friends in Burleson County. Over a period of years he brought hundreds of youngsters to see the light of day and every last one of them still swears by their family doctor.
Although he had been active for a little over three years, the interests of his people still came first with him. The little town of Chriesman and all the people round-about are grief stricken at the news of the doctor's death.
The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eula Aiken; three sisters, Mrs. George Bayer of Georgetown, Mrs. Eula Findley of Granbury, and Miss Mittie Aiken of Branbury; four brothers, Dr. Y. J. Aiken, Fort Worth, E. M. Aiken f San Benito, Arthur Aiken of Granbury and V. R. Aiken of Austin.
Pall Bearers were Ray Sewell, Ben Bauman, Charlie Boedeker, John Speckman, Jess Tabor and Leonard Kornegay."
Dr. Alton Aiken Dies Wednesday As Heart Fails
House Is Caught Afire And Burns to Ground But Veteran Doctor Not Burned
Dr. Alton Aiken, beloved Chriesman doctor for thirty-five years, dropped dead from heart failure about 3:30 Wednesday morning and only through the nearness of a neighbor, Horace Kornegay, was the veteran doctor saved from a charred grave.
Dr. Aiken, who had not been feeling well for the past few days, had awakened and decided to get up, despite the early house. He had lighted a stove to make coffee prior to his death and a fire resulted. Mrs. Aiken and her father, David Black, were asleep in the home when Dr. Aiken passed away. Kornegay, who lives close by, saw the blaze and ran to the Aiken home. He pulled the doctor's body away from the flames and out of the house. They were unable to put out the fire and the residence was completely destroyed.
Funeral services for Dr. Aiken were held from the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kornegay in Chriesman with Rev. J. Carroll Cooper, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Caldwell, officiating. The funeral was conducted by Harvey-Schiller. Interment was made in the Chriesman Cemetery.
The deceased was born at Granbury, Texas, in Hood County on September 2, 1876. He was the eldest son of the late Ed and Narcissus Aiken of Granbury.
In Granbury Dr. Aiken grew to manhood. He was a graduate of the Methodist College there and then went to Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended medical school and was graduated. He later took a post graduate medical course at Tulane University, New Orleans.
After being graduated from his last course at Tulane Dr. Aiken became a physician on a ship that sailed from New Orleans to Islands in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. He later practiced medicene (sic) at Granbury for several years, finally settling at Chriesman about thirty-five years ago, where he practiced medicine and was active until only a few years past. Ill health forced him to retire. He went to Portland to live after that and remained in Portland three years. He had hoped that the climate would improve his health.
Dr. Aiken returned to Chriesman only recently, where he had expected to remain. It was in 1909 that he was married to Miss Eula Black of Chriesman, the couple spending their entire married life in Chriesman with the exception of the three years the doctor and Mrs. Aiken resided in Portland.
Recently Dr. Aiken had been feeling much better than usual and had attended his brother, J. O. Aiken, during his last illness at Fort Worth. His brother passed away in Fort Worth on the second day of September.
Dr. Aiken was a typical old time, country doctor, who probably knew more about his business and how to treat a patient than hundreds of the big city doctors far away. He settled in a small town because he loved small town people. He was said by those who knew him best to have been the most sincere man who had ever come to this section of the country. "Doc" had hundreds of friends in Burleson County. Over a period of years he brought hundreds of youngsters to see the light of day and every last one of them still swears by their family doctor.
Although he had been active for a little over three years, the interests of his people still came first with him. The little town of Chriesman and all the people round-about are grief stricken at the news of the doctor's death.
The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eula Aiken; three sisters, Mrs. George Bayer of Georgetown, Mrs. Eula Findley of Granbury, and Miss Mittie Aiken of Branbury; four brothers, Dr. Y. J. Aiken, Fort Worth, E. M. Aiken f San Benito, Arthur Aiken of Granbury and V. R. Aiken of Austin.
Pall Bearers were Ray Sewell, Ben Bauman, Charlie Boedeker, John Speckman, Jess Tabor and Leonard Kornegay."
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