Charleston Daily Mail, Thursday, November 27, 1967
Page 10, Column 3
Raleigh Hunter, 18, Dies Of Gun Accident Wounds
A Raleigh County youth died in Charleston Memorial Hospital today of a gunshot wound suffered Saturday on a hunting trip near his home.
Cecil Bragg, 18, of Abraham, near Beckley, had been in critical condition since the accident.
Authorities said a shotgun carried by the victim's brother accidentally discharged with the pellets striking Bragg.
Bragg was the third hunter to die within a week as a result of mishaps associated with hunting. A St. Albans man shot while quail hunting and a Virginia
man drowned near Princeton while duck hunting.
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Charleston Daily Mail, Saturday, December 2, 1967
Page 12, Column 3
BRAGG, Edward Cecil—Service Sunday at 2 p. m. in Abraham Free Will Baptist Church by the Rev. Harold Underwood. Burial in the Community Cemetery at Abraham, Raleigh County. Bragg, 18, of Shady Spring, died Thursday in Charleston Memorial Hospital of a gunshot wound received while hunting Nov. 25. Friends may call at Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home in Beckley after 3 p. m. today.
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Page 10, Column 3
Raleigh Hunter, 18, Dies Of Gun Accident Wounds
A Raleigh County youth died in Charleston Memorial Hospital today of a gunshot wound suffered Saturday on a hunting trip near his home.
Cecil Bragg, 18, of Abraham, near Beckley, had been in critical condition since the accident.
Authorities said a shotgun carried by the victim's brother accidentally discharged with the pellets striking Bragg.
Bragg was the third hunter to die within a week as a result of mishaps associated with hunting. A St. Albans man shot while quail hunting and a Virginia
man drowned near Princeton while duck hunting.
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Charleston Daily Mail, Saturday, December 2, 1967
Page 12, Column 3
BRAGG, Edward Cecil—Service Sunday at 2 p. m. in Abraham Free Will Baptist Church by the Rev. Harold Underwood. Burial in the Community Cemetery at Abraham, Raleigh County. Bragg, 18, of Shady Spring, died Thursday in Charleston Memorial Hospital of a gunshot wound received while hunting Nov. 25. Friends may call at Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home in Beckley after 3 p. m. today.
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Charleston Daily Mail, Thursday, November 27, 1967
Page 10, Column 3
Raleigh Hunter, 18, Dies Of Gun Accident Wounds
A Raleigh County youth died in Charleston Memorial Hospital today of a gunshot wound suffered Saturday on a hunting trip near his home.
Cecil Bragg, 18, of Abraham, near Beckley, had been in critical condition since the accident.
Authorities said a shotgun carried by the victim's brother accidentally discharged with the pellets striking Bragg.
Bragg was the third hunter to die within a week as a result of mishaps associated with hunting. A St. Albans man shot while quail hunting and a Virginia
man drowned near Princeton while duck hunting.
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Charleston Daily Mail, Saturday, December 2, 1967
Page 12, Column 3
BRAGG, Edward Cecil—Service Sunday at 2 p. m. in Abraham Free Will Baptist Church by the Rev. Harold Underwood. Burial in the Community Cemetery at Abraham, Raleigh County. Bragg, 18, of Shady Spring, died Thursday in Charleston Memorial Hospital of a gunshot wound received while hunting Nov. 25. Friends may call at Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home in Beckley after 3 p. m. today.
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Emails are welcome from those with verifiable information that would confirm, correct, or enhance information contained herein.
Page 10, Column 3
Raleigh Hunter, 18, Dies Of Gun Accident Wounds
A Raleigh County youth died in Charleston Memorial Hospital today of a gunshot wound suffered Saturday on a hunting trip near his home.
Cecil Bragg, 18, of Abraham, near Beckley, had been in critical condition since the accident.
Authorities said a shotgun carried by the victim's brother accidentally discharged with the pellets striking Bragg.
Bragg was the third hunter to die within a week as a result of mishaps associated with hunting. A St. Albans man shot while quail hunting and a Virginia
man drowned near Princeton while duck hunting.
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Charleston Daily Mail, Saturday, December 2, 1967
Page 12, Column 3
BRAGG, Edward Cecil—Service Sunday at 2 p. m. in Abraham Free Will Baptist Church by the Rev. Harold Underwood. Burial in the Community Cemetery at Abraham, Raleigh County. Bragg, 18, of Shady Spring, died Thursday in Charleston Memorial Hospital of a gunshot wound received while hunting Nov. 25. Friends may call at Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home in Beckley after 3 p. m. today.
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