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Charles William “Chas” James Jr.

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Charles William “Chas” James Jr.

Birth
Death
20 Feb 1962 (aged 41–42)
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Austin, Scott County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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"Gun Shot in Head Is Fatal

Charles William James, 42, son of Mrs. Helen James of Austin, died Tuesday in St. Joseph Infirmary, Louisville, of a gunshot wound in the head.

Mr. James, who was living with his aunt, Mrs. Lenore Morgan, of Austin, was wounded wounded Monday morning about 9:30. The pistol shot entered his head behind the ear.

He was taken to the Louisville Hospital in a Buchanan Funeral Home ambulance; he lived about 24 hours, dying at 8:35 Tuesday morning.

The Louisville coroner's office is making an investigation of the case since death occured in Louisville.

Survivors of Mr. James, in addition to his mother and aunt, are his brother, Joe James, in Louisville, sisters, Mrs. Virginia Suellmacher of Detroit and Mrs. Pauline Ambuhl of Dayton.

The body is at Pearson's Funeral Home, Louisville."
-- The Chronicle, Scottsburg Indiana, 22 Feb 1962
"Gun Shot in Head Is Fatal

Charles William James, 42, son of Mrs. Helen James of Austin, died Tuesday in St. Joseph Infirmary, Louisville, of a gunshot wound in the head.

Mr. James, who was living with his aunt, Mrs. Lenore Morgan, of Austin, was wounded wounded Monday morning about 9:30. The pistol shot entered his head behind the ear.

He was taken to the Louisville Hospital in a Buchanan Funeral Home ambulance; he lived about 24 hours, dying at 8:35 Tuesday morning.

The Louisville coroner's office is making an investigation of the case since death occured in Louisville.

Survivors of Mr. James, in addition to his mother and aunt, are his brother, Joe James, in Louisville, sisters, Mrs. Virginia Suellmacher of Detroit and Mrs. Pauline Ambuhl of Dayton.

The body is at Pearson's Funeral Home, Louisville."
-- The Chronicle, Scottsburg Indiana, 22 Feb 1962

Gravesite Details

Transcribed from Jennings Twp. Cemetery Records 1999 of Scott County Historical Society



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