This is from the Floyd Times about the death of my Grandfather Frank Click who was the son of Doc and Amanda Click. His death has always been questionable. One theory is it may have stemmed from the school board meeting where his brother Wayne was killed. My mom was always told with the rest of the family he had been murdered and dumped there at the mouth of Arkansas Creek. Frank is buried there in the Click Cemetery at the home place where he was raised. Doc begged my grandmother Marie (Boyd) Click for the body of "his baby" so Doc could bury him close to him and other family. Marie finally gave in. Marie is buried in the Richmond Cemetery in downtown Prestonsburg, she never remarried. At the time of Frank's death Marie was pregnant with their youngest daughter Frankie Sue Click. The oldest daughter being my mom, Patsy Ann and then her sister Sandra Jean. Marie raised the three girls in Emma with the help of family members. Frank died in 1944. I put together a memory book of her father with the help of my cousin Rita Frasure for Mother's Day and she cried. She remembers his last day and the events that followed as if it were yesterday. She still mourns the loss of her "daddy" and the horrible pain he must have suffered. The death certificate reads, two broken legs, severe head trauma, severe internal injuries. The casket was closed at the funeral.
HIT-AND-RUN
DRIVER STILL UNIDENTIFIED
Victim, Frank Click,
Buried at Arkansas;
Body Found on Road
While the motorist who shortly before midnight Friday left him dying on the highway, near Martin, remained-unidentified. Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Click, 33 years old, of Emma, was buried Sunday in the family cemetery on Arkansas Creek, near where the tragedy occurred.
Authorities here Monday morning said not a hint of the hit-run driver's identity had been gained. Click was found dead shortly after midnight, on the highway near the home of Dr. H. H. Mayo, a mile below Martin. His legs and one arm had been broken and he had suffered internal and head injuries.
His death followed a visit at Martin with his brother Pvt. Jobie Click, who had arrived home on army furlough on the preceding day. His brother-in-law, Raymond Boyd, met death in the same manner at Winchester, near here, four years ago and the driver of the car-death was never identified.
Mr. Click was a son of Dock and the late Amanda Frances Conn Click, and was born and reared on Arkansas. He is survived by his father, his widow, Mrs. Marie Boyd Click, a daughter of Tilden Boyd of Emma and two children; Patsy Ann, 6, and Sandra Jean, 5. He also leaves seven sisters and three brothers: Mrs. Sarah Robinson, of Banner: Mrs. Maggie Boyd, of Dana, Mrs. Minnie Adams, Glo; Mrs. Stella Goble and Mrs. Hersie Mosely both of Emma; Elzie Click, Emma; Hi Click and J.B. Click, both of Martin.
Funeral rites were conducted Sunday noon from the Methodist Church at Emma, the Revs. Isaac Stratton and Roy Blevins officiating. At the home of the victim's father on Arkansas rites later in the afternoon were conducted by the Rev. W.L. Webb,. Burial was under the direction of Arnold Funeral Home.
Plublished in the Floyd County Times November 23, 1944
CLICK DEATH PROBE MADE
Hint at Identity of Driver Gained In Investigation
A quiet investigation of the hit-run death near Martin on the night of Nov. 17 of Frank Click was being continued this week by County Attorney W.W. Burchett.
The investigation has uncovered some hint of the identity of the driver of the car which struck Click, but evidence at hand is insufficient to justify an arrest, it was said this week.
Click a resident of Emma, was killed while en route home from Martin where he had visited a friend whose name was given as "Red" Campbell. He was dead when found shortly after midnight.
November 30, 1944 Floyd County Times
NOTE: His birth name is Frank Benjamin Click
HIT-AND-RUN
DRIVER STILL UNIDENTIFIED
Victim, Frank Click,
Buried at Arkansas;
Body Found on Road
While the motorist who shortly before midnight Friday left him dying on the highway, near Martin, remained-unidentified. Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Click, 33 years old, of Emma, was buried Sunday in the family cemetery on Arkansas Creek, near where the tragedy occurred.
Authorities here Monday morning said not a hint of the hit-run driver's identity had been gained. Click was found dead shortly after midnight, on the highway near the home of Dr. H. H. Mayo, a mile below Martin. His legs and one arm had been broken and he had suffered internal and head injuries.
His death followed a visit at Martin with his brother Pvt. Jobie Click, who had arrived home on army furlough on the preceding day. His brother-in-law, Raymond Boyd, met death in the same manner at Winchester, near here, four years ago and the driver of the car-death was never identified.
Mr. Click was a son of Dock and the late Amanda Frances Conn Click, and was born and reared on Arkansas. He is survived by his father, his widow, Mrs. Marie Boyd Click, a daughter of Tilden Boyd of Emma and two children; Patsy Ann, 6, and Sandra Jean, 5. He also leaves seven sisters and three brothers: Mrs. Sarah Robinson, of Banner: Mrs. Maggie Boyd, of Dana, Mrs. Minnie Adams, Glo; Mrs. Stella Goble and Mrs. Hersie Mosely both of Emma; Elzie Click, Emma; Hi Click and J.B. Click, both of Martin.
Funeral rites were conducted Sunday noon from the Methodist Church at Emma, the Revs. Isaac Stratton and Roy Blevins officiating. At the home of the victim's father on Arkansas rites later in the afternoon were conducted by the Rev. W.L. Webb,. Burial was under the direction of Arnold Funeral Home.
Plublished in the Floyd County Times November 23, 1944
CLICK DEATH PROBE MADE
Hint at Identity of Driver Gained In Investigation
A quiet investigation of the hit-run death near Martin on the night of Nov. 17 of Frank Click was being continued this week by County Attorney W.W. Burchett.
The investigation has uncovered some hint of the identity of the driver of the car which struck Click, but evidence at hand is insufficient to justify an arrest, it was said this week.
Click a resident of Emma, was killed while en route home from Martin where he had visited a friend whose name was given as "Red" Campbell. He was dead when found shortly after midnight.
November 30, 1944 Floyd County Times
NOTE: His birth name is Frank Benjamin Click
This is from the Floyd Times about the death of my Grandfather Frank Click who was the son of Doc and Amanda Click. His death has always been questionable. One theory is it may have stemmed from the school board meeting where his brother Wayne was killed. My mom was always told with the rest of the family he had been murdered and dumped there at the mouth of Arkansas Creek. Frank is buried there in the Click Cemetery at the home place where he was raised. Doc begged my grandmother Marie (Boyd) Click for the body of "his baby" so Doc could bury him close to him and other family. Marie finally gave in. Marie is buried in the Richmond Cemetery in downtown Prestonsburg, she never remarried. At the time of Frank's death Marie was pregnant with their youngest daughter Frankie Sue Click. The oldest daughter being my mom, Patsy Ann and then her sister Sandra Jean. Marie raised the three girls in Emma with the help of family members. Frank died in 1944. I put together a memory book of her father with the help of my cousin Rita Frasure for Mother's Day and she cried. She remembers his last day and the events that followed as if it were yesterday. She still mourns the loss of her "daddy" and the horrible pain he must have suffered. The death certificate reads, two broken legs, severe head trauma, severe internal injuries. The casket was closed at the funeral.
HIT-AND-RUN
DRIVER STILL UNIDENTIFIED
Victim, Frank Click,
Buried at Arkansas;
Body Found on Road
While the motorist who shortly before midnight Friday left him dying on the highway, near Martin, remained-unidentified. Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Click, 33 years old, of Emma, was buried Sunday in the family cemetery on Arkansas Creek, near where the tragedy occurred.
Authorities here Monday morning said not a hint of the hit-run driver's identity had been gained. Click was found dead shortly after midnight, on the highway near the home of Dr. H. H. Mayo, a mile below Martin. His legs and one arm had been broken and he had suffered internal and head injuries.
His death followed a visit at Martin with his brother Pvt. Jobie Click, who had arrived home on army furlough on the preceding day. His brother-in-law, Raymond Boyd, met death in the same manner at Winchester, near here, four years ago and the driver of the car-death was never identified.
Mr. Click was a son of Dock and the late Amanda Frances Conn Click, and was born and reared on Arkansas. He is survived by his father, his widow, Mrs. Marie Boyd Click, a daughter of Tilden Boyd of Emma and two children; Patsy Ann, 6, and Sandra Jean, 5. He also leaves seven sisters and three brothers: Mrs. Sarah Robinson, of Banner: Mrs. Maggie Boyd, of Dana, Mrs. Minnie Adams, Glo; Mrs. Stella Goble and Mrs. Hersie Mosely both of Emma; Elzie Click, Emma; Hi Click and J.B. Click, both of Martin.
Funeral rites were conducted Sunday noon from the Methodist Church at Emma, the Revs. Isaac Stratton and Roy Blevins officiating. At the home of the victim's father on Arkansas rites later in the afternoon were conducted by the Rev. W.L. Webb,. Burial was under the direction of Arnold Funeral Home.
Plublished in the Floyd County Times November 23, 1944
CLICK DEATH PROBE MADE
Hint at Identity of Driver Gained In Investigation
A quiet investigation of the hit-run death near Martin on the night of Nov. 17 of Frank Click was being continued this week by County Attorney W.W. Burchett.
The investigation has uncovered some hint of the identity of the driver of the car which struck Click, but evidence at hand is insufficient to justify an arrest, it was said this week.
Click a resident of Emma, was killed while en route home from Martin where he had visited a friend whose name was given as "Red" Campbell. He was dead when found shortly after midnight.
November 30, 1944 Floyd County Times
NOTE: His birth name is Frank Benjamin Click
HIT-AND-RUN
DRIVER STILL UNIDENTIFIED
Victim, Frank Click,
Buried at Arkansas;
Body Found on Road
While the motorist who shortly before midnight Friday left him dying on the highway, near Martin, remained-unidentified. Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Click, 33 years old, of Emma, was buried Sunday in the family cemetery on Arkansas Creek, near where the tragedy occurred.
Authorities here Monday morning said not a hint of the hit-run driver's identity had been gained. Click was found dead shortly after midnight, on the highway near the home of Dr. H. H. Mayo, a mile below Martin. His legs and one arm had been broken and he had suffered internal and head injuries.
His death followed a visit at Martin with his brother Pvt. Jobie Click, who had arrived home on army furlough on the preceding day. His brother-in-law, Raymond Boyd, met death in the same manner at Winchester, near here, four years ago and the driver of the car-death was never identified.
Mr. Click was a son of Dock and the late Amanda Frances Conn Click, and was born and reared on Arkansas. He is survived by his father, his widow, Mrs. Marie Boyd Click, a daughter of Tilden Boyd of Emma and two children; Patsy Ann, 6, and Sandra Jean, 5. He also leaves seven sisters and three brothers: Mrs. Sarah Robinson, of Banner: Mrs. Maggie Boyd, of Dana, Mrs. Minnie Adams, Glo; Mrs. Stella Goble and Mrs. Hersie Mosely both of Emma; Elzie Click, Emma; Hi Click and J.B. Click, both of Martin.
Funeral rites were conducted Sunday noon from the Methodist Church at Emma, the Revs. Isaac Stratton and Roy Blevins officiating. At the home of the victim's father on Arkansas rites later in the afternoon were conducted by the Rev. W.L. Webb,. Burial was under the direction of Arnold Funeral Home.
Plublished in the Floyd County Times November 23, 1944
CLICK DEATH PROBE MADE
Hint at Identity of Driver Gained In Investigation
A quiet investigation of the hit-run death near Martin on the night of Nov. 17 of Frank Click was being continued this week by County Attorney W.W. Burchett.
The investigation has uncovered some hint of the identity of the driver of the car which struck Click, but evidence at hand is insufficient to justify an arrest, it was said this week.
Click a resident of Emma, was killed while en route home from Martin where he had visited a friend whose name was given as "Red" Campbell. He was dead when found shortly after midnight.
November 30, 1944 Floyd County Times
NOTE: His birth name is Frank Benjamin Click
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