MURDER VICTIM BURIED
Funeral of Dick Golden Held Yesterday
Afternoon Buried at Westlawn
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon over the remains of Dick Golden, a miner, who was shot and killed Sunday night by George Van Meter, another miner at Coalton.
Golden died at a local hospital Monday morning following an operation to save his life. Burial took place at Weslawn.
The deceased is survived by a wife and three children.
Van Meter is being held on a murder charge in the Okmulgee county jail.
From Henryetta Free-Lance Henryetta, Oklahoma
11 Oct 1918, Fri • Page 2
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Richard was first married to Cordelia Carter in 1903. They had two children; Nora and George.
He then married Dasselina "Lena" Pompon in 1915. They had three children; a baby that died in 1915, Stella and Benjamin.
After he was murdered in 1918, Lena married his brother Thomas Anderson Golden in 1919.
He was a coal miner at the time of his death.
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Funeral of Dick Golden Held Yesterday
Afternoon Buried at Westlawn
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon over the remains of Dick Golden, a miner, who was shot and killed Sunday night by George Van Meter, another miner at Coalton.
Golden died at a local hospital Monday morning following an operation to save his life. Burial took place at Weslawn.
The deceased is survived by a wife and three children.
Van Meter is being held on a murder charge in the Okmulgee county jail.
From Henryetta Free-Lance Henryetta, Oklahoma
11 Oct 1918, Fri • Page 2
==== NOTE: ===
Richard was first married to Cordelia Carter in 1903. They had two children; Nora and George.
He then married Dasselina "Lena" Pompon in 1915. They had three children; a baby that died in 1915, Stella and Benjamin.
After he was murdered in 1918, Lena married his brother Thomas Anderson Golden in 1919.
He was a coal miner at the time of his death.
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MURDER VICTIM BURIED
Funeral of Dick Golden Held Yesterday
Afternoon Buried at Westlawn
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon over the remains of Dick Golden, a miner, who was shot and killed Sunday night by George Van Meter, another miner at Coalton.
Golden died at a local hospital Monday morning following an operation to save his life. Burial took place at Weslawn.
The deceased is survived by a wife and three children.
Van Meter is being held on a murder charge in the Okmulgee county jail.
From Henryetta Free-Lance Henryetta, Oklahoma
11 Oct 1918, Fri • Page 2
==== NOTE: ===
Richard was first married to Cordelia Carter in 1903. They had two children; Nora and George.
He then married Dasselina "Lena" Pompon in 1915. They had three children; a baby that died in 1915, Stella and Benjamin.
After he was murdered in 1918, Lena married his brother Thomas Anderson Golden in 1919.
He was a coal miner at the time of his death.
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Funeral of Dick Golden Held Yesterday
Afternoon Buried at Westlawn
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon over the remains of Dick Golden, a miner, who was shot and killed Sunday night by George Van Meter, another miner at Coalton.
Golden died at a local hospital Monday morning following an operation to save his life. Burial took place at Weslawn.
The deceased is survived by a wife and three children.
Van Meter is being held on a murder charge in the Okmulgee county jail.
From Henryetta Free-Lance Henryetta, Oklahoma
11 Oct 1918, Fri • Page 2
==== NOTE: ===
Richard was first married to Cordelia Carter in 1903. They had two children; Nora and George.
He then married Dasselina "Lena" Pompon in 1915. They had three children; a baby that died in 1915, Stella and Benjamin.
After he was murdered in 1918, Lena married his brother Thomas Anderson Golden in 1919.
He was a coal miner at the time of his death.
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