The Glenwood Herald, Thursday, June 15, 1939
The entire town was shocked and grieved Wednesday afternoon as news reached us of the fatal accident of little Harry Eugene Sevier, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sevier, who died almost immediately from accidental discharge of a .22 caliber rifle, as he was examining the gun. The accident occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Thornton, about 4:30 Wednesday afternoon. Harry had just returned from a swim in the Caddo River, with a party of boys, and had gone home and got his gun and he and the Thornton boys, Billy Roy, aged 9 and E. J. Thornton, aged 12, and Floyd Sevier, aged 11, Harry's brother, were planning to go on a hunting trip before supper. The gun belonged to Harry, having only owned it a short time. While examining the gun, in some way, it suddenly exploded, the discharge striking him in the chest.
Mrs. Thornton and Mr. and Mrs. Pat Campbell were the first to reach his side. Mr. Campbell called Mr. Sevier, his mother being in Amity at the time, and the alarm was spread. Dr. C. C. Partle called and he was pronounced dead by the doctor, who said he died immediately following the shot.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sevier, one sister, Mrs. Marley Cooper, Glenwood; four brothers, Floyd, Glenwood, Harlan of Forester, Russell and Marvin of Houma, Louisiana; also by three nephews, Bill and Don of Forester, and David Glenn of Houma, Louisiana; and a niece, Imajo Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Sevier have lived in Glenwood for twenty-five years. Mr. Sevier owns and operates the City Barber Shop.
Harry was their second youngest child, a student in Junior High school where he was one of the most popular students, loved by the entire faculty and student body. Possessing a sweet winsome personality, he was quick to make friends and was indeed loved by all who knew him. He was a member of the Free Will Sunday school and church where he attended regularly. Recently he had been employed as city carrier for the Sentinel Record of Hot Springs, a daily paper, and before this, he had been substitute carrier for the Arkansas Democrat, and never had either paper had a more faithful and courteous carrier. He always sw to it that his paper reached the front door, inside the screen.
Funeral services wre held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 from the Free Will Baptist church in charge of the Rev. Roy Hughes, pastor. Long before the funeral the church was filled with friends and loved ones, and the front of the church was filled with flowers, silent reminders of the love of so many friends.
With Miss Elsie Lawless at the piano, a large choir sang, with one special number by Doyce Jones, Butler Copeland, Joe Womack and Willa Jo Womack, who sang, "Our Circle There". Westbrook Funeral Home had charge of the funeral arrangements, and burial was in Glenwood Cemetery. Active pallbearers were George Crawford, Bruce Brown, Tom Alford, Cecil Cooper, Barney Malcom, Boyd Taskett and Russell Floyd.
The entire town was shocked and grieved Wednesday afternoon as news reached us of the fatal accident of little Harry Eugene Sevier, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sevier, who died almost immediately from accidental discharge of a .22 caliber rifle, as he was examining the gun. The accident occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Thornton, about 4:30 Wednesday afternoon. Harry had just returned from a swim in the Caddo River, with a party of boys, and had gone home and got his gun and he and the Thornton boys, Billy Roy, aged 9 and E. J. Thornton, aged 12, and Floyd Sevier, aged 11, Harry's brother, were planning to go on a hunting trip before supper. The gun belonged to Harry, having only owned it a short time. While examining the gun, in some way, it suddenly exploded, the discharge striking him in the chest.
Mrs. Thornton and Mr. and Mrs. Pat Campbell were the first to reach his side. Mr. Campbell called Mr. Sevier, his mother being in Amity at the time, and the alarm was spread. Dr. C. C. Partle called and he was pronounced dead by the doctor, who said he died immediately following the shot.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sevier, one sister, Mrs. Marley Cooper, Glenwood; four brothers, Floyd, Glenwood, Harlan of Forester, Russell and Marvin of Houma, Louisiana; also by three nephews, Bill and Don of Forester, and David Glenn of Houma, Louisiana; and a niece, Imajo Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Sevier have lived in Glenwood for twenty-five years. Mr. Sevier owns and operates the City Barber Shop.
Harry was their second youngest child, a student in Junior High school where he was one of the most popular students, loved by the entire faculty and student body. Possessing a sweet winsome personality, he was quick to make friends and was indeed loved by all who knew him. He was a member of the Free Will Sunday school and church where he attended regularly. Recently he had been employed as city carrier for the Sentinel Record of Hot Springs, a daily paper, and before this, he had been substitute carrier for the Arkansas Democrat, and never had either paper had a more faithful and courteous carrier. He always sw to it that his paper reached the front door, inside the screen.
Funeral services wre held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 from the Free Will Baptist church in charge of the Rev. Roy Hughes, pastor. Long before the funeral the church was filled with friends and loved ones, and the front of the church was filled with flowers, silent reminders of the love of so many friends.
With Miss Elsie Lawless at the piano, a large choir sang, with one special number by Doyce Jones, Butler Copeland, Joe Womack and Willa Jo Womack, who sang, "Our Circle There". Westbrook Funeral Home had charge of the funeral arrangements, and burial was in Glenwood Cemetery. Active pallbearers were George Crawford, Bruce Brown, Tom Alford, Cecil Cooper, Barney Malcom, Boyd Taskett and Russell Floyd.
The Glenwood Herald, Thursday, June 15, 1939
The entire town was shocked and grieved Wednesday afternoon as news reached us of the fatal accident of little Harry Eugene Sevier, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sevier, who died almost immediately from accidental discharge of a .22 caliber rifle, as he was examining the gun. The accident occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Thornton, about 4:30 Wednesday afternoon. Harry had just returned from a swim in the Caddo River, with a party of boys, and had gone home and got his gun and he and the Thornton boys, Billy Roy, aged 9 and E. J. Thornton, aged 12, and Floyd Sevier, aged 11, Harry's brother, were planning to go on a hunting trip before supper. The gun belonged to Harry, having only owned it a short time. While examining the gun, in some way, it suddenly exploded, the discharge striking him in the chest.
Mrs. Thornton and Mr. and Mrs. Pat Campbell were the first to reach his side. Mr. Campbell called Mr. Sevier, his mother being in Amity at the time, and the alarm was spread. Dr. C. C. Partle called and he was pronounced dead by the doctor, who said he died immediately following the shot.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sevier, one sister, Mrs. Marley Cooper, Glenwood; four brothers, Floyd, Glenwood, Harlan of Forester, Russell and Marvin of Houma, Louisiana; also by three nephews, Bill and Don of Forester, and David Glenn of Houma, Louisiana; and a niece, Imajo Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Sevier have lived in Glenwood for twenty-five years. Mr. Sevier owns and operates the City Barber Shop.
Harry was their second youngest child, a student in Junior High school where he was one of the most popular students, loved by the entire faculty and student body. Possessing a sweet winsome personality, he was quick to make friends and was indeed loved by all who knew him. He was a member of the Free Will Sunday school and church where he attended regularly. Recently he had been employed as city carrier for the Sentinel Record of Hot Springs, a daily paper, and before this, he had been substitute carrier for the Arkansas Democrat, and never had either paper had a more faithful and courteous carrier. He always sw to it that his paper reached the front door, inside the screen.
Funeral services wre held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 from the Free Will Baptist church in charge of the Rev. Roy Hughes, pastor. Long before the funeral the church was filled with friends and loved ones, and the front of the church was filled with flowers, silent reminders of the love of so many friends.
With Miss Elsie Lawless at the piano, a large choir sang, with one special number by Doyce Jones, Butler Copeland, Joe Womack and Willa Jo Womack, who sang, "Our Circle There". Westbrook Funeral Home had charge of the funeral arrangements, and burial was in Glenwood Cemetery. Active pallbearers were George Crawford, Bruce Brown, Tom Alford, Cecil Cooper, Barney Malcom, Boyd Taskett and Russell Floyd.
The entire town was shocked and grieved Wednesday afternoon as news reached us of the fatal accident of little Harry Eugene Sevier, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sevier, who died almost immediately from accidental discharge of a .22 caliber rifle, as he was examining the gun. The accident occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Thornton, about 4:30 Wednesday afternoon. Harry had just returned from a swim in the Caddo River, with a party of boys, and had gone home and got his gun and he and the Thornton boys, Billy Roy, aged 9 and E. J. Thornton, aged 12, and Floyd Sevier, aged 11, Harry's brother, were planning to go on a hunting trip before supper. The gun belonged to Harry, having only owned it a short time. While examining the gun, in some way, it suddenly exploded, the discharge striking him in the chest.
Mrs. Thornton and Mr. and Mrs. Pat Campbell were the first to reach his side. Mr. Campbell called Mr. Sevier, his mother being in Amity at the time, and the alarm was spread. Dr. C. C. Partle called and he was pronounced dead by the doctor, who said he died immediately following the shot.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sevier, one sister, Mrs. Marley Cooper, Glenwood; four brothers, Floyd, Glenwood, Harlan of Forester, Russell and Marvin of Houma, Louisiana; also by three nephews, Bill and Don of Forester, and David Glenn of Houma, Louisiana; and a niece, Imajo Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Sevier have lived in Glenwood for twenty-five years. Mr. Sevier owns and operates the City Barber Shop.
Harry was their second youngest child, a student in Junior High school where he was one of the most popular students, loved by the entire faculty and student body. Possessing a sweet winsome personality, he was quick to make friends and was indeed loved by all who knew him. He was a member of the Free Will Sunday school and church where he attended regularly. Recently he had been employed as city carrier for the Sentinel Record of Hot Springs, a daily paper, and before this, he had been substitute carrier for the Arkansas Democrat, and never had either paper had a more faithful and courteous carrier. He always sw to it that his paper reached the front door, inside the screen.
Funeral services wre held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 from the Free Will Baptist church in charge of the Rev. Roy Hughes, pastor. Long before the funeral the church was filled with friends and loved ones, and the front of the church was filled with flowers, silent reminders of the love of so many friends.
With Miss Elsie Lawless at the piano, a large choir sang, with one special number by Doyce Jones, Butler Copeland, Joe Womack and Willa Jo Womack, who sang, "Our Circle There". Westbrook Funeral Home had charge of the funeral arrangements, and burial was in Glenwood Cemetery. Active pallbearers were George Crawford, Bruce Brown, Tom Alford, Cecil Cooper, Barney Malcom, Boyd Taskett and Russell Floyd.
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