The Cleburne News
Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama
Issue of Thursday, May 6, 1943
Horace Bailey met accidental death in Atlanta (DeKalb County Georgia), on April 23, 1943.
Horace Leo Bailey, 31, a guard at the City Prison Farm on Key Road S.E., was suffocated on Friday at 10 a.m. in a cave-in while walking behind a tractor drawing an excavation. He was dug out within 12 minutes according to Superintendent H. H. Gibson, but failed to respond to treatment from the Fire Department and an ambulance crew from Grady Hospital, which arrived within 20 to 25 minutes after the accident.
The excavation was being prepared for the boiler in the heating system for a new building under construction.
Mr. Bailey is survived by his wife and one child. He lived on Fla. Shoals Road. The Atlanta Journal, April 24, 1943.
Mr. Bailey was a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Bailey of Wedowee, Ala. and was born and raised here and resided here until he finished school. His body was brought here Saturday. Funeral services were held at the Bailey home on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment took place Monday at 10 o'clock in the Masonic Cemetery.
Horace was a fine young man, and his untimely death is deplored. He is
survived by the widow, Mrs. Horace Bailey, formerly Miss Mildred Reaves of Heflin, and a young daughter Barbara Ann; his father and mother; three brothers and five sisters. The Wedowee Press, April 24, 1943.
Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama
Issue of Thursday, May 6, 1943
Horace Bailey met accidental death in Atlanta (DeKalb County Georgia), on April 23, 1943.
Horace Leo Bailey, 31, a guard at the City Prison Farm on Key Road S.E., was suffocated on Friday at 10 a.m. in a cave-in while walking behind a tractor drawing an excavation. He was dug out within 12 minutes according to Superintendent H. H. Gibson, but failed to respond to treatment from the Fire Department and an ambulance crew from Grady Hospital, which arrived within 20 to 25 minutes after the accident.
The excavation was being prepared for the boiler in the heating system for a new building under construction.
Mr. Bailey is survived by his wife and one child. He lived on Fla. Shoals Road. The Atlanta Journal, April 24, 1943.
Mr. Bailey was a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Bailey of Wedowee, Ala. and was born and raised here and resided here until he finished school. His body was brought here Saturday. Funeral services were held at the Bailey home on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment took place Monday at 10 o'clock in the Masonic Cemetery.
Horace was a fine young man, and his untimely death is deplored. He is
survived by the widow, Mrs. Horace Bailey, formerly Miss Mildred Reaves of Heflin, and a young daughter Barbara Ann; his father and mother; three brothers and five sisters. The Wedowee Press, April 24, 1943.
The Cleburne News
Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama
Issue of Thursday, May 6, 1943
Horace Bailey met accidental death in Atlanta (DeKalb County Georgia), on April 23, 1943.
Horace Leo Bailey, 31, a guard at the City Prison Farm on Key Road S.E., was suffocated on Friday at 10 a.m. in a cave-in while walking behind a tractor drawing an excavation. He was dug out within 12 minutes according to Superintendent H. H. Gibson, but failed to respond to treatment from the Fire Department and an ambulance crew from Grady Hospital, which arrived within 20 to 25 minutes after the accident.
The excavation was being prepared for the boiler in the heating system for a new building under construction.
Mr. Bailey is survived by his wife and one child. He lived on Fla. Shoals Road. The Atlanta Journal, April 24, 1943.
Mr. Bailey was a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Bailey of Wedowee, Ala. and was born and raised here and resided here until he finished school. His body was brought here Saturday. Funeral services were held at the Bailey home on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment took place Monday at 10 o'clock in the Masonic Cemetery.
Horace was a fine young man, and his untimely death is deplored. He is
survived by the widow, Mrs. Horace Bailey, formerly Miss Mildred Reaves of Heflin, and a young daughter Barbara Ann; his father and mother; three brothers and five sisters. The Wedowee Press, April 24, 1943.
Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama
Issue of Thursday, May 6, 1943
Horace Bailey met accidental death in Atlanta (DeKalb County Georgia), on April 23, 1943.
Horace Leo Bailey, 31, a guard at the City Prison Farm on Key Road S.E., was suffocated on Friday at 10 a.m. in a cave-in while walking behind a tractor drawing an excavation. He was dug out within 12 minutes according to Superintendent H. H. Gibson, but failed to respond to treatment from the Fire Department and an ambulance crew from Grady Hospital, which arrived within 20 to 25 minutes after the accident.
The excavation was being prepared for the boiler in the heating system for a new building under construction.
Mr. Bailey is survived by his wife and one child. He lived on Fla. Shoals Road. The Atlanta Journal, April 24, 1943.
Mr. Bailey was a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Bailey of Wedowee, Ala. and was born and raised here and resided here until he finished school. His body was brought here Saturday. Funeral services were held at the Bailey home on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment took place Monday at 10 o'clock in the Masonic Cemetery.
Horace was a fine young man, and his untimely death is deplored. He is
survived by the widow, Mrs. Horace Bailey, formerly Miss Mildred Reaves of Heflin, and a young daughter Barbara Ann; his father and mother; three brothers and five sisters. The Wedowee Press, April 24, 1943.
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