Bluefield Daily Telegraph (Bluefield, WV); 1 Aug 1934, p. 7
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR GEORGE BOWLING WILL BE HELD TODAY
Funeral services for George Bowling, 43, lineman for the Tri-City Traction company, who was killed Monday afternoon when his head came in contact with a pole as he was leaning back from the left front step of an interurban passenger car, will be conducted at the home at Gardner this afternoon at 1 o'clock by the Rev. Frank L. Stuck, pastor of the First Church of Christ, of Princeton. Interment will take place in the Gunter cemetery near Gardner.
Besides his widow, Bowling leaves four children, Bill, G.R. Jr., Irene and Carl Edward; three brothers, Charles and James Bowling, of Princeton, and Joe Bowling, of Maybeury, and two sisters, Mrs. Curtis Moore and Edith Bowling, of Maybeury.
With other linemen, Bowling had been repairing the trolley wire near the gap of the ridge. He had boarded the passenger car and was leaning out backwards to observe the way the trolley on the car was moving on the wire when his head struck a pole. The work car was following the passenger car.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR GEORGE BOWLING WILL BE HELD TODAY
Funeral services for George Bowling, 43, lineman for the Tri-City Traction company, who was killed Monday afternoon when his head came in contact with a pole as he was leaning back from the left front step of an interurban passenger car, will be conducted at the home at Gardner this afternoon at 1 o'clock by the Rev. Frank L. Stuck, pastor of the First Church of Christ, of Princeton. Interment will take place in the Gunter cemetery near Gardner.
Besides his widow, Bowling leaves four children, Bill, G.R. Jr., Irene and Carl Edward; three brothers, Charles and James Bowling, of Princeton, and Joe Bowling, of Maybeury, and two sisters, Mrs. Curtis Moore and Edith Bowling, of Maybeury.
With other linemen, Bowling had been repairing the trolley wire near the gap of the ridge. He had boarded the passenger car and was leaning out backwards to observe the way the trolley on the car was moving on the wire when his head struck a pole. The work car was following the passenger car.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph (Bluefield, WV); 1 Aug 1934, p. 7
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR GEORGE BOWLING WILL BE HELD TODAY
Funeral services for George Bowling, 43, lineman for the Tri-City Traction company, who was killed Monday afternoon when his head came in contact with a pole as he was leaning back from the left front step of an interurban passenger car, will be conducted at the home at Gardner this afternoon at 1 o'clock by the Rev. Frank L. Stuck, pastor of the First Church of Christ, of Princeton. Interment will take place in the Gunter cemetery near Gardner.
Besides his widow, Bowling leaves four children, Bill, G.R. Jr., Irene and Carl Edward; three brothers, Charles and James Bowling, of Princeton, and Joe Bowling, of Maybeury, and two sisters, Mrs. Curtis Moore and Edith Bowling, of Maybeury.
With other linemen, Bowling had been repairing the trolley wire near the gap of the ridge. He had boarded the passenger car and was leaning out backwards to observe the way the trolley on the car was moving on the wire when his head struck a pole. The work car was following the passenger car.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR GEORGE BOWLING WILL BE HELD TODAY
Funeral services for George Bowling, 43, lineman for the Tri-City Traction company, who was killed Monday afternoon when his head came in contact with a pole as he was leaning back from the left front step of an interurban passenger car, will be conducted at the home at Gardner this afternoon at 1 o'clock by the Rev. Frank L. Stuck, pastor of the First Church of Christ, of Princeton. Interment will take place in the Gunter cemetery near Gardner.
Besides his widow, Bowling leaves four children, Bill, G.R. Jr., Irene and Carl Edward; three brothers, Charles and James Bowling, of Princeton, and Joe Bowling, of Maybeury, and two sisters, Mrs. Curtis Moore and Edith Bowling, of Maybeury.
With other linemen, Bowling had been repairing the trolley wire near the gap of the ridge. He had boarded the passenger car and was leaning out backwards to observe the way the trolley on the car was moving on the wire when his head struck a pole. The work car was following the passenger car.
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