Printed in Daily Herald, Biloxi, on 11/20/1939:
"Geo. Ahern, Sr., Dies Listening To Radio"
"While listening last night about 10:30 o'clock to a radio program, Geo. Ahern, 53, 626 West Beach, was stricken with a heart attack and died. The body was found soon afterward by his son, George, who happened to be passing by in his taxicab and saw the body on the floor. Mr. Ahern Saturday had gone to the home of his sister, Miss Anna Ahern, 845 East Howard, who was in New Orleans for a short visit. His brother, John Ahern, also resided there, but did not hear fall to the floor when he was stricken. The body was taken to the Biloxi Hospital, where efforts were made to revive Mr. Ahern. He was a native of Baton Rouge, but had resided in Biloxi nearly forty years. He originally was employed as a jockey in New Orleans and then was in a dray business, buying and selling mules. He later operated the U-Drive-It and Yellow Cab Taxi Co., after which he was in the restuarant business running several small establishments. At the time of his death he was employed by the county. He formerly was active in the Biloxi Lodge of Elks. Mr. Ahern is survived by his wife, Alice Lynd Ahern; three children, Geo. Jr., Althea and Althia; three brothers, Eugene, John and Dave, Biloxi; two sisters, Mrs. W. T. Brinson and Miss Anna Ahern and a grandson, Albert. The funeral will be Tuesday, at 10 a.m. from the Bradford Parlors with services under the auspices of the Catholic Church and burial in Biloxi City Cemetery."
George won the first Thanksgiving Day Handicap. His picture is in the trophy room of the New Orleans Fairgrounds racetrack aboard a horse called Sweet Nell.
Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Records, Book 27, pg 169: George was 53 years, 6 months, 17 days old when he died from "cerebral hypertension or cerebral hemorrhage and chronic myocarditis". He was the son of Eugene Ahern and Maggie Flood, both natives of Ireland.
"Geo. Ahern, Sr., Dies Listening To Radio"
"While listening last night about 10:30 o'clock to a radio program, Geo. Ahern, 53, 626 West Beach, was stricken with a heart attack and died. The body was found soon afterward by his son, George, who happened to be passing by in his taxicab and saw the body on the floor. Mr. Ahern Saturday had gone to the home of his sister, Miss Anna Ahern, 845 East Howard, who was in New Orleans for a short visit. His brother, John Ahern, also resided there, but did not hear fall to the floor when he was stricken. The body was taken to the Biloxi Hospital, where efforts were made to revive Mr. Ahern. He was a native of Baton Rouge, but had resided in Biloxi nearly forty years. He originally was employed as a jockey in New Orleans and then was in a dray business, buying and selling mules. He later operated the U-Drive-It and Yellow Cab Taxi Co., after which he was in the restuarant business running several small establishments. At the time of his death he was employed by the county. He formerly was active in the Biloxi Lodge of Elks. Mr. Ahern is survived by his wife, Alice Lynd Ahern; three children, Geo. Jr., Althea and Althia; three brothers, Eugene, John and Dave, Biloxi; two sisters, Mrs. W. T. Brinson and Miss Anna Ahern and a grandson, Albert. The funeral will be Tuesday, at 10 a.m. from the Bradford Parlors with services under the auspices of the Catholic Church and burial in Biloxi City Cemetery."
George won the first Thanksgiving Day Handicap. His picture is in the trophy room of the New Orleans Fairgrounds racetrack aboard a horse called Sweet Nell.
Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Records, Book 27, pg 169: George was 53 years, 6 months, 17 days old when he died from "cerebral hypertension or cerebral hemorrhage and chronic myocarditis". He was the son of Eugene Ahern and Maggie Flood, both natives of Ireland.
Printed in Daily Herald, Biloxi, on 11/20/1939:
"Geo. Ahern, Sr., Dies Listening To Radio"
"While listening last night about 10:30 o'clock to a radio program, Geo. Ahern, 53, 626 West Beach, was stricken with a heart attack and died. The body was found soon afterward by his son, George, who happened to be passing by in his taxicab and saw the body on the floor. Mr. Ahern Saturday had gone to the home of his sister, Miss Anna Ahern, 845 East Howard, who was in New Orleans for a short visit. His brother, John Ahern, also resided there, but did not hear fall to the floor when he was stricken. The body was taken to the Biloxi Hospital, where efforts were made to revive Mr. Ahern. He was a native of Baton Rouge, but had resided in Biloxi nearly forty years. He originally was employed as a jockey in New Orleans and then was in a dray business, buying and selling mules. He later operated the U-Drive-It and Yellow Cab Taxi Co., after which he was in the restuarant business running several small establishments. At the time of his death he was employed by the county. He formerly was active in the Biloxi Lodge of Elks. Mr. Ahern is survived by his wife, Alice Lynd Ahern; three children, Geo. Jr., Althea and Althia; three brothers, Eugene, John and Dave, Biloxi; two sisters, Mrs. W. T. Brinson and Miss Anna Ahern and a grandson, Albert. The funeral will be Tuesday, at 10 a.m. from the Bradford Parlors with services under the auspices of the Catholic Church and burial in Biloxi City Cemetery."
George won the first Thanksgiving Day Handicap. His picture is in the trophy room of the New Orleans Fairgrounds racetrack aboard a horse called Sweet Nell.
Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Records, Book 27, pg 169: George was 53 years, 6 months, 17 days old when he died from "cerebral hypertension or cerebral hemorrhage and chronic myocarditis". He was the son of Eugene Ahern and Maggie Flood, both natives of Ireland.
"Geo. Ahern, Sr., Dies Listening To Radio"
"While listening last night about 10:30 o'clock to a radio program, Geo. Ahern, 53, 626 West Beach, was stricken with a heart attack and died. The body was found soon afterward by his son, George, who happened to be passing by in his taxicab and saw the body on the floor. Mr. Ahern Saturday had gone to the home of his sister, Miss Anna Ahern, 845 East Howard, who was in New Orleans for a short visit. His brother, John Ahern, also resided there, but did not hear fall to the floor when he was stricken. The body was taken to the Biloxi Hospital, where efforts were made to revive Mr. Ahern. He was a native of Baton Rouge, but had resided in Biloxi nearly forty years. He originally was employed as a jockey in New Orleans and then was in a dray business, buying and selling mules. He later operated the U-Drive-It and Yellow Cab Taxi Co., after which he was in the restuarant business running several small establishments. At the time of his death he was employed by the county. He formerly was active in the Biloxi Lodge of Elks. Mr. Ahern is survived by his wife, Alice Lynd Ahern; three children, Geo. Jr., Althea and Althia; three brothers, Eugene, John and Dave, Biloxi; two sisters, Mrs. W. T. Brinson and Miss Anna Ahern and a grandson, Albert. The funeral will be Tuesday, at 10 a.m. from the Bradford Parlors with services under the auspices of the Catholic Church and burial in Biloxi City Cemetery."
George won the first Thanksgiving Day Handicap. His picture is in the trophy room of the New Orleans Fairgrounds racetrack aboard a horse called Sweet Nell.
Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Records, Book 27, pg 169: George was 53 years, 6 months, 17 days old when he died from "cerebral hypertension or cerebral hemorrhage and chronic myocarditis". He was the son of Eugene Ahern and Maggie Flood, both natives of Ireland.
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