Died of a gunshot wound. Went to the garden to kill rabbits that were eating the crops. According to Dorothea Scott Foster, her mother Maytie found Eugene dead.
Death certificate says, "This boy shot himself accidentally, dying instantly."
MEADE COUNTY MESSENGER, 1 Aug 1917
Eugene Jones, Near Vine Grove
Found Dead in Field Yesterday
Eugene Jones, the fifteen year old son of Hume Jones, accidentally killed himself with a .32 calibre rifle yesterday afternoon in a watermelon patch on his father's farm, a few miles northwest of Vine Grove.
The youth left the house about five o'clock to shoot rabbits, and when he did not return in a few hours, alarm was caused and a search instituted. One of his sisters found him dead, shot through the heart.
He was an unusually bright and popular boy, and his death caused much sorrow. A week ago he became a member of the Methodist church.
Surviving him are his parents, five sisters and one brother.
Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at the Stithton Methodist church by the Rev. B.M. Dewitt and the Rev. B.F. Wilson, and burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Death certificate says, "This boy shot himself accidentally, dying instantly."
MEADE COUNTY MESSENGER, 1 Aug 1917
Eugene Jones, Near Vine Grove
Found Dead in Field Yesterday
Eugene Jones, the fifteen year old son of Hume Jones, accidentally killed himself with a .32 calibre rifle yesterday afternoon in a watermelon patch on his father's farm, a few miles northwest of Vine Grove.
The youth left the house about five o'clock to shoot rabbits, and when he did not return in a few hours, alarm was caused and a search instituted. One of his sisters found him dead, shot through the heart.
He was an unusually bright and popular boy, and his death caused much sorrow. A week ago he became a member of the Methodist church.
Surviving him are his parents, five sisters and one brother.
Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at the Stithton Methodist church by the Rev. B.M. Dewitt and the Rev. B.F. Wilson, and burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Died of a gunshot wound. Went to the garden to kill rabbits that were eating the crops. According to Dorothea Scott Foster, her mother Maytie found Eugene dead.
Death certificate says, "This boy shot himself accidentally, dying instantly."
MEADE COUNTY MESSENGER, 1 Aug 1917
Eugene Jones, Near Vine Grove
Found Dead in Field Yesterday
Eugene Jones, the fifteen year old son of Hume Jones, accidentally killed himself with a .32 calibre rifle yesterday afternoon in a watermelon patch on his father's farm, a few miles northwest of Vine Grove.
The youth left the house about five o'clock to shoot rabbits, and when he did not return in a few hours, alarm was caused and a search instituted. One of his sisters found him dead, shot through the heart.
He was an unusually bright and popular boy, and his death caused much sorrow. A week ago he became a member of the Methodist church.
Surviving him are his parents, five sisters and one brother.
Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at the Stithton Methodist church by the Rev. B.M. Dewitt and the Rev. B.F. Wilson, and burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Death certificate says, "This boy shot himself accidentally, dying instantly."
MEADE COUNTY MESSENGER, 1 Aug 1917
Eugene Jones, Near Vine Grove
Found Dead in Field Yesterday
Eugene Jones, the fifteen year old son of Hume Jones, accidentally killed himself with a .32 calibre rifle yesterday afternoon in a watermelon patch on his father's farm, a few miles northwest of Vine Grove.
The youth left the house about five o'clock to shoot rabbits, and when he did not return in a few hours, alarm was caused and a search instituted. One of his sisters found him dead, shot through the heart.
He was an unusually bright and popular boy, and his death caused much sorrow. A week ago he became a member of the Methodist church.
Surviving him are his parents, five sisters and one brother.
Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at the Stithton Methodist church by the Rev. B.M. Dewitt and the Rev. B.F. Wilson, and burial will follow in the church cemetery.
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