Obituaries...
DRAGGED TO HIS DEATH
Farmer Thrown From Mule, Foot Catches In Harness
Bird Self, 22, farmer living between Mt. Pinson and Chalkville, was killed this morning when he was thrown from a mule which he was riding, and his foot caught in a harness, dragged for half a mile.
Self was riding the mule to work in the fields at the time of the accident. Oscar Roddham, a farmer, saw the mule running down the road dragging Self's body behind it. Roddham stopped the mule but Self was already dead.
Coroner Gip M. Evans, who returned the verdict of accidental death, said he believed the mule became frightened at some object and shied, throwing Self to the ground.
- published in "The Birmingham News" on Tuesday, September 13, 1938, page 2

SELF - Thos. Byrdison Self, age 23, Pinson, Ala., passed away suddenly Tuesday morning. Survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rupert S. Self; 3 sisters, Mrs. Mildred Thomas, B'ham; Mrs. Nannie Bumbalo and Mrs. Hilda Green, of Pinson; 3 brothers, Wilson, Earle and Alford Self, of Pinson. Funeral services will be held from Marvin's Chapel Wednesday, 2:30 p.m., the Rev. Mr. Sandlin and the Rev. Mr. Wilson officiating. Interment in adj. cemetery, Brown-Service, Norwood directing. 3-2111.
- published in "The Birmingham News" on Wednesday, September 14, 1938, page 28

Obituaries...
DRAGGED TO HIS DEATH
Farmer Thrown From Mule, Foot Catches In Harness
Bird Self, 22, farmer living between Mt. Pinson and Chalkville, was killed this morning when he was thrown from a mule which he was riding, and his foot caught in a harness, dragged for half a mile.
Self was riding the mule to work in the fields at the time of the accident. Oscar Roddham, a farmer, saw the mule running down the road dragging Self's body behind it. Roddham stopped the mule but Self was already dead.
Coroner Gip M. Evans, who returned the verdict of accidental death, said he believed the mule became frightened at some object and shied, throwing Self to the ground.
- published in "The Birmingham News" on Tuesday, September 13, 1938, page 2

SELF - Thos. Byrdison Self, age 23, Pinson, Ala., passed away suddenly Tuesday morning. Survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rupert S. Self; 3 sisters, Mrs. Mildred Thomas, B'ham; Mrs. Nannie Bumbalo and Mrs. Hilda Green, of Pinson; 3 brothers, Wilson, Earle and Alford Self, of Pinson. Funeral services will be held from Marvin's Chapel Wednesday, 2:30 p.m., the Rev. Mr. Sandlin and the Rev. Mr. Wilson officiating. Interment in adj. cemetery, Brown-Service, Norwood directing. 3-2111.
- published in "The Birmingham News" on Wednesday, September 14, 1938, page 28