George Clinton Northcutt Submitted by: Wanda Purcell
"Closed all the cares of life, Calm after toil and strife; Gently the fetters fall, Softly the Angel call."The sad news reached here, Tuesday of the death of George Clinton Northcutt, of Hammon, who had a wide circle of friends in Elk City, having lived here for a number of years.
He had been ill for several months and was operated for appendicitis at the hospital at Clinton on December 31, 1921. He partially recovered and was able to go to his home at Hammon for a couple of weeks but an abcess formed and it was necessry for him to undergo another operation February 4, 1922. He was never able to leave the hospital again and died there Tuesday morning, February 28, 1922 at 2 o'clock.
His condition was not thought to be serious and his wife had gone home for a few days to look after business interests, thinking he would soon be well. They had even planned to bring him to Elk City last Sunday, to the home of his sister, Mrs. Jim O'Donnell and he seemed to look forward to the trip and several times remarked to his wife, "I'll be in Elk City next Sunday." but there appeared to be a radical change in his condition on Monday and his wife, brother, B. F. Northcutt, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim O'Donnell were summoned to his bedside that afternoon. He grew rapidly worse until death the following morning.
The remains were taken to Hammon Tuesday, where funeral services were held at the Baptist Church at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, Rev. Trent officiating and in the afternoon the body was brought to Elk City for burial in Fairlawn cemetery by the side of his little babe and his mother.
On account of the train being delayed by the snow Beverly, brother from Arkansas did not arrive until late Wednesday evening and the internment was postponed until 11 o'clock a.m. Thursday. Although the day was extremely cold and the road almost impossible on account of the snow, a large concourse of friends followed the body to the cemetery where there was a short service by Rev. E. D. Hamilton.
George Clinton Northcutt was born in Columbia, Missouri, July 20, 1883 and moved to Elk City with his mother and sister in 1902. For several years he was employed in the Hixon Drug Store, then accepted a position in the Hammon drug store, which he later purchased and owned at the time of his death.
He was married to Miss Margarite Lindley in 1915 and to this union was born one child who died in infancy. The deceased joined the Christian church when just a boy, and later became a member of the Baptist church at Hammon.
He was a faithful Christian, a true hearted friend, an enthusiastic worker for everything that was good and was universally known and admired by the entire community where he lived. He was ever thoughtful and considerate of everyone.
Only a few hours before his death he said to his wife: "You look worried, now you sit down and rest, for I'll be all right."
The deceased leaves behind to cherish his memory his wife; sister, Mrs. J. M. O'Donnell; and five brothers, B. F. Northcutt of Elk City; Beverly and Robert of Decatur, Arkansas; the former being here for the funeral; and Lee and Julius of California.
The father died before the family left Missouri, and the mother's death occurred eight months after moving to Elk City.
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