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Obituary
Fort Cobb/Oak Grove Cemetery
Caddo County, Oklahoma
Submitted by: Lillian Cotten

© Carnegie Herald
Carnegie, Oklahoma
Wednesday, April 24, 1940

Joseph Wilson Lathers

Aged Man Is Fire Victim Early Friday

Caddo Co. Resident For 35 Years, Joe Lathers Loses Life When Home Burns.

Joe Lathers, 78-year-old resident of the Strum community, was burned to death in an early morning fire that destroyed his home at 8:30 o'clock Friday.

His charred body was found in the south part of the small three-room home after neighbors had been unable to enter the burning frame house after the flames were discovered.

Mrs. Lathers had risen earlier and started fires in the stoves and had gone to the barn to milk and Mrs. Lathers was just preparing to dress when she left the house, it is reported. How the fire started and trapped the aged victim was not known.

Mr. Mathews living nearby and G.W. Baker and Virgil Baker who were sleeping in a storm cellar on the place were first to reach to scene but the building was on fire all over the inside and they could not enter, it is reported. Ted Thomas, Thurman Repp and Jim Avery also were soon at the Lathers' home but too late to be of assistance. Mr. Lathers had lived on the farm half a mile west of Strum for the past 35 years.

Funeral services were conducted and burial made in the Fort Cobb cemetery Friday afternoon with R.E. Harvey in charge of arrangements.

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