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© Alex Tribune Alex, Oklahoma Friday, December 2, 1921 November 9, 1903 ~ November 27, 1921 Death Must Claim Its Own One of the saddest things occurring in this community for many a day was the accidental shooting and death of Howard Moyer the 18 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Moyer of Alex, Sunday afternoon while out hunting with J. P. White and Floyd Timberlake, two boy friends. They were riding in a buggy and Howard was sitting in the rear with his feet hanging out over the end and two loaded guns were lying in the bed of the buggy. They were going thru the Vaughan pasture and by some means both barrels of one of the guns were discharged both shots going thru the calf of Howard's left leg, destroying both bones and nearly severing the leg. He jumped out of the buggy crying, "I'm shot." The boys did everything they could, but realizing their inability to stop the flow of blood they put him in the buggy and carried him to the P. P. Thurston home and called a doctor. Later he was taken to a hospital in Chickasha, hoping an operation would save him. He left home Sunday morning going to his sister, Mrs. W. W. Armstrong's and did not have a gun, nor did his parents know he was going hunting. The family were at dinner when the news of the accident came. Dave Timberlake was soon at the door with his car to carry the mother to her boy. Howard was resting easy when she arrived due to services rendered by the physician, who did all he could for him. An ambulance was called to take him to the hospital, but it seemed a long time before they could get started, so anxious was every one. His mother and brother, Earnest, rode in the ambulance with him. He did not seem to suffer much and knew everything when taken to the operating room. He asked for his mother and seemed contented when told she was by him, then asked that he be put to sleep before they operate on his leg. He did not seem to think he would die or lose his leg, but trusted in them to make him well again. His father did reach him until after the operation and he was resting in bed. At one time he seemed to know his father had come, but his strength failed him and he grew weaker fast passing away about 10 o'clock, without any suffering. The loss of blood was so great that death was inevitable. Words cannot express the great sorrow of this family in the loss of their dear boy, so suddenly. "It is heartbreaking to see his place at the table and him not there, we can hardly stand to live in the house where he is constantly missed in some way. We have looked forward to the time when he would be a man, for he often told us he expected to make a success some day in business. His whole thought seemed to rest on making his light shine in this world," said the heartbroken mother. The parents find some comfort in the knowledge that they did everything that could be done to save him. He is there first child to be taken and it is oh, so hard to give him up, but trust him in the hands of a just god and hope to meet him some day, when partings will be no more. When not in school he could be found at home or at work. He did a man's work and few days found him unemployed. He loved to hunt and play ball. He was a member of the Sunday School of the First Missionary Baptist church and a member of the B.Y.P.U. He had expressed his desire to become a member of the Church of Christ; of which his mother, brother and sister are members, when he became old enough to understand. He was born at Eureka, Kas. November 9, 1903 and came with his parents to Oklahoma when 8 years old. He graduated from the eighth grade at the age of sixteen, was in the tenth grade at the time of his death. He leaves father, mother, two brothers and four sisters to mourn his death and make sacred his remembrance. Funeral services were held last Tuesday evening at the Church of Christ in Alex, by Rev. Alfred Waller in the presence of many friends. The casket was over laden with floral offerings from friends and class mates. The body was laid to rest in the Morris cemetery with the benevolent though, "gone but not forgotten. |
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