John Arthur Dugger

© Cheyenne Star

29 Jul 1927

Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Word was received here Thursday afternoon that J. A. Dugger of Hammon had been fatally wounded in a car accident near Seiling, Oklahoma. The exact details of the accident are not known yet, but it seems that Mr. Dugger's car collided with another motor vehicle, either a car or a bus. The accident occurred about three o'clock, Thursday afternoon.

Mr. Dugger was taken to Woodward to a hospital where he died about three hours later. Richard, his son, about ten years old, who was with him was not hurt.

Mr. Dugger was the father of Mrs. C. V. Rice of this city.

Mrs. Rice is in Hammon at the present time while Mr. Rice went on to Woodward.

J. A. Dugger was a man who had a wide acquaintance and news of his being the victim of a motor car accident will be received by the entire county as a severe shock, while all the Hammon country mourns with the family.

John A. Dugger came to Roger Mills county many years ago residing on a farm near Hammon. Later he put in a store in Hammon and at the time of his death was one of the leading merchants of Hammon and one of the best business men of that city. He owned serveral buildings in Hammon and two valuable farms near there.

He was a man whose integrity and honesty was one of the outstanding priciples of his life, J. A. Dugger's name on anything made it good. He was a man who sacrificed in order to help others in a financial and business way. In all of his business dealings he was upright and fair. He was prominent in the commercial and fraternal life of Hammon and in his going Hammon loses one of its most substantial and influential citizens.

As a parent, Mr. Dugger was idolized and his counsel will be greatly missed by him.

Mr. Dugger leaves his wife and seven children, several grandchildren and a number of other relatives. He has a brother in the Wholesale business in Sayre.

He was a man of about fifty-five years of age.

Funeral services will be held in Hammon either Saturday or Sunday.

Burial will be in Red Hill cemetery, Hammon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.

Headstone reads: Born July 16, 1871 and Died July 28, 1927.

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