Cunningham, Otis

Passed:

Age: 42

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1940-01-05

Information: Otis Cunningham, formerly of Gay, was killed instantly at a railroad crossing in Belpre, Ohio last week when the automobile he was driving was struck by a freight train.  Cunningham, who was 42 years old, was on his way home from a mill in Belpre where he had gone to get some lumber to make minor repairs to his home.  The accident occured late in the evening and the man's body was badly mangled, officials said, and the car was practically demolished.  The speed of the train was estimated at about 25 miles per hour and officials were of the opinion that because the car windows were closed that Cunningham did not hear the approaching train as he drove onto the crossing.  He is survived by his widow and ten children, all under the age of eighteen years.  They are:  Ruth, Denver, Dale, Virgie, Virgil, Mary, Otis, Jr., Edith, Ralph, and Glenn, all at home; five brothers, Oshel, of Vienna, Major, Theodore, John and George, all of Gay, and one sister, Mrs. Audrey Kelly of St. Albans.  Funeral services were conducted at a funeral home in Belpre and burial was in the Rockland Cemetery there.  [from the Betty Kessel McIntyre obit collection]