Gunnison news-champion., 1915-07-16
PERRY supeRlss svc-
cUnDs TO lIcHTIlAe
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the doctor got there. When he came
and made the examination he told me
he was afraid there was a skull fracture
from the stroke and that he would have
to get him to the hospital ut once where
he could have Instruments to make .
thorough examination, but he said i
cannot promise that he will live until
we reach town. Oh the agony of those
next hours They made him - con-
fortsble ss possible in q spring waGoa.
DR.. Lewis sat by the side Of him, With
the driver and Roy Wolfe end Roy
Fobisn on horses behind. TAns We
started with our precious burden for
Buffalo, 26 miles away. We kad . sun-
swsy-the tongue came out of tAs nsck-
yoke end fell to the ground. hsw they
ever stopped ! do not know. We AsA
10 come down one hill three milss loa9
ssd % steep end rough no wsgsas caa
20 uP-just come Aswn. rsds Bog
Woafe's horse down-Ae had jSst bssa
ridasa fosf timss, ~ it did not naetes
TO me thsa II ~ ~ never been ridAsn.
evssy fsw aiastss ~ dasliaG wsus1
81 How nucA fursAss' I nevss
thosGht he woulA last thssaGA the jas.
We finally rssched the foot Of the hin
sal the 6octor's cas ssA thsa 1t ives 10
milss 10 town. Ne soon MsAe it end
prayed every minute thst we would
have no sccident Lots Of willing hand
paecsd him On . cot saA csrvisA him 10
tAs operating tsble. II wss tAsn Ills.
Doctor soon fesnd there was no frsc-
tSse bst seid there might Be sean
thFO~sA which b,esd oossd but morning
vssld tell. rhis A. n. he ssiA every
Thing wes sllviGAt about thst, % felt
gssstly Fslievsd. For eight hours hs
haA no pslse thst they could hnd and
kRew ~ never ceslA have stood sn
s.sstkstie. Nc hsA . - niGAt but he's
rssss1 fsirly we'll sll day. I have bees
w twice since starting this Ietter. He
knew ~ tonight and drank little milk
through tube. Ne - very deaf. eye
sigAt vesy badly blurred. and his right
en- 10 pestislly perslysed. The doctor
thinks il wiI leave - the elsetrcity
lsevss his baay. We have two doctors
end . special nNfse. DR.. Lewis says il
10 nothing but miracle and not ons in
million weald have lived. They found
HE wstcA anA belt bsckle IN hundrsd
yards from where he fell, and where
the horse I'D stood were big holes"
The body was brought home Wednes-
day end buried yesterday from ths
Methodist church, DR.. Nuckolls, preach
ing the funeral sermon. The funeral
was attended by . very large number
Of the countless friends who wi shed to
tender sympathy to the bereaved family
and TO pay q last tribute of respect to q
young man Of sterling worth, who wss
kind, honest, fair to his fellow man and
who spent . life of service to his COM
munity. The horal tributes were very
beautiful indeed.
Perry Lynn Snodgrass was born Octo-
Der 7th 1875 ut White Pine, jefferson
County, Tennessee.
HIS father, David c. Snodgrass, and
mother brought the family of -four bows
to Trinidad, Colorado in 1857. That
was the family home until the death Of
the parents.
Mr.. Snedgrass came to Gunnison
county in 1895 and lived al Crested
Butte greater part of the time until
the end Of 1899 He came to Gunuison
to live Jauy l, 1900 and has resided here
since that time. He was married TO
Miss Essie Thompson in 1g01 His wife
survives him, also sister, Miss Geneva,
and two brothers, Ralph and Benjamin
I Snodgrass.
Pail bearers at the funeral were: +.
/ W. Gray. P. c. Boyles, Geo. Anderson.
I L. c. Sharp. A. G. Clark. ". r.