Henderson daily dispatch., 1933-12-26
RALPH D. BURROWS
COMMITS SUICIDE
Well Known West Hender-
son Man Shoots Him.
self Christmas Night
WAS IN ILL HEALTH
WAS IN ILL HEALTH
Had Been Sui.eTcr for Several
Months; Had Been With COrbltt
Company 80 Years: Funeral
" euneSIay Afternoon

Apparently driven to desperation
10y the inroada oi physical ai!menG
that had seemingly been gaining
hcadway against hIe tight upon it,
Ralph -. Burrows. 4G. took his own
life by sending bullet from 81
calibre pistol through his right tenn
pie ut his home in West Henderson
between 10 and II o'clock CHI istmas
night.
had suffered from Brights disease
His wife had treated him to ease his
suffering a few minutes before the
shooting, and both had retired in
their separated bed rooms. Mr. Bur
rou.hS suddenly rushed into his wife'5
room with the shout that he was go
ing to end it all" and before she
could get out of bed and reach him,
he had fired the bullet into his brain.
Death was almost instantaneous.
Coroner Z. o. Falkner empanellcd
u coroners jury and held an inquest
with the verdict that Mr.. Burrows
came to his death from self-infliCt-
ed pistol shot wound. The jury con-
sisted Of j. E. Hite, Jimmy Mustain,
Gean Kelly, E. r. Nelson, E. NJ. Mel
son and NJ. w. Britt.
Funeral services will be held from
the residence in West Henderson
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
with intcrmcnt i'm ElmwoOd cemetery.
The services will be in charge OF
Rev. d. e. Earnhardt, pa9toy OF the
First Methodist church. of which the
deceased was a member, assisted by
DR.. L. w. Gerringcr, pastor Of the
First Methodist Protestant church,
of which Mrs. Burrows is a member.
Surviving are the widow, who was
Miss Dora Edwards; one daughter,
Miss Helen Burrows, and an adopt
ed son, Wallace Burrows; the moth
er. Mrs. E. w. Burrows, of Wild
wood. Fla. and two sisters. Mrs p S.
Kearney, of Oxford. and Mrs. Chas
c.. Cook, of La Belle, Fla.
Mr.. Burrows was a native of
Wake County but had lived here the
past 20 years. He was born Feb
ruary 25, 1887, and was IS years and
10 months old at the time of his death
Mr.. Burrows had for years been
connected with the Corbitt Motor
Truck Company of this city and was
in charge of the stock room at the
company's large factories in West
Henderson. He had been connected
with the company for 30 years.
The deceased was we'll known to
many friends in the city. The declin-
ing condition of his health was not
generally known. and his violent
death last night came as a shock to
acquaintances when it was noised
about today.
Fallbearers announced for the fun
eral tomorrow are as follows:
Active Cooper Ellis, w +. Bailey
J. e. Parks. William Brame. 3. H.
Nelson. e. M. Nelson, w. S. Corbitt,
Il. J. Corbitt, Jr
Honorary O. s. FalItner, John
W. Hapcs. w. Il. SOutherland, John
Mundy. w. N. Strickland, E. r. Shep-
herd. J. II. LangstOn, j. S. Albright
j. B. Fox. w. u. Bush, f. c. Brame.
Lutte e. Hicks, J. I. Crabtree, G. w
Johnson, r. J. COrbitt, J. E. Hite, r. !
T. Rawlins, Sam, Oakley, j. S. AL
ford. o. T. Faulkner, S. p. Dickerson.
B f. Sanders, Roger Fleming, J. E.
Hamlet. G. N. Tucker. f. T. Pearce,
j. A. Davis. A. r. Perry, l.. a. Jack
son, w. NJ. Williams, 2. o. Woodlief
H. r. Johnson w e. Robertson. G..
C. Morgan, B. M. Stainback, c. B.
Strickland, J. f. Strickland, r. L..
Walker. Lassiter Tiloltson, w. H Cav
thorne, |. M. Petty w. E. Wilson, W.
n. Grissom, John Grissom, D. l.. Nc
Callum, A. l.. Holloway, M. J. Smell.
Plummer Edwards.