Clark, George Arthur

Internal injuries caused by a rock that fell on him from the surface this afternoon to George Arthur Clark, 44, who was at work at the bottom of a shaft at the Craig Mine, south of Picher Oklahoma. Details. of the accident were incomplete at press time. Clark died shortly after 1:30 o'clock this afternoon at the American hospital in Picher. He was engaged in a "gouge" prospect. Surviving are his wife, three children, and his father. He was a resident of Douthat Oklahoma the last 19 years.

Miami News Record, Miami Oklahoma

Sep 27, 1938, Pg. 2, Col. 6

George Arthur Clark, 44 years old, of Douthat Oklahoma, died at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon from injuries received when struck by a falling boulder at the Craig Mine, south of Picher Oklahoma, about noon. He was injured internally. A Todd ambulance from Picher brought him to the American hospital, where he died. Clark had been a resident of the district for 19 years, most of which time he was employed by the Commerce Mining and Royalty Company. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Stella Clark; a son and daughter, Junior Dean Clark and Wilba Clark, both of the home; his father, Frank Clark of Dadeville Missouri; a brother, James Clark of Dadeville, and three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Glenn of Dadeville, Mrs. Willie Ryder of Lamar Missouri and Mrs. Jean Graham of Porterville California.

Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at the Douthat Oklahoma Baptist church. The Rev. C. E. Bergen of Miami will officiate. Burial will be G.A.R. cemetery at Miami Oklahoma under direction of the Todd Funeral home of Picher Oklahoma.