Hile, Virgil

Funeral services for Virgil Hile, 27 years old, who was fatally injured Saturday night at the No. 2 Mine of the Admiralty Zinc Company at Douthat Oklahoma, were conducted at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the First Baptist church. The Rev. M. R. Dareing, pastor of the Quapaw Oklahoma Baptist church, officiated. Burial was in Baxter Springs Kansas cemetery under the direction of the Durnil funeral home of Picher. Pallbearers were Paul Cowan, Everett Cowan, Homer Sullivan, Frank Anders, Ray Malcolm and George Siler.

Picher Oklahoma, July 20 Virgil Hile, 27 years old, of North Century Oklahoma, was fatally injured shortly after 8 o'clock tonight when a mass of falling rock and dirt fell on him in the Admiralty Mine No. 2. He died within a few minutes after he was covered by the avalanche. Injuries consisted of a broken neck, fractured back, broken right leg and fractured skull. A Durnil ambulance from Picher rushed him to American hospital at Picher, where he was pronounced dead. Employed as a shoveler, Hile was at work on his first shift since the beginning of the strike in early May.

Only recently he had returned to his home from Las Vegas Nevada. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lydia Williams, with whom he lived at North Century; his father, William Hile of Peoria Oklahoma, and one brother, Roy Hile, of Douthat Oklahoma. The body is being prepared for burial at the Durnil funeral home of Picher. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Picher Oklahoma, Jul 22 Funeral services for Virgil Hile, 27 years old, who was accidentally killed Saturday night at the Admiralty Mine No. 2, south of Picher, will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist church. Hile, was killed when struck by a falling slab. The Rev. M. R. Dareing will officiate. Burial will be in the Baxter Springs Kansas cemetery under direction of the Durnil funeral home of Picher.