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Kelly, Cecil Clifton

Age 35

Central Mill

Miami News Record · May 03 1946 · Pg 10 · Col 1

Cardin Oklahoma, May 3 Funeral services for Cecil Clifton Kelly, 35 years old, who was electrocuted at the Eagle Picher Central Mill, a hard rock lead and zinc mill, near Cardin Thursday afternoon, will be conducted at the First Baptist church in Commerce Oklahoma at 2 pm Sunday. The Rev. J. Grover Scales will officiate. Burial will be in G.A.R. cemetery at Miami under direction of the Durnil funeral home of Picher Oklahoma. Kelly's body, severely burned, was found in an iron building approximately an hour after death occurred, it was said. There was no indication, however, that the building or nearby machinery had been struck by lightning. Neither was there evidence that he had come in contact with an electric cable, O. T. Counts, company official, said. The cause of the man's death was still undetermined today.

Kelly is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katherine Lucille Kelly; two daughters, Judith Ann Kelly and Kathleen Naomi Kelly, and a son, Richard Kelly, all of the home; six brothers, William Kelly of Commerce Oklahoma, Tom Kelly of Miami, Roy Kelly and Herbert Kelly of Miami Route 2, Frank Kelly of Pacoima California, and Donald Kelly of Phoenix Arizona; and three sisters, Mrs. Rhoda Austin of Commerce, Mrs. Mary Geohen of Tulsa Oklahoma, and Mrs. Lela Williams of Picher Oklahoma.

Disclaimer: If you search for these articles somewhere else, searches should be done by date in the city of Miami Oklahoma. The clippings have "Miami Newspapers, Miami Oklahoma." The paper changed names several times making it difficult to search by title. Most of the Hard Rock Lead and Zinc Fatalities newspaper clippings are from the personal files of I. D. Hulvey, former powderman in the Picher mine and then owner of the Hulvey Insurance Agency.