Shaver, Roy E.

A fall between slowly moving railroad cars at 10:30 am today was fatal to Roy E. Shaver, 36, Cardin Oklahoma, a chat loader employed at the Central Mill of the Eagle Picher Lead Company. Shaver, his body cut in two, was instantly killed. The accident was witnessed by Clyde Howard, a fellow employee. However, when Howard saw Shaver fall, he believed he had fallen back into one of the cars. It was not learned how many cars passed over the victim's body before the train was stopped. According to Charles Kellar, an office employee, the train was moving about three miles an hour. He discounted the possibility that Shaver lost his balance due to a sudden lurch of the train, but advanced the explanation that the accident could have been caused by the wet surface on which Shaver was standing, inasmuch as the accident occurred during the rain this morning.

Shaver, who had been an employee of the Eagle Picher Company about three years, is survived by his wife and two children. He had been a resident of Cardin Oklahoma for several years.

Funeral services for Roy Eugene Shaver, 36 years old, who was instantly killed at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning when run over by a chat train at the Eagle Picher Central Mill, will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the First Baptist church in Cardin Oklahoma. The Rev. Richard Dareing, pastor will officiate. Burial will be in G.A.R. cemetery at Miami with the Durnil funeral home of Picher in charge. Mr. Shaver is survived by his wife Mrs. Nora Shaver of the home; a son, Gene Shaver, and a daughter, Delores Shaver, both of Texas; five brothers; Virgil Shaver, Jess Shaver of McCurtain Oklahoma; Ben Shaver of Eufala Oklahoma; John Shaver of San Diego California, and Jack Shaver of Krebs Oklahoma; three sisters, Mrs. Lora Pool of Krebs, and Misses Martha Shaver and Minnie Shaver of Stigler Oklahoma. Note: Cemetery Record Daily Record, Pg. 144 has: Burial Sep 14, 1938 - Roy Eugene Shaver, Cardin Oklahoma, age 36. Buried NE Addition, Block 11, Row 2, Grave 12. Plot owner Nora Shaver. The newspaper has Roy Eugene Shaver and Daily Sexton record has Roy Eugene Shave, but stone has Roy C. Shaver.