Surrell, John Albert

Picher Oklahoma, Aug 4 Services and burial will be in the G.A.R. Cemetery, Miami cemetery, for John Albert Surrell, 32 years old, who died at the Picher hospital at 1:14 o'clock Friday afternoon, Aug 3, 1923, from a broken back received Friday noon when the can in which he was riding, was accidentally hoisted into a shieve wheel at Eagle-Picher Mine No. 14, will be held from the chapel of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher at 10 o'clock Sunday morning. Surrell is survived by his wife, Bessie Surrell and four children; Frank Surrell, age 8; Lorrene Surrell, age 5; Alvin Surrell, age 3 and Hobert age 1 year old; of 506 Vantage Street, Picher Oklahoma. Also surviving are his father, George Surrell; two brothers, Joseph Surrell and Alex Surrell; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Masters and Mrs. Vesta Bernard, of Tulsa Oklahoma. The names of family supplied by a great niece of Mr. Surrell, Donna Sue.

A suit for $2,000 damages was filed in Ottawa county Oklahoma district court at Miami Saturday by Mrs. Bessie Surrell, of Picher Oklahoma, against the Eagle-Picher Lead Company. Mrs. Surrell alleges that her husband John A. Surrell, received fatal injuries in one of the company's mines August 2, 1923, and further charges that the accident was due to negligence on the part of another of the company's employees.