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D. Butler Kay
12 August 1881 - 30 March 1962

Harvey T. Kay
26 December 1884 - 1 August 1959



Birdie Kay
28 May 1903 - 10 January 1978

W.W. "Bonnie" Kay
20 June 1898 - 5 October 1960


J.W. Kay
18 January 1922 - 9 March 1935
The Howe Messenger
Friday, March 15, 1935
pg. 3

J.W. Kay, 13, Dies From Accidental Discharge of "Unloaded" Gun
Funeral services Held at  Home on Sunday Afternoon

The oft repeated tragedy of the "unloaded" gun took its toil [sic] in this community Saturday when J.W. Kay smilingly told his friend and
playmate, Doyle Harding, to shoot him.
"Is it loaded?" queried young Harding.
"No," was J.W.'s reply.
Doyle pulled the trigger of the gun, a .22 rifle, which was pointed at his playmate.  The discharge entered his heart.  Mortally wounded, the little fellow ran about 20 yards from the barn.  There he stumbled and fell, and a few minutes later breathed his last.
The rifle was a Christmas present.  The boys were in the barn preparing for a hunting trip when the accident occurred, it is said.
J.W. was the 13- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bonnie Kay, 3 miles southwest of Tom Bean.   He attended the local school several years,
but had attended school at Jameson for some time. 
Besides the heartbroken
parents, he leaves 2 sisters, other relatives and friends to mourn his loss.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the family home with Rev. Temple Bigham, pastor of the Pentecostal church, conducting the services.   Schoolmates acted as pallbearers.
Interment was at White Mound with W .T. Francis in charge.



Whitemound Cemetery
Susan Hawkins

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