Article from unknown source with handwritten date of July 21, 1959.s Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Bertram E. Bloodworth Takes Life By Hanging "Bertram E. Bloodworth, 78, took his own life, Tuesday morning by hanging himself in a smoke house near his home. He was found dead Tuesday morning around six o'clock by his wife. Mrs. Bloodworth was preparing breakfast and having called him several times and getting no answer she started looking about the neighborhood for his whereabouts, as he often visited with neighbors that time of morning. Mrs. Bloodworth had fed the cats in the smoke house prior to trying to locate her husband but didn't' notice the body until she returned to the smoke house looking for him. Mr. Bloodworth had been in ill health the past ten years and the past two years had been losing the sight of his eyes. He was a retired farmer, moving to Madison with his wife two years ago in August. Mr. and Mrs. Bloodworth celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last fall. He was born August 15, 1884, and was reared in the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Bloodworth. He was a member of the Holliday I.O.O.F. Lodge and the Holliday Rebekah Lodge, and the Madison Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star. He is survived by his wife and several cousins, Jennie Bloodworth, Madison, Dennis and William Bloodworth, of Kansas City; Jessie Davis, Pertshire, Mississippi; Mrs. Ruth Frank, Evergreeen, Colo.; Mrs. Ruby Smiley, Florida and Glen Bloodworth, Waco, Texas. Services are being held Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Thompson Mackler Funeral Chapel with Rev. Foster in charge of the services. Burial is in Sunset Hill Cemetery." Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562