This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hanks Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6975 Message Board Post: George Hanks, who resides in the Sweetwater community, was found dead in his pasture early Wednesday morning. The cause of death has not been determined. According to information, Hanks, who was approximately 60 years of age, left his home Tuesday morning about 11 o'clock to look after some cattle. When he failed to return members of the family and neighbors joined in a search for him. The search continued through the night until his body was found about 4:00 o'clock Wednesday morning. Apparently the man had caught a horse and was riding him with a rope when he was thrown or suffered a heart attack. When found he had been dragged, a piece of rope was found around a wrist and the horse with the rope around his neck had jumped a fence. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 14-Dec-1950