Jewel, Do you know the father of Frank ATKINSON, husband of Martha? Martha ----- Original Message ----- From: <Eharsma@aol.com> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 2:14 AM Subject: [TNWEAKLE] John Francis Atkinson obit-Weakley GenWeb Site-abstr.byMartha Smith > > Jewel, > Please check the Weakley County website for any obituaries prior to > November > 1906. All available issues of the Dresden Enterprise have been abstracted > and > are available there. Martha > Found one of them!!! II copied it below in case it might be of help to > others. Thanks for all your work, Martha. Jewel > Friday, October 23, 1903 THE DRESDEN ENTERPRISE > Dresden, Tennessee > Frank ATKINSON > Mr. E. T. REAVIS received the sad news early Tuesday morning > that his brother-in-law, Mr. Frank ATKINSON, an employee of the > Centreville branch of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis > railroad, had been killed near Dickson that morning. > ATKINSON, a brakeman, was riding in the caboose and just after > pulling out of Dickson he heard an unusual noise beneath the > caboose and undertook to look under the car to ascertain the > trouble. As he swung down the rapidly moving train brought his > head in contact with the fence at a cattle guard, crushing his > skull. He was carried to his home at Dickson and died shortly > thereafter without regaining consciousness. > The remains were brought here on the noon train Wednesday and > interred at West Union burying. Deceased was born and reared in > this county, east of Dresden, and was the son of Mrs. Martha > ATKINSON; he was about 33 years of age and leaves a wife and > three children. His wife was, prior to her marriage, Miss Minnie > REAVIS, daughter of Uncle Lonney REAVIS. > Frank was a model young man, a devout christian, sober, > industrious and esteemed by all who knew him. His friends were > those who had known him from childhood, and he stood high in the > estimation of his comrades on the railroad.When the sad news > reached his wife, she was prostrated with grief and it required > the best of medical skill to revive her. The bereaved family > have the sympathy of a host of friends. > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >