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Submitted: 1/11/15 • Approved: 1/14/15 • Last Updated: 1/17/15 • R1057055-G0-S3
1908 - October 18, 1931
*Obituary
Gentry Journal-Advance
Thursday, October 22, 1931
BADER, Lee - Texhoma, Okla., Oct. 18.— R.F. Reynolds and Lee Bader, of Texhoma, were killed Sunday when Bader's truck in which they were riding, was struck by a Rock Island passenger train at a road crossing near here. Reynolds is survived by his widow and five children, Bader by his mother and brother. ***** Lee Bader is a son of Mrs. M. Bader of southeast of Gentry and had been working near Texhoma for some time. Word of the fatal accident was telegraphed to the mother Sunday night and arrangements immediately made for the forwarding of the body of the young man to Gentry, arrival being made here Tuesday night. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. C.F. Pearce of Gravette and burial was in the Fairmount cemetery under the direction of Carpenter Brothers with the local Masonic Lodge having charge of services at the grave. The deceased was 23 years old and had lived in and near Gentry since 1919, attending school here and was well known. He is survived by his mother and three brothers.
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