LOCAL MAN DIES FROM INJURIES
Cecil Bayles is Victim of Tragic Accident at Dolomite
Plant Friday; Funeral Services Yesterday.
Funeral services
were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Cecil S. Bayles, 39 years of age an
employee of the Valley Dolomite Corporation who died Monday morning [March 2, 1942] at the
Bonne Terre Hospital as the result of injuries sustained in an accident while at work
Friday, February 27th.
Bayles was working exceptionally close to
the runway used by the large trucks when one of them passed. The driver of the truck
was unable to see Bayles as he was working in a stooped position. A portion of one
tire ran over his right leg. When complications set in Sunday, it was necessary to
amputate his leg, but he did not live long following the operation.
At an inquest held Monday night at the
Benham Funeral Home by Coroner Clarence Claywell, the jury returned a verdict of "The
deceased came to his death as the result of an unavoidable accident".
Cecil Sylvan Bayles was born in Bonne
Terre February 17, 1903, the son of A. A. Bayles of Farmington and Alice Ragsdale Bayles
of East Bonne Terre and passed away at the Bonne Terre Hospital early Monday morning at
the age of 39 years and 12 days.
December 1, 1928 he was united in
marriage to Thelma Asbridge. To this union two children, Margie Faye and Robert James were
born. Besides his wife, two children, father and mother, he leaves two brothers,
Edwin and Alvery of St. Louis and many relatives and a host of friends.
On October 9, 1923 he joined the United
States Navy and served four years on the U.S.S. California.
Interment was in the Bayles
Family Cemetery at East Bonne Terre. Benham Service.
The LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Missouri, Friday, March 6, 1942.
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