Mrs. H. F. Keller, Mrs. Frank J. Bunn, L. S. Hazelgrove Jr., and Don Hamilton
Obituary


DYERSBURG STATE GAZETTE
DYERSBURG, TENNESSEE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAY 16TH, 1916

FOUR DROWNED IN REELFOOT LAKE--The victims were Mrs. H. F. KELLER, Mrs. FRANK J. BUNN, and L. S. HAZELGROVE, Jr., the little 22-months-old son of Mr. & Mrs. L. S. HAZELGROVE. They lost their lives in an accident that occurred at Samburg, and DON HAMILTON of that place went to the bottom of the Lake with them in an effort to save one of the party. About 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Mr. KELLER, Mr. BUNN, DON HAMILTON, and another man of a Samburg neighborhood started out on the lake in a motor boat. The women of the party and the child were placed in a skiff and towed on behind the motor boat as they started for a ride on the lake. In making a quick turn with the motor boat, the skiff was thrown against a snag which upset it, spilling the occupants to the water. Then followed the struggle for life. (very lengthly). DON HAMILTON's body was kept at Samurg until his people from Missouri could arrive. He was 24 years of age. Mrs. H. F. KELLER came with her husband from Memphis to Dyersburg four years ago. She is survived by her husband; two children, HERBERT and MEDA LYNN; father; mother; brother;and sister. Interment in Fairview Cemetery. Funeral Services of little L. S. HAZELGROVE, Jr., were conducted this morning, interment at Fairview Cemetery. Mrs. FRANK BUNN is survived by her husband; two children, CHAS. and EVERETT; mother, Mrs. ALICE LOWERY. Before her marriage, Mrs. BUNN was Miss BESSIE LOWRY, raised in Memphis. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery.


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