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Submitted: 9/29/14 • Approved: 10/1/14 • Last Updated: 10/4/14 • R1042695-G0-S3
December 1, 1889 - July 5, 1911
Son of FA & DN Singleton
*Obituary
The Springdale News
Friday, July 7, 1911
SINGLETON, Will - B.S. Beach and daughter, Miss Eunice, who attended the Fourth of July celebration at Sulphur Springs, brought back information of a distressing accident which occurred Tuesday night about midnight, in which Will Singleton, who lives near Castleton, Benton County, lost his life. The train on the road running from Rogers to Siloam Springs was wrecked and it was necessary to await the coming of another engine before the train could go on its way. In the meantime the passengers sought various places of rest to pass away the time and it is supposed that young Singleton sat down on the railroad track and went to sleep when he was ran over by the approaching engine. The accident occurred near Box springs and the body was not discovered until some time later by the watchman located near that point. Singleton was about twenty-one years of age and was reared in that locality. Mr. Beach also brought news of the death of Bud Phillips, which occurred Tuesday morning at his home north of Cave Springs, of Brights disease. Deceased was about fifty years of age and for many years past operated the small water mill near Cave Springs, having spent most of his life at that place. The remains were interred Wednesday in the Phillips graveyard near by.
*Obituary
The Springdale News
Friday, July 14, 1911
{from Oak Grove, Benton Co.} The many friends and relatives of Will Singleton were shocked last Wednesday morning when the news came that he had been instantly killed at Siloam Springs about three o'clock that morning by the Kansas City and Memphis excursion train. He was one of the many passengers who had been to Sulphur Springs to spend the Fourth and as they were delayed by a wreck they were compelled to wait several hours. Meantime the passengers were walking around to pass away the time and it is supposed by his friends that he was watching some object and forgot that the engine was coming toward him. He was recognized first by Bert McIntire and Dick Hardcastle. Will, as he was usually called, was born in Benton County Dec. 1, 1889. He had spent all of his life in Arkansas except about 20 months, which time he was in California and Washington, having returned home about the middle of May. He leaves a widowed mother, one sister, Mrs. Grace Smith, and two brothers, Ed and Frank, to mourn his sad fate. The two boys could not be found in time to attend the funeral but have since been heard of at St. John, Kansas. The funeral service was held at the Thornsberry church house, conducted by Rev. Rand of Elm Springs. It had just been one week exactly since his grandfather, Uncle Ed Singleton, was buried at the same place. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of the entire community.
Contributed on 9/29/14 by wfields55
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