HOLDER, Hooper The Pulaski Citizen 12 Aug 1959
The body of Hooper Holder, 46, employee of the Lewisburg water department and native of Giles County, was found early Sunday beside the L&N Railroad tracks near Lewisburg. Coroner Wallace Patterson ruled that Holder had been struck by a train. His left arm was severed and his left leg mangled. The engineer of northbound passenger train No. 6 which came through about 10 p. m. Saturday notified L&N authorities that he thought he saw a body between the rails as he approached. A railroad crew went to the scene, three miles north of Lewisburg, and found the body about 1,000 yards south of Wheathead crossing abut 12:30 a. m. The coroner said he believed Holder was struck by a train which passed through earlier, probably a passenger train. He said it was not learned why Holder was on the tracks. Funeral services were held at 10 a. m. Monday at Bills and McGaugh funeral home, the Rev. J. A. Biggs officiating. Burial was in Lone Oak Cemetery, Lewisburg.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Holder was the son of Tom Holder, Nashville, and the late Lily Webster Holder. He had lived in Lewisburg for 23 years. Besides his father, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Tosh Holder; two daughters, Miss Dorothy Holder and Mrs. Virgil Williams; three sons, Allen, Joe and Houston Holder, all of Lewisburg; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Blackwell of Oklahoma, Mrs. R. D. George, Shelbyville; a brother, Lawson Holder, Lewisburg; and four grandchildren.
The body of Hooper Holder, 46, employee of the Lewisburg water department and native of Giles County, was found early Sunday beside the L&N Railroad tracks near Lewisburg. Coroner Wallace Patterson ruled that Holder had been struck by a train. His left arm was severed and his left leg mangled. The engineer of northbound passenger train No. 6 which came through about 10 p. m. Saturday notified L&N authorities that he thought he saw a body between the rails as he approached. A railroad crew went to the scene, three miles north of Lewisburg, and found the body about 1,000 yards south of Wheathead crossing abut 12:30 a. m. The coroner said he believed Holder was struck by a train which passed through earlier, probably a passenger train. He said it was not learned why Holder was on the tracks. Funeral services were held at 10 a. m. Monday at Bills and McGaugh funeral home, the Rev. J. A. Biggs officiating. Burial was in Lone Oak Cemetery, Lewisburg.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Holder was the son of Tom Holder, Nashville, and the late Lily Webster Holder. He had lived in Lewisburg for 23 years. Besides his father, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Tosh Holder; two daughters, Miss Dorothy Holder and Mrs. Virgil Williams; three sons, Allen, Joe and Houston Holder, all of Lewisburg; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Blackwell of Oklahoma, Mrs. R. D. George, Shelbyville; a brother, Lawson Holder, Lewisburg; and four grandchildren.
HOLDER, Hooper The Pulaski Citizen 12 Aug 1959
The body of Hooper Holder, 46, employee of the Lewisburg water department and native of Giles County, was found early Sunday beside the L&N Railroad tracks near Lewisburg. Coroner Wallace Patterson ruled that Holder had been struck by a train. His left arm was severed and his left leg mangled. The engineer of northbound passenger train No. 6 which came through about 10 p. m. Saturday notified L&N authorities that he thought he saw a body between the rails as he approached. A railroad crew went to the scene, three miles north of Lewisburg, and found the body about 1,000 yards south of Wheathead crossing abut 12:30 a. m. The coroner said he believed Holder was struck by a train which passed through earlier, probably a passenger train. He said it was not learned why Holder was on the tracks. Funeral services were held at 10 a. m. Monday at Bills and McGaugh funeral home, the Rev. J. A. Biggs officiating. Burial was in Lone Oak Cemetery, Lewisburg.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Holder was the son of Tom Holder, Nashville, and the late Lily Webster Holder. He had lived in Lewisburg for 23 years. Besides his father, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Tosh Holder; two daughters, Miss Dorothy Holder and Mrs. Virgil Williams; three sons, Allen, Joe and Houston Holder, all of Lewisburg; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Blackwell of Oklahoma, Mrs. R. D. George, Shelbyville; a brother, Lawson Holder, Lewisburg; and four grandchildren.
The body of Hooper Holder, 46, employee of the Lewisburg water department and native of Giles County, was found early Sunday beside the L&N Railroad tracks near Lewisburg. Coroner Wallace Patterson ruled that Holder had been struck by a train. His left arm was severed and his left leg mangled. The engineer of northbound passenger train No. 6 which came through about 10 p. m. Saturday notified L&N authorities that he thought he saw a body between the rails as he approached. A railroad crew went to the scene, three miles north of Lewisburg, and found the body about 1,000 yards south of Wheathead crossing abut 12:30 a. m. The coroner said he believed Holder was struck by a train which passed through earlier, probably a passenger train. He said it was not learned why Holder was on the tracks. Funeral services were held at 10 a. m. Monday at Bills and McGaugh funeral home, the Rev. J. A. Biggs officiating. Burial was in Lone Oak Cemetery, Lewisburg.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Holder was the son of Tom Holder, Nashville, and the late Lily Webster Holder. He had lived in Lewisburg for 23 years. Besides his father, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Tosh Holder; two daughters, Miss Dorothy Holder and Mrs. Virgil Williams; three sons, Allen, Joe and Houston Holder, all of Lewisburg; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Blackwell of Oklahoma, Mrs. R. D. George, Shelbyville; a brother, Lawson Holder, Lewisburg; and four grandchildren.
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