Dead is Charles Willis Price who was working in the Hulda Lake area with a timber cutting crew headed by Adrian Frailey. He reportedly was driving a tractor dragging logs from the wooded area when the falling tree struck him resulting in fatal chest injuries. The mishap occurred around 8:30 a.m. and he died before arriving in Shawneetown.
A native of Cave-in-Rock where he was born to Henry and Alice Winters Price on November 14, 1901, he had been a Shawneetown resident since 1955.
He is survived by his wife, the former Myrtle Riley who resides at Dixon, a daughter, Mrs. William (Geneva) Bryant of Evansville, and three sons, James Price of Dearborn, Mich., Glen of Chicago, and Gordon Price of Elgin. Two daughters and a son died in infancy. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Earsie Yackle and Mrs. Mary Maynard of Shawneetown, and three brothers, Floyd Price of East St. Louis, Earl of St. Charles, Mo., and Clyde Price of Shawneetown. A brother and a sister preceded him in death. There are five grandchildren.
The body has been received by the Wright Funeral Home. Arrangements are pending, awaiting arrival of the children.
Source: Undated clipping from The Gallatin Democrat found in the papers of Mary Maynard, nee Price.