OSCAR COLE 59 OPERATOR AT R.R. TOWER IS DEAD

Oscar Cole, operator - leverman at the C&EI Railroad Tower here, died suddenly from a heart attack yesterday evening at four o'clock at his home in Ewing.

Mr. Cole, 59 had been employed with the railroad for the past 35 years and for several years was an operator at the local tower.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2;00 pm at Franklin school near Ewing and burial will be in Williams Chapel cemetery. The services will be held at the school due to the fact that the church in that area was destroyed by fire.

Mr. Cole was born in Ewing son of John Cole and Eliza Taylor Cole.

He is survived by his wife, Flora, two sons, Vernon and Gordon Dean, one daughter, Mareta; four brothers, Rev Edgar Cole and Leland Cole of Mt. Vernon, Orville Cole of Ewing,Obert Cole of Murphysboro and two sisters Mrs Laura Manis and Mrs Mary Butler.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register News
Date: June 20, 1951
Submitted by: Janice Staples