Everett Nile Parkins (1919)
BENTLEY, PARKINS
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 10/14/2007 at 15:43:05
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, September 10, 1919NILE PARKINS
Nile Parkins, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Parkins of Union township, was almost instantly killed on last Wednesday night by a fall to the pavement from the running board of a car.
The young man with his brother, Boyd Parkins and two neighbor boys, Leonard Criss and Gile Paullin, had started home from the Homecoming celebration a little before midnight. When opposite the Bert Cross home on East Court Avenue, Nile's hat blew off. The driver slowed down the car as Nile stepped on the running board to alight from the car. The sudden stop of the car caused him to lose his balance and he fell striking his head on the pavement. He was taken to Dr. Little's residence but did not regain consciousness and died in a few minutes. No blame is atached to any one because of the unfortunate accident.
________________________The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, September 19, 1919
Page 7Everett Nile Parkins, eldest son of Leonard and Cora Parkins was born in Jefferson township on the 30th day of November 1895 and died in Winterset on the night of September 3rd 1919.
While on the way home from the Madison county homecoming his cap fell from the car and in some way in his efforts to recover it he fell upon the pavement and sustained injuries that lead to his death in a few moments.
Nile lived with his parents on a farm two and one half miles northeast of Winterset.
Mourning his death are the parents, two brothers, Ellis and Boyd, four sisters, Mrs. Clarence Algoe, Opal, Gladys and Dorothy, all of this community.
The funeral services were held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock in the North River U.B. church, being conducted by Rev. W. J. Stewart, after which the body was laid to rest in the McDonald cemetery.
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