James R. McMichael (1928)
ALLEN, BEERBOWER, BURGETT, HARDY, MCMICHAEL
Posted By: Judy Wight Branson
Date: 8/10/2004 at 11:32:27
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, November 01, 1928
Page 1, Column 6Death of James McMichael
James McMichael, who was fatally injured in a fall from an apple tree two weeks ago, died Friday, October 26th, at the Methodist hospital in Des Moines. Mr. McMichael had broken a vertebrae in his neck when he had fallen from a tree on the Sherman Baker farm. Mrs. McMichael and Mrs. Baker were in the Baker house and did not know that Mr. McMichael was picking apples. Mr. Baker was working in the field but came to the house about 10:30 o’clock for repairs and found Mr. McMichael lying on the ground and unable to move. He was taken in an ambulance to a Des Moines hospital and the x-ray showed that the vertebrae had been broken. His condition seemed to improve at first but he gradually became weaker.
The Rev. F. Clare McCallon conducted the funeral services at the Church of Christ Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and burial was made in the Mt. Pelier cemetery, north of Patterson.
The deceased was the son of James and Mary McMichael and was born near Bevington March 27, 1885. He had spent all of his life in this county. He was married to Miss Minnie Brugett, September 10th, 1910, and they had been living on a farm south of Winterset for seven years. They lived near Booneville, where Mr. McMichael was a rural mail carrier for nine years. One daughter of theirs, Twila, died in infancy.
Besides his wife, Mr. McMichael leaves his mother, three sisters, Mrs. I. W. Hardy, Mrs. H. M. Beerbower and Mrs. Earl Allen, all living near Booneville and one brother, Thomas.
_________________________The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, November 22, 1928James R. McMichael was born March 27, 1885, near Bevington, to bless the home of James and Mary McMichael. Under these loving parents care, he grew from babyhood. At the age of seven he suffered the loss of his father, but under the devotion of a good Christian mother, he attended public school and church and grew into manhood. One of his many fine motives of life was to make friends everywhere.
One of the splendid friendships grew into a beautiful love affair and on September 10, 1910, he was united in marriage with Miss Minnie Burgett, of near Booneville. It was here the happy new home was established and enjoyed with them by all their friends a number of years.
During the fall following Mr. McMichael re-dedicated his life to God and united with the Methodist church of Boonville. He served as superintendent of the Sunday school for a time and was ever a faithful, conscientious member of the church.
In 1916, there came to though and enrichen the lives of this couple the birth and death of a baby daughter, whom they had named Twila. While God in his wisdom saw best for this bud of love not to unfold, he restored the mother’s health and Mr. McMichael’s gratitude was a life of loving devotion to her and childhood.
During these years of sojourn at Booneville, he served his fellowmen as rural mail carrier, and was noted for his kind and pleasant, obliging manner in all his dealings. In the spring of 1921, Mr. and Mrs. McMichael moved to a farm south of Winterset, among strangers for a time, but it was not long until their friendliness, kindliness, and neighborliness made them many new friends. In business life and in dealings, Mr. McMichael was held in high esteem for his strict, honest, Christian dealing.
Mr. McMichael was not only a great lover of the words and promises of God and his people and creatures, but all his handiwork. In furthering this desire to look upon and praise God for his wonderful works, a sight-seeing trip to California was planned , to be shared with by as many relatives and friends as the new car would accommodate. This trip was made last August and greatly enjoyed by all. Upon the return from this trip a few weeks ago, Mr. McMichael took up the duties of life and while on an errand at one of his neighbors, met with a serious accident. By the severity of the nature of the accident, he was rushed by an ambulance to the Methodist hospital at Des Moines, where it was found his back was broken and all that medical skill and loving hands could do was done for two weeks. On this bed of suffering he took comfort in memorizing favorite Bible verses and singing his favorite songs.
On Sunday, October 28, 1928, a large concourse of sympathizing friends and relatives gathered to pay their last tribute of respect and honor to the memory of this good man. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. F. C. McCallon, of the Church of Christ, to which church the deceased had recently transferred his church membership and the body was laid to rest in the Mt. Pelier cemetery, near Patterson.
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