LENNOX, Gerald Alvia: Died 1967

LENNOX, SHILLING, JORDAN

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Date: 7/24/2017 at 16:08:26

**Handwritten: Rec.-Rep. 14 Sept. 1967

Douds Boy Killed In Tractor Accident

Gerald Alvia Lennox, 16 of rural Douds, was killed in a tractor accident which took place near Douds at 7 p.m. Monday.

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lennox.

Driving the tractor was his cousin, William Shilling, 15, of Route 3, Bloomfield, who was taken to Van Buren County Memorial Hospital at Keosauqua for observation.

The accident took place a quarter of a mile west of the south end of the Douds-Leando bridge on the county river road.

The tractor careened off the north side of the road, upsetting and landing on the Lennox youth, who was dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital.

The cries of the Shilling boy were heard at the Jack Boyer and George Smead residences.

Young Shilling, son of Mrs. Florence Shilling of rural Bloomfield, had been visiting in the Lennox home. The two boys were on their way to Douds to have some car tires repaired when the accident occurred.

The body was taken to the Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Dennis Nicholson, Methodist pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa.

Gerald Alvia Lennox, son of Cecil W. and Esther Jordan Lennox, was born March 26, 1951, at Oskaloosa. He spent his early years in the Beacon community near Oskaloosa. In 1955 the family moved to the Selma community and the youth spent the rest of his life in the Selma-Douds area. He was a 9th grade student at Cardinal School in Agency.

He is survived by his parents; a twin brother, Darryel; a brother Paul, and a sister, Sandra, at home; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvia Jordan of Eddyville, and by his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Edna Lennox, of Oskaloosa.

Van Buren County Deputy Sheriff Herschel Dickey was assisted in investigating the accident by Iowa Highway Patrolmen Hugh Hardin of Keosauqua and Roy Eubanks of Fairfield.
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GERALD A. LENNOX

Gerald A. Lennox, son of Cecil and Esther Jordan Lennox, was born March 26, 1951, at Oskaloosa and departed this life Monday, Sept. 11, 1967, near Douds, at the age of 16, as the result of a tractor accident.

His early childhood was spent in the Beacon community. In 1955 the family moved to the Selma community and has resided in the Douds-Selma area since. Gerald was a student in the Cardinal Junior High School at Agency.

Remaining to mourn his passing are his parents, a twin brother, Darryel, another brother, Paul, and a sister, Sandra, all at home.

Also surviving are his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvia Jordan of Eddyville and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Edna Lennox of Oskaloosa, aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and friends.

Gerald will be remembered as a friendly, ambitious lad who worked hard at any task assigned to him, and the sorrow of his untimely death is shared by the entire community.

Funeral services were held Thursday, Sept. 14, 1967 at 1 p.m. at the Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds with the Rev. Dennis Nicholson, Methodist pastor, officiating. Vocalists were Mrs. Keith A. Smith and Mrs. Robert Pedrick, accompanied by Mrs. Max Caves. Pall bearers were Jerry Lennox, Michael Darland, Kenneth Darland, Melvin Price, Garold Swangel and Edward Moore. Interment was in the Forest Cemetery at Oskaloosa.

**Handwritten: Rec.-Rep. 21 Sept. 1967

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book J, Page 50, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA