MRS. C. PULLEN FATALLY HURT NEAR DECATUR (1935)
Thrown From Wagon Load of Wood Last Week as Wheel Struck Rut
Mrs. Chester Pullen, 38, farmer's wife, living five miles west of
Decatur, died at the Decatur county hospital Sunday morning from injuries
received in an accident which occurred late Wednesday afternoon when she
was thrown from a wagon load of wood.
Mrs. Pullen was riding with her husband on top of the load of wood down
a long hill on highway number 3, five and one-half miles west of
Decatur, when the accident happened. The right rear wheel dropped into a rut
near a guard rail which threw Mrs. Pullen off the wagon and over a
guard rail. The rear wheel caught her right leg, horribly lacerating it
from the knee nearly to the ankle.
Mrs. Pullen was removed to the Decatur county hospital the following
morning. Tetanus and tissue gas developed.
Besides her husband she leaves seven children. Funeral services were
held from the F. S. Stewart Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon with
intermint at the Decatur cemetery.
Funeral services were held from the Stewart Funeral Home Tuesday
afternoon, burial following in the Decatur cemetery.