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George H. Herrington
Sapulpa Herald, Creek Co., OK
July 25, 1941

Geo. HERRINGTON
Taken by death,
July 25, 1941

SAPULPAN FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM
DEMISE ATTRIBUTED TO HEART ATTACK

George H. Herrington was found dead in his room at 12 1/2 North Main, about eleven o’clock last night. Death was believed caused by a heart attack.

A coroner’s jury, called immediately after the body was found, brought a verdict of death from natural causes. The inquest was held before justice of the peace Harry Croston.

July 28, 1941

Funeral rites for George H. Herrington, who died Thursday afternoon in his room at 12 ˝ North Main, with a sudden heart attack, were held at the Landrith chapel this afternoon at three o’clock.

Mrs. Fita Catlit was the reader at the Church of Christ. Burial was in the South Heights Cemetery. Mr. Herrington is survived by his sister; a stepfather and three aunts.

A coroner’s inquest was held over his body Thursday shortly after it was found in his room. He had apparently started to undress for a short rest before dinner, but collapsed across the bed in the attack.

Herrington had gone to his room about two o’clock for a short rest before his evening meal. His landlady did call him for dinner because she thought that he was resting and did not want to be disturbed. They became uneasy about him when it commenced getting late and one of the roomers decided to investigate. They obtained a key and found Herrington partly undressed across the bed. He had apparently taken off his shirt and one shoe while he was sitting on the edge of the bed and fell over backwards.

A physician who examined the body said that he was dead about nine hours, which would indicate that he died shortly after he went up to his room. The physician also stated that Herrington died from a probable heart attack.

Members of the coroner’s jury H.O. Westenbarger, G.L. Taylor, R.E. Williams, Harold Dodd, Edgar “Woody” Woodward and Joe Harris.

The body was removed to the Landrith Funeral Home where arrangements were being made today to contact relatives.

He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Hazel Booker at Houston, Tex., and his stepfather, Jack Williams John of this city, who is at present visiting near Cushing. He also has an aunt in St. Louis.

Herrington fell under a train while he was crossing the Frisco yards, when he was only a small boy, and the train severed his arm at the shoulder, he was about fifty years of age.