Undated newspaper clippings, presumably from the Dickens County Times:
Ory Alexander "Dock" Hoover
Dock Hoover was born February 16, 1906, in Erath County, Texas. He was the third of fourteen children born to Alonzo Marion and Ada Belle Embry Hoover. The Hoover family moved to Dickens County in 1914, settling first in the Red Hill community, next in Red Mud, and finally in Spur.Dock, like many young men in Dickens at the time, was a cowboy for the Swenson´s Spur Ranch. Dock died at age 20 from injuries sustained when his horse fell on him during a July cattle roundup in the Spur´s West Pasture. He is buried in the Red Mud Cemetery.
Undated Newspaper clippings from the Dickens County Times - 1926
Doc Hoover Dies
Doc Hoover, 20, who was seriously injured on the Swenson ranch Tuesday by a horse falling on him, died Thursday afternoon at 4:30 at the Nichols Sanitarium. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hoover.A full report of this sad accident will be published in the Times next week.
Doc Hoover Died Thursday From Injuries Sustained by Horse Falling
Doc Hoover, son of A. M. Hoover of near Spur, and one of the Spur Ranch employees, died Thursday afternoon as a result of injuries sustained Wednesday about noon when the horse which he was riding fell with him.Doc Hoover was assisting in the "round-up" of cattle near the West Pasture ranch headquarters when the accident occurred. He was riding alone at the time and it is not known just how the accident happened, but it is supposed that his horse ran over a yearling. He was discovered unconscious and brought immediately to the Nichols Sanitarium, but nothing could be done to save his life, he never having regained consciousness before death.
In addition to the medical and surgical skill here offered, Drs. Standifer of Lamesa and Hutchinson of Lubbock were sent for in consultation.
Doc Hoover was about twenty years of age. He numbered his friends by his acquaintances, and numbers of them were here to be with him during the short time he was in the sanitarium.
Third oldest child of fourteen children born to Alonzo Marion HOOVER and Ada Belle EMBRY.Dock Hoover
Another good cowpuncher has gone to meet his fate;
I hope he´ll find a resting place within the golden gate.
Another place is vacant on the S. M. S. Ranch you see,
´Twill be hard to find another that´s liked as well as he.
The first that died was Lon Rucker,
A man both kind and brave,
While Dock makes the second to be sent to his grave.
Caused by a cowhorse falling while running after stock,
´Twas on the spring round-up-a place where death men mock.
He went forward one morning on a circle through the hills,
He was gay and full of glee and free from earthly ills;
But when it came time to finish up the work on which he went,
Nothing came back from him, for his time on earth was spent.
´Twas as he rode the round-up, the calf turned back to the herd;
Poor Dock shoved him in again, his cutting horse he spurred,
And turned and fell with him, and beneath, poor Dock died.
His relations in Texas, his face never more will see,
But I hope he will meet his loved ones beyond eternity;
I hope he will meet his parents, will meet them face to face,
And that they will grasp him by the right hand at the shining throne of grace.
- Friends.
Photo and Obit Submitted by Ron Brantner
Family History: "The Brantners, Kay P. and Pearl Marie"
Surnames: BRANTNER, SMITH, HOOVER, EMBRY
Primary Place Names: Red Mud, Sudan, Jayton, Spur
Burial Location: Row P Plot 24
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