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MY DAD

Well, I just lost a good friend, the best I ever had; or I should say this one was special Because he was a Dad. My Lord, if only you had told me it was time for him to go, Maybe I could have told him some of the times I wanted him to know. I’d tell him about those little quarrels When he thought I was so mean. It was just my Temper - I didn’t mean a thing. We’d talk about those horseback rides And fishing in the creek. I’d tell him how I’d prayed When he was sick and weak. We’d talk about the Christmas programs, We attended at a near-by church. I thank him for not being too tired to take us Although he’d spent the day at work I’d tell him he must be quite a guy By choosing such a mother. And I really wouldn’t change a thing When it came to my sisters and brothers. I’d put my arm about his neck And lay a hand upon his knee And say, “You think  it will be hard for you to leave, Well, what do you think about me. I’d say, Thank you for everything. Don’t worry about us when you’re gone. You and the Lord get things ready For the rest of us when we get Home. Your Baby Cinda, April 5. 1978.

?, ? OH 20 Jun 1985 pB9

[Note: unidentified - there was a Carol Thompson who married a Braden - no idea if this was her father who died; no obit printed about then mentioned a daughter named Braden]

Card of Thanks

We want to thank all the friends and neighbors of the Bruner and Sparta Assembly of God Church for the flowers and prayers during the loss of my father.  Carolyn Braden, Bill, Billy, Lori and Jeremy.

?, ? CCR 2 Sep 1915

Mr. H. F. Davis received a letter this week announcing the death of a nephew and his wife by an accident caused by a collision of the motorcycle in which they were riding with an inter-urban car.

?, ? OH 29 May 1980 pB7

Note of Thanks

Many thanks for your concern at the loss of our mother. Your prayers, visits, cards and other acts of kindness was deeply appreciated.  Don and Evelyn Davis.

?, ? OH 11 Sep 1980 p1

Manslaughter Charges Filed in Crash Deaths

Steven Emerson, 18, Sparta, is expected to appear in court here Friday for further action in a manslaughter charge filed against him in connection with the deaths of four persons as the result of an auto collision near Billings. Emerson was ticketed originally for improper passing. “Four people died and I don’t think the minor charge is the correct one,” said Assistant Prosecutor Tim McCormick.

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?, ? OH 15 Oct 1981 p1

Steven Emerson Sentenced in 1980 Car Crash

Steven D. Emerson, 19, Sparta, was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 9, for a fatal crash last year which took the lives of four Fayetteville, Ark. residents. He was given five years of supervised probation and twenty days of shock probation to be served on weekends by Circuit Court Judge Clifford Crouch. Emerson had changed his plea to guilty on the manslaughter charge on June 12, after originally pleading not guilty on April 10. The crash occurred on Highway 60 near Billings, Emerson, who was working at MFA Milling Co. during a strike, was or believed he was, being pursued  by strikers, when he left work on Aug. 14, 1980, according to investigators’ reports. He panicked and began passing long strings of cars on eastbound U. S. 60 and was in the westbound lane when the head-on collision occurred.