Individual Details

"Gurdon Man Dies of Cerebral Hemorrhage at Pennsylvania. Waynesburg, Pa. (UP) - An autopsy revealed today that a truck driver from Gurdon, Arkansas died of a cerebral hemorrhage after engaging in a street fight with a life-long friend. James Wingfield, 41, collapsed last night after being struck one blow by Roy Gaddis, 44, also of Gurdon. Both men had been living here while transporting pipe for a nearby gas line project. They were employed by the Park Hill Trucking Company of Oklahoma. Coroner Frank F. Bryan was to confer later today with District Attorney Glen Toothman to consider possible criminal action against Gaddis, who was held on an open charge." (Obituary from THE DAILY SIFTINGS HERALD, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, Clark County Library, Arkadelphia, September 30, 1957.)

Birth and death dates of Jim Wingfield from CEMETERY RECORDS, CLARK COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1983 by the Committee for Extention Homemakers Council, page 148.

Birth	August 26, 1904
Marriage	June 6, 1935	Clark County, Arkansas - Clara Hammonds
Marriage	June 21, 1939	Myrtle Jeweldine Herron
Death	September 29, 1957	Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania
Burial		Easley Cemetery, Clark County, Arkansas

Spouse	Clara Hammonds (1910 - 1935)
Child	Juanita Wingfield ( - )

Spouse	Myrtle Jeweldine Herron (1922 - 1997)
Child	Gail Herron Hughes ( - )