The Shelbyville
News
May 21, 1951
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RITES TUESDAY FOR F. R. BAXTER
Fairland Resident Succumbs Following Brief Illness
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Frederick Raymond
Baxter, age 57, died at his home in Fairland Sunday morning at 5:30 o’clock.
Mr. Baxter, a farmer, had been ill only four days. Death was caused by a
coronary thrombosis.
The son of William
and Priscilla Baxter, he was born in Newton county on July 20,
1893. He was married to Mary Medsker, who survives with two
daughters, Mrs. Dora Mae White, of Evansville and Mary Lou
at home. Also surviving are a brother and sister.
Last rites in charge of
the Murphy Mortuary, will be held at the Fairland Methodist Church Tuesday at
10:00 a.m. with Rev. Clifford Miller officiating. Interment will be in the
Fairland cemetery. Friends may call at the late home in Fairland.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, June 13, 1918
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KILLED IN FRANCE.
(From Friday's Daily)
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A telegram was received
in Greensburg, Thursday, from the War Department announcing the death of Private
William Baxter, 20 years old, killed in action on the battlefields of
France. He died May 28. William Baxter volunteered a year ago and
since that time his mother, Mrs. Minerva Baxter, to whom the
telegram was sent, has died. She lived at St. Paul and had received a
letter from her son just before she died. A brother, Allie Baxter,
is also in military service. The father of the family died several years
ago and three other children of the family are in the Gordon orphans' home in
this city.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
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