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Oren Elbert Stone
Funeral Services Held for Sailor Saturday
Body
of Oren Elbert Stone Brought Back Here Friday for Burial at Mt. Zion
The
mutilated body of Oren Stone, former Johnson county boy, arrived in
Vienna Friday morning. It was taken to the home of his brother,
Harrison Stone in Vienna, where it lay in state until the funeral
Saturday morning.
Funeral services were held at Mt. Zion near Buncombe, the place of Young
Stone’s boyhood, Saturday morning at 11:00 o’clock conducted by Rev. G.
S. Hammons, pastor of the M. E. church of Vienna. Interment was made in
the cemetery.
At
the time of Mr. Stone’s death he was a first class fireman in the Navy.
His duties were on a coast guard vessel, which patrolled the sea coast
from New London, Conn., to New York City.
The
engine used on the destroyer was an oil burner that required an
apparatus known as a blower. This is used to create a strong draft for
the oil burners. Mr. Stone had gone up on deck of the ship and it is
thought that while attempting to close the blower, he was thrown into
the mouth of it and came in contact with a large fan. It was said that
the boat was pitching badly at that time and the deck was wet, waves
being thrown upon it.
The
destroyer was sixty miles from the coast at the time of the accident and
was enroute to New York but it was immediately turned around and put
back in port at New London.
Oren
Elbert Stone was born August 20, 1905, at Buncombe, Ill., died Nov. 22,
1932, at New London, Conn. He was the son of W. A. Stone of Marion and
Mrs. Nancy Stone of Buncombe.
Surviving him besides father and mother, are one brother Harrison Stone
of Vienna, and one sister, Mrs. Herbert King of St. Louis, Mo. One
brother, Hallie Stone died in infancy and one sister, Opal Stone died
about 16 years ago.
Mr.
Stone had been in the service of the government for the past seven
years.
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