| August 30, 1933 DESPONDENT YOUTH TAKES OWN LIFE - J.T. Glover, Jr, 19 of Woodlawn dies
From drinking tree poison Saturday. He was the son of J.T. (Tom) Glover of Woodlawn, and
died at 7:30 Saturday evening from the effects of a quantity of tree poison he drank at 2
pm. Although fully conscious until a few minutes before he died, he gave little reason for
his rash act, except to state he was discouraged and felt he had no friends left. It is
thought this fatal attempt on his life was partly due to the death of his mother almost a
year ago He was the youngest child in the family, and his loneliness is thought to have
affected his mental faculties. He notified one of his brothers shortly after he drank the
deadly potion and requested the brother to see that all his bills were paid from a crop he
had on his father's place. He was carried at once to the home of his uncle, Dr. B.B.
Glover, not far from his own home, but all efforts to check the effects of the poison were
futile. He graduated from the Woodlawn high school last spring and was one of the
outstanding students. During the summer he attended the Monticello A & M College at
Monticello and was one of the most prominent young men and a member of Oak Grove Baptist
Church. Besides his father he is survived by 5 brothers, J.E; T.H; Otis; Guy; and Herbert
GLOVER, all of Woodlawn. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Conrad
Glover of Sheridan, pastor of the Oak Grove Church. Burial was in the family lot at
Friendship. |