Hidden along the wooded slopes of Brush Creek Township in Scioto County, Ohio, the small grave of Roy McCall rests quietly beneath the canopy at Beech Fork Cemetery. His modest, hand-carved monument is both a personal memorial and a remarkable example of Appalachian folk artistry — a child’s death preserved Continue Reading
Beech Fork Cemetery
Roy Esto Brown, 23, Dies of Heart Attack at East Fork
“Roy Esto Brown, 23, died Saturday of a heart attack at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Brown at East Fork. He formerly lived at Urbana. He had been ill several weeks.” “Besides his parents, his wife, Mrs. Alba Brown and a daughter, Vivian and six brothers and Continue Reading
Tragedy on the Tracks: Arion Father of Five Killed by Train
“Roscoe Evans, about 38, father of five children, of Arion community, was killed on the Norfolk & Western Railway right of way about a mile east of Arion early today. Coroner WA Quinn returned a verdict of accidental death.” “The badly mangled body was discovered about 9 a.m. by the Continue Reading