Charles Teague, 57, master farmer of Macon county and manager of the Franklin cannery, died at the Angel hospital in Franklin Tuesday morning from injuries received when a truck driven by his son, Elmon, was overturned on Highway No. 285 near Gay Monday.
Mr. Teague suffered a fractured dislocation in the vertebrate with compression on the spinal cord, which paralyzed him from the shoulders down. He was carried to the C.J. Harris Community hospital, but was later carried to the Angel hospital in Franklin.
The truck left the highway when the wheels slipped on a patch of ice. It turned over twice and went over a 30-foot embankment. The younger Teague escaped injury.
Mr. Teague was one of the most prominent farmers in this section, having been chosen master farmer of Macon two years ago. He lived at Prentiss, five miles from Franklin. He was formerly of Haywood having moved to Macon in 1908.
The funeral services, which were attended by about 1,200 people, were conducted at the Union Methodist Church, five miles from Franklin, by Rev. J.C. Umberger, pastor, assisted by Rev. L.B. Hayes, presiding elder of the Waynesville district; Rev. J.A. Flanagan, pastor of the Franklin Presbyterian church; Rev. O.P. Ader, pastor of the Franklin Methodist church; and the Rev. H.C. Freeman, pastor of the Franklin Methodist circuit.
Pallbearers were Mr. Teague’s five sons, Ned, Wilbur, Woodrow, Elmon and Rafe, and a nephew, Charles Rogers.
Mr. Teague is survived by his widow, Mrs. Cumi McCracken Teague; five sons; two daughters, Adeline and Mary; two brothers, Rev. J.L. Teague of Franklin and Thomas H. Teague of Nashville, Tenn.; and five sisters, Mrs. C.P. Wells, Canton, Mrs. A.T. Rogers, Prentiss, Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Andy Johnson of Washington state, and Mrs. S.L. Johnson of Chicago.
From the front page of The Ruralite, Sylva, N.C., March 22, 1932
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