Baylus J. Baynard, well known carpenter of Forest City, fell from the lower floor to the basement of the new Rutherford County courthouse Thursday morning, March 18, at 8:30 o’clock, his head being fractured when coming in contact with the hard floor. It is said that he stepped backward and fell through an opening in the first floor, 10 feet to the basement.
He was rushed to the hospital and died at 11 o’clock, never regaining consciousness. He lost blood profusely before reaching the hospital.
It is claimed that the accident was purely accidental in that Mr. Baynard failed to notice the opening in the floor.
Mr. Baynard was 42 years old. He leaves his wife and seven children. There are three brothers and two sisters, J.A. Baynard, Race Path; W.O. Baynard, Alexander; M.K. Baynard, Forest City; Mrs. Wallace Alexander, near Harris, and Miss Susan Baynard, in Forest City.
Funeral services were conducted at his residence on Broadway, this city, Friday at 2 p.m. Talks were made by Rev. H.C. Sisk, Rev. H.C. Kiser and Messrs. Smith and Roberts. Interment followed in Cool Springs Cemetery. He was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church at Spartanburg, but had recently applied of his church letter with the intention of joining the Missionary Methodist Church in this city.
From the front page of the Forest City Courier, Thursday, March 25, 1926
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