THOMAS, George 1939 - Putnam

- George Thomas, age 62 years, prominent farmer of Jackson Township, was fatally injured some time Friday afternoon when the tractor he was driving overturned, pining him beneath it.  Details of the accident have not been determined by Coroner B. H. Branson, who investigated. Mr. Thomas was alone at the time of the accident, which is thought to have occurred about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The body was found by Mrs. Thomas and a son, Herbert, about 8 o'clock in the evening who had gone out to investigate the reason for his failure to come home.  Mr. Thomas was operating the tractor along a bluff about 2 or 3 miles from the house when in some manner it slipped over the side and turned over several times. His skull was fractured and he was injured internally.  It is thought that he was killed instantly.  Surviving besides the widow, Vada Morlan Thomas, are three sons, Herbert of Jackson Township, Gilbert of Port Arthur, TX and Norbert of Chicago; a daughter, Valla Mae of Indianapolis; two brothers, Robert of near Reelsville and William of Greencastle and a sister, Mrs. Fannie Beatty of near Ferndale. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. yesterday at the residence with interment in the Calcutta cemetery.