Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

DENNING – A telegram received here at four o’clock, Friday evening, announced that Forrest Denning had died at Allgood, Tenn. His father and mother, Mr. And Mrs. G. H. Scoles, departed Friday morning to that place, but unfortunately were unable to get there before his death.

DENNING – Forrest Wayne Denning was accidentally killed on the Overton county railroad in Tennessee, between Allgood and Livingston. He was employed as a brakeman on the railroad and it was his duty every evening about 9 o’clock to go around a sharp curve between the two towns and flag a train that came in at that hour. Last Thursday evening he went out at the usual hour and failed to return. His cousin, Ray Crow, son of C. P. Crow of this city, who is a civil engineer located at Allgood, with others, went in search of him and found him lying by the track badly injured and his lantern smashed, as if he had been struck by the train and thrown aside. He was unconscious and died in a short time without being able to tell how the accident happened. Forrest Denning was about 21 years old and was the son of Mrs. G. H. Scoles of this city, who with her husband, went to Allgood upon being notified, and returned yesterday with the body. He was a brother of Clyde Denning, who recently moved from this city to Los Angeles, Calif., and is now in a hospital there with an attack of appendicitis. The funeral services were held at 10:30 yesterday at the home of his mother, Rev. Isom Roberts officiating, and the remains will be taken to Lamont for interment.