A Everett Flinn (abt. 1877 - abt. 1941)

Died about 1941 at about age 64 in Suicide at his residence in Wood County, WV, USA

Biography

A. Everett FLINN, ends life with pistol at Wood County home believed to have been despondent over the loss of his wife who died a year ago, A. Everett FLINN, a native of Jackson County, who had been residing in South Side Parkersburg the past fourteen years, ended his life at his home with a .32 calibre automatic revolver.

According to stories of the suicide told to investigating state police, FLINN who was 64 years old and who had been a watchman for the American Viscose plant for several years had said Saturday that he hadn't been "feeling so good lately." The body was found by his son, Roy, lying in a pool of blood in a rear bedroom of his home, and it was believed that he had been dead about two hours. No farewell note was found, police said.

Before the death of his wife, Florence BOSO FLINN, also a former resident of Jackson County, the couple lived several years at Scott and Ash Streets in Parkersburg. Surviving are three sons, Eddie, Roy and Ernest FLINN, all of South Parkersburg; two daughters, Mrs. Sarah RAMSEY, South Side Parkersburg, and Mrs. Elizabeth POWERS, Chester, Pa.; four brothers, David, Henry, and William FLINN, all of Jackson county, and Charles of South Parkersburg; and two sisters, Mrs. Edith ORNER, Porterfield, Ohio, and Mrs. Ova BATES, Sherman. (Friday, 15 Aug 1941)

Sources

• http://www.wvgenweb.org/jackson/obits/aug1941.html