JESSE JAMES EZEKIEL - a farmer of the Waterloo community, died Tuesday as the result of injuries sustained when he was kicked by a team of young mules. The accident occurred about 8 o’clock on the Ezekiel farm, when the deceased and his son, Archie were riding in a wagon which hit a rock and Mr. Ezekiel was thrown forward under the hoofs of the young mules. The son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ezekiel, the deceased was born in Sheffield on February 22, 1894. In addition to his wife, Mrs. Dewey Woods Ezekiel, he leaves three sons, Robert, George and Archie Ezekiel, all of route 2, Waterloo, and four daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Sharp, route 4, Florence, and Misses Rebecca, Mable and Ollie Ezekiel of route 4, Waterloo. He was a veteran of World War I, and a member of Florence Post No. 11. American Legion. Funeral rites were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Oak Grove church with Rev. Virgil Geans, Freewill Baptist minister, officiating. Burial was in the cemetery there with Spry directing.”
Contributed by Mildred Gean Mason - Friday, April 12, 1946, The Florence Herald