From: KyArchives Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 7:03 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Freeman.Leon.Earl.1978.Barren-Metcalfe.OBIT Leon Earl Freeman May 5, 1978 Barren-Metcalfe County KyArchives Obituaries Barren County (KY) Progress, Thursday, 11 May 1978, p. 6. "A former Metcalfe resident was killed early last Friday morning in a gun mishap which occurred in the Knob Lick vicinity. Sheriff Bill Moore said Earl Freeman, 62, of Glasgow, died after being struck in the chest by the blast from a 12 gauge shotgun which he had attempted to pull from a gun rack mounted in the cab of his truck. The vehicle was parked in the yard at the home of his daughter, Mrs Bobby McCandless at the time of the accident. Sheriff Moore said the gun's trigger had apparently caught on a hook of the rack when Freeman reached for it causing it to accidentally discharge. "Survivors include his wife, Madelyn; two daughters, Mrs. Inis McCandless of Knob Lick; and Mrs. Gail Gillett, Lexington; one son, Gene Freeman of Glasgow; and five grandchildren. "Funeral services were held Sunday at Butler Funeral Home with Bro. Kenneth Grizzle officiating. Burial was in the Hiseville Cemetery. He was a member of the Savoyard Baptist Church." Hiseville Cemetery Leon Earl Freeman 28 Apr 1916 - 5 May 1978 On same stone with Willard G Submitted by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 Additional Comments: NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/