Place of Birth: Corpus Christi, TX
Age at Death: 12
Date of Death: March 8, 1908
Cause of Death: Accidentally Shot
Interment source:
Bay View Cemetery Association, Corpus Christi, Texas. Record of Interments
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Willie Avery
Willie Avery, a colored boy aged about twelve years, son of Jesse Avery, met with a serious accident Tuesday evening about 6 o’clock a couple of miles west of town near Nueces bay. It is said he was out with another boy hunting when his gun dropped down into the bottom of the vehicle in front of him and was about to fall out when Willie caught it; that in pulling it up, the mouth of he barrel towards him, the gun was discharged, the contents lodging in the boy’s right shoulder. At last accounts the boy was in a very bad condition.
Source: Corpus Christi Caller Weekly, February 20, 1903, p. 5, col.1
Research by: Msgr. Michael A. Howell
Transcription by: Geraldine D. McGloin, Nueces County Historical Commission
Willie Avery
Died of His Injuries
Willie Avery, the 12 year old colored boy who had his right shoulder almost torn off by the accidental discharge of his shotgun while out hunting near town about two weeks ago, died at his home on the Bluff last Sunday morning at 2 o’clock after a period of intense suffering.
Source: Corpus Christi Caller, March 13, 1903, p. 5, col. 6
Research by: Msgr. Michael A. Howell
Transcription by: Geraldine D. McGloin, Nueces County Historical Commission