Published in the Effingham Republican on May 23, 1940.

Published in the Special Gazette on May 23, 1940

Terry L Ervin, age 53, Friday, February 9, 2001 O.S.U. Hospital. Construction Superintendant for Arlington Construction. Veteran U.S.Army Viet Nam, 11th Calvary Black Horse Division. Former football player for OSU, under Woody Hayes. Member of VFW, DAV, American Legion and Varsity O.

James was the son of Alexander Brandon Ervin and Lydia Leamon

BLOWN TO ATOMS
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Sawmill Boiler Expodes, Killing Two Men and Demolishing the Mill.

Jackson, O., Oct 13. -At about 11 o'clock yesterday the boiler of a portable sawmill exploded, with fatal results. The engineer, Kent Evans, and the owner, James Ervin, were instantly killed. Evans' body was mangled, considered,[considerably?] but Ervin's was literally torn to pieces.