Floyd White

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"Elizabethton Star," Monday, May 27, 1940
CARTER COUNTY MAN, 21, TAKES OWN LIFE
Floyd White, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Granville White of near Butler, was found dead near his home this morning with a broken neck and a gun shot wound in his right temple.
Young White's body was discovered about nine o'clock by a neighbor passing through the wooded spot at the rear of the White home.
Deputy Sheriff Mike Boatright and others of the sheriff's force together with Coroner Harmon Collins investigated the accident, which they determined was suicide.
According to investigation, White had tied a rope around his neck and climbed a tree. He fired a .22 rifle shot into his right temple, which caused death, breaking his neck with the fall from the tree also.
Boatright quoted members of the family as saying that he had not been at home since Friday, but that they did not think anything unusual about it since he often went off and did not return for a few days at a time.
The coroner's inquest revealed that he had been dead since late Sunday afternoon, and that his neck was broken when he fell from the tree, following the gunshot wound, which is said to have killed him.
It could not be ascertained as to what could have caused him to commit the act. However, it was reported that he had been acting peculiar for a few days.
Surviving are his parents, three sisters and five brothers.
The North Funeral Home brought the body to Elizabethton to prepare for burial.
Funeral services are scheduled to take place at the family cemetery Tuesday at 2:00 o'clock.