Interview with Roy Wilhelm, February 28, 1993

So he went on back and they lived there and then Uncle Art picks up the story and tells me of the last night of the old man's life.  He was layin' in bed, he had Bright's disease, and the doctor told him he was apt to go any time.  And the folks who, and friends were down there, they'd gathered up around his bed there and they was a howlin' and everything.  You know even drunkards has got people that loves 'im and  he was tryin' to cheer 'em up, that the situation wasn't as bad as they thought.  Just to prove it, he just got out of bed and give an old hoedown dance.  Uncle Art said he was really clippin' 'er off.  He was one of them that was there, he said for about four or five minutes he just really was a plowin' up the turf.  He got tired, he just fell over on the bed and died.  "Just thought you boys 'd want to know that," he said.