Woman Killed by Tree

During a big windy storm last week a woman was killed by a falling tree. She was reported as a lover of nature. This terrible accident reminds me of my mother's warnings about walking in the woods on a windy day. This caution was common knowledge in both Bull Creek and Whitethorn where loggers knew the ways of the weather and the woods. It was said that even a small branch falling from a tall tree could kill a person if it landed on their unfortunate head. When my mother, Ruby Doers walked through the woods with me she often pointed to broken branches hanging high in certain trees and told me they were called "widow makers."

Copyright 2009 Sharon Porter Moxley