Obituaries for: Mrs. L.A. Campbell, Rev. J.R. Johns, George Manion, John W. Miller

Campbell, Mrs. L.A., May 19, 1931

Mrs. L.A. Campbell, age 71, residing in West Athens, was fatally injured Tuesday morning when struck by a south bound motor car on the Cotton Belt route. The accident occurred shortly after 8:00 o'clock about a quarter of a mile west of the Grammar school underpass at a pedestrian crossing. The aged lady received a fractured skull and her arm was badly mangled. She was also injured internally, died at 6:00 o'clock Wednesday morning. The driver of the motor car did not see Mrs. Campbell and officers were unable to say whether she was struck by the motor car or by a north bound train. The motorman stopped about a half mile below the accident to inform a section gang that he thought he saw someone lying by the track and to investigate. P.B/ Whitehead, extra gang foreman and several of his men went with him to investigate. Mrs. Tapscott reported that they found Mrs. Campbell lying face downard in the ditch beside the track. She was bleeding profusely and was unconscious. Physicians were hurriedly summoned and she was removed to the office of Dr. Hodge where her wounds were given attention. Not certain as to whether Mrs. Campbell was struck by the motor car or a north bound train, Sheriff Baker phoned the police department at Waco to inspect the front of the motor car for traces of blood. Officers there reported that it had been raining steadily for two hours and it was doubtful if blood stains could be found on the car. Mrs. Rogers, who lives near the scene of the accident reported that she saw Mrs. Campbell passing shortly before the accident occurred. She was evidently struck by the motor car as another train could not have had time to pass before the motor reached that point. Roy Campbell, son of the injured woman, stated that his mother was on her way to town. The crossing is one used only by pedestrians and the people of the west end of town. Vehicles formerly used the crossing but it was abandoned when the road bed was raised. Funeral services will be held at the family home in West Athens at 4:00 o'clock this afternoon by Rev. C.W. Young. Burial will be in the city cemetery. Mrs. Campbell was born in Henderson County January 20, 1860 and had resided in the county all her life. She was a member of the Baptist Church, having joined that denomination early in life. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Roy and Jim of Athens and four daughters, Mrs. W.W. Cumbie and Mrs. Lola Hall of Athens, Mrs. H.B. King of Orange and Mrs. C.C. Ballard of Tyler.

Johns, Rev. J.R., Oct. 1, 1931

Funeral services were held at Malakoff Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock for Rev. J.R. Johns, aged 85, Baptist minster, who died in a Sherman hospital following an injury received in North Texas last Monday, when a truckload of Mexicans ran into the car in which he and his son were returning from a trip to Oklahoma. The son, who was also injured may recover. Rev. Johns was buried in Oakland cemetery, near his home. His wife, who was with him at the time of his death, and five children, all of Oakland survive.

Manion, George, May 19, 1931

George Manion, colored, age 57, died Tuesday at his home in the Sand Flat community. Funeral services were held this afternoon (Thursday, May 21, 1931) in that community. Manion was a leader among the colored citizens of the county and had been a school teacher during his residence in this section of the state. He was a native of Kentucky and owned a good farm in the county.

Miller, John W., June 4, 1931

John W. Miller, for many years a citizen of Athens and Henderson county, died at San Angelo Friday morning and was buried in the city Saturday. Mr. And Mrs. Walter Grider of Athens and Mrs. Shell Watterson of Stockard

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