Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-15
9th Victim
Claimed By
Bad Wreck
Mrs. Tucker Dies At
Hospital; Funerals
Are Held for Five
of Number

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The death Of Mrs. Mildred Kimball
Tucker, 81, at Maria Parham hospital
at sos o'clock Tuesday evening made
the sixth victim Of the automobile
wreck near Wise Tuesday morning in
death in the fire that followed i'm
mediately after the crash of the auto
mobile with an apple truck.
All of the victims except one had
been buried this afternoon. Miss Mar.
garet Willis, of Jacksonville. Fla, will
probably be sent to her home for in
terment, though definite details were
not learned today Her body was
taken to mortuary at South Hill, Va
Mrs. Tucker, whose husband was
said to have been driving the car at
the time it collided with the truck
and who was burned to death in the
wreck, was buried this afternoon in
the cemetery at Nutbush Presbyterian
church near Townsville, where funeral
services were held at 4 o'clock Ser
vices for her husband and for William
Carr Tucker, his cousin, were held at
Nutbush church Tuesday afternoon
with interment there, and j. P. Kim
ball, Jr., was buried at Rock Spring
Baptist church, near Townsville, after
services in that church.
George Newell's funeral was held at
Holy Trinity Episcopal church at
Townsville this morning and the body
taken to Roxboro for burial.
All of the young people were from
the Townsville section. except Miss
Willis, who was visiting in Palmer
Springs, Va. Contrary to many reports
it was stated definitely today that the
group had not been to dance in Hen
derson Monday evening.
Mrs. Tucker died at Maria Parham
hospital here early Tuesday evening
after being unconscious most OF the
day. Newell died a few hours after
iceing brought to the hospital here
Tuesday morning. All of the others
persisted in the flames at the scene of
the tragedy.
Mrs. Tucker was a native of Towns
vile, where she was born August s,
1914. She was the daughter of J. p.
Kimball and Mrs. Mae Byrd Knott
Kimball, both of Mecklenburg county,
Virginia. She was member of the
Baptist church in GAINESVILLE, Va,
near her home, having held her MEM
bership there for the past eleven
years.
The services at Nutbush church this
afternoon at o'clock were in charge
of Rev. S. L. Morgan, of Creedmoor,
pastor of Rock Spring Baptist church,
near Townsville, who was assisted by
Rev. j. S. Kennison, pastor Of Nut
bush church. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
In addition to her parents, Mrs.
Tucker is survived by two small sons,
Woodrow Taylor Tucker, Jr. age two
years, ten months, and James Clifton
Tucker, two years old; also three
brothers, Edward Franklin Kimball,
Weldon Hall Kimball and Charles
Leonard Kimball, all of GAINESVILLE,
Va, and one sister, Miss Dorothy Ann
Kimball of Henderson.
Active pallbearers were named as
follows: Bert Moore, Van Adams, M.
G. Evans, Horace Robinson, Aston
Fox, Graham larry.
Honorary pallbearers were: Edward
Brinkley, DR.. H. H. Bass. Jr., DR.. T. S.
Register, D. E. Evans, cr., Boyd Kim
ball, K. L. Burton, Jack Richardson,
George larry, ST., w. M. Young, AL
len Kimball, Aulick Keaton, Henry
Green, Bill Snyder, Sterling Caring
ton, Sam Davis, Sam Watkins, Robert
M. Falkner, Jack Reid, and Robert
Taylor
Funeral services for George Newell,
21-year-old Townsville young man,
fatally burned in the same motor ac-
cident that claimed the lives of five
others, were conducted this morning
at 10 o'clock at Holy Trinity Epis-
copal church, Townsville, by Rev. Mr..
Sanderson, rector of the church, and
interment was made in a Roxboro
cemetery by the side of his father,
George L. Newell, who died in 1918.
Mr.. Newell lived few hours after
he was brought to Maria Parham hos
pital from the scene of the wreck 20
miles north of Henderson and mile
North Of Wise. He died at o'clock
Tuesday morning.
Active pallbearers were announced
as Graham larry, Billie Burwell, John
Adams, R. v. Adams, Robert Taylor
and Henry Taylor.
The honorary palDbearers were Ed
ward Phillips, Howard Warren and
James L. Crews, all of South Hill, Va,
Walter Wright, Jr., of Boydton, Va,
Henry Tucker, Townsville, H. B.
White Jr., Drewry, Ed White, William
T Watkins, Jr., r. S. Johnson and j.
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