Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Wilson, Charlie Will December 4, 1940
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Roanoke Leader
Charlie Will Wilson, 9, Negro, son of Plummer Wilson, of near Wedowee, was 
instantly killed, and his siter, Stella Mae, 7, seriously injured when they were 
struck from the rear by a car while walking on the highway 2 1/2 miles north of 
Wedowee about 9:30 Wednesday morning. The driver of the car, which was 
travelling south on the Wedowee-Anniston Highway, was H. P. Barfield, of Fort 
Benning, Georgia, Mr. Barfield being the only other occupant of the car. The 
Wilson children were walking on the right side of the road. According to 
witnesses the body of the boy was thrown about thirty steps from where he was 
struck. The girl was carried on the bumper of the car 1.4 miles before it was 
stopped. She was brought to a hospital in Roanoke. It is said that the Barfield 
car was travelling at a moderate rate but gathered speed after striking the 
children. A charge of murder is said to have been placed against Mr. Barfield by 
G. B. Payne, sheriff of Randolph County. 

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Burial: Zion's Rest Wedowee

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