Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Gentry, Marshall May 1918
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The Butler Herald, May 16, 1918
The Butler Herald
Thursday, May 16, 1918
Page One

Three Die in Macon Hospital One Night

Two Victims of Automobile Accidents and Third Ended Own Life

Macon, Ga., May 12th – Two victims of motorcycle accidents and one victim of a
bullet wound the latter inflicted with suicidal intent, died at the Macon
hospital.  The victims were:

Mrs. Minnie Davis, wife of James Davis, a soldier at Camp Wheeler, who came here
from Cedartown, who sustained a fractured skull in a collision between two
motorcycles on the Houston road.

Beulah May Jones, an 18-year-old Negro girl, who was run over by a motorcycle
ridden by John George, delivery boy for a local drug store.

Marshall Gentry, son of G.F. Gentry, of Sipperton, this county, who shot himself
in the head during a fit of despondency brought about by ill health.

Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Maud Smith were both injured Friday night when they were
riding on the rear of motorcycles with men friends.  The machine occupied by
Mrs. Davis and her friend ran into a post and the other machine, with Mrs. Smith
and her friend, coming along behind, ran into the wreck of the first machine. 
Mrs. Davis was fatally injured, but Mrs. Smith was only severely bruised. The
two men were not injured and their identity has not been learned.  Mrs. Davis
was a bride of last February.  She married Davis, who is from near Montgomery,
Ala., and came to Macon to be near him while he is at Camp Wheeler.

Beulah May Jones, the Negro girl who was run over on Vineville avenue while
playing in the street with some other Negro children.  John George, who was
running the machine, is now under arrest and will probably race a charge of
involuntary manslaughter.

Marshall Gentry, the suicide victim, had recently returned to Macon from
Florida, where he had gone in the hope of benefiting his health.  He shot
himself through the head, the bullet penetrating the brain.  He lingered for
several hours, but it was realized from the first he could not recover.  He was
well known in the Skipperton neighborhood and his act proved a shock to his
friends and family.



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