Schley-Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....Gresham, Mrs. W.R. "Bob" October 4, 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 August 31, 2005, 10:22 am Marion County Patriot dated October 9, 1930 From the Marion County Patriot dated October 9, 1930 Mrs. Gresham's Injuries Fatal Schley County Woman in Automobile Wreck Dies Mrs. Bob Gresham, 66, who was injured in an automobile accident on the Columbus-Americus highway last Tuesday, died at 7 o'clock Saturday evening. Mrs. Gresham and her husband were returning to their home at Putnam, after visiting Ellaville when their machine collided with a car driven by Holly Bryant of Tampa, Fla. Bryant and his companion Carl Hill, were apprehended in Albany, Ga., and brought here. Hill was later released and Bryant yesterday gave bond in the sum of $1000. Mr. Gresham was also badly injured in the accident, but is believed to be on the road to recovery. He is a retired maintence foreman for the Central of Georgia railway, by which company he he had been employed for many years. The funeral of Mrs. Gresham was held at the Methodist church in Ellaville on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Besides her husband, Mrs. Gresham is survived by three daughters, Mrs. David Wicker, Americus; Mrs. Bob Thomas, Atlanta; Mrs. Howell Eason of Atlanta, and one son Thomas Edison Gresham of Atlanta. Three brothers J. H. Stevens, Ellaville; W. C. Stevens of Atlanta; and R. W. Stevens of Buena Vista, and one sister Mrs. S. C. Collins of Ellaville also survive her. Additional Comments: A related story about the accident causing Mrs. Gresham's (nee Stevens)death from the Reynolds New Era, Oct. 1, 1930 can be read at http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/newspapers/agedgeor78nnw.txt File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/obits/g/gresham385nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb