ALEXANDER COUNTY, NC - OBITUARY - James Willet, Jr, 9 Jan 1940
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                         Obituary and Accident Report
                                     for
                               James Willet, Jr

               Died  09 Jan 1940, Stony Point, Alexander Co NC




MAN  IS  KILLED
IN  ROAD  CRASH

James Willet, Jr., 21, Of Hiddenite
Dies Instantly as Auto Hits Truck.

Taylorsville, Jan. 9-
James Harold Willet, Jr., 21, Hiddenite,
was instantly killed at 4 o'clock this
afternoon at Stony Point while driving
home from his work in Statesville.

His car failed to make a curve and ran
into a truck owned and driven by Bill
Milstead of Taylorsville.  The truck
was crowded off the highway and turned
over.  The car was demolished.

Ranse Wike of this county, riding with
Milstead, suffered a bad injury although
not serious.  Milstead was unhurt.

Willet suffered an attack of flu and is
believed to have fainted as he met the
truck.  He had complained of not
feeling well when he left his work.  He
was employed by the Piedmont bakery
of Statesville and was in the car alone
when the accident occurred.

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J.H. Willet and a brother Earl, all
of Hiddenite.  Funeral services will be
held in the Methodist church in Hiddenite
Thursday morning at 11 o'clock.

This was the first fatal automobile accident
in Alexander county in 18 months.

Source: Unidentified newspaper clipping, unidentified year, unidentified 
column /page. 


Submitters notes: 

Obituary and accident report for James Willet Jr was able to be dated from
information on Roots Web's WorldConnect Project: Shumate, Gant, Hudson,
Norton, Ellis, Palmer, Sebastian…submitted by K Shumate, updated 19 Aug 2004. 
Also from K Shumate's site: James Harold Willet was born 08 Feb 1918 and his
parents were James Harl [sic] Willet born 06 Mar 1882 and Fannie Lorene Hines
born 06 Oct 1893. James' brother's full name is William Earl Willet. 

This accident/obituary probably was published in The Taylorsville Times.
Permission has been granted from Gary Herman of The Taylorsville Times for
this article to be submitted to USGenWeb Archives.


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