Bertie  COUNTY  NC  Obits  Claude Winstead Broglin

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The following articles have been in my family since
September 1939, the year my grandfather and Uncle were
killed at Connaritsa.    I also found copies of these
in the microfilm at the Lawrence Memorial Library,
Windsor, NC.  I believe they were in the Windsor
Advance right after the Sept 16, 1939 accident that
took their lives.

Claudia Harrell Williams

FATHER AND SON KILLED IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT SATURDAY

Claude Winstead Broglin and 7-year old Son Killed at
Connaritsa

A father and his seven year old son were killed at
Connaritsa Saturday morning when the automobile they
were riding in was struck broadside by a Camp
Manufacturing Company truck driven by Elred Summers,
colored.

Claude Winstead Broglin, 33, died in the Windsor
hospital three hours after the collision.  The little
boy, Claude Jr., was killed instantly.  Mrs. Broglin
and their little daughter, Clara, were only slightly
injured.

The wreck apparently was caused when Broglin, who was
driving west on a dirt road, pulled into the highway
ahead of the truck which was driving north.  Neither
truck nor auto was overturned although the car was
badly battered by the impact.

The two deaths brought to three Bertie county's 1939
highway fatalities toll.  This represents an
improvement over the 1938 record, when 13 deaths were
recorded.  The previous fatality for 1939 was the death
of the Colerain police chief who was killed in a
collision on Highway 17 the night of the tornado.




ARTICLE #2

DOUBLE FUNERAL HELD FOR WRECK VICTIMS

CLAUDE WINSTEAD BROGLIN AND SMALL SON BURIED AT
CONNARITSA

A double funeral for the two victims of a wreck at
Connaritsa Saturday was conducted at the home Sunday by
the Rev. Sarah E. Snow, of Windsor.

The victims, Claude Winstead Broglin, 33 year old
Connaritsa farmer, and his seven year old son, Claude
Jr., were buried at the Hall cemetery.  Funeral
arrangements were in charge of the Davis Funeral Home.

Broglin was a native of Bertie County.  He is survived
by the widow, Nettie W. Broglin; a small daughter,
Clara; three brothers, Badger, Floyd, and Joe Broglin;
and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Matthews and Mrs. James
Harrell.



ARTICLE #3

FATHER AND SON VICTIMS OF AUTOMOBILE MISHAP

Windsor Sept 18 - Claud Broglin of Aulander, died in
the Windsor Hospital Saturday morning form internal
injuries received in an automobile accident at the
cross roads filling station near Aulander.

Mr. Broglin, in his early thirties and with his wife
and two children met another car and a log truck which
was hidden from view by a parked grocery truck.

His son, Claud Jr., 7 years old was killed outright;
Mrs. Broglin  sustained an injured back and was taken
to Aulander for medical attention.  Mr. Broglin and his
little daughter, Clara, nine years of age were brought
to Windsor Hospital.

Mr. Broglin's body was terribly mangled and death soon
followed.

The little girl's injuries are not thought to be very
serious.




ARTICLE #4

DOUBLE FUNERAL HELD FOR WRECK VICTIMS

Windsor, Sept 18 - A double funeral was held at
Connaritsa Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon for
Claude Winstead Broglin, Sr., 33, and Claude Winstead
Broglin Jr., 7, who were killed in an automobile
accident on Saturday morning.

Mr. Broglin was a farmer of the Connaritsa section near
Aulander.  He was the son of Mrs Mollie Broglin and the
late William Broglin of Aulander.  

Survivors are; his widow, Mrs. Nettie White Broglin and
his daughter, Clara, both of whom were hurt in the
accident; his mother and the following brothers and
sisters; Badger, Floyd and Joe Broglin, Mrs. Henry
Matthews and Mrs. James Harrell, all of Aulander.

Thousands of people attended the funeral and burial,
which took place in the Hall Cemetery.


ARTICLE #5

DOUBLE SERVICE HELD FOR FATHER AND SON

Aulander, Sept 20 - Funeral services were conducted at
Connaritsa Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon for C.W.
Broglin, 33, and seven year old son, Claude Jr., who
were killed Saturday morning in a truck-automobile
collision at a road intersection about four miles from
Aulander.

The services were conducted by Mrs. Lizzie Snow, pastor
of the Assembly of God Pentecostal Church, of
Askewville.  Interment was in the John Hall burying
ground near Connasitsa Baptist Church.

Surviving Mr. Broglin are his widow and a daughter,
Clara Eugenius, nine years old, both of whom were
injured in the accident which took the lives of Mr.
Broglin and his son.  Other surviving relatives are
three brothers, W. J. Bgroglin, Badger Broglin, and
Floyd Broglin, all of Aulander; two sisters, Mrs.
Maggie Harrell of Aulander, and Mrs. Daisy Matthews of
Colerain; and his mother, Mrs. Mollie Broglin of
Aulander.