CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Thomas Cameron Faucette, 31 Jul 1930
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August 1, 1930
Former Fayeteville Man Loses Life Near St. Paul's

Thomas Cameron Faucette, formerly of Fayetteville, but more recently 
laboratory technician at the Thompson Memorial hospital in Lumberton, was 
injured fatally last night in an automobile collision near St. Pauls on the 
Lumberton-St. Pauls highway. His car crashed into an automobile driven by Rev 
William E. Hairston, a negro, of Lumberton.
Both cars overturned and Mr. Faucette was pinned beneath the wreckage. He was
injured about the head and his chest was crushed. He died shortly after having
been carried to the Baker Sanitorium at Lumberton. Hairston and his wife were
uninjured.
Coroner D.W. Biggs began an inquest last night but continued it until today.
Mr. Faucette was 34 years old and was born in Lillington. During the wars he 
was a member of  Company M 119th Infantry of the 30th division and served 21 
months in France. He was a member of the American Legion.
After the war he moved to Fayetteville and was a laboratory technician at
Highsmith hospital for a number of years.
He married Miss Elzeta Hammond, of Fayetteville, who survives him with one 
son, T. C. Cameron, Jr. aged 2 1/2 years. He is also survived by his father, 
William Henry Faucette, of Lillington, and by three brothers and one sister. 
His sister Miss Jimmie Faucette of the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph 
company of this city.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the residence 
of Mr. Faucette's father in law, F.B. Hammond.  The American Legion will be in 
charge of the burial. Funeral services will be conducted by Dr. C. S. 
Matthews, Presbyterian Minister of Lumberton and Dr. J.S.Snyder.  Honorary 
pallbearers will be: Dr. T.C. Johnson, Dr.R.S.Beam, Dr.S.McIntyre, Dr.James
McLeod, Dr.John McMilllian, Sheriff B.F.McMillan and Capt. Eli Wishart all of
Lumberton; Capt. W.D. Holland of Dunn , Mr. Faucette's wartime commander; and
Dr.J. F. Highsmith, Dr. J.D. Highsmith , Dr. Seavy Highsmith and Dr. W. T. 
Rainey, all of Fayetteville.