Robeson County NcArchives Obituaries.....Paul, Moses Daniel December 29, 1928 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Michael Walters MeWalt7@aol.com July 18, 2010, 7:35 pm The Robesonian, Jan 3, 1929 SADDLETREE MAN FATALLY INJURED IN AUTO WRECK Moses D. Paul Dies Here Following Head-on Collision on Fayetteville Road-- Negro Preacher from Fayetteville Whose Car Ran Into That of Paul Held. CORONER'S INQUEST THURSDAY Moses D. Paul, 45, of the Saddletree section, died here Saturday at noon in the Thompson Memorial hospital from injuries received that morning when the car he was driving was struck and turned over on the Fayetteville road, just north of Ten Mile swamp, 8 miles from Lumberton. Samuel Eagle colored preacher from Fayetteville, was also badly injured and was taken to the same hospital, where he was placed under guard. He is being held, pending the coroner's inquest Thursday, on a charge of Killing Mr. Paul. The collision occurred when Eagle and another colored preacher from Fayetteville, A. L. Boone, attempted to pass 2 other automobiles and had a head on collision with Mr. Paul's car. Both of the Negros were injured, but it was not necessary for Boone to be taken to the hospital. He was released, for Eagle was driving the car that ran into Mr. Paul. The dead man suffered a broken jaw bone, fracture of the base of the skull and injury to his shoulder. A jury was summoned by Coroner D.W. Biggs Saturday afternoon to view the body. Both automobiles were badly wrecked. Funeral services for Mr. Paul were conduted from Saddletree church today at 11 a.m. by Rev. Sam Hudson, pastor, assisted by Rev. I.P. Hedgpeth of Lumberton, and the body was interred in the church cemetery. A good crowd was in attendance. Mr. Paul leaves a wife Mary Perry Paul and several children to mourn. Additional Comments: Moses Paul was born Nov 20 1882 and died Dec 29, 1928. He married Mary Perry Feb 6, 1908. He was the son of John Picket Paul and Rosa Ada McDuffie. His children were Pickett Blanchard Paul, Ethel Rose Paul, Annie Ruth Paul, Margaret Jane Paul, Clara Mae Paul, Ella Zell Paul, Mary Rozier Paul, and Moses Paul. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/obits/p/paul2715gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb