Beckham County, OK - Obits:  Alley and Matthews, 1925
Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Submitted by: Chodde@hot.rr.com  (Jerri Hodde)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jerri Hodde
To: OKBECKHA-L@rootsweb.com
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 2:18 PM
Subject: ALLEY,C.C. & Lavine MATTHEWS


ALLEY,C.C.born 1925 died 13 July 1935
buried Carter Cemetery -Carter ,Beckham county,Oklahoma
s/o Charlie C.ALLEY

Double funeral rites for C.C. ALLEY 10 year old and Lavine MATTHEWS,11 years
old victims of a tragic bicycle automobile collision Tuesday at Carter were
held Wednesday afternoon at the Carter Baptist Church with
Rev.C.E.BRASWELL,pastor officiating.

The ALLEY boy was buried in the Carter cemetery.Burial for the Matthews boy
was in the Post cemetery.

The MATTHEWS boy was killed instantly and the ALLEY boy died a little more
than 12 hours following the accident Tuesday morning.

They were riding the same bicycle,racing with two other boys on bicycles
when they turned into the path of the automobile traveling north on state
highway No.34 through Carter.

Gordon PRESLEY,driver of the automobile,was held blameless in the
accident.With five other members of the Reed baseball team,he was enroute to
Clinton to play in the district tournament.
In the car with him were Paul THOMPSON,Coleman THOMPSON and Clifton
NELSON,all of Reed,George WRIGHT of Granite,and Wilman HUGHES of Vinson.The
driver of the automobile swerved his car into the ditch at the side of the
road but was unable to avoid stricking them.

The MATTHEWS boy was killed instantly,suffering concussion of the brain and
deep lacerations about the back and legs.He was the son of Mrs.Oma
MATTHEWS,a widow.

Mrs.C.C.ALLEY,mother of the second victim of the accident,also a widow.The
boys father was killed about two years ago in an automobile accident in the
eastern part of the state,leaving the mother in care for the large family.