Marion Co., TX - Obits: T. J. Benefield

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T. J. Benefield Killed In Auto Accident

The Jefferson Journal

October 25, 1930

T. J. Benefield, 42, died at the Kahn Memorial hospital at 12:20 this
morning from injuries sustained in an automobile accident north of
Marshall Friday night.

Benefield, a rural mail carrier out of Jefferson, was injured when the
car he was driving went into a ditch and turned over one mile south of
Woodlawn.  His head was crushed.

A negro in the car with Benefield was injured but not seriously.

When questioned, the negro said an approaching car edged the car
Benefield was driving into a ditch. The car turned over several times. The
driver of the other car did not stop to ascertain the results of the accident.

Mr. Benefield was well known in this city, having visited here many
times. He married a former Daingerfield young lady, who was Mrss Lilla
Stringfellow before her marriage.