Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Commander, Joseph Carter Sr June 29, 1934
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark June 30, 1934

           OFFICIAL OF COAL COMPANY DIES OF INJURIES IN CRASH

     Funeral Services for J. Carter Commander To Be Conducted Tomorrow

Joseph Carter Commander, aged 37, manager of the Norfolk office of the 
Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, died yesterday morning shortly before 9 
o'clock at St. Vincent's Hospital from head injuries received in an 
automobile-street car collision eight hours earlier at Eighteenth street and 
Monticello avenue.
An investigation of the accident, in which four other occupants of the 
automobile received injuries, was still being conducted by police last 
night.  Mr. Commanders' death was attributed to a multiple fracture of the 
skull.
H.L. Parker, Navy enlisted man attached to the U.S.S. Herbert, another 
occupant of the car, was transferred yesterday afternoon to the Naval 
Hospital at Portsmouth, where his condition is not considered serious. He 
was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital after the accident and was treated 
for injuries about the head.
E.L. Norvell, of 205 Oliver road, said to be the owner of the automobile, is 
confined to his home, where he is likewise being treated for head injuries 
by his private physician.  Other occupants of the car injured in the crash 
were J.K. Young and Earl Melly, enlisted men attached to the U.S.S. Herbert, 
who received emergency treatment for minor facial lacerations.
Mr. Commander, a native and lifelong resident of Norfolk, is survived by his 
wife, Mrs. Emelia Hughes Commander; three children, Leslie M., Joseph 
Carter, Jr. and Catherine E. Commander; his mother, Mrs. Corinne L. 
Commander and six brothers, Leslie, C.D., R.G., J.G., R.E.L. and J.M. 
Commander.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the 
Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

Additional Comments:
Sources indicate names of 3 sisters omitted from obituary - Annie Commander 
Holt, Corinne Commander Puryear and Elizabeth Commander Wharton

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