Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Waterfield, Tully, 1937 

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TULLY WATERFIELD

Child Is Killed By Truck Here Tuesday

   Tully Waterfield, six-year old son of Mr. And Mrs. O. W. Waterfield of 
Franklin, was fatally injured Tuesday afternoon when struck by a truck on 
South Street at the intersection with Walnut.  The child was carried to 
Raiford Hospital, dying there about 9:30 that night.  Injuries were found 
to consist of fractured skull, fractured pelvis, broken leg and multiple 
bruises.

   Burnell Speight, driver of the truck, which was owned by the W. H. Scott 
Construction Company, was arrested on technical charges and a hearing 
conducted Tuesday night, a witness to the accident described it as 
unavoidable.  Speight was released on bond.

   O. W. Waterfield, father of the child, moved to Franklin with his family 
several weeks ago, being employed here as a pile driver at the pulp mill. 
Funeral services were held yesterday (Thursday) morning at 10:00 o’clock, 
Rev. A. McK. Reynolds officiating.  Burial was made in Poplar Springs 
Cemetery, the casket being covered with red roses and lilies of the valley.


Tully WATERFIELD, son of Otto W. & Beatrice (DOWDY) WATERFIELD, 
fatally injured by truck, 2 Mar 1937, Franklin, age 6, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 62*), Franklin, 
   4 Mar 1937, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 5, 1937, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 


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