Southampton-Isle of Wight-Smyth County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wolfe, William L., 1947 

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WILLIAM LINKES WOLFE

"CURLY" WOLFE KILLED IN AIRPLANE CRASH YESTERDAY NEAR HOME AT CARRSVILLE

Flying Low Over Peanut Field, Pilot Is Unable To Gain Altitude And Crashes; 
Dies Within Few Minutes Of Accident.

   Death rode in the cockpit yesterday afternoon about four o’clock when a 
Piper Cub training plane flown by William Linkes "Curly" Wolfe, 30, of 
Carrsville crashed into a peanut patch on the Henry Pruden farm near that 
place, fatally injuring the pilot.

   According to eyewitnesses, Mr. Wolfe, who was on familiar terms with 
everyone in the Carrsville community, was apparently stunting just before 
the crash.  A colored man, working in the peanut field, stated that the 
plane dived so low that it almost hit him, and that the pilot could not 
gain altitude quickly enough to avoid plunging to the earth.  Mr. Wolfe, 
the sole occupant of the plane, which was from Franklin Airport, lived 
about twenty minutes after the accident.

   Dr. T.A. Morgan, who was summoned to the scene of the crash, discovered 
that the flier’s neck and back were broken and his face was severely 
lacerated.  The body was brought to the W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home. 
Funeral arrangements had not been complete last night, pending the arrival 
of the victim’s mother from Roanoke.

   Mr. Wolfe, a native of Marion, was the son of John and Gertrude Wolfe of 
Roanoke, and the husband of the former Lillian Lee Barrett of Carrsville, 
whom he married in 1940.  An employee of the Taggart Corporation, he was a 
veteran of World War II, having served with the U.S. amphibious forces in the 
Pacific for three years, seeing much duty at Okinawa.  He was learning to fly 
under the G.I. Bill of Rights.

   The deceased is survived by his wife and two sons, John Wolfe of Roanoke 
and William Edward Wolfe of Carrsville; two sisters, Mrs. Dolores Cole and 
Mrs. Nellie Sexton of Roanoke; and two nieces, also of Roanoke.

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PLANE CRASH VICTIM BURIED HERE SUNDAY

   Funeral services for William Linkes "Curly" Wolfe, student flier who died 
from injuries sustained last Thursday afternoon, October 2, when the Piper Cub 
training plane he was piloting crashed into a peanut field of the Henry Pruden 
farm near Carrsville, were held from the resident in Carrsville on Sunday 
afternoon at four o’clock. Rev. Jean A. Vache, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal 
Church, conducted the solemn rites, which were attended by a large concourse 
of friends of the deceased aviator and his family.

   Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, with Richard Eley, Ray E. Duke, 
H.P. Brett, Linwood Eure, Roy Tomlin, James J. Rawls, Curtis Holland and 
Robert A. Johnson bearing the body to its final resting place. 


William Linkes* "Curly" WOLFE, of Carrsville, 
Taggart Corp. employee, WW-II veteran, student pilot, 
Marion native, killed in plane crash 2 Oct 1947, near Carrsville, age 30, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 213*), Franklin, 
   23 Sep 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 3, 1947, p. 1; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 10, 1947, p. 1 

*Cemetery list spells his middle name "Lynx." 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

A photograph of the plane crash was included with the article. 


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