Ada (Thomas) Drew's son died in the influenza epidemic of 1918. Her husband died, also of influenza, about 6 hours after their son.
The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, March 16, 1960
One person was fatally injured and two others were hurt in a two-car collision yesterday afternoon at the intersection of the Ross Clark Circle and Fortner Street. The fatality, first traffic death of the year in Dothan, was Mrs. Ada Mae Drew, 67, of Newton Rt. 1. Injured were Mrs. Gussie Eugene GLOVER, her sister, who is also of Newton, reported in fair condition today at a local hospital and J. W. Calhoun, 51, of Eufaula Rt. 1. Police said the accident happened shortly after noon when Mrs. GLOVER, approaching the intersection, failed to stop in time for a stop sign on Fortner. Mrs. Drew, who died about 5 p.m. yesterday, was born and reared in Houston County and was a resident of the Wicksburg community. She was a member of the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Winslette Chapel Methodist Church. The Rev. D. Y. Martin will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery with Johnson Funeral Home in charge. The body will lie in state at the residence from 5 p.m. tomorrow until an hour before funeral time.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. O. T. Holloway and Mrs. Clyde Casey; two sisters, Mrs. Gussie GLOVER, and Mrs. W. C. Reynolds, all of Newton; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Ada (Thomas) Drew's son died in the influenza epidemic of 1918. Her husband died, also of influenza, about 6 hours after their son.
The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, March 16, 1960
One person was fatally injured and two others were hurt in a two-car collision yesterday afternoon at the intersection of the Ross Clark Circle and Fortner Street. The fatality, first traffic death of the year in Dothan, was Mrs. Ada Mae Drew, 67, of Newton Rt. 1. Injured were Mrs. Gussie Eugene GLOVER, her sister, who is also of Newton, reported in fair condition today at a local hospital and J. W. Calhoun, 51, of Eufaula Rt. 1. Police said the accident happened shortly after noon when Mrs. GLOVER, approaching the intersection, failed to stop in time for a stop sign on Fortner. Mrs. Drew, who died about 5 p.m. yesterday, was born and reared in Houston County and was a resident of the Wicksburg community. She was a member of the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Winslette Chapel Methodist Church. The Rev. D. Y. Martin will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery with Johnson Funeral Home in charge. The body will lie in state at the residence from 5 p.m. tomorrow until an hour before funeral time.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. O. T. Holloway and Mrs. Clyde Casey; two sisters, Mrs. Gussie GLOVER, and Mrs. W. C. Reynolds, all of Newton; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
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