d/o James and Mary Packwood Gipson
Note: J T Gipson mentioned below is brother of Lena Killingsworth
LENA KILLINGSWORTH
The La Grange Journal, March 19, 1936 pg.1
AUTO WRECK NEAR WEIMAR FATAL TO TWO WOMEN SATURDAY
Mrs. Agnes Gipson, aged 52 years, and Mrs. Lena Killingsworth, both of Schulenburg, were fatally injured when the automobile in which they were riding turned over, one mile west of Weimar last Saturday. The vehicle was being driven by J.T. Gipson, husband of Mrs. Gipson, who received serious injuries, and was taken to San Antonio; a negro servant also in the automobile, was only slightly hurt.
Mr. Gipson, according to information obtained by the Journal, had passed Frank Schortt, who was driving also to Weimar, when his machine struck a piece of iron. The vehicle turned over four times. By the time medical help arrived the two women were dead; Mrs. Gipson, it is said, was instantly killed. The body of Mrs. Killingsworth was buried at Schulenburg, Sunday.
Mrs. Gipson, who was known to many in La Grange, president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Texas Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, and interested and active in Eastern Star work, frequently visited with friends here. Her body was taken to Houston, for burial.
Transcribed by Stacy N. Sneed
Note: J T Gipson mentioned below is brother of Lena Killingsworth
LENA KILLINGSWORTH
The La Grange Journal, March 19, 1936 pg.1
AUTO WRECK NEAR WEIMAR FATAL TO TWO WOMEN SATURDAY
Mrs. Agnes Gipson, aged 52 years, and Mrs. Lena Killingsworth, both of Schulenburg, were fatally injured when the automobile in which they were riding turned over, one mile west of Weimar last Saturday. The vehicle was being driven by J.T. Gipson, husband of Mrs. Gipson, who received serious injuries, and was taken to San Antonio; a negro servant also in the automobile, was only slightly hurt.
Mr. Gipson, according to information obtained by the Journal, had passed Frank Schortt, who was driving also to Weimar, when his machine struck a piece of iron. The vehicle turned over four times. By the time medical help arrived the two women were dead; Mrs. Gipson, it is said, was instantly killed. The body of Mrs. Killingsworth was buried at Schulenburg, Sunday.
Mrs. Gipson, who was known to many in La Grange, president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Texas Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, and interested and active in Eastern Star work, frequently visited with friends here. Her body was taken to Houston, for burial.
Transcribed by Stacy N. Sneed
d/o James and Mary Packwood Gipson
Note: J T Gipson mentioned below is brother of Lena Killingsworth
LENA KILLINGSWORTH
The La Grange Journal, March 19, 1936 pg.1
AUTO WRECK NEAR WEIMAR FATAL TO TWO WOMEN SATURDAY
Mrs. Agnes Gipson, aged 52 years, and Mrs. Lena Killingsworth, both of Schulenburg, were fatally injured when the automobile in which they were riding turned over, one mile west of Weimar last Saturday. The vehicle was being driven by J.T. Gipson, husband of Mrs. Gipson, who received serious injuries, and was taken to San Antonio; a negro servant also in the automobile, was only slightly hurt.
Mr. Gipson, according to information obtained by the Journal, had passed Frank Schortt, who was driving also to Weimar, when his machine struck a piece of iron. The vehicle turned over four times. By the time medical help arrived the two women were dead; Mrs. Gipson, it is said, was instantly killed. The body of Mrs. Killingsworth was buried at Schulenburg, Sunday.
Mrs. Gipson, who was known to many in La Grange, president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Texas Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, and interested and active in Eastern Star work, frequently visited with friends here. Her body was taken to Houston, for burial.
Transcribed by Stacy N. Sneed
Note: J T Gipson mentioned below is brother of Lena Killingsworth
LENA KILLINGSWORTH
The La Grange Journal, March 19, 1936 pg.1
AUTO WRECK NEAR WEIMAR FATAL TO TWO WOMEN SATURDAY
Mrs. Agnes Gipson, aged 52 years, and Mrs. Lena Killingsworth, both of Schulenburg, were fatally injured when the automobile in which they were riding turned over, one mile west of Weimar last Saturday. The vehicle was being driven by J.T. Gipson, husband of Mrs. Gipson, who received serious injuries, and was taken to San Antonio; a negro servant also in the automobile, was only slightly hurt.
Mr. Gipson, according to information obtained by the Journal, had passed Frank Schortt, who was driving also to Weimar, when his machine struck a piece of iron. The vehicle turned over four times. By the time medical help arrived the two women were dead; Mrs. Gipson, it is said, was instantly killed. The body of Mrs. Killingsworth was buried at Schulenburg, Sunday.
Mrs. Gipson, who was known to many in La Grange, president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Texas Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, and interested and active in Eastern Star work, frequently visited with friends here. Her body was taken to Houston, for burial.
Transcribed by Stacy N. Sneed
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