Lee Marcus Cook was a son of William P. and Mary Matilda (Stokes)Cook. He married Mary Catherine Jeffery on Dec. 29,1900 in Randolph Co.,In. and to this union were born four sons;Guy Harrison 1901,Lawrence W. 1903,Chase Thomas 1915 and Myron 1918. Lee passed away on Apr. 12,1929.

ACCIDENT FATAL TO FARMER

Lee Cook,52,a widely acquainted farmer,residing five and one-half mile west of Winchester,was killed Friday night when his automobile was struck by a westbound interurban at the Franklin crossing near his home. His neck was broken and his skull fractured. He also suffered deep cuts. The traction car was derailed by the impact and narrowly averted turning over.

The interurban,which left Winchester at 7:50 o'clock,was in charge of Conductor E.J. Clendenon and Motorman Clyde Dickson,both of Muncie. They were both injured.

The five passengers on the car suffered from shock and bruises. Prof. and Mrs. Maurice Kennedy were two of the passengers. Mr. Kennedy had one finger on his hand broken.

The interurban was traveling about 40 miles an hour when it struck the automobile,almost squarely. The machine was hurled against a pole and it rebounded,being struck a second time. The last impact derailed the interurban and scattering the debris,it plowed the earth about 200 feet before it was stopped by a small enbankment which borders the newly contructed state road,parallel to the traction line.

Members of Mr. Cook's family heard the crash and they were at the accident scene before the car crew or passengers could return to it. They had just seen him off to Winchester. Cook had evidently been hurled from the machine,a five passenger Buick sedan,by the first impact and his body was found in the ditch about fifty feet from the crossing. The body was brought to Winchester in the Fraze ambulance and taken to the Fraze mortuary on South Meridian street.

The funeral services for Mr. Cook were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Maxville church and burial was made at the Maxville cemetery. The funeral was conducted by the Rev. Ruby Oren.

The survivors are the widow,four sons and three brother,Thomas and Pet Cook of Muncie and Ernest of Winchester.