Mrs. Jones, 52, Dies in Auto Accident, Sept. 22, 1924

Mrs. Walter Jones Victim of an Auto Accident Saturday. . . Deceased Was En Route From Savannah Home to Richmond with Several of Her Relatives. . . Car Wrecked on Kannapolis Road. . . Accident Occurred When Car Slipped From Road Into Mud, Skidded and Struck High Bank

Mrs. Walter D. Jones, age 52, wife of a prominent retail druggist of Savannah, Ga., was fatally injured in an automobile accident near this city Saturday afternoon. Mr. Jones received slight cuts and bruises, his sister, Miss Jones, suffered a fractured wrist, and his daughter, the other occupant of the car, escaped without injury.

The accident occurred about 3:30 Saturday afternoon on the Concord-Kannapolis highway, about 3 miles south of Kannapolis, when Mr. Jones started to drive his car, a Ford sedan, around another car. Just as Mr. Jones pulled over to pass the car ahead, the wheels of his car slipped from the paved road, struck a mud hole, skidded against a bank and turned over. The car was completely wrecked.

Mrs. Jones, who was on the rear seat directly behind her husband who was driving, in some manner was pinned beneath part of the wreckage, and she was moved from the car only after it was picked up. Other occupants of the car were able to free themselves.

Mrs. Jones never spoke after the accident. She was rushed to the Concord Hospital here but was dead when placed upon the operating table. Misses Jones and Mr. Jones accompanied her to the hospital where the injured persons had their injuries dressed.

Motorists who witnessed the accident were heard to remark that Mr. Jones was not driving rapidly, and Mr. Jones himself declared he was driving between 18 and 20 miles an hour.

The party was en route from there to leave the party in Richmond and drive to visit relatives. Mr. Jones was to leave the party in Richmond and drive on to Washington for the sessions of the National Druggists Association.

Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband, one daughter, one son, W.D. Jones Jr. of Savannah, and two brothers, Joseph Orum of Savannah and John Orum of Pleasantville, Ala.

The body was carried from the hospital to the Bell & Harris Undertaking parlors, where it was prepared for burial. Accompanied by relatives, the body left Concord yesterday morning on train 29 for Savannah and funeral services were held there sometime today.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, September 22, 1924

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