Mrs. John Wilson Died When Auto Strick Snow Bank, Jan. 16, 1926

Mrs. Wheat’s Sister Killed in Accident. . . Mrs. John E. Wison Was Well Known to Many Persons in This City

Mrs. John E. Wilson of Kansas City, who was killed Thursday when the auto in which she was riding struck a snow bank on the Winston-Salem-Lexington Road, was a sister of Mrs. R.O. Wheat of Lexington. Mrs. R.O. Wheat of Lexington, Mrs. Wilson, in company with Mrs. fred D. Whiting of Kansas City was en route to Lexington when the accident occurred.

While attempting to round a curve, the car in which the women were riding struck an ice bank and turned completely over, breaking the windshield and top. Mrs. Whiting, the driver, was uninjured, while Mrs. Wilson was severely crushed, death occurring almost instantly.

Mr. Wilson was immediately advised of the accident and went to Winston-Salem for the body. He was accompanied back home by Mrs. Wheat.

Before marriage Mrs. Wheat was Miss Isabell Turpin and both since and before her marriage has often visited in Concord. While she was in Kansas City, Mrs. Cameron MacRae, of this city, is in Lexington with her children.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Jan. 16, 1926

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