Mrs. W.L. McLean of Landis died shortly after 7:30 o’clock Tuesday night at the Concord Hospital as a result of injuries received when she was struck by an automobile driven by J.C. Isaac of Winston.
The accident occurred on the Concord-Salisbury highway, near the Linn Mill office. Mrs. McLean, who was an employe in the mill, after finishing her work Tuesday evening, had gone to the Linn Brother’s Store where she did some shopping and had started home.
Mr. Isaac was driving in the direction of Concord and was temporarily blinded by the lights of a truck which was coming from Kannapolis, so that he failed to see Mrs. McLean as she walked on the side of the road. He is reported to have said that he did not know what it was he had hit until he stopped his machine and walked back to the scene of the accident.
Mrs. McLean was rushed to the Concord Hospital immediately after she was struck. Her wounds were such, however, that she lived only about 10 minutes after being brought to Concord.
She had lived in Landis only two years, having moved there from Concord where she lived at the Brown Mill for a period of eight years. Her early residence was in Union County. Mr. Isaac was accompanied by his uncle, W.A. Patterson, also of Winston.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday in the Chapel of Wilkerson’s Funeral Home, and burial will be made in Union Cemetery. The hour for the funeral has not yet been set. Surviving are her husband and seven children. The children are: H.W. McLean of Landis; Mrs. T.N. McLean of McCamiddlville, S.C., Mrs. George Stames of Monroe; J.L. McLean of Monroe; Mrs. Luther Rogers of Concord; Mrs. R.S. Atwell of Concord; and Mrs. E.L. Chilers of China Grove.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Jan. 13, 1926
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