REES, Warren Vernon, Beeville Picayune, Thursday, 9 Mar 1939, front page:

Two Beeville Men Die as Result of Highway Crash at Quincy Saturday Night. Cars Demolished in Head-on 
Collision, Blanconia Man is Slightly Injured.

Injuries received in an auto crash Saturday night proved fatal to Warren Vernon REES, 37, and Roscoe Ruben 
(Ross) Yoho, 43, Beeville residents, and increased to three the number of people killed in highway accidents 
in Bee County this year. Both men died in a Beeville Hospital, Yoho dying at 10:45 o'clock that night and 
Rees succumbing three hours later.

A third man, Demprey WILLIAMS, 22, Blanconia resident employed in a Beeville garage, received minor injuries 
in the crash and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. He was released Tuesday.

The accident occurred on Highway 202 near Quincy about 12 miles east of Beeville at 7:30 o'clock, it was 
reported by E. B. Underwood, a state highway patrolman stationed in Beeville. Accompanied by Yoho, Rees was 
enroute home from Refugio where they had spent the afternoon. They were driving Rees' light 1928 model sedan. 
Although no eyewitnesses other than Williams witnessed the crash, an investigation conducted by Patrolman 
Underwood and Earl Nichols, showed that the machines collided in almost a head-on collision. Williams' automobile 
was a 1934 model light coupe. Both cars were completely demolished in the crash.

Rushed in Galloway's ambulance to the Beeville Hospital, the occupant of Rees' car died shortly afterwards. Both 
men were employed as oil field workers. Rees was also listed as a highway employee in Bee County.

Complete obit of Rees and Yoho will be found on another page of this Beeville Picayune.



Warren Vernon Rees

Funeral Services for Warren Vernon Rees, 37, one of two victims of an automobile crash Saturday night were held 
Monday afternoon, March 6th at 3 o'clock at St. Joseph's Catholic Church with Rev. Raymond Stocker officiating. 
Burial was made in St. Joseph's Cemetery with Carl, Jim, Sam and Clovis Rees, Claud Rees, Jack Timon, Leo 
Thompson and Hardy McKinney acting as active pallbearers.

The son of the late A. F. and Mrs. Sophia Rees, the crash victim was born November 23, 1901 in Beeville. He had been 
employed as an oilfield worker and also had been employed in Bee County by the state highway department for three 
years. He was fatally injured Saturday night in a collision about 12 miles east of Beeville on highway 202, dying at 
1:45 o'clock, Sunday morning in a Beeville Hospital.

Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Sophia Rees of Beeville; two sisters, Mrs. Dick Taylor of Effingham Illinois, and Mrs. 
Alvin Brauer of Beeville and a brother, Errol Rees of Beeville. His father and brother, Forest Rees preceded him in death.
He was a member of the St. Joseph's Catholic Church.  Among those who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Dick 
Taylor of Effingham Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Chestnut of Houston, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Rees and son Forest of San Antonio 
Texas, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Rees of Seguin.