The Malakoff News
Thursday September 18, 1930
Athens People Killed In Automobile Crash
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Mrs. Lou Beavers of Athens and her son Wesley of Tyler were instantly killed in an untimely auto crash while enroute to Garland last Thursday morning to attend the funeral of another son, O. L. Beavers, who was killed at West, Texas on Wednesday of the same week by a high voltage electric light wire.

Mr. J. R. Gibson, manager of the Texas Power & Light Company in this district was driving the car in which they were riding at the time of the accident Mr. Gibson, however, with the exception of minor bruises escaped unhurt. The party was nearing Dallas on the Buckner Boulevard when an auto driven by E. J. Majure of Jacksonville crashed into them at a street intersection. The latter received several broken ribs and other minor injuries and was taken to the Baylor Hospital for treatment.
The authorities in Dallas hold Mr. Gibson wholly blameless for the wreck, but charges have been filed against Majure for driving while intoxicated. A Jacksonville negro who was in the car with Majure said that he (Majure) had been drinking during the trip to Dallas and that he was driving about 40 or 50 miles per hour at the time the fatal accident occurred.

Funeral services for Mrs. Beavers and her two sons were held from the First Baptist Church at Athens Friday afternoon with the Pastor Rev. M. L. Fuller officiating. Interment took place at the Athens cemetery.

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