W.W. Smith Fatally Injured In Accident
W.W.
Smith, well-known Rector farmer died at the Dickson Memorial Hospital at
Paragould Friday night after being struck by an automobile as he alighted
from a wagon on Highway 39 about one mile south of Rector.
The man
driving the car which struck Mr. Smith was Andrew Clark of Monnette. Mr.
Clark and his companions brought the injured man to Dr. Cloptons office, and
he was immediately taken to the hospital in an Irby ambulance. Suffering
from a broken leg, a fractured skull and other injuries, he died a short
time after he arrived at the hospital.
Funeral services were held at
the Church Of Christ, the interment taking place at Mounds cemetary.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Missses Dorothy Mae and Edna Fay
Smith, eight sons Finis Smith of Detroit,Michigan, Paul, Harry, Glenn,
Hubert, Eugene, James, and Charles Smith of Rector; a stepson Raymond
Bazzell of Marmaduke; three sisters Mrs R. J. Yancey of Rector,Mrs J.S.
Barger and Mrs.Dolly Neighouse of Chicago, and four brothers, W.L. (Cooter)
Smith, and Robert Smith of Rector, Joseph/Joe Asa Smith of Perry, Arkansas
and John Smith of Outwood , Kentucky
Obituary: (from the " Clay
County Democrat", Rector January 1936)