1/24/1935

Mr. W. Oscar Rector, 50, prominent farmer of the Rector’s Chapel section, three miles south of Marshall was instantly killed and Sam Lunsford, a tenant on a farm owned by Rector, was painfully injured when the small roadster, in which they were riding en route to Marshall, went over an embankment on Highway No. 20 Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The accident occurred 13 miles west of Marshall between Marshall and Hot Springs. Lunsford said that Rector, who was driving, lost control of the car as it was rounding a curve on the highway and the automobile plunged off the road and down the embankment, traveling for nearly 90 feet before it stopped. The car turned over several times. Both Rector and Lunsford were thrown from the car at a point about 200 feet below the highway. Rector was killed when he was thrown from the car. Lunsford suffered bruises and cuts on the head and in the side. His condition I not believed to be serious. Lunsford received treatment in Marshall and then returned to his home. Rector’s body was brought to the Rector Funeral Home in Marshall. Surviving Mr. Rector are his widow Mrs. Ella Rector; three sons Everett, of Ohio; Coleman, of Enka; and Joe, at home; and two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Martin, of Detroit; and Miss Winifred Rector, at home.

Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. J. A. Martin, were set for 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon at Oak Ridge church, interment to follow at the church cemetery.