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Birth Born to Mrs. Ada Brawley, on Tuesday night, Nov. 14th, a daughter. And Uncle Joshua Fisher is a grandpa again.--Matagorda County Tribune, November 18, 1899
Accident Victim Dies At Hospital Information of what caused the death of Mrs. Hula Wheeler, who was brought to the J. W. McKelvey home last night after an auto ride with Ray Burton, of Gulf, is difficult to obtain, because of the woman’s unconsciousness after the trouble and her subsequent death at 9 o’clock this morning at the Loos Hospital. From what can be learned Mrs. Wheeler, a telephone operator, and her escort were riding and according to Burton’s statement she jumped from the automobile while it was going at good speed, falling against something and breaking her skull back of the ear. Burton returned her to the McKelvey home and is said to have made such a statement. Physicians were summoned and took the wounded woman to the hospital where she died without regaining consciousness. Mrs. Wheeler was 23 years old and leaves two small children in Beaumont. Her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Delk, an uncle, J. B. Delk, and a brother and sister all live here.
At the time of going to press no funeral arrangements have been
announced.--Matagorda County Tribune,
May 28, 1936 Ray Burton, Who Was With Mrs. Hula Wheeler in Ill-Fated Automobile Ride Jailed. Ray Burton, of Gulf, the young man who was with Mrs. Hula Wheeler Monday night on the ill-fated automobile ride in which she received injuries from which she died without regaining consciousness, Tuesday morning, is held in jail for further investigation of the affair. No charges have been filed against the young man as yet, but the officers are quietly trying to solve the mysterious death of Mrs. Wheeler. The only mark or bruise on her body was the severe blow she received back of the ear and which caused her death. How she received such a blow is the question the officers are seeking to solve. A blood-stained Ford sedan in which Mrs. Wheeler was returned to the J. W. McKelvey home at about 11:30 Monday night is the clue the officers are working on. In it was a tire pump that had blood stains on it. Burton’s statement is to the effect that they were going at a lively clip on the river road between two sharp turns when the car door suddenly flew open, precipitating Mrs. Wheeler to the ground.
The
officers questioned him to some length and decided to hold him
for further investigation.--Matagorda County Tribune, May 28, 1926
Ray Burton Is Given Bail Ray Burton the young escort of Mrs. Hula Wheeler who was killed Monday night while on an automobile ride, was bound over to the June grand jury before Justice of the Peace R. F. Anderson yesterday. He was placed under a $500 bond which he made immediately and was released from custody. Burton’s statement was the same that he had made on the night of the ill fated ride, which, in effect was that he was driving at a good rate of speed between the two sharp turns on the river road when the door of the Ford sedan he was driving suddenly flew open and Mrs. Wheeler fell out. The next grand jury meets early in June and Judge Anderson placed the bond at $500 to await the action of that body.--Daily Tribune, May 27, 1926
Card of Thanks We take this method of thanking our dear friends for their many expressions of sympathy and for the consideration and kindness shown us in our recent trouble brought on by the death of our daughter, Mrs. Hula Wheeler. Especially grateful are we for the beautiful floral offerings.
We wish to impress upon you our
everlasting gratitude and love.
J. B. Delk and Family.--Daily Tribune, May 31, 1926 |
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Lee Y. Wheeler Sr.
Mr. Lee Y. Wheeler Sr., age 80
of Lufkin, passed away Sunday, August 8, 2004 at Grace Care
Center in Lufkin. Mr. Wheeler was a native of Doucette and was a
lifetime resident of Kountze. Mr. Wheeler was a Driller in the
Oil-field industry and a World War II Army Veteran and served in
the Normandy Invasion.
Houston County Courier,
August 17, 2004 |
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