Bill Ray Wright Killed When Hit By Automobile
Billy Ray Wright, 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Wright, was killed instantly Wednesday afternoon about 4 o'clock, when he was accidentally struck by an automobile while crossing the highway 5 miles north of Spur.Young Wright had been let out of a car at the crossroads, down which he lived, and began to cross the road when the accident happened.
It is believed that a second car that had stopped so that boy might cross in safety, hid him from the view of a third motorist who wrecked his auto in the attempt to miss the youth.
Death came instantly and the body was brought to Curry Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
Funeral services will be held at Red Mud at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 29.
Surviving are: the parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Wright; one brother, Therman; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ace Wright, Cleburne; and Mrs. Sarah Earls, Caddo, Oklahoma; Mrs. T.L. Elkins, Spur; Mrs. R.D. Wright, Cleburne; William Earls, Abilene; Lewis Earls, Caddo, Oklahoma; and other relatives and friends.
©The Texas Spur, Thursday May 29, 1941
Transcribed by Linda Hughes
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