Pearl was the daughter of Joshua Comley and his second wife Sarah Rebecca Tapp. On 22 Jan 1910 she married Harley Manis and they had one daughter, Geraldine. Pearl and Harley divorced and on 12 Apr 1917 she married her second husband, Walter George. According to a family letter, both Pearl and Walter died on the same day in separate but connected automobile accidents. Walter went to the curb to retrieve the paper and was struck by an automobile. Pearl went to aid her husband and she, too, was struck. Both of them were killed. Pearl died of multiple injuries at the age of 44.
The following excerpts are courtesy of FAG contributor findthem.
The Vidette-Messenger newspaper - Valparaiso, Indiana - Mar 20 1939
WALTER GEORGE, 62, started across a state highway that runs in front of his home near Anderson to get a newspaper from his mailbox. An automobile traveling south struck him and injured him fatally. George's wife, Pearl, 47, who had walked with him to the roadside, hurried across to give her husband aid when she saw the mishap. But she never got there. Another car going in the other direction killed her, too.
Logansport Pharos-Tribune March 20, 1939
Mr and Mrs George were killed nearly simultaneously when struck by cars on the highway in front of their home. George was hit by one machine as he crossed the roadway and his wife was struck by another car as she ran to where his body lay.
The following excerpts are courtesy of FAG contributor findthem.
The Vidette-Messenger newspaper - Valparaiso, Indiana - Mar 20 1939
WALTER GEORGE, 62, started across a state highway that runs in front of his home near Anderson to get a newspaper from his mailbox. An automobile traveling south struck him and injured him fatally. George's wife, Pearl, 47, who had walked with him to the roadside, hurried across to give her husband aid when she saw the mishap. But she never got there. Another car going in the other direction killed her, too.
Logansport Pharos-Tribune March 20, 1939
Mr and Mrs George were killed nearly simultaneously when struck by cars on the highway in front of their home. George was hit by one machine as he crossed the roadway and his wife was struck by another car as she ran to where his body lay.
Pearl was the daughter of Joshua Comley and his second wife Sarah Rebecca Tapp. On 22 Jan 1910 she married Harley Manis and they had one daughter, Geraldine. Pearl and Harley divorced and on 12 Apr 1917 she married her second husband, Walter George. According to a family letter, both Pearl and Walter died on the same day in separate but connected automobile accidents. Walter went to the curb to retrieve the paper and was struck by an automobile. Pearl went to aid her husband and she, too, was struck. Both of them were killed. Pearl died of multiple injuries at the age of 44.
The following excerpts are courtesy of FAG contributor findthem.
The Vidette-Messenger newspaper - Valparaiso, Indiana - Mar 20 1939
WALTER GEORGE, 62, started across a state highway that runs in front of his home near Anderson to get a newspaper from his mailbox. An automobile traveling south struck him and injured him fatally. George's wife, Pearl, 47, who had walked with him to the roadside, hurried across to give her husband aid when she saw the mishap. But she never got there. Another car going in the other direction killed her, too.
Logansport Pharos-Tribune March 20, 1939
Mr and Mrs George were killed nearly simultaneously when struck by cars on the highway in front of their home. George was hit by one machine as he crossed the roadway and his wife was struck by another car as she ran to where his body lay.
The following excerpts are courtesy of FAG contributor findthem.
The Vidette-Messenger newspaper - Valparaiso, Indiana - Mar 20 1939
WALTER GEORGE, 62, started across a state highway that runs in front of his home near Anderson to get a newspaper from his mailbox. An automobile traveling south struck him and injured him fatally. George's wife, Pearl, 47, who had walked with him to the roadside, hurried across to give her husband aid when she saw the mishap. But she never got there. Another car going in the other direction killed her, too.
Logansport Pharos-Tribune March 20, 1939
Mr and Mrs George were killed nearly simultaneously when struck by cars on the highway in front of their home. George was hit by one machine as he crossed the roadway and his wife was struck by another car as she ran to where his body lay.
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