Macon County Citizen - Oglethorpe, GA. Nov. 30, 1923
WOMAN KILLED AT MONTEZUMA - MRS. J. B. EASTERLIN, SR. MEETS DEATH WHEN CAR STALLS ON RAILROAD TRACK.
Montezuma, GA. Nov. 24 - Mrs. J. B. Easterlin, Sr., one of the most prominent women of Montezuma, was instantly killed by the southbound passenger train of the Central of Georgia Railroad from Macon to Albany, at 7 o'clock tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Easterlin, with their Negro nurse, were on the way home when the car went dead on the crossing near the school house. Mr. Easterlin jumped from the car as the train came in sight but was unable to get it off the track. The car, a sedan, was carried about 75 yards down the track before the train was stopped. Mrs. Easterlin was badly mangled. The Negro woman was never thrown from the car but was taken out after the train stopped and is seriously injured. Being cut about the head and several ribs broken.
Mrs. Easterlin was before her marriage, Miss Mamie Green of Ft. Valley and is survived by four children and several grand children. One son, Frank Easterlin is now away on his wedding tour. Montezuma mourns one of her most beloved women.
WOMAN KILLED AT MONTEZUMA - MRS. J. B. EASTERLIN, SR. MEETS DEATH WHEN CAR STALLS ON RAILROAD TRACK.
Montezuma, GA. Nov. 24 - Mrs. J. B. Easterlin, Sr., one of the most prominent women of Montezuma, was instantly killed by the southbound passenger train of the Central of Georgia Railroad from Macon to Albany, at 7 o'clock tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Easterlin, with their Negro nurse, were on the way home when the car went dead on the crossing near the school house. Mr. Easterlin jumped from the car as the train came in sight but was unable to get it off the track. The car, a sedan, was carried about 75 yards down the track before the train was stopped. Mrs. Easterlin was badly mangled. The Negro woman was never thrown from the car but was taken out after the train stopped and is seriously injured. Being cut about the head and several ribs broken.
Mrs. Easterlin was before her marriage, Miss Mamie Green of Ft. Valley and is survived by four children and several grand children. One son, Frank Easterlin is now away on his wedding tour. Montezuma mourns one of her most beloved women.
Macon County Citizen - Oglethorpe, GA. Nov. 30, 1923
WOMAN KILLED AT MONTEZUMA - MRS. J. B. EASTERLIN, SR. MEETS DEATH WHEN CAR STALLS ON RAILROAD TRACK.
Montezuma, GA. Nov. 24 - Mrs. J. B. Easterlin, Sr., one of the most prominent women of Montezuma, was instantly killed by the southbound passenger train of the Central of Georgia Railroad from Macon to Albany, at 7 o'clock tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Easterlin, with their Negro nurse, were on the way home when the car went dead on the crossing near the school house. Mr. Easterlin jumped from the car as the train came in sight but was unable to get it off the track. The car, a sedan, was carried about 75 yards down the track before the train was stopped. Mrs. Easterlin was badly mangled. The Negro woman was never thrown from the car but was taken out after the train stopped and is seriously injured. Being cut about the head and several ribs broken.
Mrs. Easterlin was before her marriage, Miss Mamie Green of Ft. Valley and is survived by four children and several grand children. One son, Frank Easterlin is now away on his wedding tour. Montezuma mourns one of her most beloved women.
WOMAN KILLED AT MONTEZUMA - MRS. J. B. EASTERLIN, SR. MEETS DEATH WHEN CAR STALLS ON RAILROAD TRACK.
Montezuma, GA. Nov. 24 - Mrs. J. B. Easterlin, Sr., one of the most prominent women of Montezuma, was instantly killed by the southbound passenger train of the Central of Georgia Railroad from Macon to Albany, at 7 o'clock tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Easterlin, with their Negro nurse, were on the way home when the car went dead on the crossing near the school house. Mr. Easterlin jumped from the car as the train came in sight but was unable to get it off the track. The car, a sedan, was carried about 75 yards down the track before the train was stopped. Mrs. Easterlin was badly mangled. The Negro woman was never thrown from the car but was taken out after the train stopped and is seriously injured. Being cut about the head and several ribs broken.
Mrs. Easterlin was before her marriage, Miss Mamie Green of Ft. Valley and is survived by four children and several grand children. One son, Frank Easterlin is now away on his wedding tour. Montezuma mourns one of her most beloved women.
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