Willie Lee Wallace Wright

Wharton Spectator Friday August 14, 1953

EGYPT WOMAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING

Willie Lee Wallace Wright, a 31
year old colored woman was
struck by lighting Tuesday after-
Noon near Egypt and was instantly
Killed. She was employed to weigh
Cotton by Harold Mathews on the
Will Northington farm and had gone
To cover a load of cotton as a
Sprinkle of rain threatened to wet
The load. The lightning struck and
She was killed outright while two
Negro men standing nearby were
knocked senseless by the bolt.
Pierce Boone will direct the fun-
eral services, which will be held
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the St.
Pauls Methodist Church in Glen
Flora.
An unusual circumstance that is
Recalled in connection with this
Tragedy is that the woman’s grand-
Father was struck and killed by
Lightning in the same immediate
Vicinity of this accident. The first
Tragedy happened about 20 years
Ago and the man and his horse were
Both killed by a bolt of lightning.

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