Obituary of Jessie W Cottle ~ 1936

Source: Wallace Enterprise Nov 19 1936

Jesse W. Cottle Fatally Injured By Automobile 

Prominent Duplin Farmer Killed When Hit By Wilmington Motorist In Long 
Creek Area Early Wednesday Evening. 

Walked Into Path Of Approaching Motorist 

Hospital Attaches Stated Cottle Died From Concussion of Brain 

Jesse W. Cottle, 50, prominent Duplin farmer residing between Wallace and 
Chinquapin, was fatally injured early last night when he was struck down 
by an automobile about four miles north of Long Creek on highway 421.
He was carried to a Wilmington hospital by Robert C. Mohr, Wilmington 
filling station employee whose automobile is said to have struck him. 
Hospital attaches pronounced him dead upon arrival. Death was attributed 
to concussion of the brain and possibly a fractured skull.
Cottle was on his way home, accompanied by his son and daughter-in-law, 
and had stopped his automobile to investigate a detour. Mohr is said to 
have told a highway patrolman that Cottle stepped from behind his 
automobile directly into the path of his car.
Following an investigation the Pender coroner announced that the accident 
was unavoidable and that Mohr was not held in blame.
While no definite announcement has been made it is understood that the 
deceased will be buried in the family cemetery in the Deep Bottom section 
tomorrow.





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