On 4 August 1931, siblings Mary and Willie Mincey were struck by lightning and killed instantly in Wilson.
Willie Mincey’s death certificate is identical to his sister’s except for his name and age — 7. I have found no details of their deaths in available local newspapers.
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In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 507 Stantonsburg Street, James Mincey, 26, fertilizer plant laborer; wife Lucinda, 22, tobacco factory stemmer; and children Mary N., 8, Willie, 7, and James Jr., 6.
My Uncles James and Hubert Barnes were killed in 1926 due to lighting strike in Wison. I wonder if the Mincey siblings were working in the tobacco fields when the lighting struck as my Uncles James and Hubert were.
https://afamwilsonnc.com/2020/07/22/lightning-strike-kills-two/
That’s quite possible. Though they lived in town, they were old enough to work fields in summer for extra family income.