Underwood

Underwood brothers struck by a car.

Wilson Daily Times, 6 November 1917.

A drunk driver struck a light pole then careened into two boys standing near the intersection of Nash Street and Stantonsburg Road (now Pender Street) in Wilson. Though seriously injured, both recovered under the care of doctors at Wilson’s Black hospital.

  • Dr. Gilliam — Matthew S. Gilliam.
  • Dr. Hargrave — Frank S. Hargrave.
  • Herman and Eddie Underwood Jr. — in the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 663 Nash Street, farm operator Edd Underwood, 45; wife Ophelia, 29; and sons Edd Jr., 9, and Herman, 5.

Clipping courtesy of J. Robert Boykin III.