Alta Jewell Mayfield

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Clinton MO, Sep 1933 - Miss Jewell Mayfield, Clinton, died Monday night, and Mrs. Beulah Straw, Kansas City, died early Tuesday morning in the General Hospital in Kansas City as the result of burns received in an automobile collision in Kansas City Monday, at 1:30 a.m. The two girls, who are sisters, were riding in a car driven by Paul Chaplain of Kansas city; when it collided with a car driven by Joseph Clinton. Mr. Chaplain and the other occupant of the car, Peter Alvey, were also burned fatally before they could be rescued from the burning car. Alta Jewell Mayfield was born September 1, 1907, at Chandler, Okla. She came to Deepwater with her parents when a small child and had lived in or near Deepwater until a few years ago, when she came to Clinton to work at the Central Hotel. She had been in Kansas City several weeks visiting her sisters there. Beulah Frances Mayfield was born in Buffalo, MO., April 26, 1913. She came to Deepwater when quite young and lived there until about three years ago, when she went to Kansas City to work. She was married to Kenneth Straw, November 3, 1928. to this union was born one child, Bonnie Joyce, four years old, who lives at the home of Charles Kerns in Clinton. Beulah became a member of the Christian church in Deepwater with a young girl. Both girls were popular and fun-loving. They had many friends whom they won by their sweet dispositions. They were both very attractive girls and always ready for a good time. They are survived by their father, Frank Mayfield, and three brothers, Alfred, Lester, and Billie Dean, Deepwater; and three sisters, Mrs. Ethel Parscale, Mrs. Bertha Loyd, and Miss Ruth Mayfield, Kansas City. They also leave many other close relatives and a host of friends who will miss their cheery greetings and smiling faces. The bodies were brought to the Wilkinson Funeral Home Monday night. The double funeral service will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Wilkinson Funeral Chapel in Clinton. Interment will be in the old Brownington cemetery.