Extracted from The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, TX)
Tuesday, February 8, 1949

Sweetwater Rites for Wreck Victim

SWEETWATER, Feb. 7. -- Funeral for Jim Davis Grayson, 68, Sweetwater resident who died Monday morning in a Big Spring hospital from injuries received when he was struck by a taxi-cab in Big Spring Sunday night, was held here Monday.

Survivors include four sons, W. E. of Sweetwater, Ivan of Paris, J. C. of Amarillo, and Finnis of Colorado City; and five daughters, Mrs. Tommie Lee Shaddex [sic Tomie Lee Shaddix], Mrs. Otis McQueen, Mrs. A. T. Worsham, all of Sweetwater, Mrs. Harry McQueen and Mrs. Silas Brown, both of Amarillo.