THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, November 7, 1940


Hubert Thompson, who was fatally injured in an accident on State Highway 28 about 7 o'clock Tuesday evening, died about three hours later in the Glendale hospital in Palatka.

Young Thompson, accompanied by a younger brother William Ray, had gone to the L. S. Cody farm to milk and was turning to the Miller Farms, where the Thompson family resides, when the accident occurred, it was declared. The two Thompson boys were riding horseback on Highway 28 near the Neilson farm, when the horse was struck by an automobile driven by Jeff Cockrell of Bunnell. Mr. and Mrs. Cockrell were returning to Starke, where Mr. Cockrell is employed at Camp Blanding, when the accident occurred. A nearby resident rushed the injured to the hospital in Palatka.

William Ray Thompson, brother of the dead youth, also received serious injuries and is confined to the hospital for medical treatment. Mr. Cockrell received a broken arm and a number of other painful injuries.

Funeral services for young Thompson were held at the graveside in Espanola Cemetery Wednesday afternoon with Rev. W. T. Brantley, pastor of the Bunnell Methodist Church officiating.

Mr. Thompson is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thompson; two sisters, Martha May Thompson and Ethelena Thompson; also two brothers, Thomas Franklin and William Ray Thompson, of the Bimini section.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Carl Davis and Son of Palatka.