Transcribed by Sanday Holladay

Death Certificate #8297 (1925) Franklin Co.
Marion Township
LUTHER MCCARLEY
RFD Grove City, Ohio
White, Single, Male
DOB: Dec 8-1877
age at death: 47y 1m 24d
occupation: carpenter, self employed
Birthplace: Gallia Co, Ohio
Father: Unknown, birthplace also unknown
Mother: Unknown, birthplace also unknown
Informant: Frances McCarley, Grove City
DOD: 2-2-1925
Cause: Fracture of skull caused by auto being struck by H. V.
       (Hocking Valley) Train, accidental
Burial: Green Lawn 2-5-1925
Undertaker: Cook & Son

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COLUMBUS DISPATCH, Tuesday, February 3, 1925, page 1

WOMAN AND MAN DIE IN ACCIDENT AT CROSSING

Mrs. Lucretia Tyler of Columbus, and L. M. McCarley of Grove City, Are Victims

Traffic accidents in Franklin County claimed two more victims Monday afternoon
when Mrs. Lucretia Tyler, aged 42, who resided at Durr road and Sullivant avenue,
and L. M. McCarley, aged 45 of Grove City, were instantly killed when the machine
in which they were riding was demolished by an inbound Hocking Valley passenger
train at the Infirmary road at about 2 o'clock.
 
Mrs. Tyler, at the time of the accident, was en route to a farm southeast of the
city, where she was to meet her husband, Arthur Tyler, according to Tyler himself. 
There were no eye witnesses to the tragedy, but it is believed that the snow hid
the view of the approaching train.
 
The bodies were brought to Union station by the train crew and later removed to
the funeral parlors of Cook & Sons, where they were prepared for burial.
 
Mrs. Tyler, besides her husband, is survived by her mother, Mrs. L. M. Shover;
two brothers, Elber and Elba Shover, and a sister, Mrs. Bessie Weatherby.  Mr.
McCarley, who was a carpenter, lived with a son, his only immediate surviving
relative.
 
Funeral services for Mrs. Tyler will be held in the chapel at Green Lawn cemetery
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.  Interment will be in Green Lawn cemetery, while 
services for Mrs. McCarley will be held at the same place, Thursday afternoon at 
1 o'clock.  Interment will be made in Green Lawn Cemetery in charge of Cook &
Sons.