Winter, Dorothy May Corbin

Passed: 1927-10-16

Age: 62

Source: Jackson County Newspapers

Death Notice: 1927-10-19

Obituary Date:

Information: MRS. E. A. WINTER DIED LAST SUNDAY FROM EFFECTS OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT-BURIAL AT ST. ALBANS TUESDAY. - Mrs. E. A. Winter, wife of Dr. Emmett Winter of St. Albans, died at five o'clock last Sunday morning from the effects of injuries received one week previous when she was struck by a passing automobile near the ferry landing at Institute, W. Va.  On the day of the accident, Mrs. Winter had attended the Dunbar Fair and had gone to the home of her brother, C. M. Corbin, in Dunbar for supper and was taken by him to the ferry.  She had crossed the river and was on the opposite shore when the accident occured.  Her death was very sudden and unexpected, as it was thought that she had not been so seriously hurt when struck by the machine.      Mrs. Winter, who before her marriage was May Corbin, was born July 23, 1865, and at the time of her death was 62 years, 2 months and 23 days of age.  In 1885 she married Dr. E. A. Winter, who survives her together with nine children, Mrs. A. E. Stone, of South Bend, Ind., Mrs. Frank Asbury of Poca, Mrs. H. H. Stollings and Gladys Winter, of St. Albans, Oren Winter of Black Betsey, Dalton, Cleo, Arnold and Argus Winter, of St. Albans.  One son preceded her in death.  The funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church of St. Albans, Tuesday afternoon, where she for many years had been a prominent church and civic leader, by Dr. B. F. Caudell of Huntington, and interment followed in the Teays Hill cemetery at St. Albans.  Those attending the funeral from Jackson county were:  Mrs. D. E. Kessel, Mrs. E. D. Kessel, Mr. and Mrs. Troy Kessel, Mrs. Mary Faber, Mrs. J. H. G. Winter, Mrs. Sattis Simmons, J. D. Corbin, Mrs. C. R. Smith and Mrs. A. T. Maddox.   (daughter of Oliver Corbin)