MAYFIELD, Joe and Edith Wall - The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1950
Giles County Couple killed in Car-Truck Accident on Friday.
Joe Mayfield. 29. deputy register of Giles County and his wife Edith Wall Mayfield 26 were killed in an automobile accident which occurred about
five o'clock Friday afternoon when their car collided head-on with a county highway truck driven by Joe Bragg. 39. of Pulaski. The accident happened
three miles southwest of Pulaski on Highway 11. as the couple were returning to their home in Goodsprings community. Mayfield was driving when the wreck occurred.
Funeral services were held at the Cool Springs Church of Christ. by Roger McKenzie. formerly pastor of the church. assisted by Rev. Bill Starnes.
former pastor of Oak Grove Methodist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mayfield were lifelong residents of Giles
County. and received their education in the Giles County Schools.
He was the son of Will Mayfield. and Sallie Will Maultsby Mayfield. He had been deputy register for four years. was a member of the Cool Springs
Church of Christ where served as Superintendent of the Sunday School.
Three brothers are among the survivors. James Mayfield. a twin who is an employee of the Pulaski Post office. Billy Mayfield, 14. of Pulaski. and
Thomas Mayfield of Tullahoma Mrs. Mayfield was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arch Walls of Giles County. She was a member of the Methodist
Church. and had been employed for six years by the Stephens Manufacturing Company in Pulaski. Two brothers survive. David Wall of
Pulaski and Woodrow Wall of Minor Hill: and two sisters. Miss Irene Wall and Mrs. Emma Shelton. both of Minor Hill.
Obituary added by C. Wayne Austin.
