Pinned underneath when his automobile overturned on the Uniontown road near Hopwood this morning after midnight;;March 2;1915;Joseph T.Roley;aged 32 years of Belle Vernon was instantly killed. Miss Bertha Jones;a pretty manicurist of Uniontown;who was in the car with him at the time;was somewhat injured and was taken to the Uniontown hospital. It was told that Roley and the girl were on their way back into Uniontown after a little jaunt into the country in Roley’s automobile. In rounding a curve;it is said;the car skidded into a pile of ties and overturned in such a way that the drive was caught;and the girl thrown aside by not under the car. Mr.Roley’s neck was broken but his body was not mangled. Mr.Roley was born and raised in Belle Vernon and for years conducted a livery business there. He has been a member of the firm of Vance and Roley;automobile dealers;and was in a Dodge car when the accident happened. He was a son of the late Squire Roley;and his mother;Mrs.Hannah J.Roley;five sisters;and one brother survive. The brother is W.H.Roley;of Belle Vernon;and the sisters are Mrs.A.C.Sphar;of Maple Creek;Mrs.Charles Reed;of Pittsburg;Mrs.Oscar A.Brawdy of Belle Vernon;Miss Jennie J.Roley and Miss Jessie Roley;of Belle Vernon. Interment was made on Thursday;March 4;1915 in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.
LILLIAN D HOUSEMAN
JOSEPH M. HAYWOOD
JOSEPH TUMAN ROLEY
ROBERT ROLEY
ELIZABETH ROLEY
WILLIAM HOWARD ROLEY
HARRY ROLEY
L.FRANKLIN ROLEY
HANNAH ELIZABETHKREPPS ROLEY
Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth Roley;widow of the late Jacob T.Roley of Belle Vernon;and daughter of Lewis and Sarah Ann Krepps;born at Fayette City;Pa.on July 4;1842;died Sunday;March 21;1915;at 10:50 p.m.;of cerebral hemorrhage;aged 72 years. Deceased was one among the best known residents of Belle Vernon;where she had resided most of her life. She had been a patient sufferer for considerable time;and although she never knew just what caused the death of her son;Joseph Roley;who met death in an automobile accident near Uniontown on Monday night;March 1;1915;it is thought the worry was instrumental in hastening her end. Deceased is survived by six children as follows: Mrs.Albert Sphar of near Washington;Pa.;Mrs.Charles R.Redd of Pittsburgh;Mrs.J.D.Brawdy of Charleroi;William H.;Jennie and Jessie;all of Belle Vernon. She is also survived by two sisters;and one brother;Mrs.Charles J.Hurrie of Stockton;Cal.;Mrs.R.R.Faulkner of Indianapolis and Wilson Krepps of Belle Vernon. The funeral will be held from the late residence;Belle Vernon;Wednesday afternoon;March 24;1915;at 2:30. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery.