Kate’s notes:    Mrs. Otto  E. Gilleland, whose maiden name was Martha Arden Mohle, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Mohle and was born in Caldwell County, Texas,  December 7, 1888. She was married to O. E. Gilleland May 26, 1910. By this union four children were born: daughters Louise, Lillilan and Mary Beth (Maribeth); son William.

The Lockhart Register
Lockhart, Texas
12 June, 1924

MRS O. E. GILLELAND VICTIM
OF AUTO ACCIDENT
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    Saturday afternoon a car driven by Mrs. W. A. Velten overturned on the State Highway south of the city limit, injuring Mrs. O. E. Gilleland so seriously that she died at the sanitarium Sunday night about 8:45 o’clock.
     All the occupants of the car were badly bruised and Elizabeth Mohle sustained a broken collar bone and Maribeth Gilleland also a fracture of the collar bone.
    Mrs. Gilleland sustained two fractured ribs, a fractured arm and ankle. She was very large and it is possible that the shock from the accident was a serious as the physical injuries.
    Two cars, one driven by Miss Marjorie Mohle and the other by Mrs. W. A. Velten had gone to Luling to meet Mrs. O. E. Gilleland who was coming from Houston for a visit.
    Mrs. Velten in passing the car driven by Miss Mohle, ran too near the side of the road and in an effort to stop threw on the foot brake which caused the car to turn entirely over and land on the wheels.
    It was known from the first that Mrs. Gilleland was in serious condition but on Sunday afternoon it was hoped she would recover.
    Death came suddenly and the direct cause may have been the pressure of the fractured ribs on the lung.
    The funeral of Mrs. Gilleland was held from the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Mohle this morning at ten o’clock.
    Religious services were conducted by Rev. C. M. Ashmore, former pastor of the Christian Church, assisted by Rev. Sam B. Beall, pastor of the Methodist Church.
    Interment was made in Lockhart Cemetery.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2013