Fannie Kennerly
White Post woman knocked down and run over by an automobile outside Meade Memorial Church in April 1922 when the driver was blinded by another car's lights; her shoulder was badly hurt.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 20, 1922 reports that Miss Fannie Kennerly of White Post was knocked down and run over on Sunday night by a car driven by Walker Grubbs as people left Meade Memorial Church, the lights of another car having blinded him as he started; her shoulder was badly injured, and she suffered no other injuries.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of April 20, 1922 reports that Miss Fannie Kennerly of White Post was knocked down and run over on Sunday night by a car driven by Walker Grubbs as people left Meade Memorial Church, the lights of another car having blinded him as he started; her shoulder was badly injured, and she suffered no other injuries.
What the source supports
That Fannie Kennerly of White Post was hurt when struck by a car outside Meade Memorial Church in 1922.
Uncertainty
The page image was read twice, the second time independently, and both readings agree. The page prints her surname as "Kennerly" every time it appears and never as "Kennedy"; an earlier OCR text had read "Kennedy" in the report.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The April 20, 1922 report of the automobile accident at White Post.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 20, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-20 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, report "Blinded at Auto Lights, Autoist Ran Over Woman"
Relevant passageMIm Fannie Kennerly, «f White Poet, Hae Narrow Escape ... White Post, April 17—Miss Fannie Kennedy, a prominent woman of Oarke, had a miracu lous escape Sunday night when kn automobile, driven by Mr. 'Walker Grubbs, knocked her' down and ran over her. Her 'shoulder was badly injured
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. Its account of the accident.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 20, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-20 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, report of the White Post automobile accident, continued
Relevant passageMr. Grubbs. Miss Kennedy and others left Meade Memorial Qjurch, and the flatter got *nto his car to drive away. As he started his auto, ; the blinding lights of another (car were turned on, blinding M^. I Grubbs so completely that he ! could not see ahead of him.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources
Also indexed as: Miss Fannie Kennerly; Fannie Kennedy; Miss Fannie Kennedy. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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