from The Friday Caller (Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana)--issue of Friday, December 14, 1944--page 5, column 3:
TWO AUNTS OF LOCAL GIRLS KILLED IN AUTO WRECK
Mrs. Ruby Barnett, 51, Indianapolis and her aunt, Mrs. Mary Shirley, 80, Colfax, were killed Saturday when the automobile in which they were riding was hit by a New York Central passenger train at Colfax. They were aunts of Irene and Ilene Davis of Plainfield. Funeral services were held Wednesday in Indianapolis with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Barnett was the wife of James Barnett.
Submitted By: Mike Phillips, mphillips1@kc.rr.com