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Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Automobile, hunting, and work-related incidents, among others

 


The provided obituaries list several individuals who died due to accidents. These accidents include automobile, hunting, and work-related incidents, among others:

  • James Buzzard died from injuries sustained when his car went out of control and turned over on State Route 39.
  • Arnold Alderman died in a truck accident on Droop Mountain.
  • Frank Bennett died after efforts were made to pull his logging truck back onto the road.
  • Neal P. Anderson, a taxi driver, was killed in an automobile accident near the Pendleton-Highland county line.
  • Jacob Bussard died in an automobile accident after losing control of his car on a wet and slippery road.
  • Mrs. Hallie Clark Bussard died from injuries sustained in an automobile wreck.
  • Malvern Overholt was struck and killed by an automobile.
  • An unnamed man of Rich Creek was killed in an automobile accident on Route 219.
  • Gerald Allen Mullenax was killed in a train accident.
  • Mrs. Cornelia Bussard Hayes was struck and killed by an automobile while walking.
  • Dale E. Hoke was killed in a jeep accident on Knapps Creek.
  • Sanford Gibson was killed by the accidental discharge of his shotgun while hunting.
  • Virgil Roy Lambert died from a .30-caliber rifle accident in a car.
  • William Leo Judy died in a two-car traffic accident.
  • Charles Mack Peck died by drowning.
  • D. A. Gladwell died from an accidental shooting while crossing a fence.
  • Robert Slavin died from a bullet wound to the head, with indications pointing to an accidental shooting.
  • John H. Slavin was killed when the car he was riding in went over the road.
  • Thomas Cullen Smith was killed when the combat plane he was flying crashed.
  • William Ross Gay was killed in an accident in Chicago.
  • Thomas Gawthrop died from injuries received when he ran his vehicle under an empty flat trailer.
  • Dennis F. Galford was fatally injured when the truck he was driving was struck by a train.
  • Herbert Samuel Galford was run over by a log train.
  • Glenn Hiner died from the effects of a blow to the head by a falling limb.
  • William A. McLaughlin died from a heart attack brought on by exertion while fighting a fire.
  • Osel McLaughlin died of a heart attack while driving.
  • Rollin Kenny Phares died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
  • J. P. Rexrode was killed in a car accident when his car went over Cass road.
  • Joe E. Sheets slipped on ice and hit his head against a utility pole.
  • Thilbert Houdyschell was killed by a falling tree.
  • Glenn Friel was killed in an automobile accident where the car he was in ran off the road and struck a mail box.
  • Michael Garrett drowned after falling from a cabin cruiser.
  • John Steven Handy was found shot to death.
  • Edward Harold Kayes died from injuries received in an automobile accident.
  • James Springer died when his truck plunged off a bridge and into a creek.
  • Mrs. Hattie Bernice Lester died as a result of an automobile accident.
  • Two unnamed men died in a head-on collision between two trucks.
  • Virgil Mace was killed after stepping into the path of an auto.
  • Miss Virginia Miller died from injuries received in an automobile accident.
  • Daniel Lorain Gum died from injuries received in an automobile accident.
  • Boyd H. May died from injuries suffered in a traffic accident.
  • William H. Mullins died when his car struck the rear of a vehicle at a construction site, causing a chain reaction collision.
  • Clyde Mullens was struck by a train while crossing a trestle.
  • Robert Mace died when slate fell on him at a mine.
  • Donald Pritt was killed when the car in which he was a passenger struck a stalled truck.
  • Warren Dair Shue was killed in an automobile accident when the car he was riding in overturned and crashed into a utility pole.

These instances reflect the variety of accidents that caused fatalities during the time period and in the locations covered by the sources.

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