In Memoriam
KENNRTH OSBORNE ANDERSON
January 3, 1941 ~ October 21, 1961
HEAD-ON CRASH TAKES LIVES OF TWO SATURDAY
Ahead-on collision on a county road 1 1/2 miles east of Wright City at 1:25 a.m. Saturday claimed the lives of two men and injuried two others, one seriously, according to Trooper Bob Pogue.
Dead are:
Kenneth O. Anderson, 21, Hugo, who died at the scene of internal and head injuries.
Billy Joe Tatum, 17, Valliant, who died at 3:55 a.m. Saturday at McCurtain Memorial hospital of internal and head injuries.
Injured were:
Kenneth Ray Thomas, 26, Broken Bow, mangled left leg between the hip and knee, and bruises. He was taken to McKinney veterans hospital Saturday morning, where he is in serious condition.
Lester Abner, 20, Broken Bow, who was treated for bruises and abrasions at McCurtain Memorial hospital, then held in the county jail overnight.
Thomas was driving a 1956 Ford sedan east at a high rate of speed estimated at 80 m.p.h., when he crossed the center of the roadway and the left front of his vehicle struck the left front of a 1951 Chevrolet sedan driven west by Anderson, who had pulled off the blacktop in an effort to avoid the collision.
After the impact, the Ford traveled 61 feet and overturned in the road, stopping upside down. Both cars were total losses.
Two charges of manslaughter in the first degree were filed against Thomas Monday morning, according to County Attorney Lewis T. Martin. He will face the charges on his dismissal from the hospital.
The two deaths brought McCurtain county's toll to 11 this year, equaling the county's highest mark in history, 1954 and 1959.
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KENNETH OSBORNE ANDERSON
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Valliant Baptist church for Kenneth Osborne Anderson. Rev. Bob Mantooth of Daisy, Ark. officiated.
Anderson was born January 3, 1941 at Valliant. He moved from Valliant to Hugo about two months ago, where he owned a furniture factory.
He is survived by his widow; one son, Ronald, and one daughter, Karen, all of Hugo; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Anderson, Valliant; his grandmother, Mrs. Alice Farris, Idabel; three brothers, Robert Anderson, Sweet Home, Ore.; Buddy Anderson, Valliant, and Bill Anderson, Brookings, Ore., and one sister, Mrs. Geneva Swisher, Elgin, Ore.
Arrangements and burial in Valliant cemetery were under direction of Norwood-Welch funeral home.
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BILLY JOE TATUM
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Valliant high school gymnasium for Billy Joe Tatum. Rev. Gordon Ogden officiated.
Born December 25, 1943 at Valliant, he had lived there all his life. He was a senior in Valliant high school.
Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rube Tatum, Valliant; one brother, Bobby D. Tatum, Valliant; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Scott, Idabel, and Patricia Lee Tatum, Valliant; two half-brothers, Dewey Dickerson, St. Paul, Minn., and Alfred Dickerson, Waterloo, Md., and one half-sister, Mrs. Goldie Taylor, Oklahoma City.
Arrangements and burial in Valliant cemetery were under direction of Norwood-Welch funeral home.
McCurtain Gazette
October of 1961
KENNRTH OSBORNE ANDERSON
January 3, 1941 ~ October 21, 1961
HEAD-ON CRASH TAKES LIVES OF TWO SATURDAY
Ahead-on collision on a county road 1 1/2 miles east of Wright City at 1:25 a.m. Saturday claimed the lives of two men and injuried two others, one seriously, according to Trooper Bob Pogue.
Dead are:
Kenneth O. Anderson, 21, Hugo, who died at the scene of internal and head injuries.
Billy Joe Tatum, 17, Valliant, who died at 3:55 a.m. Saturday at McCurtain Memorial hospital of internal and head injuries.
Injured were:
Kenneth Ray Thomas, 26, Broken Bow, mangled left leg between the hip and knee, and bruises. He was taken to McKinney veterans hospital Saturday morning, where he is in serious condition.
Lester Abner, 20, Broken Bow, who was treated for bruises and abrasions at McCurtain Memorial hospital, then held in the county jail overnight.
Thomas was driving a 1956 Ford sedan east at a high rate of speed estimated at 80 m.p.h., when he crossed the center of the roadway and the left front of his vehicle struck the left front of a 1951 Chevrolet sedan driven west by Anderson, who had pulled off the blacktop in an effort to avoid the collision.
After the impact, the Ford traveled 61 feet and overturned in the road, stopping upside down. Both cars were total losses.
Two charges of manslaughter in the first degree were filed against Thomas Monday morning, according to County Attorney Lewis T. Martin. He will face the charges on his dismissal from the hospital.
The two deaths brought McCurtain county's toll to 11 this year, equaling the county's highest mark in history, 1954 and 1959.
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KENNETH OSBORNE ANDERSON
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Valliant Baptist church for Kenneth Osborne Anderson. Rev. Bob Mantooth of Daisy, Ark. officiated.
Anderson was born January 3, 1941 at Valliant. He moved from Valliant to Hugo about two months ago, where he owned a furniture factory.
He is survived by his widow; one son, Ronald, and one daughter, Karen, all of Hugo; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Anderson, Valliant; his grandmother, Mrs. Alice Farris, Idabel; three brothers, Robert Anderson, Sweet Home, Ore.; Buddy Anderson, Valliant, and Bill Anderson, Brookings, Ore., and one sister, Mrs. Geneva Swisher, Elgin, Ore.
Arrangements and burial in Valliant cemetery were under direction of Norwood-Welch funeral home.
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BILLY JOE TATUM
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Valliant high school gymnasium for Billy Joe Tatum. Rev. Gordon Ogden officiated.
Born December 25, 1943 at Valliant, he had lived there all his life. He was a senior in Valliant high school.
Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rube Tatum, Valliant; one brother, Bobby D. Tatum, Valliant; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Scott, Idabel, and Patricia Lee Tatum, Valliant; two half-brothers, Dewey Dickerson, St. Paul, Minn., and Alfred Dickerson, Waterloo, Md., and one half-sister, Mrs. Goldie Taylor, Oklahoma City.
Arrangements and burial in Valliant cemetery were under direction of Norwood-Welch funeral home.
McCurtain Gazette
October of 1961
In Memoriam
KENNRTH OSBORNE ANDERSON
January 3, 1941 ~ October 21, 1961
HEAD-ON CRASH TAKES LIVES OF TWO SATURDAY
Ahead-on collision on a county road 1 1/2 miles east of Wright City at 1:25 a.m. Saturday claimed the lives of two men and injuried two others, one seriously, according to Trooper Bob Pogue.
Dead are:
Kenneth O. Anderson, 21, Hugo, who died at the scene of internal and head injuries.
Billy Joe Tatum, 17, Valliant, who died at 3:55 a.m. Saturday at McCurtain Memorial hospital of internal and head injuries.
Injured were:
Kenneth Ray Thomas, 26, Broken Bow, mangled left leg between the hip and knee, and bruises. He was taken to McKinney veterans hospital Saturday morning, where he is in serious condition.
Lester Abner, 20, Broken Bow, who was treated for bruises and abrasions at McCurtain Memorial hospital, then held in the county jail overnight.
Thomas was driving a 1956 Ford sedan east at a high rate of speed estimated at 80 m.p.h., when he crossed the center of the roadway and the left front of his vehicle struck the left front of a 1951 Chevrolet sedan driven west by Anderson, who had pulled off the blacktop in an effort to avoid the collision.
After the impact, the Ford traveled 61 feet and overturned in the road, stopping upside down. Both cars were total losses.
Two charges of manslaughter in the first degree were filed against Thomas Monday morning, according to County Attorney Lewis T. Martin. He will face the charges on his dismissal from the hospital.
The two deaths brought McCurtain county's toll to 11 this year, equaling the county's highest mark in history, 1954 and 1959.
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KENNETH OSBORNE ANDERSON
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Valliant Baptist church for Kenneth Osborne Anderson. Rev. Bob Mantooth of Daisy, Ark. officiated.
Anderson was born January 3, 1941 at Valliant. He moved from Valliant to Hugo about two months ago, where he owned a furniture factory.
He is survived by his widow; one son, Ronald, and one daughter, Karen, all of Hugo; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Anderson, Valliant; his grandmother, Mrs. Alice Farris, Idabel; three brothers, Robert Anderson, Sweet Home, Ore.; Buddy Anderson, Valliant, and Bill Anderson, Brookings, Ore., and one sister, Mrs. Geneva Swisher, Elgin, Ore.
Arrangements and burial in Valliant cemetery were under direction of Norwood-Welch funeral home.
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BILLY JOE TATUM
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Valliant high school gymnasium for Billy Joe Tatum. Rev. Gordon Ogden officiated.
Born December 25, 1943 at Valliant, he had lived there all his life. He was a senior in Valliant high school.
Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rube Tatum, Valliant; one brother, Bobby D. Tatum, Valliant; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Scott, Idabel, and Patricia Lee Tatum, Valliant; two half-brothers, Dewey Dickerson, St. Paul, Minn., and Alfred Dickerson, Waterloo, Md., and one half-sister, Mrs. Goldie Taylor, Oklahoma City.
Arrangements and burial in Valliant cemetery were under direction of Norwood-Welch funeral home.
McCurtain Gazette
October of 1961
KENNRTH OSBORNE ANDERSON
January 3, 1941 ~ October 21, 1961
HEAD-ON CRASH TAKES LIVES OF TWO SATURDAY
Ahead-on collision on a county road 1 1/2 miles east of Wright City at 1:25 a.m. Saturday claimed the lives of two men and injuried two others, one seriously, according to Trooper Bob Pogue.
Dead are:
Kenneth O. Anderson, 21, Hugo, who died at the scene of internal and head injuries.
Billy Joe Tatum, 17, Valliant, who died at 3:55 a.m. Saturday at McCurtain Memorial hospital of internal and head injuries.
Injured were:
Kenneth Ray Thomas, 26, Broken Bow, mangled left leg between the hip and knee, and bruises. He was taken to McKinney veterans hospital Saturday morning, where he is in serious condition.
Lester Abner, 20, Broken Bow, who was treated for bruises and abrasions at McCurtain Memorial hospital, then held in the county jail overnight.
Thomas was driving a 1956 Ford sedan east at a high rate of speed estimated at 80 m.p.h., when he crossed the center of the roadway and the left front of his vehicle struck the left front of a 1951 Chevrolet sedan driven west by Anderson, who had pulled off the blacktop in an effort to avoid the collision.
After the impact, the Ford traveled 61 feet and overturned in the road, stopping upside down. Both cars were total losses.
Two charges of manslaughter in the first degree were filed against Thomas Monday morning, according to County Attorney Lewis T. Martin. He will face the charges on his dismissal from the hospital.
The two deaths brought McCurtain county's toll to 11 this year, equaling the county's highest mark in history, 1954 and 1959.
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KENNETH OSBORNE ANDERSON
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Valliant Baptist church for Kenneth Osborne Anderson. Rev. Bob Mantooth of Daisy, Ark. officiated.
Anderson was born January 3, 1941 at Valliant. He moved from Valliant to Hugo about two months ago, where he owned a furniture factory.
He is survived by his widow; one son, Ronald, and one daughter, Karen, all of Hugo; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Anderson, Valliant; his grandmother, Mrs. Alice Farris, Idabel; three brothers, Robert Anderson, Sweet Home, Ore.; Buddy Anderson, Valliant, and Bill Anderson, Brookings, Ore., and one sister, Mrs. Geneva Swisher, Elgin, Ore.
Arrangements and burial in Valliant cemetery were under direction of Norwood-Welch funeral home.
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BILLY JOE TATUM
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Valliant high school gymnasium for Billy Joe Tatum. Rev. Gordon Ogden officiated.
Born December 25, 1943 at Valliant, he had lived there all his life. He was a senior in Valliant high school.
Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rube Tatum, Valliant; one brother, Bobby D. Tatum, Valliant; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Scott, Idabel, and Patricia Lee Tatum, Valliant; two half-brothers, Dewey Dickerson, St. Paul, Minn., and Alfred Dickerson, Waterloo, Md., and one half-sister, Mrs. Goldie Taylor, Oklahoma City.
Arrangements and burial in Valliant cemetery were under direction of Norwood-Welch funeral home.
McCurtain Gazette
October of 1961
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