Son of Rev. W. Riley Bennett and Lilla "Lillie" Bennett.
Article (in part)
Published: Waycross Journal-Herald
Monday, August 19, 1935, back page
THREE WARE COUNTIANS KILLED INSTANTLY BY TRAIN
Gruesome Affair Enacted in View of Aged Father
Final Rites for Willie and Clifton Morgan and Cicero Gillis Today
A grade crossing crash which claimed the lives of three men here late Saturday, with the father of two of the victims as an eyewitness to the horrible picture, will be recorded as one of the most gruesome tragedies in the history of this section.
Willie Morgan and Cliff Morgan, brothers and C. A. Gillis, a companion, all of the Fairfax section of Ware County, were thumped along the railroad track, their automobile crashed into bits as it clung to the cowcatcher of an engine pulling the fast Flamingo,...of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
The Flamingo, ... stuck the Morgan car about 6:30 o'clock on the "L" street crossing...
Automobile wreckage and parts of the bodies of the three men where strewn from the "L" street crossing to ...a point a short distance east of the Nicholls street crossing,...four-tenths of a mile...
The three men probably were killed instantly.
From apparently a quarter of a mile away, the crash was witnessed by W. R. Morgan, father of two of the slain men...
Not knowing the identiity of the men who occupied the fated car, he rushed with W. B. Bates, a companion, to the scene, being greeted by the mangled bodies of his own sons. For a few minutes the father was dazed,...
He finally sobbed, "They're my boys" and personal effects in the pockets of their tattered clothes bore out the truth of the pathetic exclamation...
Th Morgans and Gillis had come to Waycross from their home in the Fairfax section, where they were employed as turpentine workers by W. B. Bates, and where the edler Morgan also served as a preacher. They had been paid off about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and had been on a shopping tour, it is understood.
The father and the sons had become separated, and the elder Morgan was in company with Mr. Bates, their employer, while the sons and Gillis were off together.
According to the report of Engineer Gene Flanders,...the car carrying the Morgan and Gillis was traveling west along Brunswick avenue, running directly toward and with in unobstructed view of the approaching train. At the end of Bunswick avenue according to his report, they made a sharp turn to the right and were immediately on the crossing.
The engineer reports that he sounded his whistle...
Willie Morgan's age is given as twenty-six, and that of Clifford Morgan as twenty-nine.
They are unmarried, and are survived by their father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Morgan, three sisters, Miss Gladys Morgan of Fairfax, Miss Addie Mae Morgan of Fairfax and Mrs Hestran Bullard of Millwood; also a brother, Dave Morgan of Fairfax.
Cicero A. Gillis was fifty-two years old. He is survived by his widow, and six daughters...
FUNERAL NOTICE
Published: Waycross Journal-Herald (GA) - Tuesday, August 20, 1935, page 8(in part)
CRASH VICTIMS BURIED MONDAY
Morgan Brothers and Cicero Gillis Laid to Final Rest
Final rites were held near here yesterday for Willie and Clifton Morgan, brothers, and Cicero Gillis, all of the Fairfax section, who were killed by a Coast Line passenger train Saturday night when their car was ground to pieces on the "L" street crossing.
The rites for the Morgan brothers, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Morgan were held at 11 o'clock at the Hargreaves Cemetery, conducted by the Reverand Manning Thigpen. Pallbearers were R.M. Whiting, F. C. Bennett, W. M. Mercer, G.H. Newsel, R. L. Corbett, Henry Musgrove, Clye Bennett, Grady Bennett, Dorsey Arnold, Lee Lee, Wesley Lee and K. Lee.
Mincy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Article (in part)
Published: Waycross Journal-Herald
Monday, August 19, 1935, back page
THREE WARE COUNTIANS KILLED INSTANTLY BY TRAIN
Gruesome Affair Enacted in View of Aged Father
Final Rites for Willie and Clifton Morgan and Cicero Gillis Today
A grade crossing crash which claimed the lives of three men here late Saturday, with the father of two of the victims as an eyewitness to the horrible picture, will be recorded as one of the most gruesome tragedies in the history of this section.
Willie Morgan and Cliff Morgan, brothers and C. A. Gillis, a companion, all of the Fairfax section of Ware County, were thumped along the railroad track, their automobile crashed into bits as it clung to the cowcatcher of an engine pulling the fast Flamingo,...of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
The Flamingo, ... stuck the Morgan car about 6:30 o'clock on the "L" street crossing...
Automobile wreckage and parts of the bodies of the three men where strewn from the "L" street crossing to ...a point a short distance east of the Nicholls street crossing,...four-tenths of a mile...
The three men probably were killed instantly.
From apparently a quarter of a mile away, the crash was witnessed by W. R. Morgan, father of two of the slain men...
Not knowing the identiity of the men who occupied the fated car, he rushed with W. B. Bates, a companion, to the scene, being greeted by the mangled bodies of his own sons. For a few minutes the father was dazed,...
He finally sobbed, "They're my boys" and personal effects in the pockets of their tattered clothes bore out the truth of the pathetic exclamation...
Th Morgans and Gillis had come to Waycross from their home in the Fairfax section, where they were employed as turpentine workers by W. B. Bates, and where the edler Morgan also served as a preacher. They had been paid off about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and had been on a shopping tour, it is understood.
The father and the sons had become separated, and the elder Morgan was in company with Mr. Bates, their employer, while the sons and Gillis were off together.
According to the report of Engineer Gene Flanders,...the car carrying the Morgan and Gillis was traveling west along Brunswick avenue, running directly toward and with in unobstructed view of the approaching train. At the end of Bunswick avenue according to his report, they made a sharp turn to the right and were immediately on the crossing.
The engineer reports that he sounded his whistle...
Willie Morgan's age is given as twenty-six, and that of Clifford Morgan as twenty-nine.
They are unmarried, and are survived by their father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Morgan, three sisters, Miss Gladys Morgan of Fairfax, Miss Addie Mae Morgan of Fairfax and Mrs Hestran Bullard of Millwood; also a brother, Dave Morgan of Fairfax.
Cicero A. Gillis was fifty-two years old. He is survived by his widow, and six daughters...
FUNERAL NOTICE
Published: Waycross Journal-Herald (GA) - Tuesday, August 20, 1935, page 8(in part)
CRASH VICTIMS BURIED MONDAY
Morgan Brothers and Cicero Gillis Laid to Final Rest
Final rites were held near here yesterday for Willie and Clifton Morgan, brothers, and Cicero Gillis, all of the Fairfax section, who were killed by a Coast Line passenger train Saturday night when their car was ground to pieces on the "L" street crossing.
The rites for the Morgan brothers, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Morgan were held at 11 o'clock at the Hargreaves Cemetery, conducted by the Reverand Manning Thigpen. Pallbearers were R.M. Whiting, F. C. Bennett, W. M. Mercer, G.H. Newsel, R. L. Corbett, Henry Musgrove, Clye Bennett, Grady Bennett, Dorsey Arnold, Lee Lee, Wesley Lee and K. Lee.
Mincy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Son of Rev. W. Riley Bennett and Lilla "Lillie" Bennett.
Article (in part)
Published: Waycross Journal-Herald
Monday, August 19, 1935, back page
THREE WARE COUNTIANS KILLED INSTANTLY BY TRAIN
Gruesome Affair Enacted in View of Aged Father
Final Rites for Willie and Clifton Morgan and Cicero Gillis Today
A grade crossing crash which claimed the lives of three men here late Saturday, with the father of two of the victims as an eyewitness to the horrible picture, will be recorded as one of the most gruesome tragedies in the history of this section.
Willie Morgan and Cliff Morgan, brothers and C. A. Gillis, a companion, all of the Fairfax section of Ware County, were thumped along the railroad track, their automobile crashed into bits as it clung to the cowcatcher of an engine pulling the fast Flamingo,...of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
The Flamingo, ... stuck the Morgan car about 6:30 o'clock on the "L" street crossing...
Automobile wreckage and parts of the bodies of the three men where strewn from the "L" street crossing to ...a point a short distance east of the Nicholls street crossing,...four-tenths of a mile...
The three men probably were killed instantly.
From apparently a quarter of a mile away, the crash was witnessed by W. R. Morgan, father of two of the slain men...
Not knowing the identiity of the men who occupied the fated car, he rushed with W. B. Bates, a companion, to the scene, being greeted by the mangled bodies of his own sons. For a few minutes the father was dazed,...
He finally sobbed, "They're my boys" and personal effects in the pockets of their tattered clothes bore out the truth of the pathetic exclamation...
Th Morgans and Gillis had come to Waycross from their home in the Fairfax section, where they were employed as turpentine workers by W. B. Bates, and where the edler Morgan also served as a preacher. They had been paid off about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and had been on a shopping tour, it is understood.
The father and the sons had become separated, and the elder Morgan was in company with Mr. Bates, their employer, while the sons and Gillis were off together.
According to the report of Engineer Gene Flanders,...the car carrying the Morgan and Gillis was traveling west along Brunswick avenue, running directly toward and with in unobstructed view of the approaching train. At the end of Bunswick avenue according to his report, they made a sharp turn to the right and were immediately on the crossing.
The engineer reports that he sounded his whistle...
Willie Morgan's age is given as twenty-six, and that of Clifford Morgan as twenty-nine.
They are unmarried, and are survived by their father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Morgan, three sisters, Miss Gladys Morgan of Fairfax, Miss Addie Mae Morgan of Fairfax and Mrs Hestran Bullard of Millwood; also a brother, Dave Morgan of Fairfax.
Cicero A. Gillis was fifty-two years old. He is survived by his widow, and six daughters...
FUNERAL NOTICE
Published: Waycross Journal-Herald (GA) - Tuesday, August 20, 1935, page 8(in part)
CRASH VICTIMS BURIED MONDAY
Morgan Brothers and Cicero Gillis Laid to Final Rest
Final rites were held near here yesterday for Willie and Clifton Morgan, brothers, and Cicero Gillis, all of the Fairfax section, who were killed by a Coast Line passenger train Saturday night when their car was ground to pieces on the "L" street crossing.
The rites for the Morgan brothers, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Morgan were held at 11 o'clock at the Hargreaves Cemetery, conducted by the Reverand Manning Thigpen. Pallbearers were R.M. Whiting, F. C. Bennett, W. M. Mercer, G.H. Newsel, R. L. Corbett, Henry Musgrove, Clye Bennett, Grady Bennett, Dorsey Arnold, Lee Lee, Wesley Lee and K. Lee.
Mincy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Article (in part)
Published: Waycross Journal-Herald
Monday, August 19, 1935, back page
THREE WARE COUNTIANS KILLED INSTANTLY BY TRAIN
Gruesome Affair Enacted in View of Aged Father
Final Rites for Willie and Clifton Morgan and Cicero Gillis Today
A grade crossing crash which claimed the lives of three men here late Saturday, with the father of two of the victims as an eyewitness to the horrible picture, will be recorded as one of the most gruesome tragedies in the history of this section.
Willie Morgan and Cliff Morgan, brothers and C. A. Gillis, a companion, all of the Fairfax section of Ware County, were thumped along the railroad track, their automobile crashed into bits as it clung to the cowcatcher of an engine pulling the fast Flamingo,...of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
The Flamingo, ... stuck the Morgan car about 6:30 o'clock on the "L" street crossing...
Automobile wreckage and parts of the bodies of the three men where strewn from the "L" street crossing to ...a point a short distance east of the Nicholls street crossing,...four-tenths of a mile...
The three men probably were killed instantly.
From apparently a quarter of a mile away, the crash was witnessed by W. R. Morgan, father of two of the slain men...
Not knowing the identiity of the men who occupied the fated car, he rushed with W. B. Bates, a companion, to the scene, being greeted by the mangled bodies of his own sons. For a few minutes the father was dazed,...
He finally sobbed, "They're my boys" and personal effects in the pockets of their tattered clothes bore out the truth of the pathetic exclamation...
Th Morgans and Gillis had come to Waycross from their home in the Fairfax section, where they were employed as turpentine workers by W. B. Bates, and where the edler Morgan also served as a preacher. They had been paid off about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and had been on a shopping tour, it is understood.
The father and the sons had become separated, and the elder Morgan was in company with Mr. Bates, their employer, while the sons and Gillis were off together.
According to the report of Engineer Gene Flanders,...the car carrying the Morgan and Gillis was traveling west along Brunswick avenue, running directly toward and with in unobstructed view of the approaching train. At the end of Bunswick avenue according to his report, they made a sharp turn to the right and were immediately on the crossing.
The engineer reports that he sounded his whistle...
Willie Morgan's age is given as twenty-six, and that of Clifford Morgan as twenty-nine.
They are unmarried, and are survived by their father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Morgan, three sisters, Miss Gladys Morgan of Fairfax, Miss Addie Mae Morgan of Fairfax and Mrs Hestran Bullard of Millwood; also a brother, Dave Morgan of Fairfax.
Cicero A. Gillis was fifty-two years old. He is survived by his widow, and six daughters...
FUNERAL NOTICE
Published: Waycross Journal-Herald (GA) - Tuesday, August 20, 1935, page 8(in part)
CRASH VICTIMS BURIED MONDAY
Morgan Brothers and Cicero Gillis Laid to Final Rest
Final rites were held near here yesterday for Willie and Clifton Morgan, brothers, and Cicero Gillis, all of the Fairfax section, who were killed by a Coast Line passenger train Saturday night when their car was ground to pieces on the "L" street crossing.
The rites for the Morgan brothers, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Morgan were held at 11 o'clock at the Hargreaves Cemetery, conducted by the Reverand Manning Thigpen. Pallbearers were R.M. Whiting, F. C. Bennett, W. M. Mercer, G.H. Newsel, R. L. Corbett, Henry Musgrove, Clye Bennett, Grady Bennett, Dorsey Arnold, Lee Lee, Wesley Lee and K. Lee.
Mincy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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