Three Member of Family Are Killed in Highway 49 Crash
Three person were killed Tuesday afternoon around four o'clock in a four- vehicle accident on Highway 49 on the hill at Legion Lake.
The victims were identified as Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Bryant, ages 79 and 66 respectively, and their 48-year-old son, Ernest Velpo Bryant, all of the Rocky Hill Community on Route 3, Magee.
Highway Patrolman Jack Wilton, who investigated the accident, said that the elderly couple were apparently killed instantly and that the son, Velpo Bryant, died about an hour later at Simpson General Hospital, where he was rushed after the accident.
Patrolman Wilton said that a feed transport truck apparently crashed head-on into the 1964 model car driven by the younger Bryant. The death car then crashed into another truck and a station wagon, the patrolman added. The Bryants are reported to have purchased the new car only one day prior to the accident.
There were no injuries in the other three vehicles. The driver of the transport truck was identified as Charles Smoot of Charleston, Mo.
The Bryants were traveling south when the accident occurred. They were returning home from Mendenhall where Mr. Bryant and his son had picked up Mrs. Bryant following her release from the Simpson General Hospital.
CLIPPED FROM Simpson County News, Mendenhall, Mississippi, 27 Feb 1964, Thu • Page 1
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Uncle Velpo always had a wry smile that revealed his innate sense of humor. My mother told many stories of the pranks her brothers would pull when they were youngsters. Uncle Velpo retained that boyish, mischievous grin (as seen in this photo to the right; Velpo is pictured left).
He and his wife, Girtrue, had four children - three daughters and one son. He loved his family and worked diligently to provide for them. His life was cut short, with his death at age 47, and our family suffered a great loss with his passing. - OMcNair
Three person were killed Tuesday afternoon around four o'clock in a four- vehicle accident on Highway 49 on the hill at Legion Lake.
The victims were identified as Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Bryant, ages 79 and 66 respectively, and their 48-year-old son, Ernest Velpo Bryant, all of the Rocky Hill Community on Route 3, Magee.
Highway Patrolman Jack Wilton, who investigated the accident, said that the elderly couple were apparently killed instantly and that the son, Velpo Bryant, died about an hour later at Simpson General Hospital, where he was rushed after the accident.
Patrolman Wilton said that a feed transport truck apparently crashed head-on into the 1964 model car driven by the younger Bryant. The death car then crashed into another truck and a station wagon, the patrolman added. The Bryants are reported to have purchased the new car only one day prior to the accident.
There were no injuries in the other three vehicles. The driver of the transport truck was identified as Charles Smoot of Charleston, Mo.
The Bryants were traveling south when the accident occurred. They were returning home from Mendenhall where Mr. Bryant and his son had picked up Mrs. Bryant following her release from the Simpson General Hospital.
CLIPPED FROM Simpson County News, Mendenhall, Mississippi, 27 Feb 1964, Thu • Page 1
Contributor: omcnair (47822980)
Following from omcnair (#47822980)
Uncle Velpo always had a wry smile that revealed his innate sense of humor. My mother told many stories of the pranks her brothers would pull when they were youngsters. Uncle Velpo retained that boyish, mischievous grin (as seen in this photo to the right; Velpo is pictured left).
He and his wife, Girtrue, had four children - three daughters and one son. He loved his family and worked diligently to provide for them. His life was cut short, with his death at age 47, and our family suffered a great loss with his passing. - OMcNair
Three Member of Family Are Killed in Highway 49 Crash
Three person were killed Tuesday afternoon around four o'clock in a four- vehicle accident on Highway 49 on the hill at Legion Lake.
The victims were identified as Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Bryant, ages 79 and 66 respectively, and their 48-year-old son, Ernest Velpo Bryant, all of the Rocky Hill Community on Route 3, Magee.
Highway Patrolman Jack Wilton, who investigated the accident, said that the elderly couple were apparently killed instantly and that the son, Velpo Bryant, died about an hour later at Simpson General Hospital, where he was rushed after the accident.
Patrolman Wilton said that a feed transport truck apparently crashed head-on into the 1964 model car driven by the younger Bryant. The death car then crashed into another truck and a station wagon, the patrolman added. The Bryants are reported to have purchased the new car only one day prior to the accident.
There were no injuries in the other three vehicles. The driver of the transport truck was identified as Charles Smoot of Charleston, Mo.
The Bryants were traveling south when the accident occurred. They were returning home from Mendenhall where Mr. Bryant and his son had picked up Mrs. Bryant following her release from the Simpson General Hospital.
CLIPPED FROM Simpson County News, Mendenhall, Mississippi, 27 Feb 1964, Thu • Page 1
Contributor: omcnair (47822980)
Following from omcnair (#47822980)
Uncle Velpo always had a wry smile that revealed his innate sense of humor. My mother told many stories of the pranks her brothers would pull when they were youngsters. Uncle Velpo retained that boyish, mischievous grin (as seen in this photo to the right; Velpo is pictured left).
He and his wife, Girtrue, had four children - three daughters and one son. He loved his family and worked diligently to provide for them. His life was cut short, with his death at age 47, and our family suffered a great loss with his passing. - OMcNair
Three person were killed Tuesday afternoon around four o'clock in a four- vehicle accident on Highway 49 on the hill at Legion Lake.
The victims were identified as Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Bryant, ages 79 and 66 respectively, and their 48-year-old son, Ernest Velpo Bryant, all of the Rocky Hill Community on Route 3, Magee.
Highway Patrolman Jack Wilton, who investigated the accident, said that the elderly couple were apparently killed instantly and that the son, Velpo Bryant, died about an hour later at Simpson General Hospital, where he was rushed after the accident.
Patrolman Wilton said that a feed transport truck apparently crashed head-on into the 1964 model car driven by the younger Bryant. The death car then crashed into another truck and a station wagon, the patrolman added. The Bryants are reported to have purchased the new car only one day prior to the accident.
There were no injuries in the other three vehicles. The driver of the transport truck was identified as Charles Smoot of Charleston, Mo.
The Bryants were traveling south when the accident occurred. They were returning home from Mendenhall where Mr. Bryant and his son had picked up Mrs. Bryant following her release from the Simpson General Hospital.
CLIPPED FROM Simpson County News, Mendenhall, Mississippi, 27 Feb 1964, Thu • Page 1
Contributor: omcnair (47822980)
Following from omcnair (#47822980)
Uncle Velpo always had a wry smile that revealed his innate sense of humor. My mother told many stories of the pranks her brothers would pull when they were youngsters. Uncle Velpo retained that boyish, mischievous grin (as seen in this photo to the right; Velpo is pictured left).
He and his wife, Girtrue, had four children - three daughters and one son. He loved his family and worked diligently to provide for them. His life was cut short, with his death at age 47, and our family suffered a great loss with his passing. - OMcNair
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