Four killed near Winnfield, Louisiana
the day after Thanksgiving
(Submitted by grandson, Dr. Jim Moshinskie, [email protected])
A two-car collision on a bridge approach three miles north of Winnfield on U.S. Highway 167 resulted in the death of four persons and injury to two others at 3 p.m. Friday, November 27, 1959.
Authorities identified the dead as Floyd English Phillips, 67, his wife, Annie Belle McGuire Phillips, 66, both of Simsboro (My grandparents), and Tommy Massey, 20, and his brother, Wayne, 10, both of Winnfield
Injured were Phillip's daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Pauline) Tabor, 23, Shreveport school teacher, and Mrs. Joe Bryant, 50, a nurse at the Methodist Children's Home in Ruston.
Witnesses told state police the crash came in this manner:
The Massey brothers' car was headed south and attempted to pass another car which was behind a slow-moving truck.
The Massey car tried to wedge in behind the truck. It failed, swerved sideways, and met head-on with 1959 Ford driven by Mrs. Tabor.
Witnesses said four of the persons involved were hurled from the cars.
Dead on the scene were Mr. Phillips and Tommy Massey. Mrs. Phillips died shortly after 5:30 p.m. and Wayne Massey died at 5:30 p.m. while both were at Winnfield hospital emergency room.
Floyd Phillips was born Oct. 4, 1892, and Annabelle was born January 17, 1895. They were returning from a Thanksgiving visit with their daughter, Louise Mroshinskie, of 3547 Washington Avenue, Baton Rouge.
Services will be at 3 p.m., Sunday, at the First Baptist Church of Simsboro, with burial in the Simsboro Cemetery with Darby's Spears-Kimbel Funeral Home of Ruston in charge. Jake Spears was the funeral director in charge.
The funeral of my grandparents was huge. Everyone in Simsboro and surrounding area packed the tiny First Baptist Church, and hundreds more stood outside to hear the service on external speakers. A police escort led us from their home to the church, it was so sad. We sat on the right side, I remember well. The choir sang "Shall We Gather at the River", and Carolyn Bryant fainted. The service was short. Then the two undertakers from the Darby's Spears-Kimbell Funeral Home in Ruston walked forward and rolled the two caskets to the back of the church and into 1959 and 1954 black Cadillac hearses.
the day after Thanksgiving
(Submitted by grandson, Dr. Jim Moshinskie, [email protected])
A two-car collision on a bridge approach three miles north of Winnfield on U.S. Highway 167 resulted in the death of four persons and injury to two others at 3 p.m. Friday, November 27, 1959.
Authorities identified the dead as Floyd English Phillips, 67, his wife, Annie Belle McGuire Phillips, 66, both of Simsboro (My grandparents), and Tommy Massey, 20, and his brother, Wayne, 10, both of Winnfield
Injured were Phillip's daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Pauline) Tabor, 23, Shreveport school teacher, and Mrs. Joe Bryant, 50, a nurse at the Methodist Children's Home in Ruston.
Witnesses told state police the crash came in this manner:
The Massey brothers' car was headed south and attempted to pass another car which was behind a slow-moving truck.
The Massey car tried to wedge in behind the truck. It failed, swerved sideways, and met head-on with 1959 Ford driven by Mrs. Tabor.
Witnesses said four of the persons involved were hurled from the cars.
Dead on the scene were Mr. Phillips and Tommy Massey. Mrs. Phillips died shortly after 5:30 p.m. and Wayne Massey died at 5:30 p.m. while both were at Winnfield hospital emergency room.
Floyd Phillips was born Oct. 4, 1892, and Annabelle was born January 17, 1895. They were returning from a Thanksgiving visit with their daughter, Louise Mroshinskie, of 3547 Washington Avenue, Baton Rouge.
Services will be at 3 p.m., Sunday, at the First Baptist Church of Simsboro, with burial in the Simsboro Cemetery with Darby's Spears-Kimbel Funeral Home of Ruston in charge. Jake Spears was the funeral director in charge.
The funeral of my grandparents was huge. Everyone in Simsboro and surrounding area packed the tiny First Baptist Church, and hundreds more stood outside to hear the service on external speakers. A police escort led us from their home to the church, it was so sad. We sat on the right side, I remember well. The choir sang "Shall We Gather at the River", and Carolyn Bryant fainted. The service was short. Then the two undertakers from the Darby's Spears-Kimbell Funeral Home in Ruston walked forward and rolled the two caskets to the back of the church and into 1959 and 1954 black Cadillac hearses.
Four killed near Winnfield, Louisiana
the day after Thanksgiving
(Submitted by grandson, Dr. Jim Moshinskie, [email protected])
A two-car collision on a bridge approach three miles north of Winnfield on U.S. Highway 167 resulted in the death of four persons and injury to two others at 3 p.m. Friday, November 27, 1959.
Authorities identified the dead as Floyd English Phillips, 67, his wife, Annie Belle McGuire Phillips, 66, both of Simsboro (My grandparents), and Tommy Massey, 20, and his brother, Wayne, 10, both of Winnfield
Injured were Phillip's daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Pauline) Tabor, 23, Shreveport school teacher, and Mrs. Joe Bryant, 50, a nurse at the Methodist Children's Home in Ruston.
Witnesses told state police the crash came in this manner:
The Massey brothers' car was headed south and attempted to pass another car which was behind a slow-moving truck.
The Massey car tried to wedge in behind the truck. It failed, swerved sideways, and met head-on with 1959 Ford driven by Mrs. Tabor.
Witnesses said four of the persons involved were hurled from the cars.
Dead on the scene were Mr. Phillips and Tommy Massey. Mrs. Phillips died shortly after 5:30 p.m. and Wayne Massey died at 5:30 p.m. while both were at Winnfield hospital emergency room.
Floyd Phillips was born Oct. 4, 1892, and Annabelle was born January 17, 1895. They were returning from a Thanksgiving visit with their daughter, Louise Mroshinskie, of 3547 Washington Avenue, Baton Rouge.
Services will be at 3 p.m., Sunday, at the First Baptist Church of Simsboro, with burial in the Simsboro Cemetery with Darby's Spears-Kimbel Funeral Home of Ruston in charge. Jake Spears was the funeral director in charge.
The funeral of my grandparents was huge. Everyone in Simsboro and surrounding area packed the tiny First Baptist Church, and hundreds more stood outside to hear the service on external speakers. A police escort led us from their home to the church, it was so sad. We sat on the right side, I remember well. The choir sang "Shall We Gather at the River", and Carolyn Bryant fainted. The service was short. Then the two undertakers from the Darby's Spears-Kimbell Funeral Home in Ruston walked forward and rolled the two caskets to the back of the church and into 1959 and 1954 black Cadillac hearses.
the day after Thanksgiving
(Submitted by grandson, Dr. Jim Moshinskie, [email protected])
A two-car collision on a bridge approach three miles north of Winnfield on U.S. Highway 167 resulted in the death of four persons and injury to two others at 3 p.m. Friday, November 27, 1959.
Authorities identified the dead as Floyd English Phillips, 67, his wife, Annie Belle McGuire Phillips, 66, both of Simsboro (My grandparents), and Tommy Massey, 20, and his brother, Wayne, 10, both of Winnfield
Injured were Phillip's daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Pauline) Tabor, 23, Shreveport school teacher, and Mrs. Joe Bryant, 50, a nurse at the Methodist Children's Home in Ruston.
Witnesses told state police the crash came in this manner:
The Massey brothers' car was headed south and attempted to pass another car which was behind a slow-moving truck.
The Massey car tried to wedge in behind the truck. It failed, swerved sideways, and met head-on with 1959 Ford driven by Mrs. Tabor.
Witnesses said four of the persons involved were hurled from the cars.
Dead on the scene were Mr. Phillips and Tommy Massey. Mrs. Phillips died shortly after 5:30 p.m. and Wayne Massey died at 5:30 p.m. while both were at Winnfield hospital emergency room.
Floyd Phillips was born Oct. 4, 1892, and Annabelle was born January 17, 1895. They were returning from a Thanksgiving visit with their daughter, Louise Mroshinskie, of 3547 Washington Avenue, Baton Rouge.
Services will be at 3 p.m., Sunday, at the First Baptist Church of Simsboro, with burial in the Simsboro Cemetery with Darby's Spears-Kimbel Funeral Home of Ruston in charge. Jake Spears was the funeral director in charge.
The funeral of my grandparents was huge. Everyone in Simsboro and surrounding area packed the tiny First Baptist Church, and hundreds more stood outside to hear the service on external speakers. A police escort led us from their home to the church, it was so sad. We sat on the right side, I remember well. The choir sang "Shall We Gather at the River", and Carolyn Bryant fainted. The service was short. Then the two undertakers from the Darby's Spears-Kimbell Funeral Home in Ruston walked forward and rolled the two caskets to the back of the church and into 1959 and 1954 black Cadillac hearses.
