Andy is the fifth of eight known children. He married Maggie M. Shively (date and location unknown). He is the father of two known children (1 male, 1 female) and a farmer by occupation. [Submitted by his 2nd great niece, Lynn]
Farmer Killed in Truck Crash
Crushed between two trucks in a collision near his home, Andrew Vowels, 67, farmer and livesstockman, was killed instantly at 8 p.m. Monday while assisting with the loading of hogs into a Righter Truck Company vehicle. The scene of the accident was on highway 60, three and a half miles east of Charleston.
A coroner's inquest held Tuesday in Charleston resulted in a jury finding that the farmer met violent death and requesting further investigation.
J. M. Tatum, 52, Deventer, was the driver of the other truck, involved in the crash. He was traveling fast on the road when the collision occurred, Trooper Ernest Harris, who investigated, reported. No charges were filed against him. Tatum was treated at St. Mary's Infirmary in Cairo, Ill., for two fractured ribs, abrasions and other injuries. His truck was damaged heavily.
Edgar Moore, a Negro, who was standing near the accident scene assisting with the loading operations, sustained a crushed left leg. He was rolled under the Righter truck after being struck by the oncoming truck. The Negro also was taken to the Cairo hospital.
Mr. Vowels is survived by his widow, a son, Leonard Vowels of near Charleston; two brothers, C. H. Vowels of Wyatt and Jesse Vowels of Cairo, Ill., and three sisters, Mrs. Nettie Bartlett and Misses Florence and Cora Vowels, all of Sikeston.
Sikeston Standard
Friday Dec 11 1942
Farmer Killed in Truck Crash
Crushed between two trucks in a collision near his home, Andrew Vowels, 67, farmer and livesstockman, was killed instantly at 8 p.m. Monday while assisting with the loading of hogs into a Righter Truck Company vehicle. The scene of the accident was on highway 60, three and a half miles east of Charleston.
A coroner's inquest held Tuesday in Charleston resulted in a jury finding that the farmer met violent death and requesting further investigation.
J. M. Tatum, 52, Deventer, was the driver of the other truck, involved in the crash. He was traveling fast on the road when the collision occurred, Trooper Ernest Harris, who investigated, reported. No charges were filed against him. Tatum was treated at St. Mary's Infirmary in Cairo, Ill., for two fractured ribs, abrasions and other injuries. His truck was damaged heavily.
Edgar Moore, a Negro, who was standing near the accident scene assisting with the loading operations, sustained a crushed left leg. He was rolled under the Righter truck after being struck by the oncoming truck. The Negro also was taken to the Cairo hospital.
Mr. Vowels is survived by his widow, a son, Leonard Vowels of near Charleston; two brothers, C. H. Vowels of Wyatt and Jesse Vowels of Cairo, Ill., and three sisters, Mrs. Nettie Bartlett and Misses Florence and Cora Vowels, all of Sikeston.
Sikeston Standard
Friday Dec 11 1942
Andy is the fifth of eight known children. He married Maggie M. Shively (date and location unknown). He is the father of two known children (1 male, 1 female) and a farmer by occupation. [Submitted by his 2nd great niece, Lynn]
Farmer Killed in Truck Crash
Crushed between two trucks in a collision near his home, Andrew Vowels, 67, farmer and livesstockman, was killed instantly at 8 p.m. Monday while assisting with the loading of hogs into a Righter Truck Company vehicle. The scene of the accident was on highway 60, three and a half miles east of Charleston.
A coroner's inquest held Tuesday in Charleston resulted in a jury finding that the farmer met violent death and requesting further investigation.
J. M. Tatum, 52, Deventer, was the driver of the other truck, involved in the crash. He was traveling fast on the road when the collision occurred, Trooper Ernest Harris, who investigated, reported. No charges were filed against him. Tatum was treated at St. Mary's Infirmary in Cairo, Ill., for two fractured ribs, abrasions and other injuries. His truck was damaged heavily.
Edgar Moore, a Negro, who was standing near the accident scene assisting with the loading operations, sustained a crushed left leg. He was rolled under the Righter truck after being struck by the oncoming truck. The Negro also was taken to the Cairo hospital.
Mr. Vowels is survived by his widow, a son, Leonard Vowels of near Charleston; two brothers, C. H. Vowels of Wyatt and Jesse Vowels of Cairo, Ill., and three sisters, Mrs. Nettie Bartlett and Misses Florence and Cora Vowels, all of Sikeston.
Sikeston Standard
Friday Dec 11 1942
Farmer Killed in Truck Crash
Crushed between two trucks in a collision near his home, Andrew Vowels, 67, farmer and livesstockman, was killed instantly at 8 p.m. Monday while assisting with the loading of hogs into a Righter Truck Company vehicle. The scene of the accident was on highway 60, three and a half miles east of Charleston.
A coroner's inquest held Tuesday in Charleston resulted in a jury finding that the farmer met violent death and requesting further investigation.
J. M. Tatum, 52, Deventer, was the driver of the other truck, involved in the crash. He was traveling fast on the road when the collision occurred, Trooper Ernest Harris, who investigated, reported. No charges were filed against him. Tatum was treated at St. Mary's Infirmary in Cairo, Ill., for two fractured ribs, abrasions and other injuries. His truck was damaged heavily.
Edgar Moore, a Negro, who was standing near the accident scene assisting with the loading operations, sustained a crushed left leg. He was rolled under the Righter truck after being struck by the oncoming truck. The Negro also was taken to the Cairo hospital.
Mr. Vowels is survived by his widow, a son, Leonard Vowels of near Charleston; two brothers, C. H. Vowels of Wyatt and Jesse Vowels of Cairo, Ill., and three sisters, Mrs. Nettie Bartlett and Misses Florence and Cora Vowels, all of Sikeston.
Sikeston Standard
Friday Dec 11 1942
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