Charles Clyde Etheridge, Mr., 38-year old Norfolk and Western Railway brakeman, was fatally injured yesterday morning when he fell beneath the wheels of a railroad car while he and fellow workers were shifting cars to a siding at 24th and Fawn street.
His legs were badly mangled in the accident and he was taken to Norfolk General Hospital by Patrolman Raleigh Saunders in the police emergency car. He was pronounced dead from shock at 7:50 a.m.
Sgt. E. M. Towe, of the Police Homicide Squad, who investigated, said that the train, operated by Engineer O. B. Ricks, of 623 West 28th Street, was backing in a northerly direction when Etheridge fell beneath the rails.
Mr. Etheridge, who resided at the 521 Burleigh Avenue, Virginia Estates, had been employed by the railway for 21 years as a conductor and yard brakeman. A lifelong resident of Norfolk, he was the husband of Mrs. Lucille Allgood Etheridge and a son of the Late Charles Clyde and Mrs. Letitia Craig Etheridge.
He was a deacon, trustee, church secretary and chairman of the building committee of the Second Congregational Christian Church/ He also was scoutmaster of the Boy Scout troop of the church and taught in the Sunday School. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a son, Charles Clyde Etheridge, III; three sisters, Mrs. J. S. Benner, of Washington, N.D.; Mrs. M. L. Gibson and Mrs. L.L. Winslow, both of Norfolk; and two brothers, Joseph F. and William E. Etheridge, both of Norfolk.
The body will be taken from the Cox Funeral Home to the Second Congregational Christian Church for funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. conducted by the pastor, the Rev. J. Everette Neese. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, page thirty two, Friday December 22, 1950
His legs were badly mangled in the accident and he was taken to Norfolk General Hospital by Patrolman Raleigh Saunders in the police emergency car. He was pronounced dead from shock at 7:50 a.m.
Sgt. E. M. Towe, of the Police Homicide Squad, who investigated, said that the train, operated by Engineer O. B. Ricks, of 623 West 28th Street, was backing in a northerly direction when Etheridge fell beneath the rails.
Mr. Etheridge, who resided at the 521 Burleigh Avenue, Virginia Estates, had been employed by the railway for 21 years as a conductor and yard brakeman. A lifelong resident of Norfolk, he was the husband of Mrs. Lucille Allgood Etheridge and a son of the Late Charles Clyde and Mrs. Letitia Craig Etheridge.
He was a deacon, trustee, church secretary and chairman of the building committee of the Second Congregational Christian Church/ He also was scoutmaster of the Boy Scout troop of the church and taught in the Sunday School. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a son, Charles Clyde Etheridge, III; three sisters, Mrs. J. S. Benner, of Washington, N.D.; Mrs. M. L. Gibson and Mrs. L.L. Winslow, both of Norfolk; and two brothers, Joseph F. and William E. Etheridge, both of Norfolk.
The body will be taken from the Cox Funeral Home to the Second Congregational Christian Church for funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. conducted by the pastor, the Rev. J. Everette Neese. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, page thirty two, Friday December 22, 1950
Charles Clyde Etheridge, Mr., 38-year old Norfolk and Western Railway brakeman, was fatally injured yesterday morning when he fell beneath the wheels of a railroad car while he and fellow workers were shifting cars to a siding at 24th and Fawn street.
His legs were badly mangled in the accident and he was taken to Norfolk General Hospital by Patrolman Raleigh Saunders in the police emergency car. He was pronounced dead from shock at 7:50 a.m.
Sgt. E. M. Towe, of the Police Homicide Squad, who investigated, said that the train, operated by Engineer O. B. Ricks, of 623 West 28th Street, was backing in a northerly direction when Etheridge fell beneath the rails.
Mr. Etheridge, who resided at the 521 Burleigh Avenue, Virginia Estates, had been employed by the railway for 21 years as a conductor and yard brakeman. A lifelong resident of Norfolk, he was the husband of Mrs. Lucille Allgood Etheridge and a son of the Late Charles Clyde and Mrs. Letitia Craig Etheridge.
He was a deacon, trustee, church secretary and chairman of the building committee of the Second Congregational Christian Church/ He also was scoutmaster of the Boy Scout troop of the church and taught in the Sunday School. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a son, Charles Clyde Etheridge, III; three sisters, Mrs. J. S. Benner, of Washington, N.D.; Mrs. M. L. Gibson and Mrs. L.L. Winslow, both of Norfolk; and two brothers, Joseph F. and William E. Etheridge, both of Norfolk.
The body will be taken from the Cox Funeral Home to the Second Congregational Christian Church for funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. conducted by the pastor, the Rev. J. Everette Neese. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, page thirty two, Friday December 22, 1950
His legs were badly mangled in the accident and he was taken to Norfolk General Hospital by Patrolman Raleigh Saunders in the police emergency car. He was pronounced dead from shock at 7:50 a.m.
Sgt. E. M. Towe, of the Police Homicide Squad, who investigated, said that the train, operated by Engineer O. B. Ricks, of 623 West 28th Street, was backing in a northerly direction when Etheridge fell beneath the rails.
Mr. Etheridge, who resided at the 521 Burleigh Avenue, Virginia Estates, had been employed by the railway for 21 years as a conductor and yard brakeman. A lifelong resident of Norfolk, he was the husband of Mrs. Lucille Allgood Etheridge and a son of the Late Charles Clyde and Mrs. Letitia Craig Etheridge.
He was a deacon, trustee, church secretary and chairman of the building committee of the Second Congregational Christian Church/ He also was scoutmaster of the Boy Scout troop of the church and taught in the Sunday School. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a son, Charles Clyde Etheridge, III; three sisters, Mrs. J. S. Benner, of Washington, N.D.; Mrs. M. L. Gibson and Mrs. L.L. Winslow, both of Norfolk; and two brothers, Joseph F. and William E. Etheridge, both of Norfolk.
The body will be taken from the Cox Funeral Home to the Second Congregational Christian Church for funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. conducted by the pastor, the Rev. J. Everette Neese. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, page thirty two, Friday December 22, 1950
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