According to the Arkansas death index Ollie was 49 at the time of her death.
Ollie is listed in the 1900 Census along with her parents and siblings:
Isaac H Pike 41
Dora A Pike 46
Albert Pike 14
Elbert C Pike 13
William J Pike 11
Ollie D Pike 8
Seborn Pike 5
In the 1930 Census she is listed with her husband and children
Roy Beal 42
Ollie Beal 38
Dora E Beal 18
Gladys L Beal 15
Mary M Beal 13
Gertrude K Beal 11
BLYTHEVILLE COURIER NEWS
September 23 1941
Wreck Victim is Buried Today
Services At Joiner for Mrs. Roy Beal; Rites for Children Tomorrow
Mrs. Roy Beal was buried this afternoon and the three children of Mr. and Mrs. W. Fred Beasley will be buried tomorrow morning following their deaths Monday morning when a Frisco passenger train struck their truck at Frenchman's Bayou, 40 miles south of Blytheville.
Funeral services were held at the Joiner Methodist Church for Mrs. Beal with Burial in the Bardstown Ark. Cemetery. (Louise Chapel).
Triple rites will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the same church with burial at the Bassett Cemetery for Eugene Beasley, 8; Billy Sue Beasley, 11 and Margie Beasley, 12 all of Joiner.
Mrs. Beal, a resident of Joiner for 25 years, is survived by her husband, ROY BEAL of Hot Springs; four daughters, Mrs. PAUL HARRISON of Point Cedar, Ark; Mrs. EARL ALLENSWORTH of Joiner; Miss GERTRUDE HENDRIX and Mrs. JOHN ADAMS of Harrisburg, Ark,. and a brother ALBERT PIKE of Arlington, Tennessee.
The Beal children are also survived by one sister, MALDONIA, 4 who was left at the home of her grandfather, Joe Williams of near Wilson, when other members of the family went to pick cotton.
Injured in the same crash were: Tom R. Willett, 35 of Joiner who suffered a severe head injury, internal injuries and broken ribs to be in a critical condition today, and Mrs. Fred Beasley, 24 stepmother of the dead children, who has sever lacerations and a possible broken neck. Both are at Memphis Baptist Hospital.
An Account of the tragedy was given by Mr. Beasley and his employer J.H. Felts who visited the scene shortly after the collision
They said Mrs. Beal and the children were riding in the rear of the truck and Mrs. Beasley was in the front seat with the driver. Mr. Willett, who was driving them to his nearby farm to pick cotton.
Highway 61 parallels the railroad tracks at the scene, a gravel road leads from it in a steep incline across the tracks into Mr. Willett's cotton field. Mr. Felts said Willett was apparently blinded by the rising sun as he went up the incline and did not see the approaching "Memphian," which was en route to Memphis at "about 60 or 70 miles an hour."
The train engine struck the truck. literally smashing it to pieces and scattering parts of the truck for more than 100 yards up the tracks.
Ollie is listed in the 1900 Census along with her parents and siblings:
Isaac H Pike 41
Dora A Pike 46
Albert Pike 14
Elbert C Pike 13
William J Pike 11
Ollie D Pike 8
Seborn Pike 5
In the 1930 Census she is listed with her husband and children
Roy Beal 42
Ollie Beal 38
Dora E Beal 18
Gladys L Beal 15
Mary M Beal 13
Gertrude K Beal 11
BLYTHEVILLE COURIER NEWS
September 23 1941
Wreck Victim is Buried Today
Services At Joiner for Mrs. Roy Beal; Rites for Children Tomorrow
Mrs. Roy Beal was buried this afternoon and the three children of Mr. and Mrs. W. Fred Beasley will be buried tomorrow morning following their deaths Monday morning when a Frisco passenger train struck their truck at Frenchman's Bayou, 40 miles south of Blytheville.
Funeral services were held at the Joiner Methodist Church for Mrs. Beal with Burial in the Bardstown Ark. Cemetery. (Louise Chapel).
Triple rites will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the same church with burial at the Bassett Cemetery for Eugene Beasley, 8; Billy Sue Beasley, 11 and Margie Beasley, 12 all of Joiner.
Mrs. Beal, a resident of Joiner for 25 years, is survived by her husband, ROY BEAL of Hot Springs; four daughters, Mrs. PAUL HARRISON of Point Cedar, Ark; Mrs. EARL ALLENSWORTH of Joiner; Miss GERTRUDE HENDRIX and Mrs. JOHN ADAMS of Harrisburg, Ark,. and a brother ALBERT PIKE of Arlington, Tennessee.
The Beal children are also survived by one sister, MALDONIA, 4 who was left at the home of her grandfather, Joe Williams of near Wilson, when other members of the family went to pick cotton.
Injured in the same crash were: Tom R. Willett, 35 of Joiner who suffered a severe head injury, internal injuries and broken ribs to be in a critical condition today, and Mrs. Fred Beasley, 24 stepmother of the dead children, who has sever lacerations and a possible broken neck. Both are at Memphis Baptist Hospital.
An Account of the tragedy was given by Mr. Beasley and his employer J.H. Felts who visited the scene shortly after the collision
They said Mrs. Beal and the children were riding in the rear of the truck and Mrs. Beasley was in the front seat with the driver. Mr. Willett, who was driving them to his nearby farm to pick cotton.
Highway 61 parallels the railroad tracks at the scene, a gravel road leads from it in a steep incline across the tracks into Mr. Willett's cotton field. Mr. Felts said Willett was apparently blinded by the rising sun as he went up the incline and did not see the approaching "Memphian," which was en route to Memphis at "about 60 or 70 miles an hour."
The train engine struck the truck. literally smashing it to pieces and scattering parts of the truck for more than 100 yards up the tracks.
According to the Arkansas death index Ollie was 49 at the time of her death.
Ollie is listed in the 1900 Census along with her parents and siblings:
Isaac H Pike 41
Dora A Pike 46
Albert Pike 14
Elbert C Pike 13
William J Pike 11
Ollie D Pike 8
Seborn Pike 5
In the 1930 Census she is listed with her husband and children
Roy Beal 42
Ollie Beal 38
Dora E Beal 18
Gladys L Beal 15
Mary M Beal 13
Gertrude K Beal 11
BLYTHEVILLE COURIER NEWS
September 23 1941
Wreck Victim is Buried Today
Services At Joiner for Mrs. Roy Beal; Rites for Children Tomorrow
Mrs. Roy Beal was buried this afternoon and the three children of Mr. and Mrs. W. Fred Beasley will be buried tomorrow morning following their deaths Monday morning when a Frisco passenger train struck their truck at Frenchman's Bayou, 40 miles south of Blytheville.
Funeral services were held at the Joiner Methodist Church for Mrs. Beal with Burial in the Bardstown Ark. Cemetery. (Louise Chapel).
Triple rites will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the same church with burial at the Bassett Cemetery for Eugene Beasley, 8; Billy Sue Beasley, 11 and Margie Beasley, 12 all of Joiner.
Mrs. Beal, a resident of Joiner for 25 years, is survived by her husband, ROY BEAL of Hot Springs; four daughters, Mrs. PAUL HARRISON of Point Cedar, Ark; Mrs. EARL ALLENSWORTH of Joiner; Miss GERTRUDE HENDRIX and Mrs. JOHN ADAMS of Harrisburg, Ark,. and a brother ALBERT PIKE of Arlington, Tennessee.
The Beal children are also survived by one sister, MALDONIA, 4 who was left at the home of her grandfather, Joe Williams of near Wilson, when other members of the family went to pick cotton.
Injured in the same crash were: Tom R. Willett, 35 of Joiner who suffered a severe head injury, internal injuries and broken ribs to be in a critical condition today, and Mrs. Fred Beasley, 24 stepmother of the dead children, who has sever lacerations and a possible broken neck. Both are at Memphis Baptist Hospital.
An Account of the tragedy was given by Mr. Beasley and his employer J.H. Felts who visited the scene shortly after the collision
They said Mrs. Beal and the children were riding in the rear of the truck and Mrs. Beasley was in the front seat with the driver. Mr. Willett, who was driving them to his nearby farm to pick cotton.
Highway 61 parallels the railroad tracks at the scene, a gravel road leads from it in a steep incline across the tracks into Mr. Willett's cotton field. Mr. Felts said Willett was apparently blinded by the rising sun as he went up the incline and did not see the approaching "Memphian," which was en route to Memphis at "about 60 or 70 miles an hour."
The train engine struck the truck. literally smashing it to pieces and scattering parts of the truck for more than 100 yards up the tracks.
Ollie is listed in the 1900 Census along with her parents and siblings:
Isaac H Pike 41
Dora A Pike 46
Albert Pike 14
Elbert C Pike 13
William J Pike 11
Ollie D Pike 8
Seborn Pike 5
In the 1930 Census she is listed with her husband and children
Roy Beal 42
Ollie Beal 38
Dora E Beal 18
Gladys L Beal 15
Mary M Beal 13
Gertrude K Beal 11
BLYTHEVILLE COURIER NEWS
September 23 1941
Wreck Victim is Buried Today
Services At Joiner for Mrs. Roy Beal; Rites for Children Tomorrow
Mrs. Roy Beal was buried this afternoon and the three children of Mr. and Mrs. W. Fred Beasley will be buried tomorrow morning following their deaths Monday morning when a Frisco passenger train struck their truck at Frenchman's Bayou, 40 miles south of Blytheville.
Funeral services were held at the Joiner Methodist Church for Mrs. Beal with Burial in the Bardstown Ark. Cemetery. (Louise Chapel).
Triple rites will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the same church with burial at the Bassett Cemetery for Eugene Beasley, 8; Billy Sue Beasley, 11 and Margie Beasley, 12 all of Joiner.
Mrs. Beal, a resident of Joiner for 25 years, is survived by her husband, ROY BEAL of Hot Springs; four daughters, Mrs. PAUL HARRISON of Point Cedar, Ark; Mrs. EARL ALLENSWORTH of Joiner; Miss GERTRUDE HENDRIX and Mrs. JOHN ADAMS of Harrisburg, Ark,. and a brother ALBERT PIKE of Arlington, Tennessee.
The Beal children are also survived by one sister, MALDONIA, 4 who was left at the home of her grandfather, Joe Williams of near Wilson, when other members of the family went to pick cotton.
Injured in the same crash were: Tom R. Willett, 35 of Joiner who suffered a severe head injury, internal injuries and broken ribs to be in a critical condition today, and Mrs. Fred Beasley, 24 stepmother of the dead children, who has sever lacerations and a possible broken neck. Both are at Memphis Baptist Hospital.
An Account of the tragedy was given by Mr. Beasley and his employer J.H. Felts who visited the scene shortly after the collision
They said Mrs. Beal and the children were riding in the rear of the truck and Mrs. Beasley was in the front seat with the driver. Mr. Willett, who was driving them to his nearby farm to pick cotton.
Highway 61 parallels the railroad tracks at the scene, a gravel road leads from it in a steep incline across the tracks into Mr. Willett's cotton field. Mr. Felts said Willett was apparently blinded by the rising sun as he went up the incline and did not see the approaching "Memphian," which was en route to Memphis at "about 60 or 70 miles an hour."
The train engine struck the truck. literally smashing it to pieces and scattering parts of the truck for more than 100 yards up the tracks.
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