Boyd, Johnny b. August 19, 1926 d. October 26, 2003 Race Car Driver. Johnny Boyd was a 12 time starter of the Indianapolis 500 (1955-1966), finishing in the top 10 five times with 3rd being his best finish in 1958. During the 1955 race he was involved in a spectacular accident with Rodger Ward and Al Keller that caused him to barrel roll down the backstretch into the path of his close friend Bill Vukovich, resulting in the death of the two time 500 winner. Despite sliding upside down for several hundred feet and being pinned in his overturned...[Read More] (Bio by: Jim Adams) Clovis Cemetery, Clovis, Fresno County, California, USA
Zernial, Gus 'Ozark Ike' b. June 27, 1923 d. January 20, 2011 Major League Baseball Player. For eleven seasons (1949 to 1959), he played at the left-field and first-base positions with the Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers. He attended Beaumont High School (Texas), and served in the US Military during World War II, before marking his Major League debut with the White Sox on April 19th, 1949; he appeared in 73 games with them that season, recording 63 hits with a .318 batting average. Zernial established himself a...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.) Clovis Cemetery, Clovis, Fresno County, California, USA
b. August 19, 1926 d. October 26, 2003