(Published in Hutchinson County Herald, May 15, 1950)
TULIA, Tex., May 15 - (AP) - Four persons were killed and four others injured yesterday in a head-on auto crash near here. All were from Amarillo.
Killed were Leon Rusk, radio musician and band leader; Lloyd Garrett, singer; Wynona Parker; and Mrs. Julia Couch.
Injured were Benny Malacare, musician; Linell Brown; Diana Couch Dunn, daughter of Mrs. Couch; and James Leslie Hendricks. None was reported in critical condition.
Miss Parker and the musicians were returning to Amarillo from an American Legion dance at Floydada. Mrs. Couch was a passenger in the second car, southbound from Amarillo.
Sheriff Hugh White of Tulia said the cars ran together in the center of highway 87, eight miles south of here. The collision occurred about 3 a.m. Its cause was unknown.
Rusk, Miss Parker and Mrs. Couch were dead when Plainview and Tulia ambulances arrived. Garrett died at Swisher county hospital here.
The car driven by Mrs. Dunn caught fire and truck driver Jack Bybee of Plainview put the blaze out with an extinguisher. A Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico bus driven by W.W. Cole of Lubbock stopped at the wreck and an unidentified nurse among the passengers made emergency splints for the injured from pieces of a shattered bass fiddle.
Source: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Name: Julia S. Couch
Death Date: 14 May 1950
Death Place: Tulia, Swisher, Tx
Gender: Female, Race: White
Death Age: 57 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1893
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1893
Birthplace: Erath Co, TX
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: J. R. Lee
Father's Birthplace: Erath Co, TX
Mother's Name: Bell Strailey
Mother's Birthplace: Erath Co, TX
Occupation: housewife
Place of Residence: Matador, Motley Co, TX
Cemetery: Matador
Film Number: 2074369
Digital Film Number: 4169861
Image Number: 3331
TULIA, Tex., May 15 - (AP) - Four persons were killed and four others injured yesterday in a head-on auto crash near here. All were from Amarillo.
Killed were Leon Rusk, radio musician and band leader; Lloyd Garrett, singer; Wynona Parker; and Mrs. Julia Couch.
Injured were Benny Malacare, musician; Linell Brown; Diana Couch Dunn, daughter of Mrs. Couch; and James Leslie Hendricks. None was reported in critical condition.
Miss Parker and the musicians were returning to Amarillo from an American Legion dance at Floydada. Mrs. Couch was a passenger in the second car, southbound from Amarillo.
Sheriff Hugh White of Tulia said the cars ran together in the center of highway 87, eight miles south of here. The collision occurred about 3 a.m. Its cause was unknown.
Rusk, Miss Parker and Mrs. Couch were dead when Plainview and Tulia ambulances arrived. Garrett died at Swisher county hospital here.
The car driven by Mrs. Dunn caught fire and truck driver Jack Bybee of Plainview put the blaze out with an extinguisher. A Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico bus driven by W.W. Cole of Lubbock stopped at the wreck and an unidentified nurse among the passengers made emergency splints for the injured from pieces of a shattered bass fiddle.
Source: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Name: Julia S. Couch
Death Date: 14 May 1950
Death Place: Tulia, Swisher, Tx
Gender: Female, Race: White
Death Age: 57 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1893
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1893
Birthplace: Erath Co, TX
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: J. R. Lee
Father's Birthplace: Erath Co, TX
Mother's Name: Bell Strailey
Mother's Birthplace: Erath Co, TX
Occupation: housewife
Place of Residence: Matador, Motley Co, TX
Cemetery: Matador
Film Number: 2074369
Digital Film Number: 4169861
Image Number: 3331
(Published in Hutchinson County Herald, May 15, 1950)
TULIA, Tex., May 15 - (AP) - Four persons were killed and four others injured yesterday in a head-on auto crash near here. All were from Amarillo.
Killed were Leon Rusk, radio musician and band leader; Lloyd Garrett, singer; Wynona Parker; and Mrs. Julia Couch.
Injured were Benny Malacare, musician; Linell Brown; Diana Couch Dunn, daughter of Mrs. Couch; and James Leslie Hendricks. None was reported in critical condition.
Miss Parker and the musicians were returning to Amarillo from an American Legion dance at Floydada. Mrs. Couch was a passenger in the second car, southbound from Amarillo.
Sheriff Hugh White of Tulia said the cars ran together in the center of highway 87, eight miles south of here. The collision occurred about 3 a.m. Its cause was unknown.
Rusk, Miss Parker and Mrs. Couch were dead when Plainview and Tulia ambulances arrived. Garrett died at Swisher county hospital here.
The car driven by Mrs. Dunn caught fire and truck driver Jack Bybee of Plainview put the blaze out with an extinguisher. A Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico bus driven by W.W. Cole of Lubbock stopped at the wreck and an unidentified nurse among the passengers made emergency splints for the injured from pieces of a shattered bass fiddle.
Source: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Name: Julia S. Couch
Death Date: 14 May 1950
Death Place: Tulia, Swisher, Tx
Gender: Female, Race: White
Death Age: 57 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1893
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1893
Birthplace: Erath Co, TX
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: J. R. Lee
Father's Birthplace: Erath Co, TX
Mother's Name: Bell Strailey
Mother's Birthplace: Erath Co, TX
Occupation: housewife
Place of Residence: Matador, Motley Co, TX
Cemetery: Matador
Film Number: 2074369
Digital Film Number: 4169861
Image Number: 3331
TULIA, Tex., May 15 - (AP) - Four persons were killed and four others injured yesterday in a head-on auto crash near here. All were from Amarillo.
Killed were Leon Rusk, radio musician and band leader; Lloyd Garrett, singer; Wynona Parker; and Mrs. Julia Couch.
Injured were Benny Malacare, musician; Linell Brown; Diana Couch Dunn, daughter of Mrs. Couch; and James Leslie Hendricks. None was reported in critical condition.
Miss Parker and the musicians were returning to Amarillo from an American Legion dance at Floydada. Mrs. Couch was a passenger in the second car, southbound from Amarillo.
Sheriff Hugh White of Tulia said the cars ran together in the center of highway 87, eight miles south of here. The collision occurred about 3 a.m. Its cause was unknown.
Rusk, Miss Parker and Mrs. Couch were dead when Plainview and Tulia ambulances arrived. Garrett died at Swisher county hospital here.
The car driven by Mrs. Dunn caught fire and truck driver Jack Bybee of Plainview put the blaze out with an extinguisher. A Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico bus driven by W.W. Cole of Lubbock stopped at the wreck and an unidentified nurse among the passengers made emergency splints for the injured from pieces of a shattered bass fiddle.
Source: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Name: Julia S. Couch
Death Date: 14 May 1950
Death Place: Tulia, Swisher, Tx
Gender: Female, Race: White
Death Age: 57 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1893
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1893
Birthplace: Erath Co, TX
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: J. R. Lee
Father's Birthplace: Erath Co, TX
Mother's Name: Bell Strailey
Mother's Birthplace: Erath Co, TX
Occupation: housewife
Place of Residence: Matador, Motley Co, TX
Cemetery: Matador
Film Number: 2074369
Digital Film Number: 4169861
Image Number: 3331
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