The Cleburne News January 1940
NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama
for JANUARY 1940
NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, JANUARY 18, 1940
HEFLIN MAN KILLED IN HIGHWAY CRASH
William Jackson Vaughan, age 71, was killed Thursday, Jan. 11 about 8:10 a.m.
on the Bankhead Highway about one mile west of Heflin. The accident was caused
when Mr. Vaughan's horse became frightened at a truck and drew the buggy into
it's path, according to statements made by witnesses. They stated that the
truck involved was used to transport automobiles.
Mr. Vaughan and Mrs. Moore were enroute to Heflin when the accident occurred.
They lived about two miles west of Heflin. Mrs. Mamie Moore, a neighbor,
suffered injuries about the hips and face.
Funeral services were held at the Heflin Methodist church on Saturday, Jan. 13
by the Rev. E.C. Johnson, pastor, and the Rev. Roy Niager, Baptist minister.
Interment was in the Heflin cemetery, directed by Brown - Service of Heflin.
Mr. Vaughan is survived by his wife Mrs. Lena Vaughan; a son Cecil; six
brothers, Dave, Ulysses, Heltin?, Whit of Connorsville, Tenn, George of
Heflin and Lee of Birmingham; three sisters, Mrs. Eliza Pounds of Talladega;
Mrs. Minnie Evans of Hugo, Okla., and Mrs. Ella Evans of Birmingham.
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NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama
for JANUARY 1940
NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, JANUARY 18, 1940
HEFLIN MAN KILLED IN HIGHWAY CRASH
William Jackson Vaughan, age 71, was killed Thursday, Jan. 11 about 8:10 a.m.
on the Bankhead Highway about one mile west of Heflin. The accident was caused
when Mr. Vaughan's horse became frightened at a truck and drew the buggy into
it's path, according to statements made by witnesses. They stated that the
truck involved was used to transport automobiles.
Mr. Vaughan and Mrs. Moore were enroute to Heflin when the accident occurred.
They lived about two miles west of Heflin. Mrs. Mamie Moore, a neighbor,
suffered injuries about the hips and face.
Funeral services were held at the Heflin Methodist church on Saturday, Jan. 13
by the Rev. E.C. Johnson, pastor, and the Rev. Roy Niager, Baptist minister.
Interment was in the Heflin cemetery, directed by Brown - Service of Heflin.
Mr. Vaughan is survived by his wife Mrs. Lena Vaughan; a son Cecil; six
brothers, Dave, Ulysses, Heltin?, Whit of Connorsville, Tenn, George of
Heflin and Lee of Birmingham; three sisters, Mrs. Eliza Pounds of Talladega;
Mrs. Minnie Evans of Hugo, Okla., and Mrs. Ella Evans of Birmingham.
Source:http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape1398gnw.txt
The Cleburne News January 1940
NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama
for JANUARY 1940
NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, JANUARY 18, 1940
HEFLIN MAN KILLED IN HIGHWAY CRASH
William Jackson Vaughan, age 71, was killed Thursday, Jan. 11 about 8:10 a.m.
on the Bankhead Highway about one mile west of Heflin. The accident was caused
when Mr. Vaughan's horse became frightened at a truck and drew the buggy into
it's path, according to statements made by witnesses. They stated that the
truck involved was used to transport automobiles.
Mr. Vaughan and Mrs. Moore were enroute to Heflin when the accident occurred.
They lived about two miles west of Heflin. Mrs. Mamie Moore, a neighbor,
suffered injuries about the hips and face.
Funeral services were held at the Heflin Methodist church on Saturday, Jan. 13
by the Rev. E.C. Johnson, pastor, and the Rev. Roy Niager, Baptist minister.
Interment was in the Heflin cemetery, directed by Brown - Service of Heflin.
Mr. Vaughan is survived by his wife Mrs. Lena Vaughan; a son Cecil; six
brothers, Dave, Ulysses, Heltin?, Whit of Connorsville, Tenn, George of
Heflin and Lee of Birmingham; three sisters, Mrs. Eliza Pounds of Talladega;
Mrs. Minnie Evans of Hugo, Okla., and Mrs. Ella Evans of Birmingham.
Source:http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape1398gnw.txt
NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama
for JANUARY 1940
NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, JANUARY 18, 1940
HEFLIN MAN KILLED IN HIGHWAY CRASH
William Jackson Vaughan, age 71, was killed Thursday, Jan. 11 about 8:10 a.m.
on the Bankhead Highway about one mile west of Heflin. The accident was caused
when Mr. Vaughan's horse became frightened at a truck and drew the buggy into
it's path, according to statements made by witnesses. They stated that the
truck involved was used to transport automobiles.
Mr. Vaughan and Mrs. Moore were enroute to Heflin when the accident occurred.
They lived about two miles west of Heflin. Mrs. Mamie Moore, a neighbor,
suffered injuries about the hips and face.
Funeral services were held at the Heflin Methodist church on Saturday, Jan. 13
by the Rev. E.C. Johnson, pastor, and the Rev. Roy Niager, Baptist minister.
Interment was in the Heflin cemetery, directed by Brown - Service of Heflin.
Mr. Vaughan is survived by his wife Mrs. Lena Vaughan; a son Cecil; six
brothers, Dave, Ulysses, Heltin?, Whit of Connorsville, Tenn, George of
Heflin and Lee of Birmingham; three sisters, Mrs. Eliza Pounds of Talladega;
Mrs. Minnie Evans of Hugo, Okla., and Mrs. Ella Evans of Birmingham.
Source:http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape1398gnw.txt
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