1. Mrs. Angela Gail Carney, 19, of Bridgeton and formerly of Dover died Thursday, Feb. 28, 1970, in an accident in Bridgeton. She was a passenger in a car driven by her aunt, Mrs. Gladys Ridgeway Pierce, when it was struck from behind, driving it into the Gouldtown Firehouse where it became engulfed in flames.
Mrs. Carney was the former Gail Pritchett of Dover. She was a 1969 graduate of Dover High School and married William B. Carney on Nov. 15, 1969.
Besides her husband she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Pritchett of Dover, four brothers, Warren Jr. of Dover, Ronald, Bruce and Gordon, all at home; three sisters, Mrs. Janice Mosley of Milford, Sheree and Nina, both at home; and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Pritchett of Dover.
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Lively Funeral Home, Bridgetown and on Thursday at 1 p.m. at Immanuel Union Methodist Church, Cheswold. Interment will be in Little Union Cemetery.
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2. Thursday, March 5, 1970 (Unknown newspaper) Burns Prove Fatal: Accident Victim Dies.
A fiery automobile accident Saturday night which immediately took the life of a young woman, claimed its second victim Wednesday night.
Mrs. Gladys Pierce, 59, of Gouldtown-Fairton Road, died in Bridgeton Hospital at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday as a result of burns over 60 per cent of her body suffered in the accident.
Mrs. Angela Gail Carney, 19, who resided at Tips Trailer Park, died in the flaming car.
According to police reports, the two women were riding in a car which was struck from behind on Route 49 in Gouldtown, coming to rest on its roof against the Gouldtown Fire Hall, where it burst into flames. Carl T. McCoy, 27, of West Virginia, the driver of the car which struck the one in which the women were riding, was lodged in the county jail after treatment at Bridgeton Hospital for cuts of the chin and mouth.
McCoy is charged with driving while impaired by alcohol, having no drivers license and taking a car without the owners permission.
Mrs. Pierce was born in Blackbird, Del., the daughter of the late Henry and Minnie Durham Ridgway, and was the wife of William H. Pierce who passed away in 1961. She had been employed at the Wheaton Glass Co. in Millville.
The deceased was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Gouldtown Fire Department and a member of the Young Peoples Progressive Club, Gouldtown.
Surviving are a son-in-law, Ephraim Mosley, Jr., of Bridgeton; two grandchildren; three brothers, Felix T. of Bridgeton, Manford N. of RD 7, and Tilghman D. Ridgway of RD 4; two sisters, Mrs. Elias Pierce of Bridgeton and Mrs. Margaret Durham of RD 7 and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Pierce was a member of the St. John United Methodist Church, Fordville, and the pastor, the Rev. Adolphus A. Berry, will conduct the funeral services Saturday at 8 p.m. from the church. Interment will be Sunday morning at 9:30 at the Gouldtown Cemetery. Friends may pay their respects to the family Saturday from 7 to 8 prior to the service at the church.
Mrs. Carney was the former Gail Pritchett of Dover. She was a 1969 graduate of Dover High School and married William B. Carney on Nov. 15, 1969.
Besides her husband she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Pritchett of Dover, four brothers, Warren Jr. of Dover, Ronald, Bruce and Gordon, all at home; three sisters, Mrs. Janice Mosley of Milford, Sheree and Nina, both at home; and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Pritchett of Dover.
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Lively Funeral Home, Bridgetown and on Thursday at 1 p.m. at Immanuel Union Methodist Church, Cheswold. Interment will be in Little Union Cemetery.
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2. Thursday, March 5, 1970 (Unknown newspaper) Burns Prove Fatal: Accident Victim Dies.
A fiery automobile accident Saturday night which immediately took the life of a young woman, claimed its second victim Wednesday night.
Mrs. Gladys Pierce, 59, of Gouldtown-Fairton Road, died in Bridgeton Hospital at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday as a result of burns over 60 per cent of her body suffered in the accident.
Mrs. Angela Gail Carney, 19, who resided at Tips Trailer Park, died in the flaming car.
According to police reports, the two women were riding in a car which was struck from behind on Route 49 in Gouldtown, coming to rest on its roof against the Gouldtown Fire Hall, where it burst into flames. Carl T. McCoy, 27, of West Virginia, the driver of the car which struck the one in which the women were riding, was lodged in the county jail after treatment at Bridgeton Hospital for cuts of the chin and mouth.
McCoy is charged with driving while impaired by alcohol, having no drivers license and taking a car without the owners permission.
Mrs. Pierce was born in Blackbird, Del., the daughter of the late Henry and Minnie Durham Ridgway, and was the wife of William H. Pierce who passed away in 1961. She had been employed at the Wheaton Glass Co. in Millville.
The deceased was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Gouldtown Fire Department and a member of the Young Peoples Progressive Club, Gouldtown.
Surviving are a son-in-law, Ephraim Mosley, Jr., of Bridgeton; two grandchildren; three brothers, Felix T. of Bridgeton, Manford N. of RD 7, and Tilghman D. Ridgway of RD 4; two sisters, Mrs. Elias Pierce of Bridgeton and Mrs. Margaret Durham of RD 7 and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Pierce was a member of the St. John United Methodist Church, Fordville, and the pastor, the Rev. Adolphus A. Berry, will conduct the funeral services Saturday at 8 p.m. from the church. Interment will be Sunday morning at 9:30 at the Gouldtown Cemetery. Friends may pay their respects to the family Saturday from 7 to 8 prior to the service at the church.
1. Mrs. Angela Gail Carney, 19, of Bridgeton and formerly of Dover died Thursday, Feb. 28, 1970, in an accident in Bridgeton. She was a passenger in a car driven by her aunt, Mrs. Gladys Ridgeway Pierce, when it was struck from behind, driving it into the Gouldtown Firehouse where it became engulfed in flames.
Mrs. Carney was the former Gail Pritchett of Dover. She was a 1969 graduate of Dover High School and married William B. Carney on Nov. 15, 1969.
Besides her husband she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Pritchett of Dover, four brothers, Warren Jr. of Dover, Ronald, Bruce and Gordon, all at home; three sisters, Mrs. Janice Mosley of Milford, Sheree and Nina, both at home; and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Pritchett of Dover.
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Lively Funeral Home, Bridgetown and on Thursday at 1 p.m. at Immanuel Union Methodist Church, Cheswold. Interment will be in Little Union Cemetery.
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2. Thursday, March 5, 1970 (Unknown newspaper) Burns Prove Fatal: Accident Victim Dies.
A fiery automobile accident Saturday night which immediately took the life of a young woman, claimed its second victim Wednesday night.
Mrs. Gladys Pierce, 59, of Gouldtown-Fairton Road, died in Bridgeton Hospital at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday as a result of burns over 60 per cent of her body suffered in the accident.
Mrs. Angela Gail Carney, 19, who resided at Tips Trailer Park, died in the flaming car.
According to police reports, the two women were riding in a car which was struck from behind on Route 49 in Gouldtown, coming to rest on its roof against the Gouldtown Fire Hall, where it burst into flames. Carl T. McCoy, 27, of West Virginia, the driver of the car which struck the one in which the women were riding, was lodged in the county jail after treatment at Bridgeton Hospital for cuts of the chin and mouth.
McCoy is charged with driving while impaired by alcohol, having no drivers license and taking a car without the owners permission.
Mrs. Pierce was born in Blackbird, Del., the daughter of the late Henry and Minnie Durham Ridgway, and was the wife of William H. Pierce who passed away in 1961. She had been employed at the Wheaton Glass Co. in Millville.
The deceased was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Gouldtown Fire Department and a member of the Young Peoples Progressive Club, Gouldtown.
Surviving are a son-in-law, Ephraim Mosley, Jr., of Bridgeton; two grandchildren; three brothers, Felix T. of Bridgeton, Manford N. of RD 7, and Tilghman D. Ridgway of RD 4; two sisters, Mrs. Elias Pierce of Bridgeton and Mrs. Margaret Durham of RD 7 and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Pierce was a member of the St. John United Methodist Church, Fordville, and the pastor, the Rev. Adolphus A. Berry, will conduct the funeral services Saturday at 8 p.m. from the church. Interment will be Sunday morning at 9:30 at the Gouldtown Cemetery. Friends may pay their respects to the family Saturday from 7 to 8 prior to the service at the church.
Mrs. Carney was the former Gail Pritchett of Dover. She was a 1969 graduate of Dover High School and married William B. Carney on Nov. 15, 1969.
Besides her husband she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Pritchett of Dover, four brothers, Warren Jr. of Dover, Ronald, Bruce and Gordon, all at home; three sisters, Mrs. Janice Mosley of Milford, Sheree and Nina, both at home; and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Pritchett of Dover.
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Lively Funeral Home, Bridgetown and on Thursday at 1 p.m. at Immanuel Union Methodist Church, Cheswold. Interment will be in Little Union Cemetery.
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2. Thursday, March 5, 1970 (Unknown newspaper) Burns Prove Fatal: Accident Victim Dies.
A fiery automobile accident Saturday night which immediately took the life of a young woman, claimed its second victim Wednesday night.
Mrs. Gladys Pierce, 59, of Gouldtown-Fairton Road, died in Bridgeton Hospital at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday as a result of burns over 60 per cent of her body suffered in the accident.
Mrs. Angela Gail Carney, 19, who resided at Tips Trailer Park, died in the flaming car.
According to police reports, the two women were riding in a car which was struck from behind on Route 49 in Gouldtown, coming to rest on its roof against the Gouldtown Fire Hall, where it burst into flames. Carl T. McCoy, 27, of West Virginia, the driver of the car which struck the one in which the women were riding, was lodged in the county jail after treatment at Bridgeton Hospital for cuts of the chin and mouth.
McCoy is charged with driving while impaired by alcohol, having no drivers license and taking a car without the owners permission.
Mrs. Pierce was born in Blackbird, Del., the daughter of the late Henry and Minnie Durham Ridgway, and was the wife of William H. Pierce who passed away in 1961. She had been employed at the Wheaton Glass Co. in Millville.
The deceased was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Gouldtown Fire Department and a member of the Young Peoples Progressive Club, Gouldtown.
Surviving are a son-in-law, Ephraim Mosley, Jr., of Bridgeton; two grandchildren; three brothers, Felix T. of Bridgeton, Manford N. of RD 7, and Tilghman D. Ridgway of RD 4; two sisters, Mrs. Elias Pierce of Bridgeton and Mrs. Margaret Durham of RD 7 and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Pierce was a member of the St. John United Methodist Church, Fordville, and the pastor, the Rev. Adolphus A. Berry, will conduct the funeral services Saturday at 8 p.m. from the church. Interment will be Sunday morning at 9:30 at the Gouldtown Cemetery. Friends may pay their respects to the family Saturday from 7 to 8 prior to the service at the church.
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