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OBITUARY
Grade Crossing Tragedy
Double funeral services were held at the Baptist church Saturday at 4:00
p.m. for Catherine Irene Calloway,
aged 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Calloway and Ruth Dickerson, age 15,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dickerson of Farmers Branch. At 6:00 p.m. Funeral
services were held for Edwin Tracy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Tracy. All were
victims of a grade crossing accident Friday evening on the Duncanville road. The
two girls were instantly killed and little Edwin Tracy, 3 years old, only lived
five hours but never regained consciousness. His mother, Mrs. Cleo Cox Tracy,
22, was critically injured and is still unconscious at Methodist hospital in
Dallas. Doctors say there is a slight chance of her recovery. Lige Lawson of
Midlothian driver of the car was the fifth victim. Lawson was instantly killed,
funeral services were held Sunday at Midlothian.
Rev. Glascow preached the funeral sermon for miss Dickerson; Rev. Thos. J.
Ramsey preached the sermon for the Edwin Tracy funeral; Rev. Orbin Turner
preached the sermon for Miss Colloway.
Carrollton Chronicle - August 3, 1934
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams |