Madison County GaArchives Obituaries.....Morris, Ina Sue December 29, 1937
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Athens Banner Herald   30 Dec 1937
Man, Woman Killed When Auto Is Hit At Grade Crossing

Miss Ina Sue Morris and James Carl Eberhart Killed Last Night

Joint Funeral

  Miss Ina Sue Morris and James Carl Eberhart, well known citizens of Colbert 
community, were instantly killed last night when an automobile in which they 
were riding was truck by a north-bound Seaboard Airline passenger train at a 
grade crossing between Hull annd Colbert.  Both were 23 years old.
  Although there were no witnesses to the accident other than the engineer 
whose name could not be learned here today, it is believed Eberhart, who was 
driving the ill-fate automobie, mistook the train lights for that of another 
automobile.
  The car was struck broadside and dragged nearly a half mile before the train 
stopped.  Both bodies were huried clear of the wreckage near the scene of the 
collision.
  Miss Morris and Mr. Eberhart had been in Athens and were returning home at 
the time of the wreck, which occured only a few yards from Miss Morris' home, 
at Kelly Crossing.
  There is a possibility the motor of the Eberhart car stalled on the tracks 
but member of the families were inclined to believe the driver mistook the 
train for another car, and turned immediately from the highway onto the 
crossing.
  Joint funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at the Colbert High 
school auditorium at 2:30 o'clock.
  Rev. Newton Saye, pastor of East Athens Baptist church, will officiate at 
Miss Morris' funeral, assisted by Rev. F. L. Hendrix, Rev. Frank Chandler will 
officiate at Mr. Eberhart's services.
  Interment will follow in Colbert cemetery, McDorman-Bridges is in charge of 
arrangements for Miss Morris and Bernstein's is in charge of arrangements for 
Mr. Eberhart.
  Miss Morris was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Morris, prominent citizens 
of the Colbert community.  She is survived by her parents, four sisters, Mrs. 
Ed Dorsey, Commerce; Miss Imogene Morris, Colbert; Miss Ira Dell Morris, 
Colbert and Miss Joe Nell Morris, Colbert; three brothers, Cleo Morris, 
Commerce; C. D. Morris, San Diego, Cal.; Coy Morris, Colbert; and grandmother, 
Mrs. C. E. Morris, Colbert.
  Mr. Eberhart was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Grover Eberhart.  He is 
survived by his parents, four sisters, Mrs. Richard Porterfield, Miss Clara 
Eberhart, Miss Edna Eberhart and Miss Nellie Ruth Eberhart; and three 
brothers, C. W., Noell and Raymond Eberhart.


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