Mcintosh County GaArchives News.....AGED COUPLE KILLED IN CROSSING WRECK October 25, 1945
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The Brunswick News October 25, 1945
AGED COUPLE KILLED
IN CROSSING WRECK
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MR. AND MRS. NOLTON BLACK
OF DARIEN, LOSE LIVES
AT TOWNSEND
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Mr. and Mrs. Nolton Black, aged Darien couple, were instantly killed yesterday
afternoon when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by the Silver
Meteor of the Seaboard Air Line at Townsend, north of Darien. Both died instantly.
 
Mr. Black, it was said, was almost 70 years of age and his wife a few years
younger.

The accident was investigated by Coroner Archie Davis, of McIntosh County.  He
said today that his investigation revealed that Mr. and Mrs. Black were
traveling west and their car had stopped near the railroad crossing for a
freight train, which was at Townsend at the time.  Just as the freight train
cleared the crossing, the McIntosh coroner said, Mr. Black started across the
tracks, not observing the approaching passenger train which was headed north.
Just as the auto was on the crossing it was struck by the fast train and both
occupants died instantly, their bodies being terribly mangled.  The automobile
was knocked for some distance and completely wrecked.

The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Black were later brought to Brunswick and are at the
funeral parlors of the Gibson-Hart Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
It was stated the both Mr. and Mrs. Black had previously been married and both
have children by the former marriages.  Funeral arrangements are incomplete
pending the arrival of their children.

Coroner Davis said the couple had resided in Darien for many years and were well
known among many friends.  Mr. Black held religious meetings at various times,
he said, and at the time of the accident he was en route to a point west of
Townsend to conduct services last night.

Published in THE BRUNSWICK NEWS, October 25, 1945


Additional Comments:
Spouse was:  Daisy Pearl Owning GAULT Black

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