Pike-Lamar-Houston County GaArchives Obituaries.....Collier, James Cuthbert March 21, 1938
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The Pike County Journal, March 25, 1938

Mr. Collier Is Killed By Train

Mr. James C. Collier, Meansville, Ga., farmer, was instantly killed Monday 
morning when the automobile in which he was riding was struck by a passenger 
train in Barnesville. The train which struck Mr. Collier’s auto was the 
southbound Flamingo. The accident occurred at the Elm street crossing in 
Barnesville. Chief Reviere of Barnesville stated that Mr. Collier was killed 
instantly. The Chevrolet in which Mr. Collier was riding was completely 
demolished. Witnesses said the automobile was dragged for more than 200 feet 
after the collision. Mr. Reviere said witnesses told him the train came around 
a curve making an estimated 50 or 60 miles an hour and that Mr. Collier saw 
the train but speeded up apparently believing he could clear the crossing in 
plenty of time. The train met the machine squarely in the center. Mr. Collier 
was alone at the time of the accident. Funeral services were conducted from 
the Meansville Baptist church on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock with Rev. 
Buntyn Collins, of South Georgia, and Rev. Jack Bridges, of Zebulon 
officiating. Burial was in the Meansville Baptist cemetery. Surviving are two 
daughters, Miss Priscilla Collier, of Griffin and Mrs. Martha Aultman of 
Arendia [Arcadia], Fla.; three sons, Clifford Collier, of Fitzgerald, Taylor, 
of Meansville, and Poole Collier of Crawfordville, Ga.; a sister, Mrs. Nannie 
Mae Mitchell, of Fayetteville; three brothers, Lester Collier, of Fitzgerald, 
and Artis and Olin Collier of Meansville.

Additional Comments:

James C. Collier was born 27 July 1876 in Pike County, Georgia. He was a son 
of Vines Hicks Collier and Eugenia Means. He was married to Maude Pool 20 
December 1899. Maude was born in Houston County, Georgia, died 11 May 1936 in 
Pike County, Georgia.


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