Richmond County GaArchives Obituaries.....Owens, Robert   Ward 1929
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The Augusta Chronicle
Cec 13, 1929

Highway  Foreman Fatally Injured

M. B. Whitaker, This City 
Struck by Truck on Route No One

M.B. Whitaker, 33, of 410 Moore Avenue, a foreman employed by the state highway 
department, was fatally injured early yesterday morning when a truck being used 
in highway work on the Deans Bridge road, near the August Bathing pond, ran 
over him.  Whitaker died at the University hospital shortly after being carried 
there. A coroner's jury yesterday afternoon returned a verdict that "the 
deceased came to his death as a result of an accident".

According to evidence submitted at the investigation Whitaker was standing at a 
fill when the truck loaded with dirt backed down the hill and struck him. His 
coat, it was stated was caught on a projection of the truck and he was dragged 
beneath the rear wheels before the driver could stop.  G.D. Castleberry, 
Gainesville, GA employed by the C.M. Lyle construction company, also of 
Gaineseville was the driver of the machine.

Funeral services will be conducted from Central Christian Church Sunday 
afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev T.W. Bowen will officiate and interment will be in 
West View cemetery.

Mr. Whitaker was born at Berzelia GA, and had been a resident of this city for 
12 years. He was a member of Woodlawn Council, No 29. J.O.U.A.M.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bertha Leverett Whitaker, two sons, Malvern 
and Johnny Whitaker; parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Whitaker, Harland, GA; 
two brothers, Asa R. Whitaker, Augusta, and H.L. Whitaker, Chicago, IL; two 
sisters Mrs. W.C. Partridge, Augusta, and Mrs. J.G. Phillips, Harlem, GA

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