Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Tondee, Helen May 17, 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 February 20, 2006, 1:26 pm The Ellaville Sun Friday, May 20, 1938 No. 44 DRIVER HELD IN DEATH OF GIRL Helen Tondee, Nine, Third Grader at Ellaville School, Killed Instantly Tuesday When Struck by Automobile Driven by Americus Man; Manslaughter is Charged. Macon Dudley, a prominent Americus realtor, is at liberty under bond of an unfixed amount on charges of manslaughter and misdemeanor, resulting from a highway accident that took the life of nine-year-old Helen Tondee as she crossed the road from a school bus to her home Tuesday. Sheriff E.C. Rigsby said yesterday Dudley suffering from extreme schock, was still unable to appear for a hearing. Warrants were issued by troopers of the Georgia state patrol after an investigation of the tragedy which occurred about 12:10 p.m. Troopers cited a Georgia law forbidding automobiles to pass a school bus which is not in motion. Alvin Snipes, driver of the bus, and Tom Tondee, a cousin of the victim, testified Helen and two other children got off the westbound bus on the right hand side of the road. The other children started for their home which was on the right and Helen went around the back of the truck and headed across the highway toward her home. The automobile, driven by Dudley, struck her, killing her almost instantly. Her body was badly crushed. Dudley said he blew his horn to warn the children, but was surprised when Helen left the other two children to cross the road and was unable to stop his car. Funeral services for the pretty, blonde girl were conducted from Hopewell church Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. W.S. Johnson officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Songs were "In the Garden" and "Gathering Buds." Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elkins Tondee; two sisters, Beryl and Carolyn; two brothers, Lawrence and Rex. Pallbearers were James Edwin Stewart, C.T. Battle, Jr., Henry Hart, Jr., and Billy Johnson, all of the seventh grade. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/obits/t/tondee649nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb