Obituaries:  Bobby Palmer, Sabine Parish       P-456
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 15, 1963
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Bobby Palmer

  Tragedy struck again Saturday night, when an automobile and
truck had a head-on collision, three miles south of Pleasant
Hill, killing four persons, and injuring four others.

  Killed almost instantly was Bobby Palmer of Belmont, the three
Negro men, Eugene Mosley, driver of the car, Lonell Thomas of
Pelican, and Willie Lovick of Marthaville.

  Critically injured were Wilfred C. Greer Jr., white, of
Marthaville, and Charlie Moore of Pleasant Hill, Negro. Less
seriously injured were Jerry Greer, brother of W. C. Greer Jr.,
and Elnora Mosley, sister of Eunice Mosley. They were all rushed
to the Confederate Memorial Hospital in Shreveport, where they
are being treated. The Greer youths and Bobby Palmer were en
route home from a ball tournament, when the Negro car attempted
to pass another pickup truck near the top of the hill, and
collided head-on with the youths.

  Witnesses to the accident, the occupants of the second pickup,
Wilton Barron, and Clyde Chism, said the collision occurred about
ten feet from them, and the crash had such force that battery
acid and motor oil splashed on the vehicle in which they were
riding. Jessie Greer was operated on Sunday. Funeral services for
Palmer will be held this afternoon in Belmont.