Kalamazoo County MI Archives Obituaries.....Parrott, Jacqueline E. October 22, 1955 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Richard Branch mikalama@yahoo.com October 24, 2005, 10:45 pm Kalamazoo Gazette 10/23/1955 Kalamazoo Gazette 10/23/1955 Parrott, Jacqueline Emma 1727 East T Avenue Passed away suddenly Saturday (Oct. 22, 1955) afternoon following accidental injuries. Jacqueline was born June 26, 1942, in Knoxville, Tennessee. The daughter of Jack H. and Flora Parrott and came to Kalamazoo with her parents in 1949. She was an eighth grade at Portage Junior High School and attended Lake Center Bible Church. Surviving besides the parents are one sister, Judith Elizabeth; grandparents, Mrs. Hazel Walters and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Parrott. Related Gazette Article Kalamazoo Gazette AUTO KILLS GIRL, 13, ON PORTAGE ROAD Jacqueline Emma ( Jackie ) Parrott eight grade student at Portage Town School, was killled almost instantly... Driver of the death-dealing automobile was Clare Cole, 52, of 215 W. Washington St. Vicksburg. Jackie lived only two or three minutes after she was struck. She suffered head and internal injuries. Cole was quoted as saying he was forced to swerve to avoid another car. Cole was reported to have told officers that he "blacked out" immediately after the accident. Note this "accident" happened before breathalyzers and stricter enforcement of drunk driving laws. R. Branch Portage High School class of 1960 Additional Comments: I was prompted to post the obituary and related article about her killer because of an unusual coincidence. I was in Kalamazoo for my 45th high reunion and I decided to take the opportunity to take cemetery photographs for Michigan Tombstone Photo Project at the nearby Portage South Cemetery. I was shocked to realize I was taking a photograph of the tombstone of a former classmate who had been killed almost exactly 50 years ago. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/kalamazoo/obits/p/parrott416gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb