Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Hood, James August 7, 1955
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Downingtown Archive, August 11, 1955

James Hood, shipping department superintendent of the Downingtown Paper Co., 
died in the Coatesville Hospital an hour and a half after admission last Sunday 
morning after the car hew was driving struck a bridge abutment along the Creek 
Road, a half mile north of Downingtown.

Hood became the 23rd person to die in an automobile accident in Chester County.

Hospital authorities said that Hood died of a crushed chest and internal 
injuries after his sedan, in which he apparently was riding alone, crashed 
through a guard fence before striking the abutment.

PINNED IN CAR

The wrecked car with its driver pinned in was discovered by Charles Clark, a 
passing motorist.  He rushed to a nearby house from where he summoned police 
and the Minquas Fire Co. ambulance which took Hood to the hospital.

Deputy Chester County Coroner Thomas Montieth, who with State Police 
investigated the accident, issued a certificate of accidental death.  Monteith 
said that there would be no inquest into the accident.

Hood who lived at “Timbercrest” along Creek Road, north of town, had been 
employed by the paper company for more than 20 years.  He was born in Texas, 
where his mother, Mrs. William A. Sanford, still resides.

SURVIVORS

He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Hawes Hood, in addition to the following 
brothers and sisters:  Morris Sanford and Mrs. Frank Needham, both of Carthage, 
Texas, Van Sanford, Laneville, Texas, and Paul with the U.S. Army.

Funeral Services were conducted yesterday afternoon from the Archie McLean 
Funeral Home, Coatesville, followed by interment in the Hopewell Cemetery.



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* note: coroner Monteith is also spelled montieth as written.


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