Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



The Fairfield Recorder - June 3, 1999 edition

FAIRFIELD YOUNG MAN KILLED IN AUTO WRECK

A 19-year-old Fairfield man who had know his share of tragedy the past few 
years died last week in a 1-vehicle wreck south of College Station.

Killed was John Earl Willard, a 1998 Fairfield high school honor graduate and
student at Texas A&M University.

The wreck occurred about 12:05 p.m. some six miles south of College Station 
on Hwy. 6 and was reported by cellular telephone by two motorists who drove 
up on the scene, Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Robert Turner reports.

Turner notes that there were no eye witnesses to the accident.

Willard, driving a 1994 Ford Ranger extended cab pickup was traveling north 
when his vehicle veered across the southbound lanes of Hwy. 6, struck a tree 
and burst into flames, the trooper reports.