Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Newspapers.....Crash, Mar 1973 

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      Two Die in Crash 

  A Walters man and his 
son were killed last week 
when their car was struck 
by a tractor trailer truck 
on U.S. 258. 

  Fifteen-year old Floyd 
Michael Carr was killed 
in the crash, which oc-
curred about 7:50 a.m. last 
Wednesday.  His father, Ju- 
[column break] 

lian Russel [sic] Carr, died 
shortly after being taken 
to Southampton Memorial 
Hospital. 

  Trooper   William G. 
Massengill said the Carr 
vehicle was traveling north 
on the highway and the 
tractor trailer driven 
by William Banks of Wal-
ter, [sic] was traveling south. 
Massengill said Banks 
came up behind a slower 
moving vehicle and moved 
into the oncoming traffic 
lane.  It was then that the 
two vehicles collided. 

  Massengill said there 
was fog and a misty rain 
the morning of the accident 
and that visibility   was 
poor. 


"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Wed., Mar. 14, 1973, p. 6, col. 3-4 


Julian Russell CARR, of Walters, Portsmouth sanitation inspector, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, 
fatally injured in crash, d. Franklin, 9 Mar 1973, age 40, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Christus II, Plot 11/12*) 

Floyd Michael CARR, son of J. Russell & Evelyn F. (COBB) CARR, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, killed in crash, 9 Mar 1973, age 15, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Christus II, Plot 11/12*) 

Obituaries were published in the "Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), 
   Mar. 11, 1973. 

*Russell's parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial Park list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

Russell's in-laws, George F. & "Kitty" (HARCUM) COBB,  are buried in 
   Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - Annex 3, Section B, Plot 92A. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

George's obits ("Virginian-Pilot" & "Tidewater News," Apr. 1968) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100g2ob.txt 


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