Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ennis, Frank Gibbons, Jr. February 3, 1945
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Virginian-Pilot  February 5, 1945
TWO NORFOLK MEN VICTIMS OF ACCIDENTS

FRANK G. ENNIS, JR., DIES IN AUTO CRASH, AVERY SWINDELL OF MONOXIDE

The accidental deaths of two Norfolk men over the weekend were announced by police 
yesterday.  Victims were Frank Gibbons Ennis, Jr., 31, of 1210 Rockbridge Avenue, 
who was killed in an automobile accident Saturday about 10:15 p.m. and Avery Lee 
Swindell, 36, of 2925 Victoria Avenue, who died as a result of monoxide poisoning 
last night.

Ennis was driving eastward on the Virginia Beach Boulevard about 10:15 p.m. and 
was approximately one mile west of London Bridge when a collision occurred between 
his car and a car operated by James Vernon Capps, 27, of Lynnhaven.  The Ennis car 
was overturned and Ennis was thrown out.  As the vehicle made its second turn, he 
was pinned underneath.

The other occupants of the car, Mrs. Mary Gwyer Ennis and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Dick, 
were uninjured except for a small cut on Mrs. Ennis' leg.  The other car was 
reported owned by Louis M. Rainey of Virginia Beach and occupied by Capps and 
Randolph Smith, neither of whom was injured.  A warrant charging Capps with 
manslaughter has been issued and a hearing has been set for February 12 at 
Princess Anne Court House, Trooper L. W. Coffman of the Virginia State Highway 
Police, said.

Ennis was the son of Mrs. Carrie Sykes Ennis and the late Frank Gibbons Ennis.  He 
was a native and lifelong resident of this section.  Besides his wife and mother, 
he is survived by one daughter, Mary Gwyer Ennis, a son, Frank G. Ennis, 3rd; one 
sister, Mrs. Russell E. Etheridge and a brother, Robert Lee Ennis, all of Norfolk.

FUNERAL WEDNESDAY

The body will be taken from the H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments to St. Mary's 
Catholic Church for funeral services Wednesday at 10 a.m.  Rosary services will be 
held at the H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments Tuesday at 8 p.m.

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