Southampton-Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Accidents, 1942 

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4 Are Killed On Highways In Virginia 

State Motor Toll Now 129 for 1942 

  Four more deaths as the result of automobile accidents on Virginia highways 
were reported yesterday, sending the State motor death toll to 129 for 1942. 

  French Pittman, 40, and Mrs. Julius Pittman, 21, both of Baltimore, Md., died 
early yesterday in a Petersburg hospital, the third and fourth victims of an 
automobile accident at the intersections of Routes 301 and 25, 12 miles south 
of Petersburg early Sunday. 

  Mrs. French Pittman, 40, and Julius Pittman, 21, died shortly after their 
machine collided with a truck on a curve.  Two other passengers in the Pittman 
machine, Rufus Gardner, 22, and Curtis Pittman, 8, both of Baltimore, and a 
passenger in the truck, Walter R. Douglas, 29, of Manatee, La., were injured 
in the crash.  All were in a Petersburg hospital where their condition was 
said to be fair last night. 

       Franklin Man Killed 

  Stanley Scott, 28, of Franklin, was killed in an automobile-truck accident 
about a mile east of Suffolk on the Suffolk-Portsmouth Highway late Sunday 
night. 

  Leonard H. Joyner, 19, of Ivor, was injured fatally Sunday night when his 
automobile failed to make a turn on a highway near his home and struck a tree. 
Joyner died yesterday in a Suffolk hospital. 

  Meanwhile, a Berryville man was killed and his wife and two other persons 
were injured late Sunday when their automobile overturned two miles south of 
Charles Town, W. Va.  The dead man was identified as Irving McNeely of 
Berryville.  The injured were his wife; Frank Ashley and Cootie Everhart, both 
of Berryville.  They were admitted to a Charles Town hospital. 

       Four Injured 

  Four persons were injured in an automobile-truck collision on Route 1, a 
mile south of Fredericksburg early yesterday.  Both vehicles caught fire 
after the crash and burned.  The truck was loaded with macaroni. 

  The injured were listed as Private John Horn of Camp Lee; Wilson H. 
Davenport of Scottsburg, Charles Moorefield of Scottsburg and Pete Lobianco 
of York, Pa.  All suffered multiple cuts and bruises and burns.  They were 
taken to a Fredericksburg hospital for treatment. 


"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Tues., March 3, 1942, p. 8 

Stanley Harrell SCOTT, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 1 Mar 1942, Suffolk, age 28, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 69*), Franklin, 
   3 Mar 1942, 

Leonard Hubert JOYNER, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 2 Mar 1942, Suffolk, age 19, 
interred in the BRITT-COOK family cemetery**, near Ivor, 
   3 Mar 1942, 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

**Leonard's parents and maternal grandparents are also buried there. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 9 (MV-IX-24&25): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol9.txt 

Stanley's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 6, 1942, p. 1), 
   with links to his parents' appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s300s3ob.txt 

Four persons from Franklin had been killed 21 Feb 1942, also on the Suffolk-
   Portsmouth Highway (now US #58), near Magnolia.  The obit ("Tidewater 
   News," Feb. 27, 1942, p. 1) for those victims is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b350d2ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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