Southampton-Sussex-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Atkinson, Clarence C., 1946 

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CLARENCE CONLEY ATKINSON 

OIL TRUCK DRIVER KILLED BY TRAIN 

  SUFFOLK - April 10 - Clarence Atkinson, 31, of Zuni, employed as a truck 
driver by the Sinclair Oil Company, was instantly killed at 3:15 p.m. today 
when struck by a Virginian Railway passenger train at the Pine Street crossing 
here.  The train was en route to Norfolk.

  Atkinson, a veteran of World War II, is survived by his widow and one child.

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CLARENCE CONLEY ATKINSON 

Zuni Man Killed
By Train Wd 10th

A recently charged veteran and father of one daughter, of Zuni, was killed 
almost instantly when the oil truck he was driving was struck by the 2:15pm 
eastbound Virginia passenger train April 10th at the Pine Street Crossing.

He was Clarence Atkinson, 30, who was returning to the bulk plant of the 
Sinclair Refining Co on Pine Street after making a kerosene delivery.

Atkinson was discharged from the medical corps of the U.S. Army on Christmas 
Day, 1945 after being drafted into the service in June 1941 when he left the 
employ of the local company branch.

The son of the late Jake C. Atkinson of Sussex and Mrs. Betty Bailey Atkinson 
of Ivor, he is also survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha C. Atkinson; his 
daughter, Lenora Jean; one brother, James Leonard of U.S. Army, one sister, 
Miss Lucille Atkinson of Petersburg, and nine aunts and uncles.  He attended 
Wakefield High School.

According to Chief of Police L.B. Butler, who investigated the accident with 
Special Investigator H.W. Church, the bell and light signal at the crossing 
was in operation during the accident.  Butler said Atkinson who suffered a 
broken neck, died about 15 minutes after the wreck.

Funeral services were held on Friday at Bethany Church at Zuni and burial was 
in Tucker Swamp Cemetery in Zuni.


Clarence Conley ATKINSON, of Zuni, Sinclair Oil truck driver, WW-II veteran, 
Sussex Co. native, killed in train collision, 10 Apr 1946, Suffolk, age 31, 
interred in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 1 Nov 1976, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Apr. 11, 1946, p. 12; 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Wed., Apr. 17, 1946, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Tucker Swamp list (TS-2): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt 


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