Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Presson, Howard H. Jr., 1959 

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HOWARD HENLEY PRESSON, JR. 

HOWARD H. PRESSON KILLED IN CRASH; SERVICES FRIDAY 

  Howard Henley Presson, Jr., 36 was killed instantly in a traffic collision 
on Route 460 near Wakefield, Wednesday at 7:05 a.m.

  He was a native of Surry County, a member of Rocky Hock Methodist Church 
and of the Virginia Farm Bureau.

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Peggy Roach Presson; his mother, Mrs. Edna C. 
Presson; two brothers, Harris Presson, Wakefield, and Allie Presson of Waverly 
and several nieces and nephews.

  Funeral services will be held Friday, November 13, at 2:30 p.m. at Purviance 
Funeral Chapel with Rev. L.P. Bland, pastor of Wakefield Methodist Church, 
officiating.  Burial will be in Rocky Hock Cemetery.

  Pallbearers will be Stanley Brantley, Stanley Murphy, Ray Layne, B.E. 
Cowling, Jr., Eurt Pittman, William Peebles, Randolph Murphy and Melvin 
Goodrich. 

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CRASH FATAL TO WAKEFIELDIAN 

  A shamble of wrecked machinery and the loss of a life was the toll of this 
accident near Wakefield.

  A tragic accident on Route 460 about two miles east of Wakefield took the 
life of Howard Henley Presson, Jr., 36, of Wakefield Wednesday morning at 7:05.

  Presson was on his tractor pulling a peanut picker when he was struck from 
behind by a loaded tractor-trailer truck.

  Investigating State Trooper D.G. Russell said Presson was thrown from the 
tractor seat and died instantly.  The impact flung the vehicles involved 
approximately 150 feet off the road.

  John Jessie Smith, 48, of South Norfolk, driver of the truck was not injured 
other than by a scratch on the head.  He was charged with involuntary 
manslaughter and will be given a hearing in Sussex County Court this month.

  Presson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Peggy Roach Presson, of Wakefield.


Howard Henley PRESSON, Jr., of Wakefield, farmer, 
b. 1 Apr 1923, Surry Co., tractor struck 11 Nov 1959, US 460, near Wakefield, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery*, 13 Nov 1959, 
Purviance Funeral Home obit; 
donated article 

*Find a Grave Mem. #20637967. 

His parents are also buried there. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #20637838 &c.) 

His wife's (donated, 1986) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/p625d2ob.txt 


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