The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-03
Three Killed, Seven
Injured In Accident
All Members OF Cox
Family; Crash Occurs
Near Loris, S. {.
Special to The Star

LORIS, July &Three children
were killed last night and seven
persons seriously injured in an
automobile accident which occur-
cd on route nine, three miles east
Of here.
The dead were identified as Het-
tie L. Cox. 14year-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Cox.
Roger Cox, 18-months-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Burroughs Cox and
William Davis Cox, II year-old son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. L. ]. Cox.
Admitted to Rogers hospital at
Loris were Mrs. Norma Cox, 20,
who suffered a seriously lacerat-
Cd leg and her o~ne-year-old o
Larry, who suffered internal in
juries. At a Conway hospital are
Burroughs D. Cox and his wife
Beulah Cox, Melba Cox, 7, Grady
Cox, 5, and Weta Will Cox. IL,
all were reported in a satisfactory
condition, all suffered decorations
and bruises.
Highway Patrolman R. W. Craw-
ford, of Loris, said the accident
occurred When the Cox family,
riding on a stripped down Ford
with a built in rear wood platform
were on their way back to their
homes in the Glendale section, be-
tween Loris and Tabor City. They
had spent the day cropping tobac-
co on a farm near Georgetown S.
c.
According to Crawford, Bur-
roughs Cox was driving the We
hicle and turned westward into
the road leading toward Lorls
from a sideroad and had driven
approximately 200 yards when the
stripped down car was struck in
the rear by a 1911 Plymouth con-
vertible driven by William T. Ship
man, q y%ear-old Negro of White
vile. Nathaniel Epps, 81, and Joe
Troy, rs, both Whiteville Negroes,
we're passengers in the Shipman
ear.
Driving Fast
Witnesses said Shipman was
driving at a fast rate of speed. He
and his passengers we're return
ing from the beach. Patrolman
Crawford said after the impact the
Cox car Travelled 145 yards down
the road and crashtd into a ditch.
Shipman's car careened off the
road into the woods where it was
stopped by a huge stump.
Runnors that .Shipman tried to
leave the scene of the crash yer
denied by Patrolman Crawford,
who conducted the investigation.
Crawford said Shlpman was ar
rested shortly after the crash and
taken to Loris where he was held
for transfer to the jail at Conway,
Crawford said there was evidence
that the Negroes had whiskey in
their possession. Shipman is being
held pending a coroner's inquest,
slated for next Thursday at Loris.
Epps and Troy were taken to
Conway for treatment and upon
their release from the hospital
hey were arrested.
Witnesses to the accident said
the bodies of the Cox family were
Strewn along the ditch, the body
Of baby Roger was not found until
HE wreckage had been cleared.
Funeral services for the three
children will be held Thursday at
: o'clock from the Glendale Bap-
list church. Interment will follow
In the Cain Branch cemetery. The
services will be conducted by the
Rev. Otto Edwards, the Rev. E.
G. Gaskin and the Rev. J.. Davis
HARRISON.
William Davis Cox is survived
ny his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. L.
]. Cox, four brothers, William P,
Buddy, Gerald and Wayne Cox,
all of the home.
Hettie Cox is survived by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Cox,
Of Loris, seven sisters, Mrs. Bill
Strickland, Mrs. Geraldine Mincy,
. Mrs. Iva Den Norris, Mrs. Doris
Todd, all OF Loris. Miss Norma
Cox and Miss Ovida Cox of the
home. Two brothers; L. J. Cox
and Burroughs Cox of Loris.
Roger Cox is survived by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Burroughs
Cox. One brother; Grady Cox and
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