Milford chronicle., 1955-07-22
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Cemetery. There was no viewing
The Rev. John p George. a retire
Methodist minister. officiated.
Mr. yeasey was son of the LAT
Harry and Jennie Dodd yeasey.
4Ie was a veteran Of World Wa
III, and was employed By the fedora
government on a geographical sur
very In Sussex County at the tim
of his death
Mr.. yeasey is survived by a sor
James Crawford Veasey, =ho live
with his mother, Mrs. Oliver Lon
Of Selbyville; a brother. Courtlani
veesey OF Harbeson; two sisters
Mrs. Arthur Lee Pettard and Mrs
Thomas Pettard, both of George
town.
Mr.. Short who hauled sand ant
gravel for Nero and Company o
Laurel was the son of the late As
bury and Adelia Short of that town
Survivors Listed
He is survived by his wife, Rosie
z. Short: a daughter. Mrs. Winnie
Cooper, Laurel; a grandchild. three
sisters, Mrs. Mollie Hearn, Mrs
Amelia Williams, and Mrs. Levin
Birmingham, all of Laurel, and two
brothers, John, of Laurel. and Will
liam, of Willow Grove, Pa
Services were held Monday at 2
o. IN. in the Windsor and Disharoon
Funeral Home, Laurel. The Rev.
David w. Baker, pastor Of Centen-
ary Methodist Church, Laurel. Off
ciated. Interment in Laurel Hill
Cemetery.
A lieutenant colonel stationed at
Fort Meade, Md. was killed in an
automobile accident near Harring-
ton last Saturday night.
Lit. Col Robert Unison. Al, of
Denton, Md. was pronounced dead
from a fractured skull on arrival
at Milford Memorial Hospital short
ly after the accident happened about
p. m.
The Army officer was recently
transferred TO Maryland from Cali
fornia and he and his wife bought
a farm near Denton.
Wife Was Driving
They were en- route TO their farm
when the fatal accident occurred
on u S. Route 13, half-mile north
OF Harrington. Mrs. Catherine Jimi-
son, 80, wife Of the dead man, was
driving the car.
According to state police at the
Bridgeville Troop, the other auto
mobile was driven by Arthur Stan
ley Burd, 80. OF 1920 West Sixth
Street in Wilmington. Mrs. Unison
was treated for decorations of the
head, arms and right side at the
Milford Hospital. Burd escaped in
jury. Colonel Unison and his wife
were removed to the hospital in
the Harrington ambulance.
According to state police. the Jim
isons were travelling south on the
dual highway and Burd was behind
them. The investigators reported
that Burd ran into the rear of the
Unison car. Burd's car then ran
off the road and overturned.
Arraigned b efore Magistrate
Gooden Galloway of Harrington
Burd was placed under $500 bail
for hearing next Saturday on o
technical charge of mansiaughter
A Delaware farmer died instantly
and his son and another man were
injured when hay wagon in
which the farmer was riding was
struck by a truck and an automo-
bile on the dupont Parkway three
tenths of mile south of Farming |
ton on Monday.
The farmer killed was Paul Mont |
ington. He suffered a broken back |
fractured skull and leg. and inter
nal injuries.
Bowman's death brought the auto
mobile accident death count in Del
aware for this year ito SO, seven |
more than the number killed in the |
corresponding period of last year
Those injured in the accident are |
Gerald j. Bowman, %. of near /
Greenwood. who was operating /
tractor pulling the wagon, and Gar
nett Venable, AZ, of Pennington, |
who was riding in the wagon.
Both the younger Bowman and
Venable. who received multiple cuts /
and bruises of the body. were taken
to the Milford Memorial Hospital
in the Harrington Fire Company
ambulance.
Pronounced Dead At Scene
DR.. w. T. Chipman of Harring-
ton pronounced Bowman dead at
the scene. Kent County Coroner
Roland Trader. Dover. who was no.
titled and investigated, released the
body to the Fleischauer Funeral
Home. Greenwood
State police at Bridgeville said
the tractor. operated by the young
er Bowman, with the wagon load of
hay in tow, left field where the
wagon had been loaded and was
turning south on Route 13. The wa
eon was struck in the rear bv a
truck .operated by Earl v Layfield.
~. OF 642 Division Street, Salisbury,
Md.
Layfield was arrested by state no.
lice on charge of manslaughfer
by motor vehicle. He was placed
under s1.50o bail by Magistrate L.
Gooden Galloway of Harrington.
A car. travelling south behind the
'ruck. driven by Matthew James
Jr.. 22. of Georgetown.
also struck the rear of the wsgon
which had swung to the left side
Df the road
The wagon was demolished. hav
strewn over the highway. and t~as-
he slowed for about an hour while
he smashed WAGON. the hav. and
he damaged vehicles were remov-
ID. The accident occurred at 1:30
D. m.
Gerald Bowman is ennlrvod ~
he Dover Air Force Pase He had
,ome home to helm his father.