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- Greensburg City Cemetery, Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky
Two persons were killed and 4 injured in automobile accidents which occurred about 4 o'clock Tues afternoon, 30 Mar [1948] approximately 5 miles north of Campbellsville on the Lebanon road. The dead are William O. 'Billy' Warren, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Warren, Greensburg and Joseph Francis Dix, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dix, Campbellsville. Injured were Misses Yvonne Thomas, dau of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Thomas, Greensburg, and Jean Sartin, Dau of Mr. and Mrs. William Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Person, Greensburg, and Woodson Lewis III, son of Mrs. Ruth Lewis, Greensburg. Miss Thomas, believed to be the most critically injured had had brief flashes of consciousness as of Thurs morning. Miss Sartin, who is still ina semi -conscious condition is apparently responding to treatment satisfactorily. Perkins who received a fractured jaw, is recuperating and doctors are reported to be satisfied with his condition. Lewis was treated for minor injuries. The car, owned and driven by Lewis, was said to have left the road and when jerked back, went out of control as it hit the blacktop and on a second swing to the right plowed into a tree in a side crash. The Young people, all Campbellsville Junior college students, were riding in a light convertible 5 passenger coupe. The injured were rushed to the Lebanon Hospital where they are being treated. Funeral services for Warren were held at 2 pm Thurs 1 Apr in the Greensburg Baptist Church, with interment in the Greensburg Cem. Dr. J.M. Carter, dean of Campbellsville Junior College, was in charge of the services and was assisted by the Revs. Floyd A. Loperfido, Abraham Berry, and B.b. Hilburn. Besides his parents, he is survived by a sister, Miss Juanita Warren, Louisville. Warren graduated from Greensburg high school in 1946. He was a member of the basketball squad. Three years ago, he professed faith in Christ and joined the Greensburg Baptist Church. Honorary pallbearers were Harold Berry, Claude Sharp, Wilson Cooke, Leslie Cox, Thomas Berry, Donald Mitchell and Coy Shuffett.
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1928 - 1948 (19 years)
