MINDEN PRESS HERALD - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1944
WRECK IS FATAL TO TWO MINDEN YOUTHS
Minden Herald - Friday, September 8,
1944 Front Page
JAMES LEE CHESHIRE, WILLIAM B. COLCLASURE SUCCUMB TO INJURIES.
BILLY JACK STANFIELD IN SERIOUS CONDITION
Two Minden Youths are dead and another seriously injured as the result of an accident in which the automobile they were riding in crashed head-on into a
transport truck trailer obstructing the highway a short distance west of McIntyre Wednesday night around 9:00 o'clock.
The victims James Lee Cheshire, 16 year-old high school student, and William Bryan Colclasure, 19, died at the Minden sanitarium a few hours after being
admitted. Billy Jack Stanfield was reported to be in serious condition at the time the paper went to press.
The accident occurred on Highway 80, just past McIntyre around 9:00 o'clock in the evening. According to Dr. Thomas Richardson, assistant coroner, who
reported to the scene along with state troopers, the youths were driving west and ran into the truck trailer of the M. & W. Trailer, which had jackknifed across
the road.
CALCLASURE, William B. Pct. William B. Callasure, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Callasure, Minden, graduate of Minden High. Entered Marines, 1943, trained in San Diego. Served in Amer. Theater. Discharged in 1944. Killed in Auto. Accident, 1944.
Circumstances
The driver, William D. Knight, 40, South Grand, Monroe, stated that he started to shift from third gear when something snapped. His truck rolled back down
the incline and jackknifed across the road. Knight stated that he was headed east at the time.
The cab of the truck remained on the right side of the road while the trailer hung out blocking the left side. Knight said that he got out of the cab to try to
flag traffic and succeeded in stopping one truck, which was turning around to help move the trailer when the accident happened. Knight said that he did his
best to flag the car in which the boys were riding but was forced to run to prevent being struck by the vehicle.
The truck was loaded with gasoline. It was the driver's first trip. Troopers and the coroner both stated that there was no evidence of drinking. The automobile,
believed to have been driven by Colclasure, was completely demolished. Knight is being held for grand jury investigation. Dr. Richardson stated that the
coroner's investigation is incomplete.
CHESHIRE RITES
Funeral services for James Lee Cheshire, who died at the hospital at 10:00 p.m. Wednesday evening, will be held today at 3:00 p.m. at the Green-Kleinegger
Funeral home. Rev. B. H. Andrews, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the Minden Cemetery. Pallbearers will be his
schoolmates, Billy Crabtree, Frank Griffith, Jimmie Williams, David Lindsey, Durwood Lunsford, Leonce Dupuy, Charles Boudeau and Bobby Collins.
Arrangements have been made by the high school principal to allow students to attend the services.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. M. D. Cheshire, one sister, Peggy Ruth; Mr. & Mrs. G. L. Cobb, maternal grandparents, Springhill; Mrs. Anna Cheshire, paternal grandmother; and Mrs. Clara Lee, great-grandmother.
JAMES LEE
CHESHIRE
29 Feb 1928
- 06 Sep 1944
MINDEN CITY CEMETERY SECTION F
M. D. Cheshire 17 May 1905 07 Jan 1959
Ruth Cobb Cheshire Lowe 11 Nov 1906 06 Oct 1991
Daniel T. Baldwin 10 Nov 1963 20 Jun 1979
John L. Cobb 06 Mar 1906 20 Apr 1958
Ruby Rogers Cobb
COLCLASURE RITES
Services for Wm. Bryan Colclasure, who died at 2:00 a.m. Thursday will be held at the Green-Kleinegger funeral home at 4:30 this afternoon
with Vernon G. Miles, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Minden City Cemetery.
He is survived by his parents Mr. & Mrs. B. B. Colclasure, one sister, Mrs. George A. Calvit, Minden; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs.
W. L. Agan, Minden.
Colclasure had recently been honorably discharged from service with the U. S. Marines. He entered the service on October 29, 1943, and trained
at San Diego. He was a member of the First Baptist Church.
The condition of Billy Jack Stanfield, 16 son of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Stanfield, was reported serious and unchanged Thursday morning. He suffered a severe
concussion.
MINDEN CITY CEMETERY SECTION E
William Bryan Colclasure
13 Jun 1925
07 Sep 1944
hese graves are in the newer part of the cemetery in Section EMarie Agan Colclasure 16 Jul 1902 09 May 1975
Bland Bryan Colclasure 17 May 1894 10 July 1966
Peggy Leigh Calvit 13 Jul 1948 30 Nov 1955
CALCLASURE, William B. Pct. William B. Callasure, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Callasure, Minden, graduate of Minden High. Entered Marines, 1943, trained in San Diego. Served in Amer. Theater. Discharged in 1944. Killed in Auto. Accident, 1944.
Circumstances
The driver, William D. Knight, 40, South Grand, Monroe, stated that he started to shift from third gear when something snapped. His truck rolled back down
the incline and jackknifed across the road. Knight stated that he was headed east at the time.
The cab of the truck remained on the right side of the road while the trailer hung out blocking the left side. Knight said that he got out of the cab to try to
flag traffic and succeeded in stopping one truck, which was turning around to help move the trailer when the accident happened. Knight said that he did his
best to flag the car in which the boys were riding but was forced to run to prevent being struck by the vehicle.
The truck was loaded with gasoline. It was the driver's first trip. Troopers and the coroner both stated that there was no evidence of drinking. The automobile,
believed to have been driven by Colclasure, was completely demolished. Knight is being held for grand jury investigation. Dr. Richardson stated that the
coroner's investigation is incomplete.
MINDEN CITY CEMETERY SECTION E
William Bryan Colclasure
13 Jun 1925
07 Sep 1944
T
Marie Agan Colclasure
16 Jul 1902 09 May 1975
Bland Bryan Colclasure 17 May 1894 10 July
1966
Peggy Leigh Calvit 13 Jul 1948 30
Nov 1955
Billy Jack Stanfield died
a few days later. There is no obituary published in the Minden
Herald. He is buried beside his parents on U.S. 371 between
Heflin and Ringgold, La approx 11 or 12 miles from Minden.
ANDREWS CHAPEL CEMETERY
Billy Jack
Stanfield
28 Feb 1928
11 Sep 1944
STANFIELD
W. F. "FRANK"
GRACE S.
May 12,
1883 Aug. 8,
1900
Apr. 5,
1944 Jul. 25,
1983
STANFIELD
EDGAR L. (JACK) 1904 - 1982 EULA
O. 1907- 1991
Willie Gene Jones Nov. 07, 1934 - Jan. 06, 1994
Sue Stanfield Aug. 20, 1936 - Nov. 22. 1997
LEONARD E. STANFIELD
PVT US AIR FORCE
OCT 20 1930
DEC 2
1975
Article Photographs and
Stanfield Cemetery Photographs submitted by Ann Mays Harlan
This is the Grave of Odessa Stanfield and her husband Leland E. Hortman
Leland F. Hortman Nov. 24, 1925 Families are Forever Beulah Odessa S. Aug. 1, 1933 - June 6, 1991
Odessa Stanfield is interred in the Pleasant Valley Methodist Church located on Highway 7 approx. 7 miles north of Dixie Inn. The church and cemetery were organized in 1872 and are still in use today. The cemetery is well kept and is used by many families in the community. This cemetery was full of Hortman graves. Mrs. Odessa S. Hortman August 1, 1933 - June 6, 1991. All graves are required to be marked in this cemetery. No flowers or ornaments are allowed on the graves.
Billy Jack Stanfield died a few days later. There is no obituary published in the Minden Herald. He is buried beside his parents on U.S. 371 between
Heflin and Ringgold, La.
ANDREWS CHAPEL CEMETERY
Billy Jack Stanfield
28 Feb 1928
11 Sep 1944
STANFIELD
W. F. "FRANK"
GRACE S.
May 12,
1883 Aug. 8, 1900
Apr. 5,
1944 Jul. 25, 1983
STANFIELD
EDGAR L. (JACK) 1904 -
1982 EULA O. 1907- 1991
Willie Gene Jones Nov. 07, 1934 - Jan. 06, 1994
Sue Stanfield Aug. 20, 1936 - Nov. 22. 1997
LEONARD E. STANFIELD
PVT US AIR FORCE
OCT 20 1930
DEC 2
1975
Article Photographs and Stanfield
Cemetery Photographs submitted by Ann Mays Harlan
This is the Grave of Odessa Stanfield and her husband Leland E. Hortman
Leland F. Hortman Nov. 24, 1925 Families are Forever Beulah Odessa S. Aug. 1, 1933 - June 6, 1991
Odessa Stanfield is interred in the Pleasant Valley Methodist Church located on Highway 7 approx. 7 miles north of Dixie Inn. The church and cemetery were organized in 1872 and are still in use today. The cemetery is well kept and is used by many families in the community. This cemetery was full of Hortman graves. Mrs. Odessa S. Hortman August 1, 1933 - June 6, 1991. All graves are required to be marked in this cemetery. No flowers or ornaments are allowed on the graves.