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- Death Notice:
Ida Man Killed In Truck Crash
Edmund R. (Bill) Martin, 29-year-old Ida resident, was instantly killed about 1:45 p. m., Wednesday, nine miles east of Marshall, Texas, on the Harleton highway, when his pickup truck collided with a log truck. Martin, who was employed as a salesman by Reed Roller Bit Co., in Shreveport, was en route to Harleton gas field to service some drilling equipment at the time of the accident.
Morgan Muse of Marshall, driver of the log truck, was reported uninjured. He was thrown from his vehicle, which exploded after the collision.
A native of Ida, young Martin entered the Army in January 1942, and served overseas with the ninth armored division, participating in the battle of the bulge and in the capture of the Ramagon bridge, for which he was awarded a presidential citation.
Funeral services, under the direction of Hanner Funeral Home, will be held at 3 p.m., Friday, at the First Baptist Church of Ida, with the Rev. Mr. Rice officiating.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Jennie Lee Martin of Ida; two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Gardner of Shreveport and Mrs. J. F. Terry of Ida, and two brothers, Sgt. William Scott Martin, stationed at Keesler Field, Miss., and R. N. Martin of Minden.
Active pallbearers will be P. L. Gillis, Ken Frizzell, George Lawless, Ray Conatsee, Riley Owen and Bill Green.
Honorary pallbearers will be Millard H. Machen, Norman Dunlap, B. R. Loomis, T. P. Moore, Jr., Merlyn Day, Dave Yancy, C. C. Carroway, W. E. Carroway and Eddie Holoman.
(Published in The Shreveport Journal on June 26, 1947)
- Death Notice:
Louisiana Man Dies in Crash
Edmond R. Martin, 29, of Ida, La., was killed instantly about 2 p.m. Wednesday when a pick-up truck he was driving was in collision with a log truck on state highway 154 nine miles northwest of Marshall.
Officers said Martin was thrown from the pick-up when the collision occurred, the vehicle exploding and burning on thee side of the highway.
Morgan Muse, Rt. 5, Marshall, driver of the log truck, was uninjured, officers said, although his truck left the highway and ran into a tree, its trailer load of logs piling into the rear of the cab.
Martin, salesman for the Reed Roller Bit Co., of Shreveport, was en route toward Harleton at the time of the accident, and the log truck was driving to Marshall.
His death was the county's fifth in traffic accidents this year, and the first in about two months.
Highway Patrolmen Earl Elliott and M. D. Rogers, and Deputy Sheriffs J. Went Hall and C. F. Robinson, investigated.
Martin's body was brought to Kahn Memorial hospital by local ambulance, and transferred to Ida, where funeral arrangements are to be announced later.
He was born there April 6, 1918. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Jennie Lee Martin of Ida; two brothers, William Scott Martin, Keesler field, Miss., and Robert Newton Martin, Minden, La.; and two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Gardner, Robinson, La., and Mrs. J. F. Terry, Ida.
(Published in The Marshall News Messenger on June 26, 1947)
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