ROBERTS, Benjamin Wray - based on The Pulaski Record 09 Apr 1947
Benson Wray Roberts, 42, resident of the Minor Hill community and a World War II veteran, was killed about 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night when he was struck by a car and dragged for approximately seventy five feet before the car could stop.
The driver of the car told authorities that he did not see Roberts in the road until his car was too close to avoid hitting him.
C. M. Pollard, highway Patrolman, investigated the accident which occured on Highway No. 11 about one half mile South of Minor Hill. No charges were placed against the driver of the car.
Funeral services for Roberts were held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at Minor Hill. He was buried at Minor Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Oscar Roberts, Minor Hill; two brothers, Ezra Roberts of Minor Hill, and Otha Roberts of Bartow, Florida. Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of arragements.
Biographical obituary compliments of Jesse R. Mitchell
Benson Wray Roberts, 42, resident of the Minor Hill community and a World War II veteran, was killed about 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night when he was struck by a car and dragged for approximately seventy five feet before the car could stop.
The driver of the car told authorities that he did not see Roberts in the road until his car was too close to avoid hitting him.
C. M. Pollard, highway Patrolman, investigated the accident which occured on Highway No. 11 about one half mile South of Minor Hill. No charges were placed against the driver of the car.
Funeral services for Roberts were held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at Minor Hill. He was buried at Minor Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Oscar Roberts, Minor Hill; two brothers, Ezra Roberts of Minor Hill, and Otha Roberts of Bartow, Florida. Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of arragements.
Biographical obituary compliments of Jesse R. Mitchell
ROBERTS, Benjamin Wray - based on The Pulaski Record 09 Apr 1947
Benson Wray Roberts, 42, resident of the Minor Hill community and a World War II veteran, was killed about 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night when he was struck by a car and dragged for approximately seventy five feet before the car could stop.
The driver of the car told authorities that he did not see Roberts in the road until his car was too close to avoid hitting him.
C. M. Pollard, highway Patrolman, investigated the accident which occured on Highway No. 11 about one half mile South of Minor Hill. No charges were placed against the driver of the car.
Funeral services for Roberts were held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at Minor Hill. He was buried at Minor Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Oscar Roberts, Minor Hill; two brothers, Ezra Roberts of Minor Hill, and Otha Roberts of Bartow, Florida. Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of arragements.
Biographical obituary compliments of Jesse R. Mitchell
Benson Wray Roberts, 42, resident of the Minor Hill community and a World War II veteran, was killed about 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night when he was struck by a car and dragged for approximately seventy five feet before the car could stop.
The driver of the car told authorities that he did not see Roberts in the road until his car was too close to avoid hitting him.
C. M. Pollard, highway Patrolman, investigated the accident which occured on Highway No. 11 about one half mile South of Minor Hill. No charges were placed against the driver of the car.
Funeral services for Roberts were held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at Minor Hill. He was buried at Minor Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Oscar Roberts, Minor Hill; two brothers, Ezra Roberts of Minor Hill, and Otha Roberts of Bartow, Florida. Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of arragements.
Biographical obituary compliments of Jesse R. Mitchell
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