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1946 Silverstreet, South Carolina School Bus/Train Collision

Eleven students and a bus driver were killed on December 18, 1946 when a train struck a school bus at an unmarked railroad crossing.

They were:
* Peggy Joyce Riser, 13
* Johnny Wyman Riser, 7
* Jerry Padgett, 13
* Bobby Long, 7
* Libby Long, 12
* Charlene Rebecca Garner, 6
* Jack Lancaster, 13
* Robert Lancaster, 16
* Harold Lancaster, 14
* Donald Brannon, age 13
* Fannie Murray, 16
* Richard Sanders, 48

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Donald Ervin Brannon Flowers have been left.

28 Mar 1933 – 18 Dec 1946

Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA

Charlene Rebecca Garner Flowers have been left.

8 Jul 1940 – 18 Dec 1946

Kelton, Union County, South Carolina, USA

Harold Lancaster Flowers have been left.

1932 – 18 Dec 1946

Kelton, Union County, South Carolina, USA

Jackie Lancaster Flowers have been left.

1934 – 18 Dec 1946

Kelton, Union County, South Carolina, USA

Robert Lancaster Flowers have been left.

21 Oct 1930 – 18 Dec 1946

Kelton, Union County, South Carolina, USA

Bobby Eugene Long Flowers have been left.

29 May 1939 – 18 Dec 1946

Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA

Libby Gilbert Long Flowers have been left.

30 Jul 1934 – 18 Dec 1946

Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA

Fannie Mae Murray Flowers have been left.

18 Mar 1930 – 18 Dec 1946

Leicester, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA

Gerald Padgett Flowers have been left.

7 Feb 1933 – 18 Dec 1946

Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA

Johnny Wyman Riser Flowers have been left.

10 Jul 1939 – 18 Dec 1946

Chappells, Saluda County, South Carolina, USA

Peggy Joyce Riser Flowers have been left.

12 Aug 1934 – 18 Dec 1946

Chappells, Saluda County, South Carolina, USA

Richard Sligh Sanders Flowers have been left.

3 Aug 1898 – 18 Dec 1946

Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA

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