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1957 Accident victims

Cited at the time as the "worst highway accident in North Carolina history", it occurred at about 7 a.m. on 06 June 1957 in Cumberland County, North Carolina - at the intersection of U.S. 301 and then N.C. 102. The crash involved a tractor-trailer truck loaded with potatoes and a 1½ ton stake truck loaded with migrant workers, in route to pick beans. Fourteen people were pronounced dead at the scene and thirteen days later the fatalities tally reached twenty-one; including that of an 18-month old boy. Non-fatal injuries from this accident were twenty-three. {Six victims were claimed by family and taken to their respective states for burial: Lovelle Giles – Alabama, Harrison Head, Jr. – Georgia, Johnnie Davis – Georgia, M. C. McGowan – Georgia, Willie French – Georgia, and Gustine French - Georgia.}

15 memorials

Lee Abrum Flowers have been left.

unknown – 6 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

Plot info: unmarked grave

Lee Brown Flowers have been left.

unknown – 6 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

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James Cleotis Core Flowers have been left.

11 Mar 1935 – 6 Jun 1957

Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Charles L Freeman Flowers have been left.

unknown – 6 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

Plot info: unmarked grave

Daisy Mae Freeman Flowers have been left.

unknown – 6 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

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Lucille Freeman Flowers have been left.

unknown – 6 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

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Retha Freeman Flowers have been left.

unknown – 6 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

Plot info: unmarked grave

Willie Gary Flowers have been left.

unknown – 7 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

Plot info: unmarked grave

John Grant Flowers have been left.

unknown – 6 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

Plot info: unmarked grave

Thomas James Mackey Flowers have been left.

2 Mar 1938 – 6 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

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Joe Porter Flowers have been left.

unknown – 19 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

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Richard Stevens Flowers have been left.

unknown – 6 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

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Unidentified #1 Male Unknown Flowers have been left.

unknown – 6 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

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Unidentified #2 Male Unknown Flowers have been left.

unknown – 6 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

Plot info: unmarked grave

Lewis Wesley Flowers have been left.

unknown – 6 Jun 1957

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

Plot info: unmarked grave

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