HICKMAN, Carl D. The Pulaski (TN) Citizen 22 Sep 1937
Not only the family, but the entire community, was shocked, late Wednesday afternoon, when a message came that Highway Patrolman Carl D. Hickman, had been killed in a collision between his motorcycle and a school bus, on the Highway between Chattanooga, Athens, Tenn.
Mr. Hickman who had been in the Highway Patrol service, about seven years, and all these years, stationed at Pulaski, had just been transferred to Athens, McMinn County, on the Highway between Chattanooga and Knoxville. He hated to leave home and friends for the new assignment, but obedient to orders of his superiors, he started Tuesday, as we reported in the Citizen last week. It is said he expected to meet the District Chief at Chattanooga, and remained there till afternoon Wednesday. Then started on to Athens in company with W. H. Winfrey, another Patrolman, who had been assigned to the same territory.
It is said they were going about fifty to fifty-five miles an hour when they came up behind a school bus, the driver gave the signal that he was going to turn out, but evidently Mr. Hickman failed to see the hand. The school bus turned to the left, across the highway, just in front of the patrolman. And Hickman crashed into the bus, about the rear wheel.
Winfrey saw the bus driver's signal, and barely succeeded in passing the bus. He ran on fifty to seventy-five yards, before he could stop his motorcycle. Returning, he found Hickman, dead on the Highway. His motorcycle was completely wrecked, and the tire of the school bus, where it was struck, was wrecked. Only five children were on the bus at the time, others having been left at their homes. These and the driver escaped injury.
Two State Revenue men happened to come by on their way to Chattanooga, just at the time, and they rushed Mr. Hickman's body to a Hospital, as quickly as possible, but he was dead on examination at the hospital.
Mr. Winfrey reported to his District Chief, and he in turn reported to the State Chief at Nashville, who called Dr. W. W. Martin to break the news to Mrs. Hickman.
Arrangements were quickly made for the Undertaker at Chattanooga to embalm the body, and Bennett-May and Company, went for it with an ambulance. They were accompanied by Mr. Patterson and a committee of Masons, Aubrey Hagan, Master of the Lodge, G. B. Abernathy, Treasurer, and Stokley Nelson. Returning they reached Pulaski about 2 o'clock Thursday morning.
Funeral services were held at the Episcopal Church Friday afternoon at the Episcopal Church, Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. Thomas F. Thrasher, rector of St. Peters Church, Columbia, officiating. Members of the Highway Patrol, served as pall bearers, and as an escort of honor to the cemetery. The Masonic Lodge assembled at the grave and conducted the ritualistic burial service.
Mr. Hickman was a member of the Episcopal Church, and a vestryman. He was a Mason, Senior Warden, of his home lodge, a member of the Scottish Rite Consistory, and of the Shrine. He was a man who made friends, and retained them.
He is survived by his wife, who was before marriage, Miss Josephine Patterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Patterson, Jr., and by his little daughter, Mary Jo Hickman. Also his mother, Mrs. W. B. Hickman.
∼Trooper Hickman was killed in a motorcycle accident in Hamilton County, Tennessee, when a school bus pulled out in front of him. He was survived by his wife.
Not only the family, but the entire community, was shocked, late Wednesday afternoon, when a message came that Highway Patrolman Carl D. Hickman, had been killed in a collision between his motorcycle and a school bus, on the Highway between Chattanooga, Athens, Tenn.
Mr. Hickman who had been in the Highway Patrol service, about seven years, and all these years, stationed at Pulaski, had just been transferred to Athens, McMinn County, on the Highway between Chattanooga and Knoxville. He hated to leave home and friends for the new assignment, but obedient to orders of his superiors, he started Tuesday, as we reported in the Citizen last week. It is said he expected to meet the District Chief at Chattanooga, and remained there till afternoon Wednesday. Then started on to Athens in company with W. H. Winfrey, another Patrolman, who had been assigned to the same territory.
It is said they were going about fifty to fifty-five miles an hour when they came up behind a school bus, the driver gave the signal that he was going to turn out, but evidently Mr. Hickman failed to see the hand. The school bus turned to the left, across the highway, just in front of the patrolman. And Hickman crashed into the bus, about the rear wheel.
Winfrey saw the bus driver's signal, and barely succeeded in passing the bus. He ran on fifty to seventy-five yards, before he could stop his motorcycle. Returning, he found Hickman, dead on the Highway. His motorcycle was completely wrecked, and the tire of the school bus, where it was struck, was wrecked. Only five children were on the bus at the time, others having been left at their homes. These and the driver escaped injury.
Two State Revenue men happened to come by on their way to Chattanooga, just at the time, and they rushed Mr. Hickman's body to a Hospital, as quickly as possible, but he was dead on examination at the hospital.
Mr. Winfrey reported to his District Chief, and he in turn reported to the State Chief at Nashville, who called Dr. W. W. Martin to break the news to Mrs. Hickman.
Arrangements were quickly made for the Undertaker at Chattanooga to embalm the body, and Bennett-May and Company, went for it with an ambulance. They were accompanied by Mr. Patterson and a committee of Masons, Aubrey Hagan, Master of the Lodge, G. B. Abernathy, Treasurer, and Stokley Nelson. Returning they reached Pulaski about 2 o'clock Thursday morning.
Funeral services were held at the Episcopal Church Friday afternoon at the Episcopal Church, Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. Thomas F. Thrasher, rector of St. Peters Church, Columbia, officiating. Members of the Highway Patrol, served as pall bearers, and as an escort of honor to the cemetery. The Masonic Lodge assembled at the grave and conducted the ritualistic burial service.
Mr. Hickman was a member of the Episcopal Church, and a vestryman. He was a Mason, Senior Warden, of his home lodge, a member of the Scottish Rite Consistory, and of the Shrine. He was a man who made friends, and retained them.
He is survived by his wife, who was before marriage, Miss Josephine Patterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Patterson, Jr., and by his little daughter, Mary Jo Hickman. Also his mother, Mrs. W. B. Hickman.
∼Trooper Hickman was killed in a motorcycle accident in Hamilton County, Tennessee, when a school bus pulled out in front of him. He was survived by his wife.
HICKMAN, Carl D. The Pulaski (TN) Citizen 22 Sep 1937
Not only the family, but the entire community, was shocked, late Wednesday afternoon, when a message came that Highway Patrolman Carl D. Hickman, had been killed in a collision between his motorcycle and a school bus, on the Highway between Chattanooga, Athens, Tenn.
Mr. Hickman who had been in the Highway Patrol service, about seven years, and all these years, stationed at Pulaski, had just been transferred to Athens, McMinn County, on the Highway between Chattanooga and Knoxville. He hated to leave home and friends for the new assignment, but obedient to orders of his superiors, he started Tuesday, as we reported in the Citizen last week. It is said he expected to meet the District Chief at Chattanooga, and remained there till afternoon Wednesday. Then started on to Athens in company with W. H. Winfrey, another Patrolman, who had been assigned to the same territory.
It is said they were going about fifty to fifty-five miles an hour when they came up behind a school bus, the driver gave the signal that he was going to turn out, but evidently Mr. Hickman failed to see the hand. The school bus turned to the left, across the highway, just in front of the patrolman. And Hickman crashed into the bus, about the rear wheel.
Winfrey saw the bus driver's signal, and barely succeeded in passing the bus. He ran on fifty to seventy-five yards, before he could stop his motorcycle. Returning, he found Hickman, dead on the Highway. His motorcycle was completely wrecked, and the tire of the school bus, where it was struck, was wrecked. Only five children were on the bus at the time, others having been left at their homes. These and the driver escaped injury.
Two State Revenue men happened to come by on their way to Chattanooga, just at the time, and they rushed Mr. Hickman's body to a Hospital, as quickly as possible, but he was dead on examination at the hospital.
Mr. Winfrey reported to his District Chief, and he in turn reported to the State Chief at Nashville, who called Dr. W. W. Martin to break the news to Mrs. Hickman.
Arrangements were quickly made for the Undertaker at Chattanooga to embalm the body, and Bennett-May and Company, went for it with an ambulance. They were accompanied by Mr. Patterson and a committee of Masons, Aubrey Hagan, Master of the Lodge, G. B. Abernathy, Treasurer, and Stokley Nelson. Returning they reached Pulaski about 2 o'clock Thursday morning.
Funeral services were held at the Episcopal Church Friday afternoon at the Episcopal Church, Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. Thomas F. Thrasher, rector of St. Peters Church, Columbia, officiating. Members of the Highway Patrol, served as pall bearers, and as an escort of honor to the cemetery. The Masonic Lodge assembled at the grave and conducted the ritualistic burial service.
Mr. Hickman was a member of the Episcopal Church, and a vestryman. He was a Mason, Senior Warden, of his home lodge, a member of the Scottish Rite Consistory, and of the Shrine. He was a man who made friends, and retained them.
He is survived by his wife, who was before marriage, Miss Josephine Patterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Patterson, Jr., and by his little daughter, Mary Jo Hickman. Also his mother, Mrs. W. B. Hickman.
∼Trooper Hickman was killed in a motorcycle accident in Hamilton County, Tennessee, when a school bus pulled out in front of him. He was survived by his wife.
Not only the family, but the entire community, was shocked, late Wednesday afternoon, when a message came that Highway Patrolman Carl D. Hickman, had been killed in a collision between his motorcycle and a school bus, on the Highway between Chattanooga, Athens, Tenn.
Mr. Hickman who had been in the Highway Patrol service, about seven years, and all these years, stationed at Pulaski, had just been transferred to Athens, McMinn County, on the Highway between Chattanooga and Knoxville. He hated to leave home and friends for the new assignment, but obedient to orders of his superiors, he started Tuesday, as we reported in the Citizen last week. It is said he expected to meet the District Chief at Chattanooga, and remained there till afternoon Wednesday. Then started on to Athens in company with W. H. Winfrey, another Patrolman, who had been assigned to the same territory.
It is said they were going about fifty to fifty-five miles an hour when they came up behind a school bus, the driver gave the signal that he was going to turn out, but evidently Mr. Hickman failed to see the hand. The school bus turned to the left, across the highway, just in front of the patrolman. And Hickman crashed into the bus, about the rear wheel.
Winfrey saw the bus driver's signal, and barely succeeded in passing the bus. He ran on fifty to seventy-five yards, before he could stop his motorcycle. Returning, he found Hickman, dead on the Highway. His motorcycle was completely wrecked, and the tire of the school bus, where it was struck, was wrecked. Only five children were on the bus at the time, others having been left at their homes. These and the driver escaped injury.
Two State Revenue men happened to come by on their way to Chattanooga, just at the time, and they rushed Mr. Hickman's body to a Hospital, as quickly as possible, but he was dead on examination at the hospital.
Mr. Winfrey reported to his District Chief, and he in turn reported to the State Chief at Nashville, who called Dr. W. W. Martin to break the news to Mrs. Hickman.
Arrangements were quickly made for the Undertaker at Chattanooga to embalm the body, and Bennett-May and Company, went for it with an ambulance. They were accompanied by Mr. Patterson and a committee of Masons, Aubrey Hagan, Master of the Lodge, G. B. Abernathy, Treasurer, and Stokley Nelson. Returning they reached Pulaski about 2 o'clock Thursday morning.
Funeral services were held at the Episcopal Church Friday afternoon at the Episcopal Church, Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. Thomas F. Thrasher, rector of St. Peters Church, Columbia, officiating. Members of the Highway Patrol, served as pall bearers, and as an escort of honor to the cemetery. The Masonic Lodge assembled at the grave and conducted the ritualistic burial service.
Mr. Hickman was a member of the Episcopal Church, and a vestryman. He was a Mason, Senior Warden, of his home lodge, a member of the Scottish Rite Consistory, and of the Shrine. He was a man who made friends, and retained them.
He is survived by his wife, who was before marriage, Miss Josephine Patterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Patterson, Jr., and by his little daughter, Mary Jo Hickman. Also his mother, Mrs. W. B. Hickman.
∼Trooper Hickman was killed in a motorcycle accident in Hamilton County, Tennessee, when a school bus pulled out in front of him. He was survived by his wife.
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