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Note: Obituary found by Karla Lang of Palestine Public Library. Ron Vickery note: "Yes, that obit has some good info in it. I can remember going to the funeral as a 9 year old kid. It was a few months before Teresa was born in June 1956. They were buried in the cemetery on the main road going into town, just down from Aunt Bertie's house. She was Grandma Seymour's sister. I may have met her before but I don't remember it. Mom was very upset when this happened." ****************************************************************** Sunday March 18, 1956 Palestine Herald Press Elkhart Couple Killed in Crash An Elkhart man and wife were among four persons killed in a two-car collision 16 miles south of Sulphur Springs Friday night. Three other persons were injured. Mrs. Tom Kennedy, 54, died instantly and her husband succumbed five hours later in a Sulphur Springs hospital. Kennedy, 55, was employed as a driller for the Falling Exploration Drilling Company. He was a native of Anderson County. Mrs. Kennedy was born in Houston County. Both were members of the First Baptist Church in Elkhart. Thomas Corbin, about 32, and a Corbin child, about a year old, also died in the wreck. Injured and still listed as in critical condition were Mrs. Corbin, 32, and two other Corbin children, ages 6 and 3. The mishap occurred about 6:40 p.m. Funeral services for Mr. And Mrs. Kennedy will be held at 2 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church in Elkhart with the pastor Rev. U. Van Sickles, and Rev. O.P. Meadow officiating. Burial will follow in Elkhart Cemetery. Mrs. Kennedy was the former Miss Josephine Melford Brown and was born in Houston County on January 26, 1902 as the daughter of Mrs. Lula Ray Brown and the late J.S. Brown. Her husband, born on September 14, 1900, was the son of the late Steve Kennedy and Mrs. Ellen Davis Kennedy. Survivors include a son, Alfred T. Kennedy, Houston; four daughters, Mrs. Joyce Scarborough, Houston; Mrs. Mildred Gaines, Grapeland; Mrs. Bertie Marie Byley, Orange; and Mrs. Ruby Mae Mays, Elkhart; and 11 grandchildren. In addition, Mrs. Kennedy is survived by her mother, Mrs. J.S. Brown of Elkhart; four brothers, Granville Brown of Waco, Sam Brown of Houston, Felix Brown of Clutex, and Edgar Brown of Elkhart; two sisters, Mrs. Bertie Davis and Mrs. Myrtle Seymour, both of Elkhart. Besides his children, Mr. Kennedy is survived by one sister, Mrs. Houston Swinney of Palestine, and a half brother, Lucas Littles of Elkhart. The bodies will be at Hassell and Foster Funeral Home here until carried to the church for funeral services.
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