From the Jackson Progress Argus, 31 Aug 1961
County Counts Seven Dead In Head-On Crash Saturday Night
Jackson this week is a city bowed in grief, numbed and mute by the tragic head-on collision of two automobiles Saturday night that claimed seven lives, three widely known white youths of Jackson, Route 2, and four Negroes of the Indian Springs area.
Killed instantly in the terrific crash which occurred at 11:35 Saturday night almost directly in front of the Whit Nelson home on the Jackson-Indian Springs Road, State Route 42, were:
Aubrey Ray Bankston, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bankston Sr., Route 2, Jackson.
James Ronald Hardy, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hardy, Route 2, Jackson.
Rufus Oscar Knowles, 22, son of Mr. B. T. Knowles, of Jackson, and Mrs. Allie McNeil of Jacksonville, Fla.
The three young men had been at Indian Springs and were traveling north when the car occupied by the four Negroes proceeding south with all four wheels in the left lane, according to investigation by the State Patrol, slammed head-on into the car driven by Bankston.
Mr. Bankston was born July 1, 1939. After completing his education at Jackson High, he served overseas for two years in Germany with the U. S. Army, receiving his discharge on June 2, 1960. He was employed at Turner's Marina on Jackson Lake. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Donald Bankston Sr., of Jackson; one brother, J. D. Bankston Jr., Brunswick; grandmother, Mrs. Eula Jones, Monticello; one nephew.
Pallbearers were Tommy Burks, Bob Franklin, Ronnie Pope, Jimmy Pettigrew, Homer Williams, Donald Railey. Honorary pallbearers were members of his graduation class at Jackson High School.
Contributor: SPMcD (48452228)
County Counts Seven Dead In Head-On Crash Saturday Night
Jackson this week is a city bowed in grief, numbed and mute by the tragic head-on collision of two automobiles Saturday night that claimed seven lives, three widely known white youths of Jackson, Route 2, and four Negroes of the Indian Springs area.
Killed instantly in the terrific crash which occurred at 11:35 Saturday night almost directly in front of the Whit Nelson home on the Jackson-Indian Springs Road, State Route 42, were:
Aubrey Ray Bankston, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bankston Sr., Route 2, Jackson.
James Ronald Hardy, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hardy, Route 2, Jackson.
Rufus Oscar Knowles, 22, son of Mr. B. T. Knowles, of Jackson, and Mrs. Allie McNeil of Jacksonville, Fla.
The three young men had been at Indian Springs and were traveling north when the car occupied by the four Negroes proceeding south with all four wheels in the left lane, according to investigation by the State Patrol, slammed head-on into the car driven by Bankston.
Mr. Bankston was born July 1, 1939. After completing his education at Jackson High, he served overseas for two years in Germany with the U. S. Army, receiving his discharge on June 2, 1960. He was employed at Turner's Marina on Jackson Lake. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Donald Bankston Sr., of Jackson; one brother, J. D. Bankston Jr., Brunswick; grandmother, Mrs. Eula Jones, Monticello; one nephew.
Pallbearers were Tommy Burks, Bob Franklin, Ronnie Pope, Jimmy Pettigrew, Homer Williams, Donald Railey. Honorary pallbearers were members of his graduation class at Jackson High School.
Contributor: SPMcD (48452228)
From the Jackson Progress Argus, 31 Aug 1961
County Counts Seven Dead In Head-On Crash Saturday Night
Jackson this week is a city bowed in grief, numbed and mute by the tragic head-on collision of two automobiles Saturday night that claimed seven lives, three widely known white youths of Jackson, Route 2, and four Negroes of the Indian Springs area.
Killed instantly in the terrific crash which occurred at 11:35 Saturday night almost directly in front of the Whit Nelson home on the Jackson-Indian Springs Road, State Route 42, were:
Aubrey Ray Bankston, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bankston Sr., Route 2, Jackson.
James Ronald Hardy, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hardy, Route 2, Jackson.
Rufus Oscar Knowles, 22, son of Mr. B. T. Knowles, of Jackson, and Mrs. Allie McNeil of Jacksonville, Fla.
The three young men had been at Indian Springs and were traveling north when the car occupied by the four Negroes proceeding south with all four wheels in the left lane, according to investigation by the State Patrol, slammed head-on into the car driven by Bankston.
Mr. Bankston was born July 1, 1939. After completing his education at Jackson High, he served overseas for two years in Germany with the U. S. Army, receiving his discharge on June 2, 1960. He was employed at Turner's Marina on Jackson Lake. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Donald Bankston Sr., of Jackson; one brother, J. D. Bankston Jr., Brunswick; grandmother, Mrs. Eula Jones, Monticello; one nephew.
Pallbearers were Tommy Burks, Bob Franklin, Ronnie Pope, Jimmy Pettigrew, Homer Williams, Donald Railey. Honorary pallbearers were members of his graduation class at Jackson High School.
Contributor: SPMcD (48452228)
County Counts Seven Dead In Head-On Crash Saturday Night
Jackson this week is a city bowed in grief, numbed and mute by the tragic head-on collision of two automobiles Saturday night that claimed seven lives, three widely known white youths of Jackson, Route 2, and four Negroes of the Indian Springs area.
Killed instantly in the terrific crash which occurred at 11:35 Saturday night almost directly in front of the Whit Nelson home on the Jackson-Indian Springs Road, State Route 42, were:
Aubrey Ray Bankston, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bankston Sr., Route 2, Jackson.
James Ronald Hardy, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hardy, Route 2, Jackson.
Rufus Oscar Knowles, 22, son of Mr. B. T. Knowles, of Jackson, and Mrs. Allie McNeil of Jacksonville, Fla.
The three young men had been at Indian Springs and were traveling north when the car occupied by the four Negroes proceeding south with all four wheels in the left lane, according to investigation by the State Patrol, slammed head-on into the car driven by Bankston.
Mr. Bankston was born July 1, 1939. After completing his education at Jackson High, he served overseas for two years in Germany with the U. S. Army, receiving his discharge on June 2, 1960. He was employed at Turner's Marina on Jackson Lake. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Donald Bankston Sr., of Jackson; one brother, J. D. Bankston Jr., Brunswick; grandmother, Mrs. Eula Jones, Monticello; one nephew.
Pallbearers were Tommy Burks, Bob Franklin, Ronnie Pope, Jimmy Pettigrew, Homer Williams, Donald Railey. Honorary pallbearers were members of his graduation class at Jackson High School.
Contributor: SPMcD (48452228)
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