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Douglas Michael Dye

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Douglas Michael Dye

Birth
West Virginia, USA
Death
2 Jun 1973 (aged 14–15)
Ripley, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Sissonville, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Ripley Police are continuing their investigation of a car accident on WV Hwy. 33, which resulted in the death of a 15-year-old Kenna youth. Authorities said a car driven by James Wesley Redman, 19, of Ripley; left the road, severed a utility pole, then crashed into a parked car in which a family was apparently sleeping. Fortunately, the sleeping family of two children and the parents were not hurt, said Sgt. Hill of the Ripley police.

Douglas Michael Dye, 15, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Hospital. He was a passenger in the Redman car. Dye, a native of South Charleston, was a student at Ripley High School.

Douglas is survived by his, step-father and mother, Cloyd R. Rhodes and Mina Lee (Tyree) Dye-Rhodes, of Kenna; his brothers, James Ray Dye, David Ray Rhodes and Kenneth Lee-Rhodes, all at home; his sisters, Mrs.; Barbara Williams of Silvertoh, Mrs. Rebecca Miller of Ravenswood, Mrs. Carolyn Sue Fresh of Titusville, FL, and Mrs. Deborah Ann Thaxton of Miami, FL.
Ripley Police are continuing their investigation of a car accident on WV Hwy. 33, which resulted in the death of a 15-year-old Kenna youth. Authorities said a car driven by James Wesley Redman, 19, of Ripley; left the road, severed a utility pole, then crashed into a parked car in which a family was apparently sleeping. Fortunately, the sleeping family of two children and the parents were not hurt, said Sgt. Hill of the Ripley police.

Douglas Michael Dye, 15, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Hospital. He was a passenger in the Redman car. Dye, a native of South Charleston, was a student at Ripley High School.

Douglas is survived by his, step-father and mother, Cloyd R. Rhodes and Mina Lee (Tyree) Dye-Rhodes, of Kenna; his brothers, James Ray Dye, David Ray Rhodes and Kenneth Lee-Rhodes, all at home; his sisters, Mrs.; Barbara Williams of Silvertoh, Mrs. Rebecca Miller of Ravenswood, Mrs. Carolyn Sue Fresh of Titusville, FL, and Mrs. Deborah Ann Thaxton of Miami, FL.


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