Weatherford Democrat, front page, Thursday, June 27, 1946
Bill Leatherwood Killed Tuesday in Auto Accident on Old Bank Head Highway --
Bill Leatherwood, age 40 years, who was reared in Parker County and has lived here most of his life, was instantly killed Tuesday afternoon at five o'clock when his automobile went out of control on Millsap Mountain and plunged over an embankment. Highway Patrolmen of Palo Pinto County, who investigated the accident, are said to have made a report that they found the brakes of the car had locked, probably causing the accident.
Mr. Leatherwood was enroute from Millsap to Mineral Wells and was driving the old Bankhead Highway, which winds and turns up the Millsap Mountain, where a great many fatal accidents have occured in the past several years.
He built the cafe on the banks of the Brazos River on Highway 80, soon after that road, the Ranger cut-off was built, and the catfish dinners served soon became famous in this part of the state. Some time ago he moved to Fort Worth and had resided there for the past few months.
He is survived by his wife and three children, Bill Jr., Ray and Ruby Leatherwood, all of Millsap; also by his father, M. J. Leatherwood, of Poolville, and by seven brothers and two sisters as follows: C. T., Donald and Hubert Leatherwood all of Fort Worth; S. T., Howard, M. J. and John Earl Leatherwood, all of Poolville; Mrs. Bill Siske, Springtown and Mrs. Jeff Lynch of Forth Worth.
Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon from the White Funeral Home in Weatherford, and burial was in the Dilbeck Cemetery at Peaster. Rev. Howard Butler, Springtown Baptist minister conducted the services.
Bill Leatherwood Killed Tuesday in Auto Accident on Old Bank Head Highway --
Bill Leatherwood, age 40 years, who was reared in Parker County and has lived here most of his life, was instantly killed Tuesday afternoon at five o'clock when his automobile went out of control on Millsap Mountain and plunged over an embankment. Highway Patrolmen of Palo Pinto County, who investigated the accident, are said to have made a report that they found the brakes of the car had locked, probably causing the accident.
Mr. Leatherwood was enroute from Millsap to Mineral Wells and was driving the old Bankhead Highway, which winds and turns up the Millsap Mountain, where a great many fatal accidents have occured in the past several years.
He built the cafe on the banks of the Brazos River on Highway 80, soon after that road, the Ranger cut-off was built, and the catfish dinners served soon became famous in this part of the state. Some time ago he moved to Fort Worth and had resided there for the past few months.
He is survived by his wife and three children, Bill Jr., Ray and Ruby Leatherwood, all of Millsap; also by his father, M. J. Leatherwood, of Poolville, and by seven brothers and two sisters as follows: C. T., Donald and Hubert Leatherwood all of Fort Worth; S. T., Howard, M. J. and John Earl Leatherwood, all of Poolville; Mrs. Bill Siske, Springtown and Mrs. Jeff Lynch of Forth Worth.
Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon from the White Funeral Home in Weatherford, and burial was in the Dilbeck Cemetery at Peaster. Rev. Howard Butler, Springtown Baptist minister conducted the services.
Weatherford Democrat, front page, Thursday, June 27, 1946
Bill Leatherwood Killed Tuesday in Auto Accident on Old Bank Head Highway --
Bill Leatherwood, age 40 years, who was reared in Parker County and has lived here most of his life, was instantly killed Tuesday afternoon at five o'clock when his automobile went out of control on Millsap Mountain and plunged over an embankment. Highway Patrolmen of Palo Pinto County, who investigated the accident, are said to have made a report that they found the brakes of the car had locked, probably causing the accident.
Mr. Leatherwood was enroute from Millsap to Mineral Wells and was driving the old Bankhead Highway, which winds and turns up the Millsap Mountain, where a great many fatal accidents have occured in the past several years.
He built the cafe on the banks of the Brazos River on Highway 80, soon after that road, the Ranger cut-off was built, and the catfish dinners served soon became famous in this part of the state. Some time ago he moved to Fort Worth and had resided there for the past few months.
He is survived by his wife and three children, Bill Jr., Ray and Ruby Leatherwood, all of Millsap; also by his father, M. J. Leatherwood, of Poolville, and by seven brothers and two sisters as follows: C. T., Donald and Hubert Leatherwood all of Fort Worth; S. T., Howard, M. J. and John Earl Leatherwood, all of Poolville; Mrs. Bill Siske, Springtown and Mrs. Jeff Lynch of Forth Worth.
Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon from the White Funeral Home in Weatherford, and burial was in the Dilbeck Cemetery at Peaster. Rev. Howard Butler, Springtown Baptist minister conducted the services.
Bill Leatherwood Killed Tuesday in Auto Accident on Old Bank Head Highway --
Bill Leatherwood, age 40 years, who was reared in Parker County and has lived here most of his life, was instantly killed Tuesday afternoon at five o'clock when his automobile went out of control on Millsap Mountain and plunged over an embankment. Highway Patrolmen of Palo Pinto County, who investigated the accident, are said to have made a report that they found the brakes of the car had locked, probably causing the accident.
Mr. Leatherwood was enroute from Millsap to Mineral Wells and was driving the old Bankhead Highway, which winds and turns up the Millsap Mountain, where a great many fatal accidents have occured in the past several years.
He built the cafe on the banks of the Brazos River on Highway 80, soon after that road, the Ranger cut-off was built, and the catfish dinners served soon became famous in this part of the state. Some time ago he moved to Fort Worth and had resided there for the past few months.
He is survived by his wife and three children, Bill Jr., Ray and Ruby Leatherwood, all of Millsap; also by his father, M. J. Leatherwood, of Poolville, and by seven brothers and two sisters as follows: C. T., Donald and Hubert Leatherwood all of Fort Worth; S. T., Howard, M. J. and John Earl Leatherwood, all of Poolville; Mrs. Bill Siske, Springtown and Mrs. Jeff Lynch of Forth Worth.
Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon from the White Funeral Home in Weatherford, and burial was in the Dilbeck Cemetery at Peaster. Rev. Howard Butler, Springtown Baptist minister conducted the services.
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