Delta Democrat-Times- Greenville, MS Oct 31, 1957
Jack Barwick, -Native Deltan Dies In Accident
Jack K. Barwick, 47, of Tchula, native Washington countian, was killed about 7 a. m. today in the head-on collision of his car and a truck near Sidon.
Barwick was one of two victims of fatal incidents involving school buses during a heavy fog which shrouded Mississippi highways and streets early this morning.
Highway Patrolmen said Barwick had stopped his car while the school bus, headed in the other direction, was stopped to take on school children. The patrolman said a truck traveling in the same direction as the bus apparently did not see the bus in time to stop and swerved to the left, crashing head on into Barwick's stopped car, south of Sidon. High Patrolman Marvin 0. Harris said the truck driver, xxxxx of Rosedale, will be charged with reckless driving. Barwick, widely known in the Delta, was a member of the faculty of the Greenwood public schools and a brother of five Washington countians.
.....Barwick was born at Glen Alan, a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. E. Barwick, pioneer settlers of the Lake Washington area. He was educated in the Glen Allan schools and at Delta State College in Cleveland where he was an outstanding student.
After his graduation he engaged in the wholesale grocery business at Tchula with his father in-law and after his death of his father in law became a member of the Greenwood school faculty.
He leaves his wife Mrs. Julia Crowe Barwick and a six year old daughter, Julie Barwick, Two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Simmons of Glen Allan and Mrs. T. H. Shields of Greenville; and three brothers, E. H. Barwick and R. R. Barwick, both of Greenville, and Cecil Barwick of Glen Allan.
Funeral arrangements were not immediately complete.
Child:
Julia Kennedy Barwick, m. Marvin Richard Smitherman.
Delta Democrat-Times- Greenville, MS Oct 31, 1957
Jack Barwick, -Native Deltan Dies In Accident
Jack K. Barwick, 47, of Tchula, native Washington countian, was killed about 7 a. m. today in the head-on collision of his car and a truck near Sidon.
Barwick was one of two victims of fatal incidents involving school buses during a heavy fog which shrouded Mississippi highways and streets early this morning.
Highway Patrolmen said Barwick had stopped his car while the school bus, headed in the other direction, was stopped to take on school children. The patrolman said a truck traveling in the same direction as the bus apparently did not see the bus in time to stop and swerved to the left, crashing head on into Barwick's stopped car, south of Sidon. High Patrolman Marvin 0. Harris said the truck driver, xxxxx of Rosedale, will be charged with reckless driving. Barwick, widely known in the Delta, was a member of the faculty of the Greenwood public schools and a brother of five Washington countians.
.....Barwick was born at Glen Alan, a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. E. Barwick, pioneer settlers of the Lake Washington area. He was educated in the Glen Allan schools and at Delta State College in Cleveland where he was an outstanding student.
After his graduation he engaged in the wholesale grocery business at Tchula with his father in-law and after his death of his father in law became a member of the Greenwood school faculty.
He leaves his wife Mrs. Julia Crowe Barwick and a six year old daughter, Julie Barwick, Two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Simmons of Glen Allan and Mrs. T. H. Shields of Greenville; and three brothers, E. H. Barwick and R. R. Barwick, both of Greenville, and Cecil Barwick of Glen Allan.
Funeral arrangements were not immediately complete.
Child:
Julia Kennedy Barwick, m. Marvin Richard Smitherman.
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