The Decatur Daily - Thursday, July 26, 1973:
Hillsboro Youth Killed In Wreck
HILLSBORO --- A 12-year-old Hillsboro 1 youth was killed Wednesday afternoon in a motorcycle-car accident near here. Lawrence County Coroner Herschel Boyles said Dennis Lee Carr was killed approximately 2:30 p.m. Wednesday on Lawrence County Rd. 53 when his motorcycle and a car driven by Joseph P. Wright, 24, of Lawton Mich. collided.
Funeral services for the child will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Roselawn Cemetery, Shelton directing.
Survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aleeotis Carr, Hillsboro; grandparents, Mrs. Nell Chamberlin, and Jesse Hitt, both of Hillsboro. "The best we could determine, the boy crossed the road and Wright did not have time to stop, " Boyles said. Carr's body was taken to Shelton Funeral Home by AAA-South End Ambulance Service
of Decatur.
The Decatur Daily - Thursday, July 26, 1973:
Hillsboro Youth Killed In Wreck
HILLSBORO --- A 12-year-old Hillsboro 1 youth was killed Wednesday afternoon in a motorcycle-car accident near here. Lawrence County Coroner Herschel Boyles said Dennis Lee Carr was killed approximately 2:30 p.m. Wednesday on Lawrence County Rd. 53 when his motorcycle and a car driven by Joseph P. Wright, 24, of Lawton Mich. collided.
Funeral services for the child will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Roselawn Cemetery, Shelton directing.
Survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aleeotis Carr, Hillsboro; grandparents, Mrs. Nell Chamberlin, and Jesse Hitt, both of Hillsboro. "The best we could determine, the boy crossed the road and Wright did not have time to stop, " Boyles said. Carr's body was taken to Shelton Funeral Home by AAA-South End Ambulance Service
of Decatur.
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