Mrs. Vera Talmadge Smyly Dies in Crash
Mrs. Vera T. Smyly, sister of Governor Herman Talmadge was killed when her car collided with a large Trailer truck on US Highway 41, near the towers of Radio Station WMAZ, according to Bibb County Sheriff E. Juian Peacock. The accident happened about 3 PM Friday afternoon. She was traveling alone. Reports indicate that Mrs. Smyly evidently lost control of her 1952 Oldsmobile on the long curve and sideswiped the truck, driven by Henry L. Vaughn, of Valdosta, who was not hurt. She was dead when the ambulance arrived at the scene. The car was demolished, according to Eastman citizens who passed the scene of the accident shortly after it happened. Mrs. Smyly herself was involved in a similar accident near the same scene on June 24, 1949. Records in the Sheriff's office show she was injured and taken to Macon Hospital at that time and a passenger int he car, Ralph Sapp, was injured. Mrs. Smyly was living in Eastman with her husband at that time.
Mrs. Smyl's 1949 accident also happened about 3 PM when her car, a 1949 Oldsmobile, skidded on wet pavement after she had passed a trcuk and struck a utility pole. Funeral services for Mrs. Smyly were conducted at McRae Baptist Church at 3 PM Sunday. Rev. J.R. Smith and Rev. W.D. Woodle officiated. Interment was in McRae Cemetery. Besides the Governor, Mrs. Smyly is survived by her mother, Mrs. Eugene Talmadge; one sister, Mrs. Scott Shepherd, of Montgomery, Alabama and a half-brother, John A. Petreson, Jr., of Atlanta. She was the former wife of Charles Smyly of Eastman, President of the Eastman Cotton Mill. Mrs. Smyly had lived with her mother at the Talmadge home in McRae since her divorce from Mr. Smyly.
Dodge County Newspaper Clippings, Volume VII 1949-1955, pages 4175-4176; compiled by Tad Evans
Mrs. Vera T. Smyly, sister of Governor Herman Talmadge was killed when her car collided with a large Trailer truck on US Highway 41, near the towers of Radio Station WMAZ, according to Bibb County Sheriff E. Juian Peacock. The accident happened about 3 PM Friday afternoon. She was traveling alone. Reports indicate that Mrs. Smyly evidently lost control of her 1952 Oldsmobile on the long curve and sideswiped the truck, driven by Henry L. Vaughn, of Valdosta, who was not hurt. She was dead when the ambulance arrived at the scene. The car was demolished, according to Eastman citizens who passed the scene of the accident shortly after it happened. Mrs. Smyly herself was involved in a similar accident near the same scene on June 24, 1949. Records in the Sheriff's office show she was injured and taken to Macon Hospital at that time and a passenger int he car, Ralph Sapp, was injured. Mrs. Smyly was living in Eastman with her husband at that time.
Mrs. Smyl's 1949 accident also happened about 3 PM when her car, a 1949 Oldsmobile, skidded on wet pavement after she had passed a trcuk and struck a utility pole. Funeral services for Mrs. Smyly were conducted at McRae Baptist Church at 3 PM Sunday. Rev. J.R. Smith and Rev. W.D. Woodle officiated. Interment was in McRae Cemetery. Besides the Governor, Mrs. Smyly is survived by her mother, Mrs. Eugene Talmadge; one sister, Mrs. Scott Shepherd, of Montgomery, Alabama and a half-brother, John A. Petreson, Jr., of Atlanta. She was the former wife of Charles Smyly of Eastman, President of the Eastman Cotton Mill. Mrs. Smyly had lived with her mother at the Talmadge home in McRae since her divorce from Mr. Smyly.
Dodge County Newspaper Clippings, Volume VII 1949-1955, pages 4175-4176; compiled by Tad Evans
Mrs. Vera Talmadge Smyly Dies in Crash
Mrs. Vera T. Smyly, sister of Governor Herman Talmadge was killed when her car collided with a large Trailer truck on US Highway 41, near the towers of Radio Station WMAZ, according to Bibb County Sheriff E. Juian Peacock. The accident happened about 3 PM Friday afternoon. She was traveling alone. Reports indicate that Mrs. Smyly evidently lost control of her 1952 Oldsmobile on the long curve and sideswiped the truck, driven by Henry L. Vaughn, of Valdosta, who was not hurt. She was dead when the ambulance arrived at the scene. The car was demolished, according to Eastman citizens who passed the scene of the accident shortly after it happened. Mrs. Smyly herself was involved in a similar accident near the same scene on June 24, 1949. Records in the Sheriff's office show she was injured and taken to Macon Hospital at that time and a passenger int he car, Ralph Sapp, was injured. Mrs. Smyly was living in Eastman with her husband at that time.
Mrs. Smyl's 1949 accident also happened about 3 PM when her car, a 1949 Oldsmobile, skidded on wet pavement after she had passed a trcuk and struck a utility pole. Funeral services for Mrs. Smyly were conducted at McRae Baptist Church at 3 PM Sunday. Rev. J.R. Smith and Rev. W.D. Woodle officiated. Interment was in McRae Cemetery. Besides the Governor, Mrs. Smyly is survived by her mother, Mrs. Eugene Talmadge; one sister, Mrs. Scott Shepherd, of Montgomery, Alabama and a half-brother, John A. Petreson, Jr., of Atlanta. She was the former wife of Charles Smyly of Eastman, President of the Eastman Cotton Mill. Mrs. Smyly had lived with her mother at the Talmadge home in McRae since her divorce from Mr. Smyly.
Dodge County Newspaper Clippings, Volume VII 1949-1955, pages 4175-4176; compiled by Tad Evans
Mrs. Vera T. Smyly, sister of Governor Herman Talmadge was killed when her car collided with a large Trailer truck on US Highway 41, near the towers of Radio Station WMAZ, according to Bibb County Sheriff E. Juian Peacock. The accident happened about 3 PM Friday afternoon. She was traveling alone. Reports indicate that Mrs. Smyly evidently lost control of her 1952 Oldsmobile on the long curve and sideswiped the truck, driven by Henry L. Vaughn, of Valdosta, who was not hurt. She was dead when the ambulance arrived at the scene. The car was demolished, according to Eastman citizens who passed the scene of the accident shortly after it happened. Mrs. Smyly herself was involved in a similar accident near the same scene on June 24, 1949. Records in the Sheriff's office show she was injured and taken to Macon Hospital at that time and a passenger int he car, Ralph Sapp, was injured. Mrs. Smyly was living in Eastman with her husband at that time.
Mrs. Smyl's 1949 accident also happened about 3 PM when her car, a 1949 Oldsmobile, skidded on wet pavement after she had passed a trcuk and struck a utility pole. Funeral services for Mrs. Smyly were conducted at McRae Baptist Church at 3 PM Sunday. Rev. J.R. Smith and Rev. W.D. Woodle officiated. Interment was in McRae Cemetery. Besides the Governor, Mrs. Smyly is survived by her mother, Mrs. Eugene Talmadge; one sister, Mrs. Scott Shepherd, of Montgomery, Alabama and a half-brother, John A. Petreson, Jr., of Atlanta. She was the former wife of Charles Smyly of Eastman, President of the Eastman Cotton Mill. Mrs. Smyly had lived with her mother at the Talmadge home in McRae since her divorce from Mr. Smyly.
Dodge County Newspaper Clippings, Volume VII 1949-1955, pages 4175-4176; compiled by Tad Evans
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