OBIT: W.L. Ford, McCracken Co

>From the clippings our grandmother kept.  We do not know the name 
of the date of paper it came from.

PADUCAH YOUTH KILLED IN DETROIT CROSSING MISHAP
W. L. Ford, 21, Meets Death When Train Hits Auto; Friends Injured

W. L. Ford, 21, 1212 C street, was instantly killed early Sunday morning 
when an automobile in which he was riding was struck by a locomotive 
near Detroit, Mich.  Two companions, Russell Thomas, 21, Detroit, and 
John Brior, 24, Eastor, Penn., are in a critical condition as a result of 
the accident.

Detroit police reported Thomas, who was driving, said rain obscured 
the warning light at the crossing.

Ford's mother was reported to be near collapse from shock here.

Ford was graduated from Tilghman high school this year.  He was 
member of the Von Baron Ironclad fraternity, whose members will 
attend the funeral services in a body.

The body will arrive in Paducah Tuesday at 5:45 p.m. and will be taken 
to the Lindsey funeral home.  Later it will be removed to the home of 
Ford's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ford at 1912 C street.

Besides his parents, the youth is survived by a sister, Emma Sue; his 
grandfather, W. L. Ford of Kansas; three uncles and five aunts.

The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Immanuel 
Baptist church, Rev. George Heaton and Rev. A. M. Parrish officating.


Submitted by: Jim & Colleen Lovan 
<jlovan@uky.campus.mci.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 98