From: KyArchives Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 1:18 AM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Rogers.Edith.Powell.1960.Breckinridge.OBIT Edith POWELL ROGERS February 1960 Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries Breckinridge County Herald News, Friday, February 12, 1960 Obituary Mrs. Edith POWELL ROGERS, age 31, of Indianapolis, Indiana, formerly of Cloverport, Ky., and sister of Mrs. Louis BASHAM and Mrs. Harold KNIGHT of Cloverport, was held jointly on Thursday, with those of her 4 children at a Louisville Funeral Home. The ROGERS family were on their way to Louisville, Ky. to visit when the panel truck carrying the family of 6 overturned and caught fire after a collision Tuesday, and the entire family of 5 died in flames. The father, Francis H. ROGERS, age 41, survived, and is on the critical list at St. Joseph Infirmary, Louisville, of 3rd degree burns. Dead beside the mother were: her 4 children Sherrey Gail, age 4 Leonard, age 22 months Donna Marie, age 1 Linda LaVerne, age 2 months The accident occurred at Franklin, Indiana, on U. S. Highway 31. Burial was at Evergreen Cemetery in Louisville Also surviving are relatives of the mother: three sisters: Mrs. Louis BASHAM, Cloverport, Ky. Mrs. Harold KNIGHT, Cloverport, Ky. Mrs. H. B. JOHNSON, Waukegan, Illinois one brother: Ronald POWELL, Waukegan, Illinois George Herman Powell, Louisville, Ky. Donald POWELL, Lawton, Oklahoma Roger POWELL, Tucson, Arizona Leonard F. POWELL, Cincinnati, Ohio (The last 4 men were not identified. I wonder if they are also her brothers?) Submitted by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com Additional Comments: Indianapolis, Indiana is in Marion County Franklin, Indiana is in Johnson County This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/