Cossin, Warren

Passed: 1940-12-22

Age: 18

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1941-01-03

Information: YOUTH KILLED; FOUR INJURED/ WARREN COSSIN VICTIM OF FATAL CRASH NEAR RIPLEY - Jackson county's record for no road fatalities for the year 1940 was broken early Sunday afternoon, December 22, when Warren Cossin was killed in an automobile collision at Nigger Hill just outside of Ripley on the Sandyville road, and Ray Beegle, of Ripley, whose car Cossin was driving at the time of the fatal accident was seriously injured and was brought to the Starcher hospital where he will remain for some time.     In the other car were Robert Carson, 28 year old Angelo, Indiana, school teacher; his wife, Jean, 23 years old and their two year old son, William.  Mrs. Carson suffered severe head injuries, a broken left arm and severe body lacerations.  She was brought to the Starcher hospital, but was later removed to a Charleston hospital where the services of a bone specialist were available.  Mr. Carson suffered a broken right arm, a lacerated left leg and the young son had severe face and head lacerations.  Beegle suffered a broken right leg.  Carson was taken to the Kessel hospital, but was sufficiently recovered to be discharged from the hospital on Tuesday.     Cossin was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cossin, of Cottageville.  The funeral services were held at the Cottageville church with burial in the cemetery there.  In additon to the parents, he is survived by a brother, John Cossin, and two sisters, Mrs. Jennings McIntyre and Miss Grace Cossin.  Young Cossin lived about fifteen minutes after the crash, but died in an ambulance which was bringing him to a Ripley hospital.  Numerous accidents were reported from several sections during the holidays, but in no instance except the one at Nigger Hill was there any fatality or serious unjuries.  Harold Snyder of Alliance, Ohio, wrecked his car near New Era while on his way with his sister, Lydia, to Letart to spend Christmas with relatives and they were both slightly injured and were treated at the Kessel Hospital.       (buried at Creston Cemetery)  Ada Ruth Sayre