Payne, Frances

Passed: 1936-08-22

Age: 72

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1936-08-28

Information: An automobile which plunged down a steep embankment on White Oak last Saturday afternoon carried Mrs. Frances Payne, 72 years old, to her instant death, and her four year old grandson, Lewis Combs, died early Monday as the result of a fractured skull which he received in the accident.  Four others, who were occupants of the car at the time, were injured but their injuries were described as minor.  State Police are holding the driver of the car on charges of manslaughter.  The automobile was a Ford Roadster with a rumble seat, officers said, and it rolled over five times in its hundred foot plunge down the hill.  The road was narrow at the point of the accident and one of the wheels broke over the berm and sent the car headlong down the steep incline.  Mrs. Payne was dead when help reached her, and the injured were rushed to the hospital.      Funeral services for Mrs. Payne were held at Cicerone Sunday afternoon under the directions of the Mays Mortuary.  Services for the little grandson were held on Tuesday.  Oley Hackney, of Advent, the driver of the car, was arrested by State Police on a charge of reckless driving and the charge was later changed to manslaughter.  He, himself, received bruises and cuts in the accident.  Another of Mrs. Payne's grandchildren, Clara Combs, 10 years old, received a broken shoulder.  Lewis Combs, the four year old grandson who died Monday, had a fractured skull.  Two other grandchildren, Ollie Combs, 8 years old, and Nina Combs, 10 years old, escaped with minor bruises and cuts. V. C. Cobb, another occupant of the car, received minor injuries.  The automobile which carried Mrs. Payne to her death was a complete wreck, according to those who visited the scene of the accident.  [Betty Kessel McIntyre obit collection]