Boggess, Herbert, Leslie Lee, William Homer

Passed: 1935-04-20

Age: 13,11,15

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1935-04-26

Information:      William Homer Boggess, 15, (Born March 12, 1920), Herbert Boggess, 13, (Born January 7, 1922),  and Leslie Lee Boggess, 11, (Born March 4, 1924), all sons of A. Story and Virginia ""Virgie"" A. Thomas Boggess, of Kenna, WV, were fatally injured last Saturday night about ten o'clock when they were hit by a passing truck as they walked along the Ripley-Charleston highway near their home.  Herbert and Leslie died at the scene and Homer died the next day at Mountain State Hospital, Charleston, WV.   The death of the three brothers occurred just four months and one day after their older brother, Oral Boggess, was killed in an automobile accident at Pocatalico.  In addition to their parents they are survived by four brothers; Ralph, Thaddeous, Thurman and Denver Boggess, all of Kenna, and three sisters, Mrs. Ethel Milam, of Dunbar, and Miss Thelma and Miss Lakie Boggess, at home.  Funeral services were held at the home Tuesday afternoon.  Rev. Wesley Garrison preached the funeral services.  Burial was made in the family cemetery near they home.  The funeral was one of the most sorrowful and one of the largest crowds ever to gather for this purpose in this southern part of the county.    NOTE;  For additional information about the accident refer to The Jackson Herald Newspaper, dated April 26, 1935.