Sayre, Darrell Ray

Passed: 1970-09-05

Age: 16

Source: Charleston Gazette

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1970-09-06

Information:   CRASH KILLS 16-YEAR-OLD IN JACKSON - A 16-year-old youth was killed and three others injured in an accident last evening on Rt. 56 near Silverton in Jackson county, according to State Police.  The victim was identified as Darrell Ray Sayre, son of Les Sayre, of Evans, Jackson county.  According to police he was a passenger in an auto which left the highway apparently at a high rate of speed, struck a cliff and overturned in the highway.  Johnny Ray Beegle, 22, of Rt. 2, Leon, listed by police as owner of the suto, suffered a fractured neck, according to police.  The other injured persons were listed as Verl J. Minney, 28, Ripley, and Dwight Sayre, 18, of Evans.  All were taken to Jackson General Hospital.  Police said the accident which occurred abourt 5:50 p.m. was still under investigation last night.   JACKSON HERALD / 9/11/1970/   COUNTY'S SIXTH ROAD FATALITY RECORDED - Jackson County recorded its sixth highway fatality of the year with the death Saturday evening of Darrell Ray (Shorty) Sayre, 16, of Evans, who was killed while riding in a car which wrecked on State Rt. 56, six-tenths of a mile east of Silverton about 5:50 p.m.  Three other persons were injured in the accident.  They were Veral J. Minney, 28, of Ripley, son of Mrs. Edith Minney of Maple St.; Johnny Ray Beegle, 22, of Rt. 2, Leon, listed by police as owner of the ill-fated ....model Chevrolet, and Dwight Sayre, 18, of Evans, not related to the dead youth.  All were taken to Jackson General Hospital by Parsons ambulance.  The three injured were still confined to the hospital early this week.  Beegle was reported to have suffered a fractured neck.        According to Corporal G. E. Seymour of the State Police and Deputy Sheriff Ed Speece, who are continuing their investigation, the Beegle car was traveling west on Rt. 56, was starting to pass a car, and a third car was coming in the opposite direction. In trying to get back in the right lane, the driver's vehicle slid sideways off the highway, struck a rock cliff, landed back on the highway and skidded on its top for a considerable distance.        Funeral services for Darrell Ray Sayre, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sayre of Evans, were conducted Tuesday at the Casto Funeral Home in Evans, with the Rev. Gerald Sayre officiating.  Burial was in Otterbein Cemetery.  Surviving the youth, in addition to his parents, are two sisters, Mrs. Sandra Ray Legue of Mt. Alto and Mrs. Shelia Ann Parsons of California; three brothers, Everett of Johnstown, Ohio, Delbert and James, both at home and a paternal grandmother, Mrs. Nellie Sayre of Wilkesvile, Ohio.  Other fatalities in the County this year have been Jess Howell Feb. 19; Brian Cole April 4; Gerald Atwell July 2; and Okey Lee Riser and Chester DeLong both on July 24.