Bobbie Hurt Obituary

Automobile Wreck Brings Tragedy To Local Homes

The mounting toll of automobile tragedies came home to McKenzie Saturday night when the car in which Mr. and Mrs. Isham Hurt, Jr., and their twin boys, Bobbie and Jim, was sideswiped by a truck trailer loaded with lumber, killing Bobbie instantly, seriously injuring Mr. Hurt, and slightly injuring Mrs. Hurt. So far as we were able to learn Jimmie was not injured. Driving from their home in Hohenwald to Trezevant, they were almost to Parsons when the wreck occurred. According to reports, the car in which the Hurts were driving met a truck that had only one light burning. Evidently, Mr. Hurt could not determine that the truck was pulling a trailer, although he is reported to have stated that he was over on his side of the road as far as he could get. The trailer which was loaded with some kind of lumber, side swiped the car, completely demolishing the side on which Mr. Hurt and Bobbie were riding. After every one was out of the car, it caught fire and was completely destroyed. Bobbie was killed almost instantly and Mr. Hurt suffered many bruises and lacerations, and was badly shaken, but Jim my escaped almost without an injury of any kind. They were taken to a hospital in Jackson, and at last reports, Mr. Hurt is getting along as well as could be expected. Funeral services for Bobbie were held in Hohenwald Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock with burial at Trezevant Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. This tragedy means much to McKenzie, since Mrs. Hurt is the former Rachel Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Black, who recently moved from here to Nashville. The twins – Bobbie and Jimmie — were well known here, and greatly loved and ad mired by every one. Both here and at Trezevant, where Mr. Hurt was reared, being the son of Mr. and Mrs. I .G. Hurt of that place, there were many comments regarding the tragedy, and many expressions of sorrow. The boys were 14 years old January 4th, full of life and happiness, and with their share of the wit and humor so striking in their grandfather, I. G. Hurt. This newspaper joins with the many people of McKenzie and Trezevant and this entire section, in expressing heartfelt sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Hurt and Jimmie, and to the grandparents and other relatives who have been so stunned by the tragedy.

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This obituary is held in the Gordon Browing Museum and Genealogical Library in McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee.