The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Thursday, August 27, 1959
Lyle Leroy Williamson
Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the Metea Baptist church for Lyle Leroy
WILLIAMSON, 23, of near Metea, who was killed instantly Wednesday morning when the
tractor-trailer he was driving crashed down an embankment on U.S. 41, nine miles north of
Rockville.
The Rev. Dwight PATTERSON will officiate at the rites with the Rev. Lincoln LEHOU
officiating. Burial will be in the Metea cemetery. Friends may call at the Ditmire funeral home in
Fulton.
Williamson was driving a truck owned by Holly Sales, Logansport. He was enroute to
Logansport with a load of propane gas when the truck apparently went out of control on a curve.
It turned over on its side, slid through a guard rail on the left side of the road and went down a 15foot
embankment.
The tractor cab separated from the trailer, caught fire and Williamson’s body was burned
badly. It was believed that he was dead before the fire broke out. The propane gas did not ignite.
Williamson resided a mile north of Metea on Ind. 25. He was born Sept. 4, 1935, in Cass
county, the son of Don and Erma TABLER WILLIAMSON. He was a graduate of Metea high
school and on June 7 of this year was married to Rose Marie FRY, who survives.
Also surviving are the parents, R.R. 1, Twelve Mile, the grandparents, Mrs. Alma
WILLIAMSON, Clearwater, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. Frank BROWN, fulton, and one sister, Carol
[WILLIAMSON], at home.
Williamson was a member of the Fulton Pilgrim Holiness church.
Charles J. Lewis
Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home for
Charles Jackson “Doc” LEWIS, Rochester, who died of a heart attack Tuesday afternoon.
The Rev. George CRANE will officiate at the rites and burial will be in the I.O.O.F.
cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Friday, August 28, 1959
Walter H. Meader
Walter H. “Bud” MEADER, 45, died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday in Woodlawn hospital, 15
minutes after his admission there. He had been ill since Monday at his home, 700 Pontiac street.
A post-mortem examination was conducted today to determine the cause of death.
Born Oct. 9, 1913, in Indianapolis, he had resided in Rochester since 1926, moving here
from Tipton. His parents are John W. and Mae HUSTON MEADER, who reside at the Pontiac
street address.
Mr. Meader was employed at Roth Park hotel in Monticello and also had worked as a
truck driver and for Studebaker’s in South Bend. He was a veteran of World War II and belonged
to the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Surviving besides the parents, are two sisters, Mrs. Louise CARITHERS and Mrs. Betty
ROBERTSON, both of Rochester, one nephew and two nieces.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home
with the Rev. George CRANE officiating. Burial will be in the Park cemetery at Greenfield.
Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Saturday.