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Submitted: 10/28/21 • Approved: 10/28/21 • Last Updated: 10/31/21 • R465481-G0-S3
November 14, 1938-June 21, 1948
Son
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume XV-Number 28, Thursday, June 24, 1948)
Mrs. C.A. Flynt, Son, Three Others Die In Auto Crash
Five persons are dead and five others are still in the Shamrock General Hospital as a result of one of the worst highway accidents ever to occur in this area.
Killed almost instantly in the three-car crash two miles west of Shamrock at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon were:
Mrs. Winnie Fay Flynt, 34 years old, Clovis, N.M.
Mrs. Edna Mae Burson, 40, fine miles northwest of Shamrock.
Mrs. Othella Burson, about 60, Haskell.
Death claimed its fourth and fifth victims when James Charles Flynt, 9, died at 9:22 p.m. Monday, and Doris Burson, 17, passed away at 4:50 Wednesday morning.
In the Shamrock General Hospital are:
Theo Burson, 40, Shamrock.
Amasa Flynt, 38, husband of Mrs. Winnie Fay Flynt.
Mary Flynt, 12, daughter of the couple.
Dan Burson, 13, son of Theo Burson.
Jane Wood, 16, daughter of Mrs. D.V. Brashears of four miles southwest of Shamrock.
Dismissed from the hospital Tuesday was Martha Flynt, 5, daughter of Amasa Flynt.
Pampa Highway Patrolmen stated that information from witnesses showed that the tragedy occurred when the Flynt and the Burson cars came together at the top of a low hill on Highway 66 two miles west of Shamrock.
Victims are still unable to give a coherent account. The only known witnesses were passangers [sic] in a third car involved in the crash. It was driven by D.D. Pennington of Lela.
Patrolmen said the Ford coach driven by Theo Burson apparently attempted to pass the Pennington car moving east near the crest of the hill. They said Burson appeared to have lost control as he passed this car, sideswiped the front fender of it and then caromed into the Flynt car, a Buick sedan, as it topped the incline.
Persons in the Pennington car were not injured.
Mrs. Flynt, Mrs. Edna Mae Burson and Mrs. Othella Burson, Theo Burson’s mother, were killed almost instantly. The injured were rushed to the hospital in ambulances of Clay and Womack Funeral homes.
James Charles Flynt died of his injuries Monday night. He had been receiving blood transfusions steadily for hemorrhaging lungs and internal injuries.
Doris Burson, the fifth victim, died early Wednesday morning. Her injuries consisted of a fractured skull, fractures of both legs and an arm fracture. She also had received several blood transfusions.
Of the ones still living, Theo Burson is considered in the most serious condition. He is suffering from severe shock, a pelvis break and a broken arm. His son, Don, has a broken right arm and broken right leg. Several of his teeth were extracted Wednesday morning.
Amasa Flynt has lacerations of the chest and face, some broken ribs and is suffering from shock. His daughter, Mary, has lacerations of the face and a knee injury.
Jane Wood’s injuries consist of lacerations on her right arm. All victims are suffering from shock.
The Bursons were on their way to Shamrock where the elder Mrs. Burson was to have boarded a bus for her home in Haskell. She had been visiting in the home of her son.
The Flynts were en route to their home in Clovis, N.M., after having visited in Wheeler with her father, J.C. Crofford and Mrs. Crofford. Mr. Flynt is a building contractor and brick layer and was reared in Wheeler. He is the son of Mrs. C.A. Flynt who resides west of Wheeler.
The bodies of Mrs. Edna Mae Burson, Mrs. Othella Burson and Miss Doris Burson were sent by Womack Funeral Home and Clay Funeral Home to Haskell for funeral services and interment.
Double funeral services were conducted in Wheeler at 3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Winnie Fay Flynt and son, James Charles. The rites were held at the Church of Christ with Minister B.M. Litton in charge, assisted by Rev. A.C. Wood.
Womack Funeral Home of Shamrock was in charge of interment in the Wheeler Cemetery.
Mrs. Flynt was born September 22, 1913, at Rule, Texas, and married Amasa Flynt in January, 1929, at Sayre, Okla. The couple moved from Wheeler to Clovis in 1944.
Surviving are her husband; three daughters: Mrs. Imogene Pratt of Texhoma, Mary, and Martha, both involved in the fatal collision; her father, J.C. Crofford, Wheeler; two brothers, F.C. Crofford, Clarendon, and E.O. Crofford, Amarillo; two sisters, Mrs. L.D. Whiddon, and Mrs. Ivan Tucker, both of Amarillo.
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: James Charlia Flynt
Birth Date: 14 Nov 1938
Birth Place: Wheeler, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Clovis, New Mexico
Father: C A Flynt
Mother: Winnie Fay Croffard
Age at Death: 9
Death Date: 21 Jun 1948
Death Place: Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Contributed on 10/28/21
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