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Submitted: 10/15/21 • Approved: 10/15/21 • Last Updated: 10/18/21 • R463300-G0-S3
February 3, 1968-May 11, 1985
Please see Robert/Leslie Grayson Headstone Backside
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
One Vehicle Accident Claims Life
A one vehicle accident near Kelton claimed the life of an Allison youth early Saturday morning and injured a second Allison youth. The driver lost control; the pickup left the roadway, flipped several times and came to rest on its top and burned. Both passengers were thrown clear of the wreckage.
Leslie Erskin Grayson, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was apparently killed instantly. Wheeler County Justice of the Peace Lee Bond of Shamrock was called to the scene.
Injured in the accident was Leon Dean Lane, 20, of Allison. Lane was brought to Parkview Hospital for treatment before being taken to Amarillo for further treatment. He suffered sever [sic] injuries to the face and injured one knee.
It was believed to have been around 2 a.m. when the accident occured. The young men were traveling north on Farm-to-Market Road 592. Approximately 3 miles north of Kelton, just before the Sweetwater Creek bridge, the highway makes a slight turn to the right. At this point, Grayson apparently lost control of the pickup.
Due to the isolated area in which the accident happened and the lack of traffic the victims were not discovered until close to 7 a.m., when a crew from Wheeler drove past on their way to work.
Grayson, a junior at Allison, was scheduled to leave Saturday with his class and the seniors for a trip to Hawaii. It was not possible for the class to postpone the trip, so a 7:00 p.m. memorial service was held Saturday evening, May 11, 1985 at Wright Funeral Home.
Funeral services for the Grayson youth were held at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the Allison School, with the Rev. Ronnie Chadwick, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Directors.
He was born Feb. 3, 1968 in Dumas. He moved with his family from Dumas to Allison in 1976. He was a junior at Allison High School, where he participated in basketball and the FFA program. He was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his parents; two brothers, Kirby Lynn Norrell of Amarillo and Terry Eugene Norrell of La Port; one sister, Loretta Sue Eslinger of Dumas; and his grandfather, Earl Lancaster of Bula.
Pallbearers were O.D. Coulter, Jr., Jimmy Donaldson, Johnny Grayson, Terry Grayson, Jim Bob Hall, Carter Trew.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume 51, Number 24, Thursday, May 16, 1985, Page 1)
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Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Leslie Erskin Grayson
Date of Birth: 3 Feb 1968
Gender: Male
Birth County: Moore
Mother's name: Mary Jo Lancaster
Roll number: 1968_0006
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Leslie Grayson
Death Date: 11 May 1985
Death County:
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Leslie Grayson
Last Residence:
79003 Allison, Wheeler, Texas, USA
BORN: 3 Feb 1968
Died: May 1985
Contributed on 10/15/21
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Record #: 463300