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Submitted: 3/16/22 • Approved: 3/16/22 • Last Updated: 3/19/22 • R499877-G0-S3
August 15, 1955-November 15, 1969
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Auto Wreck Kills Two Friona Teens
Tragedy struck the community of Friona another blow during the past week, as two city teenagers died following a wreck a mile west of town.
Becky Broyles, 14, was killed instantly, and Billy Rushing, 15, died Tuesday , after the car in which they were riding went out of control about 11 p.m. last Saturday night. Investigating officers said the right front tire on the 1967 Ford LTD blew out, causing the car to turn over. The vehicle skidded some 250 feet, and apparently rolled over Miss Broyles. Both occupants were thrown out of the car.
The accident happened on Farm Road 1731, less than 150 years from the Rushing home. Young Rushing was driving the vehicle, which was headed east.
Miss Broyles, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bearl Dean Broyles of Hub, was dead at the scene. A freshman at Friona High School, she was a majorette in the Friona High School Band.
Rushing, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Rushing was treated at Parmer County Community Hospital, and then transferred to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, where he underwent brain surgery Sunday morning. The young man, a member of the Chieftain B-team this year, never regained consciousness.
The deaths brought to seven the number of fatalities to Friona residents during the year.
Funeral services for Miss Broyles were conducted from Sixth Street Church of Christ of which she was a member, at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Officiating ministers were Bill Gipson, Friona, and C.J. Horton, El Paso.
Pallbearers were Joe Boggess, Ten Procter, Miles Lillard, Bob Thomas, Johnny Bandy, Scott Lillard, Jayson Grimsley and Bobby Moore.
Survivors in addition to her parents, and one brother, Larry, of the home: paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Broyles of Muleshoe, and a maternal grandmother, Mrs. W.D. Hale, Waco.
Burial was in the Friona Cemetery under direction of Claborn Funeral Home.
Contributed on 3/16/22 by neldapat
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