VERN MORRIS KILLED IN TRUCK ACCIDENT

Blair friends have been informed that Vern Leroy Morris of Oakland, California was killed instantly in a truck accident near Oakland last Saturday when the truck he was driving plunged 800 feet down a canyon.

Mr. and Mrs. Morris were residents of Blair several years ago when Mr. Morris was employed as a truck driver for the Denver Chicago Trucking Company.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~