TIMES MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1969 (Caption under photo page 1: An Ambulance stretcher is shown ready to carry away the body of Thomas I. White which lies in front of his truck after a head-on collision on U. S. 50 east of Bedford yesterday afternoon. White's truck had slid into the left lane when he attempted to avoid a stopped car on the road ahead. Another photo Page 2) One Killed, One Hurt In East 50 Collision Thomas Ira White Is Year's 11th Fatality By RIC MANNING T-M Reporter A near head on collision yesterday on U.S. 50 in front of Giddens Pontiac-Buick took the life of one Lawrence County man and hospitalized another. Dead is Thomas Ira White, 63, R. R. 6 and listed in fair condition this morning at Dunn Memorial Hospital was Justice N. McCreary, 74, 1729 N Street. Police said White's 1965 Ford pick-up was eastbound on U.S. 50 at about 3 p.m. when he attempted to stop behind another car that was turning off the highway. The truck then slid broadside into the west bound land and into McCreary's 1967 Ford Station Wagon. McCreary's car left the highway on the north side and almost stopped on an embankment before continuing across the highway and a county road and through a stone fence before coming to rest on the Otis Park golf course 387 feet from the point of impact. White was thrown from his truck through the passenger door. He was pronounced dead at the scene from a crushed skull by Lawrence County Deputy Coroner Dr. Donald M. Kerr. McCreary suffered a concussion, facial lacerations, multiple contusions and abrasions and a possible back injury. Police said most of the damage done to his auto occurred when it went through the fence and not at the collision point. Witnesses told police the car that was stopped in front of White had its turn signal on. The death of White mark's Lawrence County's eleventh fatality of the year and the fifth in the past six weeks. White was a retired employee of Central Foundry. Mr. White was bon March 15, 1906 in Martin County, the son of Thomas and Hester Crane White. He married Mary Rollins August 4, 1923 at Shoals. Surviving are the wife; seven sons, William of Wabash, Ind., Elza of Brookville, Noah of the U.S. Army Germany, Charles of Mitchell, Paul of Alamogordo, N.M., two daughters, Mrs. Cliff (Elizabeth) Allen of Springville R. R. 1, Mrs. Arthur (Zena) Pitts of Bedford R. R. 6, one granddaughter, Rose Margaret White at home, 43 grandchildren, three great grandchildren, three brothers, Martin, James and Louis White all of Shelbyville, Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Sipes of Bedford and Mrs. Fred (Lois) Easton of Florida. A daughter Mrs. William (Anna) Starrett of Easton, Ind., preceded him in death. Mr. White was a member of Local 440, United Auto Workers and was president of the Retired Central Foundry Employees. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday at the Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home with Rev. Henry Wallace officiating. Burial will be in Cresthaven Memory Gardens. Friends may call at any time Sunday at the funeral hour.