Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Haywood Charles J 450713 p1
Graysonite Killed in Car Crash; C. J. Haywood Victim of Upset Wednesday; Losing control of his car as he neared the
turn at the Grayson cemetery, Charles J. Haywood of Grayson was fatally injured about 3:15 Wednesday afternoon as the
car overturned crushing him beneath it. Haywood was en route home from his job at the Vernalis Air Station when the
mishap occurred.  Whether a blowout caused him to lose control, or some other factor appeared was not certain, but
evidence at the scene of the mishap indicate that the car swerved to the right and then back to the left side of the road
before turning over, probably two times, and landing with the driver pinned underneath. Haywood was still living when
extricated but passed away about thirty minutes later. Distraction over the death of a son recently killed in action in the
South Pacific is a surmise advanced by his friends as a possible factor contributing to the crash. A native of Arkansas; the
deceased was 55 years of age and had resided here for two years. He is survived by two others sons in the Army �
Charles and Clyde, and by four other children, Mrs. Effie Schaller and Mrs. Gladys Kidd of Texas, and Jack and Lillie of
Grayson. Remains are at the Evans Funeral Chapel and will be shipped this evening to Lubbock, Texas for interment.