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© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, June 22, 1960 Harold Lee Starr Four Are Killed In Highway Accidents At Gotebo, Lawton Three Indians, two from Carnegie and one from Hobart, were killed in a two-vehicle collision at 6:30 p.m. Friday about a mile east of Gotebo on Highway 9. Also injured in the accident were Bob Hester, owner of a Hobart Furniture Company and a companion, Joe Mike Resneder, Hobart. The three Indians, Melvin Lee Taylor, 21, and his uncle Harold Lee Starr, 29, Carnegie, and Murphy Toppah, 26, Hobart, were riding in a car which collided with a pickup on a curve. Riding in the pickup were Hester and Resneder with Hester driving. The car was traveling west, topped a slight hill and went into a curve, meeting the pickup going east. The car crossed the center line on the curve and the left front of the car struck the left side of the pickup, according to trooper Don Burrows who investigated the accident. The trooper said the car was a total loss and the pickup was heavily damaged. Hester received chest and shoulder injuries and his companion has a mild neck injury, back injuries and lacerations. Funeral services for Toppah were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Elk Creek Baptist Mission with Rev. Barry Shongo officiating. Rev. Herbert Doyeta, church pastor, assisted. Joint services for Starr and Taylor were held at the Carnegie Baptist church at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Rev. Shongo officiated and burial was in the Carnegie cemetery. Starr was born July 16, 1930, at Lawton and Taylor was born at Lawton on February 23, 1939. Taylor served three years in the Air Force and Starr was a veteran of World War II and Korea. Surviving Starr are his mother, Nettie Ako, Carnegie; two sisters, Rachel Spottedhorse, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Rose Ann Roulane, El Reno; one brother, Claude Twohatchett, Carnegie, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ino Haumpo. Taylor is survived by his grandmother, Mrs. Ako; a half-sister, Joyce Keahbone, Anadarko; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Haumpo. |