Devoide Gulledge was born 9 December 1922, a son of William Harley Gulledge and Sarah Jane Brock. He was the fourth of ten children borne into this family.
On the night of 10 September 1942, Devoide Gulledge and nine other men, working as pulp wood Cutters, were involved in an vehicle accident on Highway 1, two miles south of Patrick, South Carolina, their home town. Devoide Gulledge, age 21, was killed instantly.
The truck in which the 10 men were riding was North bound bringing the men to their homes in Patrick. The south bound vehicle was an empty automobile carrier driven by Gordon Deardorff of LaGrange, Illinois.
The Corner’s Inquest reads as follows:
COD Inquest Finding:
upon their oaths do say that Devoid Gulledge received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by Transport Truck in the hands of Gordon Deardorff.
SECOND WITNESS: J. J. Gainey, duly sworn testified as follows: When we first saw the transport truck coming we had passed the curve and were on straight road. The transport truck was coming around the curve when I saw it. The driver took the whole curve, straightened back up but gave it a pull just as it was going against us. The trailer hit us. The driver of the transport truck went about 100 yards before it stopped. Devoid Gulledge was riding up on the left side of the truck. As best I know, the trailer made the curve and then hit our rear tire. The transport truck was on the left side and the trailer followed the tractor. We were sitting in the back of the truck with our feet inside the tires. . .
Four other men were injured in this accident. They were: William Heustess, Roy Gulledge, Blease Gainey and Frank Gulledge.
Devoide Gulledge was laid to rest in Saint John Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
Devoide Gulledge is my 2nd Cousin once Removed.
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1. 1930 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0012, Page: 4B/248 (Stamped); Line 80, Dwelling 77, Family 77, Household of Harley GULLEDGE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 3 August 2022); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_2192.
2. Coroner’s Inquest: https://csidixie.org/inquests/4431
3. Four Others Injured When Trucks Crash Near Town of Patrick obituary, The Columbia Record, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, 10 September 1942, Page 2, Column 5.
4. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 August 2022); Memorial page for Dovide Gulledge; (9 December 1922–9 September 1942); Find a Grave memorial # 73546294, Citing Saint John Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA
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