Son of Albert G Abbott and Anna Evelyn Bishop Abbott.
Shelby County Reporter, Thursday, May 8, 1947
SIX DROWNED: BODIES RECOVERED. The bodies of six people who were drowned in Coosa River Tuesday night, April 29, were recovered from the river Sunday afternoon and brought to Walton's Funeral Home in Columbiana. They are Joe Crawford, 25 and E.L. Allen, Calera; Annie Mae Heath, 19, Betty Jo Davis, 14, James Shuler, 24 and Buddy Abbott, 19, of Talladega. All four of the men were veterans of World War II Crawford and Shuler having served in the Army; Allen in the Marines and Abbott in the Navy. The tragedy occurred, it is said, about 9 p.m. near Camp Okimo, when Crawford and Allen took the other four for a ride in a rented boat. Apparently the boat struck an underwater snag and threw the occupants into the river. News of the tragedy did not reach Columbiana until the following day.
Bio courtesy of Glenda Blackerby
Shelby County Reporter, Thursday, May 8, 1947
SIX DROWNED: BODIES RECOVERED. The bodies of six people who were drowned in Coosa River Tuesday night, April 29, were recovered from the river Sunday afternoon and brought to Walton's Funeral Home in Columbiana. They are Joe Crawford, 25 and E.L. Allen, Calera; Annie Mae Heath, 19, Betty Jo Davis, 14, James Shuler, 24 and Buddy Abbott, 19, of Talladega. All four of the men were veterans of World War II Crawford and Shuler having served in the Army; Allen in the Marines and Abbott in the Navy. The tragedy occurred, it is said, about 9 p.m. near Camp Okimo, when Crawford and Allen took the other four for a ride in a rented boat. Apparently the boat struck an underwater snag and threw the occupants into the river. News of the tragedy did not reach Columbiana until the following day.
Bio courtesy of Glenda Blackerby
Son of Albert G Abbott and Anna Evelyn Bishop Abbott.
Shelby County Reporter, Thursday, May 8, 1947
SIX DROWNED: BODIES RECOVERED. The bodies of six people who were drowned in Coosa River Tuesday night, April 29, were recovered from the river Sunday afternoon and brought to Walton's Funeral Home in Columbiana. They are Joe Crawford, 25 and E.L. Allen, Calera; Annie Mae Heath, 19, Betty Jo Davis, 14, James Shuler, 24 and Buddy Abbott, 19, of Talladega. All four of the men were veterans of World War II Crawford and Shuler having served in the Army; Allen in the Marines and Abbott in the Navy. The tragedy occurred, it is said, about 9 p.m. near Camp Okimo, when Crawford and Allen took the other four for a ride in a rented boat. Apparently the boat struck an underwater snag and threw the occupants into the river. News of the tragedy did not reach Columbiana until the following day.
Bio courtesy of Glenda Blackerby
Shelby County Reporter, Thursday, May 8, 1947
SIX DROWNED: BODIES RECOVERED. The bodies of six people who were drowned in Coosa River Tuesday night, April 29, were recovered from the river Sunday afternoon and brought to Walton's Funeral Home in Columbiana. They are Joe Crawford, 25 and E.L. Allen, Calera; Annie Mae Heath, 19, Betty Jo Davis, 14, James Shuler, 24 and Buddy Abbott, 19, of Talladega. All four of the men were veterans of World War II Crawford and Shuler having served in the Army; Allen in the Marines and Abbott in the Navy. The tragedy occurred, it is said, about 9 p.m. near Camp Okimo, when Crawford and Allen took the other four for a ride in a rented boat. Apparently the boat struck an underwater snag and threw the occupants into the river. News of the tragedy did not reach Columbiana until the following day.
Bio courtesy of Glenda Blackerby
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