William Branham Car Wreck Article in Newspaper: The Friona Star
Date: Thursday, March 18 @ 22:14:58 EST
Topic: WMB1
THE FRIONA STAR
PAGE 3
Head-On Collision
Kills 1, Injures 6
HIGHWAY60 WRECK — These two automobiles were involved in a head-on collision Saturday
night six miles west of Friona. The driver of the Chevrolet, top, was killed. Three passengers In
that car and three members of an Arizona family who were riding In the station wagon were criti-
cally Injured.
Jimmie Ramos, 22, was kill-
ed Saturday night when the 1956
model car he was driving crash-
ed almost head-one with a 1964
model station wagon carrying
three Arizona residents enroute
to Indiana for the Christmas
holidays.
Rev. William Branham, of
Tucson, Ariz., driver of the
station wagon, and his wife
Meda remains In Intensive care
at Northwest Texas Hospital on
Tuesday of this week afterbeing
transferred there from Farmer
County Community Hospital late
Saturday.
One of Ramos' passengers,
Rodolfo Melendez. also was in
the Intensive care unit. Other
passengers in the Ramos car
were Raynaldo Melendez and
Daniel Cocanegra.
A daughter, 14 - year old
Marie Branham, was another
passenger In the Branham au-
tomobile.
The crash happened about six
miles west of Friona at Par-
merton Hill, at about 8:15 p.m.
Saturday. Both cars were de-
molished, and It took more than
two hours to clear the wreck-
age.
Units of the Friona Volunteer
Fire Department were sum-
moned to assist In removing
the wreck victims from the
vehicles.
Ramos was dead on arrival
at the local hospital. .Funeral
services were held Tuesday,
under the direction of Claborn
Funeral Home.
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