Pryor Scrapbook Clippings, 1955-1980

J James _H. Smith, 33, of scheduled' to be at the scene Route 4, Searcy .was killed of the crash later toaay. Thur.sday night when the ' Smith's wife, Cathy, is the airplane he was flying director of the School of crashed and burned in a field Nursing at Harding. nine miles from Springfield, Smith was the son of Mr. . Kentucky, authorities said. anqMrs. Herbert E. Smith of Smith was· flying alone - Clarksdale, Georgia. Bom when the plane went down, July 3, 1945, in East Liv~– aµthorities said. pool, Ohio, · Smith- was a Identificatio~ was made graduate of East. Liverpool through pe,rsonal papers High School and had at– found at . the scene. tended Kentucky Christian Authorities said. that Smith College, Southeastern School was on·a flight to Lexington, of Evangelism and Harding Kentucky, where he planned College. to attend scilool graduation Daniel Funeral Home will ceremonies . of a relative . be in charge of .l~l ~fore continuing his flight vices. · .-· \ to East Liverpool, Ohio, for a church meeting. Smith was a minister at the Colo'hy Church of Christ at Bee Branch and also· worked on. the Harding College s_ecurity staff. State police said that the sna aircraft was flying from Searcy, to Lexington :when it lost · contact with radar in Lc)uisville at 11: 40 p:m. CDT. State police at Columbia, Kentucky, estimated the time of the . crash at 11:45 p.m. , and said a Mackville, Kentucky resident contacted police at 11 : 53 p.m. to report ·an ex– plosion and fire. Inve•tigators for the Federal Aviatio . Administration ,[f1'q ENGAGEMENT TOLD- Mr. and Mrs.' John T. McKinney of 71 Mohawk announc:e the engagement of their daughter, Linda Carol, to Phillip Neal Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Baker of Bowling Green, Kentucky. 1he bride- elect graduated with honors .from Harding College with a bachelor of arts degree in French. She is a member of Kappa . Delta Kappa Education Honor Society and is listed in Who's Who in American Colleges,and Universities. Her fiance will graduate from Harding in May of 1980 with a bachelor of arts degree in Biblical Languages. He is currently employed as a bus– driver · for Searcy Public Schools and Is an Amway distributor. The wedding will be at 7 p.m., August 27 at College Church of Christ.