Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Genealogy and History

Bennie Gay Bullard

Crash Kills B.G. Bullard Two Companions Are Hospitalized Ecru (special) - Bennie Gay Bullard of the Hurricane community, who was a plumber and electrician, was killed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in a head on collision between his truck and a car at Hurricane. He was 35. Injured in the car were Freddie Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clay Russell, and Burlon Quillin. Russell was transferred to a Memphis hospital, the extent of his injuries not having been determined while Quillin was admitted to Pontotoc Community Hospital. Services for Mr. Bullard will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday in Sand Springs Methodist Church with the Revs. Mally Brown, Doug Jones, and Jimmy Grubbs officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Browning Funeral Home of Ecru in charge. He leaves his wife Mrs. Susie Viola Bullard, to whom he was married on Jan. 27 of this year; his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Ben F. Bullard of Hurricane; two sisters Mrs. Carl Warren of Hurricane and Mrs. Lenward McWhirter of Pontotoc, Rt. 5 and a brother, J. B. Bullard of Thaxton. The body will be at the home of his parents until time for services.

Sunday, April 16, 1967