Miss Eulalia Scurlock Dies in Hospital Few Minutes After Being Struck on Street
A UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEE
Mrs. S. F. Church Loses Control of Car and Crushes Girl
Against Post on Walnut.
Miss Eulalia Scurlock, 1105 Paris Road, died at 8:15 o’clock this morning in Parker Memorial Hospital of injuries received a few minutes earlier when she was struck by a Ford sedan driven by Mrs. S.F. Church, who runs a boarding house at 607 Sanford Place.
Miss Scurlock was on her way to the University business office where she worked. She was crossing Christian College avenue at Walnut street as Mrs. Church was turning around the post to go back toward Christian College. The steering gear locked and the Ford crushed Miss Scurlock against the lamp post on the northwest corner. Miss Scurlock saw the car coming and screamed twice but could not get out of the way. She was rushed to Parker Memorial Hospital.
The shock was so great she did not regain consciousness, and died almost at once. No marks were found upon her body so doctors think there must have been severe internal injuries and concussion of the brain.
Miss Scurlock was 30 years old, and lived with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.P. Scurlock. She had three brothers: Robert, in Kansas City; Harry and Richard, who live here and one sister, Lillian, in St. Louis.
Because of the nervous condition of Mrs. Church she was not able to testify today at the inquest which was held at the courthouse. The inquest has been continued until 3 o’clock tomorrow.
Testimony at the inquest, which was begun at the courthouse at 2:30 o’clock, brought out that Miss Scurlock had been walking directly across the street and was not “jaywalking”; that, according to witnesses, no horn was sounded; that death was caused by a great number of internal hemorrliages; and that Mrs. Church said she was unable to control the machine because the steering wheel became locked so that she could not turn the wheels of the machine.
The testimony of L.H. Edwards, 1113 Paris road, an eye witness to the accident, brought out the first two statements and Dr. D.H. Dolley, professor of pathology at the School of Medicine, who conducted the autopsy, stated that he thought the accident was caused not by the blow but by the pressure which was exerted against the body while it was pinned between the car and the post.
This article was transcribed from microfilm of the Columbia Evening Missourian of July 25, 1921. [contributed by: Michelle Kennedy Byrd]
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Harry Edward Scurlock of Columbia died March 23 ,1983, at Boone Hospital Center. He was 81.
Services will be at 10 am Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with the Rev. Vincent Linnebur officiating. Burial will be in Columbia Cemetery, and visitation will be from 7 to 9 pm Friday at Parker Funeral Service, Tenth and Walnut streets, where a rosary will be recited at 7:30.
A Boone County native, Mr. Scurlock was born March 24, 1901, to Ruben Peter and Minnie Ellen Saider Scurlock and attended Columbia public schools and the University of Missouri. He married Ruth Jones on July 5, 1925, in Columbia, and she survives.
Scurlock retired in 1969 after owning and operating Scurlock Transfer and Storage from 1934 to 1969. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, Chalice Club and Oblate of Conception in Conception, Mo. He was also a member of the Cosmo Club.
Surviving with his wife, Ruth, are a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Ruth Anne) Bledsoe of Jay, Fla.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
[contributed by: Michelle Kennedy Byrd]
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Ruth Rebecca Scurlock, 83, died Sunday, Nov. 18, 1984, at Columba House Health Care.
Services will be at 10 am Wednesday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with the Rev. John Long Officiating. Burial will be in Columbia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 pm Tuesday at Parker’s Funeral Chapel, where a rosary will be said at 8 pm.
Born May 20, 1901, in Yale Okla., to Harry and Angie L. Abercrombie Jones, she married Harry Scurlock July 5, 1925, and he preceded her in death March 23, 1983. Mrs. Scurlock moved to Columbia from Kansas City in 1934 and was a member Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Ladies Society of the Sacred Heart, Altrusa Club, AAUW, Pi Beta Phi and Alumni Club.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. C. C. (Ruth Ann) Bledsoe of Jay, Fla.; a brother and sister, Norman V. Jones and Mrs. F. E. Stanley, both of Tulsa, Okla.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Memorials are suggested to Benedictine Monks of Plus X Abby, Columbia.
Columbia Daily Tribune – Mon., Nov 19, 1984 P2 [contributed by: Michelle Kennedy Byrd]
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