The Birmingham News
pg 25
Monday May 9, 1955
Funeral services were announced today for Jess Leonard Blanton, 36, 1314 15th av, N, and Claude Mason Wynn, 58, 4425 28th way N. They were victims of separate traffic accidents over the week-end.
Blanton.....
Wynn, a native of Coalburg, and an independent trucker, was killed on the Blocksburg-Graysville-rd. He was run over by his own vehicle.
Services were held today for Wynn at Walker's Chapel Methodist Church, the Rev. Ray Moore and the Rev. J. T. Roper officiating. Burial was in the adjoining church cemetery, Brown-Service directing.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ethel Wynn; two daughters, Mrs. Lois Melton of Fairhope and Mrs. Betty Sue Layne of Birmingham; a son, Bill Wynn of Gardendale, and two sisters, Mrs. Flora T. Tatro, Republic, and Mrs. Lucille Gammell, Pratt City.
