Joseph Andy KINMAN, 77, was fatally injured at 4:45 p.m. Saturday, when he was struck by a car while walking across State Highway 37, in front of his home about one mile south of Mt. Vernon.

Driver of the car in the fatal accident was Bee M. HALE, 28, of Bonnie. State Patrolman Lee R. LYONS, who investigated the accident, said that Mr. KINMAN walked in front of the car. He was apparently going to a mail box on the other side of the highway. Coroner Ben ROEDER was conducting an inquest in the case at the court house at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon.

Funeral services for Mr. KINMAN will be held Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. at Myers Chapel and burial will be in Bethel Memorial Cemetery. The body will remain at Myers Chapel, where friends may call at any time until the funeral hour.

Mr. KINMAN was a farmer. He was born October 23, 1876 in Missouri but spent most of his lifetime as a resident of Jefferson County.

He was married to Charlottie PIERCE, who survives.

Mr. KINMAN was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.

Besides his wife, he is survivied by two sons, Nelson of Mt. Vernon and Oren of St. Louis, Mo.; four brothers, John of Bonnie, Lee of Sioux City, Iowa, Charley of South Dakota and Will of Bloomington; a half-brother Merle RYAN of Atlanta, Ill.; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Source: Mt. Vernon, IL Register-News
Date: Monday, August 30, 1954
Submitted by: Mary Zinzilieta