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William Edward Grady, Jr. - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, May 13, 1982

William Grady Jr. killed in auto accident 

A Madison Parish man died early Wednesday when the car he was driving went off the road in and struck 
a parked tractor-trailer rig head-on. William E. "Ed" Grady Jr., 22, of Tallulah, was pronounced dead 
at the scene according to East Carroll Parish Coroner William Harris.

A spokesman for Troop F of the Louisiana State Police said Grady was traveling south on U.S. 65 in a 
1982 Buick automobile when he failed to negotiate a curve in Sondheimer and went off the road to the 
right. The car went into a parking lot and struck the parked eighteen-wheeler head-on, the spokesman said.

The wreck occurred at about 3 a. m. but it was not discovered until about 6 a.m.

Grady, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William "Billy" Grady Sr., was a 1978 graduate of Tallulah Academy.

The younger Grady was farming with his father and was returning home from Lake Village, Ark., at the time 
of the accident, according to a close friend of the family.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete at press time under the direction of Crothers Funeral Home.

From Tallulah Madison Journal, May 20, 1982

Services for William Edward Grady, Jr., 22, were at 10 a.m. last Xxxxday in Tallulah Church of Christ under 
direction of Crothers Funeral Home of Tallulah with the Revs. Xxxx Alexandria and D.T. Xxxxon officiating. 
A second service was at 2 p.m. in Sand Hill Church of Auvergna, Ark., under direction of Dillinger Funeral 
of Newport, Ark. Burialwas in Sand Hill Church of Christ cemetery.

Mr. Grady died May 12 from injuries suffered in an automobile wreck.

He was a lifelong resident of Madison Parish, a Tallulah Academy graduate and was active in trucking and 
farming in Madison Parish.

Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Grady of Tallulah; a brother, Roy Grady of Tallulah; two 
sisters, Mrs. Debra Machen of Tallulah and Miss Billie Ruth Grady of Monroe.

Pallbearers were Charles Grady, Louis Grady, Billy Smith, Roy Barnett, James Marshall, Tony Madden, Henry Grady 
and Steve Collins.