John Richard Warren Stoutsville Youth Dies After Crash John Richard Warren Dies in Hospital 3˝ Hours After His Auto Leaves Highway 24 and Overturns John Richard Warren, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Warren of near Stoutsville, died about 12:20 a.m. Sunday morning, December 21, in St. Elizabeth hospital, Hannibal, following injuries received in a one car accident between 7:30 and 8 o’clock Saturday night on U. S. Highway 21, south of Monroe City, near the farm of B. P. Hays. According to reports, Warren, who was employed at the McClain Standard Service, was returning to Monroe City from his home when the accident occurred. The 1957 Chevrolet two-door sedan, driven east by Warren, ran off the road on the left-hand side and overturned several times, landing with the rear wheels in a four-foot ditch. Officers stated the automobile traveled a distance of 387 feet. It is believed that he was trying to avoid hitting a cow on the highway, according to reports. A tourist and J. K. (Buck) Robinson of Monroe City, who was en route to Paris, were the first people to reach the accident scene. Robinson stated that the headlights on the automobile and the dome light were burning when he arrived. Bernard Buckman and Ronald Hays were among the next to arrive and determined that the automobile belonged to Warren. His body, which had been thrown from the car, was covered with a blanket by the two young boys to avoid shock and at the time Warren uttered several words, although Buckman and Hays thought he might be in an unconscious state. Robinson came to Monroe City and dispatched the Wilson ambulance to the scene. Buckman and Hays went to Stoutsville to notify Warren’s parents that he had been injured. Warren was born August 2, 1940 in Monroe county, the only son of John A. and Maisie A. Sharp Warren. He attended Monroe City public schools and graduated with the class of 1958. He was a member and co-captain of the M. H. S. Panther basketball team and during the Palmyra tournament in 1958 received the sportsmanship award given each year by the Palmyra Key club. He was a member of the Monroe City Chapter, Future Farmers of America, also the Methodist youth Fellowship of the Monroe City Methodist church. He was elected king of the junior-senior prom in May 1958. Surviving with the parents is one sister, Marilon Ann of the family home, his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James O. Warren of Stoutsville, his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Sharp of Perrry, several aunts, uncles and cousins. The body was removed to the Wilson funeral home where it remained until the hour of the funeral service which was conducted at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon from the Methodist church by the Rev. Harold L. Dodds, pastor. Burial was in St. Jude’s cemetery. Casket bearers were members of the 1958 Monroe City high school basketball team and their coach including Frank Kirby, Billy Quinn, Jerry Watson, Robert Lillard, Eugene, Zeiger and Kermit Reynolds. Music was furnished by the high school double quartet directed by Miss Rice Maupin. Source: Darla Henderson, from an obituary collection saved by her grandmother, Frances Kathleen (Scobee) Henderson.