Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Riley Sue Hopson


Dallas Morning News

Sunday, June 2, 1963

Auto Crash Fatal To Athens Student After Graduation

Athens, Texas (Ap- - Riley Sue Hopson, 16, was killed and four other Athens High School students were injured in a 1-car accident following a school party Friday night. 

The accident occurred when a small foreign car driven by Miss Hopson failed to negotiate a curve on the Stephens Lake Road as the girls were returning from a party staged after the graduation exercises. 

Injured were Linda Palmer, Vicky Terry, Sharlet Shenault and Jo Adams. 

Miss Hopson, a native of Jacksonville who recently moved here from Brownsboro, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Riley Hopson. 

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