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0 • • ■• • •• %'V•! •• »IBy C T. REINEBOLD III Staff WriterA quiet,-serious man. who knew no enemies, Tommy Hannah was a victim of scircumstance. ' ;... That . was the general \.• opinion of four men who knew: Hannah,, who was fatally shot in the face with;a shotgun Monday morning for • -the $7 in his wallet;;V Hannah was a member ofthe maintenance division ofthe Casa Grande office of the• Department of Transportation, Three friends and a school board associate related their relationship with Hannah after, the: Monday tragedy. w,; Truett Brady, 35, of Casa Grande, was the last known person to see Hannah alive.It was at 8 a.m. Monday, just as Hannah was leaving the -Casa Grande yard with his : garbage truck; _ : :v. ■j; / ;■ The rest stop, where he was : '■ slain at about 8; 30 a :m. was.apparently his first stop of ; ■:. the morning, ■ WhenI authorities checked his truck-; j: at the scene, his. mileage meter, had increased by only.:i seven miles.. ,:• '■ He just -happened to bev there at the wrong time.:: said Brady, who worked w-th t : Hannah off and on for about H years - with the DOT.-' f Brady used to live next to ; Hannah in Picacho when the . v y two of them worked at the y iransportation department's. X Picacho yard. - Hannahv;: worked with DOT tVc _3*x♦S•N»■«»• *• •lt; a •t T. cvr-T;years. U.x.. ; ;Brady, in a somber moou, confirmed the consensus that Hannah was a quiet man who got along well with everyone. ;■'He. kept to himself/ and'. never badmouthed anyone,Bradv said auietiv... . « .... . • .Both Bradv and Hannah worked with the main-., tcnance division of the DOT. 'John Berryhill;. ■.superin-.-tendent of the Santa Cruz Valiev .Union High School District, described Hannah as a reliable and diligent bo-ard member. .-Hannah was ejected to. the. school, beard -m 3 iiT-O.,.- •Berrvhill said. His term was► 1 , . •to expire, in 1975. though he . had the option to ycrve11/76. Berrvhill added-• ♦ • • • •x He - was ‘.a fa ip.; , man ’-' Berryhill' said. He .always thpugnc first before be spoke and acted. The res* of . the sen dot board-. anti t;i f: ;h a d great; respect for him : Marcus Jordan.-.4:1 ..owner . of Jordan 's Used (,'ars op the Gila Bend Hiurnvav-hh .Casa*•••••; . • . » • Grande, met Hannah about £ three years ago in the • Picacho Baptist Church. £ The two men went, fishing; $ together - last .summer, xJordan said. *Other .than- their fishing X venture. Jordan said Hannah * “didn't go out with many § peopled-.; . J;;He wasn't. -atroublemaker. he. was » always, a; real , nicb ;guy,'' Jordan said.-If Tommy had vany enemies, 1 didn't know xit. and 1 don't think: many g.other people did cither Ray Campbell. 46... of x Florence, went to high school with-Hannah when they were.about ;;-:W . m Cnblidge . g•Campbell.'went by California: to.- graduate from .high :X school, '.and they became- x ’reacq-uainted-. when • he- •-. returned and began* work x \v ith -the Depart meat . of • UTr'ansoortarion • Campbell• *''-«■..• •* • • * »lt;!idn see- much of Jlnnrtah x because of the- distance ’'netw.e’eh ...’them; .residences', :%and onlv 'bega-n-- seeing- x■ * ■* ••Hannahregularly when,.-.the X-' DOT c; oseri d.0w r.. thePicacho sard and - Hammh :v* * . ■ ■. • ■', • ■ * ’' was transferred to. the Casa, x-'• Grande office in July-or this*■.'.* • 1 ’ . •• • • . ■ ’ • * * wa r '■.Campbell. who works with •he 'engineering deoanment ig-the DOT. laSt-sayv Hahrmh x Thursdav. He refnlmibers v •■kidding. Hannah anout being x.. ■ t rawn-.s •\te mo ted •assistant furoman'Ppstvo. the x* * -Picadip- varui. .V-•117 - ;gabage' v'r' -i . , § * « « . * * rSee. Friends. Page 3.■*•-' • • • ■ ' • : ' . • ’ * * * lt;»•«•«•« i • r i « • * » k • • * • • • ‘ • • • • • !* * * *• - - » I •• »• * «'» « 1 • * » * • * • » * * • * « • «. lt;* * • • * • • * ' 1 I # % # • A » » •• ■
Newspaper Details
Casa Grande Dispatch
Casa Grande, Arizona, US
Wed, Oct 09, 1974
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Kenneth C.
NA, 31 Jan 2019
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