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Tragic 1943 auto crash kills three Gooley girls and kin
Frederick B. Jones recalls a August 1943 night near Orangeburg when Jim McCall drove a car carrying five children and three adults into a fire. All six perished except two boys. The tragedy, linked to wartime fuel shortages, left a lasting local memory and memorials naming the Gooley children after Stepp relatives.
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Army Air Corps
Gertrude King
Dolly
Meredith King
Charleston
S.C
M.D. Gooley
Mary
Ellen
Kathleen
Thomas
James
Jim) McCall
Garrie,Orr
Hendersonville
James, Jr
Jim
Henderson County
DuPont State Forest
Orangeburg
James McCall
Thomas Gooley
Hendersonville Times-News
Jim McCall
Carrie Orr
Kathleen Gooley
Crab Creek Baptist Church
McCall-Stepp
Crab Creek
Gertrude King Gooley
Ellen Stepp
Thom