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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Harry A. Doss, 58, Birmingham's promising letter carrier, died Tuesday from injuries in a mail truck-bakery truck crash at Avenue H and 12th St. S. Self-made Tuskegee grad with honors; first post office traffic fatality. Funeral at home; survived by wife, infant son.
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CAUSES ONE OF CITY'S MOST PROMISING YOUNG
KILLED IN HIGHWAY MISHAP
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-(SNS)
Killed In Crash
BIRMINGHAM SAD
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-(SNS)-
Funeral services for Harry A. Doss, who died Tuesday afternoon following injuries received in a traffic mishap, are to be held this afternoon at the residence, 803 Twelfth Court North, at 1 p.m.
Ranking as one of Birmingham's most promising young men, the accidental death of the young letter carrier, cast a pall of sorrow over the city, leaving his beautiful young wife in sobbing hysterical grief.
Victim of traffic fatality, 58, Doss, driving a U. S. Mail truck that collided with a bakery truck at Avenue H and Twelfth Street, South, last Tuesday afternoon, received injuries from which he died shortly afterwards in the South Highland Infirmary.
A white occupant of the bakery truck was critically injured, although the driver escaped without injury. Both drivers were placed under bond by the investigating officers.
The mail truck operated by Doss carried a crew of mail employees. One of them, R. H. Lee, of 125 North Fourth Court, had to be treated for injuries.
Postmaster Green said that the death of Doss marked the first traffic fatality in the history of the Birmingham post-office.
Rated a self-made man, Doss who was reared in Rosedale by his uncle and aunt, Mrs. L. A. Toal, completed his preliminary education in the city public school system. He was graduated from Tuskegee in 1932 with the highest scholarship ever attained, winning a watch offered by his fraternity, Omega Psi Phi, for excellence in scholarship and a cup awarded by the Paramount Club, a faculty organization, for superior scholarship. Twice he was offered fellowships by Howard University, and twice he had to refuse, being unable to accept because of family responsibilities.
He was a substitute letter carrier for eight years, with an intervening year as teacher at Industrial High in 1933-34. As regular carrier for the past year, he has made an honorable record at the postoffice.
He is connected with the Tuskegee Club, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, the Elks, and St. John A. M. E. Church.
Surviving him are his widow, his infant son, Harry, Jr., six brothers and sisters, many kinsmen and friends.
Davenport and Harris Undertakers is in charge of the body.
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Harry A. Doss, a promising self-made letter carrier, died from injuries sustained in a traffic collision between his U.S. Mail truck and a bakery truck at Avenue H and Twelfth Street, South. Funeral services were held at his residence. He graduated from Tuskegee in 1932 with highest honors and was active in community organizations.