Roosevelt Standard | 1955-03-17 | Page 1 | Former Bluebell Resident Killed by Falling Pipe

Former Bluebell Resident Killed By Falling Pipe BLUEBELL (Special) Doyle Richard Bird, 27, was killed instantly in-stantly on Monday morning, Mar. 7, at about 9 a.m., when a drill pipe slipped from a cable and struck him on the head. Doyle worked as an oil driller with the Carmack Drilling Co. The accident occurred in an oil field about 60 miles south of Vernal. Ver-nal. The crew was moving equipment equip-ment from the Chapita Well No. 2 to a new location near Bonanza. Doyle was born Sept. 26, 1927 in Bluebell, a son of Lillian Leora Bristol and LeRoy Bird. He attended at-tended school in Bluebell and Altamont, Al-tamont, Doyle served in the U. S. Army and married Geraldine Kar-ren Kar-ren April 1, 1948 in Salt Lake City. He was employed by the Carmack Drilling Co. for the past four years. i Survivors include: his widow, of Vernal; parents, Bluebell; three children, Susan, Danny Richard, and Jimmie, of Vernal; seven brothers, two sisters, William L., Jerry, Dennis, Larmie, Wayne, all of Bluebell; Vern, Salt Lake City; Orval D. Provo; Mrs. Rola Jen-continued Jen-continued on Back Page) FORMER BLUEBELL RESIDENT (Continued from Dage one) kins, Roosevelt; Patsy, Bluebell; one grandfather, C. C. Bristol. Funeral services were conducted conduct-ed Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Naples ward chapel. The prayer at the home was given by George Davis. Solo, "Going Home," Orlo Goodrich; prayer, Gardner Goodrich; Good-rich; speaker U. Bernard Winkler; trio, "Beyond the Sunset," from the Naples ward; speaker, Charles Palmer; song, double mixed quartet, quar-tet, "My Father Knows;" benediction, benedic-tion, Orlo Goodrich. Burial was in the Vernal Memorial Park cemetery cem-etery with Leslie B. Goodrich dedicating ded-icating the grave.