Prestonsburg in Floyd County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
In Memory of the Lives We Lost on Friday February 28, 1958
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 20, 2022
1. In Memory of the Lives We Lost on Friday February 28, 1958 Marker
Inscription.
In Memory of the Lives We Lost on Friday February 28, 1958. . Doris Faye Burchett . James Edison Carey . Glenda May Cisco . Kenneth Forrest Cisco . Paulette Cline . Sandra Faye Cline . Linda Darby . Emogene Darby . James Edward Goble . John Spencer Goble . Anna Laura Goble . Jane Carol Harris . Margaret Louise Hunt . John Harlan Hughes . Bucky Ray Jarrell . Katie Carol Jarrell . Marcella Jervis . Montaine Jervis . Thomas Roosevelt Jervis . Kathryn Justice . James L. Meade Jr. . Rita Cheryl Matney . Joyce Allen Matney . Nanny Joyce McPeek . James Thomas Ousley . Randy Wallen . John Alex Derossett: Driver,
Lest we forget. On Friday, February 28, 1958, at 8:10 a.m., Floyd County school bus number 27 transporting Prestonsburg Elementary and Prestonsburg High School students from the communities of Calf Creek, Cow Creek, Buffalo, Sugar Loaf, and Goble Roberts Kentucky, plunged over an embankment near Knotley Hollow into the rain swollen icy waters of the Big Sandy River. Twenty-two children survived. Twenty-six children and the school bus driver drowned. A diver from Charleston, West Virginia located the bus Sunday March 2, 1958 and the last child was recovered from the river Saturday May 10, 1958 72 days after the accident., The 23rd Psalm "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
Doris Faye Burchett James Edison Carey Glenda May Cisco Kenneth Forrest Cisco Paulette Cline Sandra Faye Cline Linda Darby Emogene Darby James Edward Goble John Spencer Goble Anna Laura Goble Jane Carol Harris Margaret Louise Hunt John Harlan Hughes Bucky Ray Jarrell Katie Carol Jarrell Marcella Jervis Montaine Jervis Thomas Roosevelt Jervis Kathryn Justice James L. Meade Jr. Rita Cheryl Matney Joyce Allen Matney Nanny Joyce McPeek James Thomas Ousley Randy Wallen
John Alex Derossett: Driver
Lest we forget
On Friday, February 28, 1958, at 8:10 a.m., Floyd County school bus number 27 transporting Prestonsburg Elementary and Prestonsburg High School students from the communities of Calf Creek, Cow Creek, Buffalo, Sugar Loaf, and Goble Roberts Kentucky, plunged over an embankment near Knotley Hollow into the rain swollen icy waters of the Big Sandy River. Twenty-two children survived. Twenty-six children and the school bus driver drowned. A diver from Charleston, West Virginia located the bus Sunday March 2, 1958 and the last child was recovered from the river Saturday May 10, 1958 72 days after the accident.
The 23rd Psalm "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
Location. 37° 40.334′ N, 82° 43.18′ W. Marker is in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, in Floyd County. Marker is on KY-1428, 0.6 miles east of KY-302, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Prestonsburg KY 41653, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 19, 2022
2. In Memory of the Lives We Lost on Friday February 28, 1958 Marker
Trophies, medals and other mementos of the lost children line the guardrail.
of the search and recovery efforts. (WSGS, uploaded Feb. 28, 2018) (Submitted on December 6, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
3. Prestonsburg, Kentucky, bus crash. Wikipedia entry on the disaster, which remains the deadliest school bus accident in U.S. history. (Submitted on December 6, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
via Floyd County Emergency & Rescue Squad, Inc., December 6, 2022
3. Lives Lost in Bus Crash
via Kentucky National Guard Public Affairs Office (CC BY 2.0)
4. Bus being pulled from river
Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 235 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 6, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.