Memorial Service For Plane Crash Victim
Posted/updated on: January 22, 2016 at 2:00 pmGLADEWATER – A memorial service is planned on Saturday for a Gladewater man killed in an Upshur County plane crash. The service for Samuel Oliver Lucky, 73, will be Saturday afternoon at 1:00 at the North Loop Church of Christ in Gladewater. A private burial service will be held at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.
The single-engine Cessna 172, carrying Lucky and his wife Pamela, crashed late at night on January 12th. The plane was flying from Sulphur Springs to Gilmer when it went down just west of Highway 271, near Eagle Road near Gilmer. Lucky died in the crash and his wife was injured. She has since been released from a Tyler hospital.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation. The National Transportation Safety Board is heading up the investigation.