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NewsAugust 28, 2002

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Springfield man struck by a lightning bolt that killed three others at a funeral last week died Tuesday. Junior Lee Gray and three others attending a funeral for Leon L. Carroll at Clear Creek Cemetery Friday were standing under an umbrella beneath a tree when the bolt hit the tree. Leroy Hendrix, 82, and Billy J. Burgess, 66, and Gray's wife Joretta, 71, all of Springfield, were killed in the incident...

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Springfield man struck by a lightning bolt that killed three others at a funeral last week died Tuesday.

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Junior Lee Gray and three others attending a funeral for Leon L. Carroll at Clear Creek Cemetery Friday were standing under an umbrella beneath a tree when the bolt hit the tree. Leroy Hendrix, 82, and Billy J. Burgess, 66, and Gray's wife Joretta, 71, all of Springfield, were killed in the incident.

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