ASHEBORO-Two people involved in a fatal accident on Old N.C. 49 Friday night- who walked away from the scene before emergency personnel arrived-turned themselves in to state troopers on Saturday.
Gregory Harrison Mayo, 31, of Winston-Salem, the driver of the Chevrolet Blazer involved in the head-on collision with a motorcycle, was charged with felony hit and run (as a driver), according to Trooper B.J. Welsh. A passenger in the SUV, Trina Parrish Grubb, 35, of Denton, was charged with felony hit and run (as a passenger).
Mayo was also charged with driving with a revoked license, no insurance, displaying a fictitious registration plate, and not having the vehicle registered with the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles. Mayo was placed in the Randolph County Jail under a $75,000 bond; Grubb was jailed under a bond of $7,500.
Brian Keith Brabham, 47, of 631 Mack Road, Asheboro, was fatally injured at the scene. Jan Paulette Swicegood Swing, 42, Mack Road, Asheboro, was a passenger on the motorcycle Brabham was driving. She died Saturday morning at a Chapel Hill hospital.
According to Welch, Brabham's motorcycle was traveling south on Old N.C. 49 and the Blazer was traveling north at about 9:40 p.m. Friday. The motorcycle veered across the center line and struck the Blazer head-on.
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EASTON, Md — Leo G. Briles, formerly of Columbia, South Carolina, died peacefully in his sleep the morning of April 19, 2007, at William Hill Manor in Easton, Maryland, where he had lived for the past seven years.
He was born in Bloomington, Indiana, May 29, 1925. Before he turned seventeen, Leo enlisted in the U.S. Navy from Bloomington. He served in three different wars on foreign lands in three different branches of the military service (U.S. Navy, U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Air Force).
Leo rose to the highest enlisted rank within the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command by becoming a Chief Master Sergeant with two rocking chairs. He served throughout the Pacific, Asia, Korea, Europe and the United States at SAC bases across the country. Leo enjoyed his nearly thirty-five year military career and returned to Columbia to begin a new career after his retirement.
He worked for the State of South Carolina’s Mental Health Facility in the Supply Division for another fifteen years in Columbia, making many new friends over the years.
Leo was preceded in death by his father, Charles Briles; his mother, Mary Carpenter; his brother, Orville Briles; three sisters, Marie Harden, Mildred Haff and Beula Ketchen; and his loving wife of fifty years, Naomi-Steppe-Catherine-Hollingsworth-Briles; daughter, Pamela Steppe Briles; stepson, Gary Alexander Hollingsworth; daughter-in-law, Marcia Hollingsworth; and a grandson, Brandon Bowes.
Leo is survived by a sister-in-law, Patricia Rankin of New York City; and a stepson, Daniel Edward Hollingsworth, his wife Carol, and their daughter, Danielle, all of Easton; A stepdaughter, Gail Bowes, resides in North Carolina. Leo will be remembered by fourteen grandchildren and over thirty great-grandchildren. Leo also leaves many nieces and nephews to cherish his memory.
He will be remembered by the caring staff members at William Hill Gardens and William Hill Manor, both in Easton. Additionally, Leo leaves a large military family from around the world and his many friends and family members in Alabama, California, Colorado, Indiana, Montana, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
Graveside services will be held Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 11 a.m. in Elmwood Cemetery and Gardens, Columbia, S.C., where Leo will be buried alongside his wonderful, loving and devoted wife, Naomi.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in Leo’s honor are made to your favorite charity
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