Lindsey Morgan Sholar
Lindsey Morgan Sholar was born on June 4, 1995 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, the only child of John Wayne Sholar and Gayla R. Curtis Sholar. Her father was a construction worker and was a native of Trigg County, Kentucky. Her mother was a native of Christian County, Kentucky. Lindsey had two halfsiblings by her father’s first marriage to Millie Maeve Witty, Tiffany Leigh Robison, born in 1974 and Jacob Uriah Robison, born in 1976.
On Monday evening of June 23, 2003 when Lindsey was 8 years old, she was traveling with her father in a 1992 Jeep Cherokee. Around 10:20 p.m. they were about two miles north of Gracey, Kentucky when her father apparently lost control of the vehicle and ran off the roadway and into a cornfield and overturned. The vehicle came to a rest on its top. Lindsey’s father, Johnny was pronounced dead at the scene. Lindsey was taken to the Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville for treatment of minor injuries.
Lindsey grew up in Trigg County in the Cerulean community and attended Trigg County schools. In 2012, Lindsey was a student at Trigg County High School, when she, like her father, lost her life in a tragic automobile accident.
On Saturday morning, December 8, 2012, Lindsey was a passenger In a Toyota passenger van that was traveling northbound about a mile north of Highway U.S. 68 on the Rockcastle Road in Trigg County. The vehicle was in a curve near the Calvary Missionary Baptist Church when it collided with a southbound farm tractor hauling a chisel plow. The collision was so serious that it caused the death of three passengers in the van along with the driver of the van. A fifth passenger in the van was transported to the Trigg County Hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries and was later released. The driver of the tractor was also uninjured in the accident. Officials said the tractor driver tried to avoid the collision once he saw the van but wasn’t able to do so. In addition to Lindsey losing her life, the other victims of the crash were Dalton R. McDougall, age 19, Kimberly M. Shafer, age 18 and the driver David M. Shoaf, age 30. McDougall and Shafer were recent graduates of Trigg County High school.
Lindsey was a senior at Trigg County High School and would have graduated as a member of the Class of 2013. She had been elected as the Most Dependable member of the senior class. She was very involved in school activities including membership in the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), the Environmental Science Club, the Friends of Rachel Club and the Interact/Rotary Club. Through the Interact/Rotary Club, she had been awarded a Scholarship to Murray State University for the fall of 2013. Lindsey was also a member of the TCHS wrestling team.
Lindsey was 17 years old when she died. She was buried in the Jones Cemetery in Trigg County, Kentucky.
Lindsey Morgan Tombstone
LINEAGE: (Lindsey Morgan Sholar was the daughter of John Wayne and Gayla Curtis Sholar and the granddaughter of Ernest William and Mary Frances Wright Sholar. Ernest was the second child of Henry David and Maggie Louise Dearing Sholar. Henry was the only child of William Henry and Martha Frances Bridges Sholar. William Henry was the second child of David “Davie” and Temperance Lawrence Sholar. David was the first child of Allen Thomas and Jemima Bridges Sholar. Jemima was the first child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)
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