Richard H. "Dick" Martin, age 18, died in June, 1960. He was killed in an automobile accident. Martin, who graduated from Harding High School, died after his new car, a graduation gift, overturned near Vidalia, Louisiana. According to reports received by the family, the car missed a curve and Martin was thrown through the windshield. He was taken to Jackson, Mississippi where he died of his injuries. He was survived by his mother, Syble H. Martin, his older brother, Robert, and his father, Robert T. Martin, also of Oklahoma City.