Jack McMullen - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
N 39° 54.051 W 079° 43.821
17S E 608535 N 4417524
This bench is in remembrance of a former member of the former VFW located here that was injured in a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident in the 21st century by a negligent pizza delivery driver.
Waymark Code: WMMYZN
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2014
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Jack McMullen - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Jack McMullen, one of WMBS' (Local Radio Station) pioneers, who completed an 18-year stint with the station beginning in 1945, died in a hit-and-run vehicle-pedestrian accident on West Main Street in Uniontown. Though McMullen underwent surgery to repair two broken legs and his right arm, his condition swiftly declined. A Papa John's Pizza delivery driver later admitted to police that he was behind the wheel, and had taken his eyes off the road to read a delivery slip when he struck McMullen. McMullen went on to become a speech writer for Gov. David Lawrence, the Executive Director of the Fayette County Redevelopment Authority, the Director of Community Development for Uniontown, and served his community as All-American Commander VFW Post 47 and Exalted Ruler of the Elks BPOE #370 Uniontown.
the former VFW Post 47 property on West Main Street in Uniontown, was purchased by the Fay-Penn Economic Development council in 2012. Future plans call for the old VFW to become a food processing facility