Wheeler accident kills two with local ties

Two men from Donley County were killed in a two-vehicle accident in Wheeler County Saturday night, January 28, which also left a Lubbock man dead.

Randy Tolbert, age 43, and Brody Lockeby, age 25, were both dead at the scene of the accident by Wheeler County Justice of the Peace Rick Walden, according to Department of Public Safety Trooper Daniel Hawthorne.

The DPS said Lockeby was driving southbound on FM 453 west of Shamrock in a 2007 Chevy Silverado when he cross the center stripe shortly after 8 p.m.  A northbound 2005 Chevy Tahoe driven by 36-year-old Christopher Ryan Sanders of Lubbock attempted to evade Lockeby’s vehicle but was struck in the front and driver’s side door.

Sanders was also pronounced dead at the scene. Hawthorne said Sanders was wearing his seatbelt, but Tolbert and Lockeby were not.

Services for Tolbert were held in the First Baptist Church of Clarendon on Tuesday. He is survived by his wife, Vicky of McLean; his mother, Verna Lewis of Panhandle; his stepmother, Brenda Tolbert of Amarillo; three daughters, Kristen Archer of Amarillo, Kimberly Johnson of Howardwick, and Kirsten Tolbert of Clarendon; two sisters, Suzie Tolbert of Amarillo and Kristy Glenn of Lubbock; four grandchildren and one on the way.

Services for Lockeby will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday in the First Assembly of God in Clarendon. He is survived by his father and mother, Huey and Sheila Lockeby of Crowley; his wife, Gabby Lockeby of Clarendon; two sisters, Chrissy Wisener of Slaton and Jodie Lockeby-Landers and husband Steven of Crowley.