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July 7, 2008

Two people were killed in a July 4th accident involving 8 motorcycles on Recreational Road 255 atop the Sam Rayburn Dam. State troopers said the crash occurred as two groups of riders, which were traveling in opposite directions met each other at a curve in the highway.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has identified the deceased as 42-year-old Robert Benjamin Boren of Galveston and 60-year-old Donald Mitchell Jackson of wells. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene by a local justice of the peace.

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Robert Benjamin "Ben" Boren

Robert Benjamin "Ben" Boren, of Galveston, died on July 4, 2008 in Jasper in a tragic motorcycle accident. He was born on Oct. 17, 1965 in Denton to Bob and Yvonne Boren. He graduated from Denton High School, class of 1984. He received an Environmental Science Degree from Texas A&M at Galveston. He was employed by the Army Corps of Engineers in Galveston. He completed the Police Academy and served as a volunteer Deputy with the Galveston Sheriff's Department. He enjoyed golf, fishing, hunting and karate.

Visitation will be Tuesday, July 8, 2008 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at DeBerry Funeral Directors, 2025 W. University Drive, Exit No. 469 from Interstate 35. A funeral service will be Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 10 a.m. in the chapel of DeBerry Funeral Directors with Rev. Fred Cassell officiating. Burial will follow at Cooper Creek Cemetery.

A memorial service is pending in Galveston.

He is survived by his parents, Bob and Yvonne Boren of Lake Kiowa; sister, Michele, "Missy" Nelson and husband Greg Nelson and niece, Kori Nelson, age 5 of Lewisville. He is preceded in death by his brothers Victor Boren (1996) and Marshall Jones (2006).

Memorials may be made to Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, Texas 78744.