While returning from a baseball tournament in Cooperstown, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s home, an aircraft disaster cruelly killed a family of five from Georgia.
On Monday, the New York State Police said that the Piper Malibu Mirage, a single-engine aircraft, departed from Oneonta Municipal Airport in
the state’s central region on Sunday and went down near Masonville, some 90 miles southeast of Syracuse.
As we learn of this tragic news, please join Marty, the girls, and me in praying for the loved ones of the Beggs and VanEpps families. We offer our deepest condolences to all who knew and loved them. https://t.co/HZU0YzDg1x
— Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) July 1, 2024
Laura VanEpps, 43; Ryan VanEpps, 42; James R. VanEpps, 12; and Harrison VanEpps, 10 were among the casualties. The plane’s pilot was named as Roger Beggs, 76.
In light of this terrible news, I ask that you join Marty, the daughters, and myself in prayer for the families of the Beggs and VanEpps,
