Cecil Adams, 26, of this city, was killed instantly aboutone o'clock Sunday Morning near Lancer, 23 miles north of Pikeville on U.S.23, when his automobile went over an embankment.
The automobile,a Ford convertible, first side swiped another car,driven by Kenneth Roberts, 25 of Wayland State Police reported.
State Police said that Adams came around a curve at a high rate of speed, side swiping the other automobile and then proceeded to leave the highway and go over the embankment.
He was dead on arrival at the hospital.
Roberts was not injured and there were no other occupants of either automobile it was reported.
Adams was born August 19, 1927 in Johnson County, a son of the late Wesley Adams and Mollie Lykins Adams who survives.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and was employed as a watch repairman in Prestonsburg.
Survivors include two brothers Hardie and Smith Adams bothof Hager Hill.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Lick Fork United Baptist Church in Hager Hill.
Burial was made in the family cemetery there under the direction of the Jones and Preston Funeral Home.
The Paintsville Herald Wednesday June 9,1954
The automobile,a Ford convertible, first side swiped another car,driven by Kenneth Roberts, 25 of Wayland State Police reported.
State Police said that Adams came around a curve at a high rate of speed, side swiping the other automobile and then proceeded to leave the highway and go over the embankment.
He was dead on arrival at the hospital.
Roberts was not injured and there were no other occupants of either automobile it was reported.
Adams was born August 19, 1927 in Johnson County, a son of the late Wesley Adams and Mollie Lykins Adams who survives.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and was employed as a watch repairman in Prestonsburg.
Survivors include two brothers Hardie and Smith Adams bothof Hager Hill.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Lick Fork United Baptist Church in Hager Hill.
Burial was made in the family cemetery there under the direction of the Jones and Preston Funeral Home.
The Paintsville Herald Wednesday June 9,1954
Cecil Adams, 26, of this city, was killed instantly aboutone o'clock Sunday Morning near Lancer, 23 miles north of Pikeville on U.S.23, when his automobile went over an embankment.
The automobile,a Ford convertible, first side swiped another car,driven by Kenneth Roberts, 25 of Wayland State Police reported.
State Police said that Adams came around a curve at a high rate of speed, side swiping the other automobile and then proceeded to leave the highway and go over the embankment.
He was dead on arrival at the hospital.
Roberts was not injured and there were no other occupants of either automobile it was reported.
Adams was born August 19, 1927 in Johnson County, a son of the late Wesley Adams and Mollie Lykins Adams who survives.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and was employed as a watch repairman in Prestonsburg.
Survivors include two brothers Hardie and Smith Adams bothof Hager Hill.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Lick Fork United Baptist Church in Hager Hill.
Burial was made in the family cemetery there under the direction of the Jones and Preston Funeral Home.
The Paintsville Herald Wednesday June 9,1954
The automobile,a Ford convertible, first side swiped another car,driven by Kenneth Roberts, 25 of Wayland State Police reported.
State Police said that Adams came around a curve at a high rate of speed, side swiping the other automobile and then proceeded to leave the highway and go over the embankment.
He was dead on arrival at the hospital.
Roberts was not injured and there were no other occupants of either automobile it was reported.
Adams was born August 19, 1927 in Johnson County, a son of the late Wesley Adams and Mollie Lykins Adams who survives.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and was employed as a watch repairman in Prestonsburg.
Survivors include two brothers Hardie and Smith Adams bothof Hager Hill.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Lick Fork United Baptist Church in Hager Hill.
Burial was made in the family cemetery there under the direction of the Jones and Preston Funeral Home.
The Paintsville Herald Wednesday June 9,1954
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