CECIL ADAMS
1927-1954 
  
Cecil Adams, 26, of this city, was killed instantly about
one 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
sideswiped 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, sideswiping 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 both
of 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
     
Submitted By: Dianna Jaynes  

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