ALBERT MURPHY
  
Three persons are dead and a fourth injured as a result of a
collision between and automobile and a truck on Route 23 at Hager
Hill Saturday evening.
  
The dead are John Lester Adams, Jr., 26, of Paintsville, Mrs.
Beatrice Phelps Meade 28, and Albert Murphy, 23, both of Van Lear.
Adams was killed outright and Mrs. Meade died of a fractured skull
and other injuries two hours after she was admitted to a local
hospital.
  
Murphy succumbed Tuesday night from internal injuries, and a
partially severed arm.
  
Miss Julia Salyer, 24, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brewster Salyer of
Van Lear was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
She was released Tuesday.
  
Adams, a veteran of World War II, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Adams, City. He was associated with his father in a grocery and
filling station business here. His father is former sheriff of
Johnson County.
  
He is survived by his parents two brothers, Hondel and Andrew, at
home and two sisters, Mrs. Evelyn McClure and Miss Beulah Dorothy
Adams.
  
Funeral services were conducted at the Freewill Baptist Church,
Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. by Revs. Millard Van Hoose, F. S. Van Hoose and
Scott Castle.
  
Burial was made in the family cemetery near the home, where graveside
rites were conducted by the American Legion.
  
Mrs. Meade was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Phelps with whom she
made her home. She was the mother of three children aged 11 years, 8
years, and seven months.  Her husband was Earl Meade from whom she
was estranged.  Mrs. Meade was an employee of G. C. Murphy Co. here.
  
Funeral services were conducted at the First Christian Church at West
Van Lear Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. by Rev. S. C. Honeycutt.
  
Burial was made in the Wells Buckingham cemetery here under the
direction of the Jones Funeral Home.
  
Murphy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Murphy of Van Lear who
survive him.  He is also survived by several brothers and sisters.
Two brothers of the victim, Pvt. Onda Murphy and Pvt. Lawrence Murphy
were casualties of World War II, and have been returned from overseas
cemeteries for reburial within the past year.
  
Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ on Friday at
10:30 a.m.
  
Burial will be made in the family cemetery under the direction of the
Jones Funeral Home.
  
It was said that the accident occurred when a Chevrolet Sedan driven
by Adams in the direction of Prestonsburg collided with the truck
occupied by Wm. Dale.  Dale's wife and sister-in-law were traveling
toward Paintsville.  At the scene, a second truck occupied by Ernie
Chandler and Kenneth Hayes of Chandlerville was being used to pull an
automobile driven by Paul Knott from a roadside ditch.
  
Further details of the accident were not learned.
  
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
Dec.23 1948     

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