The Huntsville Times, Huntsville, Alabama Monday, December 9, 1935. Adcock Funeral Held. Automobile Victim Buried At Noon Today At Charity Cemetery. Funeral services were held at noon today for William E. Adcock, 44-year-old farmer who was instantly killed when struck by an automobile six miles north of Huntsville on Fletcher highway Friday night. Services were held at Charity church, and interment was made there with Womack in charge of the arrangements. Surviving Mr. Adcock are his widow, nine children, four sisters and four brothers. Two Meridianville residents, Charron A. Patterson and Othel Couch, are under $2,000 bond, each charged with second degree murder, in connection with the case.
The Huntsville Times, Huntsville, Alabama Monday, December 9, 1935. W. E. Adcock, 44, Killed By Car. Two Men Under $2000 Bond On Second Degree Murder Charge. Death, riding on the wheels of a swiftly moving automobile, struck again in Madison county Friday night. This time it was the 44-year-old father of nine children who came to an untimely end. A week ago, it was an 18-year-old girl who died as a result of being hit by a hit-and-run driver, bleeding to death at the Huntsville hospital. William Elbert Adcock, a farmer who lived on the Fletcher highway about six miles north of Huntsville, was instantly killed shortly after 6 o’clock. He was hit by a car alleged to have been driven by Othel Couch of near Hazel Green. The automobile is said to belong to Charron A. Patterson of Meridianville, who is also alleged to have been an occupant. Both Mr. Patterson and Mr. Couch were placed under $2000 bonds when they surrendered at the sheriff’s office yesterday morning. A warrant charging them with second degree murder was sworn out by Mrs. Bertha Adcock, widow of the dead man, in Inferior Court yesterday. The car that struck Mr. Adcock didn’t stop. He was standing about four feet off the pavement on the right hand side of the highway, according to Deputy Henry Landers, who, with Chief Deputy John Childress, made an investigation shortly after it happened. According to the officers, Mr. Adcock was standing beside a hay rake that was fastened behind his wagon, making a repair on the wheel, when the car hit him. Another man, whose name was not learned, was quoted by the officer as saying the car came so close to hitting him that it brushed his clothes. He said he jumped between the wheels of the wagon to avoid being struck. Deputy Landers said automobile tracks indicated the car swerved off the pavement, struck the man, and then turned back on the pavement. Mr. Adcock was knocked a distance of approximately 50 feet. He was bleeding profusely at the mouth, nose and ears when Womack’s ambulance arrived. He apparently died from a broken neck, fractured skull and other injuries. Solicitor John McEachin, accompanied by Deputy Harvey Neely, made another investigation yesterday morning. The solicitor also questioned the man who was with Mr. Adcock at the time. Funeral services for the victim will be held at Charity church at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. The Rev. J. D. Carroll will officiate. Burial will be made there with Womack in charge of arrangements. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Bertha Adcock; seven daughters, Clellie, Vera Lee, Christine, Onnie Mae, Georgia Ruth, Wilma Virginia and Dorthea Marie; two sons, Amon Adcock, who is employed in a CCC camp at Haleyville, and Elbert Eugene, at home; four sisters, Mrs. Mollie Turner, Mrs. Bernie West and Mrs. Dovie Penneger of Smithville, Tenn., Mrs. Octie West of Athens, Ala.; four brothers, Mitchell Adcock of Athens, Walter, Dave and Marshall Adcock of Smithville.
The Huntsville Times, Huntsville, Alabama Monday, December 9, 1935. W. E. Adcock, 44, Killed By Car. Two Men Under $2000 Bond On Second Degree Murder Charge. Death, riding on the wheels of a swiftly moving automobile, struck again in Madison county Friday night. This time it was the 44-year-old father of nine children who came to an untimely end. A week ago, it was an 18-year-old girl who died as a result of being hit by a hit-and-run driver, bleeding to death at the Huntsville hospital. William Elbert Adcock, a farmer who lived on the Fletcher highway about six miles north of Huntsville, was instantly killed shortly after 6 o’clock. He was hit by a car alleged to have been driven by Othel Couch of near Hazel Green. The automobile is said to belong to Charron A. Patterson of Meridianville, who is also alleged to have been an occupant. Both Mr. Patterson and Mr. Couch were placed under $2000 bonds when they surrendered at the sheriff’s office yesterday morning. A warrant charging them with second degree murder was sworn out by Mrs. Bertha Adcock, widow of the dead man, in Inferior Court yesterday. The car that struck Mr. Adcock didn’t stop. He was standing about four feet off the pavement on the right hand side of the highway, according to Deputy Henry Landers, who, with Chief Deputy John Childress, made an investigation shortly after it happened. According to the officers, Mr. Adcock was standing beside a hay rake that was fastened behind his wagon, making a repair on the wheel, when the car hit him. Another man, whose name was not learned, was quoted by the officer as saying the car came so close to hitting him that it brushed his clothes. He said he jumped between the wheels of the wagon to avoid being struck. Deputy Landers said automobile tracks indicated the car swerved off the pavement, struck the man, and then turned back on the pavement. Mr. Adcock was knocked a distance of approximately 50 feet. He was bleeding profusely at the mouth, nose and ears when Womack’s ambulance arrived. He apparently died from a broken neck, fractured skull and other injuries. Solicitor John McEachin, accompanied by Deputy Harvey Neely, made another investigation yesterday morning. The solicitor also questioned the man who was with Mr. Adcock at the time. Funeral services for the victim will be held at Charity church at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. The Rev. J. D. Carroll will officiate. Burial will be made there with Womack in charge of arrangements. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Bertha Adcock; seven daughters, Clellie, Vera Lee, Christine, Onnie Mae, Georgia Ruth, Wilma Virginia and Dorthea Marie; two sons, Amon Adcock, who is employed in a CCC camp at Haleyville, and Elbert Eugene, at home; four sisters, Mrs. Mollie Turner, Mrs. Bernie West and Mrs. Dovie Penneger of Smithville, Tenn., Mrs. Octie West of Athens, Ala.; four brothers, Mitchell Adcock of Athens, Walter, Dave and Marshall Adcock of Smithville.
The Huntsville Times, Huntsville, Alabama Monday, December 9, 1935. Adcock Funeral Held. Automobile Victim Buried At Noon Today At Charity Cemetery. Funeral services were held at noon today for William E. Adcock, 44-year-old farmer who was instantly killed when struck by an automobile six miles north of Huntsville on Fletcher highway Friday night. Services were held at Charity church, and interment was made there with Womack in charge of the arrangements. Surviving Mr. Adcock are his widow, nine children, four sisters and four brothers. Two Meridianville residents, Charron A. Patterson and Othel Couch, are under $2,000 bond, each charged with second degree murder, in connection with the case.
The Huntsville Times, Huntsville, Alabama Monday, December 9, 1935. W. E. Adcock, 44, Killed By Car. Two Men Under $2000 Bond On Second Degree Murder Charge. Death, riding on the wheels of a swiftly moving automobile, struck again in Madison county Friday night. This time it was the 44-year-old father of nine children who came to an untimely end. A week ago, it was an 18-year-old girl who died as a result of being hit by a hit-and-run driver, bleeding to death at the Huntsville hospital. William Elbert Adcock, a farmer who lived on the Fletcher highway about six miles north of Huntsville, was instantly killed shortly after 6 o’clock. He was hit by a car alleged to have been driven by Othel Couch of near Hazel Green. The automobile is said to belong to Charron A. Patterson of Meridianville, who is also alleged to have been an occupant. Both Mr. Patterson and Mr. Couch were placed under $2000 bonds when they surrendered at the sheriff’s office yesterday morning. A warrant charging them with second degree murder was sworn out by Mrs. Bertha Adcock, widow of the dead man, in Inferior Court yesterday. The car that struck Mr. Adcock didn’t stop. He was standing about four feet off the pavement on the right hand side of the highway, according to Deputy Henry Landers, who, with Chief Deputy John Childress, made an investigation shortly after it happened. According to the officers, Mr. Adcock was standing beside a hay rake that was fastened behind his wagon, making a repair on the wheel, when the car hit him. Another man, whose name was not learned, was quoted by the officer as saying the car came so close to hitting him that it brushed his clothes. He said he jumped between the wheels of the wagon to avoid being struck. Deputy Landers said automobile tracks indicated the car swerved off the pavement, struck the man, and then turned back on the pavement. Mr. Adcock was knocked a distance of approximately 50 feet. He was bleeding profusely at the mouth, nose and ears when Womack’s ambulance arrived. He apparently died from a broken neck, fractured skull and other injuries. Solicitor John McEachin, accompanied by Deputy Harvey Neely, made another investigation yesterday morning. The solicitor also questioned the man who was with Mr. Adcock at the time. Funeral services for the victim will be held at Charity church at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. The Rev. J. D. Carroll will officiate. Burial will be made there with Womack in charge of arrangements. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Bertha Adcock; seven daughters, Clellie, Vera Lee, Christine, Onnie Mae, Georgia Ruth, Wilma Virginia and Dorthea Marie; two sons, Amon Adcock, who is employed in a CCC camp at Haleyville, and Elbert Eugene, at home; four sisters, Mrs. Mollie Turner, Mrs. Bernie West and Mrs. Dovie Penneger of Smithville, Tenn., Mrs. Octie West of Athens, Ala.; four brothers, Mitchell Adcock of Athens, Walter, Dave and Marshall Adcock of Smithville.
The Huntsville Times, Huntsville, Alabama Monday, December 9, 1935. W. E. Adcock, 44, Killed By Car. Two Men Under $2000 Bond On Second Degree Murder Charge. Death, riding on the wheels of a swiftly moving automobile, struck again in Madison county Friday night. This time it was the 44-year-old father of nine children who came to an untimely end. A week ago, it was an 18-year-old girl who died as a result of being hit by a hit-and-run driver, bleeding to death at the Huntsville hospital. William Elbert Adcock, a farmer who lived on the Fletcher highway about six miles north of Huntsville, was instantly killed shortly after 6 o’clock. He was hit by a car alleged to have been driven by Othel Couch of near Hazel Green. The automobile is said to belong to Charron A. Patterson of Meridianville, who is also alleged to have been an occupant. Both Mr. Patterson and Mr. Couch were placed under $2000 bonds when they surrendered at the sheriff’s office yesterday morning. A warrant charging them with second degree murder was sworn out by Mrs. Bertha Adcock, widow of the dead man, in Inferior Court yesterday. The car that struck Mr. Adcock didn’t stop. He was standing about four feet off the pavement on the right hand side of the highway, according to Deputy Henry Landers, who, with Chief Deputy John Childress, made an investigation shortly after it happened. According to the officers, Mr. Adcock was standing beside a hay rake that was fastened behind his wagon, making a repair on the wheel, when the car hit him. Another man, whose name was not learned, was quoted by the officer as saying the car came so close to hitting him that it brushed his clothes. He said he jumped between the wheels of the wagon to avoid being struck. Deputy Landers said automobile tracks indicated the car swerved off the pavement, struck the man, and then turned back on the pavement. Mr. Adcock was knocked a distance of approximately 50 feet. He was bleeding profusely at the mouth, nose and ears when Womack’s ambulance arrived. He apparently died from a broken neck, fractured skull and other injuries. Solicitor John McEachin, accompanied by Deputy Harvey Neely, made another investigation yesterday morning. The solicitor also questioned the man who was with Mr. Adcock at the time. Funeral services for the victim will be held at Charity church at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. The Rev. J. D. Carroll will officiate. Burial will be made there with Womack in charge of arrangements. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Bertha Adcock; seven daughters, Clellie, Vera Lee, Christine, Onnie Mae, Georgia Ruth, Wilma Virginia and Dorthea Marie; two sons, Amon Adcock, who is employed in a CCC camp at Haleyville, and Elbert Eugene, at home; four sisters, Mrs. Mollie Turner, Mrs. Bernie West and Mrs. Dovie Penneger of Smithville, Tenn., Mrs. Octie West of Athens, Ala.; four brothers, Mitchell Adcock of Athens, Walter, Dave and Marshall Adcock of Smithville.
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