LUTHER RICE

COUNTY MAN IS VICTIM
OF AUTO WRECK

Luther Rice, 55, Succumbs After Wreck on Beaver Luther
Rice, of Cumberland, Harlan County, Ky., was killed on
Beaver Creek last Saturday night about 8 o'clock.

The wreck took place between Martin and Allen on a stiff
curve.

Mr. Rice was a native of Johnson County and was 55 years
old.

He was born in this county, a son of the late Green Rice
and Mrs. Jane Rice of Paintsville.

Mr. Rice, who has been a resident of Cumberland for
several years, was on his way to Paintsville to visit a
sick grandchild at the Paintsville Clinic when the
accident occurred.

In the car at the time was a son and a woman whose name
we did not get.

The car which was driven by Mr. Rice ran out of the
highway into the ditch and turned over several times.

Mr. Rice's neck was broken in the crash and death was
almost instaneous.

The woman occupant of the car was also killed and the son
suffered a broken arm and will recover.

The body of Mr. Rice was brought to the Paintsville

Funeral Home where funeral services were conducted at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon in charge of Rev. Smith of the
Missionary Baptist Church.  The chapel was filled with
relatives and friends of the family.  Appropriate music
was furnished by a choir led by D. B. Conley.

Burial was made in the family cemetery on Lick Fork near
Hager Hill.

The deceased is survived by a wife and six children, his
mother, Mrs. Jane Rice, three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Rice Young and Mrs. Hazel Blakewell, all of Paintsville
and Mrs. Darwin Long, of Wheelersburg, Ohio.

Paintsville Herald
Thursday
8-1-1940