Rites Today For Victim Of Accident
Services for Curtis Leon Adams, 47, of 2735 Chestnut, are set for 2 p.m. today in the Westside Christian Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Adams was killed in a truck accident Friday in Meeker, Colo.
He was born April 23, 1929, in Bomarton, Tex., and married Ruby Joyce Mann on Sept. 1, 1951, in Crane. They came to Odessa from there in 1968. He was a veteran of World War II, a truck driver and a member of Westside Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; four daughters, Becky Jo Adams of the home, Patsy Ann Adams of the home, Joyce Marie Adams of 1144 Terry, and Pamela K. Cole of Houston; a brother, Bufford F. Adams of Lubbock; and a sister, Mrs. Eldon McKinney of Seymour.
(Published in The Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) - 31 May 1976, Mon - Page 2)
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Odessa Driver Dies In Colorado
MEEKER, Colo. (Staff) - An Odessa man, Curtis Leon Adams, 47, of 2735 Chestnut, was killed in a truck accident 26 miles east of Rangely, Colo., on Colorado Hwy. 64, Friday at 5:50 p.m.
Adams, owner of the 1972 truck tractor was employed with B.F. Walker. He was traveling west when the truck ran off the right side of the road, hit a curb, a power pole slid through a fence, slid down a hill, turned to its right side, rolled one time and came to a rest on its wheels' according to officers of the Colorado State Patrol.
Adams was thrown from the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene due to massive head injuries according to a Colorado coroner.
He was taken to Carmain Funeral Home in Meeker, Colo.
Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $30,000. Officers offered no specualtion [sic] as to cause of the accident.
Officers investigating the accident included patrolmen Stephen Willson, Ronald Reed, and Lt. Edward Eitel with deputies and the sheriff of Rio Blanco County on the scene.
Services for Adams are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
He was born April 23, 1929, in Bomarton, and was married to Joyce Mann Sept. 1, 1951, in Crane.
He was a World War II veteran, and a member of Westside Christina Church.
He moved to Odessa in 1968 from Crane. Survivors include his wife of the home; four daughters, Becky Jo Adams and Patsy Ann Adams, both of the home; Pamela Kaye Cole of Houston, and Joyce Marie Adams of 1144 Terrace Drive; one brother, Buford F. Adams of Lubbock; and one sister, Mrs. Eldon McKinney of Seymour.
(Published in The Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) - 30 May 1976, Sun - Page 2)
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Accident kills Texas man
A 47-year-old Texas man died Friday afternoon when the tractor-trailer he was driving lost control on Colo. 64, 26 miles east of Rangely.
Curtis Leon Adams of Odessa, Tex., was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident from massive head injuries.
Colorado State Patrol officers reported Adams was eastbound on Colo. 65 at about 5:50 p.m., when his truck run off the right side of the road, struck a power pole, and slid down a hill on its side. Adams was thrown from the vehicle.
(Published in The Daily Sentinel
Grand Junction, Colorado
30 May 1976, Sun • Page 22)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Curtis Leon Adams
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Birth Place: Baylor, Texas, USA
Father: Benj Franklin Adams
Mother: Mary Ella Arthur
Roll number: 1929_0001
Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Curtis Leon Adams
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Bomarton, Baylor, Texas, USA
Father: Benj Franklin Adams
Father Birth Place: Henderson County, Texas
Mother: Mary Ella Arthur
Mother Birth Place: Bell County, Texas
Mother Residence: Bomarton, Texas
Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
Name: Curtis Leon Adams
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1 Sep 1951
Marriage Place: Crane, Texas, USA
Spouse: Ruby Joyce Mann
Film Number: 002031933
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Curtis Adams
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Death Date: May 1976
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Curtis L Adams [Curtis Adams]
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Death Date: May 1976
Claim Date: 21 Jun 1976
Services for Curtis Leon Adams, 47, of 2735 Chestnut, are set for 2 p.m. today in the Westside Christian Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Adams was killed in a truck accident Friday in Meeker, Colo.
He was born April 23, 1929, in Bomarton, Tex., and married Ruby Joyce Mann on Sept. 1, 1951, in Crane. They came to Odessa from there in 1968. He was a veteran of World War II, a truck driver and a member of Westside Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; four daughters, Becky Jo Adams of the home, Patsy Ann Adams of the home, Joyce Marie Adams of 1144 Terry, and Pamela K. Cole of Houston; a brother, Bufford F. Adams of Lubbock; and a sister, Mrs. Eldon McKinney of Seymour.
(Published in The Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) - 31 May 1976, Mon - Page 2)
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Odessa Driver Dies In Colorado
MEEKER, Colo. (Staff) - An Odessa man, Curtis Leon Adams, 47, of 2735 Chestnut, was killed in a truck accident 26 miles east of Rangely, Colo., on Colorado Hwy. 64, Friday at 5:50 p.m.
Adams, owner of the 1972 truck tractor was employed with B.F. Walker. He was traveling west when the truck ran off the right side of the road, hit a curb, a power pole slid through a fence, slid down a hill, turned to its right side, rolled one time and came to a rest on its wheels' according to officers of the Colorado State Patrol.
Adams was thrown from the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene due to massive head injuries according to a Colorado coroner.
He was taken to Carmain Funeral Home in Meeker, Colo.
Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $30,000. Officers offered no specualtion [sic] as to cause of the accident.
Officers investigating the accident included patrolmen Stephen Willson, Ronald Reed, and Lt. Edward Eitel with deputies and the sheriff of Rio Blanco County on the scene.
Services for Adams are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
He was born April 23, 1929, in Bomarton, and was married to Joyce Mann Sept. 1, 1951, in Crane.
He was a World War II veteran, and a member of Westside Christina Church.
He moved to Odessa in 1968 from Crane. Survivors include his wife of the home; four daughters, Becky Jo Adams and Patsy Ann Adams, both of the home; Pamela Kaye Cole of Houston, and Joyce Marie Adams of 1144 Terrace Drive; one brother, Buford F. Adams of Lubbock; and one sister, Mrs. Eldon McKinney of Seymour.
(Published in The Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) - 30 May 1976, Sun - Page 2)
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Accident kills Texas man
A 47-year-old Texas man died Friday afternoon when the tractor-trailer he was driving lost control on Colo. 64, 26 miles east of Rangely.
Curtis Leon Adams of Odessa, Tex., was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident from massive head injuries.
Colorado State Patrol officers reported Adams was eastbound on Colo. 65 at about 5:50 p.m., when his truck run off the right side of the road, struck a power pole, and slid down a hill on its side. Adams was thrown from the vehicle.
(Published in The Daily Sentinel
Grand Junction, Colorado
30 May 1976, Sun • Page 22)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Curtis Leon Adams
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Birth Place: Baylor, Texas, USA
Father: Benj Franklin Adams
Mother: Mary Ella Arthur
Roll number: 1929_0001
Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Curtis Leon Adams
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Bomarton, Baylor, Texas, USA
Father: Benj Franklin Adams
Father Birth Place: Henderson County, Texas
Mother: Mary Ella Arthur
Mother Birth Place: Bell County, Texas
Mother Residence: Bomarton, Texas
Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
Name: Curtis Leon Adams
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1 Sep 1951
Marriage Place: Crane, Texas, USA
Spouse: Ruby Joyce Mann
Film Number: 002031933
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Curtis Adams
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Death Date: May 1976
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Curtis L Adams [Curtis Adams]
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Death Date: May 1976
Claim Date: 21 Jun 1976
Rites Today For Victim Of Accident
Services for Curtis Leon Adams, 47, of 2735 Chestnut, are set for 2 p.m. today in the Westside Christian Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Adams was killed in a truck accident Friday in Meeker, Colo.
He was born April 23, 1929, in Bomarton, Tex., and married Ruby Joyce Mann on Sept. 1, 1951, in Crane. They came to Odessa from there in 1968. He was a veteran of World War II, a truck driver and a member of Westside Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; four daughters, Becky Jo Adams of the home, Patsy Ann Adams of the home, Joyce Marie Adams of 1144 Terry, and Pamela K. Cole of Houston; a brother, Bufford F. Adams of Lubbock; and a sister, Mrs. Eldon McKinney of Seymour.
(Published in The Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) - 31 May 1976, Mon - Page 2)
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Odessa Driver Dies In Colorado
MEEKER, Colo. (Staff) - An Odessa man, Curtis Leon Adams, 47, of 2735 Chestnut, was killed in a truck accident 26 miles east of Rangely, Colo., on Colorado Hwy. 64, Friday at 5:50 p.m.
Adams, owner of the 1972 truck tractor was employed with B.F. Walker. He was traveling west when the truck ran off the right side of the road, hit a curb, a power pole slid through a fence, slid down a hill, turned to its right side, rolled one time and came to a rest on its wheels' according to officers of the Colorado State Patrol.
Adams was thrown from the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene due to massive head injuries according to a Colorado coroner.
He was taken to Carmain Funeral Home in Meeker, Colo.
Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $30,000. Officers offered no specualtion [sic] as to cause of the accident.
Officers investigating the accident included patrolmen Stephen Willson, Ronald Reed, and Lt. Edward Eitel with deputies and the sheriff of Rio Blanco County on the scene.
Services for Adams are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
He was born April 23, 1929, in Bomarton, and was married to Joyce Mann Sept. 1, 1951, in Crane.
He was a World War II veteran, and a member of Westside Christina Church.
He moved to Odessa in 1968 from Crane. Survivors include his wife of the home; four daughters, Becky Jo Adams and Patsy Ann Adams, both of the home; Pamela Kaye Cole of Houston, and Joyce Marie Adams of 1144 Terrace Drive; one brother, Buford F. Adams of Lubbock; and one sister, Mrs. Eldon McKinney of Seymour.
(Published in The Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) - 30 May 1976, Sun - Page 2)
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Accident kills Texas man
A 47-year-old Texas man died Friday afternoon when the tractor-trailer he was driving lost control on Colo. 64, 26 miles east of Rangely.
Curtis Leon Adams of Odessa, Tex., was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident from massive head injuries.
Colorado State Patrol officers reported Adams was eastbound on Colo. 65 at about 5:50 p.m., when his truck run off the right side of the road, struck a power pole, and slid down a hill on its side. Adams was thrown from the vehicle.
(Published in The Daily Sentinel
Grand Junction, Colorado
30 May 1976, Sun • Page 22)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Curtis Leon Adams
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Birth Place: Baylor, Texas, USA
Father: Benj Franklin Adams
Mother: Mary Ella Arthur
Roll number: 1929_0001
Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Curtis Leon Adams
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Bomarton, Baylor, Texas, USA
Father: Benj Franklin Adams
Father Birth Place: Henderson County, Texas
Mother: Mary Ella Arthur
Mother Birth Place: Bell County, Texas
Mother Residence: Bomarton, Texas
Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
Name: Curtis Leon Adams
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1 Sep 1951
Marriage Place: Crane, Texas, USA
Spouse: Ruby Joyce Mann
Film Number: 002031933
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Curtis Adams
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Death Date: May 1976
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Curtis L Adams [Curtis Adams]
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Death Date: May 1976
Claim Date: 21 Jun 1976
Services for Curtis Leon Adams, 47, of 2735 Chestnut, are set for 2 p.m. today in the Westside Christian Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Adams was killed in a truck accident Friday in Meeker, Colo.
He was born April 23, 1929, in Bomarton, Tex., and married Ruby Joyce Mann on Sept. 1, 1951, in Crane. They came to Odessa from there in 1968. He was a veteran of World War II, a truck driver and a member of Westside Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; four daughters, Becky Jo Adams of the home, Patsy Ann Adams of the home, Joyce Marie Adams of 1144 Terry, and Pamela K. Cole of Houston; a brother, Bufford F. Adams of Lubbock; and a sister, Mrs. Eldon McKinney of Seymour.
(Published in The Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) - 31 May 1976, Mon - Page 2)
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Odessa Driver Dies In Colorado
MEEKER, Colo. (Staff) - An Odessa man, Curtis Leon Adams, 47, of 2735 Chestnut, was killed in a truck accident 26 miles east of Rangely, Colo., on Colorado Hwy. 64, Friday at 5:50 p.m.
Adams, owner of the 1972 truck tractor was employed with B.F. Walker. He was traveling west when the truck ran off the right side of the road, hit a curb, a power pole slid through a fence, slid down a hill, turned to its right side, rolled one time and came to a rest on its wheels' according to officers of the Colorado State Patrol.
Adams was thrown from the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene due to massive head injuries according to a Colorado coroner.
He was taken to Carmain Funeral Home in Meeker, Colo.
Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $30,000. Officers offered no specualtion [sic] as to cause of the accident.
Officers investigating the accident included patrolmen Stephen Willson, Ronald Reed, and Lt. Edward Eitel with deputies and the sheriff of Rio Blanco County on the scene.
Services for Adams are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
He was born April 23, 1929, in Bomarton, and was married to Joyce Mann Sept. 1, 1951, in Crane.
He was a World War II veteran, and a member of Westside Christina Church.
He moved to Odessa in 1968 from Crane. Survivors include his wife of the home; four daughters, Becky Jo Adams and Patsy Ann Adams, both of the home; Pamela Kaye Cole of Houston, and Joyce Marie Adams of 1144 Terrace Drive; one brother, Buford F. Adams of Lubbock; and one sister, Mrs. Eldon McKinney of Seymour.
(Published in The Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) - 30 May 1976, Sun - Page 2)
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Accident kills Texas man
A 47-year-old Texas man died Friday afternoon when the tractor-trailer he was driving lost control on Colo. 64, 26 miles east of Rangely.
Curtis Leon Adams of Odessa, Tex., was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident from massive head injuries.
Colorado State Patrol officers reported Adams was eastbound on Colo. 65 at about 5:50 p.m., when his truck run off the right side of the road, struck a power pole, and slid down a hill on its side. Adams was thrown from the vehicle.
(Published in The Daily Sentinel
Grand Junction, Colorado
30 May 1976, Sun • Page 22)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Curtis Leon Adams
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Birth Place: Baylor, Texas, USA
Father: Benj Franklin Adams
Mother: Mary Ella Arthur
Roll number: 1929_0001
Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Curtis Leon Adams
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Bomarton, Baylor, Texas, USA
Father: Benj Franklin Adams
Father Birth Place: Henderson County, Texas
Mother: Mary Ella Arthur
Mother Birth Place: Bell County, Texas
Mother Residence: Bomarton, Texas
Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
Name: Curtis Leon Adams
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1 Sep 1951
Marriage Place: Crane, Texas, USA
Spouse: Ruby Joyce Mann
Film Number: 002031933
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Curtis Adams
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Death Date: May 1976
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Curtis L Adams [Curtis Adams]
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1929
Death Date: May 1976
Claim Date: 21 Jun 1976
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