CRASH TAKES LIFE OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE

Springfield Township Trustee Arlos W. Priddy, Sr., praised by colleagues as a hard-working, dedicated man, was killed Monday in a truck crash in Pennsylvania.
Priddy, 54, of 161 California Ave., died when he lost control of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 76, west of Philadelphia, about 6:30 a.m., said a dispatcher for the Pennsylvania State Police.
"It's a terrific loss," said Springfield Township Trustee, U. Timothy Juergens. "He's always been a very hard-working fellow, and it seemed like he had everybody else's interest at heart besides his own."
Priddy and his wife, Shirley Priddy, were married 33 years and have two children, Arlos W. Priddy, Jr. and Ellen E. Carl.
The dispatcher said Priddy was driving east on I-76 and lost control because of excessive speed on an off-ramp to southbound Interstate 467. The interchange is west of Philadelphia in the borough of West Conshohocken in Montgomery County, the dispatcher said.
Priddy was driving a truck for AD Serv Group, Inc., 3674 E. National Road.
The dispatcher said she wouldn't have additional information until today.
Jack Kame, a Springfield Township Trustee with Priddy for 13 years, described Priddy as "very friendly, very likable and well respected in the community."
Roger Tackett, president of the Clark County Commission, said he had tremendous respect for Priddy.
Priddy retired as a supervisor at Emro Marketing where he had worked for 32 years. He was a member of the township Board of Trustees for 13 years, and most recently served as vice chairman. Priddy ran for the County Commission in the 1992 Republican primary, but was defeated by Roger Baker.
Kame said Priddy had talked about running for County Commissioner Gordon Flax's seat when Flax retired.
"He said if he wasn't appointed to the seat, he would run as an independent," Kame said.
Priddy served on the board of directors of the Ohio Township Association, and was a deputy with the Clark County Sheriff's Department. He was a member of the Springfield Noon Optimist Club, and received the Optimist of the Year award in 1984.
He was a 33-year member of the American Red Cross, serving on the board of directors for three terms.
The Littleton & Rue Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Visitation there will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Springfield Pentecostal Assembly, 5435 W. National Road. Burial will be in Pleasant Chapel Cemetery.
Priddy's death was the second fatality at the Pennsylvania interchange since Dec. 9, said David Slade, a reporter with The Times Hearld, in Norristown, Pa. He said the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has checked the ramp several times and "each time have said they could find no fault in the construction."

(Copied from the Springfield News-Sun, Tuesday, April 26, 1994).

ARLOS W. PRIDDY, SR.

54, of Springfield, died Monday, April 25, 1994, at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart Hospital, Norristown, Pennsylvania, following an auto accident. He was born October 20, 1939, in Edmonson County, Kentucky, the son of Myrl and Mavis (Elmore) Priddy.
Arlos graduated from Edmonson County High School and attended Wittenberg University, Dale Carnegie Institute and graduated from Clark State College Law Enforcement Training.
He owned and operated the Complete Tower and Antenna Service, and the Steiner Tractor Sales and Service. He was Supervisor of Commercial Sales and Service with Emro Marketing Company, retiring in 1992 with 31 years of service, and was presently a driver for Ad Serv Transport Company.
Arlos was currently serving as a Springfield Township Trustee with thirteen years service, was a member of the Ohio Township Association, past member of the Board of Trustees for Ohio Township Association, member of Springfield Noon Optimist Club of which he served two terms as President, was Past Lieutenant Governor for Optimist Club for State of Ohio, was chairman of Noon Optimist Home Show at the Upper Valley Mall for many years, and was a member of the Farm Bureau.
He was currently a fully-commissioned Deputy Sheriff of Cark County, Campaign Chairman of the Voinovich Campaign of Clark County and Campaign Chairman for Bush Campaign in Clark County.
For twenty-three years, he was a member of the American Red Cross, serving on the Board of Directors for three terms, was Disaster Chairman during the blizzard of 1978, and received the American Red Cross Volunteer of the Year award for Clark County.
Survivors, other than his father, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, include his wife of 33 years, Shirley A. (Mounts); one daughter, Ellen E. Carl; one son and daughter-in-law, Arlos W., Jr. and Regina Priddy; two granddaughters, Amy Oliver and Ashley Priddy, all of Springfield; five brothers, Rondell, Carl, Eldon, David, Earl; and special nephew, Tommy Priddy, all of Bowling Green, Kentucky; two sisters, Mrs. Charlie (Bea) Tucker and Mrs. Joe (Wanda) Layne, both of Springfield; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother, three brothers and two sisters.
Friends may call in the Littleton & Rue Funeral Home, Thursday from 4-8 p.m. and one hour prior at church. The funeral service will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in the Springfield Pentecostal Assembly Church, 5435 West National Road, with Rev. Don Parrett and Rev. Cecil McCarty officiating. Burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

(Copied from the Springfield News-Sun, Thursday, April 28, 1994).