Dr. J. D. Adkins, L. & N. Surgeon 30 Years, Dies
Dr. J. D. Adkins, 80, Williamsburg physician and surgeon for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad for nearly thirty years, died today after a long illness. He formerly served as postmaster here and was a Whitley County school teacher before he began the practice of medicine. Surviving are his wife, formerly Miss Anna Lee Chandler, Campbellsville; a son, Dr. Paul Adkins, Bell County, and a daughter, Miss Flora Adkins, Williamsburg music teacher and former head of the music department at Campbellsville College.

Dr. J. D. Adkins Called By Death
Succumbing to a lengthy illness due to the infirmities of age and climaxed by pneumonia, Dr. J. D. Adkins, 80, for fifty years a leader among Williamsburg physicians, passed away at his home here Tuesday night, at 11:15. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 from the home with Dr. H. C. Gabhart, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was made in Highland Cemetery by the Ellison Funeral Home. Serving as active pallbearers were E. A. Fish, Leonard Pierce, Sr., W. B. Early, R. C. Austin, Foster Lane, B. B. Snyder, and Hugh Steely. Honorary pallbearers included Herbert Steely, W. B. Mahan, Marcus Yancey, H. A. Browning, L. Levin, P. R. Jones, A. R. Evans, A. V. Brown, J. L. Creech, A. T. Siler, O. G. Nicholson, Robert Steely, and the members of the Whitley County Medical Association. Son of Louis and Polly McCarty Adkins of this county, Dr. Adkins married Miss Anna Lee Chandler of Campbellsville, Ky., on December 14, 1887. Mrs. Adkins survives him as do two children, Miss Flora Adkins, a teacher in the City School, and Dr. Paul Adkins of Kettle Island, Ky. Two grandchildren, Kathleen Adkins and John Adkins, and three sisters, Mrs. a. B. Inman of Williamsburg, Mrs. William Byrd and Mrs. James Downing, both of Corbin, also survive. A son, John, died in early manhood. Dr. Adkins began his education at Cora College, Pleasant View, the first chartered college in Eastern Kentucky, and continued his studies at a Presbyterian college located in Mt. Vernon, walking to Rockcastle County in the days before the railroad was built through this section. He was a graduate of the Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville, now the Medical College of the University of Louisville, and did post-graduate work at Rush Medical College in Chicago, and at the Polyclinic College in New York. In addition to serving a large area in Eastern Kentucky, he was surgeon for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad for thirty years. At one time in his youth, he was Postmaster of Williamsburg. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. Out-of-town relatives and friends here for the funeral included Dr. and Mrs. Paul Adkins and daughter, Kathy, Kettle Island, Ky.; Misses Naomi and Ruth Chandler, Campbellsville, Ky.; Mrs. Nan Downing and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Smith, Corbin, Ky.