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Dudley Adams, 78 years of age, died this morning after slashing his throat with a pocketknife.
The victim had been visiting with his son, Paul Adams, one-and-a-half miles north of the Pottsville section, and it was there that he committed suicide. The suicide verdict was returned by Coroner Brown McClain after he had conducted investigation of the death.
Adams died about 11:30 o'clock, more that an hour after he was found with his throat slashed near an outhouse in the yard of his son's farm home.
His daughter-in-law, Mrs. Paul Adams, told Coroner McClain that she was washing some clothes in the house this morning when her father-in-law came through the room with his shirt unbuttoned. "You must be hot," Mrs. Adams claimed she said to him. "No, I've got a lot of troubles," he replied as he walked out of the house, Mrs. Adams told the coroner.
After he had gone out, Mrs. Adams said her son came in the room and told her that his grandfather had a razor. She followed him out of the dwelling and found him near an outhouse with the razor to his throat. According to evidence supplied Coroner McClain, Mrs. Adams took the razor away from her father-in-law, and accompanied him back in the house.
About twenty minutes later, the elderly man left the house again, and when his absence was noted he was found lying on the ground outside, his throat slashed with a small pocketknife.
The Mayfield Messenger
Mayfield, Ky
Saturday, January 4, 1941, p. 1∼
Rites for Suicide
Victim Held Yesterday
Funeral services for Dudley Adams, 78 years of age, who committed suicide Saturday morning about 11:30 o'clock by cutting his throat with a pocketknife, were held at the Sinking Springs church yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. Alec Alderdice in charge. Interment was in the Sinking Springs cemetery. Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Byrn Funeral Home.
Mr. Adams, who had been visiting his son Paul Adams, near Pottsville, was found by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Paul Adams, near an outbuilding at the Adams home with his throat slashed. Mrs. Adams told Coroner Brown McClain that she had taken a razor from the elderly man earlier in the morning when he was planning to cut his throat.
Besides his son, Paul, he is survived by three other children, Mrs. Fred Camp, of Mayfield, Dink Adams, of the county, and Roy Adams, of Chicago. Two brothers, John and Bud Adams, of Puryear, Tenn., and one sister, Mrs. Fannie Jackson, of Texas, also survive his death.
The Mayfield Mesenger
Mayfield, Ky
Monday, January 6, 1941, p. 1∼
Coroner Brown MeClaln today rendered a suicide verdict in the death of Dudley Adams, 78, whom McClain said slashed his throat at the home of his son, Paul Adams, near Pottsville this morning, and died an hour afterward.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
The Paducah Sun-Democrat
Paducah, Ky
January 5, 1941, p. 6
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Kentucky Death Certificate #1292
Name: Dudley Adams
[Dudley A Adams]
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed.
Usual Occupation: Farmer
Death Age: 75 years, 8 months, 29 days.
Birth Date: Thursday, April 6, 1865
Birth Place: Kentucky
Death Date: [Wednesday], January 1, 1941
Death Place: Rural Hickory R#3, Graves County, Kentucky
Cause of Death: Suicide: Pocket knife and cut throat.
Father: William Franklin Adams (b. Ky.)
Mother: Susan Hale (b. Ky.)
Spouse: Mary Jane Privett
Burial: Sinking Springs
Informant: Mrs. Fred Camp, Mayfield, Kentuky
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Children:
Ruby May Adams (b. December 1887 Ky)
Sarah D. "Alma" Adams (b. June 1889 Ky
William F Adams (b. July 1891 Ky)
Paul B. Adams (b. September 1895 Ky)
Roy Allen Adams (b. September 1, 1896 Ky)
Jessie Adams (b. 1902 Ky)
Dudley Adams, 78 years of age, died this morning after slashing his throat with a pocketknife.
The victim had been visiting with his son, Paul Adams, one-and-a-half miles north of the Pottsville section, and it was there that he committed suicide. The suicide verdict was returned by Coroner Brown McClain after he had conducted investigation of the death.
Adams died about 11:30 o'clock, more that an hour after he was found with his throat slashed near an outhouse in the yard of his son's farm home.
His daughter-in-law, Mrs. Paul Adams, told Coroner McClain that she was washing some clothes in the house this morning when her father-in-law came through the room with his shirt unbuttoned. "You must be hot," Mrs. Adams claimed she said to him. "No, I've got a lot of troubles," he replied as he walked out of the house, Mrs. Adams told the coroner.
After he had gone out, Mrs. Adams said her son came in the room and told her that his grandfather had a razor. She followed him out of the dwelling and found him near an outhouse with the razor to his throat. According to evidence supplied Coroner McClain, Mrs. Adams took the razor away from her father-in-law, and accompanied him back in the house.
About twenty minutes later, the elderly man left the house again, and when his absence was noted he was found lying on the ground outside, his throat slashed with a small pocketknife.
The Mayfield Messenger
Mayfield, Ky
Saturday, January 4, 1941, p. 1∼
Rites for Suicide
Victim Held Yesterday
Funeral services for Dudley Adams, 78 years of age, who committed suicide Saturday morning about 11:30 o'clock by cutting his throat with a pocketknife, were held at the Sinking Springs church yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. Alec Alderdice in charge. Interment was in the Sinking Springs cemetery. Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Byrn Funeral Home.
Mr. Adams, who had been visiting his son Paul Adams, near Pottsville, was found by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Paul Adams, near an outbuilding at the Adams home with his throat slashed. Mrs. Adams told Coroner Brown McClain that she had taken a razor from the elderly man earlier in the morning when he was planning to cut his throat.
Besides his son, Paul, he is survived by three other children, Mrs. Fred Camp, of Mayfield, Dink Adams, of the county, and Roy Adams, of Chicago. Two brothers, John and Bud Adams, of Puryear, Tenn., and one sister, Mrs. Fannie Jackson, of Texas, also survive his death.
The Mayfield Mesenger
Mayfield, Ky
Monday, January 6, 1941, p. 1∼
Coroner Brown MeClaln today rendered a suicide verdict in the death of Dudley Adams, 78, whom McClain said slashed his throat at the home of his son, Paul Adams, near Pottsville this morning, and died an hour afterward.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
The Paducah Sun-Democrat
Paducah, Ky
January 5, 1941, p. 6
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Kentucky Death Certificate #1292
Name: Dudley Adams
[Dudley A Adams]
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed.
Usual Occupation: Farmer
Death Age: 75 years, 8 months, 29 days.
Birth Date: Thursday, April 6, 1865
Birth Place: Kentucky
Death Date: [Wednesday], January 1, 1941
Death Place: Rural Hickory R#3, Graves County, Kentucky
Cause of Death: Suicide: Pocket knife and cut throat.
Father: William Franklin Adams (b. Ky.)
Mother: Susan Hale (b. Ky.)
Spouse: Mary Jane Privett
Burial: Sinking Springs
Informant: Mrs. Fred Camp, Mayfield, Kentuky
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Children:
Ruby May Adams (b. December 1887 Ky)
Sarah D. "Alma" Adams (b. June 1889 Ky
William F Adams (b. July 1891 Ky)
Paul B. Adams (b. September 1895 Ky)
Roy Allen Adams (b. September 1, 1896 Ky)
Jessie Adams (b. 1902 Ky)
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Dudley Adams, 78 years of age, died this morning after slashing his throat with a pocketknife.
The victim had been visiting with his son, Paul Adams, one-and-a-half miles north of the Pottsville section, and it was there that he committed suicide. The suicide verdict was returned by Coroner Brown McClain after he had conducted investigation of the death.
Adams died about 11:30 o'clock, more that an hour after he was found with his throat slashed near an outhouse in the yard of his son's farm home.
His daughter-in-law, Mrs. Paul Adams, told Coroner McClain that she was washing some clothes in the house this morning when her father-in-law came through the room with his shirt unbuttoned. "You must be hot," Mrs. Adams claimed she said to him. "No, I've got a lot of troubles," he replied as he walked out of the house, Mrs. Adams told the coroner.
After he had gone out, Mrs. Adams said her son came in the room and told her that his grandfather had a razor. She followed him out of the dwelling and found him near an outhouse with the razor to his throat. According to evidence supplied Coroner McClain, Mrs. Adams took the razor away from her father-in-law, and accompanied him back in the house.
About twenty minutes later, the elderly man left the house again, and when his absence was noted he was found lying on the ground outside, his throat slashed with a small pocketknife.
The Mayfield Messenger
Mayfield, Ky
Saturday, January 4, 1941, p. 1∼
Rites for Suicide
Victim Held Yesterday
Funeral services for Dudley Adams, 78 years of age, who committed suicide Saturday morning about 11:30 o'clock by cutting his throat with a pocketknife, were held at the Sinking Springs church yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. Alec Alderdice in charge. Interment was in the Sinking Springs cemetery. Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Byrn Funeral Home.
Mr. Adams, who had been visiting his son Paul Adams, near Pottsville, was found by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Paul Adams, near an outbuilding at the Adams home with his throat slashed. Mrs. Adams told Coroner Brown McClain that she had taken a razor from the elderly man earlier in the morning when he was planning to cut his throat.
Besides his son, Paul, he is survived by three other children, Mrs. Fred Camp, of Mayfield, Dink Adams, of the county, and Roy Adams, of Chicago. Two brothers, John and Bud Adams, of Puryear, Tenn., and one sister, Mrs. Fannie Jackson, of Texas, also survive his death.
The Mayfield Mesenger
Mayfield, Ky
Monday, January 6, 1941, p. 1∼
Coroner Brown MeClaln today rendered a suicide verdict in the death of Dudley Adams, 78, whom McClain said slashed his throat at the home of his son, Paul Adams, near Pottsville this morning, and died an hour afterward.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
The Paducah Sun-Democrat
Paducah, Ky
January 5, 1941, p. 6
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Kentucky Death Certificate #1292
Name: Dudley Adams
[Dudley A Adams]
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed.
Usual Occupation: Farmer
Death Age: 75 years, 8 months, 29 days.
Birth Date: Thursday, April 6, 1865
Birth Place: Kentucky
Death Date: [Wednesday], January 1, 1941
Death Place: Rural Hickory R#3, Graves County, Kentucky
Cause of Death: Suicide: Pocket knife and cut throat.
Father: William Franklin Adams (b. Ky.)
Mother: Susan Hale (b. Ky.)
Spouse: Mary Jane Privett
Burial: Sinking Springs
Informant: Mrs. Fred Camp, Mayfield, Kentuky
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Children:
Ruby May Adams (b. December 1887 Ky)
Sarah D. "Alma" Adams (b. June 1889 Ky
William F Adams (b. July 1891 Ky)
Paul B. Adams (b. September 1895 Ky)
Roy Allen Adams (b. September 1, 1896 Ky)
Jessie Adams (b. 1902 Ky)
Dudley Adams, 78 years of age, died this morning after slashing his throat with a pocketknife.
The victim had been visiting with his son, Paul Adams, one-and-a-half miles north of the Pottsville section, and it was there that he committed suicide. The suicide verdict was returned by Coroner Brown McClain after he had conducted investigation of the death.
Adams died about 11:30 o'clock, more that an hour after he was found with his throat slashed near an outhouse in the yard of his son's farm home.
His daughter-in-law, Mrs. Paul Adams, told Coroner McClain that she was washing some clothes in the house this morning when her father-in-law came through the room with his shirt unbuttoned. "You must be hot," Mrs. Adams claimed she said to him. "No, I've got a lot of troubles," he replied as he walked out of the house, Mrs. Adams told the coroner.
After he had gone out, Mrs. Adams said her son came in the room and told her that his grandfather had a razor. She followed him out of the dwelling and found him near an outhouse with the razor to his throat. According to evidence supplied Coroner McClain, Mrs. Adams took the razor away from her father-in-law, and accompanied him back in the house.
About twenty minutes later, the elderly man left the house again, and when his absence was noted he was found lying on the ground outside, his throat slashed with a small pocketknife.
The Mayfield Messenger
Mayfield, Ky
Saturday, January 4, 1941, p. 1∼
Rites for Suicide
Victim Held Yesterday
Funeral services for Dudley Adams, 78 years of age, who committed suicide Saturday morning about 11:30 o'clock by cutting his throat with a pocketknife, were held at the Sinking Springs church yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. Alec Alderdice in charge. Interment was in the Sinking Springs cemetery. Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Byrn Funeral Home.
Mr. Adams, who had been visiting his son Paul Adams, near Pottsville, was found by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Paul Adams, near an outbuilding at the Adams home with his throat slashed. Mrs. Adams told Coroner Brown McClain that she had taken a razor from the elderly man earlier in the morning when he was planning to cut his throat.
Besides his son, Paul, he is survived by three other children, Mrs. Fred Camp, of Mayfield, Dink Adams, of the county, and Roy Adams, of Chicago. Two brothers, John and Bud Adams, of Puryear, Tenn., and one sister, Mrs. Fannie Jackson, of Texas, also survive his death.
The Mayfield Mesenger
Mayfield, Ky
Monday, January 6, 1941, p. 1∼
Coroner Brown MeClaln today rendered a suicide verdict in the death of Dudley Adams, 78, whom McClain said slashed his throat at the home of his son, Paul Adams, near Pottsville this morning, and died an hour afterward.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
The Paducah Sun-Democrat
Paducah, Ky
January 5, 1941, p. 6
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Kentucky Death Certificate #1292
Name: Dudley Adams
[Dudley A Adams]
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed.
Usual Occupation: Farmer
Death Age: 75 years, 8 months, 29 days.
Birth Date: Thursday, April 6, 1865
Birth Place: Kentucky
Death Date: [Wednesday], January 1, 1941
Death Place: Rural Hickory R#3, Graves County, Kentucky
Cause of Death: Suicide: Pocket knife and cut throat.
Father: William Franklin Adams (b. Ky.)
Mother: Susan Hale (b. Ky.)
Spouse: Mary Jane Privett
Burial: Sinking Springs
Informant: Mrs. Fred Camp, Mayfield, Kentuky
._______
Children:
Ruby May Adams (b. December 1887 Ky)
Sarah D. "Alma" Adams (b. June 1889 Ky
William F Adams (b. July 1891 Ky)
Paul B. Adams (b. September 1895 Ky)
Roy Allen Adams (b. September 1, 1896 Ky)
Jessie Adams (b. 1902 Ky)
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