Carl Allen Adkins, 29, of Huntington, WV, died Friday, March 1, 2013 in Logan, WV. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Morris Funeral Home Chapel, Wayne, WV, with Brother Buster Maynard and Elder Leo Maynard officiating. Burial will follow at Community Memorial Gardens at Wayne.
He was born February 13, 1984 at Charleston, WV, a son of Larry Adkins of Wayne, WV, and Carrie Dingess Dye of Cairo, WV. He was a practicing attorney in Logan, WV and was a member of the West Virginia Bar Association. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, James Adkins and Romie Dingess; an aunt, Brenda Adkins Veres.
Additional survivors include his fiancée, Allison Subacz of Huntington, WV and their dogs, Tiqui, Remy and Fat Head along with their cat, Hercules; his brother, Kyle Anthony Adkins of Huntington, WV; his paternal grandmother, Mary Lou Adkins of Wayne, WV and maternal grandmother, Victoria Dingess of Cairo, WV; and six very special cousins, Brandon Adkins of Huntington, WV, Bobbie Lynn Lanham of Dayton, WV, Ashley Meagan Blind of Auburndale, FL, Micah Veres of Charleston, WV, Amanda Tomblin of Chapmanville, WV, Kevin Dingess of Teays Valley, WV.
Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Monday at Morris Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Little Victories Animal Shelter
UPDATE 3/1/13 @ 7 p.m.
LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A freak accident ended with a young man dead. A tree fell over the road, hit a man's truck and killed him.
"As the tree was coming down, he was right underneath of it," West Virginia State Police Trooper Marcus Broadwater said. "Pretty bad timing, I don't think there was anything he could do to avoid it either."
Adkins, who was just 29 years old, was on his way to his new career as an attorney in Logan. He also was engaged recently.
Thomas Staggs says he's devastated for Adkins' family because he knows it easily could have been his own.
"We're up and down this hill six to eight times a day, me and my family," Staggs said. "My granddaughter went to school about 7:15 this morning. She drove off the hill here."
Staggs remembers another accident several years ago about a quarter of a mile away.
Police say that's when a tree fell on another car, also resulting in a fatality.
As for this accident, Staggs says it has never stood on sturdy ground.
"It wasn't on top of the bank. It was just out of the side of the bank," Staggs said.
It's unclear who owns the property where the tree stood or what caused it to fall.
However, investigators say it looks like the dirt was loose there, which was likely caused by weather conditions.
He was born February 13, 1984 at Charleston, WV, a son of Larry Adkins of Wayne, WV, and Carrie Dingess Dye of Cairo, WV. He was a practicing attorney in Logan, WV and was a member of the West Virginia Bar Association. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, James Adkins and Romie Dingess; an aunt, Brenda Adkins Veres.
Additional survivors include his fiancée, Allison Subacz of Huntington, WV and their dogs, Tiqui, Remy and Fat Head along with their cat, Hercules; his brother, Kyle Anthony Adkins of Huntington, WV; his paternal grandmother, Mary Lou Adkins of Wayne, WV and maternal grandmother, Victoria Dingess of Cairo, WV; and six very special cousins, Brandon Adkins of Huntington, WV, Bobbie Lynn Lanham of Dayton, WV, Ashley Meagan Blind of Auburndale, FL, Micah Veres of Charleston, WV, Amanda Tomblin of Chapmanville, WV, Kevin Dingess of Teays Valley, WV.
Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Monday at Morris Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Little Victories Animal Shelter
UPDATE 3/1/13 @ 7 p.m.
LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A freak accident ended with a young man dead. A tree fell over the road, hit a man's truck and killed him.
"As the tree was coming down, he was right underneath of it," West Virginia State Police Trooper Marcus Broadwater said. "Pretty bad timing, I don't think there was anything he could do to avoid it either."
Adkins, who was just 29 years old, was on his way to his new career as an attorney in Logan. He also was engaged recently.
Thomas Staggs says he's devastated for Adkins' family because he knows it easily could have been his own.
"We're up and down this hill six to eight times a day, me and my family," Staggs said. "My granddaughter went to school about 7:15 this morning. She drove off the hill here."
Staggs remembers another accident several years ago about a quarter of a mile away.
Police say that's when a tree fell on another car, also resulting in a fatality.
As for this accident, Staggs says it has never stood on sturdy ground.
"It wasn't on top of the bank. It was just out of the side of the bank," Staggs said.
It's unclear who owns the property where the tree stood or what caused it to fall.
However, investigators say it looks like the dirt was loose there, which was likely caused by weather conditions.
Carl Allen Adkins, 29, of Huntington, WV, died Friday, March 1, 2013 in Logan, WV. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Morris Funeral Home Chapel, Wayne, WV, with Brother Buster Maynard and Elder Leo Maynard officiating. Burial will follow at Community Memorial Gardens at Wayne.
He was born February 13, 1984 at Charleston, WV, a son of Larry Adkins of Wayne, WV, and Carrie Dingess Dye of Cairo, WV. He was a practicing attorney in Logan, WV and was a member of the West Virginia Bar Association. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, James Adkins and Romie Dingess; an aunt, Brenda Adkins Veres.
Additional survivors include his fiancée, Allison Subacz of Huntington, WV and their dogs, Tiqui, Remy and Fat Head along with their cat, Hercules; his brother, Kyle Anthony Adkins of Huntington, WV; his paternal grandmother, Mary Lou Adkins of Wayne, WV and maternal grandmother, Victoria Dingess of Cairo, WV; and six very special cousins, Brandon Adkins of Huntington, WV, Bobbie Lynn Lanham of Dayton, WV, Ashley Meagan Blind of Auburndale, FL, Micah Veres of Charleston, WV, Amanda Tomblin of Chapmanville, WV, Kevin Dingess of Teays Valley, WV.
Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Monday at Morris Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Little Victories Animal Shelter
UPDATE 3/1/13 @ 7 p.m.
LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A freak accident ended with a young man dead. A tree fell over the road, hit a man's truck and killed him.
"As the tree was coming down, he was right underneath of it," West Virginia State Police Trooper Marcus Broadwater said. "Pretty bad timing, I don't think there was anything he could do to avoid it either."
Adkins, who was just 29 years old, was on his way to his new career as an attorney in Logan. He also was engaged recently.
Thomas Staggs says he's devastated for Adkins' family because he knows it easily could have been his own.
"We're up and down this hill six to eight times a day, me and my family," Staggs said. "My granddaughter went to school about 7:15 this morning. She drove off the hill here."
Staggs remembers another accident several years ago about a quarter of a mile away.
Police say that's when a tree fell on another car, also resulting in a fatality.
As for this accident, Staggs says it has never stood on sturdy ground.
"It wasn't on top of the bank. It was just out of the side of the bank," Staggs said.
It's unclear who owns the property where the tree stood or what caused it to fall.
However, investigators say it looks like the dirt was loose there, which was likely caused by weather conditions.
He was born February 13, 1984 at Charleston, WV, a son of Larry Adkins of Wayne, WV, and Carrie Dingess Dye of Cairo, WV. He was a practicing attorney in Logan, WV and was a member of the West Virginia Bar Association. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, James Adkins and Romie Dingess; an aunt, Brenda Adkins Veres.
Additional survivors include his fiancée, Allison Subacz of Huntington, WV and their dogs, Tiqui, Remy and Fat Head along with their cat, Hercules; his brother, Kyle Anthony Adkins of Huntington, WV; his paternal grandmother, Mary Lou Adkins of Wayne, WV and maternal grandmother, Victoria Dingess of Cairo, WV; and six very special cousins, Brandon Adkins of Huntington, WV, Bobbie Lynn Lanham of Dayton, WV, Ashley Meagan Blind of Auburndale, FL, Micah Veres of Charleston, WV, Amanda Tomblin of Chapmanville, WV, Kevin Dingess of Teays Valley, WV.
Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Monday at Morris Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Little Victories Animal Shelter
UPDATE 3/1/13 @ 7 p.m.
LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A freak accident ended with a young man dead. A tree fell over the road, hit a man's truck and killed him.
"As the tree was coming down, he was right underneath of it," West Virginia State Police Trooper Marcus Broadwater said. "Pretty bad timing, I don't think there was anything he could do to avoid it either."
Adkins, who was just 29 years old, was on his way to his new career as an attorney in Logan. He also was engaged recently.
Thomas Staggs says he's devastated for Adkins' family because he knows it easily could have been his own.
"We're up and down this hill six to eight times a day, me and my family," Staggs said. "My granddaughter went to school about 7:15 this morning. She drove off the hill here."
Staggs remembers another accident several years ago about a quarter of a mile away.
Police say that's when a tree fell on another car, also resulting in a fatality.
As for this accident, Staggs says it has never stood on sturdy ground.
"It wasn't on top of the bank. It was just out of the side of the bank," Staggs said.
It's unclear who owns the property where the tree stood or what caused it to fall.
However, investigators say it looks like the dirt was loose there, which was likely caused by weather conditions.
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