Reuben Horton
1 Killed, 2 Hurt As Trucks Crash A Davidson County truck driver was killed and another truck driver and a pedestrian were injured early yesterday near Elizabethtown, Ky. when two heavy vehicles crashed head on while attempting to avoid the pedestrian. Dead is Reuben Horton, 42, of Edenwold community, driver for Terminal Transport Company. The injured were identified by Kentucky State highway patrolmen as John P. Berry, 34, Louisville, driver for Coldway Transport Co., Louisville, and Mrs. Joseph G. Lee, Upton, Ky. Teddy Bennett, radio operator at the Elizabethton patrol station, said Mrs. Lee apparently walked into the paths of the two trucks as they met in Upton, a small community 16 miles south of Elizabethtown. Bennett said the two vehicles swerved to avoid striking her. The accident occurred at 4:40 a.m. Mrs. Lee and Berry were treated and released at Brick Hospital, Fort Knox, Ky. Horton was dead on arrival at the hospital. J. R. Riddle, dispatcher at the company's terminal here said Horton left Nashville for Indianapolis, Ind. around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The body will be brought to Eastland Funeral Home, 904 Gallatin road.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night.
Horton was a native of Smith County and had lived in Nashville for 16 years. He had been with Terminal Transport Co. for the past five years. Prior to that, he had been a driver for Southeastern Motor Freight Lines.
He married the former Miss Myrtle Shoemake of Smith County. In addition to his widow, he is survived by a daughter Shirley Edith Horton, Nashville; a son Melvin Carrol Horton, U. S. Army, Fort Hancock, N.J.; and five sisters, Mrs. Toy Boyd, Baxter, Tenn., Mrs. Joe Lewis, Joelton, Tenn., Mrs. J. W. Carter, Clarksville, Tenn., and Mrs. Effie Shoemake and Mrs. Edna Roberts , both of Nashville. (18 Feb 1952)
1 Killed, 2 Hurt As Trucks Crash A Davidson County truck driver was killed and another truck driver and a pedestrian were injured early yesterday near Elizabethtown, Ky. when two heavy vehicles crashed head on while attempting to avoid the pedestrian. Dead is Reuben Horton, 42, of Edenwold community, driver for Terminal Transport Company. The injured were identified by Kentucky State highway patrolmen as John P. Berry, 34, Louisville, driver for Coldway Transport Co., Louisville, and Mrs. Joseph G. Lee, Upton, Ky. Teddy Bennett, radio operator at the Elizabethton patrol station, said Mrs. Lee apparently walked into the paths of the two trucks as they met in Upton, a small community 16 miles south of Elizabethtown. Bennett said the two vehicles swerved to avoid striking her. The accident occurred at 4:40 a.m. Mrs. Lee and Berry were treated and released at Brick Hospital, Fort Knox, Ky. Horton was dead on arrival at the hospital. J. R. Riddle, dispatcher at the company's terminal here said Horton left Nashville for Indianapolis, Ind. around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The body will be brought to Eastland Funeral Home, 904 Gallatin road.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night.
Horton was a native of Smith County and had lived in Nashville for 16 years. He had been with Terminal Transport Co. for the past five years. Prior to that, he had been a driver for Southeastern Motor Freight Lines.
He married the former Miss Myrtle Shoemake of Smith County. In addition to his widow, he is survived by a daughter Shirley Edith Horton, Nashville; a son Melvin Carrol Horton, U. S. Army, Fort Hancock, N.J.; and five sisters, Mrs. Toy Boyd, Baxter, Tenn., Mrs. Joe Lewis, Joelton, Tenn., Mrs. J. W. Carter, Clarksville, Tenn., and Mrs. Effie Shoemake and Mrs. Edna Roberts , both of Nashville. (18 Feb 1952)
Reuben Horton
1 Killed, 2 Hurt As Trucks Crash A Davidson County truck driver was killed and another truck driver and a pedestrian were injured early yesterday near Elizabethtown, Ky. when two heavy vehicles crashed head on while attempting to avoid the pedestrian. Dead is Reuben Horton, 42, of Edenwold community, driver for Terminal Transport Company. The injured were identified by Kentucky State highway patrolmen as John P. Berry, 34, Louisville, driver for Coldway Transport Co., Louisville, and Mrs. Joseph G. Lee, Upton, Ky. Teddy Bennett, radio operator at the Elizabethton patrol station, said Mrs. Lee apparently walked into the paths of the two trucks as they met in Upton, a small community 16 miles south of Elizabethtown. Bennett said the two vehicles swerved to avoid striking her. The accident occurred at 4:40 a.m. Mrs. Lee and Berry were treated and released at Brick Hospital, Fort Knox, Ky. Horton was dead on arrival at the hospital. J. R. Riddle, dispatcher at the company's terminal here said Horton left Nashville for Indianapolis, Ind. around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The body will be brought to Eastland Funeral Home, 904 Gallatin road.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night.
Horton was a native of Smith County and had lived in Nashville for 16 years. He had been with Terminal Transport Co. for the past five years. Prior to that, he had been a driver for Southeastern Motor Freight Lines.
He married the former Miss Myrtle Shoemake of Smith County. In addition to his widow, he is survived by a daughter Shirley Edith Horton, Nashville; a son Melvin Carrol Horton, U. S. Army, Fort Hancock, N.J.; and five sisters, Mrs. Toy Boyd, Baxter, Tenn., Mrs. Joe Lewis, Joelton, Tenn., Mrs. J. W. Carter, Clarksville, Tenn., and Mrs. Effie Shoemake and Mrs. Edna Roberts , both of Nashville. (18 Feb 1952)
1 Killed, 2 Hurt As Trucks Crash A Davidson County truck driver was killed and another truck driver and a pedestrian were injured early yesterday near Elizabethtown, Ky. when two heavy vehicles crashed head on while attempting to avoid the pedestrian. Dead is Reuben Horton, 42, of Edenwold community, driver for Terminal Transport Company. The injured were identified by Kentucky State highway patrolmen as John P. Berry, 34, Louisville, driver for Coldway Transport Co., Louisville, and Mrs. Joseph G. Lee, Upton, Ky. Teddy Bennett, radio operator at the Elizabethton patrol station, said Mrs. Lee apparently walked into the paths of the two trucks as they met in Upton, a small community 16 miles south of Elizabethtown. Bennett said the two vehicles swerved to avoid striking her. The accident occurred at 4:40 a.m. Mrs. Lee and Berry were treated and released at Brick Hospital, Fort Knox, Ky. Horton was dead on arrival at the hospital. J. R. Riddle, dispatcher at the company's terminal here said Horton left Nashville for Indianapolis, Ind. around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The body will be brought to Eastland Funeral Home, 904 Gallatin road.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night.
Horton was a native of Smith County and had lived in Nashville for 16 years. He had been with Terminal Transport Co. for the past five years. Prior to that, he had been a driver for Southeastern Motor Freight Lines.
He married the former Miss Myrtle Shoemake of Smith County. In addition to his widow, he is survived by a daughter Shirley Edith Horton, Nashville; a son Melvin Carrol Horton, U. S. Army, Fort Hancock, N.J.; and five sisters, Mrs. Toy Boyd, Baxter, Tenn., Mrs. Joe Lewis, Joelton, Tenn., Mrs. J. W. Carter, Clarksville, Tenn., and Mrs. Effie Shoemake and Mrs. Edna Roberts , both of Nashville. (18 Feb 1952)
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