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Subject: Richards.Earl.1936.Breckinridge.OBIT


Earl Rogers Richards April 12, 1936
Breckinridge-Hancock County KyArchives Obituaries

Breckinridge County Herald - News, Hardinsburg, Ky; 
issue dated, Wednesday, April 15, 1936 Breckinridge News, 
Published in Cloverport, Ky 
Page 1, Columns 1 & 2, Issue dated Wednesday, April 15, 1936
 
EARL RICHARDS KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK SATURDAY Riding on Running Board and 
Crushed Between Two Cars Others Suffered Injuries
 
     Along with the hundreds of motor car accidents, another has taken its toll 
of life in Breckinridge County with Earl Rogers Richards, son of Mr. and Mrs. 
Floyd Richards of the New Bethel Community being the victim.
     On Saturday night a crowd of young people were returning from a party, and 
on Highway 60 near Irvington, they had a breakdown with their automobile.  
Young Richards was in this group and saw a taxi approaching.  The taxi driven by 
Elvis Rush was from Cloverport, carrying several passengers, who were enroute from 
Louisville, after a day's shopping.  The taxi driver was persuaded to take the 
young women of the party, including several girls in his car, and the two young men 
rode on the running board.  One on each side of the car.  The car full of young people 
had not gone far when side-swiped by an approaching car.  Richards body was caught 
between the two cars, and he had almost instant death.  The taxi was thrown from the 
road and turned over an embankment.  Two of the girls were injured.
     The body of Richards was prepared for burial at the Dowell Funeral Home at Hardinsburg 
and taken to the home of his parents on Sunday afternoon.
     Mr. Richards was born in Hancock County on 31 August 1915, having reached the age 
of 20 years; He is survived by:
His parents
four sisters:
Norene Richards
Opal Richards
Gladys Richards
Helen Richards
four brothers:
Duward Richards
William Richards
Herbert Hoover Richards
Lamar Richards
     The young man was a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church having united there in 
September 1932.  The funeral was held on Monday afternoon at the New Bethel Baptist Church 
with Rev. G. C. Sandusky, pastor of the Cloverport Baptist Church, officiating.  The burial 
was held in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were:
His Uncles:  Fred Richards, Claude Richards, Wayne Richards, and Bradley Richards 
His friends:  Jess Walls and Franklin Potts Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Richards of this city 
(Cloverport) attended the funeral.
 


Submitted by: Dana Brown and Peggy L. Russell %demail  grussell3@wi.rr.com



Additional Comments:
(Note:  The son of Floyd Richards and Mayme Rogers, Earl Rogers Richards died on April 12, 1936.)

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