Headland - L. O. (Oyette) Adams, Sr., 52, Headland farmer, livestock dealer and mercantile company employee, was found shot to death yesterday afternoon in a pick-up truck five miles west of Headland. Police Chief Robert Espy, the only official to investigate the incident, said Adams' body was found lying in the seat of the truck, with a 16-gauge shotgun leaning against the seat, its barrel pointed to the top of the truck cab. The butt of the gun, Espy said, was resting in a box in the corner of the truck cab.
Espy said he found no evidence that the wound which killed Adams was self-inflicted. No coroner's ruling was available. Adams was known to carry the gun with him on visits to farms in the area. Yesterday afternoon, he had backed the truck, loaded with feed, toward a pasture fence near the road, as if to feed cattle in the pasture.
Born and reared in Headland, he was a member of the Headland Baptist Church and the Headland Kiwanis Club. Funeral services were to be held at the Headland Baptist Church at 3:30pm today with the Rev. Roby J. Lee and the Rev. Louis Whittle officiating. Burial was to be in the church cemetery with Headland Mortuary directing. The family requests to flowers.
Surviving are the wife, Mrs. Pearl Whiddon Adams; a son, Oyette Adams, Jr., and a daughter, Sylvia Adams, all of Headland; two sisters, Mrs Ernestine Lambert of Headland and Mrs. J. E. Pruett of St. Andrews, Fl; and one brother, Boyce Adams of Headland. © The Eagle, Dothan, AL, 10 Mar 1961.
Espy said he found no evidence that the wound which killed Adams was self-inflicted. No coroner's ruling was available. Adams was known to carry the gun with him on visits to farms in the area. Yesterday afternoon, he had backed the truck, loaded with feed, toward a pasture fence near the road, as if to feed cattle in the pasture.
Born and reared in Headland, he was a member of the Headland Baptist Church and the Headland Kiwanis Club. Funeral services were to be held at the Headland Baptist Church at 3:30pm today with the Rev. Roby J. Lee and the Rev. Louis Whittle officiating. Burial was to be in the church cemetery with Headland Mortuary directing. The family requests to flowers.
Surviving are the wife, Mrs. Pearl Whiddon Adams; a son, Oyette Adams, Jr., and a daughter, Sylvia Adams, all of Headland; two sisters, Mrs Ernestine Lambert of Headland and Mrs. J. E. Pruett of St. Andrews, Fl; and one brother, Boyce Adams of Headland. © The Eagle, Dothan, AL, 10 Mar 1961.
Headland - L. O. (Oyette) Adams, Sr., 52, Headland farmer, livestock dealer and mercantile company employee, was found shot to death yesterday afternoon in a pick-up truck five miles west of Headland. Police Chief Robert Espy, the only official to investigate the incident, said Adams' body was found lying in the seat of the truck, with a 16-gauge shotgun leaning against the seat, its barrel pointed to the top of the truck cab. The butt of the gun, Espy said, was resting in a box in the corner of the truck cab.
Espy said he found no evidence that the wound which killed Adams was self-inflicted. No coroner's ruling was available. Adams was known to carry the gun with him on visits to farms in the area. Yesterday afternoon, he had backed the truck, loaded with feed, toward a pasture fence near the road, as if to feed cattle in the pasture.
Born and reared in Headland, he was a member of the Headland Baptist Church and the Headland Kiwanis Club. Funeral services were to be held at the Headland Baptist Church at 3:30pm today with the Rev. Roby J. Lee and the Rev. Louis Whittle officiating. Burial was to be in the church cemetery with Headland Mortuary directing. The family requests to flowers.
Surviving are the wife, Mrs. Pearl Whiddon Adams; a son, Oyette Adams, Jr., and a daughter, Sylvia Adams, all of Headland; two sisters, Mrs Ernestine Lambert of Headland and Mrs. J. E. Pruett of St. Andrews, Fl; and one brother, Boyce Adams of Headland. © The Eagle, Dothan, AL, 10 Mar 1961.
Espy said he found no evidence that the wound which killed Adams was self-inflicted. No coroner's ruling was available. Adams was known to carry the gun with him on visits to farms in the area. Yesterday afternoon, he had backed the truck, loaded with feed, toward a pasture fence near the road, as if to feed cattle in the pasture.
Born and reared in Headland, he was a member of the Headland Baptist Church and the Headland Kiwanis Club. Funeral services were to be held at the Headland Baptist Church at 3:30pm today with the Rev. Roby J. Lee and the Rev. Louis Whittle officiating. Burial was to be in the church cemetery with Headland Mortuary directing. The family requests to flowers.
Surviving are the wife, Mrs. Pearl Whiddon Adams; a son, Oyette Adams, Jr., and a daughter, Sylvia Adams, all of Headland; two sisters, Mrs Ernestine Lambert of Headland and Mrs. J. E. Pruett of St. Andrews, Fl; and one brother, Boyce Adams of Headland. © The Eagle, Dothan, AL, 10 Mar 1961.
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