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Mrs. Bethel Bach Calhoun (at left), wife of Herman Calhoun, became the third traffic fatality Monday afternoon, August 1, as she died almost instantly when her auto was struck head-on by a truck driven by Willie Turner, about 42, of Turner's Creek community. The accident occurred about a mile from here on Highway 15. Mrs. Calhoun was enroute to her home at Quicksand from employment as bookkeeper at Noble Chevrolet Company. The Turner vehicle was reported to have been traveling at an excessive rate of speed when it met Mrs. Calhoun's auto head-on. Turner was arrested and jailed on charges of drunken driving and manslaughter. He is being held without bond pending an examining trial, which has been tentatively set for Friday.
MRS. Bethel Bach Calhoun died almost instantly in this auto Monday afternoon, when a truck veered into its path and collided head-on. The driver of the truck, Willie Turner, is being held in the Breathitt County Jail without bond, pending examining trial. He is charged with drunken driving and manslaughter. She was a member of Faith Mountain Mission at Noctor and received her education in Breathitt County schools.
DEATH CAR - A Quicksand woman, Mrs. Bethel Bach Calhoun, died behind the wheel of this car Monday afternoon after being struck head-on by a truck driving on the wrong side of Highway 15 near Jackson. Funeral services for the accident victim were held this afternoon at Noctor. She is survived by her mother; two brothers, Roland Bach of Middletown, Ohio, and Delmus Bach of Louisville. A sister, Mildred Brandenburg of Louisville, also survives. Burial was this afternoon in Bach Cemetery at Noctor, under the direction of Ray & Blake [Funeral Home]. (Photo and article courtesy of The Jackson Times, ca. 1953.)  |
Funeral services
for Breathitt County's third traffic accident victim within four
days were conducted this afternoon at Palmer Memorial Church,
Noctor, with Rev. Wilfrid Taylor officiating.
Mrs. Calhoun was
born November 28, 1918, a daughter of the late Calvin Bach and
Jane Montgomery Bach. 
Mrs.
Calhoun has been employed by the local auto agency for several
years and had made hundreds of friends with her kind and friendly
disposition.