Leon A. Adams, who two weeks ago opened up an automobile business in Raleigh, was instantly killed last night at 10:30 o’clock when the new Star car he was driving was struck by Atlantic Coast Line No. 74 bound North. All the details have not been learned at this hour but it is supposed that Mr. Adams drove across the track not knowing that a train was approaching.
Mr. Adams left Raleigh at 7 o’clock last night to go to Pine Level on a business errand. He was on his way to his home at Four Oaks when his car was struck and he met his death. He was associated in the Raleigh business with Floyd C. Price of that city, the firm name being Adams-Price Motor Company.
Mr. Adams is survived by his wife who was Miss Alice Patterson of Airlie, and two children. He also leaves his mother, Mrs. M.P. Lassiter, who lives near Smithfield; two brothers, Reid Adams of Four Oaks and R.W. Adams of Statesville, and one sister, Mrs. Nathan Massengill of Smithfield.
Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed but it is known that Mr. Adams will be buried at Four Oaks, his home before he opened up a business in Raleigh.
From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, April 16, 1928
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