Wolfe County News - June 1963 MAN DRIVING TRACTOR DIES AFTER WRECK James Earl Drake, 33 of Winchester, Route 4, died at 11:15 Thursday night, June 13 at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, of injuries received in a truck-tractor accident on U.S. 227 about six miles south of Winchester. State Police said Drake was driving the tractor on the Boonesboro Road about 8:30 a.m. Thursday when a pick-up truck, driven by William L. Maloney of Ford, struck the tractor from the rear at the crest of a hill. The tractor was broken in two by the impact. Drake, who was thrown off the tractor, suffered a fractured skull. Maloney told Clark County Deputy Sheriffs Eudell Rogers and Chester Reed that he became dizy as his car rounded a curve. He told the officers he failed to see the moving tractor. Police said Maloney was in involved in another wreck here last week. Drake was a native of Clark County and a farmer. Survivors are his parents, Granville and Emma Stamper Drake, Wolfe County, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Hisle, Clark County and Miss Elizabeth Drake, Campton; a half-sister, Mrs. Etta Sparks, Wolfe County; a brother, Robert W. Drake, Clark County and a number of nieces and nephews. Services conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Horton Cemetery in Wolfe County by the Rev. George Richardson. Drake, a former employee in the coal business of Mrs. Myrtle Little, made many friends in Campton and surrounding communites. He was widely related in Wolfe County. Carole