Victor Honeycutt
Pvt. Victor Honeycutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Honeycutt,
West Van Lear, was reported August 4 as seriously wounded in France. He
enlisted on December 10, 1940. His brother Joe is in the Pacific area.
Paintsville Herald Thursday August 10, 1944
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MYSTERY SHROUDS DEATH OF VAN LEAR YOUTH SATURDAY
Believed Struck By Hit-Run Truck Near Crossing
Mystery today surrounding the death early Sunday morning of Victor Honeycutt,
23, of Van Lear, who was found in an unconscious condition shortly after 1
o'clock Sunday morning near the C & O Railroad Crossing at Van Lear Junction,
Sheriff Wiley Hall reported. He died about 15 minutes after he was found. It
was first believed that he was struck by a hit-and-run truck driver, but a
coroner's jury, after conducting an inquest over the body, rendered a verdict
that the youth met his death at the hands of unknown parties. A fractured
skull was given as the cause of his death. Young Honeycutt, a veteran of WW
II, with six years service left his home at Van Lear about 1 o'clock, and was
found at 1:20. He had been in a restaurant at West Van Lear and was reported
to have left the restaurant presumably to go home. Witnesses stated that a red
truck stopped near the crossing and they thought that Honeycutt had caught a
ride home. He later was found by the roadside. Sheriff Hall had said this
morning that no clues had been uncovered which would lead to the arrest of the
guilty parties.
A son of Malcolm and Sylvia Bolden Honeycutt, the accident victim was born at
Van Lear March 26, 1923. He entered the service six years ago and and served
four years in the European Theater of War. He was wounded in action on two
different occasions, receiving the Purple Heart with a cluster, and also the
Combat Infantryman's Badge. After returning from service in 1945 he was
married to Miss Dorthy Jo Preston, who with a daughter, Brenda Sue survive
him. In addition to his wife and child and his parents, he is survived by six
brothers; Joe, Arlo, Homer, and Malcolm Honeycutt, Jr., all of Van Lear,
Edward of West Van Lear, and Elmon of Silver Lake, Ind.; and four sisters;
Arbutice of West Van Lear, and Lillie Mae, Darlene, and Cherline, all of Van
Lear. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Christian
Church at Van Lear, Rev. S. C. Honeycutt officiating. Interment was in the Van
Lear Cemetery in charge of the Preston Funeral Home.
ŠPAINTSVILLE HERALD
DECEMBER 5, 1946
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