J.C. Camp, 84, retired insurance agent for the McIntosh County Farm Bureau, was critically injured in a freak accident which occurred on Nov. 18 at 11:15 a.m. when he was attempting to get his truck unstuck from mud on his property.

Checotah Police Officer Devan Mitchell said a witness watched as J.C. Camp hooked up his stuck truck by chain to his wife Carolyn’s truck in an effort to pull it free.

The witness reported that the wife gunned her own truck and hit an electric pole.

“The witness saw Mr. Camp get stuck and when Mrs. Camp moved the vehicle off the pole, the witness saw Mr. Camp lying on the ground and called 911,” Mitchell stated in her police report.

Mrs. Camp was distraught and unsure of exactly what happened, Mitchell stated.

J.C. Camp died of his injuries on Nov. 24.

According to an obituary by Cornerstone Funeral Home, Camp was born in Eufaula and attended public school in Onapa, where he graduated from high school.

He attended Okmulgee Tech, receiving certifications in leather, shoe, book, and saddle repair.

J. C. married Carolyn Sue Liles on Dec. 16, 1962, at the Onapa Baptist Church and they shared 62 years together. He worked as a supervisor at R. C. Beverage and owned his own leather store in Checotah, specializing in shoe, boot, and saddle repair. He retired from McIntosh County Farm Bureau working as an insurance agent in 2014.

Funeral arrangements were by Cornerstone Funeral Home in Muskogee.

A Celebration of Life was held Nov. 29 at Harmony Free Will Baptist Church on Texanna Rd with Bro. Perry Brake officiating.