Fatal Accident on Pennsylvania Ave

E. Joy Stephens, 61, of Apalachin died on Sunday, February 15, as the result of a car accident that occurred as she left services at the South Apalachin Baptist Church. Mrs. Stephens was attempting to turn onto Pennsylvania Avenue from the church's parking lot when she drove into the path of an on-coming van driven by William Card of Apalachin. According to the New York State Police, the cause of the accident was failure to yield right of way on the part of Mrs. Stephens.

Mrs. Stephens was the Republican Elections Commissioner for the Tioga County Board of Elections and a member of the Tioga County Republican Committee for many years. Stephens and her husband Albert ran a dairy farm for many years.