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ARROWOOD,
Mrs.
Willie K. (Rosa Preston Wells)
1943
MRS. WILLIE K.
ARROWOOD TAKEN BY DEATH The death angel visited the home of Mrs. J.B.
Fraley
at Drift, Saturday, January 30, 1943 and took her loving mother,
Mrs. Willie K. Arrowood. She had been in failing health for the past
few
years she had made her home with another daughter, Mrs. Charles
Jennings
also of Drift. On Tuesday before her death the home of Mrs.
Jennings
burned and Mrs. Arrowood had gone to the home of Mrs. Fraley. She
had high blood pressure for several years and the shock from the house
burning was more than she could stand. On Friday she had a stroke from
which she never recovered. She was converted and joined the
United
Baptist Church, on January 12, 1930. Although she had been denied
the privilege of attending church very much for the past two years she
would call her brother and sisters in the church in for services in the
home. There she would shout the praises of God and tell them of
her
hope beyond this vail. We feel that her husband has lost a true
companion,
the children a loving mother. She was first married to Robert Wells and
to this union were born three children who are Robert Wells, Jr.,
Detroit,
MI., Arlie Wells, of Meally and Mrs. J.B. Fraley, of Drift, KY.
Mr.Wells
preceded her in death many years ago. She met and married Willie K.
Arrowood
and to this union were born six children, three of whom have preceded
her
in death, two died in infancy and one was fourteen years old. She
leaves
to mourn their loss the first named children, her husband, and the
following
children; Bill Arrowood, Mrs. Charles Jennings of Drift, KY., and
Estill Arrowood of the U.S.A. Air Corps stationed at Nashville, TN.
They
were all present for the funeral. She also leaves 11
grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Stanford
Williamson,
Staidham, KY., and Mrs. Jennie Price, Meally, KY. and one aunt, Mrs.
Clystia
Preston, Meally. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Preston. She had spent her entire life at Meally, Johnson Co.,
until
two years ago. Her health got so bad she and her husband moved to
Drift to live with her daughter. She came to the end of the way being
62
years, 1 month, and 3 days old. The funeral was held at the
United
Baptist Church at Meally, where she was a member, on February 01.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 2-04-1943 ARROWOOD, Rosa (Preston) 1943 ROSA ARROWOOD
Rosa
Arrowood, 62, died at the home of her husband, Willie K. Arrowood,
Drift,
KY, on January, 30, 1943. She had been ill for two years from the
infirmities of age, but a stroke, however, was the immediate cause of
her
death. She was the daughter of Raleigh and Vina Ward Preston of Meally,
this county. Besides her husband she is survived by the following
children:
Bill Arrowood, Mrs. Nola Jennings, Estill Arrowood, Mrs. Buddie Wells,
Mrs. Goldie Fraley and Mrs. Arlie Wells. Two sisters, Mrs. Sallie
Williams,
and Mrs. K. Price, of Meally, also survive. Funeral services were held
at Buffalo Church of which she was a member, Monday morning. The
Preston
Funeral Home officiated at each funeral. Paintsville Herald Thursday
2-04-1943
BLAIR,
Earl
1943
EX-SERVICE MAN,
DIES OF SELF-INFLICTED WOUND
Ill Health Caused
By Being Shell Shocked and Gassed Led To Rash Act Earl Blair, age 46,
of
East Point took his own life by firing a bullet through his
brain.
The tragedy took place near his home near the hour of midnight Friday,
January 17, 1943. Two other men were witnesses to the
tragedy.
Dr. C. E. Johnson conducted an inquest and the Coroner’s jury returned
a verdict of death by self-inflicted woundws. Mr. Blair was a prominent
ranlroad (railroad) man and had many friends along the Big Sandy
Division
of the C & O and his untimely death has brought sorrow to many. The
cause of the rash act is attributed to ill health. Mr. Blair was
an ex-service man and was with the American Expeditionary forces in
France.
During his stay in France he participated in a number of battles and
was
badly shell shocked and gassed and this is believed to have caused Mr.
Blair to have designs on his own life. Mr. Blair had no children.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Glady (Greer) Blair, he is survived by the
following
brothers and sisters. Chas Blair, Jenkins, Ky.; Watt Blair, Frank
Blair,
Mrs. Seldon Smith and Mrs. Fronza McCloud, of West Van Lear; Mrs. Lon
Rice,
Collista and Mrs. Luther Fitch, of Hager Hill. He is also
survived
by a large number of other relatives throughout Johnson County. Mr.
Blair
had spent the greater part of his life in and around East Point.
Funeral
services were held at the home at 1:30 Sunday afternoon, January 19,
1941,
in charge of Rev. Prentis Spear, pastor of the East Point Methodist
Church.
Burial was made in the family cemetery near the home. The
undertaking
department of the Paintsville Furniture Company. The American Legion of
which Mr. Blair was a member, conducted the impressive Legion services
at the grave. Paintsville Herald Thursday 01-23-1941
BLEVINS,
W. H.
1943
HOLLIE BLAIR
LOOSE STONE DISLODGED CAUSES DEATH
Loses Life In
Mine While Digging Coal A West van Lear man, W. H. Blevins, was
killed
in a similar accident on Thursday, January 28, 1943. Paintsville Herald
Thursday 02-11-1943 BLEVINS, W. H. 1915-1943 YOUNG FATHER KILLED IN
MINE
JANUARY 28 W. H. Blevins and Rosa Arrowood Succumb Last Week A tragic
accident
occured at Van Lear January 28, which resulted in the death of William
Harrison Blevins of the neighboorhood. He and his father-in-law,
Gayland
Franklin had gone to a country mine to secure coal for home
consumption.
After the men had been in the mine for some time a slate fall
took
place and Blevins was caught in the avalanche of the slate. Franklin
was
struck but injured. He ran for help and six other men aided in
extricating
the body. He was married to Miss Mary Franklin and was the father of
three
children. He was a member of a large family of thirteen children, and
was
a son of James A. Garfield Blevins and Nora (Meade) Blevins, who reside
at West Van Lear. He was 28 years of age having been born July 5, 1915.
Besides his widow he is survived by Chester and Lester Blevins, twins
and
Gayland Blevins. He is also survived by his parents and the following
brothers
and sisters: Jesse Blevins, Mrs. Fannie Wetzel, Mrs. Mervie Hall, Paul,
Mrs. Bertha Drake, George, Beecher, Bridgett, Autria Faye, Richard
Odell,
Myra and Helen. Funeral was held at 10 o'clock Sunday morning at the
home
of his parents at Van Lear, Rev. Guy W. Preston officiating. He was a
member
of the Christian Church at West Van Lear. Paintsville Herald Thursday
04-02-1943
BURKE,
Infant
1943-1943
Odds Infant Dies
On Jan. 8, 1943, the death angel visited the home of Robert Burke and
took
from them a new born son. Paintsville Herald Thursday 01-14-1943
CANTRILL,
Ben
Jr.
1943
Mrs. Nancy Cantrill,
of West Virginia, was called to the bedside of her son, Ben Jr., who
was
stricken seriously ill at the home of Mrs. Cantrill's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Willie Preston, Wednesday and died Friday morning about one
o'clock,
January 15, 1943. The funeral services were held at Mr. Preston's
Sunday. Burial was made in the family cemetery near the home. The
Paintsville Herald Thursday January 21, 1943
CISCO,
Chester
1943
Meningitis Fatal
To Cisco Infant, January 21, 1943
Chester Cisco,
infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmon Cisco, Glo, Ky., died January 15 at
the
Paintsville Hospital from meningitis. The baby had been sick the
past month being brought to the local hospital late in December. Seven
brothers and four sisters survive in addition to the parents.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 21 Jan 1943
DICKERSON,
George
Jr.
1943
HUSBAND OF LOCAL
GIRL DIES IN CINCINNATI, OHIO
George Dickerson
Jr. beloved husband of Eloise Dickerson (nee Roberts) and son of George
H. Dickerson, Sr. and the late Grace Dickerson, died Friday, January
22,
1943 at the residence of 901 Lincoln Park Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio, age
29 years. Funeral from the John J. Radel Co., Funeral Home, 652
State
Avenue, with services at Salt Lick, KY., Monday, January 25. Mrs.
Dickerson
is a native of Paintsville, being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Roberts,
of West Paintsville. Mrs. Earl Roberts and Mrs. Charlie Roberts
attended
the services at Salt Lick. Paintsville Herald Thursday 2-11-1943
JONES,
Flora Frances
1943
FLORA FRANCES
JONES AND GERALDINE GHEEN STAFFORD DIE
Death claimed
Mrs. Flora Frances Jones, 56, of Hager Hill on January 15, 1943,.
She had been ill the past year with a heart ailment. The deceased woman
was a member of a large and prominent family being the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H.P. McKenzie, of the Flat Gap section. She was married in
1907
to Elmer Jones of Hager Hill and the following children were born to
the
couple: Mrs. Walter Cantrell, Ova Jones, Mrs. Sam Shell and Mrs.
Leonard Kestner, all of West Van Lear, Lavenna Jones, deceased, Miss
Dolores
Jones and Miss Virginia Jones both of Hager Hill. Three brothers H.L.
McKenzie
and Charley McKenzie of Paintsville and Elzie McKenzie, Flat Gap, and
three
sisters, Mrs. Roscoe Salyer, Louisa, Mrs. Wade Mckenzie, Red Bush and
Mrs.
Hervert Blair, Paintsville survive. Another brother, Ira has
preceded
her in death. Mrs. Jones was a member of the United Baptist
Church.
Funeral services were held by the Jones Funeral Home at the Cedar Grove
Church at West Van Lear on Sunday, January 17, Revs. Leonard Arrowood
F.
Banks and Roscoe Lemaster officiating. Paintsville Herald Thursday
1-21-1943
KENNARD,
John
Wallace
1943
IS FATAL TO
JOHN KENNARD
Father Of Large
Family Dies At His Home Tuesday John Wallace Kennard died at his home
in
Paintsville at 9:55 a.m. Tuesday, January 26. Mr. Kennard had been ill
for the past six months but his immediate death was caused by a stroke.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:00 p.m. from the Regular
Baptist
Church, at Logsville, Morgan County. Burial will be made in the family
cemetery at Logsville. His occupation was teamster and he has lived in
Paintsville for the past twenty years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Maude Kennard and the following children: Oscar Kennard, Paintsville,
Sam
Kennard of the U.S. Army, stationed at Greenville, S.C., Mrs. John
Titlow,
Delphas, Ohio, Mrs. Charles Rice, David, Ky, and J.B. and Vonnie
Kennard
at home. Also four brothers, Flem Kennard, Pleasantsville, Iowa, Robert
Kennard, Akron, Ohio and Burns and Rollie Kennard, Logsville, Kentucky.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY JAN 21, 1943
LITTERAL,
Thomas
1881-1943
TOM LITTERAL
OF OIL SPRINGS DIES MONDAY
Prominent Citizen
Vic- Tim of Stroke At Age of 61 Thomas Litteral, a member of a
prominent
Johnson County family, died at his home at Oil Springs. He was 61 years
of age and was a victim of a paralytic stroke. Members of the Litteral
family have long been prominent in the social and political life of the
county. He was a son of the late Flem Litteral and was a nephew of the
late William Elzie Letteral one of the best loved men of the county.
Funeral
services were conducted Wednesday by Rev. Allen of Oil Springs and
burial
was made in the Litteral family cemetery at Oil Springs. A large crowd
attended the funeral and burial. His wife died several years ago. He is
survived by one daughter, Gladys, who is an operator at the Ora-Ann
Beauty
Shoppe at Paintsville. One son, Newton Litteral, at home, also
survives.
He also has one brother, Harry H. Litteral, who resides in Ohio. Among
those attending the funeral rites from Paintsville included Mrs. P.B.
Hall,
Mrs. Hopkins Preston, Mrs. Orion Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Preston,
Mrs.
Pearl Litteral, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stafford, Mr. and Mrs. M.O. Wheeler,
Mrs.
Josephus Howard and Mr. Grady Stafford. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY FEB
4, 1943 WILLIAM THOMAS LITTERAL Born July 5, 1881, died January 1,
1943,
age 61 years, 6 months and 26 days. He was the son of Fleming and Sarah
(Prater) Litteral. He married Malva Meade who preceded him in death
several
years ago. To this union two children were born, Gladys Litteral and
Newton
Thomas Litteral, both at home. He is also survived by the following
sisters,
Mrs. Ida Witten, Oil Springs, Mrs. Virgie Coldiron, Greenup, Mrs. John
Runyon, Fort Thomas, Miss Hannah Litteral, Oil Springs and one brother,
Harry Litteral, Shreve, Ohio and a host of relatives and friends. Dr.
Walter
C. Connelly, of Salyersville eulogizes on the death of his old friend
Thomas
Litteral. Back of us lies a pleasant land, wherein Tom and I departed
ourselves
together in freedom and unheeded joyousness and for a time forgot that
sooner or later the common place would inevitably encroach upon us.
That
time has come and his eulogy of life brings back to memory our many
happy
days in Oil Springs, where we as barefoot children frolicked and romped
this beautiful country. My heart prompts me to speak a word of our
association
in our young manhood, and happily recall the many times we would meet
at
Uncle Flem’s and play games for innocent pleasure. Both Uncle Flem and
Aunt Sarah would join in the merriment and have as good as a time as
any
of us. We were young and carefree, each with a pal or sweetheart,
myself
with a charming girl who later became by wife and the mother of my two
children, one of whom Mrs. Charlie Stafford is living here now. The
death
call of our old ? lengthening rapidly and my every sphere of life
we are remind that in the midst of life we are in death. We who mourn
him
cannot free ourselves from the sense of personal loss? To recognize the
oft repeated admonition of the uncertainty of life and instability of
all
things human. Death in itself need not be somber spectrum. A warm
friendship
existed between Tom and me. I found in him a gentleman whose
acquaintance
I was always glad to cultivate, genial in character and pleasant in
association.
He was born of Christian parents, reared in a Christian home and a true
Christian himself. What better could be spoken of any man? It is not
only
to show our respect to the memory of the dead that we pause for a time,
our labor to voice our opinion of their lives, but also to place on
perpetual
records the narrative of their careers to tell the work they have
accomplished,
the deeds they have performed, in order that they may be examples to
those
who seek to follow. Tom was modest, unassuming and in the discharge of
his duties he performed faithfully and well. As a friend he was devoted
and true. As a citizen he was honest and patriotic. He was a devoted
husband,
a kind and indulgent father. His body will rest beneath the sod in the
section of the country he loved so well, near family and friends who
will
keep his grave green and his memory, the fondest recollection.
“Rest
?sweet After Strife.” PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY FEB 4, 1943
PICKLESIMER,
Margaret
1943
Margaret Picklesimer
Following a short illness, Mrs. Margaret Picklesimer, age 75, passed
away
at her home in Staffordsville on January 10. She was the daughter of
the
late Geo. W. and Mollie Alexander Sturgill. Her husband was Jesse Henry
Picklesimer, deceased. Children surviving are Rufus Fraley, Henry
Picklesimer
and Joe Picklesimer, all of Wheelwright, Mrs. Huston Williams, Van
Lear,
and Mrs. Geo. Hitchcock, Staffordsville. Funeral services were held
Monday
at the Holiness Church Little Mud Lick, Rev. Scott Castle officiating.
Burial was made in the Melvin Cemetery. Paintsville Herald Thursday
01-14-1943
ADDITIONAL NOTE: Her husband was David Jessie Picklesimer not Jesse
Henry.
The Rufus Fraley that is listed as a surviving child was a grandson,
son
of John and Laura Picklesimer Fraley. Paintsville Herald 1-14-1943
SIZEMORE,
Phyllis
Ann
1942-1943
Phillis Ann Sizemore
Phillis Ann Sizemore,
infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Sizemore, of Norfolk, Va., born
June
5, 1942, age 7 months, 18 days departed from this life Jan. 22, 1943.
She
took seriously ill and was rushed to the hospital on December 30 and
everything
that loving hands could do was done for her, but it was God’s will that
she should go and live with Jesus. She leaves a father, mother, one
sister,
grandparents and a host of relatives to mourn her passing. In the Bible
we find these words: “Suffer little children to come unto me, and
forbid
them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” Little Phillis Ann is
in that bright land where cometh no night. May this thought comfort the
hearts of her loved ones, that they can meet her again in heaven, where
there will be no sorrow, pain or death. If they are prepared when God
calls
them they shall see Phillis Ann. Our darling one has gone away,
To
that land of peace and love. Where all the pure in heart shall go, And
Dwell together above. In heaven there is one angel more, Since our
darling
went away. But our home will be sad and lonesome, As we journey on each
day. Dear mother, father and sister, When your life on earth is o’er.
Come
here and live with your darling one, Where parting is no more. Where
eternal
flowers are blooming In that city where the lamb is the light, Our
darling
is safe in the arms of Jesus, Up in Heaven where cometh no night.
Paintsville
Herald Wednesday March 11, 1943
STAFFORD,
Geraldine
Gheen
1943
Geraldine Gheen
Stafford
Pneumonia claimed
another victim Sunday, January 17, when Geraldine Gheen Stafford died
at
the Paintsville Hospital at the age of 24. She was the daughter
of
Ralph and Mollie (Higgins) Stafford, of Staffordsville. In
addition
to her parents, she is survived by a sister Roberta and a large number
of relatives and friends who mourn her passing. A brother Howard
died some years ago. Burial took place Tuesday at the Stafford family
cemetery
following services by Revs. S. C. Honeycutt and Ralph Webb at the home
in Staffordsville. Paintsville Heral Thursday 1-21-1943
STAPLETON,
Ned
1845-1943
NED STAPLETON
OLDEST MAN IN THE COUNTY DIES JAN. 27
Uncle Ned Stapleton
would have been 98 in March. Uncle Ned Stapleton, probably the counties
oldest citizen, died at his home in Volga,Ky Wednesday, January 27th.
Had
he lived until March 11, he would have been 98 years old. Mr. Stapleton
was born in Scott Co.,Va, March 11,1845 and was the son of James and
Susan
Stapleton. In 1863 he came to Johnson County and soon thereafter
enlisted
in the Union Army. After peace was declared he purchased a farm on what
came to be known as Stapleton Branch in the Volga vicinity. This was
his
home for the remainder of his life. In 1865 he married Sarah Burchett.
They became the parents of ten children: Henry "Buddy" Stapleton,
deceased:
Mrs. Miles Sturgill, deceased: Sam Stapleton,deceased(lived at East
Point.)
:Mrs. Tommy (Ick) Melvin: Mrs. Sam Auxier, Chicago: Marion Stapleton,
Collista;
Mrs. Millard Auxier, Nebraska; Sandy Stapleton, Volga; Crate
Stapleton,Flat
Gap; and Harry Stapleton, Volga. Mrs. Stapleton died in 1915. In 1919,
Mr. Stapleton married Mrs. Mary Bell Cooper, who survives him. Uncle
Ned
was a remarkably strong personality. He suffered his share of life's
sorrows
and misfortunes, yet he maintained an active and vigorous interest in
life
throughout his 98 years. He was an honorable upright citizen. He was at
the time of his death and had beeN for forty years, a member of the
United
Baptist Church at Bethel. he was active in the political affairs of the
county. As a neighbor, he was generous and considerate. During the last
fifteen years of his life, Mr. Stapleton was deprived of his eyesight,
but he retained full possession of his mental faculties until the time
of his death. His hearthside became a favorite spot for those who would
hear from a direct source of Civil War days in Scott Va and Johnson
Co.,Ky.
On the history of Johnson County from the Civil War to 1900 and later,
he was an authority. He would relate stories of the past with a zest
and
clarity that captivated the listener and transported him back three
quarters
of a century through time. Funeral services were held for Mr. Stapleton
on Friday, January 29, and he was buried in the family cemetery on the
home farm. Mr. Stapleton was the grandfather of Dow Stapleton.
Principal
of the Oil Springs High School, and an uncle of Frank Stapleton, Mayor
of Denver,Colorado. The Paintsville Herald Thursday Feb. 11,1943
STRICKLIN,
Charles
M.
1943
Charles M. Stricklin,
36, city, died January 8, after several months illness. The son
of
Henry and Katherine McFaddin Stricklan, he had married Cloe
Collinsworth,
and to this union were born three children, one son and two
daughters.
Besides his immediate family, he is survived by two brothers.
Frank
Stricklin, Mansfield, Ohio, and Henry Stricklin, city, and two sisters,
Mrs. Garnet Flint, city, and Mrs. Sola Mahan, Mansfield. Mr. Stricklin
had lived in Paintsville his entire life. By occupation he was a
concrete worker and several years ago operated an auto parts store on
Main
Street. Funeral services were conducted at tehd Freewill Baptist Church
Sunday morning, by the Revs. F. S. VanHoose, C. Z. Cavins and Scott
Castle.
Burial was in the Fairchild Cemetery. Paintsville Herald Thursday
01/14/1943
VANHOOSE,
Willie
1943
Willie VanHoose
Dies After Stroke
Willie VanHoose
who suffered a stroke six months ago died at his home at Manila
Saturday,
January 9, at the age of 60 years. A prominent farmer of that section
he
was the son of John Wesley and Elizabeth Boldin VanHoose and was
married
to Gracie McCarty. Their children are Mrs. Hazel Reed, Mrs. Gypsie
Colvin,
Marshall, Homer, Mrs. Opal Blanton, Ola and Imogene. Brothers and
sisters
of Mr. VanHoose include Mrs. Eulah Parsons, Della VanHoose, Mrs. Rose
Compton,
Mrs. Nerve Williams, Mrs. Ida Fairchild, J. A. VanHoose, Oscar
VanHoose,
and Charles VAnHoose. Funeral services under the direction of the
Preston
Funeral Home were conducted at the residence of the deceased in Manila,
Rev. Lonza Reed officiating. Paintsville Herald Thursday 01-14-1943
ARMS,
Anna Fay
1943
Anna Fay Arms,
22, died Wednesday, February 10, 1943, from tuberculosis. She was the
daughter
of Dan and Mary Conley Arms. Brothers and sister surviving are Curtis,
Hershel, Mrs. Gertrude Woods, Mrs. Della Bunyard and Mrs. Nettie
Weddington.
The funeral was held at Hager Hill Saturday, February 13, 1943, Rev.
Scott
Castle officiating. Paintsville Herald Thursday 02-18-1943
BLAIR,
Hollie
1943
LOOSE STONE DISLODGED
CAUSES DEATH
Loses Life In
Mine While Digging Coal
The second accident
of its kind in the county within the past two weeks occurred Friday,
February
12, 1943, when Hollie Blair was killed in a coal bank near his home at
Asa. Blair was digging coal when a loose stone became dislodged,
striking him and causing immediate death. Surviving are his wife,
Lizzie
Blair, children, Lorene, Hannah, Imogene, Jerdiene, Pauline, James and
Elmer, mother, Mrs. Catherine Blair, brothers Vernie and Albert,
sisters,
Mrs. Mollie Trimble, Mrs. Clara McFaddin, Nola and a host of friends
and
relatives. He was laid to rest in the Sam Blair cemetery at Asa
Saturday,
February 13, 1943, the Preston Funeral Home having charge of
arrangements.
A West van Lear man, W. H. Blevins, was killed in a similar accident on
Thursday, January 28, 1943. Paintsville Herald Thursday 02-11-1943
BROWN,
Martin
P.
1873-1943
Word was recived
in Paintsville of the death of Martin P. Brown, 70 year old prominent
business
man of Weber Co., Utah. He had been ill the past year from a
heart
ailment. Mr. Brown was born in Paintsville, Jan 25, 1873. He
moved
to Ogden, Utah, with his family when he was nine years old. He
later
became an active worker in the Morman church in Utah. He is survived by
his widow, five sons, and three daughters, two brothers, and three
sisters.
A few years ago, Mr. Brown returned to Paintsville and renewed
the
acquantance of many old friends and relatives who will regret to
learn of his death. Paintsville Herald Thursday Feb. 25,
1943
BUTCHER,
Phyllis
Jean
1943
PHYLLIS JEAN
BUTCHER
Pneumonia claimed
two year old Phyllis Jean Butcher February 16. The daughter of
Walter
and Laura Hammond Butcher, of Wheelwright, the child was ill only a
week.
The body was returned to the home place at Whitehouse for burial.
Paintsville
Herald Wednesday 2-18-1943
CONLEY,
Charles
1943
Charles Conley,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Conley, Bloomfield, Kentucky, who was
reported
on February 3 to be missing in the North African theatre, was killed in
an explosion of a group of mines being laid under enemy fire. Several
other
members of his company were also killed by the explosion. This
information
received by the parents on July 30 was sent from the first sergeant of
Charles' company and was the first news Mr. and Mrs. Conley had had
since
the youth was reported missing. Charles and his family are natives of
Johnson
County. He is a nephew of Hobart Conley, Mrs. Rolla Dixon, Mrs. Simon
Daniel,
city, and Everett Conley, Staffordsville. For sometime he worked at the
Nehi Bottling plant here. In 1938 he moved where he was inducted into
the
service. Receiving his initial training at Ft. Knox, Charles was sent
to
Ireland and was with the first troops to land in the North African
invasion.
The family is now living at Bloomfield, Ky. They have two other sons in
service, Don at Philadelphia and Arnold in Mississippi. PAINTSVILLE
HERALD
THURSDAY AUG 5 1943
DANIEL,
Isom
1943
Well Known Singing
School Teacher Dies
Isom Daniel,
84, for more than 55 years a singing school teacher in Johnson and
adjoining
counties, died at the home of his daughter, Mr. A. J. Daniel at Kerz
February
27, 1943, following an illness of three years. His pleasing and
friendly
disposition had won for him many friends throughout Johnson
County.
He is survived by four children, Mrs. Leslie Williams, Kenwood; Mervin
Daniel, Columbus, O.; Mrs. Ira Slone, Kenwood, and Mrs. Arby Daniel,
Kerz.
Also 15 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. One brother,
Bloom
Daniel of Dingus, Ky., also survives. Paintsville Herald Thursday
3-11-1943
DAVIS,
Trin (Arrowood)
1943
PROMINENT WOMAN
DIES AT MEALLY
Member Of One
Of County’s Largest Families
Mrs. Trin Davis,
72 years old, widow of the late James Davis, died at her home on
Buffalo
Creek, Meally, Ky., Tuesday night of last week following a short
illness.
At the time of her death she was living at her old home place with her
son James Davis, Jr., and his family. Mrs. Davis was born on Millers
Creek,
the daughter of Geo. Arrowood and Samantha Dillingham Arrowood, who had
come to Johnson County from North Carolina a few years before. Besides
the son with whom she lived Mrs. Davis is survived by four other sons,
Lee Davis, of Wheelwright, Ky., John Davis of Paintsville; George Davis
of Meally, and Bruce Davis, Boons Camp; a daughter Mrs. Everette
Johnson,
Paintsville; a stepdaughter Mrs. Lou Minty Hannah, of West Van Lear,
three
brothers William Garrett Arrowood, Waverly, Ohio whom she had not seen
since he moved to Ohio 30 years ago; Albert Arrowood of Offutt, and Ben
Arrowood, Soldier, Ky.,; five sisters Mrs. Mary Ellen Stapleton, Tutor
Key; Mrs. Nancy Branham, Offutt; Mrs. Harriett Ward, Pikeville; Mrs.
Alice
Bayes, Ashland and Mrs. Vina Wells, Pikeville. Mrs. Davis was a member
of the Buffalo Christian Church where the funeral was held Thursday of
last week. Rev. Leonard Webb and Rev. J.H. Short conducted the
services.
Burial was in the family cemetery at Meally. After her marriage Mrs.
Davis
and her husband lived for a short time on Toms Creek before moving to
Meally
where she had lived since. Her husband died five years ago. PAINTSVILLE
HERALD THURSDAY FEB 11, 1943
FITZPATRICK,
Sissie
(Estep)
1943
Mrs. Sissie Fitzpatrick,
65, Leander, died Friday, February 12, 1943, following a
lingering
illness. The daughter of John and Sally Marshall Estep, she had
married
Albert Fitzpatrick who died in 1939. She was the mother of Earl
Fitzpatrick,
magistrate of Johnson County, and Normal Fitzpatrick. Also one
brother,
Roy Estep, and two sister, Mrs. Dick Ratliff and Mrs. Joe Fairchild
survive.
The funeral was held at the Leander High School Sunday,
afternoon.
Revs. Millard Van Hoose and Scott Castle officiating. She was
buried
in the family cemetery by the side of her husband. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
2-18-1943
GARRAD,
Mrs. Lee
1943
Mother of Dr.
Garred Claimed by Death
Mrs. Lee Garrad,
70, of Louisa died Monday at Morehead, Ky., She was the mother of Major
M. D. Garred, Ashland orthopedic surgeon now stationed at a base
hopsital
at Aberlene, Texas, who was widely known in the section for his
treatment
of the crippled children. Three other sons all physician and four
daughters survive. Paintsville Herald Thursday 2-4-1943
HANEY,
Alice (Reed)
1943
ALICE HANEY City
Woman Dies Sunday
Alice Haney,
66, wife of Bill Haney, of 444 Peach Street, died early Sunday morning
after an illness of several months from heart trouble. Mrs. Haney, a
former
resident of Magoffin Co., was the daughter of Sol and Adeline Whitt
Reed,
and had been a resident of Paintsville for more than twenty
years.
She is survived by her husband, several sons and daughters and her aged
mother who makes her home with them. Funeral services were held at the
home at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with Rev. Scott Castle in charge
after
which burial was made in the town cemetery under the direction of the
Jones
Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Thursday February 23, 1943
HOWE,
Maude (Castle)
1943
PROMINENT PAINTSVILLE
WOMAN DIES
Daughter Of Captain
John W. And Angie Randolph Castle Mrs. Maude Castle Howe, 74, wife of
John
Howes, passed away Tuesday evening at their home on Fifth Street. She
had
been in declining health for the last several years becoming critically
ill a few weeks ago. Mrs. Howes was a daughter of the Captain John W.
and
Angie Randolph Castle. Her father was a prominent undertaker and
furniture
dealer of Paintsville and will be remembered by many older residents of
Big Sandy. The deceased was Paintsville’s only music teacher for many
years
and was active in church work and civic affairs. Besides her husband
she
is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S.H. Jett and Mrs. Carmel Murray.
Two
brothers, Homer and Edmond, died some years ago. Another brother,
Leonard,
succumbed last week in California. Her only surviving brother is Fred
Castle
who resides in Huntington. Funeral services will be held at the Mayo
Church
today. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY FEB 25, 1943
HOWELL,
Permelia
(Chaffin)
1943
The victim of
a valvular (sic) heart trouble, Mrs. Permelia Howell, 52, of Glo, Ky.,
died February 9. Her parents were Andrew and Polly Fyffe Chaffin. She
was
married to Joseph Howell. Mrs. Howell belonged to the Christian Church.
Funeral services were held February 11, Rev. S.C. Honeycutt in charge.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY FEB 18, 1943
HOWES,
Jim Berry
1943
KILLED AT BOLDMAN
Jim Berry Howes,
40, was killed instantly Wednesday afternoon in an accident at the
pumping
station at Boldman, in Pike County. The deceased is a son of Will H.
Howes,
Betsy Layne, and a nephew of John and Fred Howes, city. The funeral
will
be held at Betsy Layne Friday afternoon. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY
FEB
11, 1943
HUFF,
Barbara
1943
SUCCUMBS AFTER
LIFE-LONG ILLNESS
Residents of
West Van Lear were grieved over the death of sixteen year old Barbara
Huff
which occurred last Thursday morning. Barbara was the daughter of Mr.
and
Mrs. Quiller Huff, had been an invalid since birth but in spite of her
condition, she was cheerful and always eager to welcome her numerous
friends.
Burial took place Saturday at the family cemetery, Rev. W.T. Barr and
S.C.
Honeycutt in charge. Besides her parents she leaves five sisters,
Gloria,
Sybil Louise, Goldia May, Carol and Marjorie. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
Feb.25 1943
MEADE,
Ella (Bush)
1871-1943
VAN LEAR WOMAN
IS BURIED FRI.
Was Daughter
of Late Charlie and Margarret Bush Funeral services were held for Mrs.
Ella Meade, Friday at the home at Van Lear. Mrs. Meade, the
daughter
of the late Charlie and Margaret Bush, passed away February 17 after
suffering
from ill health for the past several years. Deceased was a member of
the
Freewill Baptist Church which she joined at the age of 18. She
had
lived a devoted Christian life and had a host of relatives and friends
who loved her and mourn her passing. Her husband, Bob Meade, two
daughters,
Mrs. Nora Blevins and Mrs. Fay Sword, both of Van Lear, survive in
addition
to several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Three children
preceded her in death, two in infancy and one aged 18. She is
also
survived by one brother and four sisters. Mrs. Sherman Gullett is a
sister.
A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our house Which never
can be filled. God in his wisdom has recalled The boon his love had
given.
And though the body slumbers here, The soul is safe in Heaven.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday February 18, 1943
MRS. BOB MEADE Funeral arrangements had not been made when the Herald went to press for Mrs. Bob Meade, Van Lear, who died Wednesday, February 17, at the Paintsville Hospital. A grandson in the army stationed in Mississippi has been notified and the funeral will not be held until his arrival. The deceased was a victim of heart trouble.
Obituary Ella (Bush) Meade was born March 30, 1871 at Greenup and departed this life Feb. 17, 1943. The daughter of Charlie Bush and Margaret (Castle) Bush. In the year of 1892 on August 27 she met and was married to Robert Meade the son of Levi Meade and Nancy (Castle) Meade and to this union were born five children, three preceded her in death, Ray, Charlie and Beulah and two, living, Mrs. Leslie Sword and Mrs. Dick Blevins both of Van Lear. She had twenty one grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. She leaves four sisters, Mrs. Sherman Gullett, Paintsville, Mrs. Marion Collins, Powell, O. Mrs. Frank Williams, McDowell and Mrs. John Stanley and her brother John Bush address unknown. Paintsville Herald Thurdsday 2-25-1943
MEADOWS,
Mary
1943
Mary Meadows
Miss Mary Meadows, 79, Nippa, died February 24, at the home of her
sister,
Mrs.Tela Castle, at Staffordsville. Six months previously she had
suffered a stroke and was an invalid until death. She was the
daughter
of the late Elisha and Susan Astrap Meadows, and had spent her entire
life
at Nippa. Besides her sister, Mrs. Castle, she is survived by a
brother,
Thomas Meadows, of Nippa. She was a member of the Freewill
Baptist
Church. The Preston Funeral Home conducted the funeral at
Staffordsville
February 25. Rev. Guy Preston and Rev. Millard VanHoose
officiated.
Paintsville Herald Thursday 3-4-1943
MUSIC,
James Andrew
1943
James Andrew
Music, age 77, of East Point succumbed Saturday after several years
illness.
He was the son of the late John and Minerva Baldridge Music, and was
married
to Josie Patrick. The following sons, who all live close to the home
place,
survive. Jake Music, Heber Music and Harry B. Music. A retired farmer,
Mr. Music was a member of the Christian Church. Burial was made at the
church at East Point Monday, February 15, Rev. S.C. Honeycutt, of
Auxier,
in charge. Paintsville Herald Thursday 2-18-1943
PENIX,
Dimple
Sue
1943
BOONS CAMP INFANT
BURIED
The funeral of
Dimple Sue Penix the three month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Leonard
Penix was held at Little Fellowship Church Sunday. A large crowd
attended.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY FEB. 25, 1943
PICKLESIMER,
Myrtle
(Mayo)
1943
Myrtle Mayo Picklesimer,
20, of Volga, died February 26 at the Golden Rule Hospital following a
three weeks illness. Her husband, Douglas Picklesimer, and two children
survive, in addition to her mother, Mrs. Boone Blevins, Staffordsville.
Brothers surviving are J. T. Mayo, and W. B. Blevins. Robert Lacey
Blevins,
Howard Raymond Blevins and Joe Ramey Blevins. Funeral services
conducted
by the Preston Funeral Home were held at the home at Volga Sunday with
Rev. Harry Salyer in charge. Paintsville Herald Thursday 03-04-1943
RICE,
Georgia
1943
GEORGIA RICE
DIES IN INDIANA
Miss Georgia
Rice about twenty years old, died Wednesday following an operation at
Sullivan,
Ind. Miss Rice made her home at Sullivan with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Rice, former residents of Paintsville. Her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Green Rice, reside at Oil Springs. Burial will be made at
Sullivan.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY FEB 25, 1943
SPARKS,
Woodrow
1915-1943
WOODROW SPARKS
IS BURIED TODAY
Funeral services
for Woodrow Sparks, Van Lear, who was shot and killed Sunday night by
Alonza
Daniel, will be held today (Thursday) at Boons Camp. Sparks, a son of
Mrs.
Rosie Sparks, Weeksbury, and the late Richard Sparks, was born at Boons
Camp on August 2, 1915. He was a miner for the Consolidation Coal
Company’s mine at Van Lear at the time of his death. His wife is
the former Virgie May Penix. Their children are Richard Allen and
Gladys Sue. Brothers and sisters of the deceased are Green Sparks, Odis
Sparks, Jim Sparks, Mollie Ward, Ida Crum, Ruby Bolden and Ethel
Bolden.
Paintsville Herald Thursday March 04, 1943 WOODROW SPARKS OBITUARY
Woodrow
Sparks, son of Richard and Rose Waller Sparks, was born August 2, 1915
and passed away February 28, 1943. His age at the time of his
departure
was 27 years, 6months and 26 days. He was married to Virgie Mae
Penix,
January 15, 1938. He leaves to mourn their loss his wife and two
children, Richard Allen, age 4 and Janet Sue, age 2, his mother, Rose
Sparks
Bolden, and step-father, Grover Bolden of Weeksbury, five half sisters,
Mrs. Marvin Ward, Mrs. John Crum, both of Van Lear, Mrs. Esley Crum,
Boons
Camp, Ruby and Ethel Bolden of Weeksbury, three brothers, Green Sparks,
Otis and James Sparks of Massilon, Ohio, his father-in-law and mother-
in-law, Mr. And Mrs. Allen Penix of Boons Camp and a host of friends
and
relatives. The deceased was born at Boons Camp but made his home
at Van Lear where he was employed with the Consolidation Coal Co.
He had worked for this company eight years and will be missed by his
fellow
workers. He was loved by all who knew him. His last words
he
was known to have spoken were “Lord, I am shot.” All the family
wish
to thank all who showed their kindness and respect during the sad hours
of bereavement and we hope our loss is Heaven’s gain. Mrs. John Crum
and
family. Paintsville Herald Thursday March 11, 1943
WELLS,
Kenneth
Ray
1943-1943
Kenneth Ray Wells,
the son of W. L. and Margery Preston Wells of Van Lear, lived only two
days. The baby was born at the Paintsville Clinic Sunday,
February
14, and passed away Thursday following a cerebral hemorrhage.
Brothers
and sisters are Vernon, Bonny Jean, and Patricia Ann. The funeral
was held Wednesday at Nippa. Paintsville Herald Thursday 2-18-1943
ARMS,
Bettie
Lou
1943
Bettie Lou Arms
Dies Friday
Bettie Lou Arms,
the six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Arms, East Point, died
suddenly
Friday morning, March 26, 1943. Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon,
March 28, 1943, with the Rev. Scott Castle officiating. The Paintsville
Furniture Co., had charge of arrangements. Paintsville Herald Thursday
04-01-1943
BLAIR,
Robie
F.
1943
Rites Sunday for Pvt. Robie Blair Body of Volga Youth Returned
From Europe Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 31, 1948 at
10 a.m. at the Cannon’s Chapel for Pvt. Robie F. Blair who was killed
in New Guinea on March 14, 1943. The son of Mr. And Mrs. Darius
Blair of Volga, he was born on March 10, 1918 and had resided in this
county his entire life until he was called to the service of his
country. Pvt. Blair was one of the first casualties of World War
II from Johnson County. Besides his parents, he is survived by the
following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Raymond Fairchild, Wittensville,
Miss Grace Lee Blair, Volga, Carol H. Blair, Volga, William E. Blair,
Volga, Junior Blair, Volga, Mrs. Sanford Blanton, Volga, Mrs. H. Webb,
Sitka, Mrs. Walter Fairchild, Wittensville, Mrs. Junior Conley, city
and Dow Blair, Volga. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Scott
Castle and Rev. Millard Van Hoose. Burial will be in the family
cemetery under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville
Herald Wednesday 28 October 1948
BLANTON, Ezra
1943
Ezra Blanton,
35, died at the home of his father, James Blanton, at East Point,
Thursday,
March 7, after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted Saturday
afternoon at the home with Rev. John D. Music and Reverend Mollette in
charge. Burial was under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home.
Mr Blanton is survived by his father and several brothers and sisters.
Prior to World War II, he had served six years with the Army.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 03-14-1943
BLANTON,
Mary
Lee
1943
Mary Lee Blanton,
the infant daughter of Mrs. Louise Blanton, Leander, passed away on
March
25 1943. Burial was made on the 26th. Paintsville Herald Thursday
4-1-1943
BOWE,
Susan
(Witten)
Chandler
1943
AGED SITKA WOMAN
DIES ON MARCH 4 BORN EIGHTY-SIX YEARS AGO AT STAVE BRANCH
Death claimed
Mrs. Susan Bowe on March 04, 1943, at her home at Sitka following a
stroke
of paralysis. Mrs. Bowe was born eight-six years ago on Stave Branch
near
Staffordsville. Her parents were the late Isaac Q. and Elizabeth
Hackworth Witten. In her youth she was married to G. M. Chandler
who died some fifty years ago. They had one son, Willie N.
Chandler,
who now resides in Paintsville. In 1900 she married James S. Bowe, who
passed away ten years later. Two sisters, Mrs. Schuyler Rice, Volga,
and
Mrs. Julia m. McKenzie, Barnetts Creek survive. Two grandchildren, Mrs.
C.P. Williams, Ashland, and Miss Susie Chandler, city, and two great-
grandchildren
also survive. Funeral services were held at the home in Sitka in charge
of W.H. McKenzie and burial was made at her birthplace at Stave Branch
on Sunday, March 07, 1943, the Preston Funeral Home having charge
arrangements.
Mrs. Bowe was an industrious active woman, managing her own household
up
until her death. She was well loved by all who knew her and will
be greatly missed. Paintsville Herald Thursday 3-11-1943
OBITUARY Susan (Witten Chandler) Bowe, was born on the Stave Branch near Staffordsville on June the Nineteenth, Eighteen Hundred and fifty-six and has spent her entire life in Johnson CO . She was the daughter of the late Isaac Q. and Elizabeth (Hackworth)Witten. Early in her young womanhood, she met and was married to G.M. Chandler and to this union was born one son, Willie Chandler of Paintsville, who is well-known by practically every citizen of the county. GM departed this life while still a young man. In nineteen hundred she was married to James S. Bowe and some years ago, he to, departed from this life. She leaves to mourn her going Willie her son, two granddaughters, Mrs. Crit Williams of Ahland, and Susie Chandler of Paintsville, two great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Schuyler Rice and Mrs. Julia McKenzie, and a host of relatives and friends. She came to the end of the journey of life on March 04, 1943, being eight-six years, eight months and sixteen days old. Paintsville Herald Thursday 3-11-1943
BROWN,
Leander
1943
Leander "Uncle
Lee" Brown, one of the oldest citizens of Johnson County, passed away
at
the home of his sister's, Mrs. Miranda Wheatley, Sunday
afternoon.
Had he lived until April 10, he would have reached his ninetieth
birthday.
Death resulted from burns received when he fell in an open grate
Friday.
In his youth, he moved with his wife, Lynchia Vanhoose Brown to Kansas,
where they lived until her death fifteen years ago. He returned
to
Paintsville and has made his home since with Mrs. Wheatley, his only
living
sister. They were the parents of eight children one of whom,
Edgar
survives. He lives in Kansas. Mr. Brown has many relatives in the
state of Utah, including Gov. Hubert Maw, who visited him Paintsville
last
year, and Mrs. May Layne and family. The funeral was held Monday with
Millard
and F. S. Vanhoose officiating. The Preston Funeral home was in
charge.
The Paintsville Herald Thursday March 11, 1943
BUSKIRK,
Mrs.
Tom
1943
Mrs Buskirk
Succumbs
Funeral services
were held Sunday at Prestonsburg for Mrs. Tom Buskirk, 82, member of a
widely known Martin County family who died at her home near Inez. Mrs.
Buskirk was the mother of Miss. Hattie Buskirk, who for a number of
years
worked for the Big Sandy Hardware Company here in Paintsville.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 03-25-1943
CASTLE,
Lanie
(Chandler)
1943
MRS. LANIE
CASTLE,
52,
SUCCUMBS SUFFERED
A STROKE OF PARALYSIS SUNDAY
Was Mother Of
Seven
Mrs. Lanie
Castle,
52, suffered a stroke of paralysis Sunday and died Wednesday morning at
her home in Chanderville. She will be buried Friday at 2 P.M., services
to be conducted at the home. Mrs. Castle was the mother of seven
children,
Devina, Jason, Hansel, Fonnie, Norman, Oval and Clearia. Her parents
were
the late Mr. and Mrs. John Castle, Lowmansville, and her husband was
Henry
Chandler who died last July. Brothers and sisters are Hollie, Faris,
Lafe
and Clearia. She was a member of Old Hood United Baptist church. The
Preston
Funeral Home will be in charge of the funeral. Paintsville Herald
Thursday March 25, 1943
HILL,
Lorena
1943
The six months
old daughter of Holbrook and Beulah Williams Hill, Lorena, died at
their
home at Mine Fork on March 24. She was buried the following day.
Paintsville Herald Thursday 4-1-1943
LEMASTER,
Jacob
1943
JACOB LEMASTER
Mr. Jacob
Lemaster,
another aged citizen, also 84 years old, died March 30, 1943, following
a stroke suffered a few days previously. His funeral was held on March
31, 1943, at the home at Wilbur. He has one daughter, a Mrs. Chandler
who
resides in Ohio. Paintsville Herald Thursday 4-1-1943
OPPENHEIMER,
Oscar
1884-1943
Oppenheimer Rites
Held Here Sunday
Large Crowd Pays
Last Respect To Successful Business Man
In the presence
of a large gathering of friends and relatives, the body of Oscar
Oppenheimer
who died suddenly Friday morning, was laid to rest in the family lot in
the Mayo cemetery Sunday afternoon. Funeral services for the
deceased
were held at the First M. E. Church in Paintsville, the Masonic Lodge
of
Paintsville, of which Mr. Oppenheimer was a member, having
charge.
Beautiful hymns were rendered by a mixed choir, accompanied by a Mrs.
Hansel
Wiley at the organ. Rev. Guy Coffman, pastor of the Mayo Memorial
Church
read the scripture. Prayer was offered by Re. R. R. Rose of the First
M.
E. Church, and Rev. H. E. Trent, Barbourville, Ky., a former pastor
here
and personal friend of the deceased, delivered the message. Rev. Trent
read the following obituary written by Atty. M. O. Wheeler a lifelong
friend
of Mr. Oppenheimer. Oscar Oppenheimer was born at Sandy Hook, in
Elliott
County, Kentucky, on January 16, 1884 and died in the Paintsville
Hospital
after a brief illness followed in a minor operation on March 16, 1943.
At the time of his death his age was 59 years, seven months, and
thirteen
days. On July 12, 1934 he was united in marriage to Nell Prater.
He and his wife resided her in Paintsville from the time of their
marriage
until the time of his death and during these years have conducted a
business
here in Paintsville, jointly. He is the son of Silas and Mary (Evans)
Oppenheimer.
His father preceded him in death several years ago and one sister who
died
in infancy. He leaves to mourn him, his widow, Nell (Prater)
Oppenheimer,
his mother, Mary (Evans) Oppenheimer, who is now eighty years of age
and
the following brothers and sisters; Mrs. Oliver DeHart, Sandy Hook,
Ky.,
Mr. Will Thomas, Columbus, O., Mrs. Mabel Stapleton, City, Ralph
Oppenheimer,
City, Dr. Orta Oppenheimer, Lincoln Nebraska, Rudolph Oppenheimer,
city,
and George Oppenheimer, Cincinnati. In Oscar’s young manhood, his
father
traveled to Paintsville and was a operator of the firm of Oppenheimer
and
Flax for more than 25 years. It was in Paintsville that his
family
was practically reared. Oscar has been known for a number of years as
one
of the outstanding business men of Paintsville. To know him was to like
him. He was a devout believer that God made man like himself and
breathed
into him an immortal soul that is to live and have parallel existence.
He believed that all religion came from Christ the Saviour of men, and
that religon was not man made but heaven sent. Following this
conviction
he was a liberal contriutor to all the churches of his home town and
only
recently on his own record, made a liberal contribution on the payment
on the new organ puchased by the M.E. Church at Paintsville, Kentucky.
He has been active in the Masonic Lodge for a number of years, and at
the
time of his death was a 32th degree Mason and a Shriner. Oscar has been
successful in the business world and this success was achieved largely
thru his ability to mix and mingle with people. If he ever spoke
unkindly
of anyone, we never heard of it - a honorable, conscientious, good
citizen.
He was a happy, cheerful soul, tender, sympathetic and true. His
kindness
and generosity have helped many unfortunates and his hearty hand clasp
and genial smile have added much to the happiness of mankind. He was a
true and devoted husband, was always mindful of the welfare of his wife
and
aged mother. These eulogies given to-day and all those heard since his
death are not made up of artifical rhetoric. They are genuine. They
represent
the thoughts of his friends and are entwined about their hearts. They
represent
the career of an honest man with an extremely sympathetic heart. With
these
noble characteristics we are impelled to exclaim for these who best
knew
him. "Oh for the sound of a voice that is bushed, and the touch of a
vanished
hand." The vacancy his death has caused can not be filled, but there is
consolation both for his friends and his relatives that we may
henceforth
cherish his memory. He has quietly taken leave of us for some
unsuspected
isle in far off seas to that rest for the body and repose for the soul,
which the merciful father of all has graciously provided, for the
cortial
frames of all our race, we would reverently entrust him. We know not
where
His Islands lift. Their forwarded palms in air We only know we
cannot
drift Beyond his love and care. Paintsville Herald Thursday 4-1-1943
ROWLAND,
Rebecca
(Estep)
1943
FUGET LADY DIES
AT AGE OF 79 YEARS AGED CITIZEN WAS BURIED MONDAY AFTERNOON
Member Large
Family Mrs. Rebecca Rowland, age citizen of Fuget, was buried Monday
afternoon
at the home cemetery, the Revs. Lonza Reed, Dennis Williams and D. L.
Frazier
officiating. Mrs. Rowland, the widow of Joseph F. Rowland would
have
been 79 years old had she lived until September. She was the
daughter
of the late Lilbern and Rachel Estep. A large group of friends and
family
attended the service. Children are Johnnie, William, Rachel, Mary,
Lizzie,
Martha, Vanie, Morgan and Harrison. Brothers and sisters are Richard,
Dr.
William, Wesley, Harrison, Henderson, Morgan, Savana, Sarah and Jane.
She
was a member of the Cold Springs United Baptist Church. The
Preston
Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Paintsville Herald Thursday
March
25, 1943
SPEARS,
Caldonia
1943
CALDONIA SPEARS
AGED VAN LEAR WOMAN DIES AFTER STROKE
Mrs. Caldonia
Spears, 69, of Van Lear, died Tuesday evening at the Paintsville
Hospital
following a stroke which she suffered Sunday night on her way home from
church. Funeral services are being conducted this afternoon
(Thursday)
at Van Lear. Mrs. Spears is survived by a daughter, Mrs. George Varner,
with whom she made her home. The Jones Funeral Company has charge of
arrangements.
Paintsville Herald Thursday March 25, 1943
STEPP,
Squire
Andy
1943
ANDY STEPP AGE
49, DIES SUDDENLY
SUCCUMBS SATURDAY
NIGHT AT INEZ, KY.
Was Martin
Official
Squire Andy
Stepp,
49, died suddenly Saturday night at Inez, Ky., and was buried Tuesday
afternoon
in the family cemetery on Cold Water. Squire Stepp had served as
Justice
of the Peace of Martin County for the past fourteen years and leaves a
host of friends and relatives in the county to mourn his untimely
death.
His widow and five children survive. the eldest son, Claude, is in the
U. S. Navy stationed at Bainbridge, Md., and came home to attend
the funeral. The other children are John, Mildred Ann, Elizabeth Jewell
and Billy Jean. Paintsville Herald Thursday 3-25-1943
VICKERS,
Jacqueline
Kay
1943-1943
VICKER’S INFANT
DIES Jacqueline Kay Vickers, who was born March 3, 1943 died at 3:00 a.
m., Tuesday, March 16, 1943 at the home of her parents Mr. & Mrs.
Howard
J. Vickers, 842 Monroe Ave., Chillicothe, Ohio. Surviving are the
parents,
one sister, Neida Lee at home; her grandparents, Mr. And Mrs. C. W.
Vickers,
Portsmouth, Ohio and Mr. S. M. Wells, Paintsville, Ky. Services were
held
at 3:30 p. m. Wednesday, March 17, with burial in the Wells Cemetery at
Boones Camp with Reverend Guy Collins officiating. Mrs. Vickers will be
remembered as Mrs. Nancy Wells.Paintsville Herald Thursday March 25,
1943
WARD,
Lewis
1943
Baptist Tiding
Volume 4 Paintsville,
KY.,
July, 1943 NO.12 Lewis Ward Lewis Ward
and
his good wife, Judith Ward. These good people were born in the
Eastern
part of Johnson County and are the direct descendants of the early
settlers
to this part of Eastern Kentucky. Their ancestry represents some of the
largest and most prominent families of all this section who have been
in
the fore ranks in the development of this country. Their ancestors were
at all times God fearing people and early in their lives they gave
their
hearts to God and have lived devoted lives for God. They are
Baptist
by faith and tradition and have been members of the United Baptist
Church
for many years. As it is once appointed unto man to die, on March the
twenty-sixth,
Nineteen Hundred and Forty- three, Father Ward gathered his feet in
death
at about the age of ninety, and went on to reap his reward.
Mother
Ward is still treading the path alone. Lewis Ward At the age of 84,
Lewis
Ward died March 25 at his home in Boons Camp. He is survived by
his
wife Judith Ward. Mr. Ward was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson
Ward. Funeral services were held March 26. Deceased was a member
of the United Baptist Church. Paintsville Herald Thursday 4-1-1943
WHEELER,
Nina
(Craft)
1943
DEATH CLAIMS
WILBUR WOMAN AT YOUNG AGE
Was Mother Four
Children;
Twins Born Few
Weeks Ago
Mrs. Nina
Wheeler,
age 36, died March 3, at her home at Wilbur. Two weeks prior to
her
death twin babies neither of whom survived were born to her. She
was the wife of Troy Wheeler and the mother of four other
children.
Frances, Earl, Louise and Elmer. Her parents are Franklin and Rosemont
Slone Craft and she has two brothers, Willie and Wilbur. Under the
direction
of the Preston Funeral Home, funeral services were held at the home on
March 6, Alfred Chandler officiating. Much sympathy is extended to the
bereaved husband and children. Note: The cemetery where Nina
(Craft)
Wheeler is buried is now known as the "Troy D. Wheeler Cemetery" at
Cordell,
Lawrence Co., KY. Paintsville Herald Thursday March 11, 1943
WILLIAMS,
Kelse
1943
Kelse Williams
Dies Suddenly
Kelse Williams,
age 58, died suddenly early this morning (Thursday) at the Paintsville
Clinic from pneumonia. Although in ill health for several years, Mr.
Williams
was critically ill only a few days. Funeral arrangements are being made
by the Jones Funeral Company. Services will be held at Mr. Williams'
home
in Southside Saturday morning at 10:30, after which the body will be
taken
to Ashland for burial. Surviving are his wife and one son, Kenneth B.
Williams,
who owns the Williams' Cash Market on College Street. PAINTSVILLE
HERALD
Thursday March 25, 1943
ADAMS, John D.
1943
Funeral services
were held for John D. Adams, 52, Sunday afternoon at the Freewill
Baptist
Church, Rev. Millard Van Hoose in charge. Mr. Adams had died on April 1
from pneumonia. He had been in poor health for some time. The body was
brought from Martin to the home of a sister, Mrs. Mint Holbrook, in
Paintsville,
and burial was made following the funeral in the Preston cemetery. Mr.
Adams was a son of the late Wiley and Samantha Collins Adams. His
father
was a Magoffin man and his mother a Johnson County native. He was a
veteran
of World War I and served in France for eighteen months. He was widely
known here where he made his home for many years before moving to
Martin.
His wife was the former Ida Hampton, Paintsville. They had no children.
Brothers and sisters surviving are Mrs. Starky Moneries of Whitesburg,
Mrs. Holbrook and Dora Adams, city, Garrett Adams, city, Bill aams,
Ironton,
Ohio, and Jesse Adams, Burning Fork. The Paintsville Herald Rhursday
4-8-1943
BELL, James D.
1943
Former Mayo
Pastor
Dies
Rev. James D.
Bell, 62, retired Methodist minister and pastor of the Mayo Memorial
Church
in 1930 and 1931, died Monday in a Charleston, West Va., hospital. He
had
been ill two years. The body was taken to Ashland were burial was made
in the Rose Hill Burial Park, the Masonic lodge in charge. Paintsville
Herald Thursday 4-22-1943
BOWLING, James
Arthur
1943
AUTO VICTIM IS
BURIED WEDNESDAY
16 Year Old Boy
Was Driver of Death Car
James Arthur
Bowling, 22, who died instantly when struck by an automobile late
Monday
night, April 19, 1943, was buried Wednesday afternoon, April 21, 1943,
Rev. Grover Fannin of Dewey, Ky., officiating. The dead man was a
resident
of Van Lear, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bowling. The car which
struck him was driven by Jack Stafford, sixteen year old boy, also of
Van
Lear. The accident occurred near the No. 4 mine overpass at Van
Lear.
It is reported that Stafford who was driving a car belonging to his
father,
Joseph Stafford, did not have a driver’s license. An inquest was
held Tuesday morning, April 20, 1943, and Coroner Guy W. Preston states
that the case will be investigated further by the Grand Jury at the
June
Term of court. Bowling was at the time of his death employed by Olma
Sparks.
Surviving besides his parents are three brothers, Arnold, Albert and
Glenn,
all of Van Lear. The undertaking department of the Paintsville
Furniture
Co. had charge of arrangements. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
04-22-1943
BROWN, Telitha
(Boyd)
1852-1943
Mrs. Telitha
Boyd Brown Dies
Funeral services
were held for Mrs. Telitha Boyd Brown, Friday afternoon at the Jones
Funeral
Home. She died Wednesday evening in the Golden Rule Hospital.
Mrs.
Brown was born September 12, 1852. At the time of her death she
was
90 years and seven months old. She was the daughter of Greenville
Boyd and Mary West Boyd and was born in Lawrence County. She had
one son, Will T. Thurmond, who preceded her in death several years
ago.
She leaves one brother, Mr. Sherman Boyd, three granddaughters and one
grandson, besides a host of relatives and friends to mourn her passing.
Burial was in the family cemetery in Kings Addition. Paintsville Herald
Thursday 15 Apr 1943
COLLINS,
Manford
1943
COLLINS DIES
AT HIS HOME
Funeral Services
Were Held At Oil Spring
Mantford Collins,
79, died at his home in West Paintsville at 7:45 p.m. Monday. Funeral
services
were held at Oil Springs, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the
Methodist
Church. He had been a member of the church for the past 60 years.
Surviving
in addition to his wife, Mrs. Ellen Lemaster Collins, five daughters,
Mrs.
Fred Branham, Mrs. Sherman Patrick of Ashland, Mrs. John W. Robinson,
Mrs.
Thomas Patton and Mrs. R.T. Cantrell of Paintsville. Thirty six
grandchildren
and 18 great grandchildren also survive. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY
MAY
1, 1943
COOPER, Mrs.
N.
E. (Fuller)
1943
MOTHER OF LOCAL
MAN DIES SUNDAY
Mrs. N. E.
Cooper,
aged resident of Salyersville, passed away Sunday night at 9:30. Mrs.
Cooper,
the mother of Cyrus R. Cooper, city, was 87 years old and had been in
ill
health for some time. She was born at Lenwood, Kansas the daughter of
R.P.
and Louise Reed Fuller, and was married in 1878 to Mr. Cooper who
preceded
her in death. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Salyersville
Methodist Church. Survivng in addition to her son, Cyrus, are two ther
sons, Ralph, Princeton, Ky. and Master Sargent Harry Cooper, Ft.
Benning,
Ga. , who came to Kentucky two weeks ago for a few days visit with his
mother. Mrs. Cooper was well known in Paintsville and many local people
attended the funeral at Salyersville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY
4-22-1943
DANIEL, John
1943
John Daniel is
Killed In Accident
Falls From Truck
in Highway, Hitting on Head In an accident occurring on the Mayo Trail
Wednesday afternoon, April 2, 1943, John R. Daniel, age 72, of
Stambaugh,
lost his life. Daniel was riding in the back of a pick-up truck
driven
by Sterling VanHoose, of Stambaugh, and from the evidence available,
apparently
lost his balance, pitching out of the truck and hitting on his
head.
The three occupants of the truck did not know that he had fallen out
and
continued on their way to Nippa to attend the funeral of Bascom
Vanhoose.
The body was discovered by Roe Wheeler and his sister, Mrs. Raymond
Sublett,
who saw an object fall from the oncoming truck. Mr. Wheeler
stated
that they thought the canvas top of the truck had blown off but on
investigating
found it to be Daniel’s body lying in the road, death having occurred
immediately.
At the inquest held Thursday morning, the jury’s verdict was that
Daniel
had come to his death by accidentally failing from a truck. The
funeral
arranged by the Preston Funeral home, will be held Friday afternoon, at
two o’clock at the home at Stambaugh. The dead man is a son of
Joe
and Sallie Helton Daniel. His wife, who survives, is the former
Millie
Akers. Children surviving are Nancie Fitch, Pearl Stambaugh and Sofia
Stambaugh.
Brothers and sisters are Milt, Artho, Julia Arrowood, Malta Green,
Minnie
Brown, Jennie Saddler and Della Preston, deceased. Paintsville Herald
""Death Certificate for John Daniel
states his death date was April 21 1943"""
FAIRCHILD, Ida
(VanHoose)
1943
Death came to
Mrs. Ida Fairchild of Fuget Sunday. The widow of the late Brenford
Fairchild,
she was 63 at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the late
John
Wesley and Elizabeth Baldwin Van Hoose. Her children are Mrs. Mattie
Estep
and Mrs. Laura Williams, both of Fuget. She was a member of the
Missionary
Baptist Church. The funeral was held Monday, Rev. Lonza Reed in charge.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD Thursday April 15, 1943
ISOM, Nora
(Williams)
1943
Mrs. Isom, Moon,
Ky., died in the Paintsville Clinic on April 28. She had been ill
only two days. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walker Williams, she
was married to Ruban Isom and they had two children, Vilta May and
Randall.
She was a member of the United Baptist Church. The funeral was
held
at Moon Sunday. Paintsville Herald 5-6-1943
LYONS, Mary
(Bowen)
1943
Paintsville
Furniture
Co. Reports Death
The undertaking
department of the Paintsville Furniture Co., reports the deaths of Mrs.
Walter Lyons and Douglas Francis Reed. Mrs. Lyons, the mother of six
small
children, the youngest of whom is only two weeks old was taken from her
home at Lowmansville to the Paintsville Hospital last Thursday.
She
died early Monday morning at the age of 34. Before her marriage she was
Mary Bowens, daughter of Andy Bowen, who now resides in Ohio.
Four
brothers, Bill, Cecil, Roy and Berman Bowen, and one sister, Mrs.
Dorothy
Davis, also live in Ohio. She was a member of the Regular Baptist
Church. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Rev. Robert Castle
officiating. Paintsville Herald Thursday 04/15/1943
MAY, Franklin
Eugene
1943
CHILD KILLED
WHEN CAR GOES OVER BANK.
Accident Occurs
near Meade Farm On Jennies Creek Franklin Eugene May, age 3, was
mortally
wounded Monday afternoon when the car in which he was an occupant went
over the embankment close to the Meade farm near Denver. The
child
was with his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Elmer May, and a baby sister.
They were returning from Paintsville to their home at Denver when the
accident
occurred. He was rushed to the Paintsville Clinic but death came soon
after
arriving there. None of the other members of the family were
seriously
injured. The little boy was buried Wednesday afternoon by the
undertaking
department of the Furniture Department. Rev. Mason Fitzpatrick
and
Rev. Ervin Ratliff officiated. Paintsville Herald Thursday 04/08/1943
Franklin
Eugene May, little son of Elmer and Bernice [Blair] May, was born
August
3, 1939, Departed this life April 5, 1943, age 3 years, 8 months and 2
days. Franklin’s sunny disposition made him many friends. He
leaves
to mourn their loss his parents and baby sister, Mary Edyth and a host
of relatives and friends. Paintsville Herald Thursday 04/15/1943
MCKENZIE, B.
1943
Volga Man Dies
This Morning After suffering a stroke a week ago, Mr. B. McKenzie died
at four o'clock this morning (Thursday) at his home at Volga. He
was 63 years old. The Preston Funeral Home has charge of
arrangements,
funeral to be held Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the home in Volga.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday April 8, 1943 B. McKenzie Notice of Mr. McKenzie's
death
appeared in the Herald last week. He was buried on April 9. Rev.
Allen and Rev. Lonza Reed preached the funeral sermon. He was
buried
in the McKenzie cemetery at Volga. One brother, W. H. McKenzie,
city,
one daughter, Mrs. Georgia Meade, two sons, Russell and Rexford, and
his
widow, Mrs. Lyda McKenzie, survive. Paintsville Herald Thursday April
15,
1943
OSBORNE,
Shirley
(Lemaster)
1943
Pneumonia Claims
26 year old man.
Services held
Thursday Shirley Osborne, 26 of Flat Gap, died Wednesday April 7, after
a ten day illness from Pneumonia. Funeral services will be held
today{Thursday}
at 2 pm at the Methodist Church at Flat Gap. Mr.Osborne was the son of
Calvin and Vanie Estep Osborne.He has one child,Calvie Junior. Brothers
and sisters surviving are Mildred Lemaster,Lorene Salyer,James,Louise
and
Nancy Carrol. Revs. Harry Salyer and Allen will deliver the funeral
service.The
Preston Funeral home will have charge of arrangements. Paintsville
Herald
Thursday April 8,1943
PICKLESIMER,
John
H.
1943
J. H. Picklesimer
Died At Barnets Creek
J. H. Picklesimer
died at Barnets Creek April 28, Uncle John had been in very poor health
for some time. He leaves to mourn his passing his loving wife, Mrs. Oma
Picklesimer, three daughters, Mrs. Verna Salyer, Mrs. Josie Williams,
and
Mrs. Mintie Blair, all of Ohio, four sons, Kelly Picklesimer of Ohio,
Frank
Picklesimer of Staffordsville, Ralph and Jim of Barnetts Creek, one
brother,
Ben Picklesimer, one sister, Mrs. Celia Rice, Barnetts Creek and a host
of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Friday, April 30,
at Barnetts Creek church of which Uncle John was a member, Services
were
conducted by Rev. F. F. Rigsby, Rev. Lonza Reed and Rev. Millard
O'Bryan.
The Preston Funeral Home was in charge. Paintsville Herald Thursday
05-06-1943
REED, Douglas
Francis
1943
DOUGLAS REED
Douglas Francis
Reed died of a heart disease at the Paintsville Clinic after an illness
of four months. He was 21 years old and had prior to his illness been
employed
in Washington, D. C. as a radio technician. When a small boy, his
father,
Everett Elliott Reed, died and his mother was married to G. E. Hall,
Barnetts
Creek. The following brothers and sisters survive: W. C. Reed,
Baltimore,
Md.; Geo. E. Hall, Washington, D. C.; Betty Lou, Jack and Morgan Hall,
all at home. The body was laid to rest in the Trimble Cemetery at
Barnetts
Creek Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Furman Blair in charge. Paintsville
Herald
Thursday April 15, 1943
ROBINSON,
George
W.
1871-1943
G.W. Robinson
Of East Point Dies April 10th
George W.
Robinson,
prominent resident of East Point, passed away at 5:05 last Saturday
morning,
April 10. He had suffered from a heart ailment the past
year.
Funeral services were held April 12, East Point Church of Christ, of
which
church Mr. Robinson was a member. The Rev. C.S. Honeycutt
officiating.
Mr. Robinson was born at East Point on July 12, 1871, the son of the
late
William F. and Catherine Robinson. In 1891, he was married to
Miss
Addie Music. The following children were born to this couple:
Callie
Robinson, deceased; Stella Robinson Auxier, East Point; Robert
Robinson,
deceased; William Robinson, Hager Hill; Jay Robinson, Belfrey; Dorothy
Robinson Hall, Ashland; Frank Robinson, U.S. Army, stationed in
Australia,
and Geo. E. Robinson, U.S. Army, stationed in California. One brother,
John Robinson of Wayland, and three sisters, Mrs. Josephus Howard,
city,
Mrs. Alice Litz, Auxier and Mrs. Josie Brown, Lowmansville,
survive.
One brother, Ben, preceded him in death several years ago. The Jones
Funeral
Company had charge of arrangements. Paintsville Herald Thursday April
15,
1943
ROBINSON,
Wallie
1943
The body of
Wallie
Robinson, who died from a long illness on April 24 in his 52nd year at
Syracuse, N.Y., was returned to Paintsville for burial Wednesday.
The deceased man had been a soldier in the U.S. Army for thirty-one
years.
His funeral was conducted by the American Legion Post of Johnson County
at the Mayo Memorial Church Wednesday afternoon. An impressive
military
ceremony was held at the Wells Cemetery where the body was laid to
rest.
Robinson, a Master Sergeant in the army, is the son of Lucinda
Robinson,
now Mrs. T.L. Meek and the late George Robinson. He served in World War
No. 1 and later, when on duty in Honululu in 1834, married Miss Evelyn
Saunders, who survives, in addition to a six year old daughter, Joyce,
and a five year old son, Wallie, Jr. He is also survived by two
brothers,
Sam Robinson, Auxier, and John Robinson, now a prisoner of the Japs in
the Philippines. His mother and four sisters, Mrs. Dakota Helton,
city, Mrs. Ervin Lyons, St. Elmo, Ill., Mrs. Nick Polos, Huntington,
and
Mrs. George Moffett, Kingsport, Tenn., also survive Paintsville Herald
Thursday April 29, 1943
SPARKS, Mary
J.(VanHoose)
1943
MARY J. SPARKS
Mrs. Sparks,
age 81, who died Sunday, was buried Tuesday, the Revs. Eddie Preston
and
Mastin Boyd officiating. She was a resident of Whitehouse and the
daughter of the late Jesse VanHoose. She belonged to the United
Baptist
Church at Old Toms Creek. Three sons, Mason, at Ironton, Ohio,
Carvin,
Ashland, survive, in addition to a half brother, Mart VanHoose,
Thealka,
and a two half sisters, Mrs. Cora Castle, Thealka and Mrs. Emma
Scarberry,
Nippa. Paintsville Herald Thursday 04/15/1943
SPEARS, F.P.
1943
Attend Funeral
At Catlettsburg
Johnson Countains
attending the funeral of F. P. Spears at Catlettsburg were Dock Spears,
Thealka, Julius Spears, River, Lonnie Hall, W. B. Webb and Roy Spears
of
Auxier. Mr. Spears was 88 at the time of his death which occured at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. A. J. Eaker, in Catlettsburg. He was born in
Paintsville
and has many relatives here who will regret to learn of his death.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 05-06-1943
TACKETT, Moses
McClellan
1863-1943
MOSES McCLELLAN
TACKETT
Death claimed
Moses McClellan Tackett on Monday, April 19 (1943). A native of
Staffordsville,
he died at his home there after an illness of three years from
infirmaties
of age. Mr. Tackett was born on June 11, 1863, to Hiram C. and
Lucy
Tackett, now deceased. In 1885, he was married to Mary Susan Shaffer,
of
Rush, Carter County, Ky. They following children were born to
this
couple; Hannah Rosetta Ritchie, deceased; J.H., Staffordville; Ollie
Conley,
deceased; Maud McKenzie, Volga; Paris F., Staffordsville; W. H.
,Staffordsville;
Buell V., deceased; Wayne, Staffordsville; Edna Blanton, Jackson, O.;
Mayme
Dyer, Paintsville; Shirley Wilson, Bypro. Brother, Sam Tackett,
Volga,
and sisters Susan F. Blevins, Staffordsville and Spicey McKenzie, Kerz,
survive. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the Barnetts
Creek
Church of United Baptist, of which he was a member. PAINTSVILLE HERALD
THURSDAY 4-22-1943
VANHOOSE,
Bascom
1943
BASCOM VAN HOOSE
Another aged
citizen succumbed this week when Bascom Van Hoose, aged 79, died at his
home at Nippa after a five year illness of a heart disease. He
was
the son of E. P. and Julia Price Van Hoose. His marriage to Miss
Julia Hylton, also of Nippa, took place on Dec. 1, 1881. The following
children were born to them: Edd, Ashland, Arthur, Glo, Burns, Thealka,
Beulah, Nippa, Mrs. Claud Preston, Nippa, Mrs. Hirst Bailey, Tutor Key,
Leslie, Thealka and Charles W., City. Brothers and Sisters are Louella
of Nippa; Millard, Nippa; Kenis, Nippa; Farris, Deceased; Mantford,
deceased;
Albert, deceased and Martelia, Deceased. Mr. Van Hoose was a member of
the Freewill Baptist Church. The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon
at Nippa. Rev. Powers, of Virginia and Rev. Dingus,
officiating.
Pallbearers were Joe, Bert, Eddie, Charlie B., Marshall, Perry and
James
K. Van Hoose and Earnest Adams. The Jones Funeral Home had charge of
the
arrangements for these two men. Paintsville Herald Thursday 22 Apr 1943
BROWN,
Elbert
A.
1943
LOUISA MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
Wounds Daughter
And Slays Her Companion (Ashland Independent) Louisa, May 10,
1943.
Two men are dead and a young woman lies critically wounded in a local
hospital
today as the result of a shooting which horrified residents of the
“Italy”
section of Louisa Monday night, May 3, 1943. A jury summoned Tuesday
morning,
May 4, 1943, by Dr. H. S. Young, Lawrence County coroner, reported that
Elbert A. Brown, 54, of Memphis, Tenn., and Miss Garnet Mullins, 25,
were
shot by Tom Mullins, 58, father of the girl who then turned the gun on
himself, committing suicide. The testimony of three person living near
the Mullins home was that Brown and Miss Mullins were seen together at
her home and that a short time later the father appeared “intoxicated
and
mad,” searching for the couple. The shooting, occurring half a block
from
the home was described by eye-witnesses who said Mullins emptied his 38
calibre pistol at the couple, then put a single shell back into the
gun,
pressed it to his head near the right ear and ended his own life.
Sheriff
Arch Thompson said that Mullins, the father of several children, had
attempted
suicide last December because of domestic difficulties. His wife
is dead. Miss Mullins, who was hit in the chest by one of the bullets
is
in the Riverview hospital. The other victim was a buyer for the Darby
Lumber
Co., of Memphis and had been in Louisa for several weeks on
business.
His body will be shipped to Memphis. Paintsville Herald Thursday
05-06-1943
BURKE,
J. H.
1943
Body Of Lawrence
County Man Found
The body of J.
H. Burke, Rt. 4, Louisa, was found on the railroad track at Dawkins, in
Johnson County, Sunday morning. The Preston Funeral Home prepared the
body
for burial, returning it to Louisa Monday. A coroner's inquest was held
Thursday evening by Coroner Guy W. Preston, the jury's decision being
that
Burke was killed by a moving train. It is estimated that the man had
been
dead about six hours before his body was discovered. Burke had been a
railroader
for the past fifteen years. His two sons now serving in the armed force
have been called home for the funeral which will be held Sunday at the
home in Lawrence County. Paintsville Herald Thursday 06-03-1943
BURKE,
William
Albert
1943
Train Victim
Buried Monday
Aged Auxier Citizen
Killed Instantly May 21
Funeral services
were held Monday, May 24, for William Albert Burke, 83 years old, who
was
killed by a passenger train near his home at Auxier last Friday
evening.
It is reported that the elderly man had gone for a bucket of water and
that he was almost across the track when the oncoming train struck him.
Death came instantly. Mr. Burke was a native of North Carolina. In 1886
he married Laura Alice Conley of East Point who is now 81 years old.
The
following children were born to this couple; Ola L. Burke Hall, Auxier;
Stella E. Wells, address unknown; Roy E. Burke, Olympia, Ky.; Bertha L.
Burke, Williamsport, W. Va.; Frank Spears, deceased; I. S. Burke and
Helen
Price, Williamson. A farmer by occupation, Mr. Burke was a member of
the
Church of God. The funeral was held at the East Point Christian Church,
Rev. S. C. Honeycutt officiating. In addition to his widow and
children,
survivors include thirty-six grandchildren, thirteen
great-grandchildren,
and four brothers Tom L., East Point; Grant, Van Lear; Henry,
Prestonsburg;
and R. N. Burke, Williamson. The Jones Funeral Home had charge of the
funeral.
Paintsville Heraald Thursday 05-27-1943
CASTLE,
Madge
(Borders)
1943
Madge Castle
Heart trouble
was the cause of the death of Mrs. Madge Castle, who died May 13 at
Ulysses.
She was the daughter of Forest and Prisie Burton Borders and was forty
years of age at the time of her death. Elder Guy Preston conducted the
funeral services held at Lick Log Church on May 15. Her husband, Clyde
Castle who she married in 1923, and two children, Clyde Gene and
Phyllis
Pauline survive in addition to her mother, one brother, Walter Borders,
and two sisters, Mrs. Meza Bowens and Mrs. Mary Daniel, all of Ulysses.
Paintsville Herald Thursday May 20, 1943
CASTLE,
Nathan
1943
NATHAN CASTLE
Following a two
weeks illness from an infection caused when a tooth was extracted,
Nathan
Castle of Tutor Key died suddenly Tuesday night at the Golden Rule
Hospital.
Mr. Castle was fifty years of age, the son of Sallie Van Hoose Castle
and
the late Jackson Castle. His wife, the former Laura McKenzie, and the
following
children survive: Mrs. Mona Howard, of Wheelersburg, Vonnie, Roy,
Eddie,
Goldie, Lizzie, Junie, Della Mae, Sallie Marie, Gracie and Emma, all at
home. Brothers and sisters living are Harry, General and Clyde Castle
and
Mrs. Ella Green and Mrs. Gracie Green, of this county. He was a member
of the Old Tom's Creek Church of United Baptists. The funeral was held
today at the home in charge of Baptist brethren. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
May 6, 1943
CAUDILL,
John
E.
1943
JOHN E. CAUDILL
Following a six
months illness
John E. Caudill
passed away at his home at Denver on May 16. The body was laid to rest
on the 17th in the home cemetery, Elders Hargus Conley and Millard
O’Bryan
officiating at the funeral. A bachelor his entire 62 years.
Mr. Caudill was the son of Ben and Elizabeth Spradlin Caudill.
His
sister, Mrs. Jennie Adams, who survives, made her home with him.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 20 May 1943
DEATH TAKES DENVER MAN Death came to John E. Caudill at the home of his sister, Mrs. Jim Adams, in Denver, following many weeks of ill health. He was buried in the family cemetery near the home of Ben Hitchcock. Surviving are his sister, Mrs. Adams, three nephews, Miles and Frank Adams of Denver, and Emerson Caudill Ivyton. Those from out of town attending the funeral were Mr. And Mrs. Wiley Hitchcock and daughter, Dorothy Eleanor, Cincinnati. Rev. Hargus Conley and Rev. Millard O’Bryan were in charge. Paintsville Herald Thursday 27 May 1943
COLLINS,
Robert
1943
COLLINS BOY IS
KILLED
IN AFRICA
Was One Of First
U.S. Soldiers To Land Africa Mr. and Mrs. Sam Collins, city, were
notified
Friday by telegram from the War Department that their son, Robert
Collins,
was killed in action in May in North Africa. Young Collins enlisted
three
years ago at the age of 17. He had been in Africa the past year. The
bereaved
family has the sympathy of the entire community. PAINTSVILLE HERALD
THURSDAY
JUNE 3, 1943
DANIEL,
Quintus
Cincinnatus
1943
Quintus C. Daniel
In his ninety-second year, on May 16,1943, Quintus Cincinnatus Daniel
passed
away at the Paintsville Clinic after two weeks illness. The son of the
late John Marcus and Mary Goocius Daniel, he was married sixty-nine
years
ago to Frances Jerushas Combs, who makes her home with a son, T. J.
Daniel,
at Oil Springs. Other children are; Mrs. Charles E. Byrd, Lexington;
Mrs.
J. G. Long, Millard,Texas; Charles Elwood Daniel, New York City. Two
brothers,
Lee Daniel, Hazard, and Walter Daniel, Athol,Ky., also survive. The
body
was taken to Mt. Sterling, Ky., for burial Tuesday. Paintsville Herald
Thursday 5-20-1943
GULLETT,
Sherman
1884-1943
SHERMAN GULLETT
After a lingering
illness, Sherman Gullett, employee of The Paintsville Herald since its
first issue in 1901, passed away early Saturday afternoon.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday, May 19, 1943, at the home in
Southside.
Rev. Sam Sloan, Rev. Cletus Wiley and Rev. Ralph Webb
officiating.
The burial was not until Thursday, May 20, 1943, awaiting the arrival
of
a son Fred, from California. Born in Magoffin county in the year 1884
to
the late Mathew and Ruth Bayes Gullett, he moved to Johnson County with
his parents when a small boy. At the age of 16 he was married to
Miss Irene Bush, daughter of Chas and Margaret Castle Bush, both
deceased.
In 1901 he accepted a position with the Paintsville Herald, which had
just
been established by the late Warren M. Meek. When Charles A. Kirk
purchased the paper, these two, Sherman and Charlie, comprised a team
of
boosters for Paintsville and Eastern Kentucky that has never yet been
matched.
The town was young. There were many changes to come and it can
truthfully
be said that no civic improvement large or small, took place without
the
idea first occurring to these public spirited men who convinced the
public
of the need through the pages of the Herald. Through the years, Sherman
has watched the community grow, seeing many of his ideas become
actualities.
Known throughout the county by young and old alike, Mr. Gullett leaves
a vacancy in the Herald office that it is impossible to fill. His
years of experience in meeting the public life constant boosting of
worth
while civic improvements, the loyalty to his native hills expressed by
him through the Herald’s columns, his unquestionable patriotism and
interest
in the local men in service, his vast knowledge of the county’s
families
and their kinship one to another, and above all his pride in his job
and
the Herald, these are characteristics that can never again be found all
in one person. Sherman was kind and good to his seven sons, two of whom
are in the service of their country. He was a devoted husband through
the
years to his wife, who administered to him faithfully to the end doing
everything humanly possible for his comfort and welfare. Survivors are
his widow, seven sons, Warren M. Gullett, city, William S. Gullett,
Owensboro,
S. Sgt. Charles A. Gullett, Camp Shenango, Pa., Robert F. Gullett,
Catlettsburg,
Pvt. Fred Gullett, Desert Center, Calif., Paul Gullett, city, and
Andrew
Jack Gullett, at home and one brother Harrison Gullett, city. The
Preston
Funeral home had charge of the funeral. Paintsville Herald
Thursday May 27, 1943
Sherman Gullett was born on State Road Fork of Licking River, in Magoffin County, Kentucky, on September the Tenth, Eighteen Hundred and Eighty Four. He was the son of the late Matthew and Ruth (Bayes) Gullett. His childhood life was spent in the county and in the neighborhood in which he was born. At about twelve or fifteen, his father moved his family to Johnson and settled in the city of Paintsville. In the school of this county and city, Sherman obtained his education and on completion of same, he entered the printing business, with Warren M. Meek, who at that early date had just established the Paintsville Herald. Warren Meek passed on by the reason of death and the paper passed into the hands of the late Charles A. Kirk and Sherman continued his relations with this paper. In the passing of Charles A. Kirk, the paper passed into the hands of W. W. Robinson and still Sherman was the mainstay of the paper. For forty-two years, this good man was the man behind the scenes that produced the great paper for our mountain people. Early in his young manhood, he met and was married to Irene Bush, a daughter of another large and prominent mountain family and to this union were born fifteen children. Eight by the reason of death, passed in infancy to that good land; seven survive him: Warren M., city; William S., Owensboro; Charles A., with the Armed Forces of the U. S. Army; Robert F., Rush, Ky.; Fredrick, with the Armed Forces of the U.S. Army; Paul R., and Andrew J., city. Here is a man still in death who has been one among the main factors and the man that has been probably unseen in his great work, who has been the backbone of the development of Western Kentucky. Sherman’s father was a Union soldier and fought in the great conflict, that raged between the North and South. He was also a devout Christian, loving and cherishing the Baptist faith. In the home were taught those great and good principles, which make and produce greater and better citizens. Sherman as a child, was inbued with these noble principles, and they became a part of him. Although, for some reason he did not fully give his heart to God until his last days. But in the declining hours, he called those of whom he had faith, and in humble prayer, he gave his heart to God and was able to tell his companion and his children that he was ready to make the crossing. In the passing of Sherman Gullett, we feel that Sister Irene has lost a true and loving husband, these children a loving and a painstaking father, this neighborhood, county and state on among its best and most noble citizens. He leaves to mourn his going besides his wife and children, one brother, Harrison Gullett of this city and the following nine grand children, Warren Jr., Geraldine gullet, Billy Thomas, Marvin Elwood, James Orville Gullett; Frances Irene Chyrole Gullett, Paul Ronald Gullett and Patsy Gullett, and a host of relatives and friends. He came to the end of the journey of life being fifty-eight years, nine months and twelve days old. Paintsville Herald Thursday 06-10-1943
HALL,
Buddy
1943
Magoffin Man
Dies In Ohio
The body of Buddy
Hall, 63 year old Magoffin County citizen, was returned to his home at
Wheelersburg from Columbus, Ohio, where he died on May 4 following a
six
months illness from diabetes. The Preston Funeral Home sent to
Columbus
for the body and conducted the funeral on May 7. Burial was in
the
home cemetery. Paintsville Herald 5-6-1943
KEGLEY,
Lyda (Webb)
1862-1943
LYDA KEGLEY
Death came to
Mrs. Lyda Kegley May 15 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.C. Price,
in
Paintsville. She had been ill for sometime. The funeral was held Monday
afternoon at the Freewill Baptist Church, Rev. Scott Castle in charge.
Burial was made in the Fairchild cemetery. Mrs. Kegley was born on Feb.
5, 1862 to Henry and Cynthia Fairchild Webb in Johnson County. Her
husband
now deceased was John Kegley. The ten children born to this couple all
of whom survive, are Rhoda Kegley Flannery, Argonne, Wis, Amanda Price,
City; Cynthia Koner, Manhattan, Ill; Jincy Whismore, Sandy Hook;
Lucinda
Stephenson, South Portsmouth, O.; Dock, Olive Hill; Vesta Koner,
Joilet,
Ill; Myrtle Rowe, Sandy Hook; Lee Flannery, Oldtown, Ky; and Noah
Kegley,
Crandon, Wis. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY MAY 20, 1943
Lydia Kegley was born in Johnson County on Colvin Branch on February 5th 1862. She was the daughter of the late Henry and Cynthia (Fairchild) Webb. The parentage of this good mother dates back to the early settlers of Eastern Kentucky and represents some of the largest and most prominent of the County. In her early life, or on September the 10th, 1877, she was married to John Kegley and to this union were born ten children all of whom are living: Noah Kegley, Crandon, Wis.; Amanda Swiger Price, City; Cyntha Koerner, Manhatten, Ill.; Jincy Whisman, Sandy Hook, Ky.; Loucina Stephenson, South Portsmouth, O.; Dock Kegley, Olive Hill, Ky.; Vesta Koerner, Joliet, Ill.; Myrtle Flanery, Old Town, Ky. Early in her life she gave her heart to God and was baptized into the Methodist faith about 65 years ago and in which faith and church she lived a long and devoted life for God. In the passing of this good mother we feel that these children have lost a loving and painstaking mother, this community one among its best citizens. She leaves to mourn her going besides her children forty-four grandchildren, forty-nine great grandchildren and one great great grandchild, and a host of relatives and friends. She had only one sister who preceded her in death several years ago and two brothers, Ben Kegley and George Kegley now living at her old home place, Newfoundling, Kentucky. She has been living with her daughter, Mrs. Amanda Swiger Price, for twenty-one years. She came here in poor health and for the past three years had been unable to be out. She came to the end of the journey of life being eighty-one years, three months and ten days old. Her funeral was held at the Freewill Baptist Church by the Rev. Scott Castle, and the body was laid to rest in the Fairchild Cemetery. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY MAY 27, 1943
LEMASTER,
Minnie
(Collins)
1943
MINNIE LEMASTER
Aged Denver
Woman Dies
Mrs. Minnie Lemaster,
70, passed away at her home at Riceville May 30 1943. Six months
ago this elderly lady suffered a broken hip in a fall and since that
time
had been an invalid. The funeral was held May 31 at Mrs. Lemaster's old
home place at Oil Springs. Rev. Allen and Rev. Cyrus officiated and the
Preston Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. The deceased woman
was a daughter of Allen and Elizabeth Ratliff Collins. Her husband, Sam
Lemaster, survives in addition to the following children; Mrs. Eva
Bayes,
Riceville; John at Jenkins; Mrs. Fannie Lemaster, Dallas, Texas; Walter
at Conley, Ky.; Mrs. Eulah Fraley, of Lexington; Mrs. Edith Bailey,
Columbus,
Ohio; and Mrs. Gladys Sexton at Columbus. Brothers and sister living
are
Mrs. George Helton; Elders John and Will Collins; Mrs. Emma Caudill,
all
of Oil Springs; Mrs. Lou Richie, Piketon, Ohio; Mrs. Julia Matthews,
Logan,
W. Va.; and Mrs. Virgie Williams, of Charleston, W.Va. Mrs. Lemaster
was
a member of the Penacostal Church of Christ at Ballot. Paintsville
Herald
Thursday 6-3-1943
MOLLETTE,
Laura
Belle (Crum)
1943
Death Claims
Mrs. Mollett
Mrs. Laura Belle
Mollette, 45, succumbed on the evening of May 11 at her home at Boones
Camp from a heart attack. She was a member of the United Baptist
Church. The funeral and burial were held last Thursday morning at
the Mollette cemetery, the Rev. John Butcher officiated. She is
survived
by her husband, James Mollette, the following children: James, Jr,;
Lizzie,
Chloetta, and Jimmie Lee at home, Everett, Kopperson, W.Va.; her
mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Crum, Chapmansville, W.Va., and the following brothers
and
sisters, Joe Crum, Chapmansville; Jay, Davisport, Vaughan in West
Virginia;
Edwin, U.S. Army; Charles, Davisport; Anna Bell Crum, Debord and Lulu
Bell
Crum, Huntington. The undertaking department of the Paintsville
Furniture
Company had charge of arrangements. Paintsville Herald Thursday May 20,
1943
MULLINS,
Tom
1943
LOUISA MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
Wounds Daughter
And Slays Her Companion (Ashland Independent) Louisa, May 10,
1943.
Two men are dead and a young woman lies critically wounded in a local
hospital
today as the result of a shooting which horrified residents of the
“Italy”
section of Louisa Monday night, May 3, 1943. A jury summoned Tuesday
morning,
May 4, 1943, by Dr. H. S. Young, Lawrence County coroner, reported that
Elbert A. Brown, 54, of Memphis, Tenn., and Miss Garnet Mullins, 25,
were
shot by Tom Mullins, 58, father of the girl who then turned the gun on
himself, committing suicide. The testimony of three person living near
the Mullins home was that Brown and Miss Mullins were seen together at
her home and that a short time later the father appeared “intoxicated
and
mad,” searching for the couple. The shooting, occurring half a block
from
the home was described by eye-witnesses who said Mullins emptied his 38
calibre pistol at the couple, then put a single shell back into the
gun,
pressed it to his head near the right ear and ended his own life.
Sheriff
Arch Thompson said that Mullins, the father of several children, had
attempted
suicide last December because of domestic difficulties. His wife
is dead. Miss Mullins, who was hit in the chest by one of the bullets
is
in the Riverview hospital. The other victim was a buyer for the Darby
Lumber
Co., of Memphis and had been in Louisa for several weeks on
business.
His body will be shipped to Memphis. Paintsville Herald Thursday
05-06-1943
O'BRYAN,
Edward
Lee
1943
Edward Lee O’Bryan
The infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard O’Bryan, of King Addition, named Edward Lee
O’Bryan
died Wednesday morning. Burial will be made today. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
May 6, 1943
RICHMOND,
Henry
B.
1943
Johns Creek Man
Succumbs
Henry B. Richmond,
Johns Creek, died from a heart ailment on May 11 at the age of 67
years,
7 months and 6 days. He was the son of the late John Richmond, who came
to this county from Scotland, and Angeline Auxier Richmond. His wife,
the
former Lula Porter, died on May 5, 1936. Mr. Richmond had several years
ago been a magistrate of District No. 2 in Johnson County. Children are
J. S. Richmond, Van Lear, Mrs. Alice Collins, Auxier, Edgar Richmond,
of
the U. S. Army stationed near Nashville, Tenn., and Mrs. Margaret May,
VAn Lear. Edgar was called home from camp last week because of the
illness
of his father. Brothers and sisters are John Richmond, Elk City, Okla.,
E. B. Richmond, Holden, W. Va., W. R. Richmond, City; S. B. and James
A.
Richmond, both deceased; Mrs. Margaret Hager, Greenup; Mrs. W. S.
Preston,
Ashland; and Mrs. W. C. Sherman, Greenup. Funeral services will be
conducted
today (Thursday) at the home, and the body will be laid to rest in the
family cemetery on the farm where Mr. Richmond was born and had lived
his
entire life. The Jones Funeral Company has charge of arrangements.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 05-06-1943
SHELLY,
Mrs. Harry
(Williams)
1943
Shelly Rites
In Ashland
Friday Funeral
services for Mrs. Harry L. Shelly, Tulsa, Okla., prominent former
Ashland
resident who died in a Louisville hospital Wednesday, May 5, were
conducted
Friday afternoon from the home of her sister, Mrs. Wade Clay, at
Ashland.
Rev. Howard W. Whitaker, pastor of the First Methodist Church,
officiated
and burial was in the Ashland cemetery. Pallbearers were Judge H. R.
Dysard,
e. Poe Harris, Dr. W. L. Gambill, Dr. P. H. Williams, Dr. Ed Conley and
Clyde Miller. Mrs. Shelly was born in Johnson county, a daughter of Dr.
N. K. and Josephine Howes Williams, both of Johnson county. Surviving
are
her husband, Harry L. Shelly and a son by a former marriage, Kendrick
Watson,
of Oklahoma, two brothers, Bruce and Sandy Williams, both of Ashland,
and
one sister, Mrs. Wade H. Clay of Ashland. Paintsville Herald Thursday
05-06-1943
SMITH,
Amos F.
1943
Death Claims
Aged Meally Citizen
Two weeks after
suffering a stroke of paralysis, death came to Amos F. Smith, 72 year
old
resident of Meally. He died on May 12 and leaves his widow, the
former
Jennie Preston Miller, surviving. Mr. Smith was a native of Pike
County,
the son of the late Mr. And Mrs. Rollie Maynard Smith. In 1890, he had
married Armildia Fannin, of Martin County, who died some years
ago.
On Dec. 2, 1937, he married his present wife. Four children by
his
first marriage survive in addition to four brothers and sisters.
Funeral
services will be held at the Buffalo Church of United Baptists Thursday
afternoon and burial will follow Friday morning at his old home in
Martin
County. Paintsville Herald Thursday May 13, 1943
STAMBAUGH,
John
T.
1943
John T. Stambaugh
Another old and beloved citizen,
John T. Stambaugh,
80, of Winifred, passed into the great beyond on May 15. His
death
was brought on by the infirmities of age. He was the son of the
late
R. J. Stambaugh. His wife, Nancy Jane Fairchild Stambaugh, and the
following
children survive; Mrs. Amanda Daniel, Millard, Jeffie and
Monroe.
His funeral was held May 17 with George Gibbs officiating. Paintsville
Herald Thursday, May 20, 1943
VANHOOSE,
Joueverna
(Daniel)
1882-1943
The Baptist Tidings
Volume 4
Paintsville,
KY., July 1943 NO. 12 Joueverna Daniel VanHoose
of Nippa, Johnson County, KY. This mother was born on Tom's Creek, a
tributary
of Big Sandy River, running across the northern part of Johnson County,
on May the second Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-two. She was the
daughter
of the late Jim and Rebecca Hall Daniel. The home in which this good
mother
was blessed to be born was a godly one and one which was a light to the
entire community. Her parents were devout followers of God and
all
these lessons were breathed into the hearts of their children and true
to this teaching, these children have been God-fearing men and women.
Early
in her young womanhood she met and married to Sam VanHoose a son of
another
native family and to this union were born Herman, Neva, Zella, Hershal,
Herbert, Angus, Carol Edith, Maree, Sammie, Curtis and Jessie. Early in
her life she gave her heart to God and was baptized into the Baptist
faith
taking her membership with the Freewill Baptist Church at the mouth of
Rush Fork. In this church this mother has lived a devoted life
for
God. It seemed to be her meat and drink to talk of God and his
goodness
and to testify to the love that God has for the human family. On the
past
May the fifth, she took suddenly ill and was rushed to the Golden Rule
Hospital, where every thing possible was done for her but in spite of
all
that medical skill and loving hands could do, on the evening of the
seventh,
she like a brave soldier, gathered her robes about her and went out to
meet God. On the ninth, the funeral services were held at the mouth of
Dogwood Fork of Sycamore, in charge of Scott Castle and others, and
immediately
after the services the body was laid to rest in the Sycamore cemetery,
there besides her father, mother and all the rest of her family who had
outstripped her in the race of life. In the passing of this mother we
feel
that Johnson County has lost one among its best citizens.
BLEVINS,
Katherine
1943
KATHERINE BLEVINS
SUCCUMBS
Funeral services
were held Sunday for Mrs. Katherine Blevins who passed away Saturday at
the home of her son, Boone Blevins, on Mud Lick. She was a long time
resident
of Slate Branch, the widow of Luke Blevins. Several children survive.
The
funeral was conducted by the Preston Funeral Home . Paintsville Herald
Thursday 7-1-1943
BRANHAM,
John
Heber
1943
John Heber Branham
The five month
old son, John Heber Branham, of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Branham, Depot
Road,
city, died on Thursday, June 10, 1943, after a few days illness. He was
buried on Saturday, June 12, 1943, at Buffalo. There are three
other
children in the family. Paintsville Herald Thursday 06-17-1943
BROWN,
Mary E.
(Kennard) Howes
1943
MARY BROWN IS
BURIED TUESDAY
Related To Many
People In Johnson County
Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth
Brown passed away early Monday morning at the home her son, Harry C.
Brown,
at Hazard, Ky. Some years ago she had sustained a broken hip in a fall
and had been an invalid since that time. A short funeral was held at
Hazard
Tuesday and on Wednesday the body was taken to Lexington, the former
residence
of a granddaughter, Roberta Howes, who died a few years ago. Mrs. Brown
has a large family connection in Johnson county where she was born 79
years
ago to Elza and Cynthia Litteral Kennard. Her home was at Oil Springs
until
her marriage to Millard F. (Dude) Howes when she moved to Paintsville.
This couple had two children, a son Harry referred to above and a
daughter who died in infancy. Several years after death of her first
husband,
she was married to Frank Brown, of Paintsville. He also preceded her in
death, after which she made her home with her son, first at Lexington,
Ky., and for the past two years at Hazard. Her membership was with the
Methodist Church and she was an active worker both in Paintsville and
in
the Lexington church. The late L. D. Kennard, attorney of Paintsville
was
a brother to Mrs. Brown. Many relatives and friends in the county will
regret to learn of her death. Paintsville Herald Thursday 06-24-1943
COLLINS,
Robert
1943
North African Casualty Returned For Reburial T-5 Robert Collins,
18, who was killed in North Africa on June 28, 1943, was returned here
for reburial last week. He was born in this county Dec. 11, 1923, the
son of Mr. And Mrs. Sanford Collins. He is survived by the following
brothers and sisters; Charles, James, Sanford, Jr., Tilson, Mrs.
Denzial Frisby, Mrs. Clarence Gilliam, all of this city, and Mrs.
Millie C. Pillon of Columbus, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted at
the grave by Rev. Frank Boothe, at 2:00, June 18, and burial was made
in the Hall Cemetery under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald Thursday 24 June
1948
COX,
A.W., Jr.
1943
SON OF DEPARTMENT
STORE OWNER KILLED
A. W. Cox, Jr.,
20 year old son of a prominent department store owner, was killed in a
plane crash near the city limits of Dunbar, W. Va., Sunday. Cox held a
private pilot's license and had been preparing for an examination to
become
licensed commerical flyer. The senior A. W. Cox is owner of the A. W.
Cox
Department Store in Paintsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY 7-1-1943
FLEMING,
Cynthia
(Waddell)
1943
CYNTHIA FLEMING
BURIED SUNDAY
Mrs. Cynthia
Fleming, who died at Martin, KY,, Friday, June 18, 1943, was brought to
the home of her brother, James Waddle at Van Lear for funeral and
burial
by the Jones Funeral Company, city. Services were conducted at
ten
a.m. Sunday, Rev. Mose Kitchen, East Point, and Rev. Hayes,
Martin,
officiating. She was the daughter of the late Arnold and Lula Ward
Waddell
and was born at White House on August 15, 1903. Surviving in
addition
to her brother are a sister at Logan, W.Va., and a son by a former
marriage
who is with the US Army at Ft. Knox. Paintsville Herald Thursday
6-24-1943
FOSTER,
Alice
(Litteral)
1943
PAINTSVILLE WOMAN
DIES TUESDAY
WAS RESIDENT
OF THIS COUNTY MANY YEARS
Mrs. Alice
Foster,
elderly widow of Campbell Foster, who passed away Tuesday at the home
of
a granddaughter, Mrs. Ella Louise Gullett, Paintsville. Mrs.
Foster
had been ill for many months and was 74 years old at the time of her
death.
Funeral services conducted by Rev. Millard VanHoose, were held
Wednesday
afternoon, the body being laid to rest in the town cemetery, under the
direction of the Jones Funeral home. A native of Magoffin County, Mrs.
Foster had moved from Oil Springs, to Paintsville some thirty-five
years
ago. She has no living children. The following brothers and
sisters
survive; Mrs. Charles Gullett, city; Mrs. Dudley Richie,
Cincinnati,
Ohio; Joe Litteral and Billy Litteral, Ashland. A grandson,
Clarence
Foster also survives. Paintsville Herald Thursday 6-17-1943
PRESTON,
Julia
1943
Mrs. Preston
Dies At Davis Branch
Mrs. Julia
Preston
died at the home of her son, Fred Preston, Davis Branch, at 1:45 p. m.
June 2. Mrs. Preston was ninety years old at the time of her
death.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 1 O’clock at the
United Baptist Church on Buffalo, of which church she was a
member.
Rev. Leonard Walters and Rev. Garland Preston will officiate. The body
will be laid to rest in the family cemetery at Offutt. She is survived
by the following children: Mrs. Elizabeth VanHoose, Lucasville, O.,
Fred
Preston, City, Mrs. Warren L. Preston, Cincinnati, O., Elmer E.
Preston,
New Haven, Conn., and one sister, Mrs. Alice Bradley, Red Dragon, W.
Va.
The undertaking department of the Paintsville Funeral company had
charge
of arrangements. Paintsville Herald Thursday 6-3-1943
RICE,
Martha
1943
VOLGA MRS. MARTHA
RICE DIES
We regret to
announce the death of Ms. Martha Rice of this place who died June 07,
1943,.
We extend our sympathy to the family. Paintsville Herald Thursday
6-17-1943
ROBERTS,
Donald
Ray
1943
WHITE HOUSE
The people of
this community were very sorry to hear of the death of little Donald
Ray,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Roberts. Funeral services
were
held at the Wiley cemetery. Paintsville Herald Thursday June 24, 1943
SIMPSON,
Infant
1943-1943
Simpson Infant
Dies
The five day
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simpson, of West Van Lear, passed away
on June 20 and was buried Tuesday in Carter County, near Hitchins, Ky.
The Mother was the former Della Miller. Paintsville Herald Wednesday
June
24, 1943
WEBB,
Walbridge
1943
Webb,Walbridge
SHORT ILLNESS
FATAL TO MAN
Walbridge Webb,
a 63 year old resident of West Van Lear, succumbed on Friday, June 25,
(1943) following a six day illness. He was the son of Jasper Webb, West
Van Lear and was married in 1903 at Fort Gay, West Va., to Mintie
Conley.
Their children are H. D. Webb, Mrs. Roxie Smith, Mrs. Malta DeHart and
Mrs. Geneva Bayes. Mr. Webb also had three sisters, Mrs. Loda Sublett,
city, Mrs. Addie Akers, Catlettsburg, and Mrs. Henry Walters,
Shreveport,
La., who survive. He was a machinist helper for the C. & O. Railway
Co., and was a member of the Christian church. Funeral services were
held
Sunday afternoon (Jun. 27, 1943) at West Van Lear by the Jones Funeral
Co. The Paintsville Herald Thursday July 1, 1943
WILLIAMS,
Rosanna
(Blanton)
1943
Rosanna Blanton
Williams
The body of Mrs.
Rosanna Blanton Williams was brought from her home in Portsmouth, Ohio,
to Logsville, in Magoffin County, on Tuesday. Mrs. Williams, 65, died
Saturday
morning following a three month illness from diabetes. She was buried
at
her native home at Logsville Tuesday. Many relatives in this area
survive.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD Thursday June 17, 1943
ARMS,
Amanda (Blair)
1859-1943
AMANDA ARMS
Last rites were
held on Sunday, July 11, 1943, for Mrs. Amanda Arms, who died at her
home
at Asa on Saturday morning, July 10, 1943, at the age of eighty-three
years,
ten months and nineteen days. Her husband, Sanford Arms, survives. Mrs.
Arms was the daughter of Watt and Matilda Spradlin Blair and was born
in
this county on August 20, 1859. She was a member of the United Baptist
Church. Burial was made at Denver, Ky. Rev. Millard O’Bryan delivering
the sermon. Paintsville Herald Thursday 07-15-1943
ARMS,
Miles E.
1943
DENVER BOY KILLED
IN SICILY
Married Paintsville
Girl in February
Mrs. Angie Marie
Arms, city, on Tuesday, August 3, 1943, received notice that her
husband,
Pvt. Miles E. Arms had been killed in Sicily on Thursday, July 15,
1943.
Private Arms, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Arms, of Denver, had gone
overseas
in April 1943 and was only 21 years old at the time of his death. He
had
come home on furlough in February 1943 at which time he was married to
Miss Angie Marie Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Howard.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 08-05-1943 ARMS, Miles Edward 1943 Funeral services
were
held at Denver at 1:30 p. m. Sunday, March 6, 1949, for Pvt. Miles
Eldred
Arms, who was killed in action in Sicily in 1943. He was born at Denver
in this county, the son of Oscar and Sarah Jane Hitchcock Arms. He was
a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. Surviving besides the parents
are the following brothers and sisters: Ora Arms, Denver, Viola Bair,
City,
Venice Estilene A and Velira Arms both of Denver. Funeral services were
conducted at the parents' home by Rev. Willard Wilcox. Burial was made
in the family cemetery direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 3-10-1949
BOLIN,
Douche
(Collins)
1943
YOUNG VAN LEAR
MOTHER DIES
The home of Estill
Bolin, Van Lear, miner was saddened last week when death came to his
young
wife, Douche, who died at the Paintsville Hospital on July 15, 1943.
She
was twenty-five years of age. In addition to her husband and two
children,
she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Collins, of Odds,
KY.,
and a number of brothers and sisters. The funeral was held by the
Preston
Funeral Home at the old home at Odds on July 18. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
7-22-1943
BROWN,
Frankie
Sue
1943-1943
Infants Succumb
Past Few Days
The Preston Funeral
Home reports the death and burial of two infants in the county during
the
past few days. Joan Johnson, born in January to Joe and Juanita Hannah
Johnson, Riceville, died Monday. The body was laid to rest in the
home cemetery on Wednesday. Frankie Sue Brown, infant daughter of Clyde
and Georgie Marie Lemaster Brown, Volga, succumbed a few hours after
birth.
Both babies were the only children of these couples. Paintsville Herald
Thursday, July 29, 1943 SEPARATED LISTING Joan Johnson, born in January
to Joe and Juanita Hannah Johnson, Riceville, died Monday. The
body
was laid to rest in the home cemetery on Wednesday. Paintsville Herald
Thursday, July 29, 1943 Frankie Sue Brown, infant daughter of Clyde and
Georgie Marie Lemaster Brown, Volga, succumbed a few hours after birth.
Paintsville Herald Thursday, July 29, 1943
BUTCHER,
Infant
1943
Soldier Called
Home By Infant's Death
Sgt. Danny B.
Butcher, who is now stationed at West Overfield, Mass., was called home
because of the death of his infant daughter who passed away Saturday
evening.
Sgt. Butcher had just returned to camp after spending fifteen days at
home.
Burial took place at the Butcher Cemetery at Williamsport on Tuesday.
Sgt.
Butcher will remain at home a few days with his wife, Mrs Elevanda
(Wells)
Butcher and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Beecher Butcher. Paintsville
Herald
Thursday 08-05-1943
CARROLL,
Russell
1943
PVT. RUSSELL
CARROLL
Mr. and Mrs.
John Carroll of Bridgford, were notified Sunday by the War Department
that
their son, Pvt. Russell Carroll had died in the Philippines. No
information
as to the cause of his death or of the date was released. On January
21,
1943, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll had been informed that their son was a
prisoner
of the Japanese. Known to all his classmates and friends in Paintsville
as Buck, Pvt. Carroll had been captain of the Paintsville Football Team
in 1939. He was employed by the Nehi Bottling Company before
enlisting
in August, 1941. A shorttime after enlisting he volunteered for
overseas
duty and was sent to the Philippines as a mechanic in the air force
before
the Pearl Harbor attack. After the Philippines fell to the Japanese no
word was heard of Pvt. Carroll until the following January when the War
Department reported him to be a prisoner. The Herald joins with this
young
man’s friends in extending sympathy to his bereaved family. Paintsville
Herald Thursday 7-15-1943
DALE,
Sarah (Castle)
1943
Thealka Woman
Succumbs Friday
Mrs. Sarah Dale,
55, was found dead in bed Friday morning at her home in Thealka.
In poor health for the past two years, it is reported that Mrs. Dale
had
been dead several hours before discovered by her daughter. The funeral
was held on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Thealka Church with the Jones
Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements. Revs Millard VanHoose and Don
Fraley
officiated. Survivors included her husband, John Dale, a mine foreman
at
the Thealka mine, four children by an earlier marriage, Richard,
Geneva,
Doris, of Thealka, and Carl Thomas in foreign service, and a son John
Dale,
Jr. She is also survived by a brother, Proctor Castle, who is the last
of a large family of the late Jacob and Lydia Wiley Castle. Paintsville
Herald Thursday 5 Aug 1943
DAVIS,
Walter
1889-1943
JOHNSON MAN SUCCUMBS
IN ARIZONA
Left Johnson
County Several Years Ago
News was received
here Tuesday of the death 'early Tuesday morning’ of Walter Davis at
Phoenix,
Arizona. Mr. Davis was a son of the late Dan Davis who resided near
Paintsville,
and a brother of Harry Davis. He moved from Johnson County to Phoenix,
Ariz., in 1920. In addition to his brother Harry Davis of this county,
and his sister, Mrs. W.L. Gambill of Ashland, Mr. Davis is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Lou Segraves Davis, a son, Lt. David Scott Davis of
Minnesota
and a daughter, Mrs. Fowler Wood of Tucson, Arizona. It was announced
that
the body would be brought to Johnson County for burial. PAINTSVILLE
HERALD
THURSDAY JULY 22, 1943 DAVIS IS BURIED SUNDAY The body of Walter Davis
who died last week at Phoenix, Ariz., arrived in Paintsville on Sunday
and was taken to the home of a brother, Harry Davis, where the funeral
services and burial were held Monday afternoon. Mrs. Davis and their
son,
Lt. Daniel Scott Davis accompanied the body from Phoenix. Rev. R.R.
Rose
of the First Methodist Church was in charge of the services, and burial
was made in the family cemetery near the graves of his parents, a
brother
Roy and a sister June who had preceded him in death. Survivors include
his wife, a son, Lieut. Davis, one daughter, Jo Ann, one brother, Harry
and one sister, Mrs. D. Gambill, of Ashland. Walter Davis was born in
Johnson
County, Kentucky, March 24, 1889. He was a son of Dan and Martha Jane
Davis.
His father was actively engaged in farming, the mercantile business,
and
was prominently engaged in the development of banking in Johnson
County.
As a banker his father was prominent in the business and industrial
development
of Eastern Kentucky. His mother was before her marriage Martha Jane
Rule.
She was a member of a prominent Johnson County family. During his
childhood
and early manhood Mr. Davis lived on the Davis farm near Paintsville.
He
attended the common schools of the county, the Paintsville Public
school
and the Sandy Valley Seminary and graduated from the latter institution
in the class of 1909. In 1916, he married Miss Lou Segraves, daughter
of
Mr. and Mrs. Green Segraves of the Flat Gap vicinity. To them were born
two children, Daniel Scott and Joan. In 1920, Mr. Davis and his family
moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he lived until the time of his death on
July 20, 1943. As a youth on his father’s farm Mr. Davis developed an
abiding
interest in agriculture. To this vocation he devoted his attentions
throughout
his life. During his early manhood, he was a successful farmer and
dealer
in livestock. In 1920, he became engaged in growing cit (REST IS
MISSING)
PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY JULY 29, 1943
GIBBS,
George
W.
Rev. 1943 STOKE
IS FATAL TO GEO. GIBBS
Former Magistrate
Passes Away On July 25th Rev. George W. Gibbs, 70 year old resident of
Chandlerville, passed away at his home Monday. He suffered a paralytic
stroke a week before his death. Services were held Wednesday,
July
28, at the old home place in Tutor Key, his fellow Baptist brethren,
Revs.
F. F. Riggsby, Roscoe Lemaster and Tipp Preston, officiating. A member
of the Old Hood Church of United Baptist, Reverend Gibbs had many years
been a minister of that faith. He was a mason and twice was a
magistrate
of Johnson County. His parents, both natives of the county, were
Abraham and Matilda Daniel Gibbs. In December, 1874, he was
married
to America Brown. The following children were born to this
couple:
Roby, Talmadge, Reece, deceased, James, Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham, and
two who died in infancy. Reverend Gibbs had many friends and relatives
in the county and will be greatly missed. His funeral was
arranged
by the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Thursday 7-29-1943
HILL,
Cora Frances
(Fyffe)
1943
Relief Woman
Dies Sunday
Mrs. Cora Frances
Hill, Relief, died on Sunday at the Paintsville Hospital. She was
buried on Tuesday at the home cemetery at Relief. Born on June 28,
1907,
to Joseph and Cynthia Ferguson Fyffe, Mrs. Hill had spent her entire
life
near her birthplace. In 1922 she was married to Obie D.
Hill.
Five children, three of whom have died, were born to this union.
She is survived by a large number of brothers and sisters. The Preston
Funeral Home had charge of the funeral arrangements. Paintsville Herald
Thursday 7-29-1943
HUGHES,
Elizabeth
(Castle)
1889-1943
Mrs. E. Hughes
Dies At Local Hospital
Mrs. Elizabeth
Castle Hughes, 56, native of Thealka, but resident of Paintsville for
many
years where she was engaged in the retail grocery business, died July
29
at the Golden Rule Hospital following an illness of one month. Funeral
services were held July 31 at Tutor Key, and interment was in the
family
cemetery there. Born at Thealka Oct. 9, 1889, she had been a resident
of
this county her entire life. She was married in July, 1906, to Robert
Hughes.
A devout Christian mother, the deceased was a member of the Freewill
Baptist
Church of Paintsville and she will long be remembered and her precious
councel appreciated in the lives of all who came under her influence.
She
made numerous friends while she was engaged in business because of her
kindness and fair dealing. Her parting is mourned by a multitude of
friends
who knew her life in the various communities in which she lived and was
known. Survivors are her husband, Robert Hughes, of Tutor Key; a
daughter,
Fanny Hughes, of Paintsville; a brother, Bill Castle, Tutor Key; and a
grandson, Jack Raymond Preston, of Paintsville. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
08-08-1943
JOHNSON,
Joan
1943
Infants Succumb
Past Few Days
The Preston Funeral
Home reports the death and burial of two infants in the county during
the
past few days. Joan Johnson, born in January to Joe and Juanita Hannah
Johnson, Riceville, died Monday. The body was laid to rest in the
home cemetery on Wednesday. Frankie Sue Brown, infant daughter of Clyde
and Georgie Marie Lemaster Brown, Volga, succumbed a few hours after
birth.
Both babies were the only children of these couples. Paintsville Herald
Thursday, July 29, 1943 SEPARATED LISTING Joan Johnson, born in January
to Joe and Juanita Hannah Johnson, Riceville, died Monday. The
body
was laid to rest in the home cemetery on Wednesday. Paintsville Herald
Thursday, July 29, 1943 Frankie Sue Brown, infant daughter of Clyde and
Georgie Marie Lemaster Brown, Volga, succumbed a few hours after birth.
Paintsville Herald Thursday, July 29, 1943
MCFADDEN,
Nora
(Collins)
1888-1943
MRS. LAUDE
MCFADDEN SUCCUMBS
Spent Practically
Her Entire Life In This County
Nora Collins
McFadden was born June 9, 1888 at Falcon, Magoffin County, Ky., the
daughter
of James and Mary Adams Collins. On Oct. 4, 1909 she met and was
married
to Laude McFadden of Paintsville, and to this union were born eight
children;
Ruth Ledesima, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Warren M. Gullet, City; George H.
McFadden,
City; Mrs. Herman Borders, Martin, Ky.; Clarence McFadden, U.S. Army;
Mrs.
James Mason, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Eugene at home, one daughter, Neva,
who died in infancy. After her marriage, she and her husband settled at
Paintsville where they had made their home until her death. She had
been
a Christian for many years, belonging to the Freewill Baptist Church,
Paintsville.
Through these long years she had only one aim and that was her family,
aiding and helping them in every way possible. In the passing of “Nora”
as she was familiarly known, the children have lost a loving mother and
the father a faithful companion also the community an industrious and
Christian
woman. The funeral was held Sunday, July 25, at the Freewill Baptist
Church
with Revs. Scott Castle, Filmore Gamble and Don Fraley officiating.
Burial
was at the family cemetery in Southside, the Jones Funeral Home in
charge.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY JULY 29, 1943
MEEK,
Janet Sue
1943-1943
Meek Infant Dies
Monday
The Jones Funeral
Home reports the death of Janet Sue Meek, five month old daughter of
Shade
and Laura Mollett Meek, Boons Camp, which occurred suddenly Monday
evening.
Mrs. Meek had brought the baby to Paintsville for medical care and went
on to the home of a sister here in Paintsville where death took place.
The body was taken back to the home at Boons Camp for funeral and
burial.
Paintsville Herald Wednesday, July 29, 1943 (NOTE: Shade Meek was the
son
of Clinton Meek and Lydia Meek Meek.
OSBORNE,
Amy
1943
West Van Lear
Woman Succumbs
Mrs. Amy Osborne,
78 years of age died at her home in West Van Lear, Sunday July 4, 1943,
from infirmities. The funeral was held at East Point Tuesday,
July
6, 1943, and burial was made in the East Point Cemetery. Mrs.
Osborne
was a native of Martin County. Her husband preceded her in death
several years ago. The Preston Funeral Home had charge of
arrangement.
Paintsville Herald Thursday 07-08-1943
PENDLETON,
R.T.
1943
R. T. Pendleton
Last rites were held July 30 for R. T. Pendleton who died at his home
at
Ophir after a lingering illness. A merchant at Ophir, Mr.
Pendleton
was 65 years old at the time of his death. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
8-5-1943
PHELPS,
Trenvilla
(Webb)
1943
TRENVILLA PHELPS
After a four
year illness, death claimed Mrs. Trenvilla Phelps, of Meally on Sunday
morning, July 11, 1943. She was 77 years old last June 22, Mrs.
Phelps
was a daughter of James and Frances Huden Webb and had been a life long
resident of the county. She was a member of the Christian Church at
Meally
where funeral services were conducted on Monday afternoon. Revs.
SC. Honeycutt, JH Short and JL Harrington officiating. She is survived
by her husband Thomas Phelps who is now 81 years of age and the
following
children: Lon, John and Bruce Phelps, all of Meally, Mrs. Emma
Pelphrey,
Nellis, W.VA.; Ben and Jay helps, Van Lear, WM. at Minneapolis, MN;
Mrs.
Anna Hall, Kent, Sam and Mrs. Frankie Short, all of West Van Lear. They
were all present for the funeral except WM. Phelps who could not get
transportation
from his home in Minn.in time for the services. Brothers and sisters
living
are Alex Webb and Harry Webb, West Van Lear; Sam Webb, Muilo,KY; Mahala
Stambaugh, Hager Hill; and Bruce Webb in Oklahoma. Paintsville Hearld
Thursday
7-15-1943
SAMMONS,
David
1943
Native Dies In
West Virginia
David Sammons,
81 years old, passed away July 14 at his home in Webb, West Va., after
a two weeks illness. He was a native of this county, the son of
Joseph
and Kate Hager Sammons. He was married twice, his first wife
being
Rebecca Ward, his second marriage being to Mary Moles. For the past
twenty
years he had made his home at Webb. The body was brought to the Preston
Funeral Home and prepared for burial and was them removed to the home
of
a daughter, Mrs. Maude Mills, Tomahawk, where services were held on the
16th. Mr. Sammons was a member of the United Baptist Church at
Trace.
The funeral was in charge of his Baptist brethren. Paintsville Herald
7-22-1943
TRIMBLE,
George
William (Oral)
1943
Mr. and Mrs.
Thurman Trimble of Kilbourne, Ohio, formerly of West Van Lear, have
received
a letter from the Naval Department regarding their son, George William
( Oral) who has been missing since July 14, 1943. The letter reads in
part:
Your son, George William Trimble Seaman, First-Class, has been carried
on the official records of the Navy Department in the status of missing
in action as of July 14, 1943. He was a member of an armed guard
crew, serving on board the S. S. Samuel Heintzelman when that vessel
was
reported overdue from patrol and presumed lost. On July 1, 1943, the
Samuel
Heintzelman sailed singly from Freemantle, Australia for Colombo,
Ceylon,
where she was due to arrive on July 14, 1943. No message was
known
to have been received from that ship following her departure. She
did not arrive at Columbo, or any other known port, however, on
September
30, 1943, debris from a vessel, including a plank marked “ SS Samuel
Heintzelman”
was washed up off MinniMinni Village, Madine Islands. On the
previous
day, two lifeboats, apparently unoccupied, were sighted and later
disappeared
in the same area. Enemy naval units were known to be operating in the
Indian
Ocean at the time the Samuel Heintzeman was lost. To date, no
further
word has been received concerning that vessel or her crew. In view of
the
additional length of time that has now elapsed your son was determined
to have been missing in action, and in view of the fact tat his name
has
not appeared on any list of personnel liberated from Japanese prisoners
of near camps, I am reluctantly forced to the conclusion that your son
is deceased. I know what little solace the formal and written words can
be to help meet the burden of your loss, but in spite of that
knowledge,
I cannot refrain from saying very simply that I am sorry, It is hoped
that
you find comfort in the thought that you son gave his life for his
country,
upholding the highest traditions of he Navy. Sincerely Yours James
Forrestal
Paintsville Herald Thursday 31 Jan 1946
VANHOOSE,
Lee
Jasper
1868-1943
Lee Jasper VanHoose
Mr. VanHoose
died from a cerebral hemorrhage on Sunday, July 11. A farmer by
occupation,
he had resided all his life in Johnson County and was a member of the
United
Baptist Church. He was a son of William and Caroline Lemaster
VanHoose
and was born on September 16, 1868. His wife, Airmura VanHoose
preceded
him in death nineteen years ago. Funeral services wee held at Volga on
July 14, Rev. Lonza Reed delivering the sermon. Burial was made
in
the Webb Cemetery. Survivors are four sons, Troy and Ervin at
Baltimore;
D. C. at Cleveland, Bandy Volga; and one daughter, Mrs. Verna
Patterson,
Cleveland. Paintsville Herald Thursday 7-15-1943
ATHINGTON,
Harkless
1943
HARKLESS ATHINGTON
A life-long
resident
of Lowmansville, Harkless Athington, age 39, passed away on August 23,
1943, at the home of an aunt in Ashland, KY. For the past ten years he
had suffered from heart trouble incurred during services in the first
World
War. He was enrout to the Veterans Hospital at Huntington when striken.
His wife, an Ashland girl, was Miss Anna May Kirk. Their children are
Dorothy
Jean, Gladys Pauline, Ethel May, Frances and Joanne. He also has
a brother, Irvin Athington, London, Ohio, and three sisters, Mrs. Jay
Griffith,
Mrs. Dewey Lemaster and Mrs. Hollie Wilson, all of Lowmansville. The
decesed
was a farmer at Lowmansville and until recently had been a merchant of
that community. He was a member of the Enterprise Baptist Church and
also
a Mason. Services will be conduced today (Thursday) at one p.m. at the
Chestnut Grove Church. Paintsville Heald Thursday 8-26-1943
BOWEN,
Earchel
1943
RUPTURED APPENDIX
KILLS MINER
Earshel Bowen,
a native of Job Martin Co., and a miner employed at Chatteroy, W.Va.,
died
Monday at the Paintsville Hospital from a ruptured appendix. A member
of
the United Baptist Church and of the United Mine Workers of America,
Bowen
was 27 years old at the time of his death. He leaves a widow and five
children.
Under the direction of the department of the Paintsville Funeral
Company, the body was laid to rest Wednesday afternoon at the home
cemetery
in Job. Paintsville Herald Thursday 8-19-1943
BOYD,
William
Sherman
1943
City Resident
Buried On August 27th
A lifelong
resident
of Paintsville, William Sherman Boyd, age 77, passed away on Tuesday,
August
24, 1943, at the Paintsville Clinic after a lingering illness. His
early
life was spent on the river, having owned and operated a steamboat on
the
Big Sandy River. Later he was engaged in the timber business and
in real estate. His children are Mrs. Wilda Butcher, R. C. Boyd, G.V.
Boyd,
Ashland, and Bryan Boyd, Denver Col. Six of his twelve grandchildren
are
in the armed forces, namely, W. S. Boyd, Lieutenant in the air force,
Tucson,
Ariz., Stuart Boyd, chief petty officer, U.S. navy, Oakland, Calif.,
Richard
C. Boyd, U. S. navy, Chicago, Ill., Frank S. Boy, U. S. navy, convoy
duty
in Atlantic, and Russell Boyd, Pearl Harbor. Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon, August 26, 1943, at the residence of Mrs.
Butcher.
The Revs. Guy Coffman and Charles Perry conducted the service Music was
in charge of Mrs. Carmel Murray. Pallbearers were C. H. Vinson,
Dan
Wheeler, Tom Butler, Jack Hager, Henry Potter, Russell Price and Ernest
Meek. Internment was made in the Preston cemetery. Paintsville
Herald
Thursday 09-02-1943
CASTLE,
Catherine
(Fairchild)
1943
Davisville
Catherine Castle,
widow of the late James C. Castle, who formerly lived in Greentown,
died
at the home of her youngest son, James, near the mouth of Barnetts
Creek
Saturday morning after a long illness of heart trouble. Mrs. Castle was
the daughter of the late Abner Fairchild and Lucinda Salyers Fairchild
and had spent most of her life in Johnson County. She is survived by
five
sons, Lonnie, Thealka; Milty, Van Lear; Willie and Frank, Paintsville
and
James, Barnetts Creek. Mrs. Castle was 77 years, 10 months and 1 day
old
at her death and is survived by her four brothers, one being William
Fairchild,
better known as "Uncle Bill" who lives in Paintsville. Funeral services
were held at the home of her son James, Sunday afternoon by Rev.
Millard
Van Hoose, after which she was taken to the cemetery near Nippa where
burial
services were held and she was laid to rest by the side of her husband
who preceded her in death some 16 or 17 years ago. Funeral and burial
services
were under the direction of the Jones Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald
Thursday August 19, 1943
CASTLE,
Ruth
(Caudill)
1943
Mrs. Ruth C.
Castle
Mrs. Ruth Caudill
Castle, 18 year old wife of Arthur Castle and mother of a fifteen
months
old daughter, Savilla Sue, passed away Tuesday at their home in
Thealka.
For the past three months she had suffered from a tumor on the brain
and
no hope had been held for her recovery. She is survived by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Caudill, and two sisters, Dora Caudill and Mrs.
Cynthia
Franklin, Thealka, in addition to her husband and child. Services will
be held this morning (Thursday) at the Old Concord Church of United
Baptist,
of which church she was a member, with Baptist brethren officiating.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday August 26, 1943
CASTLE,
William
Estil
1943
William Estil
Castle
William Estil
Castle, the son of Robert and Minnie Murphy Castle, Stambaugh, died
Tuesday
at the age of 14. The body was laid to rest in the Murphy cemetery on
Wednesday
Several brothers and sisters survive in addition to the parents.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday August 5, 1943
HOWARD,
Jacob
1943
LAST RITES FOR
JACOB HOWARD
Funeral services
for Jacob Howard were held at the Freewill Baptist Church by Rev. Scott
Castle and Rev. Wise Reed Wednesday, Aug. 11 at 2 p.m. Mr. Howard had
been
in poor health for sometime and his death was not unexpected. He is
survived
by his wife and several children. Two sons who are in the army were
unable
to be present at the funeral and burial of their father, one son
Harland,
being in North Africa and the other, Dick, still on this side. Burial
was
on the Southside under the direction of the Jones Funeral Home.
PAINTSVILLE
HERALD THURSDAY AUG 19, 1943
HUGHES,
Elizabeth (Castle)
1889-1946
Mrs.
E. Hughes Dies At Local Hospital
Mrs.
Elizabeth Castle Hughes, 56, native of Thealka, but resident of
Paintsville for many years where she was engaged in the retail grocery
business, died July 29 at the Golden Rule Hospital following an illness
of one month. Funeral services were held July 31 at Tutor Key, and
interment was in the family cemetery there. Born at Thealka Oct. 9,
1889, she had been a resident of this county her entire life. She was
married in July, 1906, to Robert Hughes. A devout Christian mother, the
deceased was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church of Paintsville and
she will long be remembered and her precious council appreciated in the
lives of all who came under her influence. She made numerous friends
while she was engaged in business because of her kindness and fair
dealing. Her parting is mourned by a multitude of friends who knew her
life in the various communities in which she lived and was known.
Survivors are her husband, Robert Hughes, of Tutor Key; a daughter,
Fanny Hughes, of Paintsville; a brother, Bill Castle, Tutor Key; and a
grandson, Jack Raymond Preston, of Paintsville. Paintsville Herald
Thursday 08-08-1943
PACK,
John
1887-1943
Burns Fatal to
John Pack
Was Martin County
Magistrate
Burns suffered
two weeks previously caused the death of John Pack, Davisport, on
August
5 at the Golden Rule Hospital. Pack, the magistrate of his district in
Martin County, had been priming an automobile at the filling station in
Boons Camp. A spark from the spark plug ignited the container he was
holding,
the burning gasoline coming into contact with his clothing. The burns
were
principally on the chest and lower abdomen. Funeral services were held
Saturday by United Baptist brethren. The deceased was born in 1887 to
the
late Aaron and Susie Ward Pack. Forty-four years ago he was married to
Dora Wells, Boons Camp. Their children are Walter Pack, LaGrange, Ky.;
Clarence, Pontiac, Mich.; Flora, Davisport; Angie and Anna at Dritt,
KY.
The Preston Funeral Home had charge of the burial. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
August 5, 1946
PATRICK,
Calista
Alice (Stafford)
1862-1943
DEATH CLAIMS
MRS. PATRICK
Member Of
Prominent
Family Succumbs
Funeral services
for Mrs. R.A. Patrick was conducted from the residence Monday,
September
thirteenth, 10:30 A. M., Rev. R.R.Rose, pastor of the First Methodist
Church,
officiating. Rev. Guy Coffman, pastor of the Mayo Memorial Church,
assisted
Rev. Rose in the service. Songs "Rock Of Ages" and "Lead, Kindly
Light,"
were sung by a group of local singers. Mr. Chick Willis sang "Sometime
We'll Understand," accompanied by Perry Parrigin, pianist. Mrs. Patrick
was eighty years of age. Her death occurred at 5:15 P.M. September
eleventh,
in the Paintsville Clinic, resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage. The
following
obituary was read. Calista Alice Patrick was born November 24, 1862, at
Paintsville, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Francis Marion and
Marietta
Lavender Stafford. She was descended from Eastern Kentucky's pioneer
families.
She was educated in the public schools of Paintsville. At an early age
she became a member of the Paintsville M. E. Church, now the First
Methodist.
On February 22, 1882, she was married to Robert Anderson Patrick of
Burning
Fork in Magoffin County. Her husband died in 1937. They were parents of
four daughters. They are Nora O'Neill, who died in infancy; Bertha,
wife
of Harry C. Howes of Hazard, Kentucky; Beulah Wheeler, who died in
1927;
and Gertrude of Paintsville. In addition to the two daughters who
survive,
Mrs. Patrick leaves five sisters, two brothers and four granddaughters.
The sisters and brothers are: Mrs. Arminta Lyons Wheeler, Frank's
Creek,
Kentucky; Mrs. M. E. Stafford, Abingdon, Virginia; Mrs. F. F. Smith,
Parkersburg,
W. Va.; May F. Stafford, Newark, N. J.; Ella Stafford, Lexington; and
Dewitt
T. Stafford, Paintsville. The granddaughters are: Alice Jeannette
Wheeler,
Chattanooga, Tenn.; Betty Dean Wheeler, Paintsville; Mary Margaret
Howes,
Cincinnati, Ohio; and Martha Louise Howes, Hazard. Mrs. Patrick's life
work was her home and the rearing of her daughters. The compiler of the
biblical proverbs might well have had her in mind when he wrote
concerning
the characteristics of a good wife; "She looketh well to the ways of
her
household, and eatheth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up
and call her blessed;" Her life was quite, and she kept the even tenor
of her way without ostentation. But her influence reached outside her
home,
and she will be missed by many friends who share the family's sorrow at
her passing. Her religious faith was simple and found expression in
numerous
little deeds of kindness which passed unnoticed except by the
recipient.
Her going leaves an empty space as when "a lordly cedar falls upon the
hills and leaves a lonesome place against the sky." PAINTSVILLE HERALD
Thursday September 16, 1943
RIGGSBY,
Watt
1943
Watt Riggsby
Dies At Red Bush
Following a long
illness
Watt Riggsby
passed away Friday at his home at Red Bush. A steadfast Christian, Mr
Riggsby
had long been a member of the Old Regular Baptist Church. The funeral
was
conducted by Revs. Bill Smith and Henry T. Hamilton. Mr. Riggsby's wife
and daughter survive. Paintsville Herald Thursday 08-08-1943
ROBERTS,
Francis
E. "Mutt"
1943
KILLED IN ACTION
City Boy Dies
Overseas Aug. 14
Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Roberts, city, were notified Tuesday by a telegram by the
Adjutant
General that their son, Pfc. Francis E. Roberts, 22 years old, was
killed
in action on August 14 in the North African area. The last letter
received
by his parents, was written from Sicily and mailed on July 30. Known
familiarly
as "Mutt" to his Paintsville friends, Francis entered the service on
July
14, 1942, and had been overseas since December taking part in the
battle
of North Africa. He had previously worked at Wilbur's Dairy Bar,
JuneBug's and Nel and Oscar's. He was popular with the younger
people
and has many friends and relatives in the county who extend sympathy to
his parents. Paintsville Herald Thursday September 9, 1943
ROWLAND,
Harrison
1943
LIGHTNING KILLS
MAN
Kenwood Father
Leaves Four Children
The electrical
storm Tuesday afternoon resulted in the death of Harrison Rowland,
Kenwood,
who was struck by a bolt of lightning as he was cutting
stovewood.
His brother-in-law, Jesse Williams, was only a few feet from Rowland
when
the lightning hit. He was stunned but unhurt. Funeral services
were
held Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Lonza Reed officiating. The
Preston
Funeral Home was in charge of the burial. Rowland has a wife and four
children
who survive. Paintsville Herald Thursday August 12, 1943
TRIMBLE,
Gypsie
(Stapleton)
1943
WELL-LOVED WOMAN
DIES
Stroke Fatal
To Mrs. Gypsie Trimble
The community
was shocked and grieved to learn of the sudden passing of Mrs. Gypsie
Trimble,
a bookkeeper at the Second National Bank for he past 23 years.
She
suffered a stroke early Saturday morning, death coming 20 minutes
later.
She was 46 at the time of her death. Mrs. Trimble prior to her
connection
with the bank was a teacher in the Johnson County schools for about
three
years she has been a loyal member of the Methodist Episcopal Church
since
twelve years of age. About ten years ago she was united in
marriage
to W. E. Trimble, a son of Mr. And Mrs. J. M. Trimble of Hager Hill,
Kentucky.
Gypsie and her husband have recently completed a very modern home and
moved
to their farm at Hager Hill. Where she was residing at the time
of
her passing. She was a daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Abe Stapleton.
Her
father died while she was very young and until the time of her marriage
to Mr. Trimble she resided with her mother in Paintsville,
Kentucky.
Her mother was a sister to John, Will and Jim. Walker, all of who were
ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Gypsie and her husband
accumulated
quite a bit of property and she was always very thoughtful and generous
with the poor and needy. Her loyalty and devotion to the
Methodist
Church of which she and her ancestors were consistent members so long
were
such that she devised all her property to her husband for life with the
remainder interest to the Methodist Church. Too much cannot be said on
behalf of the loyalty and devotion of this good woman to her church her
husband, the community in general and to the banking institution for
which
She labored so long. She was on vacation from her duties at
the bank at the time of her death and it was her intentions to consume
a large part of this vacation in attendance of the annual conference of
the Methodist Church, which is now in session at Lexington, Kentucky.
Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at the First Methodist Church with
a large crowd of friends and relatives present. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
2 Sept 1943
VANHOOSE,
Elizabeth
(Daniel)
1943
AGED BRIDGFORD
WOMAN DIES
Mrs. Elizabeth
Daniel Van Hoose did Sunday afternoon, Aug. 1, at her home in Bridgford
Addition. Mrs. Van Hoose was 79 years of age and had been in good
health until Sunday at 3 a. m. when she as taken seriously ill.
Death
came unexpectedly Sunday at 3:45 p.m. Funeral services were held at the
home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. Scott Castle, Rev. Millard
Van Hoose and Rev. Bud Wiley. She is survived by two sons, Ivan and
Earl
both of Bridgford. Two Grand children, Clifford Van Hoose and
Mrs.
Thomas J. Carter of Ashland, three sisters and one brother. Burial was
made in the family cemetery with the Paintsville Funeral Home in
charge.
Paintsville Herald Thursday 12 Aug 1943
WARD,
Delores
Jean
1943
DELORES WARD
DAUGHTER OF J. N. WARD WAS PLAYING WITH CHILDREN IN RIVER
Stepping into
water over her head, little Delores Jean Ward, nine year old daughter
of
Mr. And Mrs. J. N. Ward, Offutt, was drowned Monday night while playing
in the Big Sandy River half a mile below the mouth of Greasy Creek with
a number of her school mates. The child’s body was found an hour later
when Albert Arrowood and Taulbe Walters, of Offutt, searching in water
ten feet deep, pulled up a trotline and found that a fishhook of the
line
had become entangled with the child’s hair. Efforts were made to revive
the little girl and she was rushed to the Paintsville Clinic in the
automobile
of W. J. Walters who had been summoned after she had sunk from view.
Scores
of persons who had lined the bank of the river while searchers carried
on their work, saw the child pulled limp from the water. A handkerchief
said to have belonged to the child was discovered on a hook of the
trotline
before the child’s body was found dangling from another. Two other
children,
school mates of the drowned girl, and the mother of the two, were
pulled
from the river by Ralph Castle 35 years old, River, who also was
swimming
in the river at the time of the tragedy. The mother was Mrs. Vina
Daniel,
and her children were Freda, 11, and Lloyd Mae 9. The little victim had
run hand-in-hand with the Daniel girls from shallow water into the
deeper
part of the stream while the victim’s sister, Mrs. Beatrice Arrowood
and
the Daniel woman sat on the bank nearby looking on. Mrs. Daniel,
although
unable to swim, ran into the water in an attempt to save the
children.
She herself had to be rescued. Services for the little girl were held
Wednesday
afternoon at the residence. Rev. German Walters, George’s Creek,
Ky., officiated. The body was prepared for burial by Guy Preston
of the Preston Funeral Home. Burial was in the family cemetery on
the point at Offutt. A large crowd of relatives and friends attended.
Besides
her parents and her sister Beatrice, survivors are Mrs. Burl Arrowood,
Mrs. Ethel Daniel, Betty Catherine Ward, Burl Ward, Bobbie Ward and
Barbara
Sue Ward. Paintsville Herald Wednesday August 05, 1943
WEBB,
Sarah
(Blair)
1943
MEMBER OF PIONEER
FAMILY DIES
Sarah Webb died
at her home at Jenny's Creek Aug. 4, (1943) at the age of 71 years and
4 days old. She was the daughter of Andy Blair. Mother and father
preceded
her in death several years ago. Surviving are her husband, Caney Webb,
two sons, Henry of Milton, Ohio and Edd of Van Lear, three daughters,
Mrs.
Bennie Adams, Hager Hill; Mrs. Ressie Blair, Rock House, and Mrs. Anna
McGaw. Three brothers, Pat Blair, Hager Hill, Andy Blair, Paintsville
and
Dan Blair, Ohio also survive. Funeral services were conducted at the
home
August 6 (1943) with Rev. Adron Davis in charge. Burial was in the Webb
cemetery. The Jones Funeral home had charge of the burial. The
Paintsville
Herald Thursday August 19, 1943
WILLIAMS,
Charles
Esmond
1943
Charles Esmond
Williams
An employee of
the Consolidation Coal Company the past ten years, Charles Esmond
Williams
was discovered dead in bed on the morning of August 23 at the Club
House
where he resided. A coroner's inquest held the cause of his death
to be hear failure. Born at Bertha, Ky., fifty-three years ago, Mr.
Williams
had married Margaret Rogers, to which union five children were born.
The
body was prepared for burial and taken to Williamson Tuesday where
services
were conducted. Paintsville Herald Thursday 8-26-1943
WILLIAMSON,
Willie
1943
WILLIE WILLIAMSON
DIES SUNDAY
Death came to
Willie Williamson, 34, year old resident of Milo, in Martin Co., on
Sunday
morning. Born in Lawrence Co., to Nanthan and Altie James
Williamson.
Mr. Williamson was wed in 1932, to Miss America Justice. They
have
the following children: Clyde Glenn, Marie, Lola Jean, Paul and
Madoline.
Brothers and sisters surviving are Mrs. Rose Hammond, Mrs. Minnie
Rogers
Wallin, Oscar and Velma. The Preston Funeral Home directed the funeral
and burial held Monday at the home in Milo. Brethren of the
Baptist
faith conducted the funeral. Paintsville Herald Thursday 8-19-1943
CASTLE,
James
1943
AGED NIPPA MAN
DIES
Brother To Paintsville
Doctor 76 Years Old
The Preston Funeral
Home has reported the death of James Castle, 76 year old resident of
Nippa.
Death came on September 1 following an illness of two years from
infirmities.
The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Castle, deceased was a
brother
to Dr. W. R. Castle, Paintsville physician. Fifty-five years ago, Mr.
Castle
was married to Sarah Daniel, also of Nippa, who survives in addition to
the following children: Con Castle, Nippa; Mrs. William Rice, Sitka;
Mrs.
Dewey Murphy, Seco; Mrs. Brida Taylor, Staffordsville, and Jonah,
Nippa.
Other survivors include Dr. Castle, and the following sisters: Mrs. C.
B. Van Hoose and Mrs. Martha Meade, of Nippa, and Mrs. Bethlehem Wiley,
Beaver Creek. Mr. Castle was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church,
Mouth
of Rush. Services were held on September 3, Rev. Millard Van Hoose in
charge.
Paintsville Herald Thursday September 9, 1943
COX,
Moses Franklin
1883-1943
M.F. COX DIES
AT AGE OF 84
UNCLE OF JUDGE
W. H. COX
WAS MUD LICK
RESIDENT
Moses Franklin
Cox, 84 years old, for more than 50 years a resident of the Mud Lick
Neighborhood
of Johnson County, died Thursday of last week at his home in Louden,
Ohio.
He left Johnson County 25 years ago. At the time of his death, Mr. Cox
was making his home with a daughter, Mrs. W. A. Stapleton. Mr. Cox, son
of the late Isaac Cox and Mrs. Lydia Fairchild Cox, was born at
Dunganon,
Va., where he lived until he was six years old. His parents moved
to Johnson County and settled on Big Mud Lick in 1862. Mr. Cox was
married
to Cynthia Caudill September 20, 1883. To this union, five
children
Were born. Three have preceded him in death. His wife died
August 20, 1897. Besides his daughter with whom he resided, Mr. Cox is
survived by a son, Sam Cox, Ashland, Ky. And by two children of a
second
marriage, Willie Cox and Mrs. John Alley, Ashland, and 14 grandchildren
and nine great grandchildren. He was an Uncle of former Judge W. H.
Cox,
of Paintsville. Mr. Cox was the last surviving member of a family of 10
children. He was buried last Saturday in the Melvin Cemetery near
Ironton,
Ohio. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY 9-30-1943
DEMPSTER,
Mrs.
Will J.
Former Resident
Dies Suddenly
News was received
Wednesday of the death of Mrs. Will J. Dempster who died suddenly at
her
home in Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. Dempster was well known in
Paintsville
where she resided several years. Her husband, who died a few
years
ago, owned the Dempster Construction Company and built the highway from
Paintsville to Salyersville. A married daughter Elizabeth lives
in
Texas. Paintsville Herald Thursday, September 9, 1943
GROSE,
Dottie
1943
Girl 12 Dies
of Hear Ailment
Dottie Grose,
12 years old, daughter of Beecher Grose and Mrs. Nanny Blevins Grose,
died
at her home at White House Tuesday night, September 28, 1943, from a
heart
ailment. She had been seriously ill for a week. Funeral services
will be held at the home Friday, October 1, 1943, with burial in the
home
cemetery at White House. Burial arrangements are being made by the
undertaking
department of the Paintsville Furniture Company. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
09-30-1943
HELTON,
Reva Jean
1943
Reva Jean Helton
9-1-1943
Other deaths
reported by the funeral home include that of a twelve year old girl,
Reva
Jean Helton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Helton, Bloomington,
Magoffin
County. She passed away at the Paintsville Hospital on September
1, 1943 and was buried at the Bloomington on the third. Paintsville
Herald
Thursday 9-9-1943
JAYNE,
J. W.
1943
J. W. JAYNE,
71 DIED MONDAY
Staffordsville
Man Had Been Ill For Six Years
J. W. Jayne,
Staffordsville, died at his home Monday, September 13, 1943, after an
illness
of six years. He was 71 years old. The son of the late Mr. and
Mrs.
Harrison Jayne of Morgan County. Mr. Jayne was the uncle of
Harrison
Wheeler. President and Sherman Wheeler, vice-president of the Sandy
Valley
Grocery Company. Mr. Jayne’s sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Jayne Wheeler
of Paintsville is the widow of Chas. W. Wheeler, founder of the grocery
firm. Other survivors are Mr. Jayne’s widow, Mrs. Cora Blanton Jayne
who
he married in 1892; four daughters, Mrs. Lillie Blanton, Win, Ky; Mrs.
Pline Griffith and Mrs. Pearlie Trimble, Staffordsville, and Mrs.
Angeline
Blanton, Paintsville; three sons, Frank Dona and Jesse Jayne,
Staffordsville;
three brothers, Joe Jayne, Win and Andy and Doris Jayne, both of Ohio,
and three other sister. Mrs. Laura Lemaster, Mrs. Mollie Wheeler,
Mrs. Ella Sellards. Services were held Thursday, September 16, 1943 at
the home with Rev. Guy W. Preston in charge. The Preston Funeral Home
had
charge of arrangements. Burial was in the family cemetery at
Staffordsville.
Paintsville Herald Thursday 09-23-1943
JOSEPH,
Kate (Ward)
1943
MRS. JOSEPH DIES
FROM HEART ATTACK
Mrs. Kate Ward
Joseph prominent Boons Camp citizen died last Thursday, from a heart
attack.
She was 70 years old. Mrs. Joseph, whose first husband Greenville Ward,
died many years ago, was married five years ago, to the late Woods
Joseph
of Williamsport. Following the death of Mr. Joseph, Mrs. Joseph
returned
to her home at Boons Camp where she died. Surviving Mrs. Joseph are
four
sons; Lorenze, Aaron, Russell and Marshall Ward all of Boons Camp; four
daughters, Mrs. Irene Hinkle, Stidham, Mrs. Lokie Meek and Mrs. Jennie
V. Preston of Boons Camp, and Mrs. Grace Dutton, WV.; two brothers,
Canada
Wells and George Wells of Boons Camp and three sisters; Mrs. Emma
Wells,
Pikeville; Mrs. Susan Nesbitt, Lucasville, OH; and Mrs. Allie Butcher,
Williamsport. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at the Wells
Chapel
at Boons Camp by Rev. Saddler, with Rev. Guy W. Preston
assisting.
Burial was in the home cemetery. Mrs. Ward was the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Wells and had spent almost her entire life in the
Boons
Camp section where she was loved by all who knew her. Paintsville
Herald
Thursday 9-16-1943
MEADE,
Joe
1943
Obit Two infants,
Donald Meek, son of Mr. And Mrs. Ted Meek, Boons Camp, died September
3,
and Joe Meade, son of Mr. And Mrs. Wallace Meade, Ulysses, succumbed on
September 6. Paintsville Herald Thursday, September 9, 1943 OR
Separately....
Donald Meek, son of Mr. And Mrs. Ted Meek, Boons Camp, died September
3.
Paintsville Herald Thursday, September 9, 1943 (Donald was born June
14,
1943. Parents were Ted Meek 1899-1977 and Lillie Mae Castle Meek
1901-1982) Joe Meade, son of Mr. And Mrs. Wallace Meade, Ulysses,
succumbed
on September 6. Paintsville Herald Thursday, September 9, 1943
MEEK,
Donald
1943
Obit Two infants,
Donald Meek, son of Mr. And Mrs. Ted Meek, Boons Camp, died September
3,
and Joe Meade, son of Mr. And Mrs. Wallace Meade, Ulysses, succumbed on
September 6. Paintsville Herald Thursday, September 9, 1943 OR
Separately....
Donald Meek, son of Mr. And Mrs. Ted Meek, Boons Camp, died September
3.
Paintsville Herald Thursday, September 9, 1943 (Donald was born June
14,
1943. Parents were Ted Meek 1899-1977 and Lillie Mae Castle Meek
1901-1982) Joe Meade, son of Mr. And Mrs. Wallace Meade, Ulysses,
succumbed
on September 6. Paintsville Herald Thursday, September 9, 1943
O'NEAL,
Agnes
(Blankenship)
1943
Former Louisa
Woman Dies in Ypsilanti
Mrs. Agnes Blankenship
O’Neal, was burned to death in their trailor at Ypsilanti, Mich.,
Thursday
afternoon, September 9, 1943. She and her husband had returned from
work
at the Willow Run plant of the Ford Motor Co., during a downpour of
rain
when they discovered a leak in the roof of their trailor. They
put
some tar on the stove to melt to fix the roof and the tar became
overheated
causing a nearby gasoline tank to explode, burning Mrs. O’Neal to
death.
Mrs. O’Neal was a daughter of Jack and Belle Welch Blankenship of
Louisa.
She was born and reared in Louisa and had lived there all of her life,
until she married Mr. O’Neal and moved to Michigan. Mr. and Mrs.
O’Neal held responsible positions with the Ford Willow Run plant.
Surviving
in addition to her husband and parents are a brother, Clyde Welch of
Louisa.
She was a niece of Mrs. Isaac Meek. Offutt, Ky. Funeral services were
conducted
Monday afternoon at the parents home with the Rev. L. D. Rounds,
assisted
by the Rev. William W. Moore officiating. Paintsville Herald Thursday
September
16, 1943
PATRICK,
Calista
Alice (Stafford)
1862-1943
DEATH CLAIMS
MRS. PATRICK
Member Of Prominent
Family Succumbs
Funeral services
for Mrs. R.A. Patrick was conducted from the residence Monday,
September
thirteenth, 10:30 A. M., Rev. R.R.Rose, pastor of the First Methodist
Church,
officiating. Rev. Guy Coffman, pastor of the Mayo Memorial Church,
assisted
Rev. Rose in the service. Songs "Rock Of Ages" and "Lead, Kindly
Light,"
were sung by a group of local singers. Mr. Chick Willis sang "Sometime
We'll Understand," accompanied by Perry Parrigin, pianist. Mrs. Patrick
was eighty years of age. Her death occurred at 5:15 P.M. September
eleventh,
in the Paintsville Clinic, resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage. The
following
obituary was read. Calista Alice Patrick was born November 24, 1862, at
Paintsville, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Francis Marion and
Marietta
Lavender Stafford. She was descended from Eastern Kentucky's pioneer
families.
She was educated in the public schools of Paintsville. At an early age
she became a member of the Paintsville M. E. Church, now the First
Methodist.
On February 22, 1882, she was married to Robert Anderson Patrick of
Burning
Fork in Magoffin County. Her husband died in 1937. They were parents of
four daughters. They are Nora O'Neill, who died in infancy; Bertha,
wife
of Harry C. Howes of Hazard, Kentucky; Beulah Wheeler, who died in
1927;
and Gertrude of Paintsville. In addition to the two daughters who
survive,
Mrs. Patrick leaves five sisters, two brothers and four granddaughters.
The sisters and brothers are: Mrs. Arminta Lyons Wheeler, Frank's
Creek,
Kentucky; Mrs. M. E. Stafford, Abingdon, Virginia; Mrs. F. F. Smith,
Parkersburg,
W. Va.; May F. Stafford, Newark, N. J.; Ella Stafford, Lexington; and
Dewitt
T. Stafford, Paintsville. The granddaughters are: Alice Jeannette
Wheeler,
Chattanooga, Tenn.; Betty Dean Wheeler, Paintsville; Mary Margaret
Howes,
Cincinnati, Ohio; and Martha Louise Howes, Hazard. Mrs. Patrick's life
work was her home and the rearing of her daughters. The compiler of the
biblical proverbs might well have had her in mind when he wrote
concerning
the characteristics of a good wife; "She looketh well to the ways of
her
household, and eatheth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up
and call her blessed;" Her life was quite, and she kept the even tenor
of her way without ostentation. But her influence reached outside her
home,
and she will be missed by many friends who share the family's sorrow at
her passing. Her religious faith was simple and found expression in
numerous
little deeds of kindness which passed unnoticed except by the
recipient.
Her going leaves an empty space as when "a lordly cedar falls upon the
hills and leaves a lonesome place against the sky." PAINTSVILLE HERALD
Thursday September 16, 1943
SALYER,
Ella (VanHoose)
1943
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
September 9,
1943
COUNTY WOMAN
DIES IN CATLETTSBURG
Mrs. Ella Vanhoose
Salyer, 64, native of Johnson County., died Saturday afternoon at the
home
of a daughter, Mrs. Asbury Neeley, of 10th. Street, Catlettsburg, after
an illness of the past two years. She had lived with her daughter, and
a son Warren Salyer of Haverhill, Ohio, since her husband preceded her
in death two years ago. Mrs. Salyer was the widow of James Monroe
Salyer.
She was a member of the United Baptist Church of Barnett’s Creek,
Johnson
County, KY, her parents were the late William and Martha Caudill
Vanhoose.
Surviving in addition to the son and daughter, is eight grandchildren,
a sister, Mrs. Leet Caudill of Ashland, KY, and a brother, Mr. Forrest
Vanhoose of Coldwater, Mich.. Funeral services were conducted from the
Barnett’s Creek United Baptist Church in Johnson County Monday morning
with burial following in the Salyer family cemetery. Rev. Millard
O’Bryan
and Rev. Prater Blair officiating.
SHUEY,
Harriet
1943
Shuey Baby Dies
Wednesday
Harriett Shuey,
14 month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Shuey, died suddenly
Wednesday
afternoon at Lafollette, Tenn. Where the Shueys now reside. The Jones
Funeral
Home sent an ambulance for the body and is expected to return this
afternoon
when a private burial will be held at the Mayo Cemetery. The baby was a
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Thomas, city, its mother being the
former
Esther Thomas. There are two other little girls in the family.
Paintsville
Herald Wednesday Sept. 9, 1943
STEWART,
Robert
L.
1943
R. L. Stewart
Cancer Victim
Funeral Services
Held September 14 Last rites for Robert L. Stewart, of David, Kentucky,
were held on September 14 at Garrett Chapel, Brother Richardson in
charge.
Mr. Stewart succumbed on Sunday morning, September 12, after an illness
since April from cancer. He was sixty-one years old. Deceased was
a native of Boyd County. His first wife, Cora Stewart, of Boyd
County,
preceded him in death in 1931. On October 1, 1942, he was married
to Vivian Stambaugh, of Johnson, and to this latter marriage was born a
daughter, Sara Marie, who is six weeks old. Children by his first wife
are George W. Stewart, Sprigg, W.Va., Mrs. Eddie Dillow, Ligon, Ky.,
and
Graden Stewart, who is employed in defense work at Knoxville, Tenn. The
Jones Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
September 16, 1943
BAYES,
John
W.,
Jr.
1943
John W. Bayes,
Jr.
On October 19,
1943, at a North African base T-5 John W. Bayes, Jr., died from a heart
ailment. He was the son of Mr. And Mrs. John Bayes, Riceville, who
received
the following letter from the Adjutant General concerning the death of
their boy: "Dear Mr. And Mrs. Bayes: "It is my distressing duty to
confirm
the recent telegram sent to you, in which you were informed that your
son,
Technician Fifth Grade John W. Bayes, Jr., 35,443,939. Corps of
Engineers,
died on 19 October 1943 in the North African Area. "The official
casualty
report states that your son died as a result of cardiac arrhythmia
auricular
fibrillation. "I regret that there is no additional information
available
at this time, as casualty reports prepared under war conditions are of
necessity brief. However, you may rest assured that his remains
have
been reverently interred, and his grave has been properly marked for
further
identification. As soon as military security will permit, The
Quartermaster
General, who has jurisdiction over such matters, will advise you
further
as to the location of the grave. Upon termination of the war,
consideration
will be given to the return of his remains to the United States. "I
realize
that little can be said or done at this time to comfort you in your
deep
sorrow, but I do wish to express to you the deep sympathy of the War
Department.
It is hoped that your grief may be alleviated somewhat by solemn pride
in the fact that your son gave his life in the service of the country.
"Your sorrow is fully realized and I extend to you my deepest sympathy.
Sincerely yours, J.A. Ulio, Major General, The Adjutant General"
Paintsville
Herald Thursday, January 6, 1944
BELCHER,
Jesse
Jack
1943
INFANT BURIED
SUNDAY AT TUTOR KEY, KY.
Jesse Jack
Belcher,
infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnie Belcher of Thealka was buried Sunday
at Tutor Key. The Preston Funerla Home was in charge. The Belcher's
have
two other children, Jerry and Bryce Belcher. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
10-7-1943
COTTON,
John
Wesley
1869-1943
JOHN WESLEY
COTTON,
74, DIES
John Wesley
Cotton,
74, died at his residence in Paintsville on Friday, October 29, (1943)
after an illness of three months with dropsy. He was born in
Catlettsburg
on March 14, 1869. Mr. Cotton, a machinist, belonged to the
Holiness
Church and was an Odd Fellow and a Mason. He is survived by his wife,
Elsie
Cotton. Funeral services were held in Paintsville on Sunday. The
Preston Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD
THURSDAY 11-4-1943
DANIEL,
Mary
(Daniel)
1943
Mrs. Mary Daniel,
Tutor Key, Dies
Mrs. Mary Daniel,
67,Tutor Key, died Tuesday,October 12,1943, at mid-night after
suffering
for three weeks with a heart ailment. Mrs. Daniel was the daughter of
the
late Mr. and Mrs. Mose Daniel. She was born on Tom's Creek in 1897, and
was married to Joe Daniel. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Surviving
are her husband and seven children, four having preceded her in death.
Paintsville Herald Thursday 10-14-1943
ESTEP,
Jack
Merle
1943
Services Thursday
for Jack Merle Estep of Paintsville
Jack Merle Estep
9 years old died Sunday morning Oct. 17th at his home on Bridge
Street
after a week’s illness from measles. He was the son of Mr. And Mrs.
Ezra
Estep and was born in Mingo County W. Va.. Besides his parents Jack
Merle
is survived by one brother Stanley Norris, 13. Funeral services were
held
in the home Wednesday morning at 10:30 with the Rev. R. Rose of the
First
Methodist Church officiating. Burial was made in the Buff cemetery at
River.
The Preston Funeral Home was in charge. Paintsville Herald Thursday
10/24/43
LEMASTER,
Junior 1943 Rites Sunday For War Casualties Bodies Of 2 Local Soldiers
Returned Funeral services were conducted Sunday for two local soldiers,
casualties of World War II, who were recently returned from overseas
cemeteries. Funeral services were held for Pfc. Elmer H. Salyer Sunday
at 10 A. M. at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Salyer at
Red Bush. Pfc. Salyer was killed November 28, 1943, and was 23 years of
age at the time of his death. Surviving are his parents and four
sisters. Rites were conducted at the grave side by the American Legion.
Funeral services were held at the Fish Trap Baptist Church Sunday at
10:30 for Pvt. Junior Lemaster, son of the late Flem Lemaster and Mrs.
Lennie Lemaster. He was killed October 13, 1943 at the age of 22 years.
Revs. Lonza Reed, Oscar McCarty and Charles Estep were in charge of the
services. Interment was made in the family cemetery under the direction
of the Jones Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Thursday 23 September 1948
MAYER,
Mrs.
Joseph
1943
Mother of
Pastor’s
Wife Succumbs
Mrs. Joseph
Mayer,
passed away Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Guy
Coffman
where she had made her home the past few years. Mrs. Mayer had been in
poor health for several months becoming seriously ill the past week.
Funeral
services were held Sunday morning at 10 o’clock at the Coffman
residence,
with Rev. H. L. Clay, Ashland officiating. Following the services the
body
was taken to Charleston, W. Va., for burial. PAINTSVILLE HERALD
THURSDAY
10-14-1943
MEADE,
Thomas
F.
1943
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
10/21/1943
STAFFORDSVILLE
MERCHANT DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Thomas F. Meade,
merchant of Staffordsville, Ky., died Sunday evening following a
lingering
illness of several months. He moved from Oil Springs to his
present
location and had conducted a store and poultry business until ill
health
caused him to retire. He is survived by his wife the former Marie Dixon
and the following childrne by a former marriage: Marvin Meade,
Oil
Springs; Dixie Meade at home; Mrs Dorothy Keaton, Staffordsville; Mrs.
Donna Crum, Stambaugh; Morris Meade at home and Mrs. Alma Fairchild,
Baltimore,
Md. He is also survived by one brother, Leck Meade, Salyersville, Ky.,
and one sister, Mrs. Haley Conley, Oil Springs, Ky. Funeral services
were
conducted at the home Wednesday at _______ with Harv Scott Castle in
charge
after which he was taken to Oil Springs and burial was made in the
family
cemetery under the direction of the Jones Funeral Home.
MEEK,
Maude
(Meek)
1943
Mrs. Maude Meek,
30, Dies at Boons Camp
Mrs. Maude Meek
dies. Mrs. Maude Meek, 30 years old, wife of Bert Meek, died at her
home
at Boons Camp Monday afternoon after an illness of four months.
She
was the daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Jesse Meek. Funeral services were held
on Wednesday morning with burial in the Meek Cemetery on Hurricane
Branch.
Her Uncle, Rev. Winfrey Meek was in charge. Surviving Mrs. Meek,
besides
here husband and parents are two sisters, Mrs. Goldie Butcher,
Paintsville
and Mrs. Judie Meek of Boons Camp. The Preston Funeral Home had charge
of burial arrangements. Paintsville Herald Thursday, October 14, 1943
(NOTE:
Maude's parents were Jesse Meek and Mary Jane Crum Meek. Her
paternal
grandparents were Nathan Meek and Columbia J. Webb Meek. Maude's
husband was Virgil Bert Meek 1915-1970, son of Isaac Meek and Elizabeth
Thompson.)
OSBORN,
Joe
1943
Van Lear Man
Falls Dies
Skull Fracture
Fatal to Joe Osborn
Joe Osborn, 48
years old of West Van Lear was fatally injured Sunday when he Fell in
the
road near his home, Guy W Preston Johnson County Coroner announced This
week. Taken to his home after his fall the victim at first was not
believed
to be In a serious condition. A doctor was summoned and Mr.Osborn was
taken
to the Paintsville Clinic where he died early Monday from a skull
fracture.
Mr. Osborn was said to have been walking along the road with friends
when
he suddenly Fell backwards. He was not married. He was a son of the
late
Mr and Mrs Thomas Osborn. Surviving Mr. Osborn are a brother J.E.
Osborn
and four sisters Mrs. Gypsie Roberts, Mrs. Cora Smith, Mrs. Martha
Greer
and Mrs. Margaret Salyer. Funeral services were held at 10 o’clock
Wednesday
by Rev. Roscoe Lemaster. Burial was at East point. The Preston Funeral
Home had charge of burial arrangements. Paintsville Herald Thursday
October
7,1943
RAMEY,
Dan
1943
Dan Ramey, 73,
Dies At Odds
Dan Ramey, 73,
died Friday, October 8, 1943, at his home at Odds, Ky. Mr. Ramey
had been in poor health for the past several months but death came
suddenly.
He is survived by his wife, Sara Collins Ramey and the following
children:
Joe, Jr., Odds; Hayes and Rube Ramey, Weeksbury; Mrs. Monnie Bolden,
Welch,
W. Va.; Mrs. Sybil Smith, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Myrtle Smetanka, Ill.;
and
Mrs. Della Dale, city, and five brothers. He was buried at Van
Lear
Sunday, October 10, 1943, with Fred Rowland, Scott Castle and Bert
Castle
officiating. F. J. Conley of the Paintsville Furniture Company was in
charge
of the arrangements. Paintsville Herald Thursday 10-14-1943
ROBERTS,
Samuel
1943
NATIVE OF JOHNSON
DIES
Word has been
received here of the death of Samuel Roberts who passed away at his
home
in Coopersville, Ohio, on October 30. Mr. Roberts was born in
Paintsville
to the late Mr. and Mrs. William Roberts. He is an uncle to Mrs.
Leonard Short and Mrs. Jim Lambert, city, and a brother to Mrs. W. C.
Jones,
Danville, Ky., and Mrs. U. G. May, Huntington. There are many
other
relatives here who will be sorry to learn of his death. Paintsville
Herald
Thursday December 2, 1943
SCOTT,
A.C.
1943
BUSINESS MAN
DIES AT HOME IN CINCINNATI
Owner of Scott’s
Store Succumbs
The many friends
of A. C. Scott will be grieved to learn of his untimely death which
occurred
at his home in Cincinnati, Wednesday, October 13, 1943, from a heart
attack.
Mr. Scott came to Paintsville seven years ago and established Scott’s
Department
Store where he enjoyed a thriving business and made many friends in
Paintsville
and in the county. Mr. Scott owned several other stores through
Kentucky
and being a good business man made a success in the mercantile
business.
Although making his home in Cincinnati, he was a regular visitor at his
store here. In the passing of Mr. Scott Paintsville has lost a
popular
business man that will be greatly missed. Surviving are his wife and
two
sons. One son is in the U. S. Army stationed in Georgia. Burial
took
place on Friday October 15, 1943 in Cincinnati. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
10-21-1943
STONE,
Mary E.
(Conley)
1943 Mary E.
Stone
10-10-1943
Stone Funeral
Rites Held Tuesday
Funeral Services
were held on Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock in the United Baptist
Church
at Bonanza Ky., for Mrs. Mary E. Stone, 82, Widow of Elliott Stone, who
died Sunday morning, October 10, 1943, at the home, after an illness of
two weeks. Rev. Hargus Conley officiated at the services and burial was
made in the Conley cemetery at Bonanza. Mrs. Stone, a native of Floyd
County,
Ky., was born May 23, 1861, a daughter of the late Thomas and Mahala
Davis
Conley, and had been a resident of Ashland for six years. Surviving are
two sons, Malcolm and Albert Stone, both of Ashland and one daughter,
Mrs.
W. L. Music of East Point Ky. Mrs. Stone was an aunt of Miss
Virginia
Conley, city. Paintsville Herald Thursday 10-14-1943
TRAVIS,
Henry
1943
HENRY TRAVIS,
76 SUCCUMBS, WEDNESDAY
Henry Travis,
76 years old, died Wednesday, October 13, 1943, at his home in Stafford
addition. He had suffered many years from a heart disease. Mr. Travis
was
the son of the late Robert and Permelea Ramey Travis, he was born at
Wilbur,
and in 1892 was married to Susanna Fairchild. Surviving Mr.
Travis
are his wife and five daughter, Mrs. Ethel Caudill, Betsy Layne; Mrs.
Elza
Ross, Waverly, Oh; Mrs. Dan Pugh, Mrs. Ella Burke and Hazel, city, also
two sons, J.R., of Westerly, Rhode Island and Buell Ray, city, also a
sister,
Mrs. Burton Dean, of Ft. Gay, WV. Mr. and Mrs. Travis moved to
Paintsville
about twenty years ago where he had been a stone mason and carpenter
until
the time of his sickness. He was a member of the United Baptist Church
of Paintsville. Funeral services will be held at the family cemetery at
Winifred with Rev. Roscoe Lemaster and Elder Culley Sparks
officiating.
The Preston Funeral Home was in charge of funeral burial arrangements.
Paintsville Herald Thursday 10-14-1943
WALTERS,
Charley
1943
CHARLEY WALTERS
DIED WEDNESDAY
Charley Walters,
35 years old, Van Lear, died Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock in the
Paintsville
Clinic from T.B., after an illness of only eight days. He was the son
of
the late Mr. and Mrs. James Walters of Boons Camp. In 1927 he was
married
to Miss Reecie Cantrell and to this union were born eight children,
Gracie
M., Robert, Nora Jean, Margie, Betty, Sara Ellen, Margaret Jane and
Shirley
Sue. Besides his wife and children, Mr. Walters is survived by one
brother
and three sisters, Willie, Cissy, Rose and Laura. He was a miner for
the
Consolidation Coal Company at Van Lear. Burial will be made at Van
Lear.
Funeral arrangements are not complete. The Preston Funeral Home
will
handle the funeral and burial arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY
10-21-1943
WALTERS,
H.C.
1943
Native of County
Dies In Louisiana
H. C. Walters,
81 years old, Shreveport, La., and former resident of Johnson County,
died
last week in his Louisiana home according to word received by relatives
here. Mr. Walters was the son of the late John Walters and Mrs.
Sallie
Litteral Walters of Boons Camp. His mother was near 100 years old
when she died ten years ago. Mr. Walters is survived by three sisters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Williamsport; Mrs. Mary Swetman and Mrs. Sallie
Graham
and a brother, Robert Walters, all of Blaine, Ky., his wife, Mrs.
Fannie
Webb Walters, Shreveport, a son, Dr. M.L. Walters, Knoxville, Tenn.;
two
daughters Mrs. A. E. Blizzard, Shreveport, La., and Mrs. C. L.
Braswell,
Minden, La., and nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Mr.
Walters
left Johnson County in 1881. He had been associated with the
Long-Bell
Lumber Co., in Louisiana for 45 years where he served as land and
timber
agent for the firm. Paintsville Herald Thursday 11-4-1943
WARD,
King
Hiram
1943
KING HIRAM WARD
DIES AT AGE 75
King Hiram Ward,
Williamsport, died last Thursday at his home following an illness of
five
years. He was the son of the late Rev. David Ward who was a
United
Baptist minister. Mrs. Ward is survived by his widow. He was 75
years
old. Burial was on Bob’s Branch Friday. The Preston Funeral Home
had charge of arrangements. Paintsville Herald Thursday 10-14-1943
WEBB,
Bonnie
Evelyn
1943
BONNIE EVELYN
WEBB SUCCUMBS
Bonnie Evelyn
Webb, infant daughter of Ray Webb and Grace Pelphrey Webb, Relief, died
on October 26, (1943). Surviving besides her parents are two brothers,
Buel Ellis and William Elmer Webb. Funeral services were held October
29,
(1943) and burial took place at Relief. The Preston Funeral home had
charge
of arrangements. The Paintsville Herald Thursday November 4, 1943
WILCOX,
Henry
Clay
1943
Henry Clay
Wilcox,
Wittensville, died Friday, October 23, 1943, at the Golden Rule
Hospital
where he had been taken after being hit by a car driven by Langley
Brown,
18, of River, Kentucky. Brown, a draftee, had returned from Huntington
where he had gone for examination. He was driving his automobile
home from Paintsville when he struck Mr. Wilcox. Brown is under
bond
until the November tern of court is reported. Funeral services were
held
at the home of his son, Jesse Wilcox. The Jones Funeral Home has
charge of the arrangements. The Paintsville Herald Thursday 10-28-1943
CANTRELL,
Cecil
1943
Cecil Cantrell,
thirty year old Vocational School bus driver; succumbed at his home at
Hager Hill Saturday, December 18, 1943, following an illness of five
weeks.
His wife and four children, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mass Cantrell,
and
the following brothers and sister, all of Hager Hill, survive;
Mitchell,
Jr., Walter Thomas, Hershel, Estill, Mrs. Alice Adams, Betty Ruth and
Bernice
May. He was a member of the United Baptist Church. The funeral
was
held Sunday morning at the Concord Church, Revs. Leonard Walters, L. T.
Preston and Henry Caudill officiating. Burial was made by the
undertaking
department of the Paintsville Furniture Company. The Paintsville Herald
Thursday December 23, 1943
CHILDERS,
Haden
1943
HADEN CHILDERS
HADEN CHILDERS, 94 DIES AT RICHARDSON
Haden Childers,
94, farmer and respected citizen of Richardson, died Dec. 27 at his
home.
Deceased was born on Georges Creek, a son of Russell and Betty Wells
Childers,
members of pioneer Big Sandy families. He had lived at Richardson
the past 35 years. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Davis,
Richardson;
Mrs. Lafe Preston and Mrs. Glen Davis, both of Paintsville; three sons,
Reck, Frank and Harmon Childers, all of Richardson; a sister, Miss
Pricie
Childers, Hager Ky. And a brother, Pres Childers of Paintsville. His
wife,
Mrs. Mary Borders Childers, died in 1936. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY
JANUARY 06, 1944
COLLINS,
George
1943
GEORGE COLLINS
George Collins,
53, succumbed at his home at Odds on December 8. He was the son of W.P.
and Alverta Spears Collins, both living at Odds. The funeral was held
on
Tuesday at the home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY DEC 16, 1943
CONLEY,
Nancy
Jane (Price)
1872-1943
OBITUARY
Nancy Jane Price
of Hager Hill, the daughter of Luther Price and Exer (Preston) Price
was
born Aug. 10th, 1872 and died Dec. 10th, 1943, age 71 years and four
months.
In the year of 1892 ahe was married to W.T.S. Conley at East Point,
Ky.,
by Samuel Preston. To this union were born three children, Everett
Conley,
Hager Hill, Mrs. Laura Exer Fairchild, West Van Lear and one infant who
died at birth. She also had one brother and sister, Martin L.
Price,
Paintsville and Mrs. Virgie Grim, Nippa. She was converted, baptized
and
received into the church the 2nd Saturday in August, 1888. She
lived
a devoted Christian life until separated by death. We feel she
will
be greatly missed by her family and friends. (Conley), Price, Nancy
Jane
PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY 12-16-1943
CONLEY,
Nancy
Jane (Spradlin)
1866-1943
Mrs. Jane Conley,
75, Dies at Swamp Branch Mrs. Nancy Jane Conley died at the home of her
son, Luther Conley, Swamp Branch, Ky., Friday, December 19, and was
buried
Sunday, December 21. The following obituary was read at the funeral:
Mrs.
Jane Conley was born October 31, 1866, the daughter of Mr. And Mrs.
Thomas
Spradlin. In December 1886, she was married to Henry Martin
Conley
and to this union twelve children were born, ten of whom are still
living.
She was a member of the United Baptist Church for more that forty
years,
lived a devout Christian life and was loved by all who knew her.
Throughout
her long illness of about four years she displayed great courage and
was
always kind, cheerful and considerate to all with whom she came in
contact.
She departed this life December 19, 1941, at the age of 75 years, 1
month
and 19 days. Surviving her are six daughters and four sons as
follows:
Mrs. Alec Crider, East Point, Ky.; Mrs. Walter Vaughan, Riceville, Ky.,
Miss Virginia Conley, East Point; Mrs. Eddie Baldridge, Massillon,
Ohio;
Mrs. Douglas Ramey, Louisville, Ky.; Alfred Conley, Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Luther
Conley, Swamp Branch, Ky.; Elbert Conley, Bonanza, Ky., and Kermit
Conley,
Swamp Branch, Ky. In addition to the above children she is also
survived
by one brother, W. H. Spradlin, Portsmouth, Ohio, 19 grandchildren, and
10 great-grandchildren. Now she has gone but to those she loved there
is
the memory of her sincere and beautiful life. A precious one from us is
gone, A voice we loved is stilled. A Place is vacant in our home, That
never can be filled. “Where’re He sees a smile too bright, Or heart too
pure for taint and vice. He bears it to that world of light, To dwell
in
Paradise.” Oh Mother when I think of thee , “Tis but a step to Calvary,
Thy gentle Hand upon my brow, Is leading me to Jesus now.” The
Paintsville
Furniture Company directed the funeral and burial. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
12-25-1941
DIXON,
Mrs. Elmer
(Conley)
1943
Mrs. Elmer Dixon
Dies At Rock House
Mrs. Elmer Dixon
died Thursday, Dec. 2, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charley
Conley at Rock House. Mrs. Dixon had been seriously ill for some
time.
She was 35 years old and a member of the Freewill Baptist Church.
Besides
her parents, she is survived by her husband, 6 children? Edna
Earle,
Avanell, Ina Ruth, Hansel, Billy and Dean, all at home; one sister,
Mrs.
Robie Horne, and four brothers Earl, Orville, and Ray, all of his place
and Pvt. James Conley, Boston, Mass. Funeral services were conducted at
the home of her parents, Saturday afternoon by the Revs. Millard Van
Hoose,
Scott Castle and Fred Rowland. Funeral arrangements were in
charge of the Paintsville Furniture Co. Paintsville Herald
Thursday
9 Dec 1943
ESTEP,
William
Henry
1943
Services Tuesday
for W. H. Estep of Flat Gap
PROMINENT FLAT
GAP MAN DIES SUNDAY
Death claimed
William Henry Estep, 83 year old resident of Flat Gap on Monday
December
18. Mr. Estep was buried at the home cemetery on Tuesday. The son of
Ambrose
J. and Jane Holbrook Estep, Mr. Estep had been a farmer his entire
life.
Fifty-six years ago he married Hollie Ann Evans who survives in
addition
to the following children; Ambrose J., Wallace, Mrs. Sarah J. Cantrell,
Martha and Walter all of Flat Gap. Brothers and Sisters surviving are
Scott,
Paris, Bob, Mrs. Minnie LeMaster, Mrs. Maude Cantrell and Mrs. Frankie
Ellen Conley. The Preston Funeral Home had charge of the funeral.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 12/16/43
FITZPATRICK,
Rowe
1943
RUPTURED APPENDIX
CAUSES DEATH
Rowe Fitzpatrick,
38, died Sunday at the Paintsville Clinic from ganrene poisoning which
resulted from a ruptured appendix occurring last week. An
operation
had been performed but little hope had been held for his
recovery.
The deceased had made his home with his mother, Mrs. Lucy Fitzpatrick,
Third St, who survives in addition to two brothers, Tom Roy, Columbus,
Oh., and J.B., overseas and a sister, Mrs. Eugene Bayes also of
Columbus.
The funeral was held Monday afternoon at the Southside church.
Rev.
Cyrus of Russell, KY, being in charge. Internment by the undertaking
department
of the Paintsville Furniture Co., was made on Tuesday at Holly
Branch..
Mr. Fitzpatrick was a member of the Leander Holiness Church.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 12-23-1943
FYFFE,
Millard
1943
MEN BLOWN THIRTY
FEET
Station At Keaton
Is Fatal Scene
Two men are dead
and another seriously burned, the result of an explosion occurring
early
Tuesday afternoon at the compressor station of the Ashland Oil and
Refining
Company at Keaton. The dead men are Ora McKenzie, prominent man of that
section, and Millard Fyffe of Morgan County. John Pelphrey of
Morgan
County is being treated at the Paintsville Hospital for severe burns
about
the face and body. According to reports from members of the family and
employees at the plant, the three men were repairing a leak in a gas
pipe
near the station. When the explosion occurred they were blown
thirty
or forty feet. McKenzie and Fyffe were killed instantly, their
bodies
being badly mangled. Pelphrey who was afire ran to a nearby creek
and extinguished the flames. Marvin Hill, superintendent of the
station,
switched off the gas in the pipeline and brought out the bodies of the
two dead men. Mr. McKenzie had been chief mechanic for the company some
twenty years, spending most of that time at the Keaton station.
He
was fifty years of age, and a member of the Masonic Lodge 616. The
funeral
arrangements to be made by the Preston Funeral Home are incomplete
pending
the arrival of the family. Surviving Mr. McKenzie are his widow, the
former
Belva Boggs, the following children, Walter, Mrs. Jewell Salyers,
Ruben,
Mrs. Harry Burchett, Marshall, Mrs. Farrell Ferguson, Ora Jr., Audia
Mae,
James, Tommie and Betty Jean, and a sister, Mrs. Della McKenzie.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday December 23, 1943
GAMBILL,
Tommie
1943
TOMMIE GAMBILL
Tomie Gambill,
25, native of Red Bush, died on December 8 at Columbus, Ohio, in which
city he had been working the two years. Death was attributed to
an
infection resulting from an accident which occured on his job.
His
wife, Mary Rowland, and two children survive. The body was
returned
to Red Bush by the Preston Funeral Home and services were held at the
Baptist
Church at Red Bush on Sunday. Burial was in the home cemetary.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 12-16-1943
GIBBS,
Alma (Castle)
1943
Funeral for Alma
Gibbs Held Today
Alma Gibbs, 36,
died Tuesday morning at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Farris
Castle
on Castle Fork, near Lowmansville. She had been ill for about
three
months and her passing had been expected for the last month. She was
united
in marriage to Ruel C. Gibbs who died some four or five years
ago.
One daughter, Bonnie Jean survives. She also leaves to mourn her
passing, two brothers and two sisters, Oakley Castle, Lowmansville; Roy
Castle, Hager Hill; Mrs. Nora Puckett, Thealka, and Mrs. Mae Green,
Lowmansville.
Funeral services were held at the home of her parents by Revs. Fillmore
Gambill, Dan Fraley, and Charles Bailey, Thursday at 1 o'clock, with
burial
in the family cemetary under the direction of The Jones Funeral Home.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 12-9-1943
HAMILTON,
Thomas
George
1943
THOMAS GEORGE
HAMILTON FOUND DEAD IN WHEELER HOTEL ROOM
Sudden Death
Takes T. G. Hamilton Thomas George Hamilton, age 55, was found dead in
the Wheeler Hotel in Paintsville at eight o'clock Saturday night.
The body was discovered by the manager, Bradley Wheeler. A
coroner's
inquest, held Monday afternoon, determined that death was caused by
heart
failure. Hamilton, a native of the Red Bush section, was born to the
late
H. F. and Nancy Green Hamilton. In 1907 he was married to Miss Florence
Pelphrey at Lenox, Ky. Five children, two of whom are in the service,
survive
in addition to the following brothers and sister: Ben L., Portsmouth,
O.;
Henry T., Flat Gap; Charlie P., Red Bush; Hargis, Skaggs, Lloyd E., in
the navy, and Mrs. Frank Chandler, city. The deceased had worked for
the
United States Government at Pearl Harbor and was there on December 7,
1941,
when the Japanese attacked. He had returned to Johnson County
approximately
a year ago. The funeral was held Tuesday morning at Red Bush, Rev.
Jiles
Beculheimer officiating, with the Preston Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Paintsville Herald Thursday December 16, 1943
HAMPTON,
Don
1943
DON HAMPTON
Truck Driver
Is Killed In Magoffin County
Don Hampton,
35, driver and salesman for the Williams Grocery Company, was fatally
injured
on Wednesday, December 22, when the truck he was driving turned over on
the Royalton Road near the mouth of Mason Creek in Magoffin
County.
Hampton died in an ambulance at Oil Springs on the way to a local
hospital.
Funeral services were held at the home of the deceased in Magoffin
County
December 28. The entire personnel of the Williams Grocery Company
attended the funeral. He had worked for the company for more than a
year
and was considered a valuable employee. Paintsville Herald Thursday
January
6, 1944
LEMASTER,
Flem,
Jr.
1943
FLEM LEMASTER
JR.
It is reported
that Mrs. Minnie (should read Lennie) Lemaster, Manilla, is in receipt
of a message from the War Department notifying her of the death of her
son, Flem Lemaster, Jr., who was killed in action in Italy. He was 23
years
old and was inducted in July 1942. Lemaster had attended Oil Springs
High
School and had completed a course in electricity and welding at the
Mayo
School when inducted into the service. Last winter he had married Miss
Olga Mae Vencil, who resides in Paintsville. The Herald extends
sympathy
to the bereaved's mother and wife. Paintsville Herald Thursday 12-9-1943
LITTERAL,
Powell
1943
MAN FOUND DEAD
NEAR C.& O. TRACKS
The body of Powell
Litteral, city was found Monday afternoon lying approximately thirty
feet
from the C. & O. Railroad tracks at Thealka. Coroner Guy W. Preston
has stated that an inquest will be held later in the week to determine
the cause of death. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Litteral, a
member
of a large Eastern Kentucky family is survived by a number of children
who have been notified of their father’s death. PAINTSVILLE HERALD
THURSDAY
DEC 9, 1943
MCKENZIE,
Ora
1943
MEN BLOWN THIRTY
FEET
Station At Keaton
Is Fatal Scene
Two men are dead
and another seriously burned, the result of an explosion occurring
early
Tuesday afternoon at the compressor station of the Ashland Oil and
Refining
Company at Keaton. The dead men are Ora McKenzie, prominent man of that
section, and Millard Fyffe of Morgan County. John Pelphrey of
Morgan
County is being treated at the Paintsville Hospital for severe burns
about
the face and body. According to reports from members of the family and
employees at the plant, the three men were repairing a leak in a gas
pipe
near the station. When the explosion occurred they were blown
thirty
or forty feet. McKenzie and Fyffe were killed instantly, their
bodies
being badly mangled. Pelphrey who was afire ran to a nearby creek
and extinguished the flames. Marvin Hill, superintendent of the
station,
switched off the gas in the pipeline and brought out the bodies of the
two dead men. Mr. McKenzie had been chief mechanic for the company some
twenty years, spending most of that time at the Keaton station.
He
was fifty years of age, and a member of the Masonic Lodge 616. The
funeral
arrangements to be made by the Preston Funeral Home are incomplete
pending
the arrival of the family. Surviving Mr. McKenzie are his widow, the
former
Belva Boggs, the following children, Walter, Mrs. Jewell Salyers,
Ruben,
Mrs. Harry Burchett, Marshall, Mrs. Farrell Ferguson, Ora Jr., Audia
Mae,
James, Tommie and Betty Jean, and a sister, Mrs. Della McKenzie.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday December 23, 1943
MURRAY,
Orville
1943
ORVILLE MURRAY
In a holiday
tragedy occurring at Hazard, Kentucky, Orville Murray, 40, employee of
the East Kentucky Beverage Company, lost his life and seven other
members
of his family were made critically ill when they were poisoned by fumes
escaping from a hot water tank in the basement. They were discovered on
the Sunday night following Christmas by a friend who, seeing their car
in the driveway and getting no response from inside the house, broke
down
the doorway. Mr. Murray died on Monday, December 27. His wife and
mother, Mrs. Laura Murray, remain in a critical condition at a Hazard
Hospital.
It is reported that their four children and a neice of Mr. Murray's who
were all unconscious when found are now out of danger. The dead man was
a native of Lowmansville. The funeral was conducted Friday at his old
home
place there and an impressive burial by the Paintsville Masonic Lodge
followed
at the family cemetery. Paintsville Herald Thursday January 6, 1944
MUSIC,
Cecil
1943
Cecil Music,
33 year old miner, was fatally injured by a slate fall in the mines of
the Inland Steel Company at Wheelwright. December 18, 1943. He had
lived
at Wheelwright for the past several years and was a native of Johnson
County,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Music, of the Buffalo Creek section. His
wife, and four children survive. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY 1-6-1944
PRATER,
J. J.
1943
Rev. J.J.Prater
Succumbs Tuesday
Death came to
Rev. J.J.Prater,76 years old, Moderator of the Paint Union Association
of United Baptists, at his home at Salyersville Tuesday evening,
December
7. Reverend Prater was widely known and loved throughout Eastern
Kentucky.
Arrangements for the funeral are incomplete. However according to Rev.
F.F.Rigsby Moderator of the Paintsville Church, it is thought that the
funeral will be held Saturday morning at Salyersville. Paintsville
Herald
Thursday December 9,1943
SMITH,
Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mart (Marie Bolden) Smith
1943
Son Of Former
City Woman Killed In Virginia The five year old son of Mr. And Mrs.
Mart
Smith died Friday only a few hours after being struck by an automobile
at Harmon, Virginia. Mrs. Smith will be remembered as Miss Marie
Bolden, city. Attending the funeral Sunday at Harmon were Mrs. Ellen
Bush
and daughter Mary Francis, city, Bruce Bolden, Prestonsburge, Loue
Nance,
Roseland, Ky., Viola Smith, Ashland and Mr. And Mrs. Kermit
Heartsock.
Miller Yard, Va. Paintsville Herald Thursday December 23, 1943
STURGILL,
N.R.
Sr.
1943
AGED COUNTY MAN
DIES THURSDAY
N. R. Sturgill,
Sr., Buried Sunday The body of N. R. Sturgill, Sr., 69, who died last
Thursday,
was laid to rest in the family cemetery at Boons Camp on Sunday
morning,
the Revs. Preston, Leonard Walters, John Butcher and Winfrey Meek
officiating.
Services were held at the church at Three Forks of Greasy. Burial
was made by the undertaking department of the Paintsville Furniture
Company.
A farmer and timberman, Mr. Sturgill had been a lifelong resident of
Boons
Camp. He was a member of the United Baptist Church.
Surviving
are his widow, Elizabeth Mollette Sturgill, children, Bill, W. Va.,
Mrs.
Susie Necessary, Boons Camp, Mrs. Stella Mills and Mrs. Beulah Mils,
Tomahawk,
N. R. Jr., Frank and Bert of Boons Camp, one brother, Sam Sturgill,
Barnetts
Creek, and a sister, Roxie Mahan, city. Paintsville Herald Thursday
12/16/1943
THOMPSON,
Lola
1943
LOLA THOMPSON
Death came to
Lola Thompson, 33 years old mother of Volga, on December 11,
1943.
Her death was caused by tuberculosis. Surviving are her husband,
James Thompson, and four children. Burial was held Tuesday
afternoon at her old home in Sitka. Paintsville Herald Thursday
12-16-1943
VAN
HOOSE, B.B.
1943
Sudden Death
Comes To Prominent County Man
B. B. Van Hoose,
60, livestock dealer and manager of the Paintsville Live Stock Marker,
died after an illness of an hour at his home near Nippa, Thursday
morning
about 4 o’clock. Mr. Van Hoose was in town late Wednesday and was
feeling
as well as usual and had planned on attending the funeral of his
brother-in-law
Bryan Boyd, on Thursday afternoon. He is survived by his wife,
Grace,
and three children, Sterling of Stambaugh James of Nippa and Mrs. Eddie
Burchett of Stambaugh. Funeral services were held at the Freewill
Baptist
Church at the Mouth of Rush, Sunday 1 o’clock with Revs. Scott Daniel
and
Millard Van Hoose in charge it was said by several present that it was
the largest number of people ever assembled at this church on any
occasion.
Burial followed in the family cemetery near his home under the
direction
of the Jones Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Thursday 9 Dec 1943
VIRES,
Russell
1943-1943
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
December 16,
1943
RUSSELL VIRES
Russell Vires,
three years old, son of Mr. And Mrs. John Vires Odds, passed away
Friday,
at the Paintsville Hospital. Death was attributed to Croup. The child
was
buried on Tuesday in the home cemetery at Odds.
WARD,
Elzie
1943
BOONS CAMP CITIZEN
DIES
Elzie Ward, 85
year old citizen of Boons Camp, died suddenly December 16 1943.
He
was buried the following day at the home cemetery. Surviving are
his wife and four children, Elzie Jr., Mrs. Martha Hall, Mrs. Trinie
Steel,
and Mrs May Hall. Burial was made by the Preston Funeral Home.
Paintsville
Herald Thursday 12-23-1943
WATKINS,
Reece
1943
RITES HELD FOR
WATKINS
Defense Worker
Buried Saturday
Last rites were
held Saturday, December 18, 1943, for Reece Watkins, 38 year old,
defense
worker who died on Wednesday, December 15, 1943, after a short
illness.
The son of the late Sam Watkins, Van Lear, the deceased was employed at
Jeffersonville, Ind., as a welder in the boatyards at the time of his
death.
The body was brought to the Jones Funeral Home and later taken to the
home
of a brother-in-law, Alex Farmer at Van Lear. Services were held
at the Hager Hill church, Rev. Bowling, of Oak Hill, Ohio, and Rev.
Scott
Castle, having charge. Burial was made at the family cemetery near
Leander
were impressive services were held by the Masonic Order from Van Lear,
of which order Mr. Watkins was a member. Surviving are his wife, the
former
Nora Martin, a daughter and a son. Paintsville Herald Thursday
12-23-1943
WELLS,
Abbie G.
(Richmond)
1903-1943
Obituary
Abbie G. Richmond
Wells was born on April 24, 1903. She was the oldest daughter of
Elijah b. Richmond and Zora Webb Richmond. On Oct. 21st 1926, she was
united
in marriage to Hobart Wells and to this union were born Charles Kermit,
Illenia Grace and Jack Richmond. Her husband and three children
survive.
Her father, Elijah Richmond and her three sisters, Mrs. Charlie Newsom,
Mrs. John Brickley and Miss Fanny Richmond, also her three brothers,
Otis,
John D and Elijah B., Junior. survive. Her mother departed this life
January
7, 1927. She leaves a host of friends and relatives to mourn her
passing.
She was converted and declared her faith in Christ about four years ago
and since that time has lived a true consecrated life in her savior.
She
passed from this life on December 17, 1943 at the age of 39 years, 7
months
and 13 days. To one whose sun of life has reached its zenith and then
has
settled down behind the western horizon, death comes not so much as a
heartless
robber, but as a merciful agency to release the care worn traveler from
this weary journey and usher them into the presence of their heavenly
master,
but to one who was yet in the prime of life, whose life’s sun had not
reached
its zenith, death comes more as a heartless robber, but all children of
God must answer to that call when it comes and bow in humble submission
to His divine will. Until that time when we shall meet her again though
it greatly grieves our heart, we must take our leave and in our sadness
say farewell. Paintsville Herald Thursday 1-6-1944
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