APRIL - 1965
BLAIR,
Cora (Adams)
1889-1965
Cora Blair, 75, died at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, in a local
hospital after a two week illness. She had been a resident of
West Van Lear for the past 40 years. She was born in Johnson County
August 11, 1889, a daughter of the late Tom and Maude Spears Adams.
Mrs. Blair was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. Surviving
are her husband, Lincoln Blair, a son J.D. Blair of Pikeville one
grandson, Jollie Douglas Blair of Pikeville, and the following brothers
and sisters: Bennie Adams, East Point: Mrs. Pearlie Stacy, Hyden,
Ky., Mrs. Runa Burton, Narrows, W. VA., Mrs. Lucy Conley, Kingsport,
Tenn. and one half brother, Arthur Adams of Louisa. Funeral services
were held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 10, in the chapel of
Jones-Preston Funeral Home by the Rev. Scott Castle. Music was by
the Paintsville Quartette. Interment was in the Highland Memorial Park
in Staffordsville. PAINTSVILLE
HERALD WEDNESDAY APRIL 14 1965
BOWENS, Massie V. (Foley)
1878-1965
Funeral services for Massie V. Bowens, 87 were held at 1:00 p.m.
Saturday at Little Friendship United Baptist Church by Earl Muncy and
Nim Sturgill. A resident of Boons Camp she died April 1 in the
Paintsville Clinic after an illness of one year. She was born December
12, 1878 in Cincinnati, Ohio a daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Lite
Foley. She was a member of the United Baptist Church. Her husband,
George Bowens, died September 5, 1961. Surviving are two sons, Jess
Bowens, Matewan W. Va. John Booth, Ashland and a step- son John Bowens,
Ashland. Four daughters, Dixie Hall, Wabash Ind., Grace Bowens and
Cynthia Ward both of Boons Camp, Massie Ward, Columbus, Ohio, 18
grandchildren, 27 greatgrandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Burial was in the Wells. Paintsville
Herald Wednesday 4-7-1965
BUTCHER, Garfield
1877-1965
Garfield Butcher, 87, prominent Williamsport man, died at 1:30 a.m.,
Saturday, April 3, in a local hospital after a brief illness. He was a
son of the late Marcus and Jemima Meeks Butcher, and was born in
Johnson County on May 4, 1877. He was a retired miner. Surviving is one
son, Angus Butcher, Williamsport, one daughter, Mrs. Garnet Williams,
Wayland, 13 grandchildren, and 25 great grandchildren, also two
brothers, Jim Butcher, Williamsport, Son Butcher, White House and a
sister, Mrs. Bertha Grindstaf, Bluefield, W.Va. Funeral services were
held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, at Boons Camp Freewill Baptist
Church by Don Fraley and Bruce Daniel. Burial was in the Butcher family
cemetery at Williamsport. PAINTSVILLE
HERALD WEDNESDAY APRIL 07 1965
CASTLE, Proctor
1884-1965
Proctor Castle, 80, Well known Johnson County man, died Monday morning
in a local hospital following an extended illness. He was a
retired miner and a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. A
resident of Paintsville, he had lived many years at Thealka. He
was born October 15, 1884, a son of the late jake and Lydia Wiley
Castle. Surviving is his wife, Prudence Music Castle, two sons,
the Reverned Irvin Castle, and Johnnie Castle of Paintsville, two
daughters, Mrs. Mable Johnson, Wayland, Ky., and Mrs. Mildred Meek,
Paintsville, also three step-sons and two step- daughters James E.
Music, Springfield, Ohio, Bobby Joe Music, Cleveland, Ohio, B.J. Music,
Paintsville, Mrs. Helen Lyon, Taplin, W. Va. and Mrs. Jane Wallen,
Hamlet, Ind. His first wife, Paulina Sparks Castle, died January
19, 1942. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at the
Thealka Freewill Baptist Church by Rev. Bill Davidson. Burial
will be in the Thealka Cemetery. PAINTSVILLE
HERALD WEDNESDAY APRIL 28-1965
CHILDERS, Nannie (Mollette)
1893-1965
Nannie Childers 71, died at 11:48 a.m. Tuesday, April 6 in a local
hospital following a brief illness. A native of Martin County, she was
born Dec. 12, 1893, a daughter of the late Epp and Rebecca Daniel
Mollette. She had been a resident of Thelma for many years, and was
affiliated with Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband,
Thomas Childers Sr., two sons, Leonard and Martin Childers of Thelma,
and eight daughters, Mrs. Exer Blessing and Mrs. Pricie Brooks of
Marion, Ohio; Mrs. Herster Hall, Van Lear; Mrs. Emma Blanton,
Paintsville; Mrs. Essie Johnson, Wheelwright; Mrs. Ruth Wright, Thelma;
Mrs. Faye Rowland, White House; and Mrs. Angus Butcher, Albion, Mich.
Other survivors are one brother, Levi Mollette, Thacker, W. Va., two
sisters, Mrs. Emma Chapman, Chapmansville, W. Va., and Mrs. Lina
Miller, Charley, Ky. Funeral services were held at the Thelma School at
1:00 p.m. Friday by Fred Rowland. Burial was in the family cemetery at
Thelma. PAINTSVILLE HERALD
WEDNEDSDAY APR. 14, 1965
FAIRCHILDS, Warnie
1900-1965
Warnie Fairchilds, 65, well-known Johnson County man, died at his home
at Rockhouse, near Staffordsville, on April 12 after a brief
illness. He was born April 21, 1900, in Johnson County and had
been a resident of the Staffordsville area his entire life. He is
survived by five grandchildren. His wife, Rosie Blair Fairchilds,
preceded him in death. Also surviving are three brothers, Jess
Fairchilds, Barnetts Creek; James and Roy Fairchilds, Staffordsville,
and three sisters, Mrs. Lisa Chaffin, Barnetts Creek, and Mrs. Herman
Ratliff and Mrs. Virgil Fairchilds, both of Staffordsville. Funeral
services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday at Rockhouse Freewill
Baptist Church by Rev. Harry Bruce Daniels. Interment will be made in
the Fairchilds Cemetery at Staffordsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD
WEDNESDAY APR. 14,
1965
HUGHES, Nelson
1879-1965
Rev. Nelson Hughes, 88, Louisa, Ky., died Thursday, April 15 in a
Louisa hospital. A son of the late Jordan and Janie Huff Hughes, he was
born March 14, 1879 in Knott County. A retired
merchant......United Baptist Church minister since 1904. His first
wife, Rebecca Dillion Hughes preceded him in death in May, 1955.
Survivors include his last wife, Mrs. Pearl Stewart Hughes, two
daughters, Mrs. Janie McClafferty, Paintsville, and Mrs. Ira Goble of
Chattorey, W. Va.; seven sons, Edward Hughes, Taylor, Mich., Millard
and Willard Hughes of Marion, Ohio; Willie Hughes, Ashland; Lewis
Hughes, Almo, Ohio; Henry Hughes, Louisa, and Luther Hughes, Columbus,
Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Rebecca Murphy, Columbus, Ohio; one brother, J.
H. Hughes, Glen Hays, 54 grandchildren and 95 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday, April 18, at 10:30 a.m., in the
Mount Olive Church, Clifford, Ky., with the Revs. Serman McGown, Paul
Nelson and Sammy Herald officiating. PAINTSVILLE HERALD
WEDNESDAY APR. 28,
1965
JONES, Nathaniel
1890-1965
Nathaniel Jones, 75, a resident of Sitka, died on the morning of April
2 in a local hospital after an illness of six months. He was born
in Johnson County on August 11, 1890, a son of the late L. R. and Nancy
Salyers Jones. A former Johnson County school teacher, he was a member
of the Methodist Church. His wife, Lucinda Jones, died Nov. 23, 1959.
Surviving are three sons, Earl and Elhanan Jones, both of Sitka;
Charles Willis Jones, Milford Center, Ohio; five daughters, Mrs. Mary
Gilliam, Columbus, Ind.; Mrs. May Blevins, Hillsboro, Ohio; Mrs.
Jeanette O’Bryan, Marysville, Ohio; Mrs. Grace Stambaugh, Irwin, Ohio;
and Mrs. June Craft, Columbus, Ohio. Other survivors include 41
grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at
10:00 a.m., April 5, at the residence by Rev. Harry Bruce Daniel.
Burial was in the family cemetery at Sitka. PAINTSVILLE HERALD
WEDNESDAY APR. 7,
1965
STAFFORD, Charley
1893-1965
Charley Stafford, one of the County’s best known citizens died suddenly
at his home at Oil Springs, Kentucky, on April 12, 1965. He was
born October 29, 1893. He is a son of the late T. R. and Sarah
(Litteral) Stafford of Oil Springs. Charley was a soldier in World War
One and after this return from service he was married to Edith
Connolley, daughter of the late Dr. Walter Connolley. He leaves
surviving to mourn his going his widow, Edith Stafford, one son,
Charles Marion Stafford of Wilmington, Ohio, one daughter, Mary Madyln
Stafford Vanhoose of Oil Springs, Kentucky, and a host of relatives and
friends. After his marriage he was a merchant and postmaster at Oil
Springs, for approximately thirty (30) years and retired only a short
time ago. Mr. Stafford had been an active member of the Oil Springs
Methodist Church for the past sixteen years and at the time of his
death was a member of the Official Board. He was very fond of his
children and their families and was always anxious of their welfare.
Death is universal but becomes real when it enters our homes. It
is man’s most ancient, remorseless, and relentless foe. Death is
the final exit through which all men of all ages, classes and
nationalities must pass on common terms to that “undiscovered Country
from whose bourne no traveler returns.” Death reduces all life to
the least common denominator and knocks alike at the door of every
hovel and palace in the land. It is the only penalty commensurate
with the crime of crimes that betrayed man in an unguarded hour, but
what man lost through teachery and disobedience in the Garden of Eden,
he regained through loyalty and obedience in the Garden of Gethsemane.
We need not here try to tell the history and kind deeds of this good
man’s life. It is so long that it would take a volume to tell
it. It is so brief that one sentence may express it all:
“Honor went before him and victory followed after.” Dead, yet he
speaks through the life he lived. May we add in this meager
outline of this good man’s life, he was a man of men, a friend that was
generous; kindly and tolerant; tolerant; that he was always keenly
responsive to the claims of humanity and the bonds of brotherhood which
united him to this fellowman; that he was a considerate neighbor; an
honest and manly man. We have reason to know that he cherished an
abiding trust in the infinite compassion of the Judge of all the Earth
and entertained no doubt that the divine benevolence would temper his
existence in a higher and better world in like manner as that Benign
Power had gloriously ordered his footsteps during his sojourn here. The
vacancy his death has caused in our ranks cannot soon be filled but
there is consolation, both for us and his relatives that we may
henceforth cherish his memory. Paintsville
Herald Wednesday April 28, 1965
STAMBAUGH, Farrett
1891-1965
Farrett Stambaugh, 74, died Monday morning in a local hospital
following a six weeks illness. He was born in Johnson County, January
29, 1891, a son of the late Sam and Lou Stapleton Stambaugh. He was a
resident of Stambaugh and a retired miner. Surviving are his
wife, Malta Osborne Stambaugh, one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Osborne,
three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Also surviving are four
sisters; Mrs. Ellen Stambaugh, Mrs. Hassie Burchett, both of Stambaugh,
and Mrs. Pearl Burchett, Dayton Ohio and Mrs. Virgie Davis of Hitchens,
Kentucky. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a. m. Thursday at the
home at Stambaugh by Rev. Scott Castle and Rev. C. C. Hall. Burial will
be in the Stambaugh cemetery at Stambaugh. Paintsville Herald
Wednesday 4-28-1965
WELLS, Richard Gordon Sr.
1885-1965
Richard Grover Wells, Sr., 80, Pikeville died Friday, April 2, in
Pikeville Methodist Hospiatl after an extended illness. He was the
owner of Horne Furniture Company in Pikeville and weas a 32nd degree
Mason. he was a member of Thomas C. Cecil Lodge No. 327, F and Am, El
Hasa Shrine, Ashland ; the Consistory of Covington, Knight Templar No.
4 and Pikeville Chapter No. 3. He was a past high priest and commander
of the Knights Templar in Pikeville. Mr. Wells was born in Johnson
County on January 31, 1885, a son of the late William A. and Mary Hicks
Wells. Survivors include his wife, Vina Arrowood Wells; two sons,
Richard G. Wells, Jr., and Walter R. Wells, both of Pikeville; a
step-aughter, Mrs. Virginia Lee Neil of Silver Springs, Md.; a brother,
John L. Wells of Paintsville; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Walters, of
Shoals, W.Va.; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Private
funeral services were conducted at the Baker Funeral Home, Pikeville on
Sunday, April 4. Burial was in the Johnson Memorial Park, Pikeville. Paintsville
Herald Wednesday
4-7-1965