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JANUARY - 1971

ARNETT, Pearl
1971
A brief illness ended in death for Pearl Arnett, 48, who passed away January 17 in a Paintsville hospital. The former Thealka resident and Koren War veteran was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was born in Clay County to the late John and Martha Arnett. Survivors include his wife, Ruby Arnett; a step daughter in Thealka, Georgia Bush; two brothers from Hazard, Golden and Harlas Arnett; three sisters, Mrs. Virginia Garner and Mrs. Elizabeth Bush of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Betty Banks of Hazard. The Reverands C. C. Hall and Don Fraley held services today, Wednesday, in the Paintsville Funeral Home Chapel, with interment afterward in the family cemetery at Davis Branch. The Paintsville Funeral Home was in charge of all arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20 1971
   
BALDWIN, Lloyd
1971
Lloyd Baldwin, a 62-year-old former miner and Denver resident, passed away in his home on January 26 after suffering an extended illness.  He was born in Johnson County to the late Leck and Minnie Blair Baldwin.  Survivors include his wife, Hattie Blair Baldwin; a daughter in Wabash, Ind., Elizabeth Ann McCarty; a son in Columbus, Ohio, Herbert M. Baldwin, and four sisters, Belvie Baldwin of Denver, Hannah Hichcock, also of Denver, Sudie Young of Lowmansville, and Hermalee Howard of Paintsville.  Prater Blair, Francis Blair, Basil Blair and James Harrison conducted services January 29 in the Cedar Grove United Baptist Church at West Van Lear.  Burial followed in the Horn Cemetery at Barnetts Creek, with the Jones-Preston Funeral Home in charge. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 3 1971
   
BOLIN, H.C.
1971
H. C. Bolin, a retired Oil Springs merchant, passed away January 13 after a long illness.  Born 76 years ago to the late Paralines and Martha Ferguson Bolin, he was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mauda Turner Bolin; a son in Lexington, Herman Bolin; four daughters, Imogene Blair and Pauline Conley of Troy, Ohio, Shirley Cormney of Bowling Green and Janice Preston of Sitka; a brother in Olive Hill, Manuel Bolin, and four sisters, Celina Gilley of Covington, Laura Seaboet of Ashland, and Anna Travis and Mae Turner of Tampa, Fla. Funeral services were conducted by Ellis Hamilton, Charles Stapleton and Aruth {Arthur} Harmon on January 16 in the Pigeon Free Will Baptist Church.  Interment was in the family cemetery at Oil Springs, with the Jones-Preston Funeral Home in charge. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20, 1971
   
BURTON, Glen D.
1971
Glenn D. Burton of Minnie died in a McDowell hospital last Sunday at the age of 57. He was born in Chandlersville to P.A. Burton of Stambaugh and the late Mrs. Flora Davis Burton. He owned Burton Auto Parts and was a member of the John W. Hall Masonic Lodge at Martin. Survivors include his wife, Lizzie Stumbo Burton; a son stationed at Langley AFB in Va., Sgt. Glenn R. Burton; a sister, Miss Clara Burton of Stambaugh, and two grandsons. Services were held Tuesday in the Drift Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member, by the Rev. Milton Skiff. Burial followed in the Stumbo Cemetery at Minnie under the direction of the Hall Brothers Funeral Home of Martin. Paintsville Herald Wednesday January 13th, 1971
   
CANTRELL, Tsugi
1971
Tsugi “Kitty” Cantrell, 37, died January 21 in a Lexington medical center after being ill for several weeks. The former Fuget resident and United Baptist was originally from Japan. She was preceded in death by her father and by her husband, James O. Cantrell, who passed away in 1969. Survivors include two sons in Fuget, Richard and Wayne Cantrell; her mother Kana Tanaka; three brothers and three sisters. Elders Lonza Reed, Arnold Reed and Melvin Wright officiated at services held January 24 in the Cold Springs United Baptist Church at Fuget. The Paintsville Funeral Home arranged for burial in the Patty Flat Cemetery also at Fuget. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, January 27, 1971
    
CASTLE, Ruth (Castle)
1971
Ruth Castle, a lifelong Johnson County resident, died in a local hospital on January 8 1971, at the age of 77. The daughter of the late David and Mary Belle Bayes Castle had suffered a long illness. Survivors include two sons, a daughter, one sister and one brother. Her husband, Luther Castle, preceded her in death in 1962. Services were held January 19 in the First Free Will Baptist Church of Paintsville, with Claude Preston officiating. The Jones-Preston Funeral Home arranged for burial in the Highland Memorial Gardens at Staffordsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD JAN.13 1971
  
FIELDS, Elijah
1971
Elijah Fields, 68 died in a local hospital January 23 after suffering a long illness. The son of the late Elijah and Minnie Barker Fields was a resident of Nippa. Surviving him are a sister, Frona Grim, of Nippa, and a sister from Lowmansville, Bertha Daniels; five nephews and four nieces. J. H. Short and Orville Burchett held services January 26 in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home, which arranged for burial in the family cemetery at Stambaugh. Paintsville Herald Wednesday Jan.27 1971
  
FRALEY, Mary (Johnson)
1971
Mary Fraley, a 93-year-old Louisa Route 4 resident, who had been ill for the past year, died January 24 in a Louisa hospital.  She was born in East Point to the late J.B. and Mahala Jane Litteral Johnson and was married to Joe Fraley, who passed away in 1942. Survivors include a son from Louisa Route 4, James W. Fraley; two brothers, Glen Johnson of Wayne, W.Va., and Leonard Johnson of Wheelersburg, Ohio; 10 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. Services were held January 27, in the Thelma Community Center, with Buell Ferguson and Culley Sparks officiating.  Burial was in the Johnson Cemetery at Thelma, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Mrs. Fraley was a former United Baptist. PH Wed. 2-03-1971
   
HALL, George W.
1971
GEORGE W. HALL 1971 George W. Hall, 74, died in a Prestonsburg hospital on January 14 after suffering an extended illness. The retired miner and Van Lear resident was the son of the late Press and Velnetta Collins Hall. Survivors include his wife, Victoria Hall; a son from Piscataway, N.J., Douglas Hall; one daughter in Kensington, Md., Mrs. Georgie Ganas, and Mrs. Nancy, McCoy, a sister from Delbarton, W.Va. Services were held January 17, in the Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel by Mose Kitchen, with burial afterward in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville. The Jones-Preston Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 1-20-1971
   
JAYNE, Frank
1971
Frank Jayne, 60, of Staffordsville, died Thursday, January 6 at his home following a brief illness.  He was a self-employed pottery dealer.  He was the son of the late Johnnie and Cora Blanton Jayne.  Immediate survivors include his wife, Georgia Litteral Jayne, three sons, Bill Jayne of Portsmouth, OH, Kenneth Jayne and Geral Jayne, both of Dayton, OH, three daughters, Sandra Sparks of Columbus, OH, Carolyn Lyons of Marion, OH, and Marilyn Castle of Dayton, OH, and three sisters, Mrs. Pearlie Blevins, of Paintsville, Mrs. Lillie Blanton, of Jackson, OH and Mrs. angeline caudill of Cable, OH.  Funeral services were conducted at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, January 9 at the Big Mud Lick Church of God by Woodrow Risby and C. C. Hall.  Burial followed in the Jayne Cemetery at Staffordsville under direction of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home.  Paintsville Herald, Paintsville, KY.  January, 1971.
   
KELLY, Joel
1971
Joel Kelly, 86, passed away January 24 in his Keaton home after an extended illness.  The retired farmer was the son of the late Wallace and Susan Bailey Kelly.  His wife, Lillie Margaret Collier Kelly, died in 1939.  Survivors include two sons in Keaton, Edgar and Chester Kelly; a daughter in Louisville, Mrs. Lora Bailey; W.M. Kelly, a brother in Springfield, Ohio; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.  Services were held January 25 in the Preston Funeral Home Chapel, with Tommie Bailey officiating.  Interment was in the Kelly Cemetery at Keaton, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday Jan. 27 1971
   
KELLY, Venna
1971
A long illness ended in death on January 26 for Venna Kelly, 61, who passed away in a Dayton, Ohio, hospital near her home.  She was born in Morgan County to the late Joe Lee and Martha Hill Kelly. Surviving are a son and a grandson in Dayton, Ohio, Norman and Gary Kelly, and two brothers from Flat Gap, Hendricks and Charlie Kelly. Services were held January 28 in the Enterprise Church at Flat Gap, with Robie Ferguson and Harold Salyer officiating.  Interment was in the Holbrook Cemetery at Flat Gap, with the Paintsville Funeral Home in charge.  Fred Hill, Ray Hill, Lonne Hill, Elwood Mullins, Bradford Ison and Arlen Ferguson assisted as pallbearers. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday Feb. 3 1971
  
LANTZ, Madge (Robinson)
1971
Mrs. Madge Robinson Lantz of Portsmouth, Ohio, died January 6 after a long illness.  She was the daughter of the late Rev. Robert Edward and Virginia Badgett Robinson of Johnson County. Surviving are her husband, Mark Lantz; a daughter, Madalyn; two grand- daughters; five great-grand-children; a sister in Prestonsburg, Mrs. Fanny Branham, and a number of nephews and nieces in this area.  Services were conducted January 9 in the Davis Funeral Home, with interment afterward in the family cemetery at West Portsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Spencer of Paintsville were in attendance. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday Jan 20 1971
   
LOVELY, Ora (Hatcher)
1971
An extended illness ended in death on January 11 for Ora Lee Lovely, 70, a retired schoolteacher who had lived in Hager Hill for the past 25 years.  She passed away in a local hospital. Born in Floyd County to the late George Marion and Mary Clarinda Fairchild Hatcher, she was married to Cecil Lovely in 1921.  He survives her. Also surviving is a brother in Frankfort, George Glenn Hatcher, former Secretary of State of Kentucky. Funeral services were held January 13 in the Prestonsburg Community Methodist Church by the Reverends Alton Brown, Orbin Dickerson and Charlie Lemaster.  The Paintsville Funeral Home supervised burial in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY JAN. 13, 1971
   
MEADE, Ellie (Tackett)
1971
Ellie Meade of Paintsville died January 3, 1971, at the Prestonsburg Hospital after an extended illness. Services were held Wednesday morning, January 6, at Pigeon Free Will Baptist Church with Charles Stapleton and Melvin Blanton officiating. Burial followed in the Meade Cemetery at Flat Fork. The daughter of George and Vinneetie Montgomery Tackett she was born in Magoffin County, and was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church.  Her husband, Manuel Meade, preceded her in death. Survivors include four sons, Kernie Meade of Paintsville, Richard and Ernie Meade of Oil Springs, and Roscoe Meade of Barnetts Creek. Four daughters also survive.  They are Mrs. Lonie Meade Lemaster, Frannie Meade and Nettie Owens, all of Oil Springs, and Mrs. Virgie Caudill of Jacksonville, Florida.  Three brothers and a sister, Willard, Farris and Roscoe Tackett and Della Hall, all live at Lucasville, Ohio.  The Jones-Preston Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday Jan. 6 1971
   
OFSOWITZ, Maxine (Meek)
1971
Maxine Ofsowitz, a 65-year-old former Whitehouse resident, died in her Louisville home on January 20.  Her parents were the late Garfield and Lizzie Ward Meek.  Survivors include three daughters, Mary Beth Budd of Washington, D.C., Nancy Henry in Harrisburg, Pa., and Kathleene Martiniz of Louisville, one brother in Lima, Ohio, Eugene Meek, and four grandchildren.  Mrs. Ofsowitz, who was preceded in death by her husband Joseph, was one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Services were held by Clifford Green on January 24 in the chapel of the Preston Funeral Home, with interment afterward in the Meek Cemetery at Whitehouse.  The Preston Funeral Home was in charge of all arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday January 27 1971
   
PENIX, Bessie (Dennison)
1971
Bessie Penix, 73, died January 3 in a Dayton, Ohio, hospital after being ill for 23 days.  Born in Daniels Creek to the late Roswell and Margaret Austin Dennison she had moved to Dayton seven years ago. Her husband, William Allen Penix, preceded her in death on December 11, 1963. Surviving are four sons in Dayton, Edgar, W.A., Virgil Lee and Burns O. Penix and a son from Prestonsburg, James Leonard Penix; three daughters, Mrs. Virgie Shively of Ironton, Ohio, and Mrs. Dimple Penix and Mrs. Bonnie Collins of Dayton; a sister in Ashland, Mrs. Flora Moore; 17 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.  Services were held January 6 in the Meally Church of Christ by J.H. Short, with burial afterward in the Penix Cemetery at Boons Camp. The Preston Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.  Her grandsons served as pall- bearers. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday January 13 1971
  
PRICE, Bessie (Fairchild)
1971
Services were held January 26, 1971 for Bessie Price, 82, who passed away January 24, 1971 in a Paintsville hospital after an extended illness.  Millard VanHoose officated at the funeral, which was held in the Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel. The former Paintsville resident was the daughter of the late William and Serena Castle Fairchild and the wife of George Price, who survives her.  A sister in Nippa, Gracie VanHoose, also survives. Burial was in the VanHoose Cemetery at Nippa, with the Jones- Presston Furneral Home in charge. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 1-17-1971
  
RICE, Mary (Spears)
1971
Mary M. Rice, 87, passed away January 16, 1971 in a Paintsville hospital after being ill for several months.  Born in Floyd County to the late Jefferson and Electa Stone Spears, she was a resident of Van Lear at the time of her death.  Her husbnad, John Rice, died in 1959. Surviving are her two sons, James Rice of Dayton, Ohio, and Harmon Rice of Lansing, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. Beulah Rice in Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. Mildred D. Blanton of Washington Courthouse, Ohio, and 15 grandchildren. Services took place January 18, 1971 in the chapel of the Paintsville Funeral Home, under the directon of the Reverends Bruce Daniel and Melvin Blanton. The Paintsville Funeral Home suipervised burial in the family cemetery at Leander, with Bobby Gene Rice, Robert Coleman, Bill Stambaugh, and W. H. Conley assisting as pallbearers. Paintsville Herald  Wednesday 1-20-1971
   
RICE, Mose
1971
Mose Rice, 85, died suddenly on January 9 in the Staffordsville home of his daughter, Mrs. Orbin Spradlin. The lifetime Staffordsville resident and farmer was the son of the late Clint and Alice Johnson Rice. His wife, Mattie Watkins Rice, preceded him in death over eight years ago. Survivors include a son in Denver, Henry Rice; three daughters, Mrs. Orbin C. Spradlin and Mrs. Leonard Caudill of Staffordsville, and Mrs. George CorreVon from Clear Oaks, Calif.; one brother, Crate Rice of Staf- fordsville; four sisters, Mrs. Grace Preston of Seaman, Ohio, Mrs. Emma Vance of Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Erie Nichlos of Marion, Ohio, and Mrs. Maude Colvin in Dayton, Tenn.; 16 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. The Reverends Willard Wilcox, Paul Daniel and Richard Williams held services January 12 in the Rockhouse Free Will Baptist Church at Staffordsville. Interment was in the family cemetery at Hager Hill, under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 1-13-1971
  
SALYERS, Chester M.
1971
Chester Marvin Salyers, 62, passed away in an Ohio medical center on January 10.  A resident of Springfield, Ohio, at the time of his death, he was the son of the late Charles H. and Sarah Kissinger Salyers.  The former Cascade Corporation worker was affiliated with the West Van Lear Masonic Lodge. Surviving are his wife, Ruth Salyers; a son in Bloomington, Ind., the Rev. William M. Salyers; two sisters, Mrs. Guy (Ida) Kieshner and Mrs. William (Myrtle) Smith; three grandchildren, Sallie Ruth, Cindy Beth and Joey Marie Salyers, and a niece and a nephew, Carolyn and Roger Nipper. Services were held today, Wednesday, at the Northside Baptist Church in Springfield, with the Rev. Orville Griffin officiating. Interment will follow in the West Van Lear Cemetery, under the guidance of the Littleton Funeral Home. The West Van Lear Masonic Lodge performed graveside rites. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY JAN. 13, 1971
  
SPRADLIN, Walter
1971
Funeral services were held January 31 for Walter Spradlin, 91, who died three days earlier in St. Mary's Hospital near Huntington. The Paintsville resident was the retired manager of the hardware department at F. S. VanHoose Lumber Company.  He had been a member of the First Baptist Church for over 50 years, and had served as deacon of the church for many years. Born in Morgan County to the late Squire John M. and Joanna Easterling Spradlin, he was the husband of Emma Daniel Spradlin, who preceded him in death in 1946. Since that time he had made his home in Paintsville with his daughter, Irene Cole. Also surviving, in addition to his daughter, are a niece, Mrs. Marie Sherman Daugherty of Catlettsburg, and two nephews, George McCausland of Pt. Pleasant, W. Va., and Andrew McCausland of Houston Texas.  A sister-in-law, Mrs. Ora Daniel Kinstler, resides in Louisa. The funeral was held in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Charles Milam officiating. Interment was in the Wells Cemetery at Paintsville, under the direction of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home. Escom Chandler, Charlie Newsome, Paul Porter, Luther Safriet, Green Conn and Tom R. King assisted as pallbearers.  Serving as honorary pallbearers were Charlie Walters, Joe Conley, Glenn Powell, Harry Thomas, Raymond King and Robert Gunning. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday February 3 1971
   
VANHOOSE. Nancy (Ward)
1971
A former Johnson County woman, Mrs. Nancy VanHoose, died recently in a Glendale, Calif., hospital near her home. Born 73 years ago to the late John C. and Amanda M. Ward of Offutt, she is survived by her husband, Bert VanHoose. Others surviving include three sons, Ocial VanHoose of Bethany, Okla., J.M. VanHoose in Burbank, Calif., and Warren B. VanHoose of Denver, Col.; six grand children and three great grandchildren; two brothers, John C. Ward of Paintsville and Felix Ward of Williamsport, a sister, Mrs. Charles Plummner Sr. of Paintsville. Burial was in Denver, Col., on January 19. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20, 1971
   
WHITAKER, Hobert
1971
Hobert Whitaker, a 48-year-old Curtice, Ohio resident, passed away suddenly on January 7 in a Walbridge, Ohio hospital.  The former C & O Railroad carman had lived in Ohio for the last 23 years. His parents, the late Henry and Gardie Preston Whitaker, gave birth to him in Whitehouse.  He was married to Maggie Boyle Whitaker on July 28, 1969, in Port Clinton, Ohio.  She survives him. Other survivors include four brothers, Bob and Howard Whitaker of River, and Fred and Charles Whitaker of Dayton, Ohio, as well as two sisters, Mrs. Susan Wiley of River and Mrs. Nora Murray of Whitehouse. Minister D. R. Rowland conducted services January 10 in the River home of Bob Whitaker, and interment followed in the Whitaker Cemetery at River.  The Preston Funeral Home was in charge. Paintsville Herald  Wednesday  January 13, 1971


FEBRUARY - 1971

BEGLEY, Henry
1971
Henry Begley, 59, died February 1 in an area nursing home after suffering a brief illness. The former heavy equipment operator and Free Will Baptist had lived in Thealka for the past 35 years. He was born in Leslie County to the late George and Lilly Begley. Survivors include his wife, Matilda Sherman Begley; a daughter in Paintsville, Lillian Pigg, and twelve brothers and sisters, Waddford Begley and Elizabeth Adkins of Versailles, Ind., Rene Begley of Lexington, Levi Begley from Bedford, Ind., Walter Begley of Indianapolis, Ind., Sam Begley from Ann Arbor, Mich., Scott Begley and Tenna Rice of South Lebanon, Ohio, Orpha Sparks of Louisville, Fay Altimore of Dallas, Texas, Laura Guiles from Col., Ind., and Reva Stewart of Alexandria, Va. Services were held February 4 in the Thealka Free Will Baptist Church, with Don Fraley and Cecil Sherman officiating. The Jones-Preston Funeral Home supervised burial in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1971
    
COLLINS, James A.
1971
James A. Collins and wife, Mrs. Stella Terry Collins were found dead Monday, February 1, in thier home in Gallagher, W. Va., apparently of asphyxiation from a heater.   They were dead a week before thier bodies were discovered. The couple originally came from Rush, Kentucky. Mrs. Collins was a daughter of the late Bert and Ella Terry of Rush, Kentucky. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Bill Pruitt and two sons, James Franklin and Herbert Henry Collins, all of Cleveland; 10 grandchildren and a great grandchild, and two sisters, Mrs. Cline Salyer of Paintsville and Mrs. Paul Justice of Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Collins' survivors include a brother, Paul Collins of West Virginia, and a sister Marie Collins of Ashland. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, February 5 at the Pryor Funeral Home Chapel in East Bank, West Va.  Burial was in the the Montgomery Memorial Park at London, W. Va. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1971
   
COLLINS, John M.
1882-1971
John Collins, 88 of Cashmere, an early day orchardist of the Wenatchee Valley, died Thursday. He was born in Paintsville, Ky., Oct.13, 1882, and he married Mollie Howes in Kentucky August 12,1911.  They moved to the Wenatchee Valley in 1917 and operated an orchard before moving to Cashmere about 25 years ago.  For several years,  Mr. Collins did landscape gardening here. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Surviving are his widow; his sons Charles and John Jr. of Wenatchee; the daughters, Reva Bradbury, Wenatchee, and Betty Wright, San Carlos, California; a brother, Ben in Kentucky; 16 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.  Braun Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements." Wenatchee World, 2/12/1971

 MOLLIE H. COLLINS 1888-1980 w/o JOHN M. COLLINS Mrs. Mollie H. Collins, 92, Wenatchee, a 63 year resident of the Wenatchee Valley, died Monday evening in a local convalescent center.  She was born Mollie Howes on January 23, 1888, at Salyersville, Kentucky.  On August 17, 1911, she married John M. Collins at Ivyton, Ky.  In the spring of 1917, they came to the Wenatchee Valley and together they operated several apple orchards here.  In 1945 they moved to Cashmere for their retirement years .  She was a member of the Cashmere Baptist Church.  Survivors include one son, John Collins, Wenatchee; two daughters, Reva Sturtz, Wenatchee and Betty Wright, Vienna, Virginia; a sister, Ina Mac Blane, Columbus, Ohio; 16 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.  She is preceded in death by her husband, one son, three brothers, four sisters, her parents and a grandson.  Jones and Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. July 10,1980 Memorial services will be conducted  in the Cashmere Baptist Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.  The Rev. James Merlin and the Rev. Otha Holcomb will officiate.  Remembrances in her name are suggested to the Cashmere Baptist Church Memorial Fund.  Internment will be in the Garden Wall at Wenatchee Cemetery."Wenatchee World, July 8, 1980
   
COLLINS, Stella T.
1971
James A. Collins and wife, Mrs. Stella Terry Collins were found dead Monday, February 1, in thier home in Gallagher, W. Va., apparently of asphyxiation from a heater.   They were dead a week before thier bodies were discovered. The couple originally came from Rush, Kentucky. Mrs. Collins was a daughter of the late Bert and Ella Terry of Rush, Kentucky. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Bill Pruitt and two sons, James Franklin and Herbert Henry Collins, all of Cleveland; 10 grandchildren and a great grandchild, and two sisters, Mrs. Cline Salyer of Paintsville and Mrs. Paul Justice of Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Collins' survivors include a brother, Paul Collins of West Virginia, and a sister Marie Collins of Ashland. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, February 5 at the Pryor Funeral Home Chapel in East Bank, West Va.  Burial was in the the Montgomery Memorial Park at London, W. Va. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1971
    
DANIELS, Richard R.
1971
Fifty-one-year-old Richard Russell Daniels, a native Johnson Countian died suddenly Tuesday, February 23 at 1 a.m. in a Columbus, Ohio, hospital.  He was born September 21, 1919, to James A. and Mary Castle Daniels, who survive. Surviving in addition to his parents are six brothers, William T., Garner and Clarence Daniels of London, Ohio, James and Bobby of Marysville, Ohio, and Randall of Mutual, Ohio, and one sister, Mrs. Talmadge Sparks of Xenia, Ohio. Mr. Daniel was a retired employee of the Purex Com- pany of London, Ohio. Rev. C. E. Newman will conduct funeral services tomorrow, Thursday, February 25, at 2:30 p.m. at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel in London. Burial will follow at the Plumwood Cemetery with the Rader Funeral Home handling the arrangements. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 2-24-1971
    
DICKENS, Kathleen (Bailey)
1971
Kathleen Dickens, 48, died suddenly on February 7 in her Flat Gap home. She was born in Red Bush to Molly Wright Bailey and the late Estill Bailey, and was the wife of Arthur Dickens, who survives her. Other survivors include a son, Michael Dickens; three brothers, the Rev. Willard Bailey of Red Bush, Deward Bailey from Grayson, and Hershel Bailey of Louisville; three sisters, Mrs. Taxie Ross of Flat Gap, Mrs. Wilma Jean Crawhorn of Georgetown, Indiana, and Mrs. Golda Kelly from Ashland. Services were held February 9 in the Paintsville Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Cula Kelly serving as minister.  Interment followed in the family cemetery at Red Bush, under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday February 10, 1971
    
DITTY, Sarah Ellen (Castle)
1971
Sara Ellen Ditty, 52, passed away suddenly in February 10 in a Williamson, W. Va., hospital. She was born in Whitehouse to Gertrude Castle [Gertrude Bowling Simpson] and the late Marion Castle [Charley Simpson] and lived in Red Jacket, W. Va., at the time of her death. Survivors include her husband, Cecil Ditty of Red Jacket; her mother, who lives in Paintsville; two sons, Eddie Lee Ditty of Middletown, Ohio, and Dennie Ray Ditty, serving with the U.S. Marines in South Carolina; three daughters, Miss Robyn Ditty at home, Mrs. Janet Ferguson of Waverly, Ohio, and Mrs. Carolina Sue Sinclair from Columbus, Ohio. Also surviving are two grandchildren; seven brothers, Fred Castle, Walter Castle of Canton, Ohio, Clifford Castle in Columbus, Ohio, Johnnie Castle of Washington, Mason, Dennis and Marion Castle, Jr., of Indiana, and three sisters, Alice Castle in Connecticut, Mrs. Gertrude Preston of Paintsville and Mrs. Dixie Blevins of Offutt. [Also surviving are three brothers Walter Simpson of Canton, Ohio, Clifford Simpson of Columbus, Ohio, and Charley Simpson; one sister Mrs. Dixie Blevins of Offutt; five step- brothers, Fred Castle of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Mason Castle of Kokomo, Ind., Dennis and Marion Castle, Jr., of Wabash, Ind., and John E. Castle of Puyallup, Washington; two step sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Preston of Paintsville and Mrs. Alice Waterman of Poland Maine.] Wayne Damron held services February 13 in the Chambers Funeral Home at Matewan, W. Va., with burial afterward in the Highland Memorial Gardens [Park] near Paintsville [at Staffordsville]. Wednesday  February 17, 1971 The Paintsville Herald ENCASED: [  ]: Additions added to this published obit
   
GILLIAM, Sarah (Lemaster)
1971
Services will be held tomorrow, Thursday, in the Paintsville Funeral Home Chapel for Sarah Ellen Gilliam, 65, who died in a Prestonsburg Hospital February 1.  Mrs. Gilliam lived in Columbus, Ohio, for the past 14 years. Born in Morgan County to the late Stephen and Mary Jane Bayes Lemaster, she is survived by her husband, columbus Gilliam. Other survivors include six sons from Columbus, Walter, Leslie, Bruce, Odell, Randall and Phillip Gilliam; four daughters, Mrs. Dorcie Webb of Sylvania, Ohio, Mrs. Delsie Johnson from Salyersville, Mrs. Ollie Schomer of Wescovins, Calif., and Vivian Kirk of Columbus. Also surviving are a brother in Volga, Everett Lemaster, and three sisters, Mrs. Hester Trimble and Mrs. Fannie Blanton of Dwale, and Mrs. Alice Williams from Barnetts Creek. The Reverends James Pentecost and Howard Lamb will officiate at the services, and the Paintsville Funeral Home will supervise burial afterward in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday February 3 1971
    
GOLDEN, Edgel
1971
Services were held February 13 in the Thealka Free Will Baptist Church for Edgel Golden, 55, who died four days earlier in a Paintsville hospital.  The lifetime Thealka resident was born in Offutt to the late G.W, and Anna Blevins Golden. Survivors include his wife Norma Harris Golden; four sons, George, Frank and Hedgel Golden of Thealka and Jerry Golden in Vietnam; three daughters from Thealka, Audryanna Ratliff, Virginia and Georgenne Golden; a sister, Mrs. Georgia Nelson of Thealka, and four grandchildren.  He had suffered an extended illness prior to his death.  The Rev. Don Fraley officiated at the funeral, with the Preston Funeral Home arranging for burial afterward in the Golden Cemetery at Thealka. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday February 17 1971
   
HARMON, Bill Jr.
1971
Services were held today, Wednesday, in the First Methodist Church for Bill Harmon, Jr., 58, who died February 6 in a Huntington, W. Va., Veteran's Hospital. The Rev. J.H. Burton officiated at the funeral, with the Jones- Preston Funeral Home arranging for interment afterward in the Richmond Cemetery at Paintsville. The former Paintsville resident was born in Floyd County to the late William and Lucy Garrett Harmon. His wife, Daisy Fannin Harmon, survives him.  Other survivors include a son; William Harmon III; two brothers from Paintsville, Arthur and Fred Harmon; a sister, Southie McKenzie of Paintsville, and a hlaf-brother in Tampa, Fla., Carl Harmon. PH Wed. 2-10-1971
   
JAYNES, Vonnie (Conley)
1971
Sixty-year-old Vonnie May Jaynes of Route 23, Paintsville, died February 13 in a Paintsville hospital after being ill for several months. The native Johnson Countian was the daughter of the late George and Virgie Fannin Conley. Survivors include six sons, Howard Jaynes of Wittensville, Eulas and Charlie Jaynes Jr. of Paintsville, Clarence and David Jaynes, serving with the USAF in Germany and Louisiana respectively, and Danny Jaynes from Barnetts Creek; three daughters, Ywan Skaggs and Minnie Baldridge of Paintsville and Avonell Hampton of Wittensville, and 25 grandchildren. Services were held February 15 in the Paintsville Funeral Home Chapel, with Homer Evans and J. T. Bailey officiating. Interment followed in the Fannin Cemetery at Crockett, with the Paintsville Funeral Home in charge. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 17, February 1971
    
LEMASTER, James W.
1971
James Warden LeMaster, 53, of New Carlisle, Ohio, died February 15 in an Air Force base hospital.  The retired navy Chief Petty Officer was born in Manila to the late Clark and Dora LeMaster. He was a World War II veteran who worked as an electronics technician at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.  LeMaster belonged to VFW Post No. 9966, New Carlisle, and F&AM Lodge 676 of Hazard. Survivors include his wife, Exer; one son serving with the USAF, James W. LeMaster, Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Michael (Patricia Ann) Kelly of New Carlisle; two grandchildren, and two brothers, Vaughn LeMaster of Michigan and H. S. LeMaster in Cincinnati, Ohio. Services were held February 19 at the Frostel-Chapman Funeral Home in New Carlisle, with the Rev. Norman Eiler officiating.  Interment followed in the New Carlisle Cemetery. New Carlisle Lodge No. 100 conducted ritualistic rites at 7 p.m. last Thursday. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY FEB. 28, 1971
   
MARTIN, Carl
1971
Seventy-six-year-old Carl Vaughn Martin died suddenly on February 18 in a Paintsville hospital.  The former Paintsville resident and member of the First United Methodist Church was born in Johnson County to the late William H. and Elizabeth Allen Vaughn Martin. Survivors include his wife, Irene Carter Martin; three sons, William C. Martin of Paintsville, Carl H. Martin of Allen, and Jack Martin of Sacramento, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Gullett of Winchester, and Mrs. Josephine Fugate in Jacksonville, N.C.; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services were held February 21 in the First United Methodist Church, with J. H. Burton officiating.  The Jones-Preston Funeral Home took charge of burial afterward in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville. Pallbearers were John M. Trimble, Jim T. Newman, Bill Bailey, O. T. Dorton, Mark Maggard, Charles T. Melvin, and Johnnie Spears. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY FEB. 24, 1971
   
MCCLOUD, Neva (Castle)
1971
An extended illness ended in death in a Paintsville hospital for Neva Lee McCloud, 59, who passed away February 8. The former Collista resident and Free Will Baptist was born in Johnson County to Lousina Ward Castle and the late Dow Castle. Services were conducted February 10 by Charlie Lemaster, Richard Williams and Claude Preston in the Collista Free Will Baptist Church. The Jones-Preston Funeral Home was in charge of burial at the Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville. Surviving her are her husband, Hershel McCloud; two sons, James H. McCloud of Thealka, and Capt. Perry A. McCloud of Newport News, Va.; a daughter in Williamsport, Mildred Lan Fitchpatrick; three brothers, Everett Castle of Lowmansville, Hobert Castle in Van, Va., and Ermil Castle of Charleston, S.C.; three sisters, Sylvia Stagg of Fairborn, Ohio, Dorothy Hunt of Warren, Mich., and Fannin Pruitt from Tutor Key. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1971
   
MUSIC, Mary (Waller)
1971
Lifetime Boons Camp resident Mary Ellen Music, 86, passed away in her home on February 24 after a long illness.  She was born in Johnson County to the late Jim and Sarah Ann Roberts Waller. Bill Tackett, Odis Bowling and Jimmie Daniels held services February 27 in the Boons Camp Free Will Baptist Church, of which she was a member. Interment followed in the Music Cemetery nearby, with the Jones- Preston Funeral Home in charge. Immediate survivors include a son in Boons Camp, Elijah McCloud; two step sons, Newt Music of Van Lear, and Shade Ramey of Wabash, Ind.; two daughters, Eliza Mullins and Vernie Mollet of Boons Camp; one step daughter, Martha Ramey in Van Lear; one brother in Meally, Willie Waller; 19 grandchildren and 15 great- grandchildren. Paintsville Herald Wednesday March 3, 1971
   
NELSON, Rose
1971
Rose M. Nelson, a former Paintsville resident and member of the Free Will Baptist Church, died February 17 in the Maryvale Hospital after being ill for two weeks, she was 70.  Services were held three days later in Grimshaw's Bethany Chapel for the six-year resident of Phoenix, Arizona.  Burial followed in the Resthaven Cemetery.  Survivors include her husband, Edward Otto; a son, Charles, and a grandson, Rickey, in Downey, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Lou Burton and Mrs. Betty N. Austin; a grandaughter, Mrs. Sandra Gabel, and one grandson, James all of Phoenix. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday March 10 1971
  
PATRICK, Duke
1971
Duke Patrick, a former Tutor Key resident and member of the Free Will Baptist Church, passed away in a Paintsville hospital on February 9.  He was born in Johnson County, 76 years ago to the late Johnson and Polly Adams Patrick.  Immediate survivors include his wife, Gypsie Preston Patrick; two sons, Howard Patrick of Morehead and Richard Patrick in Ashland; a daughter in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Robert Armstrong; one brother, Bradley Patrick of Nippa; four sisters, Malissa Picklesimer of Nippa, Mary Jane Stapleton from Stambaugh, Sarah Thompson of Ohio and Loula VanHoose of Paintsville.  The Reverends Claude Preston and Charles Stapleton held services February 11 in the United Baptist Church at Tutor Key.  Burial was in the family cemetery, also at Tutor Key, under the guidance of the Paintsville Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday February 17 1971
   
PRESTON, Donna J (Dectrick)
1971
Donna Jean Preston, a 38-year-old Williamsport resident, died in her home on February 8 after a long illness.  Born in Sidney, Ohio, to Glenn and Corinore Moris Dectrick, she was married to James Preston.  Survivors, in addition to her parents and her husband, include three brothers, Robert Dectrick of Jackson Center, Ohio, William Dectrick of Kingston, Ohio, and Gerald Dectrick in Wapakoneta, Ohio, and a sister, Mrs. Janet Cowart of Jackson, Ohio. Services were held February 12 by Nim Sturgill and Earl Muncy in the Old Friendship United Baptist Church at Williamsport.  Burial followed in the Meek Cemetery at Williamsport, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday February 17 1971
  
PRUITT, Josie
1971
The Rev. Don Fraley held services February 11, 1971 in the Boons Camp Free Will Baptist Church for Josie Pruitt, 75, who Died February 8, 1971 in Dayton, Ohio.  Mrs. Pruitt had lived in West Carrollton, Ohio, for the last 20 years. She was born in Boons Camp to the late John and Hallie Mollett Penix and was married to the late Jack Pruitt. Survivors include two sons in Dayton, Ohio, John and Jack Pruitt Jr.; two daughters, Mrs. Beechie Broadus of West Carrollton and Mrs. Ann Seeley in Manisburg, Ohio; four sisters, Mrs. Effie Crum of Boons Camp, Mrs. Nola Cline of Chattersburg, W. Va., and Mrs. Jessie Cline and Mrs. Carmon Hall of Columbus, Ohio; 16 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Interment was in the Pruitt Cemetery at Boons Camp, with the Preston Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 2-17-1971
   
REED, Helen (Brown)
1971
Mrs. Helen Allen Reed, who lived on Woodland Court in Paintsville, passed away in a local hospital on February 20, 1971. She was born 75 years ago in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., to the late Thomas and India Brown. The Free Will Baptist was preceded in death by both of her husbands, B. L. Allen and Henry Reed. Immediate survivors include five stepsons, Bert and Buddy Allen of Martin, Oscar Reed of Paintsville, and Arbie and Landon Reed in Knox, Ind.; a daughter in Dana Point, Calif., Mrs. Eva I. Martin; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Agnus Kirk of Wichita,Kan., Mrs. Erma Rogers in Muncy, Ind., Mrs. Ada Conn of Salt Lick, and Mrs. Audrey Wells of Tutor Key; one granddaughter and one great granddaughter. The Rev. Claude Preston held services February 22, 1971 in the chapel of the Paintsville Funeral Home, which supervised burial afterward in the Mayo Memorial Cemetery at Paintsville. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 2-24-1971
   
RICHMOND, Elijah
1971
Elijah B. (Fiddler) Rich- mond Jr., 65, died of a heart attack in his Kettering, Ohio, home on February 2. He was born at Johns Creek to the late Zora Webb Richmond and Elijah B. Rich- mond. Surviving are a brother in Winter Park, Fla., John D. Richmond; three sisters, Edna Jane Newsome of Paintsville, Julia Pheba Brickley in Van Lear and Fannie Lee Doergelsh of New Haven, Ind. Funeral services were held for the former Church of Christ member in the Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel with J. H. Short officiating.  The Jones- Preston Funeral Home supervised burial in the Rich- mond Cemetery at Johns Creek. Ellis Delong, Bennie Delong, Gary Young, George Newsom, Paul Richmond, and Harold Gene Richmond assisted as pallbearers. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, 2-17-1971
   
SHEPHERD, Robert L
1971
Robert Lee Shepherd, 59, a specialist in horticulture for the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture and a frequent visitor to Paintsville, died last Thursday in Lexington.  Shepherd was stationed at the College's Robinson Substation in Quicksand. He was a native of Goodloe Kentucky, and held a bachelor's degree from Berea College, and a master's degree from the University of Kentucky.  He taught in the Floyd County school system from 1938 until 1950, and also taught at Berea College, from 1955 until he joined the University of Kentucky staff in 1961.  Shepherd was a member of the American Horticulture Society, the American Legion, Kiwanis Club and was a Presbyterian.  Survivors include his widow, Wilmedia; a son Robert L. Shepherd Jr., two daughters, Mrs. Laura Stewart and Mrs. Phylis Warner; two grandchildren, two sisters and four brothers.  The funeral was held Sunday at the Union Church in Berea, with burial in Berea Cemetery. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday February 24 1971
   
SPEARS, John W.
1971
John W. Spears, 59, died February 28 in Lexington after suffering a brief illness. The Van Lear coal operator was born in Johnson County to Lucinda Spears and the late Lewis Spears. He was a member of the Van Lear Lodge 885, F & AM, 131 RAM 48 Knight Templar and the El Hasa Shrine of Ashland. Survivors include his wife, Sally Clifton Spears; a daughter in Lancaster, Pa., Mrs. Billie Spears Massey; one brother in Denver, Marcus Spears; four sisters, Adeline Smith and Nola Mae Stepp of Inez. Jean Fortner of Marysville, Ca., and Garnet Cox of Staffordsville, as well as two grandhildren. Services were held today (Wednesday) by the Rev. Mose Kitchen in the Van Lear Freewill Baptist Church, with graveside rites under the direction of the Van Lear Lodge 885 F & AM. The Jones Preston Funeral Home supervised burial in the Highland Memorial Park in Straffordsville. Paintsville Herald February 3, 1971
  
STAMBAUGH, Edna Joyce
1971
Edna Joyce Stambaugh, the three-month-old daughter of Eugene and Joyce Lee Castle of Paintsville, died February 17 in a local hospital.  Services were held February 20 in the Nippa home of Lincie Castle, with Lewis Blevins officiating.  Burial followed in the Stambaugh Cemetery at Sitka, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home.  Maternal grandparents are Lincie and Edna Castle, and Mrs. Ruth A. Stambaugh is the paternal grandparent. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday February 24 1971
   
STAMBAUGH, Ellen (Stambaugh)
1971
Ellen Stambaugh, who lived in Stambaugh for the last 65 of her 74 years, passed away in a Paintsville hospital on February 6 after being ill for one week.  The former United Baptist was born in Tutor Key to the late Sam and Lou Stapleton Stambaugh.  Survivors include her husband, Ralph Stambaugh; a daughter in Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Rosa McKenzie; two sisters, Mrs. Virgie Davis of Hitchens and Mrs. Pearl Burchett of Dayton, Ohio; one granddaughter and one great granddaughter.  O.I. Williams, Culley Sparks and Arnold Reed held funeral services February 9 in the chapel of the Preston Funeral Home, which supervised burial afterward in the Stambaugh Cemetery at Stambaugh. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday February 10 1971
   
WELLS, Edgar
1971
Edgar Wells, a 56-year-old lifetime Boons Camp resident, died in his home on February 26 after being ill for a year. The son of the late Ed and Nora Ghost Wells was a retired miner and member of the Church of Christ. He is survived by his wife, Rebecca Preston Wells; six sons, Jimmy, Herbert and Edgar Wells, Jr. of Boons Camp, Larry Wells of Warren, Ohio, Zip Wells in Meally, and Gary Michael Wells, serving with the U. S. Army at Fort Campbell; three daughters, Mrs. Jewell Brown of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Christine Hall in Meally, and Mrs. Darlene Blair of Leander. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Preece of Boons Camp and Mrs. Hester Staniford of Dayton, Ohio, and nine grandchildren. Services were held in the home on February 28, with J. H. Short officiating. Burial followed in the Wells Cemetery at Boons Camp, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday March 3, 1971


MARCH - 1971

BAYES, Alkia (Conley)
1971
Alkia Conley Bayes, 69, died in a Gallipolis, Ohio, hospital on March 31 after suffering an extended illness.  The former Johnson Countian was a resident of Catlettsburg for the last 30 years.  She was born in Oil Springs to the late Ballard and Dove Lemaster Bailey and was married to James Moody Bayes, who survives.  Other survivors include two sons, Harold Bayes of Catlettsburg and Alvin Bayes of Ashland; three brothers, Paris and Tom Conley of Riceville and Frank Conley fo Ashland; four sisters, Mrs. Goldie Lemasters of Windham, Ohio, Mrs. May Sparks from Lowmansville, Mrs. Ruie Montgomery of Portsmouth and Mrs. Lucy Patrick of Salyersville. Four grandchildren also survive.  Services were held April 2 in the Pigeon Free Will Baptist Church, with Charles Stapleton and Bruce Daniel officiating. Burial followed in the Bayes Cemetery at Oil Springs, with the Preston Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY APRIL 7 1971
   
BLAIR, Richard E.
1971
Forty-year-old Richard E. Blair of Newport News, Va., passed away on March 18 after a long period of declining health.  He was the son of Mary Alice Estepp Blair and the late Samuel M. Blair. The former welder is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Blair; two sons, Ricky and Gary Blair; a daughter, Peggy Jo Blair; seven brothers, Chalmer, Major and Marvin Blair of Staffordsville; Escom Blair of Dayton, Ohio, Melvin Blair of Lowmansville, Arnold Frank Blair in Sitka, and Ronald Blair of Paintsville, and Mrs. Fred Wheeler, a sister from Staffordsville. Services were held in the Staffordsville Free Will Baptist Church on March 21, with Scott Castle and Charles Stapleton officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, with the Jones-Preston Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY MARCH 24, 1971
   
CANTRELL, Wonnie
1971
Funeral services were held March 20 in the First Free Will Baptist Church of Paintsville for Wonnie Cantrell, 70, who died three days earlier in a local hospital. He was born in Morgan County to the late John and Alice Burchett Cantrell. Jessie Smith, Lonnie Wright and Lee Music officiated at the services, and the Jones- Preston Funeral Home cared for interment afterward in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville. The retired carpenter and former Paintsville resident is survived by three sisters, Esta Barker of Fairborn, Ohio, Lesta Pennington of Flat Gap and Renda Bayes in Columbus, Ohio; three brothers, Jimmy Cantrell of Ophir, Estill Cantrell of Paintsville, and Bill Cantrell in Win. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, March 24, 1971
   
CONLEY, Cordia (Caudill)
1971
Cordia Caudill Conley, a lifetime resident of Oil Springs, died March 18 in her home. She was born 85 years ago to the late Matthie and Millie Lewis Caudill and was married to Harry Conley, who preceded her in death. Immediate survivors include two sons in Oil Springs, Wendell and Wardie Conley; two daughters from Oil Springs, Margie and Martha Conley, 15 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. The Rev. Charles Stapleton held services in the home on March 20, and the Paintsville Funeral Home cared for burial afterward in the Price Cemetery in Oil Springs. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY  MARCH 24, 1971
  
DANIEL, John
1971
Services were held March 13 in the Thealka Free Will Baptist Church for John Daniel, 86, who passed away three days earlier in a Paint- sville hospital.  The retired miner and former Thealka resident had been ill for about three weeks prior to his death. He was born in Thealka to the late George W. and Elizabeth Helton Daniel. Immediate survivors in- clude his wife, Julia Stam- baugh Daniel; five sons, Bert Daniel, Ed Daniel of Tutor Key, John (Jack) Daniel in Paintsville, and Charles Ed- ward and James Virgil Daniel of Thealka; two daughters, Mrs. Maggie Daniel of Tutor Key and Mrs. Irene VanHoose of Nippa; 13 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Virgil Daniel and Claude Preston served as ministers with Daniel's gransons acting as pallbearers. Interment was in the Daniel Cemetery at Tutor Key, and the Preston Funeral Home was in charge of all arrangements. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 3-17-1971
   
DANIEL, Roscoe
1971
Roscoe Daniel, 72, died March 8 1971, in his Lowmansville home after two years of declining health. The retired miner was born in Nippa to the late Scott and Melvina Music Daniel and was married to Bertha Lee Daniel, who survives him. Other survivors include four sons; Dennie and John Daniel of Columbus, Ohio, Winfield Daniel of Elizabethtown, and Roscoe Daniel in Lowmansville; one daughter in Columbus, Mrs. Gracie Marie Daniel; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Ratliff of Barnetts Creek and Mrs. Rilda VanHoose in Tutor Key; 25 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Virgil Salyer held services March 11 in the deceased's home, with burial afterward in the Family Cemetery at Lowmansville. The Preston Funeral Home supervised all arrangements.
  
DANIELS, Fannie (Daniels)
1971
Fannie Daniels, 71, of East Point succumbed to a lengthy illness on Wednesday, March 6, 1971. The daughter of the late Wash and Emma Spradlin Daniels, she was born June 11, 1902 in Floyd County.  Mrs. Daniels was a member of the East Point Church of Christ and had been preceded in death by her husband, Frank Daniels, on September 7, 1970. Surviving are one son, Joe Jack of Hardy, Kentucky;  a brother, John Leek of East Point and a sister, Lottie Stambaugh, also of East Point, two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Reverend Bill Ford officiated at funeral services held Friday, March 8, in the Chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Burial was in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, with arrangements under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.
  
FAIRCHILD, Bennie
1971
A long illness ended in death on March 17, for Bennie Fairchild, 51, of Peoria, Ill. The son of the late Jessie and Elizabeth Fairchild was a World War II veteran and the husband of Mildred Chandler Fairchild, who passed away in 1959. Services were held March 20 by Jerry Ginnan in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home, which arranged for burial afterward in the Hall Cemetery at Paintsville. Surviving are two brothers, Bill Fairchild of Protect City, Calif., and John Fairchild of Corbin; two sisters, Bonnie Hall of Corbin and Betty Jones in Bristol, Tenn. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 24, March 1971
  
FAIRCHILD, Ray
1971
An extended illness ended in death on March 9 1971 for Ray Fairchild, 74, of Lowmansville. The former United Baptist and retired miner was born in Thelma to the late Joe and Atha Preston Fairchild. His wife Mary E. Fairchild, died last year. Elders Charley Hackney and O.I. Williams conducted services March 12 in the Georges Creek United Baptist Church. The Preston Funeral Home arranged for burial in the Slone Cemetery at Turner Barnch, and Fairchild's grandson's served as pallbearers. Surviving are four sons. Ralph and Robert Fairchild of Dayton,Ohio; Ruel Fairchild of Boon's Camp and Ray H. Fairchild  in Spencer, W. Va.; three daughters, Mrs. Ruby Slone of Paintsville, Mrs. Roberta Castle in Columbus,Ohio; and Mrs. Rushia Ann Christian of Centerburg, Ohio. Also surviving are a half-brother, George Fairchild; one brother in Thealka, Lawrence Fairchild; a sister from Pond Vreek, Flora Moore; 33 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
   
HALE, Noval Gay (Salyers)
1971
Noval Gay Hale, 50, of Van Lear, died March 10 1971 in the Pikeville hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of Richard Hale, who survives her, and and the daughter of Roy Salyers and the late Nola Caudill Salyers. Other survivors include her step mother, Rosie Salyers of New Holland, Ohio; two brothers, Willie Salyers of New Holland and Norman Salyers in Jackson, Ohio; a sister  in Grandview, Ohio, Mrs. George Rowe, and a half brother and half sister in New Holland, Etchel  Salyers and Mrs. David Johnson. Services were held March 13 in Van Lear Free Will Baptist Church, with Bill Tackett and Lee Music officiating. Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park al Staffordsville, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD MAR.17 1971
   
HAMILTON, Della (Cox)
1971
Della Hamilton, 77, of Relief passed away in a local hospital on March, 21 after suffering a prolonged illness. She was born in Morgan County to the Allan and Cora Cantrell Cox and was married to Charlie Hamilton, who died in 1958. Services were held March 24 in the Paint Valley Church of Relief, with Homer Evans, Ellis Hamilton, John Pelphrey and Buel Webb officiating. Burial followed in the Lyons Cemetery at Martha, with all arrangements cared for by the Paintsville Funeral Home. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ova Green of Paintsville and Mrs. Kermit Skaggs of Trootwood, Ohio; a brother in Gary, Ind., Clifford Cox; six sisters, Mrs. Renda Pelphrey of Louisa, Mrs. Amanda Smith from Jeptha, Mrs. Grace Cordle of Cordell, Mrs. Melda Pelphrey in West Liberty, and Mrs. Myrtle Williams and Mrs. Maxine Williams of Elamton; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. PH Wed. 3-24-1971
   
HOAGLAND, Donald
1971
Donald E. Hoagland, 44, died recently in a Cleveland, Ohio, hospital after three years of failing health. He was born in Turbotville, Pa., to Paul and Anna Cotner Hoagland. The 22-year employee of International Harvester Co. was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church and Springfield Lodge No. 33, IOOF. Survivors include his wife, the former Mary Louise Pack, a graduate of Meade Memorial High School and the Mayo Vocational School; two sons, James and Douglas; one daughter, Donna; his father; two brothers; five sisters, and a number of nieces and nephews. Services were held by the Rev. James Music in the Eastside Free Will Baptist Church. Burial was in the Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 10 March 1971
   
KENNARD, Alton B.
1971
Alton B. Kennard, 65, died in a Paintsville hospital on March 5, 1971 after suffering an extended illness. The King Addition resident and retired coal operator was born in Morgan County to the late Ben F. and Tellia Brown Kennard. Survivors include his wife, Josephine Miller Kennard; a son in Flatwoods, Robert Kennard; one daughter in Florence, Joan Rudnick, and a sister, Mrs. Orville Nickel of Dayton, Ohio. Funeral services were held March 7, 1971 in the First Baptist Church, of which he was a member, with Charles Milam officiating. Burial followed in the Mayo Cemetery, under the direction of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY MARCH 10 1971
   
MEADE, Milt
1971
Milt Meade a lifetime Nippa resident, passed away March 7 in a local hospital after a three-week illness. The retired miner and former Free Will Baptist was born in Thealka to the late John and Christine Robinson Meade.  His wife, Lena Dale Meade, survives him. Other survivors include two sons in Nippa.  Homer and Marshall Meade; one daughter from Wittensville, Magaline Adkins; a brother, Paris Meade of Nippa; five sisters, Lena and Mary Ward of Nippa, Mable Collins of Willowrun, Mich., Nancy Bowling of Bowling Green and Linda Melvin of Greenup.  Also surviving are several half brothers and half sisters, Sarah Meadows of Thealka, Savannah Burns of Nippa, Grover Meade from Martin County, Mitchell Meade of Paintsville, Jeff Meade from Wurtland, and Marvin Meade of Catlettsburg; 18 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Services were held March 11 in the Mouth of Rush Free Will Baptist Church, with Claude Preston and Bruce Daniel presiding.  Burial followed in the family cemetery at Nippa, under the guidance of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday March 17 1971
   
OPPENHEIMER, Robert Drew Jr.
1971
R. Oppenheimer Robert (sic) D. Oppenheimer, a 15-year employee of the Johnson County Board of Education, died March 15 1971 in a Paintsville hospital after a brief illness. He worked in the Board’s maintenance department as a plumber and an electrician. Oppenheimer, who was 50, lived on Brown Street with his wife, Garnet Kirk Oppenheimer. She survives him, as does a daughter from Paintsville, Mrs. Sandra VanHoose, and three sisters. Mrs. Mary McDaniel and Mrs. Lena Siler, both in Paintsville, and Mrs. Vivian Davis of Hamlin, W. Va. Services will be held in Paintsville’s First Baptist Church on March 18, under the direction of the Rev. Charles Milam.  Interment will follow in the Mayo Cemetery at Paintsville with the Jones-Preston Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Paintsville Herald March 17, 1971
   
ROBINSON, Mary (Goble)
1971
Mary Goble Robinson 74, passed away March 11 1971 In a Paintsville hospital. The former Leander resident, who was born in Barnetts Creek  to the late Leander and Clarenda Rice Blair, was ill for a few days prior to her death. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Rolla Goble and Carl Robinson. Immediate survivors include two brothers, Reece Blair of Hager Hill; and Verlie Blair in Mont Coal, W. Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Dessie Estepp of Hager Hill; and Mrs. Nora Fairchild in Leander; and several nieces and nephews. Byrd Ison and Kale Conner conducted the funeral on March 13 in the Liberty Baptist Church at Denver. The Paintsville  Funeral Home arranged for burial afterward in the Rice Cemetery at Leander. PAINTSVILLE HERALD MAR.17 1971
   
SALYER, Virgil
1971
Virgil E. Salyer, 68, of Van Lear passed away in a local nursing home on March 4 after nearly two years of poor health. He was born in Denver to the late John and Ida Horn Salyer, who survive him.  His first wife, Ella Johnson Salyer, is deceased. Other survivors include a son in Columbus, Ohio, Richard R. Salyer; one stepson, Emery Wells of Memphis, Tenn.; a daughter in Wabash Ind., Mrs. Patsy Ann Conley; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Reva Honeycutt and Mrs. Betty Jo Rice of Paintsville, and Mrs. Anna Ward in Ypsilanti, Mich. Also surviving are two sisters from Paintsville, Mrs. Charley Walters and Mrs. Malta Setser; a brother in Braden, Fla., Elman Salyer, and six step-grandchildren. Lee Music and Charles Stapleton officiated at services held March 7 in the Van Lear Free Will Baptist Church.  Pallbearers were Ray Rice, Hershell Fields, Dick Conley, Elmer Conley, Dean Johnson, and Elmer Lemaster. Burial followed in the Salyer Cemetery at Hager Hill, with the Preston Funeral Home in charge. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY MAR. 10, 1971
   
SAYLOR, Lula (Blair)
1971
Lula Blair Saylor, 79, of Paintsville died March 17 after a long illness.  She was born in Oil Springs to the late Lewis and Elizabeth Salyers Blair and was married to Garfield Saylor, who preceded her in death 30 years ago.  Survivors include five sons, Lewis and Winnie Saylor of Paintsville, Sherman and Ermal Saylor of Sidney, Ohio, and Glenn Saylor of Springfield, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. Cary Pennington of Bradford, Ohio, and Mrs. Lillie Jewel Pennington at Falcon; two brothers from Oil Springs, Homer and Ross Blair; one sister, Mrs. Donia Crace of Oil Springs; 29 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.  Services were held March 20 in the Pentecostal Church of Christ, with Cline Salyers and Raymond Wright officiating.  Burial followed in the Rice Cemetery at Oil Springs, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday March 24 1971
   
SELVAGE, Ollie
1971
Ollie Selvage, 40, of Paintsville passed away in a Lexington medical center on March 18 after a long period of declining health. He was born to George and Lizzie Spencer Selvage and was employed by the railroad.  Immediate survivors include his parents; two sisters, Mrs. Clotene Cantrell of Flat Gap and Mrs. Lorraine Doderer of Columbus, Ohio, and two brothers, Oddie Selvage of Paintsville and Ora Selvage in Trenton, N.J.  Don Fraley and Claude Preston held services March 21 in the Chapel of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home, which supervised interment afterward in the family cemetery at Paintsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday March 24 1971
  
WARD, Asbury
1971
Services were held March 23 in the Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel for Asbury Ward, 74, of West Van Lear. The son of the late General T. and Julia Booth Ward died March 21 in a local hospital after suffering a long illness. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mabel Ward. Immediate survivors include three daughters, Wilma Moore of Galloway, Ohio, Marie Pelphrey in West Jefferson, Ohio and Iris Blair of West Van Lear; a brother from Decata, Va., General Ward, and two sisters from Louisa, Minnie Stacy and Rose Fairchilds. The Rev. W. E. Davis officiated at the funeral and the Jones- Preston Funeral Home took charge of burial afterward in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY MARCH 24, 1971
   
WARD, Ransom
1971
Ransom Ward, a retired railroad worker and former Meally resident, died March 19 in a local hospital after an extended illness. Born in Martin County to the late Manuel and Ida Hinkle Ward, he was the husband of Zora Ward who survives him. Other survivors include a son at Meally, Charles E. Ward, and a son in Charleston, W. Va., Jerry A. (Joe) Ward; one daughter, Madilyn Ward of Cleveland, Ohio; a half brother, Frank Davis; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds of Nichlasville, and seven grandchildren. J. H. Short conducted services on March 21 in the Chapel of the Preston Funeral Home, which supervised burial afterward in the Short Cemetery at Meally. Paintsville Herald Wednesday March 24, 1971
  
WILEY, Alice (Wiley)
1971
An extended illness ended in death on March 3 for Alice Lyon Wiley, 70, a five-year resident of Urbana, Ohio. She was born in Johnson County to the late Scott and Melvina Music Daniels and belonged to the Lowmansville United Baptist Church.  Her first husband, Arthur Lyon, passed away in 1950, and her second husband died in 1966. Services were held March 7 in the Georges Creek United Baptist Church, with Florida Lyons and Ervin Preston officiating.  Interment followed in the family cemetery at Lowmansville, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Immediate survivors include two sons, James Lyon of Urbana and Homer Lyon of Ulysses; two daughters, Mrs. Richard Murry and Mrs. Florida Castle of Urbana; two sisters, Mrs. Harvey Ratliff of Barnetts Creek and Mrs. Richard VanHoose of Tutor Key; a son in Lowmansville, Ross Daniel; 21 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY MAR. 10, 1971


APRIL - 1971
   
BLEVINS, John Jr.
1971
John Blevins, Jr. died suddenly on April 10 in his Paintsville home. The 63-year-old native Johnson Countian was the son of the late John E. and Flora Mae McKenzie Blevins. Survivors include two sons in Columbus, Ohio, Bruce and Norman Blevins; two daughters, Bonita B. Woods of Columbus and Josephine Coffee in Westland, Mich., and two brothers from Paintsville, Russell and Arnold Blevins. Also surviving are seven sisters, Mary Brooks and Sue Lively of Sitka; Gypsie Goble and Florence Baldridge of West Van Lear, June Davis from Catlettsburg, Birdie Blair in Hager Hill, and Mae Maynard of Huntington, W. Va., and 17 grandchildren. Claude Preston officiated at services held April 13 in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home, which cared for interment afterward in the Persimmon Point Cemetery at Staffordsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY APRIL 14, 1971
    
BUTCHER, Glenn
1971
Glenn (Beaner) Butcher, a 64-year-old retired coal operator and Paintsville resident, died April 26, 1971, in a Paintsville hospital. He was born in Williamsport to the late John and Rachael Phelps Butcher and was married to Mae White Conley Butcher, who survives him. Other survivors include two sons, Glen R. Butcher of Tutor Key and Eugene Butcher of Pikeville; a brother in Miamisburg, Ohio, William Butcher; two sisters, Grace Marcum of Williamsport and Maxie Shelly of Chattanooga, Tenn., and six grandchildren. Charles Milam conducted services April 29 in the chapel of the Preston Funeral Home, which arranged for interment afterward in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville. Pallbearers were Harry Thomas Jr., Thomas Hazelett, Brugh, Tom King, Charles Spradlin and Jay Burchett.
   
CAUDILL, Frank
1971
Frank Caudill, 92, passed away April 9 in the Staffordsville home of his son, Leonard Caudill. The retired farmer and former Swamp Branch resident was born in Johnson County to the late William and Mary Scalf Caudill. His wife, Rose Rice Caudill, died in 1962. Immediate survivors include four sons, Roy Caudill of Riceville, Homer Caudill of Pierceton, Ind., Bruce Caudill in Indianapolis Ind., and Leonard Caudill at Staffordsville; four daughters, Mrs. Sherman (Margie) Rice of Swamp Branch, Mrs. Virgil (Martha) Hackworth in Riceville, Mrs. Claude (Gladys) Rice of Troy, Ohio and Mrs. Payne (Mildred) Picklesimer of Dayton, Ohio. Also surviving are a brother in Disco, Ind., A.M. Caudill; two sisters, Mrs. Cynthia Howard of Garrett and Mrs. Lizzie Hackworth in Bonanza; 44 grandchildren and 47 great grandchildren. Services were held April 12 in the Long Fork United Baptist Church at Riceville, with Buell Ferguson, Lonza Reed and O.I. Williams officiating. Burial followed in the family cemetery at Riceville, under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Jerry, Larry, Emery, Delbert and Kenrick Caudill, Charles Picklesimer and Delbert Hackworth. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, April 14, 1971
   
CAUDILL, Lola (Lemaster)
1971
Elders Everett Slone and O. J. Williams held services April 14 in the chapel of the Paintsville Funeral Home for Mrs. Lola Caudill, 77, of Paintsville. Mrs. Caudill died April 11 in a local hospital after a long period of declining health. She was born in Franks Creek to the late Henry R. and Manda Castle Lemaster and was married to Watson G. Caudill, who passed away in 1949. Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Daniel of Paintsville, Mrs. Jasper Slone of Winifred and Mrs. Dewey McClure of Wittensville. Interment was in the Ashland Cemetery at Ashland, with the Paintsville Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 14, April 1971
   
CRIDER, Bobby E.
1971
Bobby Eugene Crider, 33, of Staffordsville died suddenly on April 14. He was self-employed and the son of James and Katherine Stapley Crider. Survivors include his parents;   five brothers, Richard Crider of Paintsville, and Doug, Johnnie, Chalres, and Tommy Crider of Staf- fordsville; three sisters, Sue Cantrell and Sheila Crider of Staffordsville and Phyllis Burchett of Stambaugh. The Revs. Alfred Frazier, Jr. and John F. Ratliff held services April 17 in the Free Will Baptist Church of Staf- fordsville. Burial followed in the church cemetery, under the guidance of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 4-21-1971
   
DIALS, Martha (Watson)
1971
Martha W. Dials, 66, of Paintsville passed away April 28, in a local hospital after suffering a brief illness. She was born in Elliott County to the late Martin and Louvina Hay Watson and was married to Von Dials, who survives. Other survivors include four sons, Wayne Dials of Paintsville, Dewayne and Jimmy Dials from Hazard, and Maynard Dials from Mason, Ohio; three daughters, Wanda Hamilton of Cincinnati, Ohio, Donna Dials from Paintsville and Dorrie Osborne of Loveland, Ohio; two brothers, Frank Watson of Plummers Landing and Logan Watson of Litton, and two sisters, Rebecca Dials of Hillsboro and Mary Bayes of Sandy Hook. Scott Castle and Charles Stapleton held services May 1 in the First Freewill Baptist church of Paintsville, which she was affiliated with.  The Jones-Preston Funeral Home took charge of burial afterward in the Watson Cemetery at Sandy Hook. Paintsville Herald Wednesday May 5, 1971
   
ELGIN, Leo
1971
Leo Elgin, 81, died April 14 near his Detroit, Mich., home. Services for the native Italian were held April 19 in the chapel of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home, with H. B. Daniel presiding. Interment was in the Conley Cemetery at Sitka, under the direction of the Jones Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald 21, April 1971
   
EVANS, Gusta (Evans)
1971
Gusta Evans, a 55-year-old lifetime resident of Keaton died April 16 in a Louisa hospital after a long period of declining health. He was born to Warren and Rissie Kelly Evans and was married to Juanita Franklin Evans, who survives him. Other survivors include three brothers, Proctor Evans of Keaton, Oscar Evans of Columbus, Ohio, and Homer Evans in Martha; and two sisters, Veata Sparks of Grayson and Goldie Skaggs in Keaton. John Pelphrey, Buell Webb and Hager Kelly conducted services April 18 in the Point Pleasant Church at Barn Rock.  The Preston Funeral Home took charge of burial afterward in the Point Pleasant Cemetery. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY April 21, 1971
   
GULLETT, Charles A.
1971
Master Sgt. Charles Albert Gullett, 59, died April 24 in a Lexington hospital after suffering a brief illness.  The 26-year U.S. Army Veteran was manager of central duplicating at the University of Kentucky.  He was born in Paintsville to the late Sherman and Irene Bush Gullett and was a member of Paintsville Masonic Lodge No. 381, F & AM. Gullett lived in Lexington for the last 16 years.  Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Stapleton Gullett, and three brothers, Andrew J. Gullett of Lexington, robert F. Gullett of South Shore, Ohio, and Paul R. Gullett of Canton, Ohio.  Graveside rites were conducted April 27 by the Paintsville chapter of Disabled American Veterans, with Elmer Wiley officiating.  Burial followed in the Stapleton Cemetery at Winifred, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday May 26 1971
   
HAZELETT, Thomas Sr.
1971
Services were held Sunday, May 2, (1971), in the First Freewill Baptist Church for Thomas Hazelett, Sr., 84, of Paintsville.  He died April 29, (1971) after a brief illness. A retired farmer and teamster, he was born in Magoffin County (Kentucky) to the late John and Arhelial McFarland Hazelett.  His first wife, Hannah Hazelett died in 1967. Survivors include his second wife, Alka Robinson Helton Hazelett, and five sons, Johnnie and Sammie Hazelett of Ypsilanti, Mich., James Hazelett of Prestonsburg, and Clyde and Thomas, Jr. of Paintsville. Also surviving are eight daughters, Mrs. Frank Castle and Mrs. Sam Centers of Paintsville, Mrs. Roy Wright and Mrs. Taulbe Farley of Ypsilanti, Mich., Mrs. Walter Cantrell of Mineral City, Ohio, Mrs. Onis Slone of   Shelby, Ohio, Mrs. George Estep of Lexington, and Mrs. Gerald Swartz from Daytona Beach, Fla., and one brother in Paintsville, Warrick Hazelett. Scott Castle and Claude Preston officiated at the funeral, and the Jones-Preston Funeral Home arranged for burial in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville. Hazelett, Thomas, Sr. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 5-5-1971
   
HINKLE, Robert L.
1971
Robert L. (Bob) Hinkle, Sr., a 68-year-old retired civil engineer, died suddenly on April 3, in his Paintsville home. He was a member of the Church of Christ and was affiliated with Paintsville Masonic Lodge No. 381, F & AM, and Paintsville Chapter 131, RAM. Hinkle was born in Davey, W. Va., to the late Elza and Lynnie Farmer Hinkle. Survivors include his wife, Edris Price Hinkle; three sons, Robert L. (Bob) Hinkle, Jr. of Paintsville, William L. Hinkle of Lexington and James R. Hinkle of Reno, Nev., a daughter in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Mrs Donna Jo Ramsey, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services were held by Buell Ferguson, Homer Preston and Luther Preston on April 6, in the Chapel Of the Preston Funeral Home, which arranged for burial afterwards in the Roscoe Davis Cemetery at Davis Branch. The Paintsville Masonic Lodge conducted grave side rites. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 7, April 1971
   
HITCHCOCK, Abbie (Brown)
1971
Services were held April 29 in the Paintsville Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Abbie Hitchcock, 94, of Milford Center, Ohio. The Floyd County native passed away April 26 in a Marysville, Ohio hospital after being ill for one week. She was the daughter of the late Larkin and Elizabeth Lewis Brown and was married to Caleb Hitchcock, who preceded him in death in 1951. Survivors include a son in Milford Center, Taulba Hitchcock; one daughter, Mrs. Fannie Picklesimer of Irwin, Ohio; a sister in Van Lear, Mrs. Lona Moore; 21 grandchildren; 44 great grandchildren and several great, great grandchildren. The Rev. W. D. Jaggers officiated at the funeral. Interment followed in the family cemetery at Volga, with the Paintsville Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 5, May 1971
   
JOHNSON, Levi
1971
Levi Johnson, a retired farmer and lifelong Thelma resident, died in his home on April 9 after three years of declining health. He was born to the late Charlie and Nora Price Johnson and was married to Leona Daniels Johnson, who survives him. Other survivors include a son in Paintsville,. Alvin (Bud) Johnson, and six grandchildren. Buell Ferguson, Cully Sparks and Charles Price held services April 11 in the Thelma Community Center, The Preston Funeral Home arranged for burial afterward in the Johnson Cemetery at Thelma. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 14, April 1971
   
JONES, Julia (Fields)
1971
Services were held April 10 in the Wells Chapel of Boons Camp for Julia Meek Jones, 78, of West Van Lear.  The daughter of the late Jake and Mary Jane Fields died on April 7.  Survivors include her husband, Elmer Jones; two sons from Dayton, Ohio, Roma and Herbert Meek; six daughters, Ethel Preston, vina McLaughlin, Beatrice Brown and Bernice Smith of Dayton, Ohio, Mildred Ring in Lake Wood, Calif., and Marjorie Barker of Norwood, Ohio.  Also surviving are a brother in Boons Camp, H.D. Wells; two sisters, Louise Harmon of Williamsport and Ethel Pack from Toledo, Ohio; 21 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.  Frank Spillman officiated at the funeral, and the Preston Funeral Home supervised interment afterward in the Meek Cemetery at Boons Camp. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday April 14 1971
   
MEEK, Williamson R.
1971
Williamson R. (Bill) Meek, 76, of River died April 13 in a Louisa hospital after a long period of worsening health. He was born to the late William B. and Linda Dutton Meek and was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church.  Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Smith of Bidwell, Ohio and Mrs. Cynthia Williamson of River. Services were held April 15 in the home of a nephew, Saul Williamson.  Burial was in the Daniels Cemetery at River. Paintsville Herald Wednesday, May 5, 1971 (NOTE:  Siblings preceding his death were Nathaniel Meek, Sally Meek and Tildy Meek.  Bill's parents were William B. Meek and Melinda Dutton Meek.  Paternal grandparents were Nathan Meek and Betsy Pack Meek.)
   
MINER, Exer (Robinson)
1971
Mrs. Kenneth Lassing Miner, the former Exer Robinson, passed away on April 1 in her Albany, N.Y., home.  She had lived in Paintsville most of her life, where she was employed by the Paintsville National Bank. Later she was assistant Dean of Women at Morehead State College. Mrs. Miner served overseas with American Red Cross during World War II.  In 1946 she married Kenneth L. Miner and moved to Albany. Survivors include her husband; one sister in Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. Paul Record, and a host of relatives and friends. Interment was in the Lassing family cemetery, Poughkeepsie, New York. Paintsville Herald Wednesday April 7, 1971
    
MOLLETTE, Elias
1971
Elias Mollette, a retired miner and former Van Lear resident, passed away April 23 in a local rest home.  He was 71. Mollette was born in Johnson County to the late Joseph and Lizzie Crum Mollette. Immediate survivors include a son in Milain, Mich., Marion Mollette; four daughters, Mrs. Audrey Hanshaw and Mrs. Rose May Germany of Ypsilanti, Mich., Mrs. Dimple Meek of Van Lear, and Mrs. Alice Williamson in Cincinnati, Ohio. Also surviving are a half brother from Louisa, Jack Bowens; two half sisters, Katherine Wells of Van Lear and Louvisa Reed of Hippo and 11 grandchildren. The Rev. Hershel Short conducted services April 25 in the Van Lear Church of Christ, of which Mollette was a member.  The Paintsville Funeral Home cared for burial afterward in the family cemetery at Boons Camp. Paintsville Herald Wednesday April 28, 1971
   
MONTGOMERY, Marion Lee
1971
Marion Lee Montgomery, 67, died in his Columbus, Ohio, home on April 27 after a long period of declining health. He was born in Morgan County to the late Jim and Lizzie Keaton Montgomery. Surviving are six sons, Ben, Mack, Wilbur, and Jim Montgomery of Willard, Ohio, and Jessie and Dempsey Montgomery in Columbus; one daughter, Elizabeth Spears of Columbus; seven brothers, Willie, Obrie, Frank and Ben Montgomery of Paintsville, Henry Montgomery of Flat Gap, Harold Montgomery of Van Lear, and Dewey Montgomery of Piketon, Ohio, and two sisters, Audrey Holbrook of Paintsville and Flossie Kimbler in Urbana, Ohio. Services were held May 1 in the Davis Branch home of Audrey Holbrook, with Scott Castle and Dewey Montgomery officiating. Burial followed in the Keaton Cemetery at Paintsville, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald 5-5-1971
  
MURPHY, Willie R.
1971
Willie R. (Bill) Murphy, 61, died April 19 in a Whitesburg hospital after a long period of declining health. The retired miner was born in Johnson County to the late Henry & Julia Meadows Murphy. Survivors include seven daughters, Mrs. Wilma Franklin of Lorain, Ohio, Mrs. Peggy Mangan, and Mrs. Loretta, Betty, Reba, Wilene and Elizabeth Murphy, all of Cleveland, Ohio; a brother in Nippa, Dewey Murphy; three sisters, Thelma Frith of Van Lear, Susie Ward and Tillie Murphy of Wittensville. Claude Preston and Scott Castle officiated at services held April 22 in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral home , which supervised burial afterward in the Stambaugh Cemetery at Stambaugh. April 28, 1971
   
MUSIC, Earlie
1971
Earlie Music, 68 of West Van Lear passed away April 30 1971 in a local nursing home after suffering an extended illness. He was born in Van Lear to the late William & Maggie Butcher Music. Surviving include two sons, Donald Music and Curtis Music, of Wabash, Ind; two brothers Willie Music of La Fontaine Ind, and Lindsey Music from Clearwater, Fla; two sisters, Mrs Elava Meek and Mrs Malvorie Smith of West Van Lear; and one grandchild. Bill Tackett, Charles Ray Banks and Paris Sasco conducted services May 3 in the Van Lear Freewill Baptist Church. Burial followed in the Webb Cemetery at Van Lear, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home.
   
PACK, Casaudra Lynn
1971
Casaundra Lynn Pack, the infant daughter of James A. and Nancy Lynn Wells Pack, Died April 17 at Lackland Airforce Base, Texas. She was born April 1 at Anchorage, Alaska. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. James R. Wells, and paternal grandparents are James Pack and Betty Tackett. Services were held by the Rev. Charles Milam on April 21 in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home, which arranged for interment afterward in the Pack Cemetery at Paintsville. Paintsville Herald Thursday April 28, 1971
   
ROSE, James B.
1971
James Brady Stephen Rose, the two-month-old son of Stephen Gail and Phyllis Akers Rose, died April 6 in his Van Lear home. He is survived by his parents; a sister at home, Tina Gail Rose; paternal grandparents Brady and Vineda Rose of Van Lear, and maternal grandparents Denver and Lorene Akers, also of Van Lear. Services were held April 8 in the West Van Lear Church of Christ, with Cecil Sherman officiating.  Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY APR. 14, 1971
  
SALYERS, Mary (Salyers)
1971
Mary Francis Salyers, 72, died April 15 in her Lowmansville home. She was born in Johnson County to the late Zack and Manda Sparks Salyers and was married to Patton Salyers, who passed away in 1959. Survivors include two sons in Lowmansville, Vencil and Arzie Salyers; two daughters, Mrs. Julette Greene of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Loretta Blevins in Barnetts Creek; two brothers, Tommy Sparks of Kerz and Sammy Sparks from Staffordsville, and Alice Blevins, a sister in Volga. Services were held in the home on April 18, with Lonza Reed officiating.  Burial followed in the Estep Cemetery, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY APR. 21, 1971
  
SPARKS, James Nelson
1971
James Nelson Sparks, 54, died April 25 in his West Van Lear home after suffering an extended illness.  He was a retired miner and a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints.  Sparks was born in Johnson County to the late Richard and Rose Walters Sparks.  Immediate survivors include his wife, Ruth Spradlin Sparks; two sons at home, James and John Sparks, three daughters at home, Elizabeth, Cindy and Peggy Sparks, and a daughter from Prestonsburg, Cathy Hughes; two brothers, Ottis and Green Sparks of Pontiac, Mich., and three **daughters, Mable Morris, Ruby Dameron of Van Lear, and Ethel Wells in Floyd County. John M. Wheeler and Roger McKenzie conducted services April 27, in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home, which was in charge of interment afterward in the Cumbo Cemetery at West Van Lear. **( I think this should have been sisters not daughters.) PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday April 28 1971
  
THACKER, Estil
1971
Estil Thacker, 64, passed away April 3 in his Southville, Mich., home after an extended illness. The retired Ansco Airlines worker was born in Pike County to the late Richard and Pricey Robinson Thacker. He is survived by his wife, Ruby Ratliff Thacker; one daughter in Detroit Mich., Peggy Ann Paffenroth; four brothers, Harlan, Paris, Troy and Buster Thacker, and three sisters, Mrs. Lona Fleming, Mrs. Elizabeth Kinney and Mrs. Fern Kinney. Norman Brown and Monroe Jones held services April 6 in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home, which arranged for burial in the Richmond Cemetery at Paintsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY APR. 14, 1971
   
TRIMBLE, Nancy (Ferguson)
1971
Services were held April 16 in the Old Union United Baptist Church at Staffordsville for Nancy Ferguson Trimble, 44, of West Van Lear. She was born in Johnson County to the late Dan and Rosa Castle McKenzie and was married to Robert G. Trimble, who survives.  Paul E. Ferguson, her first husband, passed away in 1964. Other survivors include a son in Van Lear, Paul E. Ferguson, Jr.; one granddaughter, Tracy Mae Ferguson; four brothers, James A. McKenzie of Paintsville, Daniel McKenzie of Gaylord, Mich.; Doug McKenzie and Olief McKenzie of Thealka, and two sisters, Mrs. Erva Beacher of Paintsville, and Mrs. Irma Carothers in Dayton, Ohio. Elders Nim Sturgill, Florida Lyons and Buell Ferguson served as ministers, and the Paintsville Funeral Home supervised interment in the family cemetery at Thealka. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY APR. 21, 1971
   
VANHOOSE, Stephen D.
1971
Steven Douglas VanHoose, 12, of Xenia, Ohio, died April 15 after a long illness. He was born in Johnson County to Willie D. VanHoose and Betty Pelphrey Brakeall. Survivors include his parents; two sisters and a brother in Xenia, Fannie Brakeall and Charles and Nelda VanHoose; his maternal grandmother, Beatrice Pelphrey of Xenia, and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Gene VanHoose of Logan, Ohio. Services were held April 19 in the Paintsville Pentecostal Church of Christ, with Cline Salyers officiating. Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY APRIL 21, 1971
   
VANOVER, Henry
1971
Services were held April 18 in the Paintsville Funeral Home Chapel for Henry Vanover, 78, of Thealka.  He died April 16 in a local hospital. The retired mechanic and former Free Will Baptist was born in Letcher County to the late McClellan and Nancy Hall Vanover.  He was a member of the Salyersville Masonic Lodge. The Rev. Scott Castle and C. C. Hall officiated at the funeral, and the Paintsville Funeral Home took charge of burial arrangements in the Highland memorial Park at Staffordsville. Pallbearers were John Burton, Joe D. Castle, Everett S. Bradley, William F. Castle, Michael D. Lyons and Johnny M. Bunyard. Survivors include his wife, Dora Tacket Vanover; four daughters, Mrs. Joe Castle of Pikeville, Mrs. Everett Bradley of Van Lear, Mrs. Martin Lyons of Paintsville, and Mrs. Bert Grimm in West Van Lear; two sisters, Mrs. Jose Tacket of Portsmouth, Ohio, and Mrs. Cora Reed of Fairborn, Ohio; 11 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY APRIL 21, 1971
  
WILEY, Howard
1971
Howard Wiley, 54, of Toledo, Ohio, passed away April 4 in a hospital near his home. The former funeral home attendant and member of the Christian Church was ill for nine days prior to his death. He was born in Lackey to the late Merida (Bud) and Carrie Stapleton Wiley. Immediate survivors include his wife, Lillie Pelphrey Wiley; a son in Paintsville, William Michael Wiley; four daughters, Francis Jarrell of Toledo, Carrie Cinnamond of Pikeville, Mary Pack of Georgetown, and Judy Wiley in Paintsville; three brothers, Lanceford Wiley of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Clarence Wiley of Ocala, Fla., and Ola Wiley from Paintsville. Also surviving are five sisters, Effie Copley of Van Lear, Dorothy Mullins in Newport News, Va.; Piney Beadles of Maryland, Bessie Adkins of Paintsville, and Madge Jennings in Phoenix, Ariz., and three grandchildren. Services were held April 7 in Paintsville’s First Christian Church, with Jerry Ginnan presiding. Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, with the Preston Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were Mike Wiley, Jr.; Freddy Barr, Jack Crigger, Jim Williams, and David Lewis. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY APR. 14, 1971
  
WILLIAMS, James K.
1971
James K. “Polk” Williams, 63, of Oil Springs died April 19 in a Huntington, W.Va., hospital. He was a former state highway department worker and the son of the late Theodore and Bertie Williams. Survivors include his wife, Josephine Webb Williams; a son in Oil Springs, Arnold Williams; two daughters, Mrs. Bill Blanton of Oil Springs and Mrs. Howard Sparks in Paintsville; three brothers, Charlie Williams of Xenia, Ohio; Ben Williams in Ashland, and Lewis Williams of Oil Springs; four sisters, Miss Jose M. Williams and Mrs. Addie Blair of Oil Springs, Mrs. Virginia Patrick of Ashland, and Mrs. Norcie Stapleton of Hager Hill, as well as six grandchildren. Funeral services were held April 21 in the home, with Elders Prater Blair and Lonza Reed presiding.  The Paintsville Funeral Home arranged for burial afterward in the family cemetery at Oil Springs. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY APR. 21, 1971
   
WILSON, Spicy
1971
Spicy Wilson 66,passed away in her Boons Camp home on April 28, 1971after two years of declining health. She was the wife of Thomas Wilson who survives her, and the daughter of the late Smith Reese and Nanny Nicely Reese. Immediate survivors include her husband, a daughter in Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Netty Mulkey; two sisters; Oma Adkins of Shelbyanna, and Alive Arbgast of Baltimore, Md; 53 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Claude Preston conducted services May 1 in the chapel of the Preston Funeral Home, which arranged for burial afterward in the Spicy Wilson Cemetery at Boons Camp. Paintsville Herald Wednesday  5-5-1971

MAY - 1971

BLAIR, Leonard
1971
Leonard Blair, 81, passed away Sunday, May 16, 1971, in his East Point home after two months of declining health. The retired farmer and Freewill Baptist was born in Johnson County to the late Joseph and Rachel Arms Blair.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Ella Jane Marshall Blair. Immediate survivors include two sons in East Point, Joe and Ray Blair; five daughters,  Mrs. Hazel Cline, Mrs. Rushia Blair and Mrs. Luey Wright of Middletown, Ohio, Mrs. Ethel Spencer of Portsmouth, Ohio and Mrs. Dora Auxier of East Point. Also surviving are a brother in Van Lear, Rex Blair; a sister in East Point, Mrs. Alta Whitaker; 24 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Services were held Wednesday, May 19, 1971, in the Whitaker Freewill Baptist Church, with Dewy Conley, Bruce Spencer and Lowell Pelphrey officiating.  Interment followed in the Blair Cemetery at East Point, under the guidance of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 05-26-1971
   
BURTON, P. A.
1971
P.A. Burton, 90, died May 4 in his lifetime Chandlersville home after suffering a brief illness. He was the son of the late Thomas and Julia Davis Burton and the husband of the late Flora Davis Burton. Survivors include a daughter in Chandlersville, Clara Burton, and a brother in Waverly, Ohio, Russell Burton. Services were held in the home on May 6 by Bruce Daniels and Claude Preston. Interment was in the family cemetery at Chandlersville, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, May 12, 1971
   
CAUDILL, Hebern
1971
Hebern CAUDILL, 44, of near Disko, died at 7 a.m. today in Woodlawn hospital of injuries suffered when he was hit by a pickup truck at 5:25 a.m. today as he stood on Ind. 114, two miles east of Akron. Doctors at the hospital said Mr. Caudill died of massive injuries and shock from loss of blood, according to Sheriff Homer CARR. He suffered a compound fracture of the left leg, lacerations on the right leg, right hand and left arm, and a deep laceration of the scalp. The driver of the truck, Robert L. THOMPSON, 75, Akron, suffered bruises and abrasions. He did not require hospitalization. Sheriff Carr said that Caudill had been driving a car east on Ind. 114 and stopped it on the south berm, next to the pavement, for an unknown reason. He got out of the car and walked across the road to the westbound lane. Thompson was driving west and as he rounded a curve near the Rock Lake road he first saw the car parked on the south side of the road, to his left. The truck went into loose gravel on the north berm and then Thompson saw Caudill standing in the westbound lane. Thompson lost control of his truck at this point. It came back onto the highway and its left front corner hit Caudill. The truck continued across the road and traveled 140 feet, going off the north side and hitting a small tree. Sheriff Carr said it has not been determined why Caudill stopped his car, but the sheriff said the car's battery was dead when he checked it while investigating the accident. Caudill is the eighth person to died in a Fulton county traffic accident this year and was the second fatality this month. Mr. Caudill was born Nov. 28, 1926 in Riceville, Ky., to Archie M. and Mary E. HACKWORTH CAUDILL. He had lived at his home east of Akron near Disko for 19 years, moving there from Kentucky. He was an employee of the Woodruff Construction company of Michigan City. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Warsaw American Legion post. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Lina Ellen CAUDILL, Peru; a son, Fred [CAUDILL], with the U.S. Air Force; the parents, of Disko; three sisters, Mrs. Thermon (Ruby) HACKWORTH, Tazewell, Va.; Mrs. Jack (Lena) CAUDILL, Silver Lake, and Mrs. Charles (Veta) HOLLE, North Manchester; three brothers, Chester [CAUDILL], Claypool, Herschel [CAUDILL], Pierceton, and Archie [CAUDILL] Jr., Silver Lake. Last rites will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Fose Hill United Baptist church, six miles northwest of North Manchester, with the Rev. Charles SALVAGE officiating. Burial willl be in the Silver Lake cemetery. Friends may call at the Sheetz funeral home in Akron after 2 p.m. Monday until noon Tuesday and at the church for one hour before services. Monday, May 31, 1971
   
DANIEL, Lawrence
1971
Lawrence Daniel, 79, of Paintsville passed away May 6 in the C & O Hospital at Hun- tington, W. Va. A C & O employee for 47 years, Daniel was the husband of Julia Lemaster Daniel.  He was born in Johnson County to the late Isom and Elizabeth Murray Daniel. Survivors include his wife; two daughters in Paintsville, Mrs. John L. Spears and Mrs. Morris Conley; five grand-children and six great grand- children. Elders O. I. Williams and Everett Slone conducted services May 9 in the Paintsville United Baptist Church, which Daniel was affiliated with. Interment followed in the Highland Memorial Park, under the guidance of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Active pallbearers were Wilbur Daniel, Elmo Slone, Jess Songer, Dean Williams, Roy Ross, Doug McClure, Scott Conley and William Daniel. Serving as honorary pallbearers were Abe Barber, Charlie Vincent, Tom Butler, Miniard Grimm, Dugan Webb, J.  O.  Sparks, Charlie Newsome, Ransom Daniel, Eugene Daniel, J. V. Trimble, Delmer Wells, Buddy Castle, W. E. Fitch, Bobbie Meade and Everett Bradley. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 5-12-1971
   
GEORGE, Monte
1971
Monte B. George, a former Johnson County resident, died May 1 in Indiana.  He was the son of John George and the late Lucille B. George and the husband of Naomi George.  Survivors include his wife; four sons, Timothy, Gary, Mitchell and Monte B. George Jr. ; a daughter, Sherrie Marie George and a brother in Paw Paw, Mich., James R. George.  Graveside services with full military honors were conducted May 4 in Pierston, Ind., with Capt. Hickney officiating. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday May 12 1971
   
GULLETT, Nelson
1971
Nelson Gulllett, 69, died May 11, in his Davis Branch home after suffering an extended illness. The retired Teacher was a member of Lodge 381, F & AM, and ES Lodge 320.  He was born in Magoffin County to the late Jeff and Sola Patrick Gullett. Survivors include his wife, Lenora Hall Gullett; two sons, Nelson Gullett, who serves with the U.S. Army in Germany, and Lloyd Gullett of Paintsville; one brother, Lee Gullett of Sublett; four sisters,  Liz Montgomery of Royalton, Lizzie Minix of Michigan, Maude Kennard of Foraker and Bonnie Salyer of Sublett and one grandchild. Claude Preston held services May 14 in the First Freewill Baptist Church of Paintsville, with which Gullett was affiliated.  The Jones-Preston Funeral Home was in charge of burial afterward in the Mitchell Hall Cemetery at Davis Branch. Pallbearers were Joe David Hall, Harold Gene Hall, James Montgomery, Owen Montgomery, Skid Minix and Herbert Minix. Honorary pallbearers were W.D. Sparks, Ross Lyons, Clarence Melsvin and John Holbrook, Harry Burchett and Russell Meade. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday May 19 1971
   
HALL, Callie (Sisco)
1971
Services were held May 14, 1971 at the Buffalo United Baptist Church for Callie Hall, 65 of Meally. Mrs. Hall died May 11 at the Meally home of John Hall. Born in Davisport to the late Anderson and Creasey Mollett Sisco. Survivors include seven sons, Johnnie Hall of Meally; Billy G. Hall of Akron, Ohio; and Roy Lee, Bobby Ray, James Russell, Walter D. and Avery Hall of Ypsilanti, Michigan, and four daughters; Mrs. Roberta Tussey, Mrs. Lou Cressie Harrison and Mrs. Carrol Jean Smith of Ypsilanti and Mrs. Lou Setser of Akron. Also surviving are a brother; James Sesco of Garrett; one sister, Mrs. Judy Mollett of Portsmouth, Ohio, 43 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Herman Davis, Nim Sturgill and Glenn Arrowood officiated at the funeral. The Preston Funeral Home supervised burial in the Preston Cemetery at Meally PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY MAY 26, 1971
   
HOPSON, ORA ANN
1971
A LONG ILLNESS ENDED IN DEATH ON MAY 12 FOR ORA ANN HOPSON, WHO PASSED AWAY IN A PRESTONSBURG NURSING HOME. THE FORMER BEAUTY OPERATOR WAS BORN IN JOHNSON COUNTY TO THE LATE T.W. AND NETTIE HYDEN HOPSON. SHE WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE PAINTSVILLE GARDEN CLUB AND 320 ES. JERRY GINNAN HELD SERVICES MAY 14 IN THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, WITH WHICH SHE WAS ASSOCIATED. THE JONES-PRESTON FUNERAL HOME CARED FOR BURIAL IN THE RICHMOND CEMETERY AT PAINTSVILLE. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY 19 MAY 1971
  
JONES, William
1971
Services were held May 7, in the Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel for William K "Bill" Jones of Van Lear. He passed away May 5 in a local hospital. The retired coal miner was born in Carter County to the late Jessie and Martha Adkins Jones. He was a member of Rush Masonic Lodge No. 715, F & AM. He is survived by his wife, Mina Evans Jones; a son in Oakridge, Oregon, William Ernest Jones; two daughters in Van Lear, Anna Ruth Butcher and Betty Katherine Jones; one sister, Hattie Lame of Florida; two half brothers, Edgar Hewlett of Van Lear and Lawrence Hewlett of Springfield, Ohio, and two half sisters, Beatrice Dheel of Lowmansville and Belle Hewlett of Tacoma Washington. Reverends Tommy Reynolds and Mose Kitchen officiated at the funeral and the Jones-Preston Funeral Home took charge of burial afterward in the Highland Memorial Park. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday May 12 1971
   
MULLINS, Roma
1971
Roma Mullins, a 58 year old retired miner and Boons Camp resident, passed away in his home on May 13 after ten years of poor health. His parents were the late Dee and Susan Bryant Mullins. Survivors include his wife, Liza Music Mullins; three sons, James A. Mullins of Baulding, Ohio, and Danny and Larry Mullins from Boons Camp, and five daughters, Mrs. Helen Mills of Lovely, Mrs. Mary Sue Keel of Inez, Mrs. Ruby Gail Castle and Mrs. Linda Joyce Leroy from Defiance, Ohio, and Miss Sherlene Mullins of Boons Camp. Also surviving are three brothers, Milfred Mullins of Melvin and Milton and Virgil Mullins of Weeksburg; two sisters, Mrs. Cloie Hall in Williamson, W.VA., and Mrs. Agnes Newsome of Weeksburg, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held May 16, in the Boons Camp Freewill Baptist Church, with Jim Daniels, William Tackett and Otis Bowling officiating. Burial  followed in the Mullins Cemetery nearby, under the guidance of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday May 19, 1971
    
MURPHY, Leroy
1971
Leroy Murphy, 63, a retired miner and Van Lear resident, died May 13 in a Pikeville hospital after suffering a prolonged illness. His parents were the late Frank and Clara Crace Murphy. Immediate survivors include his wife, Maude Allen Murphy; six sons, Adam, Leroy and Arnold Murphy of Van Lear, Freddie and Lester Murphy of Dayton, Ohio, and Roger Murphy in Van Lear. Also surviving are a daughter in Van Lear, Mrs. Hester Bowling; one sister, Mrs. Ruth Trimble of Van Lear; two brothers, Max Murphy of Van Lear and Bill Murphy of Marion, Ohio, and ten grandchildren. William Tackett and Otis Bowling held services May 16 in the Van Lear Freewill Baptist Church, with interment afterward in the family cemetery nearby.  The Jones-Preston home in charge of all arrangements. Paintsville Herald Wednesday May 19, 1971
   
PENNINGTON, Charlie
1971
Charlie Pennington, 53, a retired farmer from Red Bush, died in his home on May 31, after suffering an extened illness. He was born in Johnson County to the late Will and Cynthia Curtis Pennngton and was married to Terrie Rowland Pennington who survives. Other survivors include six sons, Arthur Pennington of Edison, Ohio, Ira, Walter, Merval, Glen and Luther Pennington of Red Bush ; four daughter, Mrs. Gladys McKenzie, Mrs. Ruth Pennington and Miss. Paulette Pennington of Red Bush and Mrs. Merzie Lewis of Boon Camp. Also surviving are a half sister in Fort Gay, W.Va., Mrs. Tennie Doss; half brother in Fort Gay, Willie Pennington, and Jay Pennington, a half brother from Arizona. Serives were held June 3 at the home with Hood Wallen and Homer Evans officiating. Burial followed in the family cemetery at Red Bush under the direction of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home. Wednesday June 9, 1971
    
PICKLESIMER, Laura (Crider)
1971
Laura Picklesimer, 83, of Ashland died May 23 1971, after suffering an extended illness. She was born in Johnson County to the late John and Minerva Hyden Crider and was married to the late Galen A. Pickelsimer. Survivors include two sons, Douglas Picklesimer of Kansas City. Mo., and Sam Picklesimer of Flatwoods; two step sons, Dr. F. M. Picklesimer of Paintsville and Galen Picklesimer of Meally; two daughters, Mrs. Erwin Combs of Ashland and Mrs. Cecil Meek of Meally; four grandchildren; three great grandchildren and numerous step grandchildren. J.H. Short held services May 211 in the Meally Church of Christ. The Jones-Preston Funeral Home was in charge of burial afterward in the family cemetery at Meally. PAINTSVILLE HERALD MAY 26 1971
    
PICKLESIMER, Milton
1971
Milton J. Picklesimer, a former Johnson Countian, died May 6 in a hospital near his Van Wert, Ohio home.  Picklesimer worked 42 years for the C & O railroad and was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church at Van Wert.  He was born in 1891 to the late William and Teal McCarty Picklesimer. Survivors include his wife, Nora Pelphrey Pickelsimer; his step mother, Mrs. C.W. Witten of Thealka; four brothers, William Picklesimer of Lucasville, Ohio, Paris Picklesimer of Waldo, Ohio, Payne Picklesimer of Dayton, Ohio, and Proctor Picklesimer of Baltimore, Md.  Also surviving are seven sisters Mrs. Dudley Robinson, Mrs. Paul Wood, Mrs. Charles Wood and Mrs. Robert Alexander of Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Wilbur Roberts of Bloomington, Ohio, and Mrs. Sam Patrick and Mrs. Paul Prater of Paintsville.  Services were held May 8 at the Alspach Funeral Home, with the Rev. Carl Hicks officiating.  Burial was in the Woodland Cemetery at Van Wert. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday May 12 1971
   
PORTER, Noah
1971
Services were held June 2 in the Auxier Methodist Church for Noah Porter, 79, who passed away two days earlier in a Prestonsburg hospital.  The retired coal miner and Auxier resident was a World War I veteran and a member of Masonic Lodge No. 657, F & AM.  He was born in Floyd County to the late John W. and Minta Wells Porter.  His first wife, Alta Sherman Porter,  preceded him in death. Immediate survivors include his second wife, Louise Dotson Porter; three sons, Noah M. Porter Jr., of Chilo, Ohio, Thomas W. Porter of Springfield, Ohio, and James M. Porter of Auxier; 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.  Also surviving are a daughter in Springfield, Alta Mae Wells, and four brothers, Dewey Porter of Logan W. Va., Gordon Porter of Auxier, Theodore Porter from Wabash, Ind., and Howard Porter of Dehue, W. Va.  Mose Kitchen presided at services held June 2 in the Auxier Methodist Church, Interment was in the Auxier government cemetery, with the Jones- Preston Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday June 9 1971
  
RAMEY, Ervin
1971
A long illness ended in death in a local hospital on May 23, 1971 for Irvin Ramey, 60, of Whitehouse.  He was born in Johnson County to the late Ownen and Elizabeth Wheeler Ramey.  Immediate survivors include three sisters, Golda Stapleton of Prestonsburg, Emma May of Paintsville and Lillie Butcher of Williamsport and two brothers, Link Ramey of Sitka and Owen Ramey Jr. of Meally Services were conducted May 26, 1971 in the White house Enterprise Baptist Church by Ezekel Lyons, with burial afterward in the Ramey Cemetery nearby.  The Jones-Preston Funeral Home was in chartge of all arrangements. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 5-26-1971
  
RICHARDSON, Richard
1971
William R. Richardson, 79, of Lowmansville died May 11 in a Huntington, W. Va., hospital after two years of declining health. He was born in Brookshire, England, to the late Frank and Emma Burgess Richardson. His wife, Marlene McCarty Richardson, survives him. Services were held May 13 by Bruce Daniel in the chapel of the Preston Funeral home, which directed interment afterward in the Chandler Cemetery at Lowmansville. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, 5-19-1971
   
WAGNER, Ida (Gullett)
1971
Ida Jane Wagner, 73, died May 16 in a local nursing home after a long illness. The former Van Lear resident was born in Magoffin County to the late Charles and Cynthia Litteral Gullett. She was preceded in death by both of her husbands, George Hager and W.A. Wagner. Survivors include a daughter in Van Lear, Mary Ann Wetzel; one brother, Matthew Gullett of Royalton; five grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. The Rev. J.H. Burton held services May 19 in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home, which supervised burial afterward in the Town Cemetery at Paintsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY MAY 19, 1971
  
WEBB, Harry
1971
Harry Webb, 83, a retired miner and Van Lear resident, died May 7 in a Louisville hospital after a long period of declining health. He was born in Johnson County to the late James and Rebecca Hyden Webb and was married to Martha Delong Webb, who passed away in 1948. Immediate survivors include two sons, Brooksie Webb of Cynthiana and Heber Webb of Dayton, Ohio; and three daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Moles of East Point and Mrs. Francis Caudill and Mrs. Dixie Collins of Louisville. J. H. Short and Cecil Sherman held services May 10 in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home, which supervised burial afterward in the Delong Cemetery at Johns Creek. Paintsville Herald Wednesday May 12, 1971
  
WEBB, Lillie (Arrowood)
1971
L. Webb An extended illness ended in death on May 7 for Lillie Mae Webb, 86, of Paintsville. The native Johnson Countian passed away in a local nursing home. She was the daughter of the late James and Deliah Price Arrowood and was married to Alex Webb, who preceded her in death in 1958. Survivors include a son in Long Acre, W. Va., Estill Webb; one daughter, Mrs. Velma Deitch of Salem, Ohio, and a brother in Meally, Willie K. Arrowood. Cecil Sherman officiated at services held May 9 in the West Van Lear Church of Christ.  The Jones-Preston Funeral Home supervised burial in the Richmond Cemetery at Paintsville. Paintsville Herald Wednesday May 12, 1971
  
WILLIAMS, Everett Sr.
1971
Retired coal miner Everett Williams, Sr., 63, of Wayland passed away May 7 in a Lexington medical center. The late James and Martha DeBord Williams were his parents. Survivors include his wife, Garnett Butcher Williams; three sons, Everett Williams, Jr., of Wayland, Jack B. Williams of Franklin, Ind., and Sgt. Bromley Williams, serving with the U.S. Air force in Montgomery, Ala., and one daughter in Fayetteville, W.Va., Mrs. Ann Williams Bowling. Also surviving are three brothers, James Williams, Jr., and J. B. (Buster) Williams of Williamsport and Walter (Bob) Williams of Hager Hill; four sisters, Mrs. Mae Rose and Maggie Mollette of Williamsport, Mrs. Ruth Preston of Hamilton, Ohio, and Mrs. Juanita Letner of Vandalia, Ohio, and six grandchildren. Services were held Tuesday, May 11, in the Phillip Cove Free Will Baptist Church at Tomahawk, with William Tackett and Otis Bowling officiating.  Singing was by the Toms Creek Quartet. Burial followed in the family cemetery at Williamsport, under the direction of the Hall Brothers Funeral Home of Martin. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY MAY 19, 1971
   
WILLIAMS, Tallis (Bayes)
1971
Tallis Bayes Williams, 78, a lifetime Elna resident, died May 15 in her home. Her parents were the late Eliphas and Martha Cantrell Bayes. Survivors include her husband, Ross Williams, a son, in Red Bush, Willis C. Williams and five great grandchildren. Melvin Wright and Lonza Reed conducted services in the home on May 17, and burial followed in the Williams family cemetery at Elna. The Jones-Preston Funeral Home was in charge of all arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY MAY 19, 1971

JUNE - 1971

ADAMS, Garrett
1971
Garrett Adams, 85, of Paintsville died June 12 1971 in a local hospital after ill for several weeks. The retired building contractor and Freewill Baptist was born in Magoffin County to the late Willey and Symantha Collins Adams. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs, Julianna Adams. Survivors unclude two sons, Jesse E.Adams of Gardenia, California; and Garrett Adams Jr.,of Long Beach, California; and three daughters, Mrs. John Burton and Mrs.Bobby Ray Castle of Thealka and Mrs.Harvey Hensley of Jenkins. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs.Martha Holbrook of Paintsville and Mrs.Kessie Moncrief of Whitesburg; 12 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. C.C.Hall and Don Fraley held services June 14 in the chapel of the Paintsville Funeral Home which supervised interment afterward in the Mayo Memorial Cemetery at Paintsville.
   
BALDRIDGE, Claude
1924-1971
Services were held June 20 in the Pentecostal Church of Christ for Claude Baldridge, 46, who was drowned three days earlier at Johns Creek in Floyd County. He was a resident of West Van Lear. His parents were Florence Blevins and the late Tom Baldridge. Immediate survivors include four brothers, Glenn  Baldridge of Paintsville and Earl, John and Robert Baldridge from West Van Lear; two sister, Edna Mae Baldridge of West Van Lear and Eva Paye Hoenski of Detroit; Mich., and a half brother, William Bradley Blair. Cline Salyers served as minister. The Jones-Preston Funeral Home was in charge of intenment in the Persimon Point Cemetery at Staffordsville. Paintsville Herald Wednesday Jun.23 1971
   
BUTCHER, Eula (Murphy)
1912-1971
Eula Butcher 58, of Delbarton, died in the Williamson Memorial Hospital Monday after a long illness. Mrs Butcher was born October 05 1912 in Martin County Kentucky. Her parents were the late Joe Murphy and Sarah Evans. Her husband, Andrew Butcher preceded her in death in 1962. Mrs. Butcher is survived by six daughters, Mrs Ida Mae Errigo of New York City, Mrs. Wendell Adams of Columbus Ohio, Mrs. Earl Hall Jr. of Delbarton, Mrs Leonard Fletcher of Sarah Ann, Mrs Roland Davis and Mrs.Delbert Copley, both of Ragland; three sons, Andrew Jr., serving in the United States Army overseas, Thomas, of Ragland, and Richard of Columbus, Ohio; one brother Rubin Murphy of Puritan Mines; three sisters, Mrs Mary Bowens of Man, Mrs, Edith Gordon, Florida. She is also survived by 38 grandchildren and one great grandchild. The funeral will be held at the United Baptist Church at Delbarton Wednesday at 1 p.m. The body will be taken to the home of Mrs. Copley today at 3 p.m.  Burial will be in the Marcum Cemetery in Delbarton. Officiating the services will be Elders Harmon Hunt and Webb Ooten. Williamson Daily News Jun.08 1971 Note: Ball Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
   
COMBS, Charles E.
1971
Charles Earnest Combs, 68, of West Van Lear passed away June 18 in Ashland after a long period of declining health. The former building contractor was born in Floyd County to the late Charlie B. and Dora B. Howard Combs.  His wife, Lucy Blair Combs, survives him. Other survivors include two sons, Charles W. Combs of  West Van Lear and Warren Lee Combs of Raceland; a daughter in Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Betty Fraley; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Also survivint are a brother in East Point, Virgil Combs, and five sisters, Dora  Crider of Childsburg, Anna Lois Stapleton of Springfield, Ohio, Lillian Hale of Lexington, Olive Behrle of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Sally Baxter of Richmond. The Rev. J. H. Burton conducted services June 20 in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home, which supervised interment afterward in the family cemetery at Leander. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY  JUNE 26, 1971
   
EALEY, Brian
1971
Brian Douglas Ealey, the 17month  old son of Oliver Doug and Judy Castle Ealey, died June 18, in a Lexington hospital after an extended illness. He is survived by a brother and a sister at home, Michael. Services were held June 20 in the Thealka Freewill Baptist Church, with John F. Ratliff and Clarence Lemaster officiating. Burial followed in the family cemetery at Thealka, under the direction of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday June 23, 1971
   
HOLBROOK, Keenis
1971
Keenis Holbrook, a retired C & O Railroad worker, passed away June 7 in his Williamsport home. He was 71. His parents were the late Harry And Sarah Rowland Holbrook of Johnson County. Survivors include his wife, Exer Ward Holbrook; a son in Marion, Ohio, Keenis Holbrook, and seven daughters, Dorothy Childers of Thelma, Katherine Daniels and Juanita Preston of Williamsport, Pauline Duty of Blaine, Ohio and Betty Ward and Gwen Williamson from Columbus, Ohio. Also surviving are three brothers, Walter and Dewey Holbrook of Thelma, and Dencil Holbrook from Wheelwright; two sisters, Vernie Blanton of Oil Springs and Elizabeth Barker of Betsy Lane; 25 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Glen Arrowood, Nim Sturgill and Earl Muncy conducted services June 10 in the Old Friendship United Church. Burial followed in the family cemetery at Thelma, with the Jones and Preston Funeral Home in charge of all the arrangements. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 16, June 1971
   
JACKSON, Geneva
1971
Services were held June 4 in the Pentecostal Church for Geneva Jackson, 42, of Columbus, Ohio. Born in Riceville to Archie Jackson and the late May Carpenter Jackson, she died in her home on June 2 after suffering an extended illness. Survivors include two daughters, Jerri Colleen Jackson of Swamp Branch and Vickie Lynn Chandler of Columbus, Ohio; her step mother, Mrs. Virgie Jackson and a sister in Oil Springs, Mrs. Melvin Blanton. The Rev. Curt Salyer and Adam Marshall officiated at the service, and the Paintsville Funeral Home supervised burial afterward in the Carpenter Cemetery at Swamp Branch. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 9, June 1971
    
JOHNSON, Lloyd C.
1971
Services were held June 29 in the Preston Funeral Home Chapel for Lloyd Clay Johnson, 56, of Thealka. Johnson passed away June 6 in Monroe, Mich. He was born in North Carolina to Della Nichols Johnson and the late Charles Johnson. Survivors include his wife, Irene Stamper Johnson; two sons, Clay A. Johnson of Thealka and Richard Johnson of Lincoln Park, Mich., and two daughters, from Thealka, Bonnie Sue and Donna Lou Johnson. Also surviving are nine brothers, Weaver, Parkes, Charley and Albert Johnson of Trenton, Mich., Glenn, James and Clifford Johnson of Monroe, Mich., Bruce Johnson from Wyandott, Mich., and D. C. Johnson of Ontario, Canada, and four sisters, Mrs. Della Johnson and Mrs. Opal Pelphrey of Wyandott, Mich., Mrs. Ruby Fouler of Dun Dee, Mich., and Mrs. Alma McGee of Monroe, Mich. The Rev. Willard Martin officiated at the funeral and the Preston Funeral Home arranged for interment afterward in the Highland Memorial Cemetery at Staffordsville. Paintsville Herald 7, July 1971
   
LITTON, William
1971
Services were held June 12 in the Williamsport home of William T. (Bill) Litton, 82, who passed away June 8 in a Paintsville hospital. He was born in Boons Camp to the late Joseph and Mary Mollette Litton and was married to Flora Belle Aldridge Litton. Survivors include his wife; five sons, William Litton of Louisa, Henry Litton from New York, James Litton of Offutt, Edgar Litton of Detroit, Mich., and Clyde Litton of Williamsport. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Rose Mary Barrett of Williamsport and Mrs. Mae Fry of Columbus, Ohio; a half brother, James A. Litton; a half sister, Liz Allen; 20 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Nim Sturgill officiated at the funeral, and the Preston Funeral Home took charge of burial afterward in the Litton Cemetery at Williamsport. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY JUNE 16, 1971
   
MATNEY, Mary (Meek)
1971
Mary Ann Matney, 88, widow of the late J.H. Matney, died June 6 in a local nursing home after a long illness.  The Paintsville resident and member of the First Methodist Church was born in Johnson County to the late Jess and Martha Niebert Meek.  She is survived by a daughter from Paintsville, Mrs. Katherine Hughes, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.  The Rev. J.H. Burton held services June 8 in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home with supervised burial afterward in the Mayo Cemetery at Paintsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY JUNE 9, 1971
   
MCKENZIE, Charles Morris
1971
Charles Morris McKenzie, 41, of Staffordsville died June 8 1971, in a Lexington Hospital after a brief illness. The former Kentucky and West Virginia, Gas Company well Operator was born in Johnson County to Moncie Stapleton and the late Charlie McKenzie. Immediate survivors include his wife, Avis Jean Hall McKenzie; a son in Paintsville, Charles Eugene McKenzie; a daughter, Elizabeth Sue Stambaugh of Staffordsville; a brother from Staffordsville, Cline McKenzie; one sister in Toledo, Ohio, Marjorie Neva Estep; and one grandchild. Services were held June 11 at the First Baptist Church, with Claude Preston and Charles Stapleton officiating. Burial was in the Old Hood Church Cemetery at Sitka,  under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.
  
MEADE, W.R.
1971
Services were held June 15 1971, in the First Baptist Church for, W. R. Meade Sr., 88, who died two days earlier in a Lexington hospital. The retired farmer and Paintsville resident had suffered an extended illness. He was born In Lawrence County to the late Tivis and Loutitta Boyd Meade. Immediate survivors include his wife, Addle Francis Perry Meade, and seven sons, Arnold, B. R., Douglas, Kenneth, Russell and W. R. Meade Jr. of Paintsville and Orville Meade from Irvine. Also surviving are four daughters, Mrs. C. J. Sparks, Mrs. Dolen Branham and Mrs. Lloyd Hamilton of Paintsville and Mrs. E. M. Meeks of Ashland, as well as 24 grandchildren and 44 great grandchildren. The Rev. Charles Milam officiated at the funeral, and the Jones-Preston Funeral Home arranged for burial afterward in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville.
   
MEEK, Leon
1971
Leon Meek, a 4 year old lifetime Boons Camp resident, died June 8 in a Lexington hospital after two months of declining health. He was the son of Ida Bowen Meek and the late Robert Meek. Survivors include his wife, Della Meek; a son in Cleveland, Ohio, Jimmy Lee Meek; four brothers, Orville Meek of Detroit, Mich., Earl Meek of Columbus, Ohio, James E. Meek of Flat Rock, Mich., and Arnold Meek from Boons Camp, and three sisters, Mrs. Della M. Meek and Mrs. Carolyn ward of Boons Camp and Mrs. Deliah Amburn of Fairborn, Ohio. Services were held June 11 in the Boons Camp Freewill Baptist Church, with Otis Bowling, Bill Tackett and Walter Dutton officiating. The Preston Funeral Home supervised interment afterward in the Pigg Cemetery at Boons Camp. Paintsville Herald Wednesday June 16, 1971
   
MOLLETTE, John
1971
John Russell Mollette, the 16-month old son of Millard and Claudia Sue Miles Mollette, passed away June 16 in his Whitehouse home. He is survived by his parents and two sisters at home, Jacqueline Sue and Roxana Mollette. Services were held in the home of June 18, with J. H. Short officiating. Burial followed in the Mollette Cemetery at Whitehouse under the guidance of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday June 23, 1971
   
MUSIC, Flossie (Blair)
1971
A long illness ended in death in a local hospital on June 14 1971 for Flossie Blair Music; 64, of East Point. She was the widow of the late Harry B. Music and the daughter of the late Malcom and Rebecca Burton Blair. Ezra Williams held services June 17 in the East Point Church of Christ, with interment afterward in the family cemetery nearby. Survivors include a son in East Point, Harry D. Music; three daughters Mrs. Mildred Aguis and Mrs. Janice Stover of Detroit, Mich.; and Miss Debbie Music of East Point, and eight grandchildren. Also surviving are a brother in Detroit, Edward Gene Blair, and six sisters from Detroit, Mrs. Marshie Fisher, Mrs. Reva Gait, Mrs. Gladys Bell, Mrs. Doris Peters, Mrs. Clotine Knight and Mrs. Mary Blair. The Jones-Preston Funeral Home was in charge of all arrangements.
   
REED, Jeff
1971
Jeff Reed, former Johnson County resident and son of the late Asa and Rebecca Reed, died Wednesday, June 30, in a Loraine, Ohio hospital at the age of 80. Born March 27, 1891, he was a World War I veteran, member of the Odd Fellows, American Legion, the D.A.V. and a retired Paintsville Water and Gas Company employee.  His wife, Elizabeth, preceded him in death in 1965. He is survived by one daughter Mrs. Etta M. Baldwin of Loraine, three borthers and one sister, and two grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Friday, July 3, 1971, at the Paintsville United Baptist Church with reverends O.I. Williams, Lonza Reed, and Arnoild Reed officiating. Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville with gravesite rites being conducted by the Paintsville chapter of Odd Fellows and the Paintsville Chapter of the D.A.V under Commander Monterville Miles. Arrangements were under the dirction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 7-7-1971
   
RICHMOND, Alice (Joseph)
1971
Alice Joseph Richmond was born at Odds, Johnson County, Kentucky, on June 27, 1894, and departed this life on January 7, 1971, at the age of eighty-six years, six months, and eleven days.  She was the only child of the late Woodson and Arminta Baldridge Joseph, and has spend most of her life on the Richmond farm, just east of the City of Paintsville where the family residence, built by her husband, stands as a landmark to their work and frugality. In early childhood she moved with her parents to the State of Washington where they resided for several years. After their return, the family lived on Middle Creek in Floyd County, and Mrs. Richmond attended the Normal School of the late Professor W. J. Byington in Prestonsburg where she prepared herself for a teacher. She was married on Dec. 4, 1904, to William R. Richmond, a noted civil engineer and authority on land titles in Eastern Kentucky. They moved to Oklahoma where they resided for a few years, returning to Johnson County. Her husband preceded her in death on July 26, 1945. She is survived by four sons, William Orville of Ashland, Ky., Howard Estill, Springfield, Ohio, John Woodson and James Gordon of Paintsville, and one daughter, Myrtle Richmond Jenkins of Paintsville.  She leaves six grandchildren, Alice Jane Richmond, Paul Richard Richmond, Mrs. Esther Jean Titlow, Rebecca Ann Rich- mond, William Orville Rich- mond II, David Lawrence Richmond, and one great grandson, William Bernard Titlow. "Aunt Alice" as she was familiarly known, was one of the community's most beloved women.  Kind, patient, a devout Christian, she was respected and loved by all who knew her. She was converted when a young woman, and was a member of the Methodist Church.  Like the virtuous woman of Proverbs, she possessed strength and honor. "Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own work praise her in the gates." Funeral services were conducted in the chapel of the Preston Funeral Home by Rev. Leslie Rogers assisted by Rev. Arthur Conaway and Rev. C. C. Hall.  Music was by Mrs. Louise B. Cooper and Mrs. Barbara Thacker. The pallbearers were Paul Arrowood, Francis Witten, Ollie Montgomery, Roger Music, Dean Murray, Carl Melvin, Wes Mason, W. J. Carroll, Tom R. King, and Jack Kincheloe. Burial was in the Richmond family cemetery, Paintsville, Ky.

Alice Joseph Richmond, who had lived in Paintsville for the past 52 of her 86 years, died here on January 7 after an extended illness.  She was born in Odds to the late Woodson and Arminta Baldridge Joseph and was married to the late William R. Richmond. Services were held in the Preston Funeral Home Chapel on January 9 by the Rev. Leslie Rogers, with burial following in the Richmond Cemetery at Paintsville. Paul Arrowood, Wallace J. Adams, Francis Witten, Ollie Montgomery, Roger Music, Dean Murry, Carl Melvin, C. O. Wheeler, Wes Mason, Chick Carroll, Tom R. King and Jack Kin- cheloe assisted as pallbearers. The Preston Funeral Home cared for all arrangements. Surviving her are four sons, William O. Richmond of Ashland, Howard E. Richmond in Springfield, Ohio, and John and James Richmond of Paintsville, as well as a daughter in Paintsville, Mrs. Myrtle R. Jenkins. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, 1-13-1971
   
SAMMONS, Fannie (Kennard)
1971
Fannie Stafford Sammons, 71, of Paintsville died June 15 in a Prestonsburg nursing home after five months of poor health. She was born in Logville to the late John and Sarah Hammonds Kennard and was a member of the United Baptist Church. Her first husband, Burl Stafford, passed away in 1947, and her second husband, Martin Sammons, died in 1968. Mrs. Sammons is survived by four sons, Everett Stafford of Van Lear, Burl Stafford from Paintsville, Carl P. Stafford of Indianapolis, Ind., and Albert Stafford of Paintsville; two daughters, Mrs. Pauline Burton of Paintsville and Mrs. Grace Shiplay of Hendersonville, Tenn.; 21 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Nim Sturgill, Tom Sammons and Charles Price held services June 17 in the Buffalo United Baptist Church at Meally.  The Preston Funeral Home supervised burial afterward in the Wells Cemetery at Paintsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY JUNE 23, 1971
   
SPRADLIN, Myrtle (Daniel)
1971
Myrtle Daniel Spradlin, 52, a lifetime Nippa resident, died June 4 in a Louisa hospital after three weeks of poor health.  She was the daughter of the late Frank and Mahalia Scarberry Daniel and the wife of Hendrick Spradlin.  Survivors include her husband, four sons in Nippa, James, Charles, Larry and Rickie Spradlin, and four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Huff of Huntington, W. Va., Mrs. Dorris Skaggs of Columbus, Ohio, and Misses Nancy and Brenda Spradlin of Nippa. Also surviving are three sisters in Springfield, Ohio, Mrs. Angie Preston, Mrs. Alice Music and Mrs. Rethea Richmond, as well as seven grandchildren. Services were held in the home on June 9, with Hammie May and Howard Page presiding.  The Paintsville Funeral home arranged for burial afterward in the family cemetery at Nippa. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday June 9 1971
   
VANHOOSE, W. Earl
1915-1971
MECHANICSBURG  - W. Earl Van Hoose, 56, who was residing in the home of his sister, Mrs. Clarence (Minnie) Burkes of 9391 E. Route 29, Mechanicsburg, died Wednesday following an extended illness. Born on Jan. 23, 1915, in Sitka, Ky., he was the son of Arlie and Emma Culwell Van Hoose. Surviving are :  eight children of Peru, Ind.;  three sisters, Mrs. Richard Gaver and Mrs. Burkes, both of Mechanicsburg, and Mrs. R. C. Fairchilds of Woodstock;  Russell of Brookville, Ray and Carmel, both of Sitka, Ky.;  and his step-mother, Mrs. Delcie Van Hoose also of Sitka. His body was taken to the Skillman Funeral Home and is to be sent to the Jones-Preston Funeral Home, Paintsville, Ky., where services are set tentatively for Saturday.
The Urbana (OH) Daily Citizen, 24 June 1971 Submitted By: Beverly Houghtling  Feb.17 2011
   
WEBB, John
1971
John Webb, a 76-year-old retired Boons Camp miner, passed away June 6 in a local hospital after a long period of declining health. Born in Johnson County to the late Rowe and Martha Goble Webb, he was married to Nancy Ward Webb. Survivors include his wife; a son in Phelps, John Rowe Webb; five sisters, Sara Hyden, Elsie Ward, Angie Lynn and Laura Belle Phelps of Van Lear and Fannie Webb of Wabash, Ind.; four brothers, Curtis and Calvin Webb of Van Lear, Jake Webb of Meally, and Ottis Webb of Wabash. Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Edwin Phelps of Meally, Mrs. Eddie Mollette of Genera, Ohio, and Sue Bowen from Miami, Fla.; 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. J. H. Short conducted services June 8 in the Meally Church of Christ, of which Webb was a member.  Burial was in the family cemetery at Boons Camp, under the guidance of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday June 9, 1971

JULY - 1971

BUSH, Willard C.
1971
Willard Cooper Bush, 50, of Yager died July 10 in a Pikeville hospital after a long period of declining health. He was born in Paintsville to the late Andrew and Ellen Cooper Bush. Survivors include his wife, Hazel Mitchell Bush; two sons, John Bush of Stuart, Fla., and Richard Bush of Garrett, Ind.; a brother in Paintsville, Arnold Bush, and two grandchildren. Services were held July 12 in the Yager Church of Christ, with Bennie Blankenship and Mike Mitchell officiating. Burial followed in the Mitchell Cemetery at Yager, under the direction of the J.W. Call and Son Funeral Home of Pikeville. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, July 28, 1971
   
CHANDLER, Tammy Lynn
1971
Tammy Lynn Chandler, infant daughter of Ray Chandler Jr. and Avanell Boyd Chandler, died July 2 at the University  Medical Center in Lexington. The child was born June 30, 1971, at the Medical Center. Rites were held Monday, July 5, in the chapel of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home, with Rev. Don Fraley officiating.   Burial was in the family cmetery at Thelma. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY JULY 7, 1971
   
COX, John T.
1971
John Thurman Cox, 81, died July 16 in a local hospital after suffering a brief illness. The retired farmer and Red Bush resident was born in Magoffin County to the late James and Nancy Alice Fyffe Cox.  He was a W.W.I. veteran. Survivors include his wife, Betty Gambill Cox; three sons, Charles Cox of Staffordsville, James A. Cox of Columbus, Ohio, and Junior Cox in Vietnam, and ten grand- children. Also surviving are three daughters, Lillie McCarty of Manila, Sue Miller of Coal Grove, Ohio, and Glenda Sowers of Zanesville, Ohio; three brothers, Martin Cox of Coal Grove, Robert Cox from Ironton, Ohio, and Ora Cox in Ezel, and a sister, Bessie Pemberton of Coal Grove. Services were held July 18 in the Red Bush Enterprise Baptist Church, with John Scott Williams and Willard Bailey officiating. The Jones- Preston Funeral Home supervised burial afterward in the family cemetery nearby. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 7-21-1971
   
DUTY, Bessie (Music)
1971
An extended illness ended in death on July 23 1971 for Bessie Duty, 77, of, Fairborn, Ohio. The former Meally resident passed away in Kettering, Ohio. She was born in Johnson County to the late Abe and Fannie Patrick Music and was preceded in death by her husband, Russell Duty. Survivors include two sons, Thomas Duty of Meally and Bobby Gene Duty of Blaine; a sister in Huntington, Ind., Mrs. Vada Reeves; 34 grandchildren  and 37 great grandchildren; Also surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Ruby Boyles of Fairborn, Ohio; Mrs. Verlie Bowling, and Mrs. Lillian of Grundy, West Va.; and Mrs. Ruth  Bowen of South Charleston,Ohio. J.H.Short conducted services on July 26 in the Meally Church Of Christ. The Jones-Preston Funeral Home arranged for interment in the Duty Cemetery nearby.
   
GRIFFEY, Linzie
1971
Linzie Griffey, 79, of East Point, died Tuesday July 6, in a local hospital.  A retired construction worker he was the son of the late George and Tilda Cisco Griffey and was born May 30, 1892. Survivors include his wife, Mary Salyers Griffey, four sons Cecil Griffey and L.J. Griffey of Ragland, W. Va., Dock Griffey of Somerset, and six daughters, Nancy Estep of Garrison, Ruby Powers of Auxier, Ellen Marsillett of Prestonsburg, Susie Ratliff of Lancer, and Martha Duty and Oma Bentley of East Point.  Additional survivors include 58 grandchildren, 65 great grandchildren, and 6 great great grandchildren.  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, July 8, at 10 a.m. at the Whitaker Freewill Baptist Church with Lowell Pelphrey officiating.  Burial will follow in the Salyers Cemetery at Red Bush under the direction of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday July 7 1971
   
GULLETT, Matthew
1971
Matthew Gullett, 80, a native of Magoffin County and resident of Royalton, died July 1 in a Huntington hospital after an extended illness. A niece, Mary Anna Wetzel lives at Van Lear. He was born in 1891 to Charles and Cynthia Litteral Gullett. Survivors include his wife Neva VanHoose Gullett, and a daughter, Ida Gullett, who lives in Ohio. Rev. J.H. Burton officiated at services Saturday, July 3, in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Town Cemetery at Paintsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday July 7 1971
   
HORN, Clifford
1971
Services were held Sunday, July 4, for Clifford Horn, 33, of Denver, who died July 2, 1971. The son of Dora Horn Goble and the late Clyde Horn Sr., he was born April 22, 1938. Survivors include his wife, Lavern Fairchild Horn, a son, Stanley, and three daughters, Melissa Faye, Gena Ray and Lisa Kay, all at home. Also surviving are two brothers, Tom Horn of Columbus, Ohio and Clyde Horn of Ashville, Ohio, and two sisters, Iva Jay Ratliff of Denver and Mary Mae Gore of Columbus. Charles Lemaster and Melvin Blanton officiated at services in the Rockhouse Freewill Baptist Church. Burial followed in the Horn Cemetery at Rockhouse Fork, Staffordsville. The Jones-Preston Funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 7, July 1971

CLIFFORD HORNE Clifford Horne, son of Dora Goble, was accidentally killed recently by a truck at Denver. Survivors include his wife, Laverne Horne; four children, Stanley, Melissa, Gena Ray and Lisa Kay, two brothers, Richard and Clyde Horn; two sisters, Iva Ratliff and Mary Gore, a step-father, Jerry Goble, as well as a host of relatives and friends. Paintsville Herald 25, August 1971
   
KING, Sebastian
1971
Sebastian King, 79, passed away July 2 in his Elna home after two years of declining health. The retired farmer was born in Elna to the late William and Mary Osborne King and was married to Emma Estep King.  Immediate survivors include his wife; a son in Elna, William H. King; three daughters, Mrs. Loretta Hall of Crayer, Mrs. Mary Ann Blanton of Elna and Mrs. Eunice Stapleton of Manila; one brother, Henry King of Volga, and nine grandchildren.  Lonza Reed, Arnold Reed and Lowell Ferguson presided at services held July 5 in the Patty Flats Cemetery at Elna.  The Preston Funeral Home took charge of burial in the cemetery. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday  July 7 1971
  
MAHAN, Ernest
1971
Funeral services were held in the Staffordsville Freewill Baptist Church on July 26 for Ernest (Mutt) Mahan, 86, of Paintsville.  He died July 23 in the Paintsville home of his son, Callie Mahan. The native Johnson Countian was preceded in death by his wife Chlore Mahan. Survivors include five sons, Frank and Bee Mahan of Carey, Ohio; Herbert Mahan of Nippa, Callie Mahan of Paintsville, and Elmer Mahan of Staffordsville. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Clotine Kimbler of Staffordsville and Mrs. Pearlie King from Columbus, Ohio; 39 grandchildren and 52 great grandchildren. Officiating at the funeral were the Reverends Alfred Frazier Jr., John Frank Ratliff, Scott Castle and Carson Davis.  The Paintsville Funeral Home arranged for burial afterward in the Dixon Cemetery at Staffordsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY JULY 28, 1971
  
MEEK, Arbie
1971
Arbie Meek, age 72, died Thursday, July 1, in an Indianapolis, Indiana hospital after an extended illness.  Born October 3, 1898, he was the son of the late Lathora (Bud) and Talitha Ward Meek.  A retired farmer and Methodist minister, he had lived in Indianapolis for the past 16 years.  Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Roberts Meek, four sons, Leslie Meek of Ashland, Buddy Meek of Indianapolis, Claude Meek of Blue Field, W. Va., and three daughters, Beulah Perry of Springfield, Ohio, and Flora Overstreet and Lennie Meek of Indianapolis.  Additional survivors include three brothers, one sister, 17 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren.  Funeral services were conducted Sunday, July 4, in the Wells Chapel Methodist Church at Boonscamp with Reverend Frank Spillman officiating.  Burial followed in the Meek Family Cemetery under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday July 7 1971
   
PACK, Kinnie
1971
Services were held on July 27 1971 In the Jones-Preston-Funeral Home chapel for Kinnie Pack, 77 of Van Lear. The retired coal miner died three days earlier in Van bear, his parents were the late Elliot and Ida Pugh Pack. Surviving are his wife, Edna Short Pack, a son in St James, Mo., Kenneth Ray Pack, and three sisters, Rosa Dulen  of West Liberty; Julie Stapleton, of Christiansburg, Ohio; and Beulah Stickley, from St. Paris, Ohio; J.H. Short and Bennie Blankenship officiated at the funeral. The Jones Preston Funeral Home supervised burial afterward in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY AUG.4 1971
  
PRESTON, Elmer
1971
Services were held July 26 in the Old Friendship United Baptist Church at Williamsport for Elmer Preston, 60, of Meally. He passed away July 23 in a Paintsville Hospital.  Born in Williamsport to the late N.M. and Rosa Daniel Preston, he was married to Rebecca Newsom Preston.  Survivors include his wife; two sons, James Preston of Wayne, Ark., and Elmer Preston Jr. of Ironton, Ohio, and four daughters, Mrs. Emma J. Meek of Meally, Mrs. Lillie Mae Davis of Ironton, Mrs. Arlene Lewis of Bossuier City, Louisiana, and Mrs. Rossie Ward of Columbus, Ohio.  Also surviving are three brothers, Hoy Preston of Columbus, Ohio, Roy Preston from Dayton, Ohio, and John Preston of Ypsilanti, Mich., and 15 grandchildren.  Elzie Banks, Glenn Arrowood and Everett Crum officiated at the funeral.  Interment was in the Preston Cemetery at Williamsport with the Preston Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday July 28 1971
  
RATLIFF, Alfred W.
1971
Alfred William Ratliff. an 84-year-old retired C & O Railroad worker, passed away July 26, 1971 in his Hager Hill Home. Born in Lawrence county to the late William and Rebecca Green Ratliff, he was preceded in death last month by his wife, Georgia Bayes Ratliff. Survivors include two sons, William Harvey Ratliff of Ashland and Claude Ratliff from Glendale, Calif., as well as a step son in Upper Dale, Ga., Clyde Bayes. Other survivirs are two daughters in Glendale, Calif., Mrs. Mildred Havens and Mrs. Marie Ryan, and a sister, Alice Ratliff of Sturgis, Mich.  Services were held July 28, 1971 in the home, with J.H. Short officiating. The Jones-Preston Funeral Home was in charge of burial afterward in the family cemetery at Hager Hill. Paintsville Herald Wednesday Aug.04 1971
   
STAPLETON, Lyda (Wallen)
1971
Lyda Wallen Stapleton, 64, passed away July 20 in a Paintsville hospital after suffering a brief illness. The Tutor Key resident was born in Volga to the late Jeff and Louisa Brown Ramey. Immediate survivors include her husband, Ray Stapleton; a son in Tutor Key, Monroe Wallen; a daughter in Warsaw, Ind., Mrs. Mary Cornett; three sisters, Mrs. Ethel Lemaster of Springfield, Ohio, Mrs. Plura Crislip of Milford Center, Ohio, and Mrs. Rena Fairchild of Richmondale, Ohio; one brother, Irvin Ramey or Warsaw, Ind.; three grandchildren and one great grandchild. The Rev. Bruce Daniel conducted services on July 22 in the chapel of the Paintsville Funeral Home, which supervised burial afterward in the Highland Memoria Park at Staffordsville. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday  July 28 1971
   
TACKETT, Challie
1971
Challie Tackett, 67, of Staffordsville died July 1 in a Paintsville hospital after suffering a brief illness. The retired miner and United Baptist was born in Lick Fork to the late Harry and Mary Mollett Tackett. Survivors include his wife, Sina Conley Tackett; two sons, William H. Tackett of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and Charles R. Tackett of Carey, Ohio, and four daughters, Mrs. Margaret H. Picklesimer and Mrs. Mary Etta Dyer of Carey, Ohio; Mrs. Junie F. Wilcox of Findlay, Ohio, and Mrs. Bonnie Wells of Richmond. Also surviving are five brothers, Paris Tackett of Staffordsville, Sherman Tackett of Lick Fork, Clarice Tackett of East Point, William Tackett of Jackson, Ohio, and Noah Tackett of Willard, Ohio, as well as 23 grandchildren. Services were held July 4 in the Staffordsville Freewill Baptist Church, with the Reverends John Ratliff, Alfred Frazier Jr. and Scott Castle officiating.  Burial followed in the church cemetery, under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY JULY 7, 1971
   
WARD, Carrie Lee
1971
Miss Carrie Lee Ward, 44, died on July 28 in a car collision near her Lafayette, La., home. She was born in Williamsport to the late Hershall Ward and Myrtle E. Hall Ward.  Her grandparents were the late Marvin and Mary Ward of Williamsport. Survivors include four aunts and two uncles in West Virginia and in Tomahawk. Paintsville Herald Thursday September 01, 1971
  
WARD, Steve
1971
Steve Ward, a retired coal miner and Van Lear resident, passed away in a local hospital on July 28.  The 77-year-old former United Baptist suffered a long illness prior to this death. He was born in Johnson County to the late Jonathan and Polly Sturgill Ward. Immediate survivors include his wife, Margaret Honeycutt Ward, and five sons, John V. Ward of Van Lear, Douglas Ward of Paintsville, Delbert Ward of Inez, Kermit Ward of Warren, Ohio, and Steve Ward Jr. in Ypsilanti, Mich. Also surviving are four daughters, Ocie Coffman of Plainsville, Ohio, Alka Shearer of Green Castle, Ind., Reva Nell Butcher of Owensville and Pearl Margarett Robinson of Cloverdale, Ind.; a brother in Inez, Jimmy Ward; one sister, Liza Newsome of Inez, and 23 grandchildren. Jim Preece and Tom Preece held services July 30 in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home, which supervised burial afterward in the Honeycutt Cemetery at Van Lear. Paintsville Herald Wednesday August 4, 1971
   
WILLIAMS, A. Lane
1971
Funeral services were held July 30 for A. Lane Williams, 35, of Winchester. The native Johnson Countian was a former employee of the First National Bank of Paintsville.  He died July 28 in his home. Surviving him are his wife, LaVern Williams; his father, Howard P. Williams; his stepmother, Geneva B. Williams; two sisters, Mrs. Treva Montgomery of Winchester and Mrs. Eleanor Ratliff from New Carlisle, Ohio, and four brothers from Winchester, Arnold, Paul, Anthony, and Carl Williams. The funeral was held in the Scobee Funeral Home Chapel at Winchester, with burial afterward in a Lexington cemetery. Pallbearers were Carroll Burchett, Henry Burchett, Bill Montgomery, Paul Ratliff, Fred Burchett, and Tom Perry. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY AUG. 4, 1971
   
WILLIS, Zelphia (Spears)
1971
Zelphia Willis, 91, died July 28 1971, in her Paintsville home after a long period of declining health. She was born In Johnson County to the late Linzie and Louise Baldridge Spears. Immediate survivors include five sons, Issac and Mike Standifer of Paintsville, Zack Standifer of Salyersville, Linzie Standifer of West Van Lear and Mose Standifer of Staffordsville; 68 grandchildren; 143 great grandchildren and 27 great great grandchildren. Also surviving are three daughters. Mrs. Louise Stapleton of Thealka, Mrs. Mary Meek of Williamsport and Mrs. Maudie Elam of Paintsville, and two brothers, Mose Spears of Turkey Creek and Jake Spears from Greenup. Services were held July 31 In the Pentecostal Church of Christ, with Cline Salyers, Melvin Blanton and Woodrow White officiating. Interment followed in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, under the direction of the Jones Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY AUG.4 1971

AUGUST - 1971

BAILEY, Robert Carroll
1970
Robert Carroll Bailey, 39, of Red Bush died suddenly on August 26 in Paintsville. The native Johnson Countian was employed as an RECC service man. Survivors include his parents, Wallace and Erie Ferguson Bailey; his wife, Shirley Conley Bailey; a son at home, Robert Todd Bailey; one brother in Paintsville, Paul Bailey, and two sisters, Miss Anna Lee Bailey of Paintsville and Mrs. Woodrow Ferguson of Keaton. William Wright held services on August 29, in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home, which supervised burial afterward in the family cemetery at Keaton. Active pallbearers were James A. Conley, Billy Joe Conley, Dwight Beculhimer, Ernest Beculhimer, J. D. Hill, Gary Greer, Farrell Ferguson and Tommy Daniels. Honorary pallbearers were Jim Conley, Roger McKenzie, Tommy Hill, Harold Lemaster, Jim Fyffe, Gail Gilliam, Densil Hill, Landon Maynard, and Don James. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 09-01-1971
   
BRANHAM, James R.
1971
James Ronald Branham, 29 passed away suddenly on August 9 in a hospital near his Dayton, Ohio, home. He was born in Boonscamp to Dixie Mollett Branham and the late John R. Branham. Immediate survivors include his mother, his wife, Ruth Mary Preece Branham; a daughter at home, Jenniffer Louise Branham, and a grandfather in Tomahawk, Rod Mollett. Arthur Preece, Everett Crum and Elzie Banks held services on August 13 in the Little Friendship United Baptist Church at Boonscamp. The Preston Funeral Home supervised interment afterward in the Branham Cemetery at Tomahawk. PAINTSVILE HERALD WEDNESDAY AUGUST 18, 1971
   
BRANHAM, Samuel DeWitt
1971
Sam Branham, 60-year-old retired Nippa miner, passed away in an Ashland hospital on August 17. He had suffered an extended illness prior to his death. He was born in East Point to the late Elish and Maggie Franklin Branham. Survivors include his wife, Lora Ratliff Branham; three sons, William C. Branham of St. Charles, Ill., Paul E. Branham of Paintsville and Craig V. Branham of Nippa; seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Malta Burton of Cattlettsburg and Mrs. Garnet Young of Chicago, Ill., and two sisters, Mrs. Mae Lee of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs. Lillian Thompson of Toledo, Ohio. Charles Stapleton, Harry Ratliff and Millard VanHoose conducted services on August 20, in the Mouth of Rush Freewill Baptist Church. Burial followed in the Rose Hill Burial Park at Ashland, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 9-1-1971
   
BROWN, Jessie (Vaughn)
1971
Funeral services were held on August 28, in the Paintsville United Methodist Church for Jessie Vaughn Brown, 84, of Paintsville. Mrs. Brown passed away three days earlier in a local hospital after suffering a prolonged illness. Born in Johnson County to the late Bascom and Louisa Jane Davis Vaughn, she was married to the late Everett Brown. Survivors include a daughter in Catham, N. J. Mrs. Charles K. Kemper; two sisters from Paintsville, Mrs. Carrie Clay and Miss Mary Vaughn, and three grandchildren. The Rev. J. H. Burton officiated at the funeral. Pallbearers were Bill Bailey, Colonel Bailey, John M. Trimble, Mark Maggard, Trigg Dorton and Jim Hall. Burial was in the Davis Cemetery at Paintsville with the Paintsville Funeral Home in charge. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 09-01-1971
   
BUTCHER, Willie
1971
Willie Butcher, 42, of Boonscamp died suddenly on August 11 in a local hospital. The former mechanic was born to the late Ballard and Lura Deboard Butcher. Survivors include his wife, Virginia Jones Butcher; a son in Boonscamp, Billy Butcher Jr., and three daughters in Boonscamp, Brenda, Anna and Myra Butcher. Also surviving are two brothers, Arnold Butcher of Miami, Fla., and Earl Butcher of Boonscamp, and three sisters from Boonscamp, Mrs. Mary Preston, Mrs. Elva Mollett and Mrs. Edna Preston. Services were held August 14 in the White House Enterprise Baptist Church, with Walter Dutton and Herman Deboard officiating. Burial followed in the Butcher Cemetery at Boonscamp, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, August 18, 1971
  
CAMPBELL, Beulah E. (Wells)
1971
Services were held on August 21 in the Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel for Beulah Ernestine Campbell, 38, of Long Beach, California. Born in Morgan County to Roxie Davis Baldwin and the late Ernest Well, she was married to Richard Campbell. Survivors include her mother and her husband; her step father, Buster Baldwin; five brothers, Ernest Wells of Philadelphia, Pa., Charles Wells of Brookville, Ind., Billy Wells from Indianapolis, Ind., Clarence Baldwin of Newark, Ohio, and James Baldwin of Paintsville. Mrs. Campbell is also survived by a sister in Paintsville, Mrs. Francis Reed. Bill Runyon and John F. Ratliff officiated at the funeral. Interment followed in the Baldwin Cemetery at Paintsville, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, August 25, 1971
  
CONNER, Edna (Williams)
1971
Mrs. Edna Conner, 68, passed away on August 30 in a hospital near her Lima, Ohio home. She was born in Johnson County to the late Frank and Stella VanHoose Williams. Survivors include her husband, Milo Conner; three daughters, Mrs. Garland Kitchen of Ironton, Ohio, Mrs. Steve Minas of Japan and Mrs. Maxwell Thompson of Louisa; a brother in Dayton, Ohio, Richard Williams, and a stepson, L. James Conner of Delphos, Ohio. Also surviving are six sisters, Mrs. Clara Rice of Russell, Mrs. Lucy Burchett of Dayton, Mrs. Alta Shields of Fairborn, Ohio, Mrs. Geneva Rice of Tipp City, Ohio, Mrs. Frankie Patrick of Troy, Ohio, and Mrs. Carrell Lacy of California. Services were held on September 1 in chapel of the Siferd Funeral Home, which supervised burial afterward. The Rev. Robert Turner of- ficated at the funeral. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 9-15-1971
  
 Obituary –  Lima, Ohio, August 30, 1971 Mrs. Edna Conner, 68, of 730 S. Glenwood died 1:25 a.m. today in St. Rita’s Hospital. Born April 1, 1903, in Johnson County, KY, she was the daughter of Frank and Stella Vanhoose Williams. Surviving are her husband, Milo; three daughters, Mrs. Garland (Beatrice) Kitchen of Ironton, Mrs. Steven (Eleanor) Minas of Japan and Mrs. Maxwell (Virginia) Thompson of Louisa, KY; a stepson, L. James Conner of Delphos; six sisters, Mrs. Clara Rice of Russell, KY; Mrs. Lucy Burchett of Dayton, Mrs. Alta Shields of Fairborn, Mrs. Geneva Rice of Tipp City, Mrs. Frankie Patrick of Troy and Mrs. Carrell Lacy of California; a brother, Richard Williams of Dayton; and 13 grandchildren. Mrs. Conner was a retired DWG plant worker. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in Sifert Westwood Chapel, rev. Robert Turner officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 7 tonight.
   
ELKINS, William
1971
William (Bill) Elkins, 65. Of Meally died August 2 in a Paintsville hospital after 14 years of declining health. The retired Meally miner was born in Louisa to the late Allen P. and Martha Burton Elkins. He is survived by his wife, Omie Music Elkins; three sons, William J. Elkins Jr. of Indianapolis, Ind., Bobby Gene Elkins of Meally and Roy Elkins of Logan, W.Va.; a sister in Meally, Mrs. Ester Hall, and six grandchildren. Services were held August 4 in the Meally Church of Christ, with J. H. Short officiating. The Preston Funeral Home supervised interment in the Elkins Cemetery at Meally. Paintsville Herald 11, August 1971
   
HAMILTON, Macy (Bond)
1971
Macy Hamilton,  lifetime Red Bush resident, passed away in a Huntington, W.Va., hospital on August 18 after several months of poor health. She was 74. Her parents were the late J.D. and Finetta Cox Bond. Survivors include her husband, C.P. Hamilton; four sons, E.P. Hamilton of Ashland, Ellis and Jack Hamilton of Paintsville, and Ford Hamilton of Red Bush; 13 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Basil Mullins of Paintsville and Mrs. Fred Hill of Relief; a sister in Red Bush, Mrs. John H. Holbrook, and three brothers, Guy and Don Bond of Mt. Pleasant, Mich. The Reverends C.H. Wallen, Robie Ferguson and Emory Ferguson held services on August 21 in the Red Bush Enterprise Baptist Church. The Paintsville Funeral Home supervised interment afterward in the Williams Cemetery at Red Bush. PH Wed. 8-25-1971
  
HANNAH, Edgar
1971
Services were held August, 23, in a Leander church for Edgar Hannah, 73, of Leander. The retired miner died August 20 in a Huntington, W. Va , hospital after two years of poor health. His parents were the late Harmon and Lydia Arms Hannah. Survivors include his wife Mary Merritt Hannah, three sons, Henry Hannah of Leander, Robert Hannah of Paintsville and Wilkie Hannah of Hager Hill, and three daughter, Mrs. Arlene Click of Swamp Branch, Mrs. Carma Lee Blair of Leander and Mrs. Audrey Prater at Prestonsburg. Also surviving are two brothers, Walter Hannah of Leander and Proctor Hannah from Hager Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Alka Lemasters of Leander and Mrs. Frankie Woods, of Columbus, Ohio; 12 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Paul Daniels, Richard Williams and Charlie Lemasters conducted the funeral. The Preston Funeral Home arranged for interment in the Hannah Cemtery at Leander. Paintsville Herald Wednesday Sep.01 1971
   
KIDWELL, Georgie (Meek)
1971
Mrs. Georgie Kidwell, 69, of Akron, Ohi, died on August 12. She was born in Martin County to Mary Daniel and Neal Meek. Immediate survivors include her mother; her husband, H.C. Kidwell; one son; five grandchildren, and three sisters, Lizzie Boyd of Holma, Catherine Farrur of Canton, Ohio, and Mary Perkins of Daytona, Fla. Also surviving are four brothers, H.C. John and Sam Meek from Massilion, Ohio.  Services were held on August 14 by the Rev. Charles Lencon. The Hopkins Funeral Home cared for all arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday August 25 1971
   
LYONS, Abraham L.
1971
Services were held last Saturday in the Thealka Freewill Baptist Church for Abraham L. Lyons, 70, who died August 5 in a local hospital. The retired Thealka coal miner was born in Lawrence County to the late William and Sarah Chandler Lyons. Immediate survivors include his wife, Ruth Castle Lyons, and four sons, Phillip Lyons of Franklin, Ohio; Jack Lyons of Jackson, Ohio; Billy Ray Lyons from New Carlisle, Ohio, and James Lyons of Anaheim, Calif. Also surviving are three daughters, Patsy Ann Colvin of Springboro, Ohio; Wanda Kessee of Randal, Wash., and Carolyn J. Lyons of Thealka; two sisters, Rosa Whitt of Steel and Dora Preston of Miamisburg, Ohio, and 11 grandchildren. Don Fraley and C. C. Hall officiated at the funeral.  Interment followed in the Mitchell Hall Cemetery at Davis Branch, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY AUG. 11, 1971
   
MAYNARD, Vernon
1971
Vernon Maynard, a 77-year old Ulysses farmer, died August 4 in a Paintsville hospital.  He was born in Pike County to the late Flem and Belle James Maynard.  Survivors include his wife, Polly Burgett Maynard; a son and a daughter in Ulysses, Julius and Eva MaynarD; a brother and sister in McCombs, McKinley Maynard and Dicie Lowe, and four grandchildren.  Services were held August 7 in the Walnut Grove Freewill Baptist Church, with Byrd Webb and Gallie Isaac officiating.  The Jones-Preston Funeral Home arrangeD for burial afterward in the Borders Cemetery at Ulysses. PAINSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY AUGUST 11, 1971
   
MCKENZIE, Southie (Harmon)
1971
Southie McKenzie, 63, died Saturday, August 21 1971, in a Lexington hospital. Born in Floyd County to the late Bill and Lucy Garrett Harmon she was a Licensed Practical Nurse and long time Paintsville resident. Survivors include two sons, Clyde and Doug McKenzie of Paintsville, five daughters, Mrs. Mary Short of Meally; Mrs. Ada Pack and Mrs. Lucy Haroer of Paintsville; Mrs. Francie DeLong of Hager Hill; and Mrs. Lois Webb of Lexington; Also surviving are two brothers, Arthur and Fred Harmon of Paintsville. Services were held August 24 in First United Methodist Church with Reverend J.H. Burton officiating. Burial followed in the Richmond Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.
  
MEEK, Angela
1971
Edna and Angela Meek, the infant twins of Faye Edward and Patricia Ann Price Meek of Paintsville, passed away on August 17 in a Paintsville hospital.  Paternal grandparents are Willis and Mollie Delong Meek of Boonscamp and the maternal grandfather is Cecil Price of Meally. Services were held on August 19 in the Johnson Cemetery at Thelma, with Scott Castle officiating. The Preston Funeral Home cared for all arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday September 1 1971
  
MEEK, Edna
1971
Edna and Angela Meek, the infant twins of Faye Edward and Patricia Ann Price Meek of Paintsville, passed away on August 17 in a Paintsville hospital.  Paternal grandparents are Willis and Mollie Delong Meek of Boonscamp and the maternal grandfather is Cecil Price of Meally. Services were held on August 19 in the Johnson Cemetery at Thelma, with Scott Castle officiating. The Preston Funeral Home cared for all arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday September 1 1971
  
PENIX, Neva (Ward)
1971
Neva Penix, 72, of Williamsport died on August 16 in a Dayton, Ohio, nursing home after a long period of declining health. She was born in Meally to the late Bascom and Anna Akers Ward. Her husband, John E. Penix, preceded her in death. Immediate survivors include two sons, Earl Penix of Dayton, Ohio and Morris Lee Penix of Atlanta, Ga; a step son in Ohio, Ingram Penix, and two daughters, Lucille Maddin of Cleves, Ohio, and Beatrice Williams of Cincinnate, Ohio. Also surviving are five half brothers, William and Estill Ward of Meally, James C. Ward of Fairborn, Ohio, Arbie Ward of New Carlisle, Ohio, and Herman Ward of Enan, Ohio; two half sisters, Malissia Preston of New Carlisle, Ohio, and Marie Preston of Meally; 15 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Services were held August 19 in the Old Fellowship United Baptist Church, with Nim Sturgill, Arthur Preece and Earl Muncy officiating. Burial followed in the Penix Cemetery at Williamsport, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY SEP. 1, 1971
  
REED, Oscar
1971
Paintsville plumber and electrician Oscar Reed, 68,died August 1,1971, in a local hospital after suffering a long illness. Services were held three days later in the Pentecostal Church of Christ, with Cline Salyers and Melvin Blanton officiating. Burial was in the Turner Branch Cemetary at Paintsville. He was born in Magoffin County to the late Wise and Lella Williams Reed. Survivors include his wife, Nell Daniels Reed; two sons, Douglas and Fred Reed of Paintsville, and two daughters, Mrs. Jennie Webb of Dayton,Ohio, and Mrs. Judy Caudill of Paintsville. Other survivors are two brothers from Knox,Indiana, Tobie and Arbie Reed; three sisters, Mrs. Ada Grey from Salt Lick, Mrs. Audrey Wells of Tutor Key, and Mrs. Erma Rogers of Muncy,Indiana, and four grandchildren. All arrangements were cared for by the Jones-Preston Funeral Home of Paintsville. Paintsville Herald 8-4-1971 Wednesday
   
THOMAS, Wildan P.
1971
Wildan Phillips Thomas, 63, died suddenly on August 13 in a hospital near his McPherson home. He was born in Paintsville to the late Richard C. and Mary Harry Thomas and was married to Neva Burt Thomas. Immediate survivors include his wife; a daughter in Costa Mesa, Calif., Mrs. Mary Eloise Miller; one brother in Paintsville, Harry Thomas, and two grandchildren. Also surviving are five sisters. Mrs. Lillian Clay of Athens, Ohio; Mrs. E. K. Senff and Mrs. Marjorie Morris of Frankfort; Mrs. John Shuey of Oakridge, Tenn., and Mrs. Jack K. Hill of Parkersburg, W.Va. The Rev. Raymond Knowles held services August 16 in the First United Methodist Church. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY AUG. 25, 1971
   
TRIMBLE, Conroy
1971
Conroy Trimble, 75, passed away on August 7 in his Barnetts Creek home. A retired carpenter and member of the United Baptist Church, he was born in Johnson County to the late Joe H. and Florence Caudill Trimble. Survivors include his wife, Doshia Blair Trimble; four sons, Kermit Trimble of Barnetts Creek, Kenneth Trimble of Columbus, Ohio; Clifford Trimble of Ashland, and Leroy Trimble from Hamilton, Ohio, and two daughters, Mrs. Chloie Blanton of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, and Mrs. Kathaleen Colvin from Leander. Also surviving are several brothers and sisters, McCoy Trimble of Huntington, W.Va.; Palmer Trimble of Gallipolis, Ohio; Swanellee Trimble and Mrs. Lillian Dick of Huntington; Mrs. Lilia Arrowood of Wayne, W.Va., and Mrs. Lola Puckett of South Point, Ohio; 19 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Francis Blair, Doug Ward and Flem Arrowood held services on August 10 in the Little Paint Church at Caudill Fork.  Interment followed at the family cemetery on Barnetts Creek, with the Paintsville Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY AUG. 11, 1971
  
VANHOOSE, Lula (Hayes)
1971
Funeral services were conducted Thursday, August 26, for Lula VanHoose, who passed away at her Paintsville home on August 24. Mrs. VanHoose, 81, was born January 1, 1890, to the late Arch and Lou Preston Hayes and was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband Byron, two daughters, Opal Helton of Pompana Beach, Fla., and Betty Powell of Paintsville, five grand children and one great granchild. Also surviving are a brother, George B. Hayes and a sister, Mrs. Effie Ward, both of Ashland. Funeral services were conducted at the Mouth of Rush Freewill Baptist Church with Millard VanHoose, Claude Preston and C.C. Hall officiating. Interment followed in the VanHoose Cemetery at Nippa with her nephews serving as pallbearers. Arrangements were under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 1971
   
YOUNG, Sam
1971
An extended illness ended in death on August 4 for Sam Young, 59, a Lowmansville coal miner.  Young, who passed away in a local hospital, was the son of Joseph and Mary Lyons Young.  Immediate survivors included a son in White Landing, Ohio, Arbie Young, and four daughters, Mrs. Irene Young of Castalia, Ohio, Mrs. Janice Lowe of Huron, Ohio, Mrs. Mary Stoker of Rossville, Ga., and Mrs. Sue Smith from Chattanooga, Tenn.  Also surviving are a brother from Adams, Arlie Young, five sisters, Mrs. Ollie Nichols of Franklin, Ohio, Mrs. Fannie Burton of Urbana, Ohio, Mrs. Virgie Skaggs of Lowmansville, Mrs. Ellie Ousley of Martin, and Mrs. Julia Holbrook of Ganett, as well as five grandchildren.  M.T. Womack Jr. and Bruce Daniel held services August 7 in the Chestnut Grove Enterprise Baptist church at Lowmansville.  Burial followed in the Skaggs and Young Cemetery at Lowmansville under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY AUGUST 11, 1971

SEPTEMBER - 1971

ADAMS, Charles
1971
Rites Held For Charles Adams Graveside rites were held at the Williams Cemetery in Volga on September 5 for Charles Adams, 50, of Owensboro. He is survived by his wife, Anna Mary Williams Adams; a son; two daughters, and a mother-in-law from Paintsville, Mrs. O.P. Williams Sr. The Rev J.H. Burton officiated at the funeral. Arrangements were under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday Sep.08 1971
   
BAILEY, Ledgel C.
1971
Ledgel C. Bailey, 52, of Flat Gap died suddenly Sunday, September 12, while visiting in Los Angeles, California. Son of the late Charlie and Rissa Hill Bailey, he was born August 27, 1919. He was a retired veteran of World War II spending 12 years in the service. He was affiliated with the V. F. W. post and was never married. Survivors include two brothers, Edgel Bailey of Baltimore, Maryland, and Wallace Bailey of Keaton and two sisters, Mrs Thomas Butler of Paintsville and Mrs. Henry Fyffe of Wheelersburg, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted Friday, September 17, in the chapel of the Paintsville Funeral Home, with J. T. Bailey and Tommy Reynolds officiating. Burial followed in the Bailey Cemetery at Flat Gap under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 09-22-1971
  
BLACK, James R.
1971
James R. Black, a former C&O Railroad mechanic and West Van Lear man, died Tuesday, September 28, 1971 in a Huntington, W.Va. hospital.  He was 65. Services were held the following Wednesday by W. E. Davis in the chapel of Jones Preston Funeral Home.  The Jones-Preston Funeral Home then arranged for burial in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville. Born in Nashville, Tenn. He was the son of Truda Lehman Black and the late James K. Black. Sr. Minnie Helen Hodges Black, his wife, survives him. Other survivors include a step son from Knoxville, Tenn.  Leonard Vandergill: two brothers, Lehman Black and Jerry Black, as well as two sisters, Mrs. Christiene Griffith and Miss Helen Black.  All four live in Nashville. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 10-27-1971
  
BLANTON, Dona (Jayne)
1971
Services were held on September 11 in the Old Union United Baptist Church at Staffordsville for Dona Jayne Blanton, 65, of Huntington, W. Va. The former Staffordsville resident was born in Magoffin County to the late Johnnie and Cora Blanton Jayne.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Everett Blanton. Immediate survivors include two sons, Paul R. Tackett of Harold and James H. Blanton of Huntington, W. Va., two step sons, Everett Blanton Jr. of Paintsville and Mitchel Bayes of Dayton, Ohio, and Betty Hampton, a step daughter from Dayton. Also surviving are a brother in Staffordsville, Frank Jayne; three sisters, Pearlie Blevins of Paintsville, Angieline Caudill of Cable, Ohio, and Lillie Blanton from Jackson, Ohio, six grandchildren; three great grandchildren; seven step grandchildren and one step great grandchild. Lonza Reed, Flem Arrowood and Clarence Mathis officiated at the funeral. The Jones-Preston Funeral Home supervised burial afterward in the Jayne Cemetery at Staffordsville. Mrs. Blanton’s nephews served as pallbearers. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 1971
   
BLEVINS, Edward
1971
Edward Blevins, 49, of Staffordsville, died Friday, September 24 in a local hospital following a brief illness. Blevins was a disabled veteran affiliated with the Church of God. He was the son of Smith and Clara Adams Blevins. Immediate survivors include his wife Corrine Cecil Blevins, one son, Ronnie Edward Blevins and wife Edna of Morehead, and three daughters at home, Beverly Jean Blevins, Mary Sharon Blevins, and Tammy Fay Blevins.  Also surviving are one brother, Chalmer Blevins of Wittensville and one sister, Phyllis Jean Ford of Galion, Ohio. Funeral services were held Monday, September 27 at 2:00 p.m. at the Staffordsville Church of God, followed by burial in the family cemetery at Staffordsville.  Officiating minister was Woodrow Frisby. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 9-29-1971
   
CASTLE, Ruth
1971
Ruth Castle, age 92, died September 14, in a local hospital. Born April 15, 1879, she was a resident of Ulysses and a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband John in 1951. Surviving are four sons, Roy of Waynesville, Ohio, Edgel of Thealka, and Walter and Otto of Ulysses and one daughter Mrs. Nellie Miller of New Carlisle, Ohio.  Additional survivors include 23 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Services were conducted Friday, September 17, at the Walnut Grove Church at Ulysses with the reverends Byrd Webb and Harold Stevens officiating.  Burial followed in the Borders Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald  Wednesday September 22, 1971
   
COLLINS, Tracy
1971
Tracy Michelle Collins, two-year-old daughter of Michael and Judy Ward Collins of Paintsville, died Tuesday, September 14 after an extended illness. She was born October 19, 1968. Surviving,  in addition to the parents, are the maternal grandparents,  Mr. and Mrs. Carl Collins. C.C. Hall and Cecil Sherman conducted services Thursday, September 16, at the First Freewill Baptist Church in Paintsville.  Burial followed at Highland Memorial Park. The Jones-Preston Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER  22, 1971
   
CONLEY, Charley
1971
An extended illness ended in death on September 11 for Charley Conley, 67, of Lowmansville.  He passed away in a Louisa hospital. Conley was born in London, Ohio, to Laura Lyons Conley and the late Leander Conley. He is survived by his wife, Bulah Brown Conley; a daughter in Lowmansville, Mrs. Connie Nickols, two brothers, Rudolph and  Burns Conley of Columbus, Ohio, and two grandchildren. Also surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Shirley Sparks, Mrs. Alma Davis and Mrs. Mary Johnson of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Nellie Skaggs of Plain City, Ohio.  He was preceded in death by two sons and three daughters. Services were held on September 14 in the Chestnut Grove Enterprise Baptist Church, with Byrd Webb, Bruce Daniel and Ellis Hamilton officiating. Burial was in the family cemetery at Lowmansville, with the Preston Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 1971
   
COOK, Rosa (Dixon)
1971
Mrs. Rosa Cook, 67, of Adams, died Thursday, September 23 at 5:15 p.m. in an Ashland hospital following a brief illness. She was affiliated with the United Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late John and Cora Justice Dixon. Immediate survivors include her husband Dow Cook, one son, Robert Earl Butler of Hager Hill, two stepsons Earl Cook of Adams, and Allen Cook of Louisa.  Other survivors include two brothers, Truman Dixon of Hillsboro, Ohio, and Herman Dixon of Carpenter, Ohio, three sisters, Mrs. Martha Shoemaker of Marshall Ohio, Mrs. Lexis Slone of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Bertha Ross, also of Columbus. Also surviving are four half sisters, Mrs. Letrice Tordiff of Ironton, Ohio, Mrs. Lillian Brown of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Beulah Daniel of Tip City, Ohio, and Mrs. Eula Music of Morehead. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Septermber 26 by Elders Florida Lyons and Everett Slone at the Paintsville United Baptist Church under direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Butler Cemetery at Staffordsville. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 9-29-1971
   
COOPER, Garnet (Auxier)
1971
Garnet Hazel Cooper, a 62 year-old Paintsville Elementary School teacher died on September 5 in a local hospital after months of declining health. Born in Johnson County to Lula Salyer Auxier and the late G. G. Auxier, she lived on Third Street in Paintsville. Immediate survivors in- clude her husband, R. T. "Tommy" Cooper; three sisters, Mrs. Irene Britton of Louisa, Mrs. Ruth Hayes of Dayton, Ohio, and Miss Pauline Auxier of Manila; four brothers, Cecil Auxier of Paintsville, and Carson, Chester and G. G. Auxier Jr. of Manila, and two sisters, Mrs. Alka Stapleton of Volga and Mrs. Ivy Meade of Louisa. Services were held Sep- tember 7 in the First United Methodist Church of Paint- sville with the Rev. J. H. Burton officiating. The Paintsville Funeral home was in charge of interment in the Well Buckingham Cemetery at Paintsville. Mrs. Cooper's nephews served as pallbearers. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 9-08-1971
   
COPLEY, James T.
1916-1971
James T. Copley, 55, of Paintsville, died Thursday, September 16 1971, at his home. Services were held Saturday, September 18, in the chapel of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home. Born in Johnson County in February 1916, he was the son of the lat S.N. and Marcia Preston Copley. He was an engineer with the State Highway Department, and a member of the Methodist Church. A brother, Robert Copley lives in Louisville. Rev.J.H. Burton officiated at services. Burial was in the Preston Cemetery at Paintsville. Active pallbearers were Wallace James, Howes Johnson, P.J. Meade, Bill Short, Paul Whitaker and Wes Mason.
  
DIXON, Rissie (Wheeler)
1971
Mrs. Rissie Wheeler Dixon, 63, of Paintsville, died Tuesday, September 21, following a brief illness.  She was a member of the Southside Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late G.M. and Della Adams Wheeler. Survivors include a son, Douglas Dixon, two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Cox and Mrs. T.C. Meade, and a brother, John E. Wheeler, all of Paintsville. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00p.m. Thursday, September 23, by Rev. Fred Haskins and Rev. Paul Daniel at the Southside Freewill Baptist Church under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Dixon Cemetery at Staffordsville. Paintsville Herald Wednesday September 29, 1971
   
DUTY, James A.
1971
Services were held Friday, September 17, 1971, for James A. Duty, 89, who succumbed at a local nursing home September 14, 1971, after an extended illness. Born February 28, 1882, at Tomahawk, he was the son of the late Davie and Sarah Hunt Duty.  He had been a resident of Whitehouse for some 60 years, and was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. His wife, Anna, whom he married in 1908, preceded him in death in November, 1960. Survivors include two sons, Willie Duty of Williamsport and Kennis Duty of Whitehouse, and a daughter, Gracie Duty of Lexington.  He also is survived by 22 grandchildren and 45 great- grandchildren. Fred Rowland, Doc Rowland and Joe Fletcher officiated at services held at the Hammond Freewill Baptist Church.  Burial followed in the family cemetery at Whitehouse.  The Preston Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 9-22-1971
   
ESTEP, Anna M (Lemaster)
1971
ANNA ESTEP Anna Mae Estep, 72, passed away on September 11  in her lifetime home of Fuget. Her parents were the late Washie and Etta Castle Lemaster. She is survived by her husband, Oscar Estep; two sons, Junior Estep of Fuget and Willie Estep Albion, and four daughters; Mrs. Vadna Frazier of Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Mary Louise Plumley of Pensacola, Fla., Mrs. Lillian Hughes of Lancaster, Ohio, and Mrs. Beulah Adams of Fuget. Other survivors include two sisters; Mrs. Gladys McCarty of Oil Springs and Mrs. Emma Fairchild of Waverly, Ohio, a brother; in Greenup, Edgel L. Lemaster; 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Elders Arnold Reed, Melvin Wright, Charles Blanton and J. T. Bailey held services on September 13 in the Cold Springs United Baptist Church at Elna. The Paintsville Funeral Home arranged for burial in the Patty Flat Cemetery at Fuget. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 15, September 1971
   
FITZPATRICK, Dennis
1971
Dennis Fitzpatrick, 73, of Paintsville died Friday, September 24, 1971, in a local hospital following a brief illness. He was the son of the late James and Clarinda Fairchild Fitzpatrick. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, September 27, and were conducted by Claude Preston, Scott Castle, and Charlie Lemaster at Collista Freewill Baptist Church. Burial followed in the Horn Cemetery at Staffordsville under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 9-29-1971
   
HOLBROOK, Lillie
1971
Lillie Holbrook, 71, of Columbus, Ohio died at 8:00 a. m., Saturday, September 26, 1971, in a Columbus, Ohio hospital following a seven week illness.  She was a member of the Enterprise Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Ton and Realda  Keaton Smith. Immediate survivors include eleven sons, Charlie Holbrook of Red Bush, Willie Holbrook of Keaton, Emory Holbrook of Columbus, Ohio, Thomas D. Holbrook, of Elna, Haddie Holbrook of Keaton, James Holbrook of Columbus, Ohio, Fred Holbrook of Columbus, Ohio, Clayton Holbrook of Elna, Otto and Arvin Holbrook (should read Orville Holbrook) both of Red Bush and Jessie Holbrook of Columbus, Ohio.  Also surviving is one daughter, Nancy Campbell of Columbus, Ohio, and one sister, Sarah Rigsby. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, September 28, 1971 by Rev. Paulie Keaton (should read Paul E. Keaton) and Rev. Hager Kelly at the Red Bush Enterprise Baptist Church under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home with burial following in the Holbrook Cemetery at Elna. The Paintsville Herald Wednesday 9-29-1971
   
LANEY, Minnie (Miller)
1971
Minnie Laney, 70, of Offutt died Monday, September 20 in a local hospital following an extended illness. She was affiliated with the Boons Camp Freewill Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late C. C. and Cynthia Aldridge Miller. Immediate survivors include her husband Arlie Laney, two sons, Roy Laney of Offutt, and Howard Laney of Plymouth, Ohio. Also surviving are four daughters, Beatrice Cavins of Offutt, Irene Steel of Franklin Furnace, Ohio, Mary Castle of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and Betty Whitt of Paintsville.  One brother, Wallace Miller of Inez, and one sister Bessie Blankenship of Matewan also survived. Funeral services were held Tuesday, September 28 at the West Van Lear Church of Christ by officiating ministers Cecil Sherman and J. H. Short.  Burial followed in the family cemetery at Hager Hill with funeral arrangements under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY 9-29-1971
   
LAWSON, James R.
1971
James Ranzie Lawson, 74, of Lowmansville died Thursday, September 30, at King’s Daughter Hospital in Ashland.  He was affiliated with the United Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Almanda Lawson. Immediate survivors include his wife, Lucinda Lawson; three sons, Fuford Lawson of Lowmansville, Okie Lee Lawson of Union, Ohio, and Jasper Lawson of Dayton, Ohio; six daughters, Delphia Runkle of Piqua, Ohio; Mary B. Wilkson of Bellefontaine, Ohio; Lancy Sweat of Piqua, Ohio; Lilly Rice of Union, Ohio; Ethel Wright of Las Alamitos, Calif., and Suzie Burchett of Lowmansville.  Also surviving are two brothers, J. Lee Lawson and Laney Thompson of Cordell. Funeral services were conducted by O. I. Williams, Florida Lyons, and C. J. Sparks at 11:00 A.M. Sunday at the Lowmansville United Baptist Church.  Burial followed in the family cemetery at Lowmansville, under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY OCT. 06, 1971
   
LEWIS, Laura (Reynolds)
1971
Laura Ethel Lewis, 88, of West Van Lear died on September 11 in a Paintsville hospital after a long period of declining health. Born in Barnetts Creek to the late John and Louise Conley Reynolds, she was preceded in death by her husband, Sylvin Lewis. Survivors include two sons, Mack Lewis of Paintsville and Bill Lewis from Xenia, Ohio; a brother in Paintsville, Eugene Reynolds; 33 grandchildren, 49 great grandchildren, and nine great-great grandchildren. Also surviving are seven daughters, Maymie Trimble of Paintsville, Malta McKenzie of Ashland, Gladys Burke of West Van Lear, Hester Price and Mary Lou Stafford of Lexington, Josephine Howard of St. Augustine, Florida, and Imogene Holbrook of Xenia. Elders O. I. Williams, Nim Sturgill and Charles Price held services on September 13 in the Paintsville United Baptist Church.  The Paintsville Funeral Home supervised interment afterward in the family cemetery at Turner Branch. Mrs. Lewis’ great grandsons served as pallbearers. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY SEPT. 15, 1971
  
MCCARTY, John W.
1971
John W. McCarty, 46, of Wabash, Indiana died Saturday September 25 in a Wabash hospital.  He was an employee of the Dana Corporation of Wabash and affiliated with the Pilgrim Holiness Church.  He was the son of John W. and Alma Arms McCarty.  Immediate survivors include his wife, Jacqueline Sherman McCarty, two sons, John M. McCarty and Gene Allen McCarty, both of Wabash, two daughters, Mrs. Lonnie Judith of Snowberger, Va., and Mrs. Janis McCarty of Kokomo, Indiana.  Also surviving were three brothers, Rev. Robert B. McCarty, Eligah B. McCarty, Richard Elwood McCarty, all of Wabash. Two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Ratliff of Swamp BrancH, and Mrs. Willis Rice of Dayton, Ohio.  Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, September 28, under direction of the Eddingfield-Gerber Funeral Home at Wabash, Indiana. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1971
   
MCKENZIE, Dolphia
1971
Dolphia McKenzie, 56, recently died in Sunberry, Ohio.  Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Catherine Bronson of Baton Rouge, La., and Genny McKenzie, Susie Hursey and Dottie McKenzie of Sunberry, and two sisters Elizabeth McKenzie and Bertie Wheeler of Flat Gap. Also surviviing are a half sister in Flat Gap, May Seagraves and two brothers, William McKenzie of Columbus, Ohio, and Fred McKenzie of Flat Gap. Services were held on September 20, with Warren Hamilton officiating.  Burial followed in the Sunberry Cemetery. The Devore Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday Sept. 15 1971
   
MEADE, Cecil
1971
Cecil Meade, 59, of Paintsville died at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday, September 29 at Doctors Memorial Hospital in Huntington, W. Va., following a six month illness. Meade was an engineer with the C & O Railroad.  He was the son of the late Benjamin and Bella Bowden Meade. Immediate survivors include his wife Blanche VanHoose Meade, one son, Robert C. Meade of Davis Branch and one brother Kenneth Meade of Russell. Funeral services were conducted by Claude Preston and C.C. Hall at 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 1 at the Preston Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park Cemetery at Staffordsville under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday Oct. 6 1971
   
MOLLETTE, Larry Dale
1971
Larry Dale Mollette, 22, of Boonscamp died at 5:30 p.m. in Butler, Ohio Tuesday, September 21 from injuries sustained from an automobile accident the same day.  He was affiliated with the United Baptist Church. He was the son of Willie and Elva Butcher Mollette of Boonscamp. Immediate survivors include his mother, five brothers, Claude Mollette of Williamsport, Emery Mollette of Davisport, Rodrick, Ronald and James Mollette, all of Boonscamp and six sisters, Betty Spears of Butler, Ohio, Georgie Freeman of Columbus, Canda Lee Mollette of Boonscamp, and Wanda Paintsville Herald Wednesday September 29, 1971
   
MOLLETTE, Willie
1971
Willie Mollette, 63, of Boonscamp, died at 5:30 pm Tuesday afternoon at Butler, Ohio from injuries sustained in an automobile accident the same day.  Mollette was disabled, and a member of the United Baptist Church. He was the son of the late John C. and Mary Lou Dawson Mollette of Boonscamp. Immediate survivors are his wife, Elva Butcher Mollette, three sons at home, Rodrick Mollette, James Mollette, and Ronald Mollette and one daughter at home, Conda Lee Mollette. Also surviving were his sons, Claude Mollette of Davisport, and his daughters Betty Spears of Butler, Ohio, Wanda Daniels of Tomahawk, Georgie Freeman of Columbus, Ohio, Susan Housinger of Tomahawk, and Teresa Daniels of Tomahawk.  Other survivors include his brothers Richard Mollette of Boonscamp, Thomas Mollette of Wabash, Indiana, Worthy Mollette of Boonscamp, George Mollette of Elizabethtown, and his sisters Lissie DeLong of Louisa, and Swannie Penix of Meally, along with 25 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted by Nim Sturgill, Glenn Arrowood, and Earl Muncy at 11:00 am Saturday September 25 under direction of the Preston Funeral Home with burial in the Butcher Cemetery at Boonscamp. Paintsville Herald Wednesday  September 29, 1971 (NOTE: Also survived by son, Emery Mollette of Davisport.   Willie died in the car accident along with his son, Larry Dale Mollette, aged 22.    Willie's brother George and sister Lissie were his half-siblings from his father's first marriage.  Willie had two other half-siblings that predeceased him; Mary Alice  and Joseph.  Willie was born about 1907 and the first child for John C. Mollett and Mary Lou Dawson Mollett.  Willie's paternal grandparents were William E. Mollett and Elizabeth Branham Mollett.)
  
MUSIC, Irvin
1971
Irvin Music, 70, of Hager Hill died Saturday September 25 1971 in a local hospital following a brief illness. Music was a retired coal miner, a member of the United Mine Workers of America, and was affiliated with the West Van Lear Church of Christ. He was the son of the late Lincoln and Mahala Webb Music, of Floyd County. Immediate survivors include his wife Hulda Fairchilds Music, three sons, James E. Music of Columbus, Ohio; Billie Music of Sunbury, Ohio; and Howard Cecil Music of Hager Hill. Also surviving is one daughter, Mrs. Quentin Spradlin of Hager Hill; one brother, Melvin Music of Mechanicsburg Ohio, and one sister Mrs. Eunice Stambaugh of Hager Hill. Funeral services were held Tuesday, September 28, at the West Van Lear Church of Christ by officiating ministers, Cecil Sherman, and J.D. Short. Burial was in the family cemetery at Hager Hill with funeral arrangemnents under the directions of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald  Sep.29 1971
   
RAMSEY, Patrick W
1971
Patrick Wood Ramsey, 71, of Whitesburg, died Friday, September 17, 1971 at the Appalachian Regional Hospital after a brief illness. He was a retired water well driller.  He was the son of the late Samuel Freeman Ramesy.  Survivors include two sons John and Joe Ramsey of Whitesburg, three daughters, Anna Lee Meade and Frances Meek, both of Paintsville, and Jean Hammock of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.  Also surviving are four sisters, Leotha Reece and Sarah Glover, both of Akron, Ohio, Lillie Duncan of Louisville, and Martha Dell McGray of Indianapolsis, Indianna.  One brother, Samuel Ramsey Jr. of Whitesburg also survived. Funeral serices ertere conducted 2:00 p.m. Sunday by Elders I.D. Back, Manus Ison, and Rev. Bill Makey under direction of the Blair Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 9-29-1971
   
STAMBAUGH, Gilbert Neal
1971
Gilbert Neal Stambaugh, 61, of Stambaugh, died at 4:35 a.m. Sunday, September 26 1971 at the Huntington Veteran's Hospital after an extended illness. He was a member of the Church of Christ. He was the son of the late Forrest & Martha Rice Stambaugh.  Immediate survivors include his wife Florence Bayes Stambaugh, one son, Richard Stambaugh of Chicago Illinois; two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Neighborgall and Mrs. Dottie Yuhas, of Columbus Ohio.  Also surviving are two brothers, Ervin Stambaugh of Estill and Ray Stambaugh of East Point; eight sisters, Mrs. Laura Sargeant of Allen; Mrs. Mary Ember of West Palm Beach, Florida; Mrs. Virginia Woner of Chicago Ill.; Mrs. Dorothy Hillis of Newark, Ohio; Mrs. Naomi Lanahan of Hollywood Florida; Mrs. Iona Imbergambo of New York. N.Y.; Patsy Bland of New York N.Y.; and Genevie Accurie of Cincinnati, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Jerry Ginnan and Rev. Bill Ford at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 28 at the Paintsville Funeral Home Chapel under direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Meadows Cemetery at Nippa. (Note: This Cemetery is also known as the "Roy Meadows Cemetery).
   
STAMBAUGH, Goldie
1971
Goldie Stambaugh, 63, died Wednesday, September 8, in the Paintsville Hospital after an extended illness. She was the daughter of Sam and Rebecca Lemaster Stambaugh. Miss Stambaugh was born September 24, 1912, in Johnson County. She was a resident of Sitka and a member of the Sitka Church of Christ. Surviving are four brothers, Ephraim, Hobert, John and Ray, all of Sitka; four sisters, Mrs. Clistia Church, South Point, Ohio, Mrs. Lizzie Castle of Wharton, W. Va., Mrs. Myrtle Salyers of Mt. Vernon, Ohio and Mrs. Kathryn Castle of Staffordsville; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Saturday, September 11, in the Sitka Church of Church with Rev. Bruce Daniels officiating. Burial was in the Stambaugh Family Cemetery at Sitka with Preston Funeral Home handling arrangements. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY SEP 15 1976
   
WALTERS, Tava (Salyers)
1971
Tava Walters, 76, of Paintsville died Thursday, September 30 in a local hospital following injuries resulting from an automobile accident.  She was affiliated with the First Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Jim Salyers an Ida Mae Horn Salyers. Immediate survivors include her husband Charles E. Walters, one son, Robert Walters of Erlanger, three daughters, Ernestine Ward of Paintsville, Ruth LaNell Phillips of Holden, W.Va., and Lorrene Burchett of Charleston, W.Va. Also surviving are one brother, Elmon L. Salyer of Bradenton, Fla., and one sister, Mrs. Malta Lester of Jenkins. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Charles Milam at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 3 at the First Baptist Church in Paintsville.  Burial followed in the Salyers Cemetery at Hager Hill under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6, 1971

OCTOBER - 1971

BLACK, Helen (Hodges)
1971
Helen Hodges Black, 73, of West Van Lear died Tuesday, October 26 at her home following a sudden illness. Immediate survivors include her son, Leonard Vangriff of Knoxville, Tennessee and her brother, Homer Hodges of Knoxville, Tennessee. Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 29 by Rev. W. E. Davis at the West Van Lear Missionary Baptist Church. Burial followed in Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1971
   
BURCHETT, Lacy
1971
Lacy Burchett, 77, of Van Lear died at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, October 2 at her home after an extended illness.  He was a retired coal miner and affiliated with the Christian Church. He was the son of the late William and Vicy Griffith Burchett. Immediate survivors include his wife Laura Reed Burchett, two sons Floyd and William Burchett, both of Van Lear, and five daughters, Letha and Sara Wells, both of Van Lear, Audra Palinkas of Chesterland, Ohio, and Ella Wells and Ola Mae Bowling, both of Cleveland, Ohio.  Also surviving are two brothers, Jack Burchett of McDowell, and Dave Burchett of Indiana, four sisters, Rose Magin of Hampton, Va., Eliza Dillion of Springfield, Ohio, Marilyn Wells of Columbus, Ohio and Myrtie Burk of Fallsburg. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 3 by J. H. Short in the Preston Funeral Home Chapel.  Burial followed in the Burchett Cemetery at Van Lear under direction of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 06, 1971
   
CHANDLER, Arthur Tobe
1971
Arthur Tobe Chandler, 64, of Chandlersville died suddenly Friday October 15 1971 at Barnett's Creek. He was a farmer and former member of the Johnson County Board of Education. He was the son of the late Columbus and Laura LeMaster Chandler. Immediate survivors include his wife Cora Lemaster Chandler; three sons, Richard Chandler of Stambaugh; James Chandler of New Carlisle, Ohio; and Kenneth Chandler of Greenfield, Indiana; five daughters, Jessie Gilbert of Fort Knox, Anna Baxter, of Vandalia, Ohio, Esta Campbell of Vandalia, Ohio, Sue Hyatt of Dayton, Ohio, and Wanda Chandler, at home; Also surviving is one sister, Tisha Gibbs of Milford Center, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted by O.I. Williams Sunday October 17, at the Old Hood United Baptist Church.  Burial followed in the Old Hood Cemetery at Winifred under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.
  
COLLINS, Worth
1971
Worth Collins, 75, of Paintsville died Saturday, October 2 in the Veteran's Hospital in Huntington, W. Va. following an extended illness.  He was a retired miner. He was the son of the late Samuel and Sarah Ousley Collins. Immediate survivors include his wife Viola Sturgill Collins, two sons, Floyd Collins of Port Richie, Fla., Ray Collins of Gaithersburg, Md., three daughters, Venice Sparks of Columbus, Ohio, Gladys Johnson of Lamirida, California, and Sue Montgomery of Paintsville. Funeral services were conducted by Mike Careno and Terry Savage at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Chapel at the Jones- Preston Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Government Relocation metery at Auxier under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10, 1971
   
CONLEY, James E.
1971
James Edward Conley, 44, of Paintsville died Wednesday, October 27 at his home following a sudden illness. He was the son of Fannie McCloud Jackson and the late Burnis Conley. Immediate survivors include one sister, Mrs. James Ratliff, one half-sister, Mrs. Charles Dotson, of Paintsville, and three half- brothers, Willard Jackson, Henry Jackson, and Billie Franklin Jackson, all of Paintsville. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 30 by Bruce Spencer, Bill Runyon, and Scott Castle at the First Baptist church. Burial followed in Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY November 10, 1971
   
ELKINS, William J.
1971
William J. Elkins, 40, of Indianapolis Ind., died Friday, October 29, at Indianapolis following a sudden illness. He was the son of the late William and Opal Prater Elkins. Immediate survivors include his stepmother, Oma Elkins, two brothers, Bobby Gene Elkins of Meally and Roy Francis of Logan, W. Va., and one sister, Ester Hall of Meally. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 2, by J. H. Short at the Meally Church of Christ. Burial followed in the Elkins Cemetery at Meally under the direction of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald 10, November 1971
   
GEORGE, Tishia (Boyd)
1971
Mrs. Tishia George, 80, of Urbana, OH., formerly of Lawrence County, KY., died Tuesday, Oct. 12 at an Urbana hospital.  Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Friday from Borders Chapel Church with the Rev. Ralph Cain and the Rev. Byrd Webb officiating.  Burial was in Borders Cemetery at Ulysses.  Born Oct. 9, 1891, at Lowmansville, KY., She was a daughter of the late William and Julia Brown Boyd.  She was a member of the Methodist Church.  Her husband, James George, died in 1955. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Luther Cox of Ulysses, and Mrs. Eugene Sparks and Mrs. Mitchell Burton of Cable, OH; two sons, Michael and Oshel George of Urbana; a sister, Mrs. Della Lyons of Lowmansville; 19 grandchildren and six great- grandchildren.  Arrangements were under the directions of the Young Funeral Home. October 1971.  Obit could be from Big Sandy News or Paintsville Herald.
   
HAGER, Russell
1971
Russell Hager, 79, of Paintsville died Tuesday October 19 1971 at his home due to a sudden illness. He was the owner of a Paintsville pharmacy and was affiliated with the first United Methodist Church. He was the son of the late Daniel and Jane Melvin Hager. Immediate survivors include his wife, Dawson Halstead Hager; one son, Nat Halstead Hager of New York, New York and six grandchilden. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.H.Burton at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church. Burial followed in the Mayo Cemetery under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.
   
HALL, Malissa (McKenzie)
1971
Malissa Hall, 76, of Staffordsville died Sunday, October 10, at her home after a sudden illness. She was a daughter of the late Tom and Nancy Jaynes McKenzie. She was the wife of the late Estill Hall. Immediate survivors include three sons, Howard Hall, Estill Hall, Jr., both of Dayton, Ohio and Hobart Hall of Ft. Meyers, Fla., and two brothers, Bill Ed McKenzie and Hobart McKenzie, both of Flat Gap. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 14 at the United Baptist Church by Florida Lyons and J.P. Bailey. Burial will follow in the family cemetery under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 13, 1971 PAINTSVILLE HERALD
   
HAMPTON, John E.
1971
John Earl Hampton, 58, of Gibraltar, Michigan died at 7:00 a.m. Saturday, October 23 in a Detroit hospital after an extended illness. He was the son of the late Wade and Ada Davis Hampton. Immediate survivors include one son, John F. Hampton, stationed in South Vietnam. Four brothers, Tilon Hampton of Gibraltar, Michigan, Raymond Hampton of Wyandotte, Michigan, Gaius Hampton of Paintsville, and Charles Hampton of Cattlesburg, and three sisters, Mrs. Ruby McGee of Sanford, North Crolina, Mrs. B.C. Edgerton of Brandywine, Maryland, and Mrs. W.A. Hollowell of Metarie, Louisana. Funeral services were conducted today at 1:00 p.m. by Rev. John Craig at the Valley Street Freewill Baptist Church in Cattlesburg. Burial will follow in the Cattletsburg Cemetery under direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. PH Wed. 11-03-1971
   
HART, Nina (Preston)
1971
Nina R. Hart, 51, of Fairborn, Ohio, formerly of Meally died Monday, October 10 at the Kettering Medical Center in Fairborn following an extended illness. She was a prominent restaurant supervisor and was affiliated with the Miami Valley Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Lafe and Bessie Music Preston. Immediate survivors include one son, Paul Hart of Fairborn, one daughter, Mrs. Louann Scott of Fairborn, five sisters, Mrs. Sarah Childers, Mrs. Virgie Hamblin, and Mrs. Mabel Williams, all of Fairborn, Mrs. Loraine Muncy of Enon, Ohio, and Mrs. Icie Preston of Paintsville, and two brothers, Luther Preston of Husted, Ohio and Sam Preston of Fairborn, Ohio. Funeral services were held Thursday, October 21 at 10:30 a.m. at the Miami Valley Baptist Church, conducted by Elders Charles Osborne, Willie Boling, and Homer Preston. Burial will be in the Byron Cemetery under the direction of the Burcham Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 27, October 1971
  
MCFADDIN, Alice (Castle)
1971
Alice Castle McFaddin, of Paintsville died Friday, October 8 in the Cest Haven Nursing Home following an extended illness.  She was the daughter of the late Bill and Phoebe McKenzie Cantrell. Immediate survivors include three sons, Drew Cantrell of Sunberry, Ohio, Herschell Castle and Homer Castle, both of Paintsville, one daughter, Mrs. Arnold Phillips of Lexington, and seven step- daughters, Mrs. Dixie Province and Mrs. Josephine Baldwin both of St. Petersburg, Fla., Mrs. Rita Goble of West Van Lear, Mrs. Gracie Sublett and Mrs. Alma Daniel, both of South Point, Ohio, Mrs. Faye Grosse of Copperston, W. Va., and Mrs. Rohima William of Dayton, Ohio.  Also surviving were two brothers, Ed Cantrell of Flat Gap, and Loman Cantrell of Fuget.  Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Don Fraley and Rev. Bill Meade at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 10 in the Paintsville Funeral Home Chapel.  Burial followed in the Salyer Cemetery at Flat Gap under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday  Oct. 13 1971
  
MURPHY, Dewey
1971
Dewey Murphy, 73, of Nippa, died Sunday, October 24 in a local hospital following an extended illness.  He was a retired coal miner and affiliated with the Freewill Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Henry and Julia Meadows Murphy. Immediate survivors include his wife, Lella Castle Murphy, and three sisters, Tillie Murphy of Wittensville, Susie Ward of Wittensville and Thelma Frith of Van Lear. Funeral services were conducted by C.C. Hall, Claude Preston, Charles Stapleton, and Millard VanHoose at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 26, at the Mouth of Rush Freewill Baptist Church. Burial followed in the Murphy Cemetery at Nippa under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday October 27, 1971
    
PELPHREY, Rosie
1971
Rosie Pelphrey, 66. of Van Lear died Wednesday, October 20 1971, in a local hospital following an extended illness. She was affilited with the Freewill Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Julia Blair Pelphrey. Immediate survivors include six sons, Larry Joe Pelphrey of Van Lear, Lowell Pelphrey Paintsville, James Pelphrey of Van Lear, Kenneth Pelphrey of Melbourne, Florida, and Clarence Pelphrey of Van Lear; four daughters, Mrs. mary Ann McFaddin of Paintsville, Mrs. Geraldine Bradford, Mrs. Madonna Borders, and Mrs. Carolyn Sue Thompson, all of Columbus,Ohio; Also surviving are five sisters, Zora Ward of Wabash,Ind., Elva Ratliff of Barnett's Creek, Imogene Blair of Wabash, Ind., Edna Ratliff of Denver, and Kathy Ward of Barnett's Creek; three brothers Curtis Blair of Urbana, Ohio, Kelly Blair of Barnett's Creek, and Kenneth Blair os Barnett's Creek. Funeral services were conducted by Bruce Spencer and Billy Ward Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at Van Lear Freewill Baptist Church. Burial followed in the Clubhouse Cemetery under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.
   
PLYMALE, Anthony Wayne Jr.
1971
Anthony Wayne Plymale Jr., 74, of River, died Monday, October 11 1971, at his home following an extended illness. He was a heavy equipment operator. He was the son of the late Anthony W. and Loucinda Wilcox Plymale. Immediate survivors include his wife, Cecilia Green Plymale, two sons, William D. Plymale, of Seattle, Washington; and Virgil Plymale, at home; also surviving are six daughters, Gwendlin Plymale of Houston, Texas; Wanda Jean Plymale Meek, of River; Lyndal Rowe, of Columbus, Ohio; Edith Irish, of San Diego, Calif.; Genevie Benard of San Diego, Calif; and Patricia Atkins of Chicago, Ill.; and one sister, Marie Nelson, of Columbus, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted by Cline Salyers Thursday, October 14 at 1:00 p.m. at the Pentacostal Church of Christ. Burial followed in the Preston Cemetery at River under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.
   
POOLE, Emmit
1971
Emmit Poole 81 of Van Lear died Sunday, October 17 1971 in the Pikeville Methodist Hospital. He was a retired C&O Railroad Engineer and was affiliated with the Church of Christ. He was the sono of the late Albert and Maggie Ward Poole. Immediate survivors include five daughters, Margaret Scott of Wyandott, Mich., Mary Ruth Henderson of Lowmansville, Billie Marie Spears of Hager Hill, Deloris Poole of Pikeville,Anna Sue Wayland of Lubbock, Texas. Funeral services were conducted by Bill Ford at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 20 in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Richmond Cemetery at King Addition under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.
   
PRESTON, Mae (VanHoose)
1971
Mae VanHoose Preston, 63, of River, died Thursday, October 24 at the U.K. Medical Center at Lexington following a one-month illness. She was the daughter of John B. and Tallie VanHoose. Immediate survivors include her son, Everett Preston Jr. of Hillard, Ohio, one daughter, Mrs. Doug Borders of River, two brothers, Glenn VanHoose of Ashland, and Doug VanHoose of Grove City, Ohio, and four sisters,  Mrs. Violet Lane of Ashville, Ohio, Mrs. Ezekiel Lyons of Ashland, Mrs. Mitchell Lemasters of Circleville, Ohio and Mrs. Lou Spivey of Ashville, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted by Byrd Webb and Gallie Isaac in the Chapel of the Preston Funeral Home on Sunday, October 17 at 11:30 a.m. Burial followed in the Preston Cemetery at River under direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 10-20-1971
   
RICE, Envy (Preston)
1971
Envy Preston Rice, 79, of Georgetown, died Tuesday, October 12 at the home of her daughter after a three-year illness. She was affiliated with the United Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Jessie and Alvema Murphy Preston. Immediate survivors include her husband, Floyd Rice, two daughters, Mrs. Neva Jo Brooks of Georgetown, and Mrs. Ann Lee Brooks of Georgetown, one brother, Reggie Preston of Meally, and two sisters, Sula Lewis and Zella Ward, both of Meally. Funeral services were conducted by O.I. Williams, Charles Price, Buell Ferguson, and Homer Preston Friday, October 15 at the Locust Grove United Baptist Church. Burial followed in the family cemetery at Stambaugh under direction of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY OCT 20, 1971
   
RICE, Malta (Castle)
1971
Malta Rice 81, of  Sitka died Friday, October 08, 1971 at her home following a fire which completely destroyed her house.  She was affiliated with the Freewill Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late James Castle and Sarah Daniels Castle. She was the wife of the late Willie Rice. Immediate survivors include three sons, Bert Rice of Springfield, Ohio, Roy Rice of Nippa and William Rice Jr., of Wittensville, six daughters, Carmen Green of Sitka, Clarice Thomas of Columbus, Ohio, Imogene Castle of Springfield, Ohio, Evelyn Pelphrey of Springfield, Ohio, Ruby Fairchild of Springfield, and Audrey Rice of Sitka.  Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Lella Murphy of Nippa and Mrs. Brida Taylor of Staffordsville, and one brother, Jonah Castle of Nippa. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 10-13-1971
   
SAMMONS, Floyd
1971
Floyd Sammons, 58, of Paintsville died Tuesday, October 5, in the Paintsville Hospital following an extended illness.  He was a retired mine engineer. He was the son of he late Joe and Laura Hall Sammons. Immediate survivors include his wife, Myrtle Williams Sammons; one son, Walter Sammons of Newport News, Virginia, and one daughter, Phyllis Grim of Flemingsburg.  Also surviving are three brothers, Rev. John G. Sammons of Warfield, Frank Sammons of Van Lear, Rev. T. A. Sammons of Ceiling, Oklahoma, and one sister, Malta Phelps of Ypsilanti, Michigan. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. H. Short at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, October 7, in the Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park Cemetery at Staffordsville, under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY OCT. 13, 1971
   
SEGRAVES, Donnie
1971
Donnie Segraves, 89, of Red Bush died Saturday, October 16, 1971, at the Mountain Manor Nursing Home in Prestonsburg following a two year illness.  He was a retired farmer and was affiliated with the United Baptist Church. He was the son of the late William and Armilda Williams Segraves. Immediate survivors include his wife, Katie Ferguson Segraves, on daughter, Mrs. Jessie Sparks of Red Bush and one sister, Mrs. Hendrix Kelly of Flat Gap. Funeral services were conducted by J. T. Bailey, O. I. Williams, and Willard Bailey Monday, October 18, 1971, at 10:00 a.m. at the Flat Gap United Baptist Church.  Burial followed in the family cemetery at Flat gap under direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 10-20-1971
   
VANHOOSE, Elro
1971
Elro VanHoose, 92, of Nippa died Monday, October 4, in the Paintsville Hospital following a six-month illness.  He was affiliated with the Mouth of Rush Freewill Baptist Church. He was the son of the late James Lee and Martele VanHoose. He was the husband of the late Stella VanHoose.  Immediate survivors include three sons, Roy VanHoose of Nippa, Everett VanHoose of Kenova, W.Va., and Dennie VanHoose of Welch, W.Va.; six daughters, Ruby VanHoose of Kenova, W.Va.; Mrs. Ruth Castle of Lowmansville, Mrs. Ollie Mae Rice of Nippa, Mrs. Lorraine Mason of Huntington, W.Va.; Mrs. Hazel Caudill of Stambaugh, and Mrs. Velma Castle of Keystone, W.Va.  Also surviving are three half-brothers, Richard VanHoose of Tutor Key, Burt VanHoose of Denver, Colorado, and Hubert VanHoose of Louisville; two half-sisters, Mrs. Lona Daniels of Tutor Key, and Mrs. Lula Ward of River. Funeral services were conducted by Claude Preston and Scott Castle at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 7, at the Mouth of Rush Freewill Baptist Church.  Burial followed in the VanHoose Cemetery at Nippa, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY OCT. 13, 1971
   
WALKER, Edra (Caudill)
1971
Edra Walker, 58, of Wittensville died at 6:45 p.m. Saturday, October 30 at the home of her daughter Mrs. Chester McClure of Wittensville after an extended illness.  She was a Vanda beauty distributor and was affiliated with the United Methodist Church. She was the daughter of the late Wesley and Sylvaia Stapleton Caudill.  Immediate survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Chester McClure and Mrs. Maymie Ann Cantrell, both of Wittensville, three brothers, Robert Caudill and Milt Caudill, both of Ashland, and Bruce Caudill of Ironton, Ohio, three sisters, Flora Strong of Barboursville, Lula Blanton of Ashland and Tibetha Elkins of Ashland.  Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Frank Spillman and Rev. Millard VanHoose at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 2 at the Rush Fork United Methodist Chruch at Wittensville.  Burial followed in the family cemetery under direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3, 1971
   
WARD, William
1971
William Arnold Ward, 79, of Staffordsville died, Friday, October 15 1971 in the Prestonsburg General Hospital following an extended Illness. He was a retired coal miner. He was the son of the late James, and Cynthia Ellen Ratliff Ward. Immediate survivors Include his wife, Zora Marie Selvage Ward, three sons, Guy Ward, of Hyndman, Penn.; Clyde Ward, U.S. Army, Germany; and Odis Ward of Cincinnati, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Alilee Kennedy of Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Gloria Miller of Baltimore Md.; and Mrs. Maude Auxier of Findlay, Ohio. Also surviving me three sisters, Mrs. Alka Boals of Zanesville, Ohio, Mrs.Lillian Hitchcock of Van Lear; and Mrs. Anna Hobson of Prestonsburg; two brothers, Burns Ward of West Virginia, and Albert Ward of Auxier. Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 19 by John Frank Ratliff in the Chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Burial followed In the Highland Park Memorial Cemetery under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.
   
WELLS, Otis
1971
Otis Wells, 50, of River, died Monday, October 18 at his home. He was a farmer. Immediate survivors include one son, Danny Wells of Van Lear, one daughter Mrs. Ruth crum of Wabash, Indiana, two half-brothers, Lefty Harmon of Dickietown, and Russell Wells of Ohio, and one sister, Mrs. Eddie Porter of East Point. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. thursday, October 21 at the Chapel of the Preston Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Don Fraley. Burial followed in the Adkins Cemetery at Wittensville under direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 10-27-1971
   
WHEELER, Linville
1971
Linville “Babe” Wheeler, 82, of Whitehouse died at 12:50 p.m. Saturday, October 30 at his home.  He was affiliated with the Primitive Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Neville and Emily Boyd Wheeler. He was the husband of the late Nellie Booth Wheeler.  Immediate survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Ethel Ward of River, Mrs. Reecie Bryant of Price, Mrs. Lenchie Welch of Whitehouse, and Mrs. Verlie VanHoose of River. Funeral services were conducted by Proctor Lyons at 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 1 at his home.  Burial followed in the family cemetery at Whitehouse, under direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday November 3, 1971

NOVEMBER - 1971

BUTCHER, Son
1971
Son Butcher, 83, of Whitehouse, died Saturday, November, 13 1971 at his home following an extended illness. He was a retired miner and was affiliated with the Enterprise Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Mark and Jemina Meek Butcher. Immediate survivors include his wife, Marcella DeBoard Butcher; three sons, Roy Butcher, of Keaton; Walter Butcher, of Sandusky, Ohio; and Jack H. Butcher of U.S. Air Force Germany; two daughters, Mrs. Esther Welch of Whitehouse; and Mrs. Alice Jean Wiley of Columbus, Ohio; and one sister, Mrs. Bertha Brindstaff of Tennessee. Funeral services were conducted by Ezekiel Lyons, Herman DeBoard and Bruce Daniels at 11:00 a.m.. Tuesday, November 21 by Earl Pennington and John Frank Ratliff at the Auxier Methodist Church. Burial followed in the family Cemetery under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.
   
CURTIS, Artie Mae (Branham)
1971
Artie Mae Curtis, 50, of Akron, Ohio died Monday, November 30 following an illness of three weeks.  She was a housewife and was affiliated with the United Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Turner and Martha Angles Branham. Immediate survivors include her husband, Van Curtis, one son, Clifford Curtis of Urbana, Ohio, four daughters, Mrs. Gaza Zeffer of Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Bella Zeffer  of Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Ora Fraley of Camas, Washington, and Mrs. Blanche Prince of Camas, Washington, three sisters, Mrs. Nancy Caudell of Plain City, Ohio, Mrs. Virgie McCormick of Petro, Ohio, and Mrs. June Mollett of Williamsport, and two brothers, Frank Branham of Sitka, and Steven Branham of Sitka. Funeral services were conducted by Howard Page and Hammie Price on Thursday, November 23 at 11:00 a.m. in the Little Friendship United Baptist Church.  Burial followed in the Dennie Pigg Cemetery at Boonscamp under direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald 11-29-1971
   
HAYES, Carlen G.
1971
Carlen G. Hayes, 42, of Paintsville died Sunday November 26, (1971) in Paintsville following a short illness.  He was a welder. He was the son of Glenns Smith Hayes and the late Sterlin Hayes. Immediate survivors include his wife, Anna Jean Burkett Hayes, one son, David Hayes of Pikeville, two half-brothers, John Sizemore of Gulf Port, Mississippi, and Jim Sizemore of Belpre, Ohio and four half-sisters, Judie Sizemore, Ann Timmerman of Indianapolis, Indiana, Doris Legg of Zanesdale, Ohio and Linda Becker of North Dakota. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Charles Milam on Wednesday, November 29 at 2:oo p.m. in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park Cemetery at Staffordsville under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Hayes, Carlen 11-29-1971
    
HINKLE, Hulda (Castle)
1971
Hulda Castle Hinkle, 74, of Fort Gay W. Va., died Thursday, November 18 at the Elwood Village Nursing Home in Ashland following an extended illness. She was affiliated with the United Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Martin and Mary Brown Castle. Immediate survivors include her husband Dewey Hinkle, three sons; D. M. Hinkle of Perrysville, Ohio, John Allen Hinkle of Loudonville, Ohio and Charley Hinkle of Crestline, Ohio, one daughter; Mrs. Ferba Castle of Ashville, Ohio, two brothers; John Castle and Hubert Castle, both of Fort Gay, W.Va., and two sisters; Mrs. Alka Lemaster of Louisa, and Mrs. Nolda Castle of Paintsville. Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 a.m. Sunday, November 21, at the Charley United Baptist Church with Glenn Arrowood, Flem Arrowood and Florida Lyons officiating. Burial followed in the family cemetery at Charley under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 24, November 1971
   
HITCHCOCK, Donald
1971
Donald Hitchcock, 33, of Bellefontaine, Ohio died Sunday, November 28 in Miami, Florida following a sudden illness. He was district supervisor of Devo Company and a member of the Lutherine Church. He was the son of Taulba and Mae Hitchcock of Volga. Immediate survivors include his wife, Doris Hitchcock, one son; Andrew Hitchcock, and one daughter; Tamra Kay Hitchcock. Also surviving is one brother, Billie Hitchcock of Milfrod, Center, Ohio and four sisters; Mrs. Inis Lemaster of Marysville, Ohio, Mrs. Bonnie Stewart of Springfield, Ohio, Mrs. Sharon Aiken of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and Janie Williams of Marysville, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted at 3:00 p.m. Friday, December 3 at the Paintsville Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W.G. Jaggers officiating. Burial followed in the family cemetery at the Volga under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald 8, December 1971
   
JONES, Elmer
1971
Elmer Jones, 86, of West Van Lear died Friday, November 5 in a local hospital following an extended illness. He was a retired coal miner and was affiliated with the West Van Lear United Baptist Church. He was the son of the late John and Selena Crislip Jones. Immediate survivors include his son, Ova Jones of Hager Hill, four daughters, Covie Cantrell of West Van Lear, Emma Shell of Springfield, Ohio, Deloris Varner of Flint, Michigan, and Virginia Salyers of Swartz Creek, Michigan, and one brother Abe Jones of Paintsville. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 8 by Scott Castle and Bruce Daniels at the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Cumbo Cemetery at West Van Lear under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday November 10 1970
   
LYONS, Mintie (BUrchett)
1971
Mintie Stambaugh Lyons, 78, of Sitka died Friday, November 24 at Kings Daughters Hospital in Ashland following an illness of ten years.  She was affiliated with the Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Thomas and Melisa Bayes Stambaugh Burchett. Immediate survivors include her husband, Arnold Lyons, three sons, Raymond Lyons of Paintsville, Emory Lyons of Ashland, and Elva Lyons of Dayton, Ohio, two daughters, Mrs. Edith Sipple of Paintsville, and Mrs. Esther Rice of Falcon and one half-brother, Eddie Burchett of Stambaugh. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Bruce Daniel on Sunday, November 25 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of the Preston Funeral Home.  Burial followed in the Highland Memorial park at Staffordsville under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Thursday 11/29/1971
   
MCKENZIE, Walter
1971
Walter McKenzie, 57, of East Point died Friday, November 5 in a local hospital following an extended illness.  He was a retired coal miner.  He was the son of the late Charlie and Tealy Boyd McKenzie. Immediate survivors include his daughter, Wanda Wells of East Point, and four sisters Minnie Daniels of Paintsville, Ethel Collins of Auxier, Sola Alice Collins of East Point, and Helen Arlene Delong of Van Lear. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 7 by Ezra Williams at the East Point Church of Christ.  Burial followed in the family cemetery at East Point under the direction of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Wednesday Nov. 10 1971
   
MUSIC, George
1971
George Music, 74, of Auxier died Thursday, November 18 at the Prestonsburg General Hospital following an extended illness.  He was a retired miner and affiliated with the Freewill Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Jack and Isabelle Greer Music. Immediate survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Rice Music, three sons, Alvis Music of Cattletsburg, Chester Music and Jack Music both of Auxier, six daughters, Mrs. Clara Robinson of Auxier, Mrs. Loretta Craft of Casey, Illinois, Mrs. Mary Louise Martin of Prestonsburg, Mrs. Francis Newberry of Waterford, Michigan, Mrs. Billie Goodman of Waterford, Michigan, and Mrs. Brenda Joyce Gilbert of Fairborn, Ohio.  Also surviving are two brothers, Taylor Music of Hager Hill and William Music of Prestonsburg, and two sisters, Mrs. Marinda Auxier of East Point, and Mrs. Katherine Albright of Pikeville. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 21 by Earl Pennington and John Frank Ratliff at the Auxier Methodist Church. Burial followed in the family cemetery under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald  Wednesday November 24, 1971
   
PATRICK, Bradley
1971
Bradley Patrick, 76, of Nippa died Saturday, November 20, 1971 in the Louisa Hospital following an illness of several months.  He was a retired miner and was affiliated with the Freewill Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Johnson and Polly Adams Patrick. Immediate survivors include his wife, Mary Burchett Patrick, four sons, Carl Thomas Patrick of Paintsville, Bradley Patrick Jr. of Greenville, Tennessee, Clyde Patrick of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and Henry Allen Patrick of Wittensville, four daughters, Mrs. Virgie Grim of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, Mrs. Polly Wells of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, Mrs. Maudie Grimm of Nippa, and Mrs. Myrtle Caudill of Nippa, and one step-daughter, Mrs. Margie Wells of Nippa. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Mary Jane Stapleton of Stambaugh, Mrs. Lou VanHoose of Paintsville, Mrs. Malissa Picklesimer of Nippa, and Mrs. Sarah Thompson of Dayton, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted by Claude Preston and Rev. Ellis Hamilton Monday, November 22, 1971 at 11:00 a.m. at the Rush Freewill Baptist Church at Nippa.  Burial followed in Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 24 1971
   
SAMMONS, Angie
1971
Angie Sammons, superintendent of nurses at Paintsville Hospital, succumbed November 10 after an extended illness.  Services were held Saturday, November 13, at the First Baptist Church in Paintsville, with Rev. J. H. Burton officiating. Born at Boons Camp in January 1906, she attended Johnson County schools and Morehead College, and graduated from the Paintsville Hospital School of Nursing in 1928. After working as a registered nurse in Huntington and as a surgical nurse at Jenkins, she returned to Paintsville and served here until her death. She was a member of the Eleventh District of the Kentucky Nurses Association, and held a number of offices with that group.  Also, she was a charter member of the Paintsville Business and Professional Women’s Club and a past president who also had been honored as “Woman of the Year” in 1966. A member of the Order of the Eastern Star, she served as Worthy Matron in 1956.  She was additionally a coordinator of Mayo’s practical nursing department and an avid golfer. Dr. Paul B. Hall, noting that she “gave her life to the Paintsville Hospital,” said that she had assisted him on more than 3,000 operations during World War II. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Kathy Rubado, and two granddaughters, Anvia and Niccole Rubado, of Paintsville.  A brother, Arbin Sammons, and a sister, Mary Horn, also live in Paintsville.  Another sister, Edna Walters, resides at Boons Camp, and a third sister, Nora Baldridge, is in Melbourne, Florida. Burial was in the Pack Cemetery at Williamsport.  Arrangements were under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY NOV. 17, 1971
   
SHORT, Mary Magdalene (Murry)
1928-1971
Mary Magdalene Short, 42, of Meally died Sunday, November 14 1971, at the home of her parents as the result of an extended illness. She was the daughter of Otto and Laura Morris Murry. Immediate survivors include one son, Charles Michael Short of Melly, one daughter, Karen Lynn Adams of Meally, and one brother, William Morris Murry of Louisa. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Vernon Mullins at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 17 at the Meally Church of Christ. Burial followed in the Short Cemetery at Meally under direction of the Preston Funeral Home PAINTSVILLE HERALD NOV.17 1971 ADDITIONAL INFO: Mary was born Dec.23 1928, she was married to Charles Short.
   
SPARKS, Edward
1971
Edward [Ed] Sparks, 75, of Swamp Branch died Friday, November 12 at the Paintsville Hospital following a two year illness. He was the son of the late Lee and Georgeann May Sparks. Immediate survivors include two sons Erman Sparks of Piqua, Ohio, and Garland  Sparks of Akron, Ohio, six daughters, Mrs. Ethel Reynolds of Troy, Ohio, Mrs. Hazel Caudill of Swamp Branch, Mrs. Jewel Wright of Louisville, Mrs. Juanita Sharits of DeGraff, Ohio, Mrs. Reva Mizer of Troy, Ohio and Mrs. Joy Kerrigan of Middletown, Ohio and Mrs. Lilliam Ressel of Troy, Ohio. Also surviving were two brothers, Ellis Sparks of Ivyton, and Virgil Sparks of Dayton, Ohio, and three sisters, Mrs. Marsha Henize of Bativa, Ohio, Mrs. Lizzie Kazee of Salyersville, and Mrs. Dicie Hampton of Dayton, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, November 14 at the Riceville Freewill Baptist Church by Rev. Charles Stapleton and Rev. Paul Daniel at 2:00 p.m. Burial followed in the Mitchell Price Cemetery at Oil Springs under direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Thursday 11/17/1971
  
STAMBAUGH, George William
1971
George William “Bill” Stambaugh, 46, of Kingsport, Tennessee died Wednesday, November 10 as a result of an apparent heart attack. He was employed by Holstein Defense Corporation. Immediate survivors include his wife Vieta Vicars Stambaugh, one daughter Miss Jackie Lynn Stambaugh, at home, and one sister Miss Essie Stambaugh of Bloomington, Indiana. Funeral services were conducted Friday, November 12 at 2:30 p.m. by Rev. Verdil Stafford and Rev. Hubert Vicars in Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home Chapel in Kingsport. Burial followed in the Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY NOV 17, 1971
   
VANHOOSE, Lee Thomas
1971
Lee Thomas VanHoose, 39, an inmate at the Eddyville State Penetentiary, died Sunday, November 7 at the prison as the result of stab wounds inflicted by another inmate. He was the son of Manuel and the late Ora Bland VanHoose. Immediate survivors include four brothers, Vencil VanHoose, Lester VanHoose, Alvin VanHoose, and Morris VanHoose, all of Paintsville, four sisters, Opal Montgomery of Flat Gap, Anna Harper of Mansfield, Ohio, Gladys Ward, and Marie VanHoose, both of Paintsville. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Scott Castle. Burial followed in the VanHoose cemetery in Paintsville under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1971
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ARROWOOD, Nella
1972
Nella Arrowood, 64, of River died Thursday, December 30, at her home following an extended illness. She was the daughter of Julia and the late Farris Arrowood. Immediate survivors include her mother and four nephews. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 1 at the Paintsville Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Tom Reynolds. Burial followed in the Richmond Cemetery under direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, January 5, 1972
    
BEERS, Margaret
1971
Margaret Beers, 75, of Paintsville died Monday, December 6 en route to a local hospital following a sudden illness.  She was a member of the Van Lear Freewill Baptist Church.  She served as secretary of the Van Lear School Board for several years.  Immediate survivors include two daughters,  Ann Mussett Beers of Annapolis, Maryland, and Margaret Jane Beers of Paintsville, four brothers, Leviah W. Daniels of Annapolis, Maryland, John F. Daniels of Lexington, E. R. Bradley of Prestonsburg, and William T. Bradley of Kenova, W.Va., and one sister, Bertha McKay of California.  Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Robert Jones and Charles Milan at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday December 8 at the First Baptist Chruch of Paintsville.  Burial followed in the Ridgelawn Cemetery at Huntington, W.Va., under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15, 1971
    
BLANTON, Millard F.
1971
Millard F. Blanton, 85, of Paintsville died Tuesday, December 28 in Paintsville following an extended illness. He was affiliated with the United Baptist church. He was the son of the late Gilbert and Maletha Blanton Blanton. Immediate survivors include one sister, Milva Blanton of Paintsville. Funeral services were conducted by O. I. Williams, Arnold Reed, and Ellis Hamilton at 1 p.m. Thursday, December 30 at the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville under direction of Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, January 5, 1972
    
BLEVINS, Liza (Frazier)
1971
Liza Frazier Blevins, 49, of Minford, OH, died Monday, December 27 in Minford following an extended illness. She was the daughter of Grandville Frazier. Immediate survivors include three sons, Lonzo Blevins, Jr. of Warsaw, IN, Albert Blevins of West Van Lear, and James Solman Blevins of Jackson, OH, and nine daughters, Mrs. Ella Blair of Warsaw, IN, Mrs. Marbelle Hurt of Pierceton, IN, Mrs. Bonnie Crabtree of Jackson, OH, Mrs. Betty Daniels of Louisa, Mrs. Ruth Reynolds of Columbus, OH, Lora Alice Blevins of Jackson, OH, Suzzie Mae Blevins of Jackson, OH, Liza Blevins of Jackson, OH and Judy Blevins, also of Jackson, OH. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, December 31 by Elzie Banks at the Old Hood United Baptist Church at Staffordsville. Burial followed in the Jaynes Cemetery at Staffordsville under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, January 5, 1972
    
BOLDEN, Georgia Ann (Ward)
1971
Georgia Ann Bolden, ??, of Boonscamp, died Monday December 27 1971 at her home following a short illness. She was affiliated with the Church Of Christ. She was the daughter of Malta Reed Ward and the late John Ward. Immediate survivors include her husband, Jim Bolden, and two step-sons E_____ Bolden of Boonscamp and Glen Bolden of Wabash, Indiana. Funeral services were conducted at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, December __ by J.H. Short at the Meally Church of Christ. Burial followed in the Webb Cemetery at Van Lear under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 12-29-1971
   
CASTLE, Ruby (Church)
1970
Ruby Church Castle, 48, died December 25, 1970, at Cincinnati, Ohio. The former Johnson Countian was born April 2, 1922, to Alfred and Lottie Kazee Church. Survivors include a daughter, Sue Ratliff of Wittensville, three brothers, Alfred, Tom, and Bob Church, all of Tutor Key, and two sisters, Rusha Vanhoose of Mine Fork and Onita Castle of Tutor Key. Services were held December 30 in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home, with Adam Marshall officiating. Burial followed in the Church Family Cemetery at Tutor Key. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, January 06, 1971
   
CONLEY, Bessie (Blanton)
1971
Bessie Conley, 80, of Oil Springs died Monday, December 27 at the Paintsville hospital.  She was affiliated with the United Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late John and Lou Crace Blanton. Immediate survivors include her husband Walter Conley, four brothers, Manford Blanton and John Blanton Jr., both of Ashland, James Blanton of Jackson, Ohio, and Freddie Blanton of Norwalk, Ohio, and three sisters, Bertha Dobbins of Ashland, Frona Wheeler of Oil Springs, and Barbara Patrick of Wheelersburg, Ohio. Funeral services will be conducted at the Wheelers United Baptist Church Thursday, December 30. Burial will follow in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville under direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 29, 1971
   
CONLEY, Tommie
1971
Tommie Conley died Sunday, December 26 at the age of 81. He was the son of the late Ham and Lou Adams Conley. Immediate survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Jack Music of Paintsville and Mrs. Dan Hale of Dayton, OH; four sons, Ishmael Conley of Elgin, OR, Howard Conley of Dayton, OH, Bill Conley of Paintsville, and Jackie Conley of Salyersville, three sisters, Mrs. Liza McCormick of Salyersville, Mrs. Ann White of Paintsville and Mrs. Ruie Marsh of Ashland and four brothers, Charlie Conley of Greenup, Dewey Conley of Sciotoville, Henry Conley of Wheelersburg, and John Conley of Salyersville. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, January 5, 1972
    
DANIELS, Wiley
1971
Wiley Daniels, 43, of Whitehouse, died at 9:10 a.m. Friday, December 24 1971 in the Paintsville Hospital following an extended illness. He was affiliated with the Church of Christ. He was the son of the late George and Nancy Boone Daniels. Immediate survivors include his wife, Hattie Adams Daniels, six sons, George Elliot Daniels, of Whitehouse; Denny H. Daniels, of Whitehouse; Harold David Daniel, of Whitehouse; James Ellis Daniels, John Wiley Daniels, and Frank Austin Daniels, all of Columbus, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Nancy Lamb of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Edna Goble of Brice, Ohio; and Mrs. Easter Ann Johnson of Whitehouse; one brother, Virgil Blevins, of Whitehouse, and two sisters Ann Baldridge of Whitehouse; and Myrtle Butcher of Columbus, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 27 by J.H. Short at the Meally Church of Christ. Burial followed in the Daniels Cemetery at Whitehouse under direction of Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 12-29-1971
  
FERGUSON, Cynthia (Hall)
1971
Cynthia L. Ferguson, 89, of River Rouge Michigan died at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, December first at River Rouge. She was formerly of Red Bush and was affiliated with the United Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Jim and Margaret Wheeler Hall. Immediate survivors include five sons; Elder B.C. Ferguson of Paintsville, Jim P. Ferguson of Ashland, W. H. Ferguson of Red Bush, Brue Ferguson of Chicago, Illinois, Fred O. Ferguson of River Rouge, Michigan, one daughter, Mrs. Ann Hamilton of Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Mary White of Dayton, Ohio and Mrs. Nettie Phillips of Paintsville. Funeral services were conducted at 10: 00 a.m. Sunday, December 5 at the Paintsville United Baptist Church with O. I. Williams, J. T. Bailey, and C. J. Sparks officiating. Burial followed in the family cemetery at Red Bush under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald 8, December 1971
   
FRALEY, Jimmy Calvin
1971
Jimmy Calvin Fraley, 17, of Thealka died Saturday, December 25, (1971) as a result of an accident with a firearm. He was the son of Don and Mildred Rice Fraley. Immediate survivors include three brothers, Bobby Allen Fraley of West Van Lear, Dan Vaughan Fraley of Thealka, and Larry Bryan Fraley of Thealka, and one sister, Sherry Lynn Lyon of Paintsville. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 28, (1971) at the Thealka Freewill Baptist Church by Claude Preston, C.C. Hall and Bruce Daniels. Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Fraley, Jimmy 12-29-1971
  
HACKNEY, Lake
1971
Lake Louise Keicher Hackney, 59, of Clearwater, Flordia died Wednesday, December 8, in Clearwater following and extended illness. She was a retired civil service worker. She was the daughter of Charlie and the late Zee Short Hackney. Immediate survivors include four sisters, Ivory Young of Ypsilanti, Michigan.  Lydia Caldwell of Columbus, Ohio.  Edith Miller of Charley, and Jacqueline Young of Columbus, Ohio, and seven brothers, Edgel Hackney, and Herbert Hackney, both of Sitka, Paul Hackney and Jimmy Hackney, all of Columbus, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, December 2 at the Georges Creek United Baptist Church by Florida Lyons, O.I. Williams, and C.J. Sparks. Burial followed in the Hackney family cemetery at Lowmansville under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PH Wed. 12-15-1971
   
JOHNSON, Joe
1971
Joe Johnson, 49, of Paintsville died Tuesday, December 21 1971 in a local hospital following a short illness. He was employed in an oil field and was affiliated with the Freewill Baptist Church. He was the son of Nancy Bowling Johnson. Immediate survivors include his wife, Ora Tackett Johnson, two sons, Larry Johnson and Gary Johnson, both of Paintsville, two daughters, Mrs. Joan Haney of Paintsville, and Ruby Leigh of Liberty, and three brothers, Robert (Buddy) Johnson, Roger Kestner, and Fonnie Kestner, both of Paintsville. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 24 at the Southside Freewill Baptist Church. Burial followed in Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville under direction of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home.
   
KELLY, Martha (Gilliam)
1971
Martha Kelly, 88, died in a local nursing home on December 19 1970, after being ill for ten months. The lifelong resident of Keaton was born to the late Isaac and Mary Holbrook Gilliam and was married to the late Millard D. Kelly. Homer Evans and Hager Kelly officiated at services held December 21 in the Keaton Enterprise Baptist Church, of which Mrs. Kelly had been a member. The Preston Funeral Home arranged  for burial in the Lyon Cemetery at Keaton. Survivors include two sons, Junior Kelly of Florida; and Lundy Kelly of Flat Gap; five daughters, Zettie Marcum Covington, Ohio; Edda McCormick of Mann, W.Va.; Thelma Wallen of Martha; Janet Pratt of Anaheim, Calif.; and Geona Burgoine of Columbus, Ohio. PAINTSVILLE HERALD Jan.06 1971
    
LEMASTER, Cova M. (Blevins)
1971
Cova Marie Lemaster, 52, of Volga, died Saturday, December 25, at Huntington, W.Va., following an extended illness.  She was affiliated with the Cannon Chapel United Methodist Church. She was the daughter of Dennis and Alice Salyers Blevins. Immediate survivors include her husband, Frank Lemaster; six sons, Frank Lemaster, Jr., of Sitka, Everett Lemaster of Mansfield, Ohio; Charles Lemaster of Wabash, Indiana; Harold Lemaster of Warsaw, Indiana; Ricky Lemaster and Freddie Lemaster, both of Volga; three daughters, Edith Martin of Paintsville, Helen Sue Hall of Mansfield, Ohio, and Anita Hall of Van Lear; one brother, Luke Blevins of Volga, and two sisters, Barbara Meek of Warsaw, Indiana, and Betty Joe Ward of Flat Gap. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Frank Spillman at 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 27, at the Cannon Chapel United Methodist Church. Burial followed in the family cemetery at Volga, under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY DEC. 29, 1971
   
LYKINS, Arlie
1972
Arlie Lykins, 44, of Newell, WV died December 15. He was affiliated with the Salyersville Freewill Baptist church. He was the son of Clay and Maggie Penix Lykins. Immediate survivors include his wife, Lou Edith Conley Lykins, one son, Arlie David Lykins, at home, and four daughters, at home, Vivian, Sue, Gay and Christie Lykins. (Rest of obituary is cut off).  Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, January 5, 1972 Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, January 5, 1972  January 12, 1972

 : Because of incorrect information, the obituary of Arlie Lykins reported in last week’s Herald showed his residence as Newell, WV. Mr. Lykins was a resident of Oil Springs.
   
MCCARTY, Burns
1971
Burns McCarty, 85, of Lowmansville, died at 5:30 a.m. Thursday, December 2 at the Louisa General Hospital following an extended illness.  He was a retired miner.  He was the son of the late Wiley and Francis Calhon McCarty.  Immediate survivors include four sons, Johnie McCarty of Wilmington, Calif., Wiley McCarty of Wilmington, Calif., Burns McCarty, Jr. of Algodones, New Mexico, Harry McCarty of Olympia, three stepsons, Hershell Lester of Martin, Clyde Lester of Martin, and Ottie Lester of Whitehouse, five daughters Dorothy Chandler of of Lowmansville, Diann Loller of Phoenix, Arizona, Lavonda Smock of Nippa, Calif., Collene Fowler of Gradenna, Calif., and Marlene Richardson of Columbus, Ohio, four step-daughters, Bessie Rowland of Whitehouse, Maxie Leslie of Texas, and Margarett Fitch of Ohio, and one sister, Monnie McFaddin of Paintsville. Funeral services were conducted at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, December 4 in the Preston Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Bruce Daniel. Burial followed in the family cemetery at Van Lear under the directions of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8, 1971
   
MCCLOUD, Hershell
1971
Hershell McCloud, 69, of Hager Hill died Sunday, December 5 in a local hospital following an extended illness. He was affiliated with the Collista Freewill Baptist Church and was district one magistrate from 1944-48. Immediate survivors include two sons, James H. McCloud of Thealka, and Captain Perry McCloud of Newport News, Virginia, one daughter, Mrs. Mildred Lou Fitzpatrick of Williamsport, two brothers, Beecher and Charles McCloud, both of Stambaugh, and three sisters, Mrs. Myrtie Horn, Mrs. Sophia Kimbler, and Mrs. Vivian Castle, all of Paintsville. Funeral service were conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 7 at the Collista Freewill Baptist Church by Richard Williams, Clarence Lemaster, and Charlie Lemaster. Burial followed in Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville under direction of the Jones- Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8, 1971
   
PRESTON, Glance
1971
Glance Preston, 73, of Paintsville died Wednesday, December 22 1971, at St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington W. VA., following an extended illness. He was employed as a clerk and affiliated with the Freewill Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Jethro and Lou Ellen VanHoose Preston. Immediate survivors include his wife Luda LeMasters Preston, one son, Jack Raymond Preston, of Paintsville; two daughters, Mrs. Margery Wells of Nippa; and Mrs. Opal Lee Daniels of Grove City, Ohio; and two sisters, Mrs. Vella Grimm of Stambaugh; and Miss Vivian Preston of Stambaugh. Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 24 at the Mouth Of Rush Freewill Baptist Church by Ellis Hamilton and Claude Preston. Burial followed in the Old Hood Cemetery at Winifred under direction of the Preston Funeral Home.
   
RICHMOND, William
1972
William (Bill) Richmond, 72, of Van Lear died Thursday, December 30 at his home following a sudden illness. He was a miner and a farmer and was affiliated with the Church of Christ. He was the son of the late Samuel and Unoka Clark Richmond. Immediate survivors include one son, Samuel Richmond, of Van Lear, one daughter, Mrs. Georgia Hall of Brunswick, OH, and one sister, Mrs. Susana Wells of Van Lear. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 2 at the Jones-Preston Chapel by Cecil Sherman. Burial followed in the Richmond Family Cemetery at Van Lear under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, January 5, 1972
   
ROBINSON, James Michael
1971
James Michael Robinson, age five weeks, of Pontiac, Michigan died Tuesday, December 7 in the Pontiac General Hospital. He was the son of Michael Dean and Karen Meade Robinson. Immediate survivors in- clude two sisters, Kimberly Lynn Robinson of Pontiac, Michigan and Genia Rae Robinson of Pontiac, Michigan. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Homer Meade of Nippa, and the paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Billie Robinson of Pontiac, Michigan.  Maternal grand- mother is Mrs. Lena Meade of Nippa, and the paternal great- grandmother is Maymie Robinson Trimble of Turner Branch. Funeral services were conducted by Bill Ford at 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 10 at the home of Maymie Robinson Trimble.  Burial followed in the Bill Robinson Cemetery at Turner Branch under direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, 12-15-1971
  
TACKETT, Cora (Rowland)
1971
Cora Tackett, 87, of Whitehouse, died Tuesday, December 21, in Paintsville following an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late Armstrong and Trinnia Ratliff Rowland. Immediate survivors include one sister, Mrs. Ida Whitaker, and five brothers, Doc Rowland of Whitehouse, Proctor Rowland of Ashland, Fred Rowland of Whitehouse, Richard Rowland of River, and Willie Rowland of East Point. Funeral services were conducted by Scott Castle and Claude Preston at 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 25, at the Hammond Freewill Baptist Church.  Burial followed in the family cemetery at Whitehouse, under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY DEC. 29, 1971
  
TACKETT, Dilla Mae
1972
Dilla Mae Tackett, 80, of Peebles, OH died Wednesday, December 29 in a Chillicothe hospital following an extended illness. She was affiliated with the United Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late George W. and Angeline Nichols Tackett (Note: should be Blanton). Immediate survivors include nine sons, Delbert, Oakel, and Harry Tackett, all of Cedarville, OH, Johnny and Arnold Tackett, both of Springfield, OH, Wayne Tackett of Greenbriar, TN, Melvin Tackett of Cincinnati, OH, Andrew Tackett of Xenia, OH, and Donald Tackett of Peebles, OH, and four daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Leeth and Mrs. Imojane Leeth, both of Idaho, OH, and Ola Van Meter and Mrs. Evelyn Litteral, both of Peebles, OH. Funeral services were conducted Saturday, January 1 at 2 p.m. by Rev. Morton Liles at the Smith Chapel Church of Idaho, OH. Burial followed in the Garden Cemetery under direction of the Botkins Funeral Home of Waverly, OH. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, January 5, 1972  (Census records and marriage records has her name as Gillie Mae)
   
WHEELER, Willie Mae (Preston)
1972
Willie May Wheeler, 79, of Ashland, died Thursday, December 30, in Ashland following an extended illness. She was affiliated with the South Ashland United Methodist Church, the Paintsville D.A.R. and the Order of the Eastern Star. She was the daughter of the late Dan and Mollie May Preston. Immediate survivors include her husband, Herbert Wheeler, one son, W. Bruce Wheeler of Ashland, three sisters, Mrs. E. F. Harrison of Pikeville, Mrs. Henrietta Preston of Pikeville, and Mrs. Carson Davis of Ashland and one brother, Paul Preston, of Shreveport, LA. Funeral services were conducted by Orin Simmerman, JR. at 1 p.m., Saturday, January 1 in the Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Preston Cemetery in Paintsville under direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, January 5, 1972
    
WILLIAMSON, Pete E.
1970
Spec. 4 Pete Ellis Williamson of River, formerly of Louisa, was killed in action in Vietnam on Thursday, December 31, 1970. The 20-year-old soldier completed his basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, where he won a medal for marksmanship.  He had been serving in Vietnam with the Army for four months prior to his death. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, January 12, at 2 p.m. at the Walnut Grove Free Will Baptist Church at Ulysses, with the Rev. Gallie Isaac officiating.  After military rites at the graveside, interment was made in the Daniels Cemetery at River. Survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Saul Williamson; five sisters, Mrs. Roger McCoy of River, Mrs. Robert Fugitt of Louisa, and Myra Jean, Linda Lee and Margaret Sue Williamson, all at home; two brothers, Robert Lincoln Williamson of Blaine and Gordon Ray Williamson at home, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Cynthia Williamson of River. The body was taken from Young Funeral Home to the home of Charlie Fannin at Charley, where it remained until funeral time. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY FEB. 3, 1971
   
WITTEN, Clarence G.
1971
Clarence Gordon Witten, 59, of Dayton, Ohio died Wednesday, December 8 in the Miami Valley Hospital at Dayton following a one month illness.  He was employed at the Wright Patterson Air Field. He was the son of Tom and Ruby Salyers Witten of Sitka.  Immediate survivors include his wife, Pansy Witten, three brothers, Carmel Witten of Sitka, Tom Witten Jr. of Sitka, and Frank Howard Witten of Lima, Ohio and one sister, Mrs. Rushie Nichols of Sitka. Funeral services were conducted by Benny Blankenship and Rev. M.T. Wommack Jr. on Saturday, December 11 at 11:00 a.m. in the Preston Funeral Home Chapel.  Burial followed in the Combs Cemetery at Wittensville under direction of the Preston Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15, 1971
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