MALCOLM PELPHREY Malcolm Pelphrey, 59, resident of West Van Lear, died in the Miner's Memorial Hospital, Williamson, W. Va., at 8:40 p.m., Friday, June 26 1964, after an illness of seven months. He was a son of the late John Pelphrey and Rose Pelphrey of West Van Lear, and was born October 4 1904, at Barnett's Creek. He had been a resident of West Van Lear for twenty-eight years and was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Cora Spradlin Pelphrey, whom he married in Paintsville, June 11 1923; one son John Pelphrey Paintsville; three daughters, Mrs Ocie Carter, New Boston, Ohio, Mrs Viola Crothers, Jackson Ohio, Mrs Barbara Davis Columbus Ohio; two brothers, Sherman Pelphrey Koppererston, W.Va., Charles Pelphrey, Paintsville; four sisters, Mandy Spradlin, West Van Lear, Florence Espy, Fairborn, Ohio, Dorothy Conley, Prestonsburg, Jenny Conley, Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Also surviving are five grandchildren
Funeral services were conducted Monday at 1:00 p.m. at the Southside Free Will Baptist Church with the Rev.Bill Davidson as officiating minister. Burial was in the Cumbo Cemetery at West Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.
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