JOHN S PELPHREY
John S. Pelphrey,
Of W. Van Lear
Passes Sunday
John S. Pelphrey, miner and farmer of West Van Lear, died Sunday
morning in a local hospital following an illness of a month.
The son of the late Jimmy and Manda Williams Pelphrey,, he was a
native of Johnson County and had lived at West Van Lear for the past
thirty-three years. He was a member of the Cedar Grove United Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his widow Rose Pelphrey, three sons, Sherman
Pelphrey, Kopperson, W.Va.; Charles and Malcolm Pelphrey, both of west
Van Lear and four daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Conley, Prestonsburg; Mrs.
Florence Espy, Dayton, Ohio, Mandy Spradlin, West Van Lear; Mrs.
Jennie Conley, Mechanicsburg, Ohio.
Funeral services were conducted at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday from the Cedar
Grove Baptist Church at West Van Lear with John Crum, F.F. Riggsby and
Merida Wiley as officiating ministers.
Burial was in the Cumbo Cemetery at West Van Lear.
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
6-4-1958
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