LAURA PELPHREY
1872-1959
Laura Pelphrey, Staffordsville, Passes May 19
Mrs. Laura Pelphrey, 87, well-known resident of Staffordsville, died
Tuesday afternoon, May 19, at her home following an illness of one
year.
The daughter of the late Henry and Sarah Kimler Sturgill, she was
born in this county March 1, 1872, and had been a lifelong resident
of the Staffordsville community.
Her first marriage was to Alex Blanton who preceded her in death.
Her second marriage was to Amos Pelphrey, who died September 1956.
Survivors include five sons, George and Leck Blanton, both of
Portsmouth, Ohio; Fred, Brooks and Vol Pelphrey, all of
Staffordsville; two daughters, Donnie Tackett, Staffordsville, and
Grace Dunlap, Detroit, Michigan. She is also survived by two
sisters, Beechie Howard, Bolts Fork, and Winnie Frazier, Ashland.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 10:00 a.m., from the
United Baptist Church at Staffordsville with Lonza Reed, Lloyd
Williams, Tommie Bailey and John Pelphrey as officiating ministers.
Burial was in the family cemetery at Staffordsville.
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Mrs. Laura B. Pelphrey was born March 1, 1872, in Johnson county.
The fifth child of Mary Ann Kimbler and Henry Sturgill. On October
19, 1889, she was united in marriage to James E. H. Blanton, to this
marriage was born a daughter and two sons. Following the death of her
husband on October 1, 1895, she was married to Amos Pelphrey on
December 1, 1899. Preceding her in death was her husband, Amos, on
September 21, 1958, her father and mother and six brothers and
sisters.
Surviving are two sisters, Winnie Frazier, Ashland; and Beechie
Howard, Bolls Fork, Ky. She is also survived by the following
children: Chloe Mahan, Staffordsville; Georgia Blanton, Portsmouth,
Ohio; Leck Blanton, New Boston, Ohio; Fred, Brooks, Bert and Vol
Pelphrey and Donna Tackett all of Staffordsville and Grace Dunlap of
Detroit, Michigan, 48 grandchildre, 92 great grandchildren and one
great-great grandchild. One grandchild, Ben Dorman Tackett, is
serving in the armed forces in Korea.
Laura B. Pelphrey resided in Johnson county her entire lifetime. She
lived a long and useful life doing worthy deeds among her many
friends and neighbors. She was proud to have done her part as a
pioneer, both in rearing a fine family, and by taking part in civic
and political affairs. In her younger days she rode her horse many
miles throughout the county to assist in posting and distributing
handvills to advance a worthy cause or political figure. Later in
life she was employed in numerous home and business establishments in
Paintsville. She was a faithful wife and devoted mother and was
known as a hard working and thoroughly honest woman. She was
affectionately known to hundreds of people during her life as “Aunt
Laura.” She resided for the past twelve years at the home where she
passed away, four miles west of Paintsville on Highway 150, near the
Mouth of Mud Lick.
She left his home on earth Tuesday, May 19 at 6:10 p.m., at the age
of 87 years, two months and eighteen days. She had been in gradual
failing health since a recent fall from the porch at her home and had
been confined at The Paintsville Hospital for twelve days, she had
only been back at her home one day before she succumbed. Laura passed
away in the knowledge and faith that she was entering a better world
and that a better home awaited her. She will be sadly missed by her
beloved children and other surviving friends and relatives.
She was laid to rest in the family cemetery just opposite her last
home on earth.
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
20 May 1959
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