VOL T. PELPHREY 1908-1961 Vol T. Pelphrey, 53, died at 9:15 a.m., Friday, November 3, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Donnie Tackett, Staffordsville. He had been ill for the past six years. The son of the late Amos and Laura B. Pelphrey, he was born in this county August 28, 1908. He formerly lived in Ashland where he was employed as a chauffeur. He was a member of the F.O.E. Aerie No. 2329, Ashland. Survivors include besides his sister, three brothers, Fred, Brooks and Bert Pelphrey all of Staffordsville; another sister, Mrs. Grace Dunlap, Detroit, Michigan; two half brothers, George Blanton, Portsmouth, O.; Leck Blanton, Wheelersburg, O.; a half sister, Mrs. Chloe Mahan, Staffordsville. Funeral services were conducted at 10:00 a.m., Monday from the Old Union church at Staffordsville with J. T. Bailey, Lloyd Williams, F. F. Rigsby and Arnold Reed as officiating ministers. Burial was in the Tackett Cemetery at Staffordsville. Paintsville Herald Wednesday 8 November 1961
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