JESSE HOWARD STAFFORD
1913-1933
Death Calls Popular Boy
Jesse Howard Stafford, 20, Succumbs to Pneumonia
Jesse Howard Stafford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stafford, of
Staffordsville, died at the Paintsville Hospital late last Saturday
evening from the effects of pneumonia which he had contracted three
weeks ago. Young Stafford had withstood the attack of pneumonia and
had passed the nine-day crisis peculiar to the disease, but the high
fever during his illness had affected his heart which resulted in his
death.
No death in recent years has caused more genuine grief, not only in
his immediate family, but among the people as a whole. He was one of
the best young men Johnson county ever produced. He was a clean young
man and very energetic not only in the school room, but in daily life.
He graduated with honors from the Paintsville High in the class of 31,
which is quite a record when his youthfulness is considered.
He would have been 20 years old on Monday, October 2, the anniversary
of his birth. Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters,
Misses Roberta Grace and Geraldine Stafford.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Missionary Baptist
Church in Paintsville, the services were in charge of Rev. R. Lee
James, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. Burns Conley and Rev.
Coon.
Following the funeral services the body was taken to the Stafford home
and laid to rest in the family burying lot at that place.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
October 5, 1934
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