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1935
Willie Castle was called by death Dec. 21. 1935, leaving a beautiful testimony of a home in heaven. He is survived by his widow and three children Mrs. Dewey Van Hoose of Manilla, Mrs. Tobe Wheeler and Irin Castle of Staffordsville. Funeral services were held by Rev. Foster Figsby. He was laid to rest in the family cemetery near his home. The family has our heart-felt sympathy. Paintsville Herald Thursday January 2, 1936
CHANDLER, Hazel Ruth
1936
SMALL CHILD DIES OF BURNS
Ruth Chandler Dies After Clothing Is Ignited Hazel Ruth Chandler, seven years old the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chandler died at the home of her parents in Paintsville Sunday evening, December 22 as a result of burns which she received the night before. She had prepared to go to bed when her night dress caught fire from a gas stove in her bedroom. Her cries attracted the attention of her parents but when they reached the upstairs bed room where she was she had been burned so badly that little hope was held for her recovery. She received the injuries which caused her death at about 11 o'clock Saturday night and despite all that medical science and care could do succumbed the following day. She was one of the outstanding scholars in her grade at school and was popular with all her little friends who knew her. Her passing leaves a sad vacancy in this family who all were greatly devoted to her. Funeral services were held in the Mayo Memorial Church Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. Guy W. Preston officiating. Burial was in the Mayo cemetery. She is survived by her heart-stricken parents and two brothers, Escom and James Franklin. Three sisters, Jessie, Myrtle and Emily Chandler also survive. The sad passing of this bright and attractive little girl cast a pall of gloom over the entire community during the holidays and she will be sadly missed by her parents and immediate family as well as her many little friends who knew and loved her at school.
Hazel Ruth Chandler was born September 9, 1928, and died December 21, 1935. At the time of her death she was 7 years , 3 months and 13 days old. Ruth, as she was commonly known, enrolled in the 1st grade of the Paintsville City Schools at the age of six years, and she was a member of the second grade class, ranking at the top in grades and ability in each years work. Ruth loved her teachers, and the pupils in her classes but it is said that due to her ability to mix with people above her age, that she knew most of the teachers and students in the city school and many of her father and mother's friends in town, whom she would invaribly greet when meeting them on the street. Her popularity among teachers and students of the city schools is demonstrated by their attendance here today. On the heights of the popularity of Ruth as a child and just on the eve of celebrating the birth of her Christ, the teacher over all of us sent his angels early Sunday night to the home of her parents and took Ruth to heaven, where she could be present in person in the celebration of the birth of her Christ. In this statement we can all subscribe for it is written: "That Jesus took a little child in his arms and held him up before the disciples and said to them' Unless you turn from your ways and become like little children in spirit you shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever shall be gentle and lowly and willing to be taught like this little child, he shall be the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. And whoever shall receive one such little child for my sake, he receives Me. Take care not to despise one of these little ones, for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always look upon the face of my Father who is in Heaven, or the son of man came to save that which was lost, it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish" The windows of the home of this family are shadowed with darkness and their hearts are broken over the sudden departure of this little girl, yet from the words quoted Ruth is now basking in the sunlight of God's presence and is numbered as one of his chosen angels. She leaves to mourn her passing her father and mother Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chandler, two brothers Escom and James Franklin Chandler, and three sisters, Jessie, Myrtle and Emily Chandler, all of Paintsville. Paintsville Herald Thursday Jan.02 1936
CLAY, Susan (Mahan)
1935
DEATH CALLS SUSAN CLAY
Aged Woman Dies At Home After Illness of Two Years
Mrs. Susan Mahan Clay, 79 years old died at her home in Paintsville last Thursday evening after an illness of more than two years. She was a native of Johnson County and the daughter of the late Joe and Rena Mahan of Mud Lick. At 19 she was married to the late John Clay of Mud Lick and to this union seven children were born. She is survived by daughters; Mrs. Alka Melvin and Miss Verna Clay both who lived at home with their mother. A sister, Cynthia Mahan of Sitka also survives. Mrs. Clay had been in poor health for more than two years although her death was not unexpected it came as a great shock to her family and friends. All that medical skill and attention would do was done for her but death came in spite of loving care and attention. In early life Mrs. Clay became a member of the Christian Church and was a devout member of that organization until her death. Funeral services were held Saturday morning at the home with the Rev. Burns Conley officiating. A quartette composed of Mrs. Grover Cider, Mrs. Amanda Price, Paul Hager and the Rev Conley, sang several songs at the services. Burial was at Concord. Besides her immediate family, she is survived by a large number of grand children and a host of friends who join with her family in mourning her death. Paintsville Herald Thursday December 19, 1935
CONLEY, Johnie
1935
OIL SPRINGS
The death angels visited our community Tuesday of last week and took from us one of our beloved citizens, Johnie Conley. He had been ill for a long while. He was the son of Mannie Conley who preceded him in death. He leaves to mourn their loss his mother, two brothers and one sister. The family has our greatest sympathy. Paintsville Herald Thursday December 19, 1935
MAYO, Robert Hurt
1936
Death Calls Robert Mayo Prominent Local Man Dies After Short Illness
Robert Hurt Mayo, 66 years old, and member of one of Eastern Kentucky's pioneer families and the only surviving brother of the late John C. C. Mayo, Eastern Kentucky capitalist, died at his home on the Old Mayo Farm Thursday, December 26 1935. He had been in poor health for several months but the direct cause of his death was bronchial pneumonia. He was the son of the late T. J. Mayo who was one of the earliest progressive business men of Johnson County and had spent his entire life in the Big Sandy Valley. He is survived by his widow and three children, Imogene, Thomas, and Betty. One sister, Mrs. Fred Atkinson, also survives. Funeral services were held at his home on the Old Mayo Farm across Paint Creek from West Painstville, and burial was in the Mayo Cemetery on the hill just behind town. The Rev. Odis J. Polley conducted the services. Mr. Mayo was a widely known citizen of Eastern Kentucky and had many friends. At one time he was postmaster at Paintsville, and served efficiently with his brother, the late John C. C. Mayo in the development of Eastern Kentucky mineral interests. Painstville Herald Thursday 1-2-1936
MEEK, Davis
1935
DAVIS MEEK IS CALLED BY DEATH
Davis Meek, 77 year old resident of Catlettsburg died at his home there Tuesday afternoon after an illness of several months. Mr. Meek was one of the most highly respected citizens of that section of Kentucky. He was born in Paintsville the son of Dr. Zephaniah Meek who for years was the editor and publisher of the Southern Methodist, a newspaper devoted to the interest of the M. E. Church, South. Davis Meek also was engaged in the publishing and printing business. Surviving him are his widow, two sons, two daughters and two brothers. Robert Wells and Walter Scott Wells both of Paintsville, were grandsons of Mr. Meek. Funeral services are to be held at the home Thursday afternoon and burial will be in the Catlettsburg cemetery. Paintsville Herald Thursday December 19, 1935
PRESTON, Mary Alice (Miller)
1935
Mrs. Preston Death Victim Former Resident Of City Succumbs To Pneumonia
Mrs. Mary Alice Miller Preston, Widow of the late Henry Preston, and a member of one of the pioneer families of Kentucky, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Harry W. Hatcher in Ashland last Friday afternoon, December 27 1935. Her death was the result of a short illness from bronchial pneumonia. Mrs. Preston’s forebears came to Kentucky with Daniel Boone’s party and settled at what is now Millersburg, Ky., where she was born. She was the daughter of Frances and James Horace Miller prominent residents of that section. Mrs. Preston was married in 1887 to James Preston of Paintsville. They made their home in Paintsville several years and moved to Ashland 42 years ago. Both Mr. and Mrs. Preston were active in the social and business life of that city. She was a woman of culture and refinement and was devoted to her family. By her personality, she won a large circle of friends in Ashland but for several years she was unable to take an active part in civic and church work because of poor health. She is survived by two children, Mrs. Harry W. Hatcher of Ashland and Bruce Preston of Los Angeles, California. She also leaves one grandson, Bruce Miller Hatcher. Mrs. Preston came to Paintsville years ago as the bride of Henry Preston who was a native of Johnson County. They lived her several years before moving to Ashland where they made their home for the remainder of both their lives. She was well known and connected with a very prominent family of the Big Sandy Valley and has a host of friends who will mourn their loss. Paintsville Herald Thursday 1-2-1936
SPEARS, Lorena Mae (Burke)
1900-1935
Lorena Mae Spears b. 31 Mar 1900 Johnson Co,Ky died 4 Dec 1935 Penna.Cem
Spouse: Arnold Spears
Parents: Albert Burke and Laura Alice Conley
Source: Records of Stapf Funeral Home of Greenp Co,Ky. [Internet data & info]
TACKETT, Sis
1935
AUNT SIS TACKETT CALLED BY DEATH
"Aunt" Sis Tackett, prominent and well-known woman of the Staffordsville section of Johnson County, died at her home there Sunday night after a long illness. Although she had been in poor health for some time her death comes as a shock to her relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at her home there and burial was in the family cemetery on Rock House. She leaves to mourn her passing numerous relatives and a host of warm friends who will miss her from the community. Paintsvilel Herald Thursday 12-12-1935
VANHOOSE, Life
1935
AGED JOHNSON COUNTY MAN DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
“Uncle” Life Van Hoose, 72 years old, of Mingo, died at his home on Wednesday, December 18. He had been in ill health for some time, and although his death was not unexpected, it came as a severe shock to his family and neighbors. He was preceded in death by his wife twenty years ago. Surviving him are one daughter Mrs. Beauford Taylor and six sons, Earl, Arch, Milt, Millard, Fred and Albert Van Hoose. Numerous grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were held at the home and burial was in the family cemetery at Sycamore. Mr. Van Hoose was a highly respected citizen of Johnson County and numbered his friends among the hundreds who join with his family in mourning his death. Since youth he was an active member of the Freewill Baptist Church and was one of the outstanding citizens of his community. Paintsville Herald Thursday January 2, 1936
VAUGHAN, Mary
1935
AUNT MARY VAUGHAN, AGE 95, SUCCUMBS AT VOLGA WAS WELL KNOWN
Mary E. Vaughan, widow of the late Judge H. S. Vaughan, succumbed to a lingering illness at her home at Volga, Ky., early Monday morning of this week. Mrs. Vaughan had reached the advanced age of ninety-five (95) years and would have been ninety- six (96) years old had she lived until March 22, 1936. She was a former resident of Paintsville, having lived at what is now the corner of Church and Second Streets in 1864 and for several years thereafter. Her husband Judge H. S. Vaughan was one of the founders of the Methodist Church, of Paintsville and was County Judge of Johnson County from 1875 to 1879. In 1878 the family moved to the Volga vicinity of Johnson County. Mrs. Vaughan’s husband preceded her in death in 1908. For the past several years Mrs. Vaughan had lived with her daughters Mrs. Marion Williams and Miss Maude Vaughan, at Volga. Mrs. Vaughan is survived by five children: A. G. Vaughan, of Cokato, Minn.; B. R. Vaughan, of Kenova, W. Va.; Mrs. W. H. Muncy of Greenup, Ky.; Mrs. Marion Williams and Miss Maude Vaughan of Volga. Mrs. Vaughan was preceded in death by three step children, Bascom Vaughan, Mrs. Jessie Vaughan Hager and Mrs. Martha Vaughan Brown; and by three children, Mrs. Patton Williams, Isabella Vaughan and Fred A. Vaughan. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock. Rev. L. D. Rounds, of Covington, Ky., had charge of the Funeral services. Burial was in the family cemetery at Volga. Mrs. Vaughan was one of the most highly respected women in Johnson County and the matriarch of one of Johnson County’s most prominent and widely known families. Her death will cause sorrow in the hearts, not only of her large family, but in the hearts of hundred of friends who knew and loved her. Paintsville Herald Thursday December 12, 1935
VAUGHAN, Mary Elizabeth (Burgess)
1936
MARY ELIZABETH VAUGHAN
The death of Mary Elizabeth Vaughan at Volga, Kentucky, December 9, 1935, brought to a close a life whose influence will not soon be forgotten by her descendants and by all those who knew her. She was born March 22, 1840 at Kise, Lawrence County, Kentucky, the daughter of Sylvester Burgess and Jane Stafford Burgess. Her paternal grandfather was Henry Burgess, a native of Virginia, who settled in Lawrence County, Ky., in the early part of the 19th century. Her maternal grandfather was John Stafford, also from Virginia, who lived at White House, Kentucky on the farm now owned by Henry Whittaker. He lived in the first white house in that vicinity from which White House, Kentucky took its name. Mrs. Vaughan's father died in 1844 when she was only four years of age. In 1847 her mother was married to C. C. Botner and the family moved to Rockhouse Fork of Hood and soon thereafter to Wilbur in Lawrence County. Here Mrs. Vaughan lived and grew to womanhood. In 1864 she was married to Judge H. S. Vaughnan. They made their home at Paintsville, Ky., until 1882, at which time they moved to Volga, Kentucky where Judge Vaughan proceded her in death in 1908. Mrs. Vaughan had three brothers: Peter T. Burgess, Wilbur, Kentucky, who died in 1915; John Burgess of Indiana who died in 1926 and Ben Burgess who died in Mississippi during the Civil War. Four half-sisters and one half brother preceded Mrs. Vaughan in death: Mrs. Lydia Swetman, Mrs. Julia Thompson, Mrs. Collista Layne, Mrs. Malinda Wellman and C. C. Botner, Jr. Mrs. Emily Elam, Louisa, Kentucky, and Mrs. Amanda Dobbins, Paris, Illinois are still living. G. B. Vaughan, Mrs. Jessie Vaughan Hager and Mrs. Martha Vaughan Brown, all of who are deceased were step-children of Mrs. Vaughan's. Judge Vaughan and Mrs. Vaughan were the parents of eight children, three of who are deceased: Isabella Vaughan; Mrs. W. P. Williams and Judge Fred A. Vaughan. Those who survive are: Mrs. W. H. Muney, Greenup, Kentuckey; A. G. Vaughan, Buffalo, Minn., B. R. Vaughan, Kenova, W. Va., Mrs. Marion Williams and Miss Maude Vaughan of Volga, Kentucky. The home, church and school are the three greatest influences for the betterment of society. Mrs. Vaughan was much interested in each of these institutions. She wielded a great influence in the home. Step-children, children, grand-children and neighbors called her "mother". To have known her in this relationship is to have understood why the word "Mother" is one of the most hallowed in our language. Whistler might have found here another exquisite model for his celebrated portrait. She and her husband gave unstintingly of their time and resources for the advancement of church work. In 1857 when Mrs. Vaughan was 17 years of age, she became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and continued this membership for a period of 78 years until her death in December 1935. Judge Vaughan was influential in the founding and building in the sixties of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Paintsville. He was instrumental in the eighties in the founding of Cannon's Chapel Church at Volga, Ky. Mrs. Vaughan was an active member of these Churches. She was the last of the charter members of the Methodist Church of Paintsville. At the time of her death she was a member of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of this Church. She was fond of sacred music. In later years her favorite song was "Hold the Fort, for I am Coming." The law establishing free public schools in Kentucky was passed in 1837, three years before Mrs. Vaughan's birth. She attended some of the first free public schools established in Johnson and Lawrence counties, and caught the enthusiasm for universal education which she kept as long as she lived. Long after her own children were past the school age, she encouraged her grand-children and her neighbors' children to attend school regularly and make the most their educational opportunities. We citizens of the twentieth century are prone to become discontented, despondent, and weary because of the economic and social problems that confront us. To us the life of Mary E. Vaughan is a healthful tonic. Her life span covered a period of 95 years from 1840 to 1935, Martin Van Buren was president of the United States when she was born. She lived through the administrations of 24 of our 32 presidents, in which were included many social and political upheavals and times of stress. She could remember the Mexican War, and was old enough in the 1850's to be concerned about the slavery question which reduced the national life to turmoil. During the first four years of the Civil War she lived at Wilbur in Lawrence County. Her step-father was a Captain in the Union Army. Detachments of soldier passed through that vicinity frequently. These were times full of hardships and generally considered unsafe. The last year of the war she lived in Paintsville, when the town consisted of about 100 houses. She lived through the Panic of the nineties, the excitement of the Spanish American War, and the dark days of the present depression. She lived to see a long list of her family relatives, and old friends pass on into the Great Beyond. She endured these many trials and troubles with a calmness and patience that amounted almost to stoicism. It was stoicism without the bitterness and despondency that often accompanies it. In short she had mastered the art of living. The message which her life leaves with us is that Lucinda Matlock in Lee Master's "Spoon River Anthology." That message will remain a priceless legacy in the hearts of her descendants and friends. Paintsville Herald Thursday 1-2-1936
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