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Orville PADGETTThe Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 8 May 1952Funeral services for Pfc. Orville Padgett, 19, were held Wednesday, May 7, at the Beattyville Christian Church by Rev. Sam Wilson.
Pfc. Padgett, born in Bullitt County, Kentucky, was the son of Charlie and Julia Slone Padgett and had resided all his life in Lee County.
Orville died Sunday, May 5, at the Army Hospital at Fort Campbell, Ky., where he had been since receiving injuries in a car wreck near there.
He is survived by his parents; one brother, Charles Padgett, Jr., of Fort Bragg, N.C., and three sisters, Mattie Lou, Virginia Carolyn, and Linda Sue.
Burial was in the Riverview Cemetery with funeral arrangements by Congleton Bros. Funeral Home.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 30 September 1954Charlie Palmer, 61, of Tallega, was killed Friday night near Elkatawa, Breathitt County, when his car went out of control on a curve on Ky. 52 and rolled down an embankment.
Lee County Sheriff Hampton Palmer said it appeared Palmer's car continued straight ahead instead of turning for the curve and turned over several times before rolling into the creek. The driver was killed instantly.
A passenger in the car, Mrs. Juanita Lucas, 46, postmistress at Tallega, was injured and taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, Lexington. She was treated for lacerations of the head and neck and a shoulder injury. Her condition was said to be satisfactory.
Palmer was the son of the late Link and Elizabeth Miller Palmer and was born at Tallega, on Sept. 18, 1891. He was married to Miss Iva Lucas on December 25, 1914, who died Oct. 29, [sic] 1954. Mr. Palmer was a member of the Tallega Community Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Louise Parrish, Winchester, and seven sons: John Palmer, Rochester, Mich.; Joe Palmer, Tallega; Charles Palmer, Jr., Xenia, O.; Wilton and Kenny Palmer, Dayton, O.; Tommie Palmer, Tallega; and Cassel Palmer, Fort Knox. He is also survived by 13 grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the residence in Tallega by the Rev. Marvin Wheeler, and burial in the Palmer Cemetery with King Justice Funeral Home in charge.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 5 November 1953Funeral services for Iva Lucas Palmer, 56, were held Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. at the home of Rev. Marvin Wheeler.
Mrs. Palmer was born in Lee county Aug. 28, 1897 and died Oct. 30, at 8 a.m. in the Good Samaritan hospital at Lexington, after a long illness.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Palmer, her mother, Mrs. Julia Holland of Loveland, Ohio, one daughter Mrs. Floyd Parrish of Winchester, seven sons: John of Rochester, Mich., Joe of Tallega, Junior and Kenneth of Xenia, Ohio, Wilton of Tayton, [sic] Ohio, Castle of Camp Pickett, Va. and Tommy of Tallega.
Burial was in the family cemetery at Tallega, with King Justice Funeral Home in charge.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 12 October 1939Logan Palmer, 44, died at his home at Tallega, Monday, October 9.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday by the Rev. Z. Ball. Interment was in the family cemetery near the home.
He was the son of the late William and Nannie Palmer and was a veteran of the World War.
Survivors include four sisters: Mrs. Courtney Whisman of Frankfort, Mrs. Ned Atkins of Harveyton, and Misses Julia and Lula Palmer of Tallega and three brothers; Alex of Middletown, Ohio, Floyd and Seldon Palmer, both of Tallega.
Owsley County Courier
Friday, 22 April 1938Mrs. Nannie Palmer Dies at Tallega
Mrs. Nannie Palmer, 74, died at her home at Tallega Sunday April 17 1938, after a lingering illness of several months due to infirmities of age.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Z. Ball Monday. Burial was in the family grave yard near the home.
Fifty-seven years ago she married to Wm Palmer who died about nine years ago. She was for many years a member of the Christian church.
She leaves surviving her four sons and four daughters: Mrs. Mattie Adkins of Hazard; Mrs. Courtney Whisman of Frankfort; Misses Julia and Lula of Tallega; Alex of Middletown, OH; Seldon, Floyd, and Logan of Tallega; three brothers: John Miller of Primrose, Clint Miller of Elkatawa, and Henry of Oklahoma; two sisters, Mrs. Elvira Moore of Detroit, MI and Mrs. Catherine Lindon of L. A. Calif.; and 20 grandchildren.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 28 June 1956Funeral services for Robert Lee Palmer, 65, were held at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 24 at the Tallega Community Church by the Rev. Marvin Wheeler.
Mr. Palmer, the son of the late Clinton and Martha Combs Palmer, was born at Tallega, April 10, 1891, and died June 21 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, after a long illness.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Georgia Hill Palmer; four sons, M/Sgt. Carl W. Palmer of Alaska, R. L. Palmer of Tallega, Howard Hill Palmer of Lexington and Charled D. Palmer of Dayton, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. W. F. Brown of Lexington, and Mrs. C. B. White, Jr. of Ludlow; one brother, Oscar Palmer of Tallega; three sisters, Mrs. Nannie Chism of Montesane, Wash., Mrs. Celia Brandenburg of Crandon, Wis., and Mrs. Maggie Barrett of Washington, and nine grandchildren.
Burial was in the Palmer and Combs cemetery with Congleton Brothers Funeral Home in charge.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 8 June 1939Mrs. Sarah Porter Palmer, 68, died at her home on Lynams Creek, Thursday, June 1, following a brief illness.
Funeral services were conducted at the home Saturday by the Rev. Z. Ball. Interment was in the Bowman cemetery near the home.
Survivors include two sons, Hamp and Lee Palmer of this county and a daughter, Mrs. Everett Moore, St. Helens.
Garrett Funeral Home, Beattyville, had charge of arrangements.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 16 December 1954Mrs. Nannie Parker, 83, died at 10:00 p.m. Friday at her home at Conkling after a short illness.
She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include 11 daughters, Mrs. Daisy Byrd, Mrs. Bessie Holcomb, Mrs. Dula Cook, Mrs. Ollie Callahan and Mrs. Fannie Wilson, Conkling; Mrs. Kate Wilson, Major; Mrs. Mary Lou Eversole, Mrs. Susie Scott and Mrs. Nora Keith, Hamilton, O.; Mrs. Ruth Frost, Maxwell, Calif.; and Mrs. Edna Mae Heel, Pebworth; a brother, John B. Gay, Mildred, and two sisters: Mrs. America Combs, Mildred and Mrs. Lula Deaton, Tyner.
Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. Dec. 12, at the home of Lester Wilson by the Rev. Robert McClure. Burial was in the family cemetery at South Fork. The body was removed from the King Justice Funeral Home to the Wilson home at Conkling.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 1 June 1939Charlie Parsons, 86, died at his home with Flem Vires, at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. Mr. Parsons had been in poor health for several years and his death was not altogether unexpected.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Wesley Chapel graveyard at 3:30 o'clock by the Rev. Buck Creech.
The nearest surviving relative is a nephew, Zion Parsons, on whose farm he had made his home for the past several years.
Born in Lee county, Virginia, Mr. Parsons came to the Bear Creek community with his brother, William E. Parsons, about 1870 and lived in the neighborhood where he died all these years. He was never married.
NOTE: Charlie did marry in Lee County, KY on 1 April 1890 to Phoebe Tharp.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 30 March 1939Mary Ann Parsons, age 87, died at the home of her son, Melvin Parsons, St. Helens, Wednesday, March 29, at 11:55 a.m.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday and burial will be on Meadow Branch near Campton, Ky.
She is survived by six daughters, Rosa McPherson, Middletown, Ohio, Emma Whisman, St. Helens, Mollie Ledford Ledford, Crab Orchard, Fannie Collier, Campton, Della Marshall, Primrose and Lillie Lucas, Canyon Falls; three sons, Melvin, St. Helens, Elbert, Combs, Ky., and Bradley of Hellier, Ky., 43 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 20 November 1972Melvin Parsons, 82, St. Helens, died at the Hazard Appalachian Hospital, Monday, November 20th.
He was a native of Lee County, a retired farmer, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a member of the St. Helens Lodge #684 F&AM.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Fox, Beattyville; one sister, Mrs. Della Marshall, Franklin, Ohio and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24th at the Newnam Funeral Home Chapel by the Rec. Sam Wilson. Burial was in the Whisman Cemetery.
The Paducah Sun (Paducah, KY)
Sunday, 20 March 1960Benton, Ky., March 19 -- Mrs. Mattie L. Peel, 78, wife of Sid J. Peel, died at 5:40 a.m. today at the family residence on Benton Rt. 6, Palma community.
Mrs. Peel, mother of Clyde W. Peel, Paducah jeweler, is a member of Palma Methodist Church, Woodman Circle and past matron of Esther Chapter No. 73 of Eastern Star, of Calvert, City.
Other survivors include a granddaughter, Mrs. W. L. Hughes of Paducah; three grandsons, Clyde W. Peel Jr. of Paducah, Bobby Peel of Hutchinson, Kan. and Sidney J. Peel of Long Beach, Calif. and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Filbeck and Cann Funeral Chapel with the Rev. V. H. Burnett and the Rev. Jerry Corlew officiating. Burial will be in Wilson Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Clyde Peel Jr., Bobby Peel, W. L. Hughes, Bob Cone, Horace Sledd and Andrew Powers.
Friends may call at Filbeck and Cann Funeral Chapel.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 28 January 1954David Paris Pelfrey, 74, of Cane Creek, died early Tuesday morning at the Mary Chiles Hospital at Mt. Sterling where he had been a patient for only a few hours.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at the Cane Creek Church by Rev. John F. Powell. Interment was in the Stanton Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, three daughters, Miss Carrie Pelfrey and Mrs. Lillie Napier of Rosslyn, and Mrs. Ethel Washburn, Williamstown; three sons, Lewis Pelfrey, Williamstown and George and Tony Pelfrey, Rosslyn; three brothers, Isaac Pelfrey, Clay county, Daniel Pelfrey, Menifee county, and John Pelfrey, Powell county; and a sister, Mrs. Lillie Collins, Cynthiana.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 13 September 1973Brown J. Pendergrass, 89, retired farmer, merchant and Texas Oil Company employee of Pryse, died at 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, September 4th at the Harrison Nursing Home, Lexington, after a long illness.
He was anative of Owsley County and a member of the Christian Church.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Winnie Whitaker, Pasadena, Texas; Mrs. Matt Muncie, Lexington; Mrs. Elizabeth Lane, Vandalia, ohio, and Miss Edna Pendergrass, Pryse; three sons, Donald Pendergrass, Danville; George Pendergrass, Lexington; and Dudley Pendergrass, Pryse; four brothers, Estill, Dale, Wendall, and Homer Pendergrass, all of Hamilton, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Agnes Peters and Mrs. Myrtle Moore, both of Booneville; and Mrs. Arba Gray, California; nine grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6 at the Lewis Funeral Home, Irvine, by the Rev. John Chambers. Burial was in the West Irvine Cemetery.
Clifford Pendergrass, 91, of Connersville, IN died Sunday October 24, 2004 at Fort Hamilton Hospital, in Hamilton Ohio.
He was born July 4, 1913 in Buckcreek, KY to Thomas Morgan & Mary Elizabeth Sizemore Pendergrass. He had lived in Connersville and Mauzy, Indiana since 1940 and retired from McQuay-Norris Manufacturing in East Connersville. He was a member of the Blooming Grove Baptist Church and later the First Southern Baptist Church in Rushville.
Survivors include four daughters; Nancy Anderson of Cincinnati, OH, Marjorie Plummer of Straughn, IN, Delilah Rigsby of Connersville, IN, Elizabeth Sue Upchurch of Centerville, IN. one son; Thomas Morgan Pendergrass of Georgetown, KY; Eleven grandchildren; Theresa Hutchinson, James Phillips, Jeffrey Phillips, Denise DaSilveira, LaVonne Schlegel, Bobbi Plummer, Jeani Derrickson, Bradley Rigsby, Christopher Rigsby, Benedict Brunsman, Thomas M. Pendergrass III; Twenty-five great-grandchildren; a brother, Grover Cleveland Pendergrass of Olympia, WA; nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife of forty-one years; Gladys (Venable) Pendergrass, in 1977; a daughter, Deborah Jean Brunsman, in 1997; Five sisters: Lillian Halcomb, Cassie Reynolds, Alberta Tracey, Pearl Schmitt, Carrie Stegner; a brother William Pendergrass.
The Funeral Service will be at 11:00 AM Friday at Todd Funeral Home, 805 Main Street, Rushville, IN. The Rev. Kenneth Bates has been asked to officiate. Burial will be in East Hill Cemetery in Rushville. Visitation will be from 4-8 Thursday at the funeral home.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 27 June 1974Mrs. Cordelia Pendergrass, 88, died at 6 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 1974 at the Estill County Hospital, Irvine.
She was a native of Lee County, a member of the Pentecostal Church and the widow of Robert Pendergrass.
She is survived by nine daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Seale, Mrs. Ola Farley, Mrs. Myrtle Griffin, Mrs. Ruby Warner, and Mrs. Eudell Moore, all of Beattyville; Mrs. Violet Miller, Tampa, Florida; Mrs. Edith Carmichel, Lexington; Mrs. Addie Wilcox and Mrs. Zonia Fix, Dayton, Ohio; four sons, Millard and Robert Phillips, Beattyville; and Luther and Charlie Phillips, W. Alexander, Ohio; one half-brother, Brack Warner, Beattyville; two half-sisters, Mrs. Belva Warner and Mrs. Carlie Wathen, Beattyville; 73 grandchildren, 116 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Services were Thursday, June 20, 1974 at 2 p.m. at the Newnam Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Walter Miller officiating. Burial was in Coomer Cemetery.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 2 March 1950Funeral services for Grover Cleveland Pendergrass, 65, of Pebworth, were held Tuesday afternoon, February 28, at the Pleasant Grove school house by the Rev. George Botner. Burial was in the Pendergrass cemetery with Congleton Brothers funeral home in charge.
Mr. Pendergrass, the son of the late Green Evans and Julia Pendergrass, was born at Pebworth.
Survivors include his wife, Mona Lee Brandenburg Pendergrass, one daughter, Mrs. Clyde Evans, of Pebworth; two sons, Ernest Pendergrass of Hazard, Ky., and G. C. Pendergrass, Jr., of Pebworth.
Pallbearers were H. H. Holcomb, Joe Roberts, Glass Holcomb, Carl Frost, Dewey Burns, Martin Moore, Fred Evans, and Wilson Mays.
Mary Elizabeth Sizemore PENDERGRASS
Palladium-Item (Richmond, IN)
Thursday, 25 April 1974Connersville - Mrs. Mary Pendergrass, 88, 1311 Central Ave., died Wednesday at the Connersville Nursing Home. A native of Owsley County, Ky., she was the widow of Thomas Pendergrass and a member of the Blooming Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Clifford of Rushville and Cleveland of San Diego, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Albert Murrell of Tacoma, Wash., Mrs. Carey Stegner of Connersville and Mrs. Cassie Reynolds of Largo, Fla.; 25 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Services and burial for Mrs. Pendergrass will be in Owsley County, Ky., with the Myers Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. There will be no public calling.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 12 May 1955Detective Lt. Roy Pendergrass, 48 died in a Detroit, Mich. hospital Thursday after a one-year illness. He retired in 1946 after spending 26 years on the Detroit police force.
He had received 15 meritorious citations for his work in breaking up underworld gangs and his handling of some of the city's most famous murder and kidnapping cases.
He formerly lived at Major, in Owsley County, and joined the Detroit police in 1920.
Pendergrass was wounded in three gun battles with lawbreakers and had a hand in breaking up the famed "Purple Gangsters" during the prohibition era.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Dobson Pendergrass of Detroit, his stepmother, Mrs. Nannie Pendergrass, Booneville, five brothers, Brown of Pryse, Wendell, Homer, Dale, Estill, all of Hamilton, Ohio; four sisters, Mrs. Della Dugger, San Diego, Calif., Mrs. Arber Gray, Winston Salem, N.C., Mrs. Myrtle Moore, Pebworth, and Mrs. Agnes Peters, Booneville.
Funeral services were conducted at Pleasant Grove Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. by Rev. Jeff Burton and burial was in the Pendergrass cemetery, with King Justice Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Owsley County Courier
Friday, July 28, 1939Wounds Prove Fatal to T. M. Pendergrass
Tom Morgan PENDERGRASS, 59, died at the Gurrant Clinic in Winchester, Ky, Sunday, July 23, at 4:30 a.m. he was admitted to the hospital on July 1 suffering from bullet wounds in the arm and head.
Funeral services were held at Pleasant Grove at 2:30 Monday afternoon by the Rev. Walters. Internment was in the family cemetery at Pleasant Grove. Garrett Funeral Home of Beattyville was in charge.
Pendergrass was struck by bullets fired during a fight July 1 between Charles Thomas and Wilgus Steele at Rowland's Inn on the Beattyville-Booneville Highway. He was brought to Beattyville where first aid was rendered and then rushed to the hospital where, for a while, it looked as if he would recover.
He is survived by his widow(Mary Elizabeth Sizemore): eight children: Lillian Halcomb, Kings Mill, Ohio, Mrs. Cassie Reynolds, Lancaster, Dessie Gabbard, Indiana, Clifford, Alberta Merril, Carrie and Cleveland, all of Booneville; two brothers, Bill of Dayton, Ohio, and Robert of St. Paul, Minnesota, and two sisters, Lou Daley, Dayton, Ohio, and Haddie Bowman, Scoville, Ky
William Thomas "Tom" PENDERGRASS
Friday, 12 July 1940
Two Men Killed in Owsley Battle
Tom Pendergrass, 57, Owsley County Deputy Sheriff was killed and Oscar Becknell 47, whom he sought to arrest was fatally wounded about 6:30 Wed. evening near New Hope. Pendergrass was hit near the heart by a bullet fired by Becknell from a 22 caliber rifle.
According to Sheriff James Shepherd, Pendergrass was called to New Hope to arrest Becknell who was creating a disturbance. Becknell fired upon him as he got out of his car. Pendergrass returned the fire with two shots from his 38 caliber pistol. The first shot missed but the second struck him in the abdomen.
Following the shooting, Pendergrass rode about two miles down the road before he died. Becknell was placed in a truck and started to the hospital. He died a short distance from Beattyville and the body was returned to Owsley county.
The body of Pendergrass was taken to the Garrett funeral home in Beattyville for burial preparation. Funeral services will be conducted at the home at Scoville at 2 today by Rev. Everett Ross. Burial will be in the family cemetery near the home.
Pendergrass is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maggie Neeley Pendergrass; four sons, Morgan, Ed and Clayton Pendergrass of Scoville and Trigg Pendergrass of Hamilton, Ohio; four daughters, Mrs. Mary Hale and Mrs. Beatrice Brockman of Hamilton, Ohio, Mrs. Maude Thomas of Sturgeon and Miss Gertrude Pendergrass of Scoville; two brothers, Roy Pendergrass, detective on the police force at Detroit, Mich., and Brown Pendergrass, who is connected with an oil refinery at Pryse, and 11 grandchildren.
Spokane Chronicle
Thursday, 5 March 1936Mrs. Margaret Pendleton, N5118 Greenwood local pioneer, died today at her home. She was 70 and had lived in Spokane 50 years.
Surviving are five sons, E. A., R. J., A. A., and J. A., all of Spokane, and T. W. in Tacoma, two daughters, Mrs. J. B. Wagner of Portland and Mrs. L. H. Hocum of Spokane; a brother, Andy Cox in Kentucky; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Hazen & Jaeger's chapel. Other arrangements are pending.
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The Spokesman-Review
Friday, 6 March 1936Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Pendleton, 70, N5118 Greenwood, who died yesterday at the home, will be held Saturday morning at 11:30 at Hazen & Jaeger's. The Rev. Homer McGee will officiate and burial will be in Riverside Park cemetery.
Mrs. Pendleton, who had lived here 50 years, leaves five sons and two daughters.
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The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 19 March 1936A letter to A. F. Cox from Spokane, Wash., stated that his sister, Susan M. Pendleton, age 70 years, died there on March 5th.
It also stated that Joe Critzer formerly of Lee county, died there two weeks ago.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 23 July 1936Beattyville, July 21 -- Green T. Perkins, age 71, died at his home northeast of this city at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon after an illness of several years.
He came to Beattyville about 45 years ago and lived in this city until he reared his family. About 12 years ago he moved to West Irvine where he made his home for several years, then he returned to this county and has been a resident here.
About 50 years ago he was married to Miss Margaret Ann Hall, a daughter of Aaron Hall, and to this union were born three children, two sons and one daughter. Harry Perkins, on of his sons preceded
him in death a few months ago. Another son, Tony, who lives in Irvine, his daughter,, Mrs. Rollie Litsey, of Lexington, and his wife survive him. Also a granddaughter, Miss Margaret Perkins, who has made her home with her grandparents, and several other grandchildren.During his first residence in this county he was one of the most prominent and influential Democrats in the county and his influence was felt in no uncertain terms when he took a stand for or against a candidate. He was a good business man, having held several important positions, among which he was superintendent of the H. H. Herman Saw Milling Company which operated in this city for a number of years and until the company sold out its buildings. The last work he did was for the L. & N. Railroad Company when he purchased a right of way for the construction of a road from Irvine to McRoberts.
Funeral services will be conducted and his remains laid to rest in the Riverview Cemetery at 3:00 Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Luther Newnam will conduct the services. Funeral arrangements will be in charge of Congleton Bros.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 26 December 1935Harry Lee Perkins, 48, son of Green and Margaret Hall Perkins, died at his home on Crystal creek Saturday night at 8 o'clock, of pneumonia.
Funeral services were conducted Monday and burial was in the Riverview cemetery.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dahlia Steele Perkins, and 10 children, Miss Margaret Perkins, teacher of the Rock Springs school, is a daughter by a former marriage.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 31 January 1946Mrs. Margaret Ann Perkins, 79, widow of the late Green Perkins, died at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Conley B. Isaacs, early Monday morning, following an illness of several weeks.
Funeral services were conducted in the Beattyville Baptist Church by the Rev. E. R. Sams, Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Burial was in the Riverview Cemetery with Congleton Bros. in charge.
Mrs. Perkins was a daughter of Aaron and Anne Thomas Hall, with a large list of relatives in the Hall's Chapel community and other parts of the county.
She is survived by one son, Tony D. Perkins, Frankfort; and a daughter, Mrs. R. B.. Litsey, Irvine; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 31 January 1935Winchester, Jan. 28 -- Mrs. Pauline Perkins, 69, wife of William Perkins, died at two o'clock Saturday morning at her home on the Ecton road following a short illness.
Mrs. Perkins was a native of Lee county and a member of the Antioch Christian Church.
Besides her husband she is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Frank Shelton; five sons, M. L., J. C., N. E., W. G., and Lee Perkins, all of Clark county, and a sister, Mrs. Polly Powell, Newport.
Funeral services will be conducted at the grave in the Winchester cemetery at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning by the Rev. C. M. Neal, pastor of the Main Street Church of Christ.
Pallbearers will be Frank and Lon Shelton, W. W. Tracy, Walter Stevenson, Rufus Engle and Clifton Williams.
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)
Thursday, 27 January 1938Richmond, Ky., January 26 - Funeral services for Anderson Peters, 74 years old, Owsley County farmer, who died at the Pattie A. Clay Infirmary Tuesday fro a bullet wound, will be conducted Friday morning at the grave in the Gentry Cemetery, Island City, Owsley County.
Peters was wounded Saturday night as he sat on the side of his bed. He was brought to the hospital Sunday.
Peters is survived by his widow and a daughter, Mrs. Modell Peters Reynolds, wife of Caleb Reynolds, 27, who is in jail in Booneville held on a warrant charging him with the murder of his father-in-law.
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The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 27 January 1938Richmond, Jan. 25 -- Anderson "Anse" Peters, 74, of Island City, Owsley County, died at 3 p.m. today at the Pattie A. Clay Infirmary here from a bullet wound in the head said to have been inflicted by his son-in-law, Caleb Reynolds, 27, formerly of Newport.
The shooting occurred late Saturday at Island City, Mrs. Reynolds, daughter of the wounded man and wife of the accused assailant, said.
Reynolds, former employe of the Newport Rolling Mills, Newport, is in the Owsley County jail at Booneville charged with malicious shooting and wounding with intent to kill, his wife said.
Mr. Peters is survived by his wife and his daughter.
The Reynolds moved to the Peter's home in Island City a few weeks ago from Newport.
The body will be taken to Island City for burial.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 13 October 1955Funeral services for Fred Bruce Peters, 37, were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the Booneville Methodist Church by Rev. J. H. Burton and Rev. E. E. Burnside.
He was the son of Mrs. Martha Peters and the late Sam Peters, was born in Owsley County July 11, 1918 and died Oct. 4 at the home of his mother. He had been seriously ill for bout three months. He was a member of the Booneville Methodist Church.
He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mae Brandenburg of Ohio and Mrs. Myrtle Bowman of St. Helens, three brothers, Hargis and Luther Peters of Booneville and Roscoe Peters of Tennessee.
Burial was in the Brandenburg Cemetery with King Justice Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Rushville Republican, Mon., 18 Jan 1960
George Peters, 95, died at 1:05 a.m. today at the home of his son, Hayden Peters, in Buena Vista after a long period of failing health.
A retired farmer, Mr. Peters spent most of his life in Tyner, Ky., and had resided in the Buena Vista community the last eight years. He was a member of the Methodist Church of Tyner.
He was born in Jackson County, Kentucky, on September 15, 1864, the son of Lilburn and Rebecca Flannery Peters. His wife, Mrs. Mary Moore Peters, died December 19, 1942.
In addition to the son at whose home he died he is survived by another son, Jack Peters of Cincinnati; five daughters, Mrs. Bessie Burnett of Cincinnati, Mrs. Lula Peters of Covington, Ky., Mrs. Dan Thomas of Booneville, Ky., Mrs. Herschell Day of Hamilton, O., and Mrs. Harlan Smith near Greenburg; three sisters, Miss Lucy Peters and Mrs. John Anderson of Jackson County, Kentucky, and Mrs. Nannie Brandenburg of Lee County, Kentucky, 22 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren
The Rev. Charles Hunter will conduct funeral services at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Moster and Sons Mortuary here where friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Flannery Cemetery at Tyner, Ky., where graveside rites are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Rushville Rupublican
Tuesday, 27 July 1982Hayden Peters, 76k, R.R. 2, Laurel, who lived one-half mile north of Buena Vista, died at 6:19 p.m. Monday, shortly after admission to the Decatur County Hospital.
He was a retired Franklin County farmer. From 1952 to 1967, he owned and operated the Buena Vista Grocery store.
Born in Owsley County, Kentucky, March 5, 1906, he was the son of George Peters and Elizabeth Moore Peters. He was a member of the Chapel Missionary Baptist Church and had lived in the Buena Vista area for the last 40 years.
His wife, Melva Woods Peters, survives. They were married September 14, 1929.
Also surviving is one son, Leroy Peters, at home; one daughter, Mrs. Don (Juanita) Wolf of Hamilton, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Hershel (Nina) Day of Hamilton and Mrs. Harlan (Cora) Smith of Annville, Kentucky; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one brother and three sisters.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Moster and Sons Mortuary in Rushville where friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be at Stipps Hill Cemetery.
Owsley County Courier
Friday, 19 August 1938Knife Victim Dies In Richmond Hospital
Richmond, Aug 17 - Hubert Peters, 24, of Owsley County, died at 2:15 p.m. today at the Pattie A. Clay Infirmary, of peritonitis resulting from stab wounds he recceived August 7 near his home.
Marion Peters, his father, said a warrant had been issued in Booneviile charging Quentin Becknell, 25, with malicious cutting and wounding with intent to kill. He said Becknell had not been arrested.
The elder Peters said Becknell and his son were friends. He said his son told him the two were walking along together when Becknell suddenly drew a knife and stabbed Hubert without warning.Funeral services will be held Thursday.
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Survivors of the deceased include his parents; two brothers, Clyde and Paul Peters; four sisters, Mrs. Dan Cook, Mrs. Leonard Peters, Mrs. Ed Brewer and Miss Jeanette Peters, all of Owsley County.
Rushville Republican
Tuesday, 16 October 197333Jackson Peters, 72, 413 North Main, died at 12:06 a.m. today in Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, where he had been a patient for 24 days, after several months of failing health.
Mr. Peters retired several years ago as an employe of the Streetman Biscuit Company in Cincinnati. He moved to Rushville 17 months ago after residing in Andersonville for several years.
He was born in Jackson County, Kentucky, on January 5, 1901, the son of George and Elizabeth Moore Peters, and was married September 4, 1950, to Laura Karch, who survives.
Also surviving are a stepson, Robert H. Ekleberry, Vienna, Va; a brother, Hayden Peters, R. R. 2, Laurel, and five sisters, Mrs. Lula Peters, Covington, Ky., Mrs. Bessie Burnett, Cincinnati, Mrs. Dan (Grace) Thomas, Booneville, Ky., Mrs. Harlan (Cora) Smith, Annville, Ky., and Mrs. Hershel (Nina) Day, Hamilton, O.
The Rev. Lester Shepherd will conduct services at 2 p.m. Thursday at Moster and Sons Mortuary, where friends may call after 3 p.m. Wednesday, with burial in Stip's Hill Cemetery.
Rushville Republican
Wednesday, 10 July 1974Mrs. Laura Peters, 73, formerly of Rushville, died in an Alexandria, Va., nursing home Monday.
Mrs. Peters lived in Andersonville and Rushville several years before going to Virginia in the fall of 1973.
She was born in Cincinnati September 25, 1900, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Karch. She was married September 4, 1950 to Jackson Peters, who died October 16, 1973.
Surviving is a son, Robert H. Ekleberry, Vienna, Va.; two brothers, Herbert Karch, Hudson, Ohio, and Robert Karch, Florida, and a grandson.
Graveside service will be held at Stips Hill Cemetery following cremation service in Virginia. Moster and Son Mortuary is charge of local arrangements.
Owsley County Courier
Friday, 22 July 1938Mrs. Mary C. Peters, 63, died at her home at Island City, Monday, July 11. She had been in ill health for some time suffering from cancer of the stomach.
The funeral service was conducted at the home oby Rev. E. S. Ross of Scoville, burial in the family burial ground.
Mrs. Peters was the daughter of Hiram D. and Irie Minter Gentry and was born in Jackson County. In 1896 she was married to the late Anderson Peters, and was a member of the Methodist church.
Mrs. Peters is survived by her only daughter, Mrs. Modell Reynolds, of Island City; one granddaughter, Jeanett Reynolds; six brothers, J. C., Loveland; General, Chester, Pa.; Tom, West Va.; Frank, Jackson County; Willie, Clay County; Maley, Owsley County, and one sister, Mrs. Mattie J. Frye, Booneville.
Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Moore PETERS
Owsley County Courier Friday 25 Dec 1942
Mrs. Lizzie Peters, wife of George Peters, died at her home at Blake, Saturday Dec. 19 following a long illness. She was 68 years old. A resident of Owsley County for many years she was born at Tyner, Jackson County on 3 March 1874.
Funeral services and burial were conducted at the Flanery Cemetery in Jackson County. Pallbearers were Ballard Becknell, Oscar Peters, Andy Flanery, Frank Jones, Jim Ford, and R. B. McCollum.
Besides her husband she is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Bessie Neeley, Richmond, Ky, Mrs. Harlan Smith, Cincinnati, OH, Mrs. Dan Thomas, Blake, Mrs. Hershel Day, Hamilton, OH; two sons, Jackson C. Peters, Blue Ash, OH, and Hayden Peters, Cincinnati, OH; one sister, Mrs. R. B. Jones of East Bernstadt; two brothers, William Moore of Fillmore and Ed Moore of South Lebanon, OH; and 22 grandchildren.
Greensburg Daily News (Indiana)
Monday, 2 July 1990Melva Peters, 80, formerly of 10059 Buena Vista Road, Laurel, Ind., died Sunday afternoon, July 1, 1990 in Batesville, Ind.
She was born Nov. 14, 1909 in Owsley County, Ky., the daughter of Robert and Rebecca Gilbert Woods. She was a member of the Chapel Missionary Baptist Church and had spent most of her life in the Franklin County, Ind., area.
She was married to Hayden Peters Sept. 14, 1929, and he preceded her in death July 26, 1982. She is survived by one son, Leroy Peters, Laurel, Ind.; one daughter, Mrs. Don (Juanita) Wolf, Hamilton, Ohio; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by five brothers and two sisters.
The Rev. Walter Dunn will preside at services at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Moster and Cox Mortuary in Laurel, Ind.
Burial will be in the Stipps Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be at the mortuary after 10 a.m. Tuesday.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 21 May 1953Oria Peters, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Opal Peters of near Taft, in Owsley county, was injured fatally in a tragic accident last Thursday.
According to accounts of the accident, the boy was caught under the tread of a bulldozer driven by a workman building a road on Sexton's Creek. It is not known exactly how it happened that the boy was around or was caught under the heavy equipment but one story has it that he had taken the driver of the bulldozer a drink of water ans somehow or other was caught under the machine when the driver started to back it up.
Although suffering from a broken leg, crushed chest, and several other injuries, the boy lived for approximately 45 minutes afterward, most of which time he was fully conscious. It is said the he told his parents that it was not the bulldozer operator's fault that he was hurt.
Funeral services were held Friday for the Peters lad and burial was in the Hensley Graveyard near Taft, with Rev. Bascom Huff in charge of the services and King Justice Funeral Home in charge of burial arrangements.
He is survived by his parents and one brother and two sisters.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 17 June 1954Mrs. Sallie Peters, 87, died at her home at Tyner, of a stroke on June 6.
She was born in Owsley county in 1866 and for many years had been a member of the Methodist Church.
She is survivedby four sisters, Mrs. Nannie Brandenburg, of Heidelberg; Miss Lucy Peters and Mrs. Josie Anderson, both of Tyner, and Mrs. Eva Huff, New Zion; a brother, George Peters, Tyner.
Funeral services were held at the grave in Flannery cemetery at Green Hall by Rev. Frank Wilson.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 8 July 1954W. Scott Peters, a native of Owsley County, passed away at Irvine, Ky., June 27, 1954, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Minter Blake.
He was born at Island City, Ky., August 4, 1863. He was the last surviving child of a large number of children of William T. and Emily Morris Peters.
In 1883, he was united in marriage to Sarilda Brewer of Sturgeon, Ky. To this union was born nine children, seven of whom survive. In addition to Mrs. Susan Blake of West Irvine, there survive Mrs. Mattie Peters of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Hudson of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Emma Cook of London, Kentucky; Mrs. Flora Holbrook of Denver, Colorado; Sheridan Peters of Island City, and Fred Peters of Sturgeon. He is survived by 23 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held at the old homestead by Rev. Boyd Sandlin. Burial was in the family cemetery at Island City.
Bonnie (Best) Phillips, Age 91 of DeLand, Florida, formerly of New Lebanon, Ohio passed away Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011.
Bonnie was born in Beattyville, Kentucky to her late parents John D. and Jane Best.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 37 years, Charles Phillips; 5 brothers; and 1 daughter, Charlene Todd.
Bonnie is survived by her daughter, Sandra (Larry) Wysong, of DeLand, FL; 4 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Bonnie enjoyed gardening, cooking, and keeping a nice house. She was a wonderful woman and will be missed by many.
A graveside service will be held at Fairview Cemetery, located in West Alexandria, OH on Rt. 503 about a mile south of Rt. 35. Pastor Donnie Smith will be officiating.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Assoc. in memory of Bonnie. Condolences may be expressed online at: www.RogersFuneralHomes.com
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 2 April 1953E. D. Phillips, a prominent Lee county businessman, died unexpectedly last Saturday morning in the St. Joseph Hospital at Lexington. Deronda, as he was commonly known throughout Lee and Owsley counties, had been in ill health for several months but nevertheless, his death was a great shock to his many friends.
He was born in Lee county on October 24, 1898, the son of John Phillips. After attending the schools here, he went west to Hungry Horse, Montana, where he worked for a railroad company. After returning home, he was employed as a fireman on the L and N Railroad and for a time, operated a theatre in Beattyville.
In his younger days he was a great baseball player and was at the height of his ability in this sport during the time Happy Chandler played with the Beattyville Baseball Club. Deronda will always occupy a niche in the hall of local baseball immortals by virtue of a slugging he gave a baseball during a game played here. It is said that he knocked a baseball farther than any other hitter ever in this country. On this particular instance he walked to the plate during his certain game on the old baseball field and slugged a ball clear across the field and over the railroad track. Persons talking baseball in Lee county rarely fail to mention this phenomenal hit. It is said that Happy Chandler was on hand during that historic game and still has the ball that Deronda almost knocked into the river.
For the past 26 years or so, Deronda has been a distributer for the Standard Oil Company here and delivered gasoline and other oil products in Lee, Owsley and other sections.
He was a member of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pricilla Treadway Phillips; his father, John Phillips, and three sisters; Mrs. Cecile Flynn, Mrs. Anna Sherrow, both of Beattyville, and Mrs. D. W. Little of Whitesburg. He is also survived by his niece, Jane Ann Sherrow.
Funeral services for Mr. Phillips were held Monday at the home with the Rev. Francis Cooper giving the funeral oration. Pall bearers were Jewell White, G. P. Congleton, Thomas C. Horn, E. B. Rose, Sedley Stewart, Charles Bench, Jr., W. P. Jones and Johnnie Hieronymus.
Burial was in the Proctor cemetery with Congleton Brothers Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Dayton Daily News
Wednesday, 3 August 1983Emma Phillips, age 82, of 105 Estonia Dr., New Lebanon, died Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church, New Lebanon.
Preceded in death by her husband John L. in 1979.
Survived by a son, Wilbur of Dayton; daughters, Betty Hypes of West Alexandria and Sally Johnson of New Lebanon; brother, Shelby Price, of Dayton; sisters, Lottie Phillips and Grovie Steele of Beattyville, Ky.; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Friday at the Rogers & Holp Funeral Home, New Lebanon, Pastor Hal Hevener officiating. Interment Sugar Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday, 6-9 p.m.
The Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY)
Wednesday, 22 July 1953Lee County Man, 65, Found Slain; Warrants Charge 3 With Murder
Trio Last Seen With Victim Saturday Accused At Inquiry; Robbery Motive Is Indicated
Beattyville, Ky., July 21 - The body of 65-year-old Grover Phillips, missing from his home near Beartrack since about 4 p.m. Saturday when he left for a nearby grocery store to get some cheese and crackers, was found dead by a searching party late Monday afternoon in some bushes about 20 feet off Ky. 52, ten miles northwest of Beattyville.
Although the body was in a bad state of decomposition, there were marks about the head which led officers to believe that Phillips came to his death as the result of a beating with some blunt instrument.
After a court of inquiry was held here this morning, County Judge Cecil Kincaid issued warrants for Buford Price, Nick Spicer and Columbus Spicer, charging them with wilful murder.
Armed with these warrants, Sheriff Hampton Palmer left today for a search through Indiana and Ohio in an attempt to apprehend the three suspects, all in their 20's.
In an account of the events leading up to the death of Phillips, Judge Kincaid said that witnesses testified that last Saturday Price and the two Spicer brothers had been with Phillips at the home of his brother, Ed Phillips, with whom he lived. Judge Kincaid quoted Ed Phillips as saying that about 4 p.m. the two Spicers, Price and Grover Phillips started walking to a grocery store where Grover intended to buy some cheese and cracker for supper. Ed Phillips said that when last seen his brother had over $300 in his pockets.
When the body was found, however, there was less than $10 in change in the pockets. His left hip pocket, where he carried his billfold, was turned inside out.
Judge Kincaid said other witnesses testified that they had seen the four men together Saturday near where Phillips' body was found Monday. And a woman testified that she had seen three men coming out of the bushes Saturday at the spot where the body later was found. She identified the three men as the Spicer brothers and Price.
Luther G. Newnam of the Congleton Brothers funeral home, who took charge of the body, said it was found in nearly a sitting position with one had clenched around a small bush. He said there was evidence of a severe struggle, and that bushes had been trampled down around where the body lay.
Newnam said Phillips' head appeared to have been considerably bruised and his nose broken. There were signs, he said, that he had suffered a blow behind one ear but owing to the decomposed state of the body he would not state positively that the bruises had caused death.
Officers said a soft drink bottle found near the body had what appeared to be blood stains on it and that it may have been the murder weapon.
Another witness, Dallas Vanderpool, said that shortly after Price and the two Spicer brothers were seen coming from the bushes they appeared in town and hired him to take them to Ravenna in his car. On the way they offered to buy his vehicle for $125, he said, and when he refused they paid him $5 for the trip. He added that Columbus Spicer had a large sum of currency on his person at the time. Vanderpool did not know where the men after he let them out at Ravenna.
Funeral services for Phillips were held at 2 p.m. today at White Ash cemetery near Bell Point with the Rev. Jack Brown officiating.
Phillips is survived by a son, Emery C. Phillips, Hamilton, Ohio; two other brothers, E. M. Phillips of Beattyville and Charles Phillips of Hamilton, and a sister, Mrs. Emory Caldwell, Rahway, N.J.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 22 May 1952Funeral services for Henry Lee Richard Phillips were held Saturday, May 17 at 1 p.m. by Rev. Lloyd Fike of Seco, Ky.
Mr. Phillips, the son of the late Ben and Ann Durbin Phillips, was born in Lee county and deceased this life at his home near Beattyville on May 15 at the age of 80 years, 3 months and 12 days.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucinda Phillips of Beattyville; six daughters, Mrs Jocie Gambler of Covington, Mrs. Sillord Howard of Hamilton, Ohio, Mrs. Gracie Horn of Hamilton, Ohio, Mrs. Patsey Ann Freeman of Wise, Va., Mrs. Serilda Coffee of Whitaker, Ky., and Lucy Phillips of Beattyville; two sons, Barney Phillips of Seco and Allen Phillips of Beattyville; one half-brother, Tom Phillips, and one half-sister, Hanna Slone.
Burial was in the White Ash Cemetery with funeral arrangements by Congleton Bros. Funeral Home.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 9 March 1950Funeral services for John Phillips, 78, of Belle Point, were held Sunday afternoon, March 55, at White Ash, by the Rev. F. L. Mitchell. Burial was in the White Ash cemetery with Pennington Funeral Home in charge.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Attie Wilcox and Mrs. Zona Fix of Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Ollie Fraley and Mrs. Nettie [sic] Griffin of Beattyville; four sons, Millard, of Belle Point, Robert of Beattyville, Luther and Charlie, both of Dayton, Ohio; and one brother, Dick Phillips of Belle Point.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 12 April 1956Funeral services for Julia Phillips, 83, were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday April 10, at the home of Jess Johnson by the Rev. Sam Wilson.
Mrs. Phillips, the daughter of that late Thomas and Mary E. Duckett was born in Bell County October 8, 1872 and died April 8, after an illness of eight months.
Survivors include two sons, B. F. Phillips of Beattyville, and Grant Phillips of Seco; one daughter, Mrs. Jess Johnson and a sister, Mrs. Cordia Pendergrass of Beattyville.
Burial was in the White Ash cemetery with Congleton Brothers Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mahaley Belle Cornett PHILLIPS
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 2 July 1936Mrs. Mahaley Belle Cornett Phillips, 78, died at the home of her son, Tom Phillips, near Belle Point, Wednesday, June 24.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. A. T. Tipton and burial was in the Cornett graveyard.
She was married to Levi Adams who died in 1884, and one of two sons, Levi Adams of Middletown, Ohio, survives.
Two years after the death of her husband she was married to Benjamin Phillips who died about 1900. She is survived by two children of this marriage: Mrs. Hannah Sloan and Tom Phillips.
Some 59 years ago she became a member of the Christian church during a revival conducted by Rev. Garrett Combs and remained in that faith until her death.
Funeral arrangements were made by Congleton Bros.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 25 July 1935Sim Phillips died at his home near Beattyville at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning after an illnes of long duration.
Burial will be at the Whiteash graveyard at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. Luther Newnam will conduct the funeral service. Burial rites will be performed by Beattyville Council No. 7, Jr. O.U.A.M. Mr Phillips had been a member of this order for nearly 30 years.
Stanley PHILLIPS and wife Mary Emily Ross PHILLIPS
Owsley County Courier
Friday, 6 November 1936Stanley Phillips, 22, died at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Warner, October 29, following a brief illness.
His wife, Mrs. Mary Emily Ross Phillips, 15, died October 23 of remittant malaria and complications. The same disease caused the death of Mr. Phillips.
Mr. Phillips was a son of Grover Phillips and Mrs. Carlie Warner Phillips. Mrs. Phillips was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ross of Heidelberg.
This is the third death reported from the Belle Point community due to malaria and complications.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 5 May 1955Billy Lee Phillips, 17, victim of a friend's demonstration of "Russian Roulette" was buried near here Tuesday.
The youth, formerly of Belle Point, Lee County, was shot fatally in Cincinnati, officers reported, when the friend, Patrick Vilardo, pulled the trigger of a revolver containing a single cartridge.
The two youths, with a third, Eugene Gordon, 16, were at the apartment of Vilardo's grandfather, who was away at the time the shooting occurred Friday night.
Police said Vilardo had obtained the.32-caliber revolver from beneath a mattress, removed all but one cartridge and spun the cylinder while Phillips was in the bathroom. When Phillips came out, police said, Vilardo was quoted as saying, "Hey look, Russian Roulette," pointed the gun at Phillips and pulling the trigger.
The gun did not fire that time, the officers said, and Phillips protested, but Vilardo pulled the trigger second time, the gun discharged and the bullet struck Phillips in the heart, killing him instantly.
The youth is survived by his mother, Mrs. Irene Phillips, with whom he resided at Cincinnati; his father, Carl Phillips, Cincinnati; two brothers, Tommy Phillips of the U.S. Navy and Gene Phillips, Cincinnati; two sisters, Misses Louise and Lura Phillips, Cincinnati; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Elva Watkins,[sic] Beattyville, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Phillips, Beattyville.
Funeral services were conducted at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the St. Thersia Catholic Church, of which he was a member, by the Rev. Father Warner. Burial was in the White Ash Cemetery with Congleton Brothers Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 1 October 1936William Harrison Pierson, 47, farmer of Greenhall, was almost instantly killed in a truck collision at Levi Saturday night at 11:55 o'clock. The truck hauling agricultural lime from Yellow Rock, was being driven by Johnnie Wilson, who sustained minor bruises and a cut on the chin.
Speed Tye, driver of the other truck was badly cut and bruised, one ear being almost severed. A Mr. Brewer in the cab with Tye escaped without serious injury.
From various accounts of the accident, it seems that the truck driven by Tye, also loaded with lime, over ran the road leaving the State Highway at Levi and stopped. Wilson, misjudging the clearance, sideswiped the stopped truck on the left side. Both machines went over the embankment and stopped side by side in or near the old Vincent road. It is thought that Pierson was sleeping or resting with his head partly out of the cab window. His skull was badly crushed.
Funeral services were held by the Rev. Luther Newnam Monday and burial was at Greenhall.
Patricia Ann Cockerham PINNEGAR
Kentucky New Era
Saturday, 23 March 2024Patricia Ann Pinnegar, 87, of Princeton, passed away on Thursday, March 21, at Princeton Nursing Rehabilitation in Princeton.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday March 26, from 1 to 2 p.m. at Morgan's Funeral Home. Memorial services will follow at 2 p.m. Morgan's Funeral Home with Philip Farris and Darin Jenson officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Princeton.
Survivors include her daughter, Sherry Ward, brothers, Ronald Cockerham and Robert Cockerham; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Owsley County Courier (Booneville, KY)
Friday, 22 June 1934Charlie Pitman, aged about 60, was buried in the Pitman graveyard Tuesday afternoon.
Funeral services were conducted at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sallie Johnson, at 12:30 o'clock by the Rev. Luther Newnam.
Mr. Pitman had been an invalid for several years and had made his home with his sister for some time.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 7 April 1955Gerald Pitman, infant son of William and Wanda Pitman of Beattyville, died late Thursday night at the Pitman home.
Surviving are the parents, two brothers, Delbert and Forest Glen; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Warner, of Beattyville, and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lucy Pitman, Beattyville.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the home of Fred Warner by the Rev. Eugene Reece. Burial was in the Coomer Cemetery.
Congleton Bros. Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 21 December 1994Wanda Fay Pittman, 66, of 2613 Ford-Hampton Road, Winchester, passed away Friday, December 16, 1994 at her home.
A native of Lee County born March 13, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Carlie Warner and the widow of William Pittman, Jr. (1986). A homemaker, she was a member of the Lexington Baptist Temple.
Survivors include three sons, Delbert Pittman, with whom she made her home, and Forrest Len Pittman and Roy Curtis Pittman, Lexington; a daughter, Mrs. James (Patricia) Pitts, Lexington; six grandchildren, Deborah Fraley, Rebecca Pitts, Stanley Pitts, Randall Pitts, Rodney Pitts and David Pittman; four great-grandchildren, a brother, Delbert Warner, Louisville, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Monday, December 19, 1994, at 1:00 p.m. in the Newnam Funeral Home, with the Brother John Dodson officiating. Burial followed in the Coomer Cemetery, Belle Point Road, with the Newnam Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Serving as pallbearers were Stanley Pitts, Randall Pitts, Rodney Pitts, George Fraley, Daid Pittman, Charles Horn
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 14 May 1936Beattyville, May 13 -- Nelson Angel, 21, and Jack Robinson, 18, were arraigned before Judge Green Kilburn today on a charge of killing Duvall Plowman last Saturday afternoon. Angel waived examining trial and was held without bond. Robinson was released but recognized as a commonwealth witness.
Plowman, a son of George Plowman, was seining minnows in Rosses Creek near Demmer Rowland's home, officers were told who made the arrests. Robinson, Angel and Arthur Angel, an older brother of Nelson Angel, came along and one of them shot Plowman. Nelson says it was Arthur, but a revolver was found on Nelson. The older brother eluded the officers late Saturday afternoon when the other two were arrested.
J. W. Cornelius and Joseph Brandenburg, sheriff's deputies made the arrests and lodged the prisoners in jail here at 10 o'clock Saturday night.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 31 January 1935Lexington, Jan. 29 -- John Jefferson Plummer, 73, died suddenly at the home of his son, Edgar Plummer, 810 Aurora avenue, at 11:30 o'clock this morning. Mr. Plummer had been in ill health for the past few years but his death was unexpected.
He was the son of the late John and Cecelia Lutes Plummer and was born in Lee county. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Fred Bryant, Lexington; three sons Edgar and Robert Plummer, Lexington, and William Plummer, Malaga, Ky.; three brothers, Henry Plummer, Beattyville, and Mat and Anderson Plummer, Crandon, Wis., and a sister, Mrs. Jeff Bush, Torrent.
Funeral services will be held at the residence at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, Rev. Clarence Walker, officiating. Burial will be in the Lexington cemetery.
Owsley County Courier (Booneville, KY)
Friday, 23 February 1934Ravenna, Feb. 19 - Funeral services for Mrs. Icy Jane Plummer, 65, who died suddenly at her home here Sunday, were to be held at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the residence.
He death was caused, physicians reported, by a cerebral hemorrhage superinduced by excitement when she saw a child struck by an automobile in the street in front of her home. Mrs. Plummer shouted a warning to the child and ran into the yard, falling dead a moment later.
The child, Ed McIntosh 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard McIntosh, excaped with minor cuts and bruises. Witnesses said the driver of the car, Berry Tipton, was not to blame for the accident and no charges were placed against him.
Mrs. Plummer, a native of Booneville, had resided in Ravenna about 10 years.
She is survived by her husband, J.J. Plummer; one daughter, Mrs. Fred Bryant, Lexington; three sons, Edgar Plummer, Lexington; Robert Plummer, Ravenna, and William Plummer, Kragon; and eight grandchildren.
After services at the residence this afternoon, conducted by Rev. J.A. Muncy, pastor of the Holiness church here, private burial services were to be held at the Lexington cemetery.
The Rev. and Mrs. Luther Newnam and H.M. Plummer of Beattyville attended the funeral.
Owsley County Courier (Booneville, KY)
Friday, 27 July 1934Mrs. Henry Plummer Buried Wednesday
Beattyville, July 25 - Mrs. Lou Ellen Critzer Plummer, 60 years old, wife of H.M. Plummer died at her home Monday night followig two years illness of Brights disease.
Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Beattyville Baptist Church by Rev. Wm. Royce, Richmond, assisted by Rev. E.R. Sams, West Irvine. Burial was in the Riverview Cemetery.
She was born at St. Helens, Ky., the daughter of Leander and Almeda Pitt Critzer and had lived in Lee county all her life. August 18, 1892, she was married to Henry M. Plummer and for the past 37 years had been a resident of Beattyville. For six years she was proprietor of the Beattyville Hotel, but some five years ago retired because of failing health. In 1905 she became a member of the Beattyville Baptist Church to which shee remained a devoted adherent.
Mrs. Plummer is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Luther Newnam, and Miss Bethel Marie Plummer, and one son, C.W. Plummer, all of Beattyville. She is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Harriett Plummer, Crandon, Wis., Mrs. Wm. Hall, Broken Arrow, Okla., Mrs. Fletcher Lutes, Alvin, Texas; three brothers, Joe Critzer, Post Falls, Idaho, John and Wm. Critzer, Spokane, Washington, also four grandchildren.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 18 April 1935Walker Plummer, 49, formerly of Lee county, who has been living in Franklin, Ohio, died in a Middletown, Ohio hospital April 5.
He was buried in Franklin, Ohio.
He is survived by his widow, a daughter and three sons. He is also survived by three brothers and a sister. One brother, Robert Plummer, lives in Proctor.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 4 February 1937Honorable O. H. Pollard, prominent attorney of Jackson, died at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, January 29th, after a brief illness.
Judge Pollard was formerly a citizen of Beattyville where he resided for several years. He was a native of Henry county, and came to this city about the year 1889, and organized what many of our old people will remember as the Three Forks Deposit Bank of which he was cashier. He later engaged in the practice of law and was successful in that profession.
He was graduated from the Louisville College when he was 20 years old, and began the practice of law at New Castle in his native county, and also served as county attorney of that county. Shortly after his marriage he moved to Beattyville where he lived until about 35 years ago when he moved to Jackson, where he was living at the time of his death, and was engaged mainly in corporation practice of his profession, in which he was very successful.
He was in the past years honored by the Governor and the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals by being designated to hold court in various counties where the presiding judge was sick or otherwise incapacitated.
He was a member of the Jackson Bar Association, State Bar Association, a Shriner, member of the Mason Fraternity, past Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pitheas, and has served as representative of the Kentucky district of the supreme lodge, Knights of Pitheas for three years. He organized the Jackson City Water Company, and was a member of the Jackson Building and Supply Company. He was a charter member of the Jackson Christian church, and was actively engaged in all civic developments.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maude Kelly Pollard, one son, Russell Pollard, and two grandchildren, Martha Alene and O. H. Pollard, II.
He and Mrs. Pollard celebrated their golden wedding anniversary December 15, 1936.
His body was taken to New Castle where the funeral services were conducted last Sunday.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 13 Mary 1954Albert S. Porter, 48, prominent Owsley county farmer, died Friday afternoon, May 6, 1954, oa a heart attack. He was a member of the Christian Church.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Bertie Porter; daughters, Mrs. Betty Combs, of Wisemantown; Mrs. Helen Canaday, of Austria; Mrs. Euphemia Bradley and Mrs. Delana Wolfe, of Cincinnati; five sons, Leland Porter, of Lexington; Ralph Porter, of Germany; Pvt. Joseph Porter, of Fort Lewis, Washington; and Eldon and Jack Porter, both of Sadieville.
Funeral services were conducted at the grave in the Porter cemetery Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. George Botner and Rev. George Fox.
The King Justice Funeral Home was in charge of last rites.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 11 October 1956Funeral services for Brenda Joyce Porter, 9, were held at 2:00 p.m. October 6, at the Porter Cemetery by Rev. George Botner and Rev. George Fox.
Brenda Joyce, the daughter of James and Mary Porter, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died October 2, 1956 at Oreint, Ohio.
Besides her parents, she is survived by one brother, Freddie Wayne; and one sister, Carolyn Sue, both of New Carlisle, Ohio; paternal grandmother, Sarah Porter, of Vincent, and maternal grandfather, J. H. Cecil, of Heidelberg.
Congleton Brothers Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 31 January 1935Mrs. Lucien Porter Buried Wednesday
Levi, Jan. 30 -- Mrs. Edna Pendleton Porter, who died Sunday morning in a Hazard hospital, was buried in the Flanery graveyard this afternoon. She had suffered with cancer for several years and treatments at different times seemed to have made complete cures.
Mrs. Porter was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Pendleton and was born in Owsley county. Since her marriage to Mr. Porter her residence had been in Michigan, Ohio, and for the past two years at Hazard, where she died.
She made the arrangements for her funeral before her death, requesting that a church funeral be held in Hazard and that her body be brought to the home of Tommy Quillen, at the old Flanery home, and from there taken to the graveyard.
Mrs. Porter is survived by her husband, one daughter, Miss Hazel Porter, and a son, Bobbie. She is also survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Pendleton, three brothers, Hampton, Arch, and Billy; three sisters, Mrs. M. H. Alcorn, Mrs. Goebel McKinney, and Miss Bertha Pendleton, all of Hazard. Claude Porter, Proctor, is a brother of Lucien.
The body was brought to Beattyville on train No. 4 this morning and taken to the place of burial by Congleton Brothers & Garrett.
Elizabeth Minter Treadway PORTER
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Friday, 21 December 1956The funeral for Mrs. Elizabeth Treadway Porter will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Congleton Funeral Home, Beattyville. Burial will be at Beattyville.
Mrs. Porter, 80, died at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at Norton Memorial Infirmary. She had been ill since suffering a heart attack in May.
She was a native of Owsley County and lived in Beattyville, where she operated a bulk distribution plant for Shell Oil Company until her retirement five years ago.
Mr. Porter was the widow of Thomas Porter. Her father served as a major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Marion Porter McCluskey, a Courier-Journal reporter, and Mrs. Amy Porter Capron, New York City; two sisters, Mrs. Eudocia Mitchell, Rayville, La., and Mrs. Mattie Peel, Benton and two grandchildren.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 5 October 1950Sgt. Elmo Porter Korean Casualty
Mrs. Bertie Porter of the Congleton community received a telegram Tuesday that her son, Sgt. Elmo Porter, 25, was killed in action September 22, in Korea.
Sgt. Porter, son of Albert and Bertie Mays Porter, was born in Owsley county. After serving four years in World War II, two years of which was in the South Pacific, he re-enlisted and left here for the Korean Front August 12.
Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Opal Porter, and a small daughter, Brenda; five brothers and four sisters. One brother, Sgt. Ralph Porter, is in Korea. The others are Leland, Joe, Eldon and Jack. The sisters are Mrs. Delma Wolfe, Mrs. Palmer Combs and Misses Helen and Euphemia Porter.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 23 March 1939Fred Porter, 35, of Vincent, Owsley county, died at 6:40 o'clock last night at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington. He was admitted to the hospital March 13.
A native of Vincent, he was a son of J. M. and Sarah Dunigan Porter.
Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, J. M. Porter, Jr., of Vincent, and a sister, Mrs. Kathleen Porter Botner of Miamiville, Ohio.
The body was removed to Vincent where funeral services and burial will be held Saturday with Congleton Bros., undertakers, in charge.
Owsley County Courier (Booneville, KY)
Friday, 9 February 1934Lynams Creek, Feb. 5 - Harvey Porter, 67 years old, was buried here at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon.
Mr. Porter, a prominent farmer of this community died at 11:00 o'clock Saturday morning of apoplexy just a hour from the time of the attack. He seemed in excellent health that morning and was chopping wood for the noon meal at the time of the stroke. Some two years ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis, but seemed completely recovered from this and had been in good health for several months.
Mr Porter came from the Sturgeon section of Lee county to Lynams Creek some 33 years ago and established himself here as a farmer and soon acquired a large number of friends. He married a local girl, Miss Margaret Cole. He was a member of the Christian Church and was at one time a member of the Bear Creek Lodge, Order of Odd Fellows.
Funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. Walter Bailey and Rev. T.E. Perkins at 12:30 o'clock. Burial was in the Jack Barrett graveyard about two miles from the home at 2:00 o'clock at which service the Rev. John Gray, Beattyville, officiated. A large crowd of friends and neighbors were present for both services.
Relatives surviving Mr. Porter are his widow, Mrs. Margaret Porter, two sons, R.C. Porter, Pittsburgh, Pa., Roscoe Porter, Lynams Creek, and one daughter, Mrs. Wm. Porter, Beattyville; a sister, Mrs. Sarah Palmer, Lynams Creek, and a brother, George Porter, Berea, Ky.
The Tribune (Seymour, IN)
Friday, 1 May 1987Ica Porter, 93, of Austin died at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Scott Villa Nursing Home in Scottsburg.
Born Feb. 4, 1894, in Lee County, Ky., she was a daughter of Newton and America Cole Angel.
Survivors include a son, Willard Porter, Deming, N.M.; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday aat buchanan Funeral Home in Austin with the Rev. Henry Cruz officiating. Burial will be in Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Austin.
Friends may call from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until service time Saturday at the funeral home.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 25 December 1952The many friends of Leonard Porter, an employee of the State Highway Department and former police chief of Beattyville, were shocked to hear of his sudden death hear last Saturday afternoon. His untimely death was attributed to heart failure.
A native of Lee county, Linn, as he was commonly known, was 58 year old and had been a resident of Beattyville for the past 12 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gladys Porter; two sons, Willard and Wallace Porter, both of Austin, Indiana; a brother, Ed Porter, of Beattyville; and a sister, Mrs. Florence Thomas of Lone.
Funeral services for Mr. Porter were held at the home at 10:00 a.m. Monday with Rev. Boaz Smith officiating. Burial was in the Gabbard Cemetery near Athol with Congleton Brothers Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Friday, 3 November 1967Mrs. Lillian E. (nee Kincaid) Porter, 1137 Samuel, passed on in her 67th years, Wed., Nov. 1, 1967.
Survivors: her husband, Fred Porter, Sr.; one son, Fred Porter, Jr.; three daughters, Mrs. George A. (Juanita) Whitehead, Miss Betty E. Porter, and Mrs. Norman P. (Gertrude) Silliman; a sister, Mrs. Gertrude L. Combs, Las Vegas, Nev., Mrs. Nelson J. Kincaid, Florence, Ky., and Mrs. Henry W. Kincaid, Cincinnati, Ohio; also survied by 15 grandchildren.
Services for Mrs. Porter will be conducted Sat. at 11 a.m. in the Russman and Son Funeral Home, 1041 Goss Ave., by the Rev. William L. Turner, pastor of the Immanuel Baptist Church. Interment Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may kindly call after 6 p.m. Thurs.
Owsley County Courier
Friday, 15 July 1938Mrs. Margaret Cole Porter, age 67 years, die at the home of her son, Roscoe Porter, in Proctor Saturday, at 7:30 p.m. She had been in failing health for some time but suffered an attack of paralysis Tuesday night and only lived four days.
Funeral services were conducted at the home Monday at 2:00 p.m. by Rev. Geo. E. Long, pastor of the St. Thomas, Episcopal Church. Interment was made at Lynams Creek.
Mrs. Porter was the daughter of the late John H. and Elizabeth Palmer Cole and the wife of the late Harve Porter.
She is survived by three children: Mrs. Wm. Porter, Beattyville; Roscoe Porter, Proctor, and Robert C. Porter, Pittsburgh, Pa.; three brothers and five sisters, and six grandchildren.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 27 March 1952Ray W. Porter, 51, son of the late John and Ida Stewart Porter of Lone, died late Thursday evening, March 20, after a short illness.
Although a native of Lee county, Mr. Porter resided in Ann Arbor, Michigan, until the death of his wife, the former Miss Mae Cole of Tallega.
Mr. Porter is survived by four daughters: Mrs. Sylvia Cox of Los Angeles, California, Mrs. Juanita Otto and Miss Mary Porter of Ann Arbor, and Mrs. Margaret Bycraft of Chelsea, Michigan.
Also surviving are two brothers and one sister. The sister is Mrs. Nello Thomas of Lone and the brothers are Leonard and Ed Porter of Beattyville.
The funeral was held March 24th at the home of Leonard Porter with the Rev. Sam Wilson of St. Helens officiating. Burial as in the Gabbard Cemetery at Athol with Congleton Bros. Funeral Home in charge.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 21 February 1935Beattyville, Feb. 19 -- Funeral services Thomas Porter, 60 years old, distributor for Gulf oil products, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the residence being conducted by the Rev. Frederick J. Drew. Burial followed immediately in the Proctor graveyard. He succumbed to a heart attack at 6 o'clock Sunday night following several months of poor health.
Mr. Porter was born and reared in Beattyville and spent most of his life here. He had been a merchant, was once active in the production of oil in the Lee county field, and for the past few years distributor of Gulf gasoline and other products of this refining company.
December 29, 1899 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Treadway, daughter of Major and Mrs. E. B. Treadway, in Owsley county.
Surviving Mr. Porter are his widow and three daughters, Miss Marion Porter, Louisville; Mrs. Paul Capron, San Francisco; and Miss Daphne Porter, Newark, N.J. A brother, William Porter, Beattyville, also survives him.
Miss Marion Porter is on the staff of the Courier-Journal; Mrs. Capron formerly was Miss Amy Porter of the New York Evening American, and Miss Daphne is on the staff of the Newark Ledger.
The Courier-Journal
Thursday, 27 January 1977Austin -- Wallace Porter, 61, died at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday at his home.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Napier of Austin and Janice Porter of Louisville, and his mother, Mrs. Ica Porter of Austin.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Buchanan Funeral Home, with burial in Wesley Chapel Cemetery. The body will be at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Thursday.
The Deming Headlight
Tuesday, 2 July 1991Willard Porter, 68, former Deming resident died Saturday, June 29 in San Angelo, Texas.
Visitation will be from 3-5 p.m. Tuesday, at Baca's Funeral Chapels and the funeral prayer service will be there at 10 a.m., Wednesday, from Fr. Clair M. Cazayoux officiating. Interment will follow at Desert Lawn Memorial Gardens.
He was born May 3, 1923 in Beattyville, Ky., and has worked for the United States Postal Service as a maintenance electrician. He retired from the United States Air Force as a staff sergeant. Willard was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, a member of the American Legion Bataan Post #4 and the Deming Moose Lodge.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth H. (Bell) Porter, Deming and a niece, Phyllis Olbert, Kansas City, Kan.
Baca's Funeral Chapels in charge of arrangements.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 13 October 1955Funeral services for William "Bill" Porter, 73, were held at 2 p.m. Monday, October 10, at the Congleton Brothers Funeral Home by Rev. Emmett Waits and Rev. Charles Ford.
Mr. Porter was born in Lee County January 1, 1882 and died at his home Saturday, October 8, after a long illness.
He was a former Lee County Court Clerk and a retired station operator. He was a member of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his wife Mrs. Edna Porter and one daughter, Mrs. Rosemary Rorick of Washington, D.C.
Burial was in the Proctor Cemetery with Congleton Brothers Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 30 March 1939Former Owsley Woman Dies In Lancaster
Mrs. Rachel Powell, 81, formerly of this county, died at her home on Richmond street, Friday night, March 24 following an illness of three weeks.
She was born near Booneville and was a daughter of the late Calvin and Joan Alford Mahaffey. Her husband, the late C. D. Powell, long time merchant of Lancaster, died 14 months ago.
Mrs. Powell was a member of the Lancaster Baptist Church.
She is survived by a son, R. C. Powell of Oakland, Ore., one daughter, Mrs. H. C. Hamilton, of Lancaster; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Friday, 27 November 1908In our Primrose letter you will see note of the death of Robt. Powell. We desire to add that he was the son of the late John S. Powell, who was, in his day, one of the leadng citizens of this county and the first settlers of Hopewell more that fifty years ago.
And that he leaves two sisters - Mrs. Sally Davis of Primrose and Mrs. Nervesta Hughes of Paris, Ky.,and five brothers - George and Curtis of Chico, California, David of Bozman, Montana, John G. of Primrose and Charley of Pleasant Flat.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 30 April 1987Alma Poynter, 73, of Hamilton, Ohio, born Aug. 22, 1913 [sic], daughter of the late Dan and Allie Beldon Shoemaker, died April 20, 1987 in Pensacola, Fla.
Survived by one son, Scott Poynter of Pensacola, Fla.; two grandchildren & one grandson. Three sisters, Daisy Payne and Hattie Akers, Lexington, Ky., Ethel White, Beattyville, Ky. Three brothers: D. L. Shoemaker, Irvine, Ky.; Burton Shoemaker, Beattyville, Ky., Alfred Shoemaker, Hamilton, Ohio.
Funeral services were held April 24, 1987 at The Webb Funeral Home, Hamilton, Ohio with Rev. Donald McElwee officiating. Interment Rose Hill Burial Park, Hamilton, Ohio.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 1 December 1938Winchester, Nov. 28 -- George Gay Prewitt, 74, prominent Clark county farmer, died at four a.m., Sunday at his home seven miles from Winchester on the Mt. Sterling road.
Mr. Prewitt, a native of Clark county, had been ill about two weeks, relatives said. His wife, Lula Bronston Prewitt died 11 months ago. They were married 48 years ago in Richmond.
Surviving are a son, Ben t. Prewitt; a grandson, Ben T. Prewitt, Jr., and a granddaughter, Miss Edith Prewitt, all of Clark county.
Funeral services were conducted in the Richmond cemetery at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon with Rev. Luther Newnam, Beattyville, officiating.
Mrs. Ben T. Prewitt, was formerly Miss Bonnie Eager of this city.
Owsley County Courier (Booneville, KY)
Friday, 9 February 1934Beattyville, Feb. 2 - Mrs. Anna Cecil Price, 57 years old, wife of Grant Price, died at her home near here Wednesday of apoplexy.
She was a daughter of Samuel and Mary Watts Cecil and was born in Owsley county.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Luther Newnam at the home of Moses Price, near Travelers Rest, yesterday afternoon. Burial was in the Cecil graveyard.
She had been a member of the Christian Church for some 35 years and at the time of her death was a member of the Heidelberg Christian Church.
Mrs. Price was the mother of 11 children, eight of whom survive her: five daughters, Mrs. Arthur Lynch, Hartwell, Ohio; Mrs. Lewis Price, Hartwell, Ohio; Mrs. C.E. Berry, Newtown, Ohio; Mrs. Robert Coomer, Millers Creek, and Miss Ruby Price, at home; three sons, Willie and Edgar Price, Hartwell, Ohio, and Robert Price, Arlington Heights, Ohio. She is survived by two sisters and five brothers, and her husband, also 26 grandchildren.
All of her daughters and their husbands, her sons and their wives, and several of the grandchildren were present for the funeral and burial services.
Congleton Bros. and Garrett directed the funeral.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 14 November 1935Booneville, Nov. 12 -- Fred Price, 22, son of Jed Price, died at 9 o'clock today from self inflicted bullet wounds at 6:30 o'clock last night. He was at the home of his sister, Mrs. Clyde Wilson, and although he was conscious until just before his death, he gave no reason for the deed.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Levi Presbyterian church at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning by the Rev. A. C. Wildman and Rev. W. L. Merrin. Burial will be in the Ross graveyard near Levi
He is survived by his father, five sisters and one brother, Misses Mattie and Ruth Price, Levi; Mrs. Chester Brandenburg, Dawson Springs; Mrs. Clyde Wilson, Booneville; Mrs. Clyde Taylor, Turin; Mrs. Warren Curtis, Columbia; the brother is Ray Price, Dawson Springs.
Owsley County Courier
Friday, 19 May 1939Harvey Price Dies At Levi
Harvey Price, 75, died at his home near Levi on Thursday, May 11 at 12:30 p.m., following a long illness.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge for over 50 years.
Funeral services were conducted at the grave by Rev. Ike Gabbard assisted by Rev. Everett Ross. Burial was in the family cemetery with Garrett Funeral Home of Beattyville in charge.
Survivors include one brother, Elias of Levi, five daughters; Edna Botner, Endee; Ella Bonds, Levi; Grace Botner, Endee; Dora Mainous, Ashville, North Carolina, and Lorena Price, Levi; and sons; Robert, Hamilton, Ohio; Dewey, Endee; Willard and Harvey, Jr. both of Levi, and Arch, Paint Lick.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 22 July 1954Jed H. Price, a retired Owsley farmer, died July 12, 1954, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington. Mr. Price was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was ill for only one week previous to his death.
He is survived by three sons: Paul Ray Price, Hamilton; Jed Price, Jr. and Charlie Price of Vincent; eight daughters: Mrs. Bessie Brandenburg, Springdale, O.; Maude Wilson, Norwood, O.; Mrs. Lena Taylor, Paris, Ky.; Mrs. Ruth Taylor, Booneville; Mrs. Geneva Curtis, Mishawak, Ind.; Mrs. Mattie Tirey, Hamilton, O.; Mrs. Helen Davidson, of Union Town, Ind.; Mrs. Hazel Price, Vincent; two brothers; Charles Price, Vincent; Vincent Price, Huntington, W. Va.; one sister, Mary Combs, Vincent.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Robert McClure, July 14 at 10:00. Interment was in Walter Combs cemetery. The funeral was in charge of Congleton Brothers.
Martha Bell "Mattie" Cecil PRICE
Owsley County Courier
Friday, 10 December 1937Mrs. Mattie Price died early Tuesday morning December 7, at her home near Levi after an illness of about one year.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Willie Venable. Burial followed in the cemetery near Vincent.
She is survived by her husband, Elias Price, of Levi; one daughter, Mrs. Nellie Tirey, of Vincent; and four sons, Andy Price of Vincent; Trig and Ragon Price both of Levi, and William Price of Idamay.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 19 January 1939Marvin Price, age 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Price, died at home Thursday, January 12, following a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted at the home Saturday by the Rev. Luther Newnam. Burial followed at Whiteash.
Besides his parents, he is survived by six brothers: Lenville, Shelby, Caleb, W. C., Jr., Buford and Stanley, and six sisters: Mrs. Tiller Steele, Mrs. Frank Phillips, Mrs. Luther Phillips, Mrs. Ed Noble, Mrs. Fred Warner and Mrs. Millard Philpot.
The Beattyville, Enterprise
Thursday, 12 January 1956Funeral services for nelson Grant Price, 85, were held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at the Cox Funeral Home in Irvine, by the Rev. William Warner.
Mr. Price, the son of the late Henry and Lavena Price was born in Owsley county and died Sunday, Jan. 8, at a Lexington Nursing home after a long illness. He was a member and deacon of the Christian Church at Heidelberg.
He had lived most of his life in Lee and Owsley counties and since 1946 had made his home in Lexington with a daughter, Mrs. Robert Coomer.
In addition to Mrs. Coomer, he is survived by three other daughters, Mrs. Volly Price and Mrs. Clarence Berry both of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Mrs. Ruby Clements of Atlanta, Ga.; four brothers, Will Price of Beattyville; Bob and Breck Price of Heidelberg; and Harve Price of Cincinnati, Ohio. 28 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Burial was in the Cecil Cemetery in Owsley County.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 26 February 1953Mrs. Ollie Profitt, wife of the late Harrison Profitt and daughter of the late Edward and Arminda Combs, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lydia Thacker in Norwood, Ohio Sunday, February 22 after an illness of about three years.
Mrs. Profitt was 61 years of age and a member of the Presbyterian Church for about 40 years preceding her death.
After death, the body was returned here for burial which took place at the Mt. Paran Cemetery on Feb. 25, with Rev. Boaz Smith in charge of the burial rites and King Justice Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Profitt is survived by a son, Lonnie Profitt of Ashland, three daughters, Mrs. Lydia Thacker, Norwood, Ohio; Mrs. Daisy Crabtree, Middletown, Ohio; and Mrs. Gladys Gross, Cincinnati, Ohio.
She is also survived by two brothers, John W. Combs of Bates, Oregon and Fred E. Combs of Beattyville.
Owsley County Courier (Booneville, KY)
Friday, 19 October 1934Beattyville, October 17 - John Stanley Pryse, 45 years old, pharmacist, died at the home of his mother, Mrs. S. E. Pryse, at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night following a brief illness. Tuesday morning he had a heart attack and grew rapidly worse until the end came.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in St. Thomas' Episcopal Church by the Rev. F.J. Drew with burial following immediately in Riverview cemetery. Burial rites will be conducted by Proctor Lodge No. 213, F.& A.M.
He was the son of the late Thomas Pryse, a native of Wales and one of the early settlers in Beattyville, and Sarah Ella Hogg Pryse, and was born in Beattyville.
Surviving him are two children, Thomas, age 18, and Sarah Ella, age 13, Campbellsville, Ky. His mother, Mrs. S.E. Pryse, Beattyville, two brothers, Dr. Roscoe C. Pryse, Caryville, Tenn., and Thomas C. Pryse, Beattyville, and a sister, Mrs. Nora Branch, McCormick, S.C.
The Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY)
Friday, 18 October 1940Beattyville, Ky., Oct. 17 - Mayor Thomas C. Pryse, 46, died at his home here at 11:25 o'clock this morning after a brief illness.
Elected mayor in 1938, Mr. Pryse also had served as a member of the city council and had operated a drug store here for many years, the firm having been established by his father in 1868.
He was a past member of Proctor Lodge No. 213, Free and Accepted Masons, was a past councillor of Council No. 7, Junior Order United American Mechanics, and was a Shriner. He remained active in his civic and professional duties until ill health forced him to retire.
During the administration of Gov. Edwin P. Morrow, Mr. Pryse was a member of the legislature as representative of this district, and in 1934 he was elected county court clerk.
He was a member of St. Thomas' Episcopal church.
Mayor Pryse is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah Ella Hogg Pryse; a brother, Dr. Roscoe C. Pryse of Clinchmore, Tenn., and a sister, Mrs. Nora Branch of McCormick, S.C.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon in St. Thomas' church, conducted by the rector, the Rev. G.E. Long, assisted by the Rev. Luther Newnam. Interment will follow in Riverview cemetery here.
Active pallbearers will be Hiram Hogg, W.G. Pryse, R. H. Culton, A.B. Cox, W.L. Jones, John D. Hieronymous, J.F. Sutton and Walter Sale.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 30 July 1953Last rites were held Tuesday afternoon for W. T. Pryse, Sr., who died Saturday night at his home here. Although Mr. Pryse had been ill since last December, his death came as a surprise and a shock to his family and many firends. His passing was attributed to a heart attack.
Born on March 23, 1883, Mr. Pyrse has lived in Lee county practically all his life. After completing the common schools, he attended Sue Bennett College at London,, and was a graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan. He attended the Louisville Medical College for two years but his ambitions to be a doctor were cut short by the death of his father which necessitated the ending of his schooling.
Mr. Pryse was a veteran of the Mexican War [sic] where he served as a sergeant and a member of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church. After his marriage in 1905 he took part as a promoter in the great oil boom here in the county and for several years served alternately as policeman, chief of police, and was police judge of Beattyville for about 8 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eva B. Pryse, three sons: John B. Pryse of Jeffersontown, Ky.; W. T. Pryse, Jr., Richmond, and Henry F. Pryse of Lancaster. The surviving daughters are Mrs. Ruth Klaren of Beattyville; Mrs. Helen Viant, Crown Point, Indiana; Mrs. Jean Martin, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Mrs. Agnes Adkins, Falls Church, Virginia.
He is also survived by three sisters and one brother. The sisters are Mrs. J. E. Troeger, South Bend, Indiana; Mrs. H. C. Dickerson, Lexington; and Miss Narie Pryse, Apopka, Florida. The brother is John Pryse, Vale, Oregon.
The services for Mr. Pryse were held in the Chapel of the Congleton Bros. Funeral Home with the Rev. Emmett M. Waits in charge and burial was in the Riverview Cemetery. Pall bearers were Sam B. Lutes, G. T. Blakey, W. L. Jones, Henry Johnson, J. S. Darch, Virgil Beatty, C. Beach Sr., and Dillard Tipton.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 23 June 1955Mrs. America Puckett, 57, died of cancer of the liver at Hazel Green, Ky. on Saturday, June 18 after a long illness.
Funeral was held at the Assembly of God, Sunday and Miss Kennedy, missionary conducted the service. Burial was at Cannel City, Sunday afternoon.
She is survived by six children, Willie, Charles, Cecil, Marse and Mrs. Jean May, all of Hazel Green and a son, Edward of Dayton, Ohio.
Also, 18 grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Day of Hazel Green, and Mrs. Ben Nickell of Yellow Springs, Ohio and three brothers, Marion Gillespie, Jackson, Ky.; Wiley Gillespie, West Liberty and Jim Dan Gillespie of Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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