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Casper CABLEThe Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 29 March 1951Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Fincastle Christian Church for Mr. Casper Cable, age 71, who died Saturday at 9 o'clock in Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington.
Mr. Cable, a well-known and loved resident of Cable Ridge, passed away as the result of a fall from his barn loft several weeks ago at which time he suffered a broken back.
Final rites were conducted by the Rev. J. C. Everman, West Bend, Indiana assisted by the Rev. B. J. Cox, Winchester. Burial was in Cable Cemetery in the Fincastle section.
In addition to his wife, Mrs. Rose Smyth Cable, he leaves to survive fourd daughters, Mrs. Rodney Barker, Middletown, O., Mrs. Hubert Cooper, Campton; Mrs. George Lovelace, Louisville and Miss Virginia Lee Cable, Lafayette, Indiana; three sons, Keith Cable, Dayton; Forest Cable, Campton and Raymond Cable, Lafayette, Indiana.
Also surviving are 14 grandchildren and a number of other relatives.
Pallbearers were: Thomas Earl Shackelford, Arthur Shackelford, Jr., Kash Smyth, William Abner, Jr., Alex Taylor, Tensley Stump, Cecil Kincaid and Bernie Shackelford.
Pennington Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
The Courier-Journal on Mar. 2, 2008
Geneva Maxine (Abner) CADDELL, 87, of Louisville, passed away at her residence Saturday, March 1, 2008.
She was a homemaker, member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and a former member of Reach to Recovery at the American Cancer Society.
She is survived by her husband of 63 years, two daughters, one brother, five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Public visitation will be 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Arch L. Heady at Resthaven, 4400 Bardstown Road. Private family services will be held at the convenience of the family. Entombment will be in Resthaven Memorial Park Mausoleum. Expressions of sympathy to: the American Cancer Society, Hospice and Palliative Care of Louisville, or St. Paul United Methodist Church.
Booneville Sentinel, Thursday, September 20, 2007
Booneville, KY - E. Faye Callahan, 71, passed away Thursday, September 13, 2007, at St. Joseph East in Lexington, Ky.
Faye was born March 25, 1936, in Owsley County, KY, to the late Vincie and Ida Prichard Cornett. She was a homemaker, and especially enjoyed crocheting, bird watching, and donating to Disabled Veterans and Feed the Children Organizations.
Survivors include two daughters, Pamela Coomer of Booneville, KY and Angel (& Kevin) McVaugh of Blossburg, PA; two brothers; three sisters; four grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Darren Caudill; a brother, Creed Cornett; a sister, Pat Blake; and a grandchild, Latha Edward Booth.
Grave Side services were held Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 10:30 a.m., at the Newman Cemetery, Pebworth, KY.
Amanda Belle Brandenburg CARROLL
Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY)
Saturday, 14 September 1968Beattyville - Mrs. Amanda Carroll, 50, died Thursday morning in her hoome here after a short illness.
She is survived by a brother, Johnnie Brandenburg, Beattyville, and four sisters, Mrs. Gusava Norman, South Lebanon, Ohio; Mrs. Gracie Barrett, Mrs. Mary Fox and Mrs. Spicie Mae Coomer, Beattyville.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at the Newnam Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Conley Tirey. Burial will be in the Christian Gap Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 29 March 1951Funeral services were held for Alex Carter, one of Lee County's oldest residents, on Monday, March 26, at the home by the Rev. Sam Wilson. Mr. Carter was over 95 years of age. Burial was in Proctor Cemetery.
Mr. Carter was the son of the late James and Cyntha Wyatt Carter. He was born in Lee County on August 25, 1855 and departed the life on March 24, 1951 at the age of 95 years, six months and 29 days.
Survivors include two sons, Algin Carter, Beattyville, and Mack Carter, Middletown, Ohio; and three daughters, Mrs. Mary L. Tirey, Beattyville; Mrs. Minerva Bowman, Cincinnati and Mrs. Katherine Blount, Middletown, Ohio.
Anna Belle Coomer Caudill, beloved wife of Willard E. Caudill, departed this life Saturday, January 28, 2012 at her home in Beattyville, KY at the age of 72 years and 10 days.
Mrs. Caudill was born in St. Helens, KY on January 18, 1940 to the late Clarence and Bertie Deaton Coomerl. She was a homemaker, a wonderful mother an awesome granny and great grandmother and was a lifetime member of the Beattyville Church of God.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by 4 daughters; Brenda Slone and husband Benny, Debbie Moore and husband Ricky, Patty Stamper and husband Mark and Libby Charles and husband Eddie, all of Beattyville, KY, 8 grandchildren; Ricky Gabbard and Fiancé Tabitha, Serita McCoy and husband Jacob, Jessica Stamper, Derek Stamper and wife Cara, Robbie Moore, Brandon Stamper, Aaron Charles and Austin Charles, 3 great grandchildren; Jacob McCoy Jr., Mason Stamper and Jordan McCoy, 2 brothers; Albert Lee Coomer and wife Mary, of Sellersburg, IN and Jimmy Coomer and wife Janet, of Beattyville, KY, 2 sisters; Carol Newton, of Lexington, KY and Eula Napier of Beattyville, KY.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by 5 brothers; Willard, Charles, Terry, Paul and David Coomer.
Pencie Gladys Cornelius CHESHER
The Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY)
Saturday, 19 November 1966Beattyville - Mrs. Anthony H. (Tony) Chesher, 54, died Friday morning in her Harronsburg home after a short illness. She was a native of Lee County and a member of the Harrodsburg Christian Church.
Survivors are her husband, A. H. Chesher, Harrodsburg; a daughter, Mrs. Dana Woodard, Harrodsburg; her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Cornelius, Beattyville; a brother, Clyde Cornelius, Beattyville; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Demboski, Arlington, Va., Mrs. Kathaleen Thompson, Provincetown, Mass., and Mrs. Cecil McGee, Louisville, and a granddaughter.
Services will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the Beattyville Christian Church by the Rev. Sam Wilson. Burial will be in the Riverview Cemetery. The body is at the Newnam Funeral Home where friends may call after 3 p.m. today.
Mary M. Spencer Childers, 84 formerly of Lewisburg, OH d. May 13, 1999 in Kettering, OH.
Born Feb. 18, 1915 in Fillmore, Ky the d/o Strong J. and Ila Dell (MARSHALL) Spencer. Preceded in death by former husband Porter CHILDERS in 1981; son Fred CHILDERS in 1997; sisters Alice THORPE and Daisy Mae SPENCER; brother, John W., Paul J., Sheridan and Bedford SPENCER.
Survivors are son, Glenn CHILDERS of West Alexandria, OH, Lonnie CHILDERS of Clayton, OH, Herbert CHILDERS of Huber Heights, OH, Gary CHILDERS of Kettering, OH; daughters, Joyce HOFF of Beavercreek, OH, Faye McMANAMA of South Whitley, IN, Rebecca GLENN of West Manchester, OH; brothers, Donald SPENCER and Samuel SPENCER both of Cincinnati, OH; sisters, Ivy WILLIS of Michigan, Madalie BARRETT, Walled lake, MI; Ina Faye LANG of Cincinnati, OH; 26 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
Burial in the Preble Memory Gardens, West Alexandria, Oh.
Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY)
Friday, 4 May 1984Albert E. Clark, who had been a psychological consultant in Lexington, died yesterday at Central Baptist Hospital, Clark, of New Lebanon, Ohio, was 74.
he was a consultant in Lexington for about 20 years. He had been a deacon at Woodland Christian Church and a member of Oleika Shrine Temple. Clark was a graduate of the University of North Carolina.
He is survived by his wife, Nettye Lutes Clark, and a daughter, Helen Elaine Clark of Eaton, Ohio.
Services are scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday at Aaron Smith Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Lutes family cemetery at Vada in Lee County. Visitation is from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
Dayton Daily News
Thursday, 18 November 1999Nettye L. Clark, age 91, of Trotwood, a retired business teacher, passed away November 13, 1999 in Dayton, Ohio.
Born in Lee Co., Ky., Sept. 26, 1908, she grew up and attended school there. Having attended Bowling Green Business University, she earned her degree from Eastern Kentucky Teachers College. She married Albert E. Clark, Dec. 22, 1937. moved to Lexington, Ky. from Goldsboro, NC, spent many years there and moved to Minerva, Ohio, where she resumed her teaching career.
Mrs. Clark moved to New Lebanon, Ohio and taught business at Dixie High School retiring in 1975. She was a member of the Montgomery County Retired Teachers Assoc., had been selected as a Leader of American Secondary Education in recognition of contributions to the advancement of education and service to community and was a devoted member of the Trotwood United Church of Christ for as long as she was able to participate.
Mrs. Clark was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas J. and Emma (Stamper) Lutes; two sisters, Abbye L. Jones and Esther L. Runyan, brother, Gus Lutes and husband Albert E. Clark.
She is survived by her beloved daughter, Helen E. Clark of Trotwood; niece and her husband, Deanna and Vernon Spencer and their daughter, Jeanena.
A celebration of Thanksgiving for Nettye will be held at Trotwood United Church of Christ on Saturday, Nov. 20, 1999, at 1:30 p.m and a fellowship coffee immediately following. Family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until time of service. Arrangements by Rogers Funeral Home, Trotwood.
Three Forks Tradition
Ercie Mae Cole, 80, of Beattyville, KY, passed away Sunday, April 10, 1994. She was born in Owsley County October 23, 1913 to Lewis & Girlie Brandenburg Cooper.
She is survived by two daughters, Greta C. Drake and Lucy Abney, both of Beattyville, KY; two sons, Chester Cole, Jr. and John Benjamin Cole both of Beattyville, KY; three brothers, Clarence Cooper, Willie Cooper and Ance Cooper all of Booneville, KY; one sister, Nancy Gilbert, Booneville, KY; 16 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
Buried in the Robert Cemetery.
Owsley County Courier, Friday, March 27, 1942
ANDREW COMBS DIES AT CRYSTAL
Andrew Combs, 82, died at his home at Greeley Sunday, March 15, following an illness of about six weeks. Death ws due to heart trouble.
Born in Lee county in 1860, Mr. Combs spent his entire life in the Greely community. He was married to Elvora Gross in 1895. Most of his life was devoted to farming. He was a member of the Church of God.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the grave in the Combs cemetery by Rev. Delbert Pasley.
He is survived by his widow, five daughters, Mrs. Sopha White, Greeley; Mrs. Ruby Swords, Middletown, Ohio; Mrs Nannie Ranes, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Maggie Ranes, Greeley, and Mrs. Callie Reynolds, Happy, Ky.; and three boys, Marion and Ollney Combs, both of Greeley, and Wm. Combs of Middletown, Ohio; twenty-eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Beattyville Enterprise, Thursday, July 14, 1960
LEWIS COMBS DIES JULY 4
Lewis COMBS, 68, died Monday July 4, at the Veterans Hospital, Louisville, after a long illness. He was a resident of Conkling, a member of the Anglin Baptist Church and a World War I Vet.
Mr. COMBS is survived by his wife Mrs. Jane THOMPSON Combs; two daughters Mrs. Lola CLARKE and Mrs. Ruby LEDFORD, both of Franklin, Ohio; six sons, Leroy, Eugene, and Rollie COMBS all of Franklin, Ohio; Dale and Dallas COMBS, both of Conkling; a brother Roscoe BISHOP, Franklin, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Sallie HIGNITE, Cincinnati, Ohio and 16 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday following the death at the King Justice Funeral Chapel at 1:00 p.m. by the Rev. Boyd SANDLIN. Burial was in the family cemetery at Conkling.
Beattyville Enterprise 2/28/1957
Martha Combs dies in Ohio
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Marcella Combs, 79, were conducted at 2 p.m., Monday, Feb. 25, at the Beattyville Christian Church by the Rev. Donald A. Nash.
Mrs. Combs was born in Lee County, 11 Dec 1879 and died at her home in Middletown, OH, 21 Feb, after a six weeks illness. She was a member of the Beattyville Christian Church.
She is survived by: her husband, Sam P. Combs, of Middletown, OH; three sons, Gentry and Boyd Combs, both of Middletown, and Winfred Combs of Dayton; five daughters, Mrs. Virginia Wilson, Dana, FL, Mrs. Della Congleton, Dayton, OH, Mrs. Elva Black, Wilmington, Mass, Mrs. Mertie McCollum, Richmond and Mrs. Clara Ruth of West Liberty; One brother, Bentley Thomas of Tampa, FL.
Burial was in the Combs Cemetery with the Congleton Bros. Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Beattyville Enterprise 12/5/1957
Funeral services for Samuel P. Combs, 88, were held, Nov 29 at 2 p.m. at the Beattyville Christian Church by the Rev. Donald A. Nash.
Mr. Combs, a retired farmer of Lee County, was a member of the Beattyville Christian Church, and died 26 Nov, in Middletown, OH. He is survived by: three sons; Gentry Combs and Boyd Combs, both of Middletown, OH, and Winred Combs of Dayton, OH; five daughters; Mrs. Virginia Wilson, Dayton, OH, Mrs. Elva Black, Wilmington, Mass, Mrs. Mirtie McCollum, Richmond, and Mrs. Clara Ruth of West Liberty.
Burial was in the Combs Cemetery in Owsley Co. , under the direction of of the Newnam Funeral Home.
Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY)
Tuesday, 8 March 1921News has been received by relatives here of the sudden death of Isaac Congleton, 75 year-old farmer of near Beattyville, at his home Monday while working in his garden. He was the father of Lee Congleton, of the Jack's Creek pike and grandfather of Conley Congleton, of Fayette county, who died of an illness diagnosed by physicians as sleeping sickness at a Louisville hospital several weeks ago.
The elder Congleton is survived by his wife and three brothers, T. J., and James Congleton, of Frankfort; Samuel Congleton and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Alcorn, of Ravenna; and by seven sons, Price, Lee, Everett, Hill, Charles, Enos and Guy Congleton; also by four daughters, Mrs. Harlan Quinlin (Quillen), Mrs. Brownlo Hall, Mrs. Dan Hall and Miss Ollie Congleton.
Funeral services will be conducted at the home and burial will be in the family burying ground near Beattyville Thursday afternoon.
NOTE: Daughter Dona (1883-1939 who married George W. Rowland) is not mentioned in the above obituary even though she is still living at the time of her father's death.
The Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY)
Wednesday, 8 March 1967Beattyville -- Ben Coomer, 87, of Heidelberg, died Monday night in Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, after a short illness. He was a Lee County native, a retired Louisville and Nashville Railroad employee, a member of the Beattyville Council No. 7 Junior Order of United American Mechanics and the Heidelberg Baptist Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Jane Coomer; a son, Rodney Coomer, Heidelberg; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Larkin, Robinsville, N.C. and Miss Carrie Coomer, Lexington; 12 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and a stepson, Robert Coomer, Lexington.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Heidelberg Baptist Church by the Rev. Bob Anderson and the Rev. James Smith. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Grandsons will be bearers. The body is at the Newnam Funeral Home.
Jessamine Journal, December 28, 2000
Benny Coomer, 60, of Nicholasville, the husband of Joyce Underwood, died Dec 21, 2000. He was a member of Mount Beulah United Methodist Church.
He is survived by 3 daughters and their husbands, Sheila and Mark Reynolds, Denise and Rusty Cobb, Cindy and Bruce Reynolds; 3 brothers, Theodore Perrin, and Robert and Roy Durham; a sister, Patty Johnson; 6 grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. preceded in death by -----
Funeral services were held at 1pm on Saturday at Betts and West Funeral Home with the Rev. Martin Lagle officiating. Burial Followed at Maple Grove Cemetery.
Citizen Times
Mars Hill - Mr. Bert Edward Coomer died at his home Sunday, March 4, 2007 surrounded by his family. He was born September 8, 1937 in Beattyville, Ky. to the late Jesse and Maude Begley Coomer. Preceding him in death were brothers, Clyde, Raymond and Gene Coomer, two sisters, Betty Newby and Wanda Spence.
He was a graduate of Fugazzy Business College, Lexington, Ky. He also attended Berea College and Mars Hill College. He retired in 1998 from Mission Hospitals.
Bert enjoyed, first and foremost, his family and especially his five grandchildren. He was very proud and honored that he babysat 4 of them until they were in school. He loved to read, cook, tell jokes, working with the Children's Choir at Mars Hill Baptist and traveling on the Blue Ridge Parkway and to the Outer Banks.
He loved the Ky. Wildcats and was commissioned a Ky. Colonel.
He is survived by his wife of 44 1/2 years, Ellen Harmon Coomer, two sons and special daughters , Brian Edward and wife, Lisa and Brett Edmund and wife, Lora all of Grapevine, two grandsons, Jesse Edward and Michael Isaac, three granddaughters, Ivy Marie, Fern Harmon, and Violet Elizabeth. He is also survived by one brother, Clinton Coomer and wife, Neirman of Lafayette, Ind., one sister, Mrs. Loeta Adkins of Aberdeen, Md.. Also in his extended family are two brothers-in-law, Bill Newby of Greensburg, Ind. and Nathan Harmon of Marshall; four sisters-in-law, Susie Capps of Mars Hill, Peggy Harmon of Marshall, Betty Coomer of Bardstown, Ky. and Betty Harmon of Black Mountain; several nieces and nephews of NC, Md., Miss., Ind. and Ohio.
The family would like to express their appreciation to a special friend and Physician who has cared for Bert through many years, Dr. Ronald Caldwell. Also, a special gratitude to physicians, Dr. Charles Bryan, Dr. Brian England and their staff, the nurses at Davita in Weaverville, and the nursing staff at St. Joseph campus, especially 8-North.
The funeral will be held
at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mars Hill Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. Tommy Justus with graveside services immediately following at Mars Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at Madison Funeral Home in Marshall.
Carl P. Coomer, age 85 of Dayton passed away Saturday March 16 2002.
Mr. Coomer was born in Lee County Kentucky March 21 1916 retired from N.C.R. and preceded in death by his wife Doris Mae (Musselman) in 1988.
He is survived by 2 daughters & son-in-law Carlene & Jack Harley and Loraine Smith; 2 sons & daughters-in-law Chuck & Reva Coomer and Boyd L. & Barb Coomer; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; sister Bonnie Kingslend; sister-in-law Ollie Coomer and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services 10:30 A.M. Tuesday at the George C. Martin Funeral Home, Northridge Chapel, 5040 Frederick Pike at Needmore Road. Brad Poe Minister officiating. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Coomer's family will receive friends 5-8 P.M. Monday at the George C. Martin Funeral Home.
Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY)
Tuesday, 13 September 1938Charles Comer [sic] , 59, of Oakdale, Breathitt county, died at St. Joseph's hospital at 8:50 o'clock Monday night after a short illness.
He was born in Breathitt county, a son of Joe and Lucinda Baker Comer. Mr. Comer was a member of the Free Methodist church of Oakdale, and also was affiliated with the Brotherhood of Ways and Maintenance.
He is survived by his wife, Laura Jane Ross Comer; two daughters, Mrs. John Wood, Hardburley, Ky., and Mrs. Charles Butler, Oakdale; seven sons, Hurley Comer and Joseph E. Comer, both of Dayton, Ohio; Oren Comer, Maytown, and Willie Comer, Troy Arver Comer, Rollie James Comer and Charles Comer, Jr., all of Oakdale, and 24 grandchildren.
Charles Russell Coomer, the widower of Betty L. Stepp Coomer, and the son of the late Clarence and Bertie Deaton Coomer, was born in Lee County, Kentucky on March 12, 1938 and departed this life in Richmond, Kentucky on January 7, 2011 at the age of 72 years, 9 months and 26 days. He was a former coal mine welder and a member of the Hopewell First Church of God.
Mr. Coomer is survived by his son, Charles Coomer, Jr.(Shelia) of Beattyville, Kentucky; two daughters, Donna Gail Arvin(Tommy) of Beattyville, and Cynthia Jean Harlow(William) of Lexington, Kentucky; grandchildren, Brian Arvin (Angel), Cody Arvin, Anthony Thacker (Crystal) all of Beattyville, Hillary Deaton (Jesse) of Irvine, Kentucky, Savannah Coomer (Wade) of Georgetown, Kentucky, Jordan Harlow of Lexington, Kentucky; great grandchildren, Haley and Dylan Arvin, Taylor Thacker all of Beattyville, Gabriel Montgomery of Georgetown, Jessiah and Brooklyn Dalton of Irvine; six brothers and sisters, Willard Coomer (Francis), Annabelle Caudill (Willard), Eula C. Napier, Jimmy Coomer (Janet) all of Beattyville, Carol Newton of Lexington, Albert Coomer (Mary) of Sellersburg, Indiana; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Mr. Coomer was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Betty; and three brothers, Terry, David and Paul Coomer.
Owsley County Courier, Friday, March 10, 1939
DAVID COOMER BURIED SATURDAY, MARCH 4th
David Coomer, 75, died at his home near Athol, Friday, March 3, due to infirmities of age. Funeral services and burial were held Saturday afternoon in the family burying ground near the home.
Mr. Coomer was a native of this county living on his farm from early manhood until his death.
He leaves surviving him three daughters, Misses Lizzie and May Coomer, of Athol; and Mrs. Elmer Bryant, of Lexington; six sons, Elijah ,Walker and Edgar of Athol; Leslie, of Lone; Willie of Winegar, Wis.; and Henry of LaGrange.
Lexington Leader (Lexington, KY)
Saturday, 17 July 1971Elijah Coomer, 75, Route 4, Nicholasville, died in a Lexington nursing home 3:45 p.m. Friday after a long illness. He was a native of Beattyville and a member of the Assembly of God Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vesta Sparks Coomer, one daughter, Mrs. Carl Bell, Lexington, three sisters, Mrs. Effie Bryant, Lexington, Mrs. Elvin Duff, Primrsoe, and Mrs. Jack Reilly, Montclair, Calif.
The body is at the Guyn, Kurtz and Hager Funeral Home, Nicholasville, where friends may call after 2 p.m. today.
Three Forks Tradition
Elisha Coomer, 88, of Beattyville, Ky passed away Dec. 6, 1995.
A native of Lee County, KY, he was born Jan. 4, 1907 to Patton and Kitsy Marshall Coomer.
Survivors include two sons, Billy Joe and James Ray Coomer, both of Beattyville; six daughters, Joyce Irene Dixon, Dorothy Jewell, and Louise Markus, all of Beattyville; Henrietta Colyer of Cincinnati, OH; Brenda Sue Stamper, Lexington; one brother, Clarence Coomer, Beattyville; two sisters, Sadie Shelton and Eva Hobbs, both of Beattyville; and 34 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, and 15 great-great-grandchildren
Burial in St. Helens Cemetery.
Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY)
Thursday, 17 December 1987Beattyville - Ernest Coomer, 72, of Canyon Falls Road, a retired painter who had worked for the University of Kentucky and Louisville & Nashville Railroad, husband of Martha Deaton Coomer, died Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington.
Services 1 p.m. Friday at Newnam Funeral Home. Visitation after 5 p.m. today.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 24 December 1987Ernest Coomer, 72, of Beattyville, Ky., died December 15, 1987.
Born November 10, 1915, he was a painter for L&N Railroad and the husband of Martha Deaton Coomer.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Deaton Coomer, Beattyville, Ky.; two sons, Donnie Coomer, Lexington, Ky.; Lowell Jewell, Cincinnati, Ohio; one daughter, Mrs. Sandra Spencer, Beattyville, Ky.; two step daughters, Mrs. Anna Lee Moore, Fillmore, Ky. and Hazel Akers, Ypsilanti, Michigan; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Deaton, Primrose, Ky.; four grandchildren, seven step grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Friday, December 18, 1987 at 1 p.m. in the Newnam Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Harpe officiating. Burial followed in the Coomer Cemetery, Canyon Falls, with the Newnam Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
The Times Herald (Port Huron, MI)
Thursday, 29 December 1977Marine City - Herbert Coomer, 64, of 7368 South Riverside Road, died Tuesday in River District Hospital, East China Township, after a long illness.
He was born Aug. 1, 1913, in Canyon Falls, Ky., and lived in Marine City since 1941. He married Floretta Warner Sept. 22, 1938 in Beattyville, Ky. Mr. Coomer was employed by H. J. Klinger of the Long Lane Farms, Cottrellville Township, for 36 years.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Wendell Coomer, Algonac, and Leland Coomer, Goodells; a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Scarbarough, Marine City; his mother, Mrs. Arthur Coomer, Beattyville; three sisters, Mrs. Cecil Palmer, Frankfort, Ky., and Mrs. Edgar Bowman and Mrs. Hal Brandingburg, both of Beattyville; two brothers, Samuel Coomer, Algonac, and Willis Coomer, Frankfort; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, Marine City. The Rev. Allan Buck, pastor of the Algonac Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Smith Cemetery, Cottrellville Township.
Kenneth, Larry, Gary, Glenn and Arthur Coomer and George Warner will be pallbearers.
Funeral home visiting hours began at 10 a.m. today.
John Henry Coomer, the husband of Darlene Dean Coomer of Beattyville, Kentucky, and the son of the late Ulmer and Spicie Dunaway Coomer, was born in Oneida, Kentucky on June 17, 1953 and departed this life in Richmond, Kentucky on April 23, 2019 at the age of 65 years, 10 months and 6 days.
He was a Lee County ambulance driver for 16 years, a correctional officer for Lee Adjustment Center for 22 years and a member of the Lee County Saddle Club.
In addition to his wife Darlene, John Henry is survived by four children, Tressie Coomer, Carrie Dunahoo and husband James, Henrietta Cornett and Renee Coomer all of Beattyville; three grandchildren, Jacob Cornett, Lois Dunahoo and William Goosey all of Beattyville; a sister, Mildred Hobbs of Lexington, Kentucky; a niece, Janet Moon of Lexington; a nephew, Buzz Anthony Hobbs of Lexington; two brothers in-law, Ken and Art Dean both of Booneville, Kentucky; a sister in-law, Marlene Thacker of Booneville; and a host of other relatives and friends.
John Henry was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Mike Coomer.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 17, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church. Newnam Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Lawrence Coomer, 79, of Dayton, OH, passed away March 13, 1993. Born in St. Helens, KY on November 6, 1913 to John W. and Polly Fields Coomer.
He is survived by his wife, Helen; two daughters & son-in-law, Kathy Baumaster of Troy, OH and Connie & Mark Jacoby of Bryan, OH; one son & daughter-in-law Lawrence (Jack) & Alice Coomer of Dayton; two very special foster daughters, Shirley McIntosh & Teresa Sweet both of Winchester, OH; & numerous other foster children; 10 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; three sisters, Marge Joseph of Dayton, Estella Moore of IN, and Bonnie Kingsland of Winchester, OH; four 4 brothers, Dave Coomer & Brack Coomer, both of Dayton, Emery Coomer of Winchester, OH, and Carl Coomer of Somerset, OH.
Buried in the Mound Hill Cem., Gallipollis, OH
Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN)
Wednesday, 23 March 1955Funeral services and burial for Major Coomer, 947 South Senate Avenue, will be held Thursday at Dayton, O. Friends may call at the home until 10 p.m. today.
Mr. Coomer, 57 years old, died Monday at work. He was a native of Kentucky where he was a coal miner for 27 years. He moved to Indianapolis three years ago and was a carpenter's helper in the New York Central Railroad shops at Beech Grove.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Jane Coomer; a daughter, Mrs. Fred Clabrese of Long Island, N.Y.; three sons, Everett Coomer and Ervie Coomer, both of Dayton, and Ben Coomer of Utah; three sisters, Mrs. Stella Raleigh of Cincinnati, O., Mrs. Liza Duff of Primrose, Ky., and Mrs. Elisha Bryant of Ashland, Ky.; a brother, Eligha Coomer of Ashland, and seven grandchildren.
Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY)
Monday, 17 December 1962Beattyville, Ky. - A 19-year-old Beattyville youth was killed by a shotgun blast Saturday night in the Pine Grove section of Lee County and an ex-convict has been charged with murder, Sheriff C. G. Mayes Jr. has reported.
Michael West Coomer, an employe of the Universal Wire Spring Co., Georgetown, died late Saturday night of a gunshot wound in the neck. Sheriff Mayes said Charlie Thomas, 50, of Lee County, has been placed in county jail, charged with murder. He is being held without bond and was to be arraigned this morning. Mayes said Thomas served a prison term prior to World War II.
Mayes said the fatal shooting took place in front of Thomas' home at Pine Grove, about five miles south of Beattyville. The victim and four other persons - two men and two girls - had been arguing at the Thomas residence before the shooting, according to the sheriff. Mayes identified the others as: Freddie Joe Tirey, 23, of Proctor, and Paul Fry, 21, Miss Genevieve Fox, 16, and Miss Frieda McIntosh, 19, all of Beattyville.
The sheriff pieced together this account of the shooting:
About 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Thomas and Coomer argued and fought at Thomas' home. Fry said at the time he took a single-barrel shotgun from the house and hid it in some bushes, fearing it might be used in the fracus. The two resolved their difference, the sheriff was told, but about an hour later Tiery and Thomas began fighting over one of the girls. After this fight was stopped all but Thomas left the house and went to a car parked in a driveway.
Thomas then appeared at the front door carring a 12-gauge double barrel shotgun and told the five persons he was going to kill them all, according to reports given Mayes. As Thomas approached the car, Fry and Tiery told Mayes they ran but that Coomer got out of the auto to meet Thomas. They said Thomas was within three or four feet of Coomer when the shotgun was fired. The blast knocked Coomer under the car, the sheriff was told.
Fry and Tiery brought Coomer to a physician at Beattyville but the victim died about 11 p.m.
Sheriff Mayes and two deputies arrested Thomas on the murder charge about 12:15 a.m. Sunday.
Coomer is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ulmer Coomer; a brother, John Henry Coomer, a sister, Mrs. Mildred Hobbs, and his paternal grandfather, Tom Coomer, all of Beattyville.
Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Newnam Funeral Home by the Rev. Clay Dixon. Burial will be in Proctor Cemetery. The body was taken from the funeral home to the residence and will be returned to the funeral chapel at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
The Daily Journal (Franklin, IN)
Friday, 27 December 2013Miles Coomer, Jr, 61, Greenwood, passed away on Monday, December 23, 2013.
He was born in Indianapolis on November 19, 1952 to Miles and Emma Barrett Coomer. Miles was a 1970 graduate of Harry E. Wood High School. He worked as a shipping supervisor at Amcor and had previously worked at Jenn-Aire for 15 years. Miles married Theresa Lee on June 19, 1971. She survives.
Miles is also survived by his son, Cory Coomer (Janell); grandchildren, Dawnavyn, Cody, Draven and Syrus; great granddaughter, Kyanna; sisters, Wanda Gregson (Merlin), Diane Caudill, Kathy Simmons (Jim); brother, Thomas Hall; brother-in-law, William Caudill; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins and many special friends including John Merrett, Randy Hause and Joe Maio.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 30, 2013 at 7 p.m. in Daniel F. O'Riley Funeral Home. Reverend Larry McAdams of Franklin Memorial Christian Church will officiate. Friends are invited to gather at the funeral home to greet family members prior to the service beginning at 4 pm.
The Times Herald (Port Huron, MI)
Saturday, 2 June 1984Algonac - Samuel Coomer, 68, of 9120 Marsha Road, died Friday, June 1, 1984, in River District Hospital after a short illness.
He was born Sept. 8, 1915, in Athol, Ky. He married Virginia Warner on Jan. 29, 1939, in Kentucky. Mr. Coomer was an area farmer for 30 years. He worked for GMC Truck and Coach, Pontiac, for 14 years, retiring in September, 1980. He was an officer of the Lighthouse Baptist Church, Algonac.
He is survived by his wife; his mother, Edna Coomer, Beattyville, Ky.; five sons, Kenneth, Richmond, Larry, Dublin, Calif., Gary, Detroit, and Glen and Arthur, both of Algonac; a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Merian) Friederichs, Marine City; three sisters, Mrs. Beaulah Palmer, Frankfort, Ky., and Mrs. Betty Brandengburg and Mrs. Ruth Bowman, both of Beattyville, Ky.; a brother, Willis Coomer, Frankfort, Ky.; 17 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. A brother, Herbert Coomer, died earlier.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Merlin L. Trumble Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, Marine City chapel, and at 11 a.m. in the Lighthouse Baptist Church, Algonac. The Rev. John Lewis, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Smith Cemetery, Cottrellville Township. Visiting will begin after 7 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
The Beattyville Enterprise
Thursday, 21 July 2011Willard R. Coomer, age 75, passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at the St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. He was the husband of Marry Frances Norman.
Willard wsa born on February 28, 1936 in St. Helens, Kentucky to the late Clarence Coomer and Bertie Deaton. Willard was a welder and a member of the Lee County Board of Education. He enjoyed hunting and was a member of the Beattyville Church of God.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by 1 son; Jeffery Scott Coomer, and 4 brothers; Charles, Terry, David and Paul Coomer.
Along with his wife he is survived by 1 son; Timothy R. Coomer (Shawnacee) of Borden, IN, 1 daughter; Vicky D. Creech (Dale) of Beattyville, KY, 6 grandchildren; Dustin Coomer (Monica), Tiffany R. Schepis (David), Branden S. Coomer, Kendra Brooke Deaton (Marcus), Elijah T. Coomer, and Mark Isaac Coomer, 5 great-grandchildren; Cory Justice, Maegan Early, A. Scotty Coomer, Sydnie R. Deaton, & Bentley DeVon Deaton, 2 brothers; Jimmy Coomer & Albert Coomer, 3 sisters; Annabell Caudill (Willard), Eula Napier & Carol Newton.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, July 17, 2011 at the Newnam Funeral Home Chapel with the Pastor Floyd Johns and Bro. Anthony Williams officiating. Burial is in the St. Helens Cemetery, St. Helens, KY.
Pallbearers were; Jimmy Coomer, Dale Creech, Marcus Deaton, Dave Schepis, Dustin Coomer, Keeny Norman, Bobby Cundiff and Eddie Cundiff.
Newnam Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Spokane Chronicle (Spokane, WA)
Monday, 15 December 1969Orofino, Idaho - William L. Coomer, a retired millworker and longtime resident of Peck, died last week at a Boise convalescent home. He had suffered a stroke about six months ago.
Mr. Coomer had been employed at the Riverside Mill from 1948 until he retired in 1966.
He was born March 5, 1902, at Athol, Ky., moved to Ohio at the age of 16 to work in an ammunition factory, and later to Wisconsin, where he worked in the woods.
He married Emma Brewer at Crandon, Wis., in 1927. In 1940, they moved to the Orofino area and in 1942 to Peck.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, William D. Coomer, Peck; Richard Coomer, Elk City, and Phillip J. Coomer, Boise; four daughters, Mrs.Lorelei Wood and Mrs. Beulah Wood, both of Orange, Calif., and Mrs. Delores McKinney and Mrs. Emmy Lou Richardson, both of Boise; five brothers, Elijah, Leslie, Edgar, Walker and Henry, two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Bryant and Mrs. Pierce Noble, and his mother, Mrs. Jane Coomer, all in Kentucky, and 21 grandchildren.
The funeral was held Saturday at Gilbert's Funeral Chapel with burial at Weseman Cemetery.
Arizona Republic, 13 July 2011
Virgina Coons, 94, was born October 13, 1916 in Booneville, Kentucky and passed away July 8, 2011 in Clarkdale, Arizona.
Our beautiful and loving mother and grandmother was a devout Christian and devoted her life to her family. She was a dental assistant in Kentucky and Arizona, but left that career to spend the rest of her years as a homemaker. She served many years as school homeroom mother, Sunday School teacher in the Baptist church and a strong supporter of the Humane Society. Her cooking and baking was legendary, and no person or animal ever left her presence hungry. She enjoyed gardening and raised beautiful roses that graced the front yard of the family home.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter C. and Nell Evans; her husband, Leland W. Coons, sisters Charlotte, Mary and Lora and brother Virgil.
She is survived by her daughters, Carolyn Whittle, Karyn Baltz and Melissa (Russell) Gates; grandchildren David (Lisa) and Michael (Rondelle) Whittle, Karissa (Craig) Thompson, Benjamin (Cindi) Baltz, Lindsey Miranda, Camille (David) Estes and Zachary Gates; great-grandchildren Alek, Evelynn and Ben Thompson, Taige Baltz, Angie Whittle, Micah Mendez and Vivian Miranda.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Friday at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, 23029 N. Cave Creek Road.
Charles D. “Charlie” Cooper, Sr., 72, of Salem, Indiana, passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Hickory Creek of Scottsburg.
He was born on March 6, 1945 in Beattyville, Kentucky, the son of the late Earl Cooper and Offie (Brandenburg) Cooper. Charlie was married on Sept. 23, 1963 to Phyllis Browning.
He was a retired laborer for Morgan Foods in Austin, Indiana, where he worked for 20 years and was also a logger and coal miner in Kentucky when he was younger. Charlie was a member of the Church of God, the Austin Conservation Club, the Coon Hunters Club and he loved to hunt and fish.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Teresa Vest; two brothers, Clyde and William Coy Cooper and a sister, Delf Cooper.
Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Cooper; four sons, Johnny Cooper and wife Wendy of Scottsburg, Indiana, Charles D. Cooper, Jr. and Elvis Vest and wife Candi all of Salem, Indiana and Raymond Vest and wife Holly of Austin, Indiana; three daughters, Tammy Schwartz and husband Edgar, Phyllis Elaine Cooper and Tiffany Vest all of Salem, Indiana; a brother, James Cooper and wife Betty of Beattyville, Kentucky; two sisters, Della Spicer of Beattyville, Kentucky and Mildred Ashe and husband Larry of Anderson, Indiana; six grandchildren, Donald and John David Cooper, Kelly Castillo, Heather Weber, Kayla Hutchins and Herman Sizemore, Jr. and fifteen great grandchildren.
Funeral Service: 12:00 Noon Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Collins Funeral Home with Bro. Green Neace officiating. Visitation: 10 am to 12 noon Thursday at Collins Funeral Home. Cremation is requested following his services with burial at a later date Christian Gap Cemetery in Beattyville, Kentucky.
Clarence Cooper, 78, passed away at his residence on November 23, 1994. He was a retired farmer and a member of t he Baptist Church. An Owsley County native, he was the son of Lewis and Girley Brandenburg Cooper.
He is survived by his wife, Thelma Caudill Cooper of Stay; four daughters, Mrs. Brenda Jackson, Beattyville, KY; Mrs. Glenda Nicholas and Mrs. Clara Delaney of Versailles, KY; and Mrs. Wanda Murrell, Booneville, KY. Also three sons survive, Densil Cooper, Lexington, KY; Denton Cooper, Beattyville, KY; and Phillip Cooper, Booneville, KY; a sister, Mrs. Nancy Gilbert, Lerose, KY and a brother, Ance Cooper, Booneville, KKY; 17 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday, at 2 p.m. at the Searcy and Strong Funeral Home with Rev. Hank Patton officiating. Burial was in the Shepherd Cemetery with Searcy and Strong Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Denton Cooper, 59, Beattyville, KY, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at his residence.
He was born in Owsley County, KY on July 12, 1949, to Thelma Caudill Cooper of Beattyville, KY and the late Clarence Cooper. He was retired from the city of Beattyville and was a U.S. Army Veteran.
Along with his mother, he is survived by his special companion, Izetta Johnson; three daughters, Shena (& Jason) Reece, Cassie Cooper and Crystal (& Tony) Mays, all of Beattyville, KY; 10 grandchildren, and on e great grandchild; one brother, Phillip Cooper of Booneville, KY; four sisters, Brenda Jackson of Beattyville, KY Glenda Nichols and Susan Delaney both of Versailles, KY, and Wanda Murrell of Booneville, KY; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Besides his father, he was preceded in death by one brother, Denzil Cooper and one sister, Linda Moore.
Funeral services were held Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 1 p.m. in the Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Garett Thomas officiating. Burial was in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Booneville, KY.
Pallbearers were Tony Mays, Jason Reece, Dylan Sargent, Jorden Wade, Willie Smith and Robert Gentry.
Izetta Johnson Cooper, widow of Denton Cooper and the daughter of the late Timothy and Effie Johnson, was born in Lee County, Kentucky on December 2, 1957 and departed this life on November 28, 2014 in Winchester, Kentucky at the age of 56 years, 11 months, and 26 days.
Izetta is survived by three siblings, Betty Phillips and husband Steve of Beattyville, Kentucky, Vina Rose and husband Greg of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, and Herbert Phillips, Jr. of Beattyville; several special nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.
In addition to her husband and parents, Izetta was preceded in death by two sisters, Charlotte Browning and Shelia Shouse.
Funeral services will be held at the Newnam Funeral home at 2 p.m. Monday, December 1, 2014. Friends may call 12 to 2 p.m. prior to service. Burial will be in the Johnson Cemetery on Mill Creek Road.
William Coy Cooper, 72, of Scottsburg, Indiana, passed away on Friday, January 30, 2015 at Scott Memorial Hospital. He was born on February 28, 1942 in Beattyville, Kentucky, the son of the late Earl and Offie (Brandenburg) Cooper.
William was a retired retort operator and mechanic for Morgan Foods in Austin, Indiana, where he worked for 39 1/2 years and a member of the Broadway Pentecostal Church in Austin, Indiana.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Zendall Wayne Cooper, Jr.; a brother, Clyde Cooper and a sister, Delf Cooper.
Survivors include the mother of his children, Bonnie (Roberts) Cooper; his son, Zendall Wayne Cooper (Donna) of Gowen, Michigan; two daughters Patricia Lavonda Brown (Paul) of Austin, Indiana and Sharon Renee Gabbard (Bob) of Scottsburg, Indiana; two brothers, James Cooper of Scottsburg, Indiana and Charles Cooper of Salem, Indiana; two sisters, Della Spicer of Beattyville, Kentucky and Mildred Ashe of Anderson, Indiana; seven grandchildren, Andy, Chris and Kaitey Brown, Brandy, William and Joseph Cooper and Brittany Gabbard and three great grandchildren, Shane, Eli and Jalen.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 18 May 1950Mrs. Nannie Tincher Cornelius, the widow of Barney McGuire Cornelius, died at the home of her daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Morgan, Monticello, Ky., Saturday, May 13, at 4:00 p.m. Although she had been in poor health for two years or more, her death was not expected so soon.
She was the daughter of the late James and Susan Gordon Tincher, and had spent most of her life in the community where she was born.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Morgan, Monticello, and Major Luta Mae Cornelius, Fort Lee, Va., a son, Edward Cornelius died in 1932.
She is also survived by a brother, James Tincher, of Levi, several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service was conducted at her home at Cross Roads at 2:00 o'clock Monday afternoon, May 15, by Rev. Sam Wilson. The remains were laid to rest in the Newnam burial ground at Pebworth, with the Lee Undertaking company of Monticello in charge.
Dayton Daily News
Wednesday, 14 March 1951Middletown - Alfred Cornett, 51, died at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at his home, 3103 Ottawa St., after an illness of eight months.
Survivors are his wife, Callie; four daughters, Mrs. Edward Powers, Mrs. John Hall, Jr., Miss Lorme Cornett and Miss Charlene Cornett, all of Middletown; four sons, Elmer, Harper, James and Alfred Jr., all of this city; a brother, Arch of Franklin, and a sister, Mrs. Grace Brandenburg of this city, and two half sisters, Mrs. Ira Gaston of this city and Mrs. Grant Lawson of West Middletown.
The body is at the McCoy-Leffler funeral home.
Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY)
Sunday, 13 June 1965Beattyville - Benjamin Franklin Cornett, 96, died at 3 a.m. Friday at his home. He was a Lee County native.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Lennie Baker, and 12 grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at the Newnam Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Conley Tirey. Buiral will be in the Burns Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home.
Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH)
Monday, 1 June 1953Middletown - Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of God of the Union Assembly for Broad Cornette, 88, who died at the home of his daughter Mrs. Grace Brandenburg, 2408 Oxford State rd., at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. He was a retired farmer.
Survivors are two other daughters, Mrs. Ica Gaston of this city and Mrs. Etta Lawson of West Middletown; a son, Arch Cornette, R.R. 1 Franklin; a stepson, Melvin Campbell of North City, Ill.; 24 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the mcCoy-Leffler funeral home Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Burial will be in Middletown cemetery.
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)
Wednesday, 4 March 1987Charles Cornett, beloved husband of Magdalene Cornett, loving son of Sarah Cornett, dear father of Thelma Estes, dear brother of Lillie Fletcher, Dona Rader and Edd, Conley, Eugene and Ernest Cornett, grandfather of Mary Katherine Estes.
Residenct of Cincinnati. Died 3 March 1987. Age 71.
Friends may call E.C. Nurre Funeral Home, State Route 125, Amelia, Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. Funeral service Friday, March 6 at 11 a.m. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Three Forks Tradition
Ernest Cornett, 74, of Cincinnati, OH, husband of Gladys Landsaw Cornett, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 1996. Born in Lee County, KY on February 25, 1922, he was the son of the late Walker and Sarah Newman Cornett.
Survivors besides the widow include two stepsons, Jimmy Landsaw, New Richmond, OH and Tommy Landsaw, Cincinnati, OH; two sisters, Lillie Cornett Fletcher, St. Helens, KY, and Donna Rader, Heidelberg,KY; two brothers, Conley Cornett, Harlan, KY and Eugene Cornett, Heidelberg, KY; step grandchildren and step great grandchildren.
Buried in the Arlington Mem. Gardens
Owsley County Courier, Friday, March 27, 1942
RITES HELD FOR JOHN CORNETT
John Monroe CORNETT, 89, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Chas. EVANS of Congleton, Friday night, March 20.
Born in Virginia in 1852, he was married to Mary McPherson COOMER in 1881. He was a member of the Christian Church.
Funeral services were conducted at the grave in the Roach cemetery near Pinegrove at 3:30 Friday afternoon by Rev. Luther Newnam.
Survivors include one brother, Broadus CORNETT of Middletown, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Taulby UNDERWOOD of Idamay, Mrs. Chester Roach and Mrs. Chas. EVANS of Congleton; fifteen granchildren and thirteen great granchildren.
The People's Defender
Thursday, 18 February 2010Charles B. Couch, 71 of Ingleside, KY, formerly of Manchester, Ohio, died on Sautrday February 6, 2010 at the Life Care Center in LaCenter, KY. He was born on June 22, 1938 to the late Ned and Kanses (Williams) Couch.
Charles is survived by 2 brothers, Clem Couch of Manchester and Russell Couch of Ingleside.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Pauline Frances.
Funeral services were held on Monday, February 8 at 2 p.m. at the Wilson Home for Funerals in Manchester, Ohio with Reverend Dale Little officiating and burial in the Manchester Cemetery. Visitation were on Sunday evening from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
The Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY)
Saturday, 11 September 1982Beattyville - Clarence Couch, 71, of Route 11, a retired brewery worker, husband of Laura Newton Couch, died yesterday at his home after a long illness.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Beattyville Baptist Church. Visitation is after 4 p.m. today at Newnam Funeral Home.
The Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY)
Sunday, 26 December 1954Frankfort, Dec. 25 - James Couch, 73, died Friday night at his home here after a long illness. He was a native of Beattyville and was a member of the Beattyville Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Della Richardson Couch; six sons, Lonnie, John, James, Gummy, Jess, and Carl Couch, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Rader and Mrs. Emma Rice, all of Frankfort; a brother, Harrison Couch, Lexington; 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Harrods Funeral Home by the Rev. Julian Perkins. Burial will be in the Bethel Cemetery.
Quad-City Times (Davenport, IA)
Wednesday, 10 January 2001Milan, Ill. - Services for James P. Couch, 78, Milan, will be 2 p.m. Friday at National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal. Visitation is noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday at Knox-Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island.
Mr. Couch died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001, at Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa, City. He was employed 20 years as a laborer with Local 309, Rock Island. He retired in 1985.
He was born Jan. 24, 1922, in Beattyville, Ky. He married Susan Cannon in 1975 in Rock Island. She died in 1994.
Survivors include a daughter, Patsy Couch, Cincinnati; sons, Joseph and James, both of Los Angeles, and Ronald, Cincinnati; many grandchildren; a sister, Emma Spencer, and a brother, Lawton, both of Cincinnati; and his caregiver, Dorothy McDowell, Rock Island.
Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY)
Wednesday, 30 August 1939John Couch, 75, a retired farmer, died at 8:50 o'clock Tuesday morning at his home near Clay's Ferry. He was a native of Lee county and a member of the Church of God.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nancy Barnett Couch; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Mason, Muncie, Ind., and Mrs. Jeff Hll, Fayette county; a son, Leslie Couch, Lee county; a brother Burb Couch, Indiana, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the grave in the Bailey family cemetery in Lee county.
The Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY)
Thursday, 14 April 1955Beattyville, April 13 -- Mrs. Mollie Couch, 71, of Blaines Branch, died of a heart attack this morning en route to a Lexington hospital. She had been ill about three years. She was a member of the Nazarene Church.
Survivors are her husband, Robert Couch; two sons by a former marriage, W. A. Brandenburg, Mansfield, Ohio, and Johnny Brandenburg, Beattyville; five daughters, Mrs. Gracie Barrett, Mrs. Mandy Brandenburg and Mrs. Spicey Mae Coomer, all of Beattyville; Mrs. Mary Fox, Lower Buffalo, and Mrs. Gustava Norman, South Lebanon, Ohio.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the Congleton Brothers Funeral Chapel here by the Rev. E. C. Dalrymple and the Rev. Willard Armey. Burial will be in the Christian Gap Cemetery.
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)
Friday, 16 December 1977Ned Couch, beloved father of Herbert Couch, step-father of Dorothy Hutchinson, Lillie Weber, Janie Everman, Talbert and George Crawford and Edna Presley, beloved brother of Emma Spencer, Bessie Moore, Lawton and James Couch.
(Died) Thursday, December 15, 1977.
Friends may call at the Busse & Borgmann Co. Funeral Home, 3464 Central Parkway, Sunday from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. Services, Monday December 19 at 1:30 p.m.
The Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY)
Sunday, 16 August 1964Injuries Suffered In Auto Accident Fatal To Motorist
A 28-year-old father of three died about 9 o'clock last night at Central Baptist Hospital of injuries received Friday when his car ran off a ramp at the Mountain Parkway-Interstate 64 junction in Clark County.
Paul Edward Couch, 479 Sandalwood Drive, received severe head injuries in the accident, authorities said.
State police said Couch's car left a Mountain Parkway exit ramp which leads to I-64, struck a guard rail and then overturned several times before stopping in a gulley which separates the highways.
The accident occurred about 8:05 p.m. Friday. Couch was taken to Clark County Hospital and then transferred to the Lexington hospital.
A native of Beattyville, he had been a resident of Lexington most of his life. He was a truck driver for Point Express Co. Inc. and a veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Virginia Ginter Couch; two sons, Gary Edward Couch and Jeffrey Alan Couch; a stepson, Clatyon Brent Biddle, all of Lexington; his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Don Couch of Bell Gardens, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Edith Louise Grinsley, Bell Gardens, and three brothers, Jesse Lee Couch, U.S. Air Force at Greenland, George William Couch, Lexington, and Robert Gene Couch, Bell Gardens.
The body was taken to Kerr Brothers Funeral Home.
Three Forks Tradition
Robert Couch, 60, of Cincinnati, OH, passed away Thursday, November 28 1996.
Robert was born in Beattyville, KY on August 31, 1936 to Edward and Sarah Brandenburg Couch. He was a faithful employee of Fyr-Fyler Sale & Service, Inc. for 22 years.
He is survived by his wife, Edna; two daughters, Debra Metcalf and Darlene Lake; three sons, Robert Jr., Rory and Raymond Couch; four grandchildren, Brian Lake, Russell Metcalf, Melissa Couch and Douglas Metcalf; two brothers, William P. and Edward Couch, Jr.
Friends may call at Charles A. Miller Sons Funeral Home, Hamilton Ave. at Knowlton St., Northside, Sunday 2-5 p.m. and Tuesday at the Newnam Funeral Home, Beattyville from 9 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11 a.m. Buried in the Couch Cemetery.
Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter, Ky
Russell McArthur Couch, age 71, of Kevil, Ky., died Thursday, May 19, 2016, at 9:10 a.m. at Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Center in Paducah.
He retired from TVA after 21 years. He was a veteran of the US Army with service in Vietnam.
Russell is survived by one brother Clem Couch of Manchester, Ohio, three step-daughters Shelly Redfern, of Monkeys Eyebrow, Robin Lanier of Paducah, Ky., Julie Hogan of West Paducah, Ky.; two step-sons Bob Abanatha of Miami, Florida and Thomas Abanatha of Louisville, Ky., two nieces Barbara Lutes and Greta Seale of Beattyville, Ky., one nephew Odell Vanderpool of Beattyville, Ky., and ten grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents Ned and Kansas Couch, his long time companion Sheila Kelley, and three brothers.
Visitation will be after 11:00 a.m. Sunday at Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter, Ky.
Funeral Services will be Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter with the Rev. Troy Deweese officiating. Interment will follow at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery.
Ky Post
July 23, 1998William P. Couch Sr. , 63, of Cincinnati, died Monday at his home.
William was the son of Edward and Sarah Brandenburg Couch. He was an employee of C. J. Krehbiel Printing Co., Cincinnati, and a Korean War veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma Louise Wood Couch; sons, William Paul Couch and Mark Edward Couch, both of Ohio, and Jackie Lee Poland of Kentucky; daughters, Stephanie Walz and Beverly J. Walz, both of Ohio, and Debbie Brewer of Grant County; a brother, Edward Couch of Ohio; 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Newnam Funeral Home, Beattyville. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Couch Family Cemetery in Beattyville. Charles A. Miller Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling local arrangements.
Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY)
Friday, 31 July 1970Beattyville - Bill Couch, 53, husband of Mrs. Bell Couch, died Wednesday.
Services were to be conducted at 2 p.m. today at the Newnam Funeral Home Chapel here. Burial was to be in the St. Helens Cemetery.
Note: Bill was the son of Albert and Barthena Puckett Couch.
The Clay City Times
14 January 1915Old Citizen Passes to Reward -
Elisha Robert Winn Cox, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Powell county, passed peacefully away Tuesday morning after an illness of several days.
Mr. Cox had been in his usual good health up to about a week before his death, when he was taken ill with stomach trouble and for several days no hope was held out for his recovery.
Mr. Cox was born near Jonesville, Lee county, Virginia, on May 3, 1829, and would have been 86 years of age in a few months, He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Susie Jane Pitman of near Bcattyville, who died in 1884, and his second wife, being Miss Mary Winn Crabtree, who survives him.
He is also survived by one son, A. P. Cox, of Greely, Lee County, and five daughters, Mrs. Nannie N. Smith, of Torrent, Mrs. Margaret Pendleton, of Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Edna Ann Cole, of Millers Creek, Estill county, Mrs. Lucy E. Smith, of Crandon, Wis., and Mrs. Eliza E. Smith, of Radical, Lee county.
Mr. Cox was formerly a farmer, and had also been surveyor of Lee county years ago, for nearly twenty years. He moved to Clay City four years ago. He was a member of the Masons, and also of the Knights of Pythias, having belonged to both orders for about 25 years. He was a member of the Methodist church here, and always attended the services. In the death of Mr. Cox, Clay City loses one of her best citizens. He was a man that to know was to like, and he was a friend to all, both old and young. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community in their trouble.
The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, burial being in the Eaton graveyard. Services were conducted by Rev. L. F. Mann, after which the Masonic order took charge of the ceremonies. A large number of relatives and friends from out of town attended the burial.
Infant COX
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 27 July 1950Funeral services were held July 20 for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jouett Cox at the home of it's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Perkins, of Beattyville.
Besides it's parents, one sister, Cecil Faye, survives.
Burial was in the Riverview Cemetery with Congleton Brothers in charge.
The Clay City Times
1 June 1916Entered into Rest
At her home in this city at 12 o'clock, noon, May 29th, 1916, in the eighty-first year of her age, Mary W Cox, relict of the late E. R. W. Cox. Mrs. Cox was born in Lee county, Virginia, a daughter of Jacob Crabtree, old-time citizen who long lived in the New Virginia section of Lee county, Ky.
Her husband, Mr. Cox, died on Jan. 12th 1915, so she leaves surviving a sister, Mrs. Hybird Powell of Rogers Chapel, and George A. Crabtree, of Genet, in Powell county; Simpson Crabtree of Zachariah, in Lee county, and her sons, E. J. Crabtree, of Bear Track in Lee, Granville Crabtree, of Fitchburg in Estill, and H. G. Crabtree, of Clay City. She leaves, also, a great circle of old time friends and many other relatives, especially in Lee, where most of her life was spent, who will learn with regret of her death.
The immediate cause of her death was an attack of paralysis, a second stroke, which the feebleness of age could not overcome.
At her special request, Judge L.F. Mann, long a friend of the family, came from Elkatawa and held the funeral services Tuesday afternoon, at the Methodist church of which she had long been a member, and the burial was in the Hoskins graveyard, in the presence of a large number of our people who in attending testified their regard for the dead and their sympathy with the loving ones who had lost her from among
RUDELL COX, KILLED IN TEXAS
James Adams Rudell Cox 27, son of Andy F. and Carrie Hogan Cox, of Pryse was killed in an automobile collision in San Antonio Texas, Sunday night February 28. The body was brought home for burial in the Mt. Paran Church yard. The funeral was conducted from the Mt. Paran church by the Rev. Frederick J. Drew, priest in charge of the St. Thomas Episcopal church at noon Friday March 5.
Details of the accident are meager, the collision was in San Antonio.
Mrs. Petra Moreno Villanueva 65 was killed, Misses Alene Dorton 16, and Josephine Graham 17 were in the car with Mr. Cox and were injured. Rudell had been in Texas about a month and was working with Estill D. Combs a building contractor.
Survivors other than his parents are a small daughter Maudie Ruth Cox, Campton, two brothers Londis and Clyde Cox, Pryse; Four sisters, Mrs. Carlie Neal, Irvine and Misses Beatrice; Lillian and Gertrude, at home.
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
Tuesday, 28 June 1966Donald E. Crabtree, beloved father of Mrs. Linda Schweder, Donald and Harold Crabtree, grandfather of Lisa Schweder, beloved son of Mrs. Elizabeth Edgeworth, also survived by two brothers and six sisters.
(Died) Monday, June 27, 1966.
Friends may call at the Anderson-Schraffenberger Funeral Home, 425 Ludlow av. Clifton, Wednesday from 5 to 9 p.m. Funeral service Thursday at 10 a.m.
Jesse E. Crabtree, 83, husband of Edna Grace Noe Crabtree, died Thurs. Feb. 10, 2011 in Lexington, KY. He was born in Lee County, KY on April 13, 1927, to the late Sam and Venna Jane Curry Crabtree.
He was a Navy veteran of WWII, a retired parts manager for Brandenburg Chevrolet, a member of the American Legion, the Beattyville/Lee Co. Chamber of Commerce, the Beattyville Country Club and the Beattyville Christian Church.
Mr. Crabtree is survived by his wife Edna; two children, Wm. “Bill” Crabtree Swanger (Millie) and Diana Crabtree Assael (Hal) both of California; 5 grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews & friends. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Lillie Mays and Madelene Crabtree, and a brother, Otis James Crabtree.
Services will be conducted by pastors Tom O'Brien and Jeff Porter, 2 p.m. Monday at the Newnam Funeral Home Chapel with visitation 6-8:30 p.m. Sunday. Burial will follow in the Riverview Cemetery, Beattyville.
Pallbearers will be Sam B. Crabtree, James B. “George” Crabtree, Danny Wise, Ferrell Wise, Jason Hollon, Blake Slone, David Campbell, James Wade Fare and Anthony Bowling. Honorary Bearers are the men of the Beattyville Christian Church, the men of the Beattyville Country Club, Charles Beach III, Ronald Lee Mays, Wm. Herbert Noe, Charles Chadwell, Gene Bradford and Jamie Stickler.
them.
The News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, MI)
Monday, 2 August 1954Donald Crawford, 41, 568 Baird street, died at 4 a.m. today at Mercy hospital after an extended illness. He entered the hospital July 12.
Mr. Crawford was born Aug. 23, 1912 in Tallega, Ky., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Barnie Crawford who now live at Winchester, Ky. He has been a resident of Benton Harbor eight years.
Surviving Mr. Crawford, in addition to his parents, are his wife, Mary; three sons, James, Charles and Gorley, and a daughter, Linda, living in Milford, O.
Other survivors include two brothres, Narnell, of Dayton, O., and Raymond, of Cincinnati, O., and five sisters, Mrs. Marietta Larkins and Mrs. Ruth Hampton, of Benton Harbor, Mrs. Ida Pullian and Mrs. Cornelia Hampton, of Lexington, Ky., and Mrs. Lillian Gay, of Winchester, Ky. There are numerous other relatives.
Mr. Crawford's body will be sent fromt he Robbins Brothers funeral home here Tuesday to the Haggard funeral home in Winchester, Ky. Tentative funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at St. James' AME church there, with burial to be in West Bend cemetery at Winchester.
Trimble Democrat (KY)
George Wendell Crawford, 48, Louisville, KY died 2 Apr 1982. A native of Beattyville, KY, he was born July 8, 1933 He was the son of the late Hugh Crawford and Hazel Evans Crawford.
Formerly of Trimble County, He was born July 8, 1933 in Beattyville, KY. Later, he moved to the Wise's Landing area.
He is survived by his mother; wife Helen Crawford, and two step-daughters, Mrs. Mary Catherine Strickland and Mrs. Helen Munesee.
Burial in IOOF Bedford.
Mary Elizabeth Smallwood CROOK
Clovis News-Journal (Clovis, NM)
Thursday, 18 January 1951Mrs. Mary Crook, 82, a resident of Curry county for almost 45 years, died Thursday morning in a Clovis hospital. She lived at 304 Axtell.
Born in Lee county, Kentucky, Feb. 5, 1868, the daughter of James Simpson and Henrietta (Howell) Smallwood, Mrs. Crook came to New Mexico with her husband, the late R.H. Crook, and homesteaded in March 1906, in what was then known as the Blacktower community.
Surviving are five sons, Clarence, Willis, B.O. "Buck" and Fred D. Crook, all of Clovis, and Lloyd Crook, Medford, Ore., two daughters, Mrs. Ollie Roberson, Clovis, and Mrs. Ethel Crook, Fountana, Calif., 15 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Pryse Snowden, Beattyville, Ky. Mrs. M.R. White and Charles Crook, sister-in-law and brother-in-law of Mrs. Crook, also live in Clovis. A third daughter, Mrs. Mamie Ash, died in 1914.
Funeral arrangements at Steed Funeral Home are pending arrival of relatives.
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)
Wednesday, 7 December 1938Lexington - Robert S. Crowe, 62, former editor of the Beattyville Enterprise, died today at his home, 181 Rosemont Garden, after an illness of one hour.
He was a native of Paint Lick, Ky., and was a graduate of old Central University, Richmond. Mr. Crowe had removed from Beattyville to Lexington six years ago.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Madie Allen Crowe; a daughter, Miss Josephine Crowe, Lexington; two sisters, Mrs. W. A. Bull, Lexington, and Mrs. James W. Feemster, Louisville, and a brother, Dr. William Crowe, Talladega, Ala.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 o'clock Wednesday by Rev. J. C. McQueen, Jr. and Rev. Paul Edris. Burial will be in Danville.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 21 September 1950Funeral services for Willis R. Curry, 51, were held Sunday afternoon, Sept. 17, at the Christian Church in Valena, Ind.
Mr. Curry, formerly of Fincastle, was the (son of Henry Curry and Effie Willis Wiler) and step son of Isaac Wiler. He was born Oct. 11, 1898 and died of a stroke Sept. 14, 1950, at his home.
He is survived by his wife; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Faulkner, of Paoli, Ind.; one half sister, Mrs. Kathryn Hollond, of Cincinnati; two step sisters, Mrs. Rhoda Woosley, of Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. Cora Spencer of Winchester, Ky.; four step brothers, Brack and John Wiler of Winchester, Edward Wiler of Blaine, and Farestine Wiler of Yeager, Ky.
Burial was in the Valena cemetery near Paoli with Masonic and Eastern Star rites.
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