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Louise Coomer MARKUSThe Cincinnati Enquirer, June 22, 2006
Louise Markus (nee Coomer), beloved wife of the late William H. Markus, devoted mother of William H. (Belinda) Markus, Jr., Rhonda (Rick) Peters, Gregory (Tammy) Markus and Douglas (Janice) Markus, loving grandmother of Jennifer, Bobby, Kayla Brandon, Brian, Brandon, Kim, Amanda, Sally, Shana, Crystal and Chasitty, dear sister of Irene Dixon, Henrietta Colyer, Billy Joe Coomer, Kitsy Ann Jones, Dorothy Jewell, Brenda Sue Stamper, James Ray Coomer and the late Robert and Patton Coomer, Also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006. Visitation Friday evening from 6 to 8 P.M. at the Dalbert, Woodruff & Isenogle Funeral Home, 2880 Boudinot Avenue at Queen City. Visitation Sunday from 1 P.M. until time of funeral service at 3 P.M. at the Neuman Funeral Home, Beattyville, KY, followed by graveside service at St. Helen's Cemetery. www.dwifuneral home.com
Owsley County Courier, Friday, May 19, 1939
DIES AT PRIMROSE
Troy MARSHALL, age 53, was found dead near his home at Primrose Thursday, May 11. His body was discovered by his brother, Green MARSHALL, at 5 p.m., he had apparently been dead for several hours.
An inquest was conducted by Coroner R. B. RILEY and the jury's verdict was that MARSHALL had died of heart failure.
He is survived by his widow, Kate MARSHALL; five sons; Larkin, Robert, Charles, Hershel and Billie; three daughters; Pearl, Wanda Lee, and Genevee, all of Primrose; his mother Hanna MARSHALL, three brothers; Green, of Primrose, Roland and Goodloe of Vada, Ludloe of Virginia and one sister, Mrs. Wm. ABNER, Fincastle.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon by the Rev. J. H. HIERONYMUS. Burial was in the Marshall cemetery near his home.
The Bristol News Bulletin (Bristol, TN)
Tuesday, 11 January 1938Kona, Ky., Jan. 10. -- Funeral services for Herbert Mayes, 37, who died in a Fleming hospital following an appendicitis operation, were conducted from the residence Sunday. Following the services here, remains were taken to Beattyville, Ky. for interment.
He is survived by his wife and three children.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 25 January 1951Funeral services for Mrs. Abbie Fields Mays, 35, were held Thursday afternoon, Jan. 25, at 1:30 p.m. at the Congleton Church of Christ. Services conducted by the Rev. Charlie Evans.
Mrs. Mays, the daughter of Van B. and Mary Rader Fields, was born in Lee County, Nov. 23, [sic]1915 and died Jan. 23, 1951 in a Lexington hospital of complications.
Mrs. Mays is survived by her husband, Marion Mays, one son, Marion Douglas; three daughters, Gladola Fay, Naomi Carol, and Mary Elizabeth, all of Earnestville; seven brothers, Hubert Fields of Earnestville, Noland Fields of Congleton, Ellis Fields, Donald Fields, Nelson Fields and Carlo Fields all of Arvel; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Pigman and Mrs. Alva Moore of Beattyville.
Burial was in the Congleton cemetery near the Church with Congleton Bros. in charge.
Elsie Mae Peters Mays, 85 d. Nov. 25, 2000. She was born Jan. 24, 1915 in Owsley County, Ky to the late Laney and Mary (Mathews) Peters. She was the widow of Jesse Mays.
Survivors include her stepmother, Tawra Peters of Jackson, KY; one son and his wife, Morgan and JoAnn Mays of Wetumpka, AL; one brother, Dorsie Peters of Hickory, NC; four grandchildren, Roger Mays, Alexandria, VA, Lois Shumaker of Corpus Christi, Texas, Carol Busbee of Pace, FL, Richard A. Mays of Montgomery, AL; 8 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Burial in the Addison Cemetery, Heidelberg, Ky.
Josephine "Josie" Townsend MAYS
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 13 August 1970Mrs. Josephine "Josie" Mays, 87, Route 1, Beattyville, died Thursday, August 6, 1970 at the Fredttington Rest Home in Irvine.
She was a native of Lee County and a member of the Episcopal Church.
She is survived by seven sons; Stanley Mays, of Beattyville; Troy Mays, of Beattyville; Burl Mays, of Fairborn, Ohio; Ledford Mays, of Fairborn; Daniel Mays, of Beattyville; Adam Mays, of Lexington; and Andrew Mays of Hopkins, Mich.; two daughters; Mrs. Mattie Greathouse, Elkhart, Ind., and Mrs. Flossie Hubbard, of Lewisport. Also, 21 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren survive.
Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 8, at the Newnam Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. S. H. Rose. Burial was in the Horn Cemetery at Old Landing Road.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 9 November 1950Funeral services for Matthew Mays, 68, will be held Friday, November 10, 1950, at 2:00 p.m. in the Mt. Olive Church. Mr. Mays died Wednesday following an illness of some time.
Mr. Mays, the son of the late Heige and Joanna Mays, was born in Lee county February 17, 1882.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Durbin Mays; one son, Charles Mays, of Beattyville; three daughters, Mrs. Rosella Ashcraft of Richmond, Ky.; Mrs. Emma Flinchum of Hamilton, O., and Mrs. Lillie Goe of Crystal. Three brothers, Sam Mays and Ned Mays of Beattyville, and Thomas Mays of Crystal, also survive him.
Burial will be in the Horn cemetery near Sandfield with Congleton Brothers funeral home in charge of arrangements.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 1 February 1951Funeral services for Sam Mays, 85, were held Friday afternoon, Jan. 26, at 1 p.m. at the Mt. Olive Christian Church. Services were conducted by the Rev. B. H. Hanson.
Mr. Mays, the son of the late Hige and Jo Ann Little Mays, was born March 23, 1865 and died Jan. 24, 1951 at his home, after an illness of several months.
Mr. Mays is survived by his wife, Mrs. Josephine Townsend Mays; eight sons, Troy Mays, Charlie Green Mays, Stanley Mays, Daniel Mays and Adam Mays, all of Beattyville, Ledford Mays of Fairborne, Ohio, Burl Mays of Cincinnati, and Andrew Mays of Hopkins, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. Henry Greathouse and Mrs. Basil Hubbard of Lewisport, Ky.
Burial was in the Horn Cemetery near Old Landing with Congleton Bros. in charge.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 26 January 1950Funeral services were conducted yesterday at St. James Church in South Bend, Indiana, for Mrs. Lucretia Pryse McCreary, wife of C. A. McCreary, who died in South Bend, Sunday.
Mrs. McCreary, the daughter of the late Elias M. and Myra Bowman Pryse, was born in Beattyville.
She is survived by her husband and three daughters, Miss Agnes Marie McCreary and Mrs. Ed Terrill of South Bend, and Mrs. Robert Baker of Miami, Fla. Also by one brother, W. T. Pryse, Beattyville, and three sisters, Mrs. H. C. Dickerson of Lexington; Mrs. J. E. Troeger and Miss Marie Pryse of South Bend.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 19 April 1951Byron McGuire, 80, died at his home in St. Helens on April 15, after a lingering illness of several months.
He was born at St. Helens on April 27, 1871 and was the son of the late Jack Warwick and Katherine Akers McGuire. He was a direct descendent of pioneer settlers that migrated from Pennsylvania and located in the community in and around St. Helens.
Mr. McGuire by occupation was a carpenter and for a number of years was an employee of the L. & N. railroad Co. He was much interested in farming.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church for 40 years, having served as Elder in the church for 37 years. On July 13, 1899 he was married to Miss Virginia Smith of Primrose and to that union was born six daughters and two sons.
Jack of Reading, Ohio and George Wallis of St. Helens; the daughters are, Mrs. Cathleen Fuller of Irvine, Mrs. J. F. Arnold of Beattyville, Mrs. Berg Isaacs of Reading, Ohio, Mrs. R. L. Macky of Beattyville, Mrs. William Humphry of Cincinnati and Miss Helen McGuire of St. Helens. Also left are five grandchildren.
He is also survied by one brother, Herb McGuire, of St. Helens and one sister, Mrs. Catherine Polly of Fayettesville, Ark.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the St. Helens Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Sam Wilson. Burial followed in the St. Helens Cemetery with Masonic rites at the grave conducted by St. Helens Lodge No. 684.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Congleton Brothers Funeral Home.
Active pallbearers were: Albert Bowman, John d. Hieronymus, Woodrow McGuire, Walker Oliver, Melvin Parsons and D. H. "Pete" Snowden.
Lexington Leader (Lexington, KY)
Sunday, 2 April 1922H. S. McGuire, assistant district attorney in the Eastern Kentucky district, has returned from Beattyville where he has been engaged for the past several days in winding up the business affairs of his brother, James B. McGuire, who died at his home in that city recently.
James B. McGuire was a former mayor of Beattyville and was prominent in the church, civic and social life of the community. He was a member of the Beattyville Christian church and superintendent of the Sunday school of this church for a number of years. He was a well known Shriner, being a member of Oleika Temple, Lexington. He died suddenly of a stroke of apoplexy.
A widow and one son, Vernon McGuire, a student at Berea College, survive him.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 12 January 1950Mrs. Elizabeth Turner McIntosh, 65, wife of Wm. McIntosh, died at her home near Pebworth January 9.
Funeral services were conducted in the Booneville Baptist church Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock by Rev. I. H. Gabbard.
Mrs. McIntosh, the daughter of the late Edward and Miranda Short Turner, is survived by five sons and four daughters and her husband.
Burial was in the Combs graveyard near Pebworth by Pennington funeral home.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 17 August 1950Soldier Drowns In Philippines
Word was received here late Tuesday evening by Mr. and Mrs. Chester McIntosh of the death of their son, Robert L. McIntosh, 21, stationed with the US Army in the Philippine Islands.
A telegram from the War Department informed the parents that the youth drowned when he accidently slipped from a landing craft somewhere in the Philippines. The official wire said that details would follow later.
McIntosh was in charge of a small craft with the 85th Boat Company, 30th Survey, 29th Engineers. He has been in the Army approximately one year. The drowning victim attended Beattyville grade school. His father, Chester McIntosh, is Lee county coroner.
According to the War Department telegram, the body will be remvoed to Beattyville as soon as transportation can be arranged. Burial will be in the family cemetery on the Zahcariah road when the body returns.
Surviving in addition to the parents are three brothers, Billy Paul, Jack, and Johnnie, all at home.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 15 June 1950Mrs. Rosa McPherson of Middletown, age 72, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Stanley Gibson, June 3.
She was born in Lee county, Virginia, but spent most of her life in Kentucky.
One son and four daughters survive her, and four sisters and three brothers all of who reside in Kentucky also one sister in Michigan. She is a sister of Mrs. Walker Whisman and Melvin Parsons.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 1 March 1951Yellow Rock
Mrs. Johnie McQueen died at the home of her mother, Mrs. Ottie [sic] Alcorn of irvine February 24th 11 a.m. after a lingering illness.
Funeral services will be at the First Church of God at Yellow Rock. Burial will be at the Beatty place cemetery Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock p.m. with the Louis Brothers funeral home in charge.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 8 March 1951Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs. Carrie McQueen at the First Church of God at Yellow Rock conducted by the Pastor, Mr. Robinson, assisted by Robert Sperror and Bro. Anderson, all of Yellow Rock.
Survivors include her husband, Johnnie McQueen; two sons, Edgial, Beattyville, and Lee, Richmond, Indiana; six daughters, Mrs. Ruthis Farmer, Yellow Rock; Mrs. Addie Horn and Mrs. Ola Farmer, Richmond, Indiana; and Misses Mary and Reba McQueen, Yellow Rock; her mother, Mrs. Addie Sparks, South Irvine.
Also surviving are 14 grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral arrangements were in charge by Porter Funeral Home, Irvine.
Rushville Republican, Monday, 15 May, 1967
Mrs. Eppie Means, 75, of Richland (R.R. 1, Milroy) died at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Silvercrest Sanitarium in New Albany, where she had been a patient for several weeks, after a long illness.
For the last 40 years, Mrs. Means had lived in southern Rush and norther Decatur counties, where she came from Kentucky. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Hargitt, Ky.
She was born in Lee County, Kentucky, on March 12, 1892, the daughter of Asie and Melissa Woosley Abney , and was married to Cleveland Means, who died October 15, 1953.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. James (Rosie) Puckett of Cincinnati and Mrs. Charles (Gladys) Marshall of Hope; two sons, Frank Means of Milroy and Harold Means, R.R. 1, Milroy; a sister, Mrs. Lillian Woosley of Hargitt, Ky., and 25 grandchildren, including David Allen Sams whom she reared in her home. A soldier stationed in Germany, Sams returned home on special leave before his grandmother's death.
Five sons and two daughters preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held in Jackson Chapel Center at Hargitt, Ky., at 3 p.m Tuesday with burial in the cemetery there. Firends may call any time this evening at the Murphy and Burns Funeral Home in Milroy, from where the body will be taken Tuesday morning to Hargitt.
Eunice "Maude" Cox Milich 96, went to be with the Lord on August, 16 2016 at Taylor Manor, Versailles, Kentucky. She was born March 23, 1920 in Lee County, Kentucky, the daughter of Moses Lee and Sarah Margaret Hobbs Cox.
She leaves to mourn her loss 1 son, James David Milich (Henrietta) of Frankfort, Kentucky; 3 daughters, Anna Kay Talley of Rome, Georgia, Sharon M, Kouns of Frankfort, Kentucky, and Sarah Margaret Day (Wayne) of Mary Esther, Florida; 7 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and loved ones.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Stanley V. Milich; her parents, Moses Lee and Sarah Margaret Hobbs Cox; 7 brothers, Shirley Cox, Bill Cox, Jim Cox, Sherman Cox, Edward Cox, Grover Cox, and Woodrow Cox; and 3 sisters, Myrtle Harrington, Cora Ann Collier and Lula Mae Cox, with her passing being the last of her generation.
To know her was to love her. She was always giving and caring for others. Serving as pallbearers will be family and friends. Burial Hobbs Cemetery, Big Andy Ridge.
Nellie Ray Miracle, 79, Lee County, passed away at her home August 21, 1995. She was born in Lee County May 23, 1916, the daughter of the late Jerry and Alice Stamper Crawford.
She is survived by her husband, John Miracle, Clinton Township, MI; 3 sons, Don MIRACLE, Beattyville, KY, Jerry MIRACLE and James Miracle both of Clinton Township, MI; 2 sisters, Stella COPE and Edna JOHNSON both of Newport, KY 7 step children; 6 grandchildren and several step grandchildren.
Burial in the Big Stamper Cem.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 10 August 1950The funeral for Henry C. Moore, 63, was held Tuesday, August 8, at his home near St. Helens. Services were conducted by Rev. Charles Relford of Island City, and Rev. Chas. Evans of Congleton. Arrrangements under the direction of Congleton Brothers funeral home.
Mr. Moore, son of the late Sutton and Lida Coomer Moore, was born at Lerose in Owsley county, May 5, 1887. He died of a heart attack August 6, 1950, at his home. His illness was of only a few hours duration.
He came with his parents in 1909 and settled in the Little Sinking community, but for the 30 years had lived near St. Helens.
Mr. Moore is survived by his wife, who was Miss Ida McIntosh, whom he married May 22, 1905, and four daughters: Mrs. Callie Thomas, Mrs. Lillie Lovelace, Mrs. Arna Rose and Mrs. Ida Snowden, all of St. Helens; eight sons, Sutton, Jesse, James, Arthur, Richard, Alfred, Roscoe and Bedford, of St. Helens. One sister, Mrs. Emma Charles, of St. Helens, and 19 grandchildren also survive him. He is also survived by six brothers: Link, Lee, Steve, Archie, of St. Helens, Everett, of Beattyville, and Charlie, of Indiana.
He was a member of the Church of Christ. Burial was Tuesday afternoon in the family burying ground near his home.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 3 August 1950John Wesley Moore, 82, son of the late Cornelius and Elizabeth Spencer Moore, died at the home of his son, Elijah C. Moore, at Canyon Falls, July 27, 1950, following a few days illness due to the infirmities of age.
He was born in Wolfe county on March 25, 1868, coming to this county with his parents in early manhood. On April 17, 1889, he wsa married to Miss Martha Ann Lucas, who died August 2, 1902.
By this marriage he is survived by Mrs. Lloyd Crawford, Nova, Ohio; Mrs. Clifford Spencer, and Mrs. Shelton Deaton, of Rochester, Mich., and two sons, Elijah C. of Canyon Falls, and William Moore, of Fillmore.
On May 16, 1903, he was married to Miss Emily Elizabeth Cack, who survives him with five daughters; Mrs. Jerry Miller, Lawson, Ky.; Mrs. Clarence Shull, Florence, Ky.; Mrs. Wilard Combs, Pontiac, Mich.; Miss Ada Moore, Lexington, and Miss Lurline Moore, Rochester, Mich.; three sons, George, of Clarkston, Mich.; Ben, of Lake Orion, Mich., and Russell, of Lakeville, Mich. Two sisters, Mrs. Henry Drake, of Canyon Falls, and Mrs. Frances Mosley, of Blue Diamond, Ky., survive him. He is also survived by 59 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren.
Mr. Moore was a member of the Baptist church, and was an ordained minister for more than 30 years. He helped to build a numer of churches of which he became pastor. he was a farmer, but for a number of years was engaged in the lumber business in the early days and was a civic leader in his community.
He was a member of St. Helens Lodge No. 684, F&A.M.
Funeral and burial rites were held Saturday afternoon, funeral in the Baptist church at Fillmore, conducted by Revs. Jerry Miller, H. C. Kidd and others. He was buried in the family burying ground with rites by St. Helens Lodge No. 684.
Maudie BOOTH MOOREFIELD, 91 of Florence, KY d. April 6, 2000. She was born Sept. 20, 1908 in Lee County the d/o the late George W. and Dixie CRABTREE Booth.
Survivors are one son, Darold L. MOOREFIELD, Williamstown, KY; one daughter, Helen D. DURHAM, Cincinnati, OH; four sisters, Lula BEGLEY, Hamilton, OH, Edna BUSH, Leeco, KY, Mildred EVANS, Booneville, KY, Betty ISAACS, Lexington, KY; two brothers, Paul BOOTH of Beattyville, KY, Woodrow BOOTH of Villa Hills, KY; one granddaughter, Gina BLUME of Cincinnati, OH; two great granddaughters, Jessica Demaree and Sarah BLUME of Cincinnati, OH.
She was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Jill Lynn DURHAM.
Burial in the Crabtree Cemetery, Fixer, KY.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 18 January 1951James E. Mosley, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mosley, of Dayton, Ohio, was killed in an automobile accident about 12 miles from here on Ky. 11, Saturday night.
His parents and another occupant, Ralph Hatton, were treated at a Richmond hospital for injuries and released. Two other occupants escaped injury. They were Hershel Mosley, and Harold Lindon, Campton.
The car in which they were riding went out of control on an ice covered curve and crashed into a tree.
Funeral services for the child were held Tuesday afternoon, January 16, in the chapel of the Pennington Funeral Home, services being conducted by Rev. E. C. Dalrymple.
Survivors include his parents and several half brothers and sisters.
Burial was in the Proctor cemetery with Pennington funeral home in charge.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 2 February 1950Funeral services for Caleb Murp, 78, were held in the Heidelberg Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock. Rev. George Botner conducted the service. Burial was in the cemetery at Caryton with Pennington Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Murphy, son of the late Hannonand Audie Spivey Murphy, is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Bessie Murphy; four sons and five daughters: one sister and five half-brothers; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The sons are Chester, of Heidelberg; John of Jackson; Lester of Cincinnati; and Delbert of Cressmont. Mrs. Grace Webb, Irvine; Mrs. Marie Stevens, Louisville; Mrs. Isaac Watts, Winchester; and Misses Louise and Mary Ellen Murphy are the daughters.
Although he was born in Jackson county, he had lived in Owsley and Lee counties many years, having made his home near Idamay for a long time. He was one of the old time mail carriers between Beattyville and Booneville when it was a good day's work to make the round trip of some 20 miles. Mr. Murphy died of tuberculosis, but only a year or so ago he attracted much attention by his agility in some square dance contests. His picture and a story about him appeared in the magazine section of the Courier-Journal. He was a small friendly man with a large number of friends in many walks of life.
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