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Clifford PENDERGRASSClifford 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 (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.
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.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 9 March 1950Funeral services for John A. 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 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 (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.
Lexington Leader (Lexington, KY)
Monday, 18 February 1935Beattyville, Ky., Feb. 18 -- Funeral services have been arranged for Tuesday afternoon for Thomas Porter, 60, who died Sunday of a heart attack.
He leaves three daughters, Miss Marion Porter, of the Louisville Courier-Journal; Miss Daphney Porter, of the Newark, N.J. Ledger, and Mrs. Paul Capron Jr., San Francisco, who formerly was Miss Amy Porter of the New York Evening American. A brother, William Porter, Beattyville, also survives.
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 Park City Daily News
Friday, 18 October 1940Beattyville, Ky., Oct. 18 -- Mayor Thomas C. Pryse, who during his 46 years also had been a state representative and county clerk, died yesterday.
Survivors include his brother, Dr. Roscoe C. Pryse of Clinchmore, Tenn.
Funeral services are to be held tomorrow.
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