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Orville PADGETTThe Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 8 May 1952Funeral services for Pfc. Orville Padgett, 19, were held Wednesday, May 7, at the Beattyville Christian Church by Rev. Sam Wilson.
Pfc. Padgett, born in Bullitt County, Kentucky, was the son of Charlie and Julia Slone Padgett and had resided all his life in Lee County.
Orville died Sunday, May 5, at the Army Hospital at Fort Campbell, Ky., where he had been since receiving injuries in a car wreck near there.
He is survived by his parents; one brother, Charles Padgett, Jr., of Fort Bragg, N.C., and three sisters, Mattie Lou, Virginia Carolyn, and Linda Sue.
Burial was in the Riverview Cemetery with funeral arrangements by Congleton Bros. Funeral Home.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 30 September 1954Charlie Palmer, 61, of Tallega, was killed Friday night near Elkatawa, Breathitt County, when his car went out of control on a curve on Ky. 52 and rolled down an embankment.
Lee County Sheriff Hampton Palmer said it appeared Palmer's car continued straight ahead instead of turning for the curve and turned over several times before rolling into the creek. The driver was killed instantly.
A passenger in the car, Mrs. Juanita Lucas, 46, postmistress at Tallega, was injured and taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, Lexington. She was treated for lacerations of the head and neck and a shoulder injury. Her condition was said to be satisfactory.
Palmer was the son of the late Link and Elizabeth Miller Palmer and was born at Tallega, on Sept. 18, 1891. He was married to Miss Iva Lucas on December 25, 1914, who died Oct. 29, [sic] 1954. Mr. Palmer was a member of the Tallega Community Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Louise Parrish, Winchester, and seven sons: John Palmer, Rochester, Mich.; Joe Palmer, Tallega; Charles Palmer, Jr., Xenia, O.; Wilton and Kenny Palmer, Dayton, O.; Tommie Palmer, Tallega; and Cassel Palmer, Fort Knox. He is also survived by 13 grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the residence in Tallega by the Rev. Marvin Wheeler, and burial in the Palmer Cemetery with King Justice Funeral Home in charge.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 5 November 1953Funeral services for Iva Lucas Palmer, 56, were held Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. at the home of Rev. Marvin Wheeler.
Mrs. Palmer was born in Lee county Aug. 28, 1897 and died Oct. 30, at 8 a.m. in the Good Samaritan hospital at Lexington, after a long illness.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Palmer, her mother, Mrs. Julia Holland of Loveland, Ohio, one daughter Mrs. Floyd Parrish of Winchester, seven sons: John of Rochester, Mich., Joe of Tallega, Junior and Kenneth of Xenia, Ohio, Wilton of Tayton, [sic] Ohio, Castle of Camp Pickett, Va. and Tommy of Tallega.
Burial was in the family cemetery at Tallega, with King Justice Funeral Home in charge.
The Paducah Sun (Paducah, KY)
Sunday, 20 March 1960Benton, Ky., March 19 -- Mrs. Mattie L. Peel, 78, wife of Sid J. Peel, died at 5:40 a.m. today at the family residence on Benton Rt. 6, Palma community.
Mrs. Peel, mother of Clyde W. Peel, Paducah jeweler, is a member of Palma Methodist Church, Woodman Circle and past matron of Esther Chapter No. 73 of Eastern Star, of Calvert, City.
Other survivors include a granddaughter, Mrs. W. L. Hughes of Paducah; three grandsons, Clyde W. Peel Jr. of Paducah, Bobby Peel of Hutchinson, Kan. and Sidney J. Peel of Long Beach, Calif. and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Filbeck and Cann Funeral Chapel with the Rev. V. H. Burnett and the Rev. Jerry Corlew officiating. Burial will be in Wilson Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Clyde Peel Jr., Bobby Peel, W. L. Hughes, Bob Cone, Horace Sledd and Andrew Powers.
Friends may call at Filbeck and Cann Funeral Chapel.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 28 January 1954David Paris Pelfrey, 74, of Cane Creek, died early Tuesday morning at the Mary Chiles Hospital at Mt. Sterling where he had been a patient for only a few hours.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at the Cane Creek Church by Rev. John F. Powell. Interment was in the Stanton Cemetery.
Survivors includ his wife, three daughtes, Miss Carrie Pelfrey and Mrs. Lillie Napier of Rosslyn, and Mrs. Ethel Washburn, Williamstown; three sons, Lewis Pelfrey, Williamstown and George and Tony Pelfrey, Rosslyn; three brothers, Isaac Pelfrey, Clay county, Daniel Pelfrey, Menifee county, and John Pelfrey, Powell county; and a sister, Mrs. Lillie Collins, Cynthiana.
Clifford Pendergrass, 91, of Connersville, IN died Sunday October 24, 2004 at Fort Hamilton Hospital, in Hamilton Ohio.
He was born July 4, 1913 in Buckcreek, KY to Thomas Morgan & Mary Elizabeth Sizemore Pendergrass. He had lived in Connersville and Mauzy, Indiana since 1940 and retired from McQuay-Norris Manufacturing in East Connersville. He was a member of the Blooming Grove Baptist Church and later the First Southern Baptist Church in Rushville.
Survivors include four daughters; Nancy Anderson of Cincinnati, OH, Marjorie Plummer of Straughn, IN, Delilah Rigsby of Connersville, IN, Elizabeth Sue Upchurch of Centerville, IN. one son; Thomas Morgan Pendergrass of Georgetown, KY; Eleven grandchildren; Theresa Hutchinson, James Phillips, Jeffrey Phillips, Denise DaSilveira, LaVonne Schlegel, Bobbi Plummer, Jeani Derrickson, Bradley Rigsby, Christopher Rigsby, Benedict Brunsman, Thomas M. Pendergrass III; Twenty-five great-grandchildren; a brother, Grover Cleveland Pendergrass of Olympia, WA; nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife of forty-one years; Gladys (Venable) Pendergrass, in 1977; a daughter, Deborah Jean Brunsman, in 1997; Five sisters: Lillian Halcomb, Cassie Reynolds, Alberta Tracey, Pearl Schmitt, Carrie Stegner; a brother William Pendergrass.
The Funeral Service will be at 11:00 AM Friday at Todd Funeral Home, 805 Main Street, Rushville, IN. The Rev. Kenneth Bates has been asked to officiate. Burial will be in East Hill Cemetery in Rushville. Visitation will be from 4-8 Thursday at the funeral home.
The Beattyville Enterprise (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, 21 May 1953Oria Peters, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Opal Peters of near Taft, in Owsley county, was injured fatally in a tragic accident last Thursday.
According to accounts of the accident, the boy was caught under the tread of a bulldozer driven by a workman building a road on Sexton's Creek. It is not known exactly how it happened that the boy was around or was caught under the heavy equipment but one story has it that he had taken the driver of the bulldozer a drink of water ans somehow or other was caught under the machine when the driver started to back it up.
Although suffering from a broken leg, crushed chest, and several other injuries, the boy lived for approximately 45 minutes afterward, most of which time he was fully conscious. It is said the he told his parents that it was not the bulldozer operator's fault that he was hurt.
Funeral services were held Friday for the Peters lad and burial was in the Hensley Graveyard near Taft, with Rev. Bascom Huff in charge of the services and King Justice Funeral Home in charge of burial arrangements.
He is survived by his parents and one brother and two sisters.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 17 June 1954Mrs. Sallie Peters, 87, died at her home at Tyner, of a stroke on June 6.
She was born in Owsley county in 1866 and for many years had been a member of the Methodist Church.
She is survivedby four sisters, Mrs. Nannie Brandenburg, of Heidelberg; Miss Lucy Peters and Mrs. Josie Anderson, both of Tyner, and Mrs. Eva Huff, New Zion; a brother, George Peters, Tyner.
Funeral services were held at the grave in Flannery cemetery at Green Hall by Rev. Frank Wilson.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 8 July 1954W. Scott Peters, a native of Owsley County, passed away at Irvine, Ky., June 27, 1954, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Minter Blake.
He was born at Island City, Ky., August 4, 1863. He was the last surviving child of a large number of children of William T. and Emily Morris Peters.
In 1883, he was united in marriage to Sarilda Brewer of Sturgeon, Ky. To this union was born nine children, seven of whom survive. In addition to Mrs. Susan Blake of West Irvine, there survive Mrs. Mattie Peters of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Hudson of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Emma Cook of London, Kentucky; Mrs. Flora Holbrook of Denver, Colorado; Sheridan Peters of Island City, and Fred Peters of Sturgeon. He is survived by 23 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held at the old homestead by Rev. Boyd Sandlin. Burial was in the family cemetery at Island City.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 2 April 1953E. D. Phillips, a prominent Lee county businessman, died unexpectedly last Saturday morning in the St. Joseph Hospital at Lexington. Deronda, as he was commonly known throughout Lee and Owsley counties, had been in ill health for several months but nevertheless, his death was a great shock to his many friends.
He was born in Lee county on October 24, 1898, the son of John Phillips. After attending the schools here, he went west to Hungry Horse, Montana, where he worked for a railroad company. After returning home, he was employed as a fireman on the L and N Railroad and for a time, operated a theatre in Beattyville.
In his younger days he was a great baseball player and was at the height of his ability in this sport during the time Happy Chandler played with the Beattyville Baseball Club. Deronda will always occupy a niche in the hall of local baseball immortals by virtue of a slugging he gave a baseball during a game played here. It is said that he knocked a baseball farther than any other hitter ever in this country. On this particular instance he walked to the plate during his certain game on the old baseball field and slugged a ball clear across the field and over the railroad track. Persons talking baseball in Lee county rarely fail to mention this phenomenal hit.
it is said that Happy Chandler was on hand during that historic game and still has the ball that Deronda almost knocked into the river.
For the past 26 years or so, Deronda has been a distributer for the Standard Oil Company here and delivered gasoline and other oil products in Lee, Owsley and other sections. He was a member of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pricilla Treadway Phillips; his father, John Phillips, and three sisters; Mrs. Cecile Flynn, Mrs. Anna Sherrow, both of Beattyville, and Mrs. D. W. Little of Whitesburg. He is also survived by his niece, Jane Ann Sherrow.
Funeral services for Mr. Phillips were held Monday at the home with the Rev. Francis Cooper giving the funeral oration. Pall bearers were Jewell White, G. P. Congleton, Thomas C. Horn, E. B. Rose, Sedley Stewart, Charles Bench, Jr., W. P. Jones and Johnnie Hieronymus.
Burial was in the Proctor cemetery with Congleton Brothers Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
The Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY)
Wednesday, 22 July 1953Lee County Man, 65, Found Slain; Warrants Charge 3 With Murder
Trio Last Seen With Victim Saturday Accused At Inquiry; Robbery Motive Is Indicated
Beattyville, Ky., July 21 - The body of 65-year-old Grover Phillips, missing from his home near Beartrack since about 4 p.m. Saturday when he left for a nearby grocery store to get some cheese and crackers, was found dead by a searching party late Monday afternoon in some bushes about 20 feet off Ky. 52, ten miles northwest of Beattyville.
Although the body was in a bad state of decomposition, there were marks about the head which led officers to believe that Phillips came to his death as the result of a beating with some blunt instrument.
After a court of inquiry was held here this morning, County Judge Cecil Kincaid issued warrants for Buford Price, Nick Spicer and Columbus Spicer, charging them with wilful murder.
Armed with these warrants, Sheriff Hampton Palmer left today for a search through Indiana and Ohio in an attempt to apprehend the three suspects, all in their 20's.
In an account of the events leading up to the death of Phillips, Judge Kincaid said that witnesses testified that last Saturday Price and the two Spicer brothers had been with Phillips at the home of his brother, Ed Phillips, with whom he lived. Judge Kincaid quoted Ed Phillips as saying that about 4 p.m. the two Spicers, Price and Grover Phillips started walking to a grocery store where Grover intended to buy some cheese and cracker for supper. Ed Phillips said that when last seen his brother had over $300 in his pockets.
When the body was found, however, there was less than $10 in change in the pockets. His left hip pocket, where he carried his billfold, was turned inside out.
Judge Kincaid said other witnesses testified that they had seen the four men together Saturday near where Phillips' body was found Monday. And a woman testified that she had seen three men coming out of the bushes Saturday at the spot where the body later was found. She identified the three men as the Spicer brothers and Price.
Luther G. Newnam of the Congleton Brothers funeral home, who took charge of the body, said it was found in nearly a sitting position with one had clenched around a small bush. He said there was evidence of a severe struggle, and that bushes had been trampled down around where the body lay.
Newnam said Phillips' head appeared to have been considerably bruised and his nose broken. There were signs, he said, that he had suffered a blow behind one ear but owing to the decomposed state of the body he would not state positively that the bruises had caused death.
Officers said a soft drink bottle found near the body had what appeared to be blood stains on it and that it may have been the murder weapon.
Another witness, Dallas Vanderpool, said that shortly after Price and the two Spicer brothers were seen coming from the bushes they appeared in town and hired him to take them to Ravenna in his car. On the way they offered to buy his vehicle for $125, he said, and when he refused they paid him $5 for the trip. He added that Columbus Spicer had a large sum of currency on his person at the time. Vanderpool did not know where the men after he let them out at Ravenna.
Funeral services for Phillips were held at 2 p.m. today at White Ash cemetery near Bell Point with the Rev. Jack Brown officiating.
Phillips is survived by a son, Emery C. Phillips, Hamilton, Ohio; two other brothers, E. M. Phillips of Beattyville and Charles Phillips of Hamilton, and a sister, Mrs. Emory Caldwell, Rahway, N.J.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 22 May 1952Funeral services for Henry Lee Richard Phillips were held Saturday, May 17 at 1 p.m. by Rev. Lloyd Fike of Seco, Ky.
Mr. Phillips, the son of the late Ben and Ann Durbin Phillips, was born in Lee county and deceased this life at his home near Beattyville on May 15 at the age of 80 years, 3 months and 12 days.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucinda Phillips of Beattyville; six daughters, Mrs Jocie Gambler of Covington, Mrs. Sillord Howard of Hamilton, Ohio, Mrs. Gracie Horn of Hamilton, Ohio, Mrs. Patsey Ann Freeman of Wise, Va., Mrs. Serilda Coffee of Whitaker, Ky., and Lucy Phillips of Beattyville; two sons, Barney Phillips of Seco and Allen Phillips of Beattyville; one half-brother, Tom Phillips, and one half-sister, Hanna Slone.
Burial was in the White Ash Cemetery with funeral arrangements by Congleton Bros. Funeral Home.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 9 March 1950Funeral services for John 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, 13 Mary 1954Albert S. Porter, 48, prominent Owsley county farmer, died Friday afternoon, May 6, 1954, oa a heart attack. He was a member of the Christian Church.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Bertie Porter; daughters, Mrs. Betty Combs, of Wisemantown; Mrs. Helen Canaday, of Austria; Mrs. Euphemia Bradley and Mrs. Delana Wolfe, of Cincinnati; five sons, Leland Porter, of Lexington; Ralph Porter, of Germany; Pvt. Joseph Porter, of Fort Lewis, Washington; and Eldon and Jack Porter, both of Sadieville.
Funeral services were conducted at the grave in the Porter cemetery Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. George Botner and Rev. George Fox.
The King Justice Funeral Home was in charge of last rites.
Elizabeth Minter Treadway PORTER
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Friday, 21 December 1956The funeral for Mrs. Elizabeth Treadway Porter will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Congleton Funeral Home, Beattyville. Burial will be at Beattyville.
Mrs. Porter, 80, died at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at Norton Memorial Infirmary. She had been ill since suffering a heart attack in May.
She was a native of Owsley County and lived in Beattyville, where she operated a bulk distribution plant for Shell Oil Company until her retirement five years ago.
Mr. Porter was the widow of Thomas Porter. Her father served as a major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Marion Porter McCluskey, a Courier-Journal reporter, and Mrs. Amy Porter Capron, New York City; two sisters, Mrs. Eudocia Mitchell, Rayville, La., and Mrs. Mattie Peel, Benton and two grandchildren.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 5 October 1950Sgt. Elmo Porter Korean Casualty
Mrs. Bertie Porter of the Congleton community received a telegram Tuesday that her son, Sgt. Elmo Porter, 25, was killed in action September 22, in Korea.
Sgt. Porter, son of Albert and Bertie Mays Porter, was born in Owsley county. After serving four years in World War II, two years of which was in the South Pacific, he re-enlisted and left here for the Korean Front August 12.
Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Opal Porter, and a small daughter, Brenda; five brothers and four sisters. One brother, Sgt. Ralph Porter, is in Korea. The others are Leland, Joe, Eldon and Jack. The sisters are Mrs. Delma Wolfe, Mrs. Palmer Combs and Misses Helen and Euphemia Porter.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 25 December 1952The many friends of Leonard Porter, an employee of the State Highway Department and former police chief of Beattyville, were shocked to hear of his sudden death hear last Saturday afternoon. His untimely death was attributed to heart failure.
A native of Lee county, Linn, as he was commonly known, was 58 year old and had been a resident of Beattyville for the past 12 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gladys Porter; two sons, Willard and Wallace Porter, both of Austin, Indiana; a brother, Ed Porter, of Beattyville; and a sister, Mrs. Florence Thomas of Lone.
Funeral services for Mr. Porter were held at the home at 10:00 a.m. Monday with Rev. Boaz Smith officiating. Burial was in the Gabbard Cemetery near Athol with Congleton Brothers Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Friday, 3 November 1967Mrs. Lillian E. (nee Kincaid) Porter, 1137 Samuel, passed on in her 67th years, Wed., Nov. 1, 1967.
Survivors: her husband, Fred Porter, Sr.; one son, Fred Porter, Jr.; three daughters, Mrs. George A. (Juanita) Whitehead, Miss Betty E. Porter, and Mrs. Norman P. (Gertrude) Silliman; a sister, Mrs. Gertrude L. Combs, Las Vegas, Nev., Mrs. Nelson J. Kincaid, Florence, Ky., and Mrs. Henry W. Kincaid, Cincinnati, Ohio; also survied by 15 grandchildren.
Services for Mrs. Porter will be conducted Sat. at 11 a.m. in the Russman and Son Funeral Home, 1041 Goss Ave., by the Rev. William L. Turner, pastor of the Immanuel Baptist Church. Interment Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may kindly call after 6 p.m. Thurs.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 27 March 1952Ray W. Porter, 51, son of the late John and Ida Stewart Porter of Lone, died late Thursday evening, March 20, after a short illness.
Although a native of Lee county, Mr. Porter resided in Ann Arbor, Michigan, until the death of his wife, the former Miss Mae Cole of Tallega.
Mr. Porter is survived by four daughters: Mrs. Sylvia Cox of Los Angeles, California, Mrs. Juanita Otto and Miss Mary Porter of Ann Arbor, and Mrs. Margaret Bycraft of Chelsea, Michigan.
Also surviving are two brothers and one sister. The sister is Mrs. Nello Thomas of Lone and the brothers are Leonard and Ed Porter of Beattyville.
The funeral was held March 24th at the home of Leonard Porter with the Rev. Sam Wilson of St. Helens officiating. Burial as in the Gabbard Cemetery at Athol with Congleton Bros. Funeral Home in charge.
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 Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 22 July 1954Jed H. Price, a retired Owsley farmer, died July 12, 1954, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington. Mr. Price was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was ill for only one week previous to his death.
He is survived by three sons: Paul Ray Price, Hamilton; Jed Price, Jr. and Charlie Price of Vincent; eight daughters: Mrs. Bessie Brandenburg, Springdale, O.; Maude Wilson, Norwood, O.; Mrs. Lena Taylor, Paris, Ky.; Mrs. Ruth Taylor, Booneville; Mrs. Geneva Curtis, Mishawak, Ind.; Mrs. Mattie Tirey, Hamilton, O.; Mrs. Helen Davidson, of Union Town, Ind.; Mrs. Hazel Price, Vincent; two brothers; Charles Price, Vincent; Vincent Price, Huntington, W. Va.; one sister, Mary Combs, Vincent.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Robert McClure, July 14 at 10:00. Interment was in Walter Combs cemetery. The funeral was in charge of Congleton Brothers.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 26 February 1953Mrs. Ollie Profitt, wife of the late Harrison Profitt and daughter of the late Edward and Arminda Combs, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lydia Thacker in Norwood, Ohio Sunday, February 22 after an illness of about three years.
Mrs. Profitt was 61 years of age and a member of the Presbyterian Church for about 40 years preceding her death.
After death, the body was returned here for burial which took place at the Mt. Paran Cemetery on Feb. 25, with Rev. Boaz Smith in charge of the burial rites and King Justice Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Profitt is survived by a son, Lonnie Profitt of Ashland, three daughters, Mrs. Lydia Thacker, Norwood, Ohio; Mrs. Daisy Crabtree, Middletown, Ohio; and Mrs. Gladys Gross, Cincinnati, Ohio.
She is also survived by two brothers, John W. Combs of Bates, Oregon and Fred E. Combs of Beattyville.
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.
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 30 July 1953Last rites were held Tuesday afternoon for W. T. Pryse, Sr., who died Saturday night at his home here. Although Mr. Pryse had been ill since last December, his death came as a surprise and a shock to his family and many firends. His passing was attributed to a heart attack.
Born on March 23, 1883, Mr. Pyrse has lived in Lee county practically all his life. After completing the common schools, he attended Sue Bennett College at London,, and was a graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan. He attended the Louisville Medical College for two years but his ambitions to be a doctor were cut short by the death of his father which necessitated the ending of his schooling.
Mr. Pryse was a veteran of the Mexican War [sic] where he served as a sergeant and a member of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church. After his marriage in 1905 he took part as a promoter in the great oil boom here in the county and for several years served alternately as policeman, chief of police, and was police judge of Beattyville for about 8 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eva B. Pryse, three sons: John B. Pryse of Jeffersontown, Ky.; W. T. Pryse, Jr., Richmond, and Henry F. Pryse of Lancaster. The surviving daughters are Mrs. Ruth Klaren of Beattyville; Mrs. Helen Viant, Crown Point, Indiana; Mrs. Jean Martin, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Mrs. Agnes Adkins, Falls Church, Virginia.
He is also survived by three sisters and one brother. The sisters are Mrs. J. E. Troeger, South Bend, Indiana; Mrs. H. C. Dickerson, Lexington; and Miss Narie Pryse, Apopka, Florida. The brother is John Pryse, Vale, Oregon.
The services for Mr. Pryse were held in the Chapel of the Congleton Bros. Funeral Home with the Rev. Emmett M. Waits in charge and burial was in the Riverview Cemetery. Pall bearers were Sam B. Lutes, G. T. Blakey, W. L. Jones, Henry Johnson, J. S. Darch, Virgil Beatty, C. Beach Sr., and Dillard Tipton.
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