Obituary - Mount Pulaski Times-News, 16 February 1933 James K. Scroggin Died Saturday James K. Polk Scroggin, who had been declining in health for many months, passed away at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, February 11, 1933, at the home of Walter Manley in Lake Fork, Illinois, aged 86 years, 10 months, and 29 days. Mr. Scroggin had been living at the Manley home since retiring about four years ago from his farm one mile northeast of Lake Fork. Mr. Scroggin was born in Mt. Pulaski township on March 12, 1946, being a son of John and Emily Turley Scroggin. His father, who settled in Logan County in 1828, was a veteran of the Blackhawk War. Decedent was the last member of the Scroggin family, six sisters and brothers having preceded him in death. Mr. Scroggin was never married, and lived all of his long life in the vicinity of Lake Fork following the occupation of farming until the infirmities of advanced years caused him to give up active work. He was well known among the older people of Southern Logan County. Decedent is survived by three nieces and two nephews, namely: Mrs. Nannie Cantrall of Illiopolis; Mrs. Rena Goof of Barnard, Mo.; Mrs. Charles Williams of Eureka; O. E. Muir of Decatur; and J. L. Muir of Mt. Auburn. The remains were removed from Lake Fork to the John T. Hershey funeral parlors in Mt. Pulaski to await the time of the funeral. Funeral services were held at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, February 13, at the Christian Church in Lake Fork, conducted by Re. J. Wayne Staley of Mt. Pulaski. Appropriate songs were sung by Mrs. Harry Piatt, Mrs. Frank Handlin, Earl Potter, and Harrison Masterson, the piano accompaniments being played by Mrs. Earl Potter. Interment was made in the Carlyle Cemetery, one mile north of Lake Fork, only a short distance from where Mr. Scroggin spent most of his life. The pallbearers were John H. Clendenen, living six miles southwest of Mt. Pulaski, Clyde Febus, Milton Tarbox, Harry Piatt, Frank Handlin, and George A. Stults, of Lake Fork and vicinity.