This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Karen_Jorgensen Surnames: Ping, Baker, Wilson, Waddell, Vaught, Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.green/17971/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dr. Clell Ping, 44, prominent Green County physician, died unexpectedly Tuesday night, February 23, at 9 o'clock, at his home in Summersville. Dr. Ping had been suffering with high blood pressure for several months and had undergone treatment a few months before his death in a Louisville Hospital, where he was cautioned by a Louisville specialist to retire from the practice of medicine until he regained his health. Dr. Ping was a slave to his profession and would not turn his fellow man down when he came to him with an ailment. This loyalty and love for his profession hastened his death. He was stricken at the supper table on Tuesday night with a severe pain in his eye and was assisted to his bed by Mrs. Ping, where he died a few hours later with a stroke of paralysis. Dr. Ping, a native of Pulaski County, and a graduate of medicine from a St. Louis University, came to Green County and located in 1922, where he built up a lucrative and successful practice. He was married in ! 1927 to Miss Ann Mary Gumm and in addition to his widow is survived by his mother, Mrs. Balzoria Ping, three sisters. Mrs. Bill Wilson, and Mrs. Dewey Waddle, of Somerset, and Mrs. Jack Vaught, of Stearns. Two brothers, Mr. Clyde Ping, of Somerset, and Eugene Ping, a U. S. Soldier, stationed in Oklahoma. Funeral services will be conducted Friday (today), at the Summersville Baptist Church at 1o'clock a. m. Burial will be in the Somerset Cemetery. Dr. Ping was a member and Master of William B. Allen Lodge of Free Masons at Summersville and a member of the Greensburg Post of the American Legion. Obituaries of Green Co. Ky. Vol. 2, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 162 Kentucky Death Index, rootsweb PING CLELL; age 43; death place GREEN; residence GREEN; death date 23 Feb 1943 Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953; Ancestry.com Name: Clell Ping Death Date: 23 Feb 1943 Death Location: Green Residence Location: Green Age: 43 Gender: Male Ethnicity: White Birth Date: 7 Mar 1899 Birth Location: Kentucky Spouse's Name: Ann Mary Ping Father's Name: Green Ping Father's Birth Location: Kentucky Mother's Name: Valzaria Baker Mother's Birth Location: Kentucky 1910 Pulaski Co. Ky. Census; Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Bent, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: T624_501; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 206; Image: 194. Ancestry.com Census Images; 62 / 63 Silas G. Ping, 33, 1st marriage, married 11 years, KyKyKy; Balzora, wife, 31, 1st marriage, 5 live births, 5 living children, KyKyKy; Charlie C., son, 11, Ky; Ida, dau, 6, Ky; Jesse, dau, 3, Ky; Elizabeth, dau, 8/12, Ky; Samuel L. Brinson, servant, 19, white, KY; 1920 Pulaski Co. Ky. Census; Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Colo, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: T625_597; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 229; Image: 415. Ancestry.com Census Images; 17 / 17 S.G. Ping, 43, KyKyKy; Balzonia, wife, 42, KyKyKy; McClellan, son, 20, Ky; Charley C., son, 18, Ky; Idella, dau, 16, Ky; Jessie, dau, 12, Ky; Elizabeth, dau, 9, Ky; Clyde, son, 7, Ky; Eugene, son, 3 10/12, Ky; Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.