Wolfe County News - Jan. 1966 MINISTER DIES IN WEST LIBERTY Earl Taulbee, 55 of Hazel Green died at the West Liberty Hospital, Sunday, Jan. 2nd. He was a native of Breathitt County and a minister of the Church of God. He was born in Breathitt County, July 15, 1910, and was a son of John Taulbee and Sarah Brummett Taulbee. He was also a veteran of World War II, and a member of the Church of God. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Edna Taulbee, Hazel Green; three daughters, Mrs. Janet Boshears, Norwood, Ohio, Mrs. Jeannell Buchanan, Newport and Miss Althia Taulbee, at home; four sons, Dr. A. L. Taulbee, Beattyville, Dwayne Taulbee, Fort Knox, Danny and Paul Taulbee, at home; three brothers, Hager Taulbee of Index, Nathan Taulbee of Kings Mills, Ohio and Silas Taulbee of South Lyon, Mich, also eight grandchildren. Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4 at the Hazel Green Church of God with Rev. Willie Walter officiating. Burial was in the Hazel Green Cemetery with Herald and Stewart Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Carole

Wolfe County News - Dec. 1966 E.O. TAULBEE, 48, WOLFE NATIVE PASSES DEC. 12 Ernest Omaray (Peanuts) Taulbee, 48 of Lexington died Dec. 12 at the St. Joseph Hospital after a short illness. Born in Wolfe County, he was a son of the late Marion Lewis and Alice Lawson Taulbee. He was a horse groom. Survivors include a son, Lones Omaray Taulbee, Lexington; two brothers, Forrest Taulbee, Lexington, and Milford Taulbee, Dayton, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Vernon Custard, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Joe Smith, Miamisburg, Ohio, and a granddaughter, Renee Taulbee, Lexington. Services Monday at the Kerr Brothers Funeral Home by the Rev. Byron Jessup. Burial in the Blue Grass Memorial Gardens, Jesamime County. Carole

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Wolfe County News - Dec. 1966 ELIE HENRY, 75 DIES THURSDAY Elie Henry, 75 retired farmer of Hazel Green, died at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, at West Liberty Hospital after an illness of two months. He was a member of the Christian Church and a Hazel Green Mizpah Lodge 507. Native of Morgan County, he was born Dec. 25, 1890 son of Green Henry and Gilla Ann Murphy Henry. He is survived by his wife, Esther Couch of Hazel Green; three daughters, Kathleen Vest and Geraldine King, both of Lebanon, Ohio, and Peggy Bailey of Mt. Sterling; one brother, Otta Henry of South Bend, Ind.; one sister, Mrs. Nancy Dowhanky of Lebanon, Ohio; seven grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Services at Hazel Green Christian Church at 1 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Glenn Lawson officiating. Burial in Hazel Green Cemetery. Masons will conduct their ritual at the church. The body will be removed from Herald and Stewart Funeral Home to the church at 4 p.m. Friday. Carole

Wolfe County News - May 1966 WOLFE NATIVE PASSES MAY 6 Edward Oldfield, 60, operator of a hauling truck, died about 7 p.m. Friday, May 6 at his home on South Main Street after a long illness. He was a native of Wolfe County and a member of the Masonic Lodge. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Allie McCoy Oldfield; a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Lawson, Miami, Fla.; three grandchildren and several cousins. Services were conducted Sunday at Hazel Green Methodist Church by Rev. Charles Cecil and Rev. Hobert Halsey. Burial was in the Hazel Green Cemetery with Eastin-Richey Funeral Home in charge. Carole

Wolfe County News - April 20, 1966 CAMPTON MAN PASSED 12TH John Larkin Patton, 71, died at his home Tuesday afternoon, April 12, after a long illness. He was a native of Wolfe County, and a member of the Church of God. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Bertha Patton; a son, Vernon Patton, Eaton, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. Geneda Linkous of Campton; seven sisters, Mrs. Dixie Rowe, Muskegon, Mich; Mrs. Millie Allen, Hebron; Mrs. Esther Harris, Campton; Mrs. Anna Belle Campbell and Mrs. Cora Buchanan, Baptist; Mrs. Alma Devine, Ludlow, and Mrs. Viola Biddle, Burlington; seven grandchildren and a great grandchild. Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Church of God by Rev. Leonard Faulkner and Rev. C.L. Thompson. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery. Porter and Son Funeral Home had charge. Carole Note: Mrs. Millie Allen should have read Mrs. Mollie Allen

Wolfe County News - April 20, 1966 STANTON MAN CLAIMED 16TH Clifford Loots Taulbee, 61, died suddenly at his home at Stanton, April 16 after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was a retired farmer and furniture dealer. Survivors are a son, James Sherman Taulbee, Winchester; his mother, Mrs. Alice Taulbee, Stanton; two brothers, Roscoe Taulbee, Campton, and Oscar Taulbee, Owensboro, and three sisters, Mrs. Nannie Stewart, Cincinnati; Mrs. Mila Combs of Owensboro, and Mrs. Dorothy Hoffman, Newcastle, Ind. Services were conducted at 11 a.m. Monday by Rev. Jimmy Foster. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery, Campton, Wells Funeral Home in charge. Carole

Wolfe County News - Dec. 1966 WM. TAULBEE PASSES DEC. 9 William Baxton Taulbee, 76, of South Fort Mitchell, died Friday, Dec. 9, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington after a long illness. He was a native of Breathitt County and a member of the Union Assembly Church of God. Survivors are six daughters, Mrs. Beatrice Vineyard, Cincinnati, Mrs. Bessie Chambers of Hazel Green; Mrs. Rudell Dunham of South Fort Mitchell, Mrs. Bernice Brafford of Hamilton, Ohio; Mrs. Virginia Stone of California, and Miss Phyllis Taulbee of Sewell; three sons, Lennox Taulbee of Fairborn, Ohio, Bernard Taulbee of Dayton, Oho and Ray Taulbee of Sewell, and a brother, Charlie Taulbee of Jackson. Services Sunday at the Hazel Green Church of God by Rev. Ottis Sanders. Burial in the Hazel Green Cemetery under the direction of Potter Funeral Home. Carole

Wolfe County News - Dec. 7, 1966 WOLFE NATIVE DIES IN CLARK Kelly Dunn, 72, of Slade, died early Saturday at the Clark County Hospital, Winchester, after a short illness. He was a native of Wolfe County. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Stella Millier of Slade; a son, Orville Dunn of Georgetown; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Irene Bowen, Mrs. Ella Brewer, Port Arthur, Texas, Mrs. Elsie Arthur of Newport, and Mrs. Ila Centers, Covington; a stepson, Velve Adams, Butler; three sisters, Mrs. Louellen Swope, Lombard; Mrs. Martha Hollon, Campton, and Mr. Letta Hale, Malida; three brothers, Sammie Dunn, Middletown, Ohio, Andy Dunn, West Virginia, and Dartey Dunn of Campotn, and two grandchildren. Services were conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at the Slade Church of God by the Rev. Donald Hale and the Rev. Elijah Baker. Burial in the Hobbs Cemetery, Wolfe County. Carole Note: Should Dartey be Darley?

Wolfe County News - January 1964 CLENNIE KING DIES DEC. 24 Clennie King, a beloved brother and father, died dec. 24. Born May 31, 1921, he was a veteran of World War II and served in the South Pacific. He was a sincere Christian and attended the First Church of God, Campton. Survivors are one son, Clennie Ray, Jr.; two daughters, Elizabeth Rose and Eleanor Irene King, all of Hazel Green; and seven brothers: Vernal and Reece King, Campton, Lando King, Mary, Glen King, Milwaukee, Wis., Hurst King, Lexingotn, Estill King, Dayton, Ohio and Lawrence King, Lebanon, Ohio; also two sisters, Mrs. Carlie Banks, Vortex, and Mrs. Irene Hollon, Mt. Sterling, two aunts, five uncles 10 nieces and 16 nephews and many other relatives and a host of friends. Funeral conducted Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. at the First Church od God, Campton, with Rev. Ethan Duff officiating. Burial in the Evans Cemetery with Shackelford Funeral Home in Charge of arrangements. Carole

Wolfe County News - Sept. 28, 1966 WOLFE NATIVE PASSES 24TH John Andrew Childers, 76 of 420 S. Main St., Winchester, died at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Guerrant Clinic after a long illness. He was a native of Wolfe County, and a member of the Winchester Lodge No. 20 F&AM. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Grace Nickell Childers, Winchester; three daughters, Mrs. Maurice Wilburn and Mrs. Dorothy Pongetti of Chicago, Ill. and Mrs. Alice Bush of Winchester; four brothers, Harlan Childers and Howard Childers of Cincinnati, Dave Childers of Youngstown, O., and Z.M. Childers of Lexington; several nieces and nephews, eight grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Edgington Funeral Home by Howard Sawyer. Burial was in the Winchester Cemetery. Carole

Wolfe County News - Jan. 12, 1966 J.B. BUCHANAN OF HAZEL GREEN DIES DEC. 31ST J.B. Buchanan, 76, of Hazel Green died Friday December 31st at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington after an extended illness. He was the youngest son of the late George and Gillie Ann Buchanan of Stillwater and a Veteran of World War I having served several months in the European theater of war. He retired in 1955 following eight years with the State Department of Highways, first as foreman in Wolfe County, then as District Maintenance Superintendent. Prior to this he was a merchant at Hazel Green. He served as a member of the County Fiscal Court one term, 15 years as a member of the Soil Conservation Board of Supervisors and was a special deputy Director for the State Division of Banking. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Johnson Buchanan, of Hazel Green; one daughter, Mrs. Marvin L. Mitchell, Middletown, Ohio; three sons, George W. and Roger of Frankfort and Kenneth of Lexington; three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Burcham and Mrs. Hazel Combs, Route 1, Campton; and Mrs. Hattie Musgrave, Middletown, Ohio and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Willie, Henry and Edward Buchanan, and one sister, Mrs. Polly Center. The funeral service was held at Hazel Green Christian Church at 1:30 p.m. Monday, with the Reverends Joe Nevius, William Heaton and Oliver Mson officiating. Burial was in the Hazel Green Cemetery with Herald and Stewart Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Carole

Wolfe County News - Jan. 8, 1964 HAZEL GREEN MAN CLAIMED Nathan Banks, 83, of Hazel Green died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 5, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Virginia Sewell of Frankfort. He was a native of Wolfe County. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Laura Banks of Hazel Green; two daughters, Sarah Hensley of Ilinois, and Mrs. Edna Kidd of Indiana; two sons, Luther and Stanley Banks, both of Middletown, Ohio; three brothers, Farris Banks of Sandy Hook, Osa Banks of Harlan, and Ova Banks of Campton; 19 grandchildren, and a large number of great grandchildren. Services were at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, at Calaboose Full Gospel Church of God with Rev. Earl Taulbee officiating. Burial in Faulkner Cemetery near the church with Porter and Son Funeral Home in charge. Carole

Wolfe County News - Jan. 8, 1964 FRED ROSE, 70, DIES SUDDENLY Fred Rose, 70 died at 11:30 Friday, Jan. 3 at his home in Lee City. He was a native of Wolfe County and was a member of the Christian Church. Surviving are his wife, Maggie Rudd Rose; one son, Charles Rose of Washington; seven daughters, Violet Holbrook of Dayton, Ohio, Kathleen Burrough of Tennessee, Jo Ann May of Hazel Green, Daisy Hewitt and Barbara Frances of Forida, Phyllis Fox of Louisville, and Judy Human of Morehead. Also surviving are three brothers, Bruce Rose of Helechawa, South Rose of Beattyville, and Henry Clay Rose of Indiana, 18 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5 at Lee City Mission Church with Rev. Green Ratliff, officiating with burial in Hazel Green Cemetery. Porter and Son Funeral Home was in charge. Carole

Wolfe County News - July 6, 1966 ROSCOE TYLER WOLFE NATIVE, DIES AT HOME Winchester- Roscoe Tyler, 76, Winchester, retired employee at the Tennesseee Gas Transmission Co., died at 7 a.m. Sunday, July 3 at his home on the Muddy Creek Road after a long illness. He was a native of Wolfe County and a member of the Church of God. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Hazel Tyler, four sons, Elmer Tyler, Clark County; Norman Tyler, Winchester; William B. Tyler, Clark County, and Cecil P. Tyler, Slade; five daughters, Mrs. Ruth Hughes, Arkansas; Mrs. Blanche Ragland, Mrs. Monell Neely, and Mrs. Marcella Henry, all of Winchester, and Mrs. Robert Howard, Clark County; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Hoopergarney, Indiana, 18 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services were conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Scobee Funeral Home by the Rev. Harold Conrad. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery in Campton. Bearers were Arthur Campbell, Brown Epperson, J.P. Watts, George Whisman, Earl Morris and Gene Scott. Honorary bearers were Stephen Kincaid, Stanley Lumpkins, Tom Harmon, Boone Halton, the Rev. C.I. Snowden, O.L. Miler and Gene Morris. Carole

Found another obit of John N. Hurst, with more information. Wolfe County News - 1966 John N. Hurst, of Route 1 Campton, succumbed to a heart condition at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, July 23, 1966. He was an active member of the Wilhurst Primitive Baptist Church in Breathitt County. Born in Breathitt County in 1877, he was the son of the late Samuel Henry and Charity Hollon Hurst and a brother of the late Dr. Taylor Hurst of Hazard. He spent much of his early life in Breathitt County, where he was a school teacher and merchant. At the time of his death he was a retired farmer in Wolfe County. He was married to the late Molly Kelly of Knott County. To this union was born four children all of whom are surviving. They are Foster Hurst, Campton, John Kelly Hurst, Holton, Indiana; Mrs. Glen Lacy, Grassy Creek and G.T. Hurst of Campton. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. C.B. Amyx, Mission, Texas, and Mrs. Steve Tutt, West Point, Kentucky, twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held at 10:30 Tuesday, July 26 at Mudlick Baptist Church at Simpson. Burial in the family cemetery with Porter and Son Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Carole

Wolfe County News - May 18, 1966 Accidental death has been ruled by the coroner's office in the fatal shooting of a man in Lexington late Monday. The victim, Lewis Clinton Taulbee, 28, of 265 Lyndhurst Place, Lexington, was found in a parking lot on the southeast corner of High Street and Stone Avenue about 11:55 p.m. He had been shot once with a sawed-off 25-20 caliber rifle. Coroner, Chester Hager said the bullet entered Taulbee's right forearm, continued into the right side of his chest and lodged in the right lower rib cage. Taulbee was pronounced dead at 11:59 p.m. Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Two witnesses to the shooting a 16-year-old girl and the victim's half-brother, Kenneth Ray Taulbee, told Hager that the trio was walking across the parking lot after leaving the victim's apartment on Lyndhurst Place, just prior to the accident. The said the men were going to drive her to her home in Campton. Lewis Taulbee the girl said was carrying the weapon under a raincoat. She said the gun slipped from under the coat and, as Taulbee bent down in the same motion to retrieve it, the weapon discharged when it hit the pavement. Hager said the gun has a very delicate firing mechanism and would discharge "almost by breathing on it." The coroner said the two witnesses' account of the shooting concided with the evidence gathered. A graduate of Sterling College in Sterling, Kan., Taulbee had served four years in the U.S. Navy. He was a technician at the University Hospital, Lexington. Survivors include his father, Clinton Taulbee, Campton; a brother, Herbert Taulbee of Morgan County; and five half-brothers, Cebern, Arnold and Andrew Taulbee, Campton; Graydon Taulbee, Ft. Hood, Texas; Kenneth Taulbee, Lexington; seven half-sisters, Beatrice Spencer, Middletown, O., Mrs. Vernie Brewer, of Pine Ridge, Mrs. Jettie Lykins of Campton, Mrs. Sadie Tolson, Middletown; Mrs. Joan Faulkner, Campton; Mrs. Phyllis Anderson, Berea and Miss Ina Taulbee, Pine Ridge. Services conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Campton Baptist Church, Campton by the Rev. Carl Faulkner. Burial in the Evans Cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in charge. Carole

Wolfe County News - June 1, 1966 ELMER BUSH, 63 of ROGERS, DIES Elmer Bush, 63, Rogers, died at his home at 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 27 from a heart attack. He was a native of Wolfe County. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ethel Bush; a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Bram, Dayton, O., three brothers, Bill and Charley Bush of Zachariah and Chester Bush, Bellevue; three sisters, Mrs. Laura McGregor, Leeco; Mrs. Blanche Irons, Row, Penna., and Mrs. Amanda Thorpe, Beattyville. Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Pine Hill Baptist Church by the Rev. Sam Wilson and the Rev. William Patterson. Burial was in the Bush Cemetery, Porter and Son Funeral Home in charge. Carole

Oops, I'm sorry, I wrote the wrong paper date, it should be June 1, 1966. Carole ---------- From: Carole Bays Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 9:25 AM To: KYWOLFE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYWOLFE-L] Nick Perry Wolfe County News - Jan. 1, 1966 NICK PERRY, 62, DIES SUDDENLY Nick Perry, 62, Pine Ridge, died at 3 a.m. Tuesday at his residence of a heart attack. He was a native of Wolfe County and a member of the Church of God. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lula Perry; five sons, Winzie, Orville and Elvin Perry, Pine Ridge; Ernest Perry, Dayton, Ohio, and George Perry, Oak Ridge, Mich; four daughters, Mrs. Rosa Bell Halsey and Mrs. Gladys Rice, Pine Ridge; Mrs. Naomi Sprinkles, Opalocka, Fla., and Mrs. Beulah Crouch, Pontiac, Mich.; a brother, Frank Perry, Pine Ridge; two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Ribholze, Glendale, Ohio, and Mrs. Larlie Chenault, Detroit, Mich., and several grandchildren. Services were conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Ledford Cemetery by the Rev. Omer Spencer. The Porter and Son Funeral Home in charge. Carole ==== KYWOLFE Mailing List ==== Be sure to visit the OFFICIAL website for the EasternKentucky list, http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyekg/

Wolfe County News - July 27, 1966 JOHN N. HURST, PASSES JULY 23 John N. Hurst, 89, Route 1, Campton, died Saturday, July 23 at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, after a short illness. He was a native of Wolfe County and a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. Survivors are three sons, Foster and General Taylor Hurst, Wolfe County, and John Kelly Hurst, Holton, Ind.; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Lacy, West Liberty; two sisters, Mrs. Lilly Tutt, West Point, and Mrs. Fannie Amyx of Mission, Tex.; 12 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Services were conducted Tuesday at the Mud Lick Baptist Church, Simpson, by Rev. Ira Dunn. Burial was in the Hurst Cemetery. Porter and Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Carole