Wolfe County News - April 1963 EDWARD LEWIS DIES APRIL 2ND Edward M. Lewis, 83, 1809 South 14th St. Lawrenceville, Ill., died at his home April 2 after a years's illness. He was a retired farmer. He was born Oct. 11, 1879 in Menifee County, KY. He was a member of the First Church of God and Golden Age Club. Surviving are his wife, Bertha; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant of Rogers, and Miss Laura Lewis, at home; six sons, William L. and Dallas H., both of St. Louis, Mo., John L. of Flat Rock, Herman of Pontiac, Mich., Otha of Rogers, and Roy of Lawrenceville; one sister, Mrs. Flora B. Spyshalski of Lawrenceville; 27 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Lawrenceville. The body was brought ot the Rogers Baptist Church and a service was conducted by Rev. Verne kirby on April 5. He was buried at the Rogers Cemetery. Carole

Wolfe County News - April 1963 CAMPTON MAN DIES AT 82 John Morton Townsend, 82, Campton, died en route to a Leington Hospital, April 5. He was a member of the Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Emma Townsend, one son, Calvin, Big Clifty; three dauaghters, Mrs. Edith Hart, Big Clifty, Mrs. Rowena Ward, Big Clifty and Mrs. Leona Miller, White Miles; one brother, T.S. Townsend, Campton; two sisters, Mrs. Lula RIchardson, Wiley, Texas and Mrs. Cora Hale, Kingsport, Tenn., 12 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. The body was removed from the Porter Funeral Home to the Rogers Funeral Home in Clarkston, Grayson County, Ky. Carole

Wolfe County News - April 1963 GEORGE HATTON CLAIMED HERE George Hatton, 67, Campton, died at his home at 3:30 a.m. Thursday, April 4, as a result of a heart attack. Native of Wolfe County and member of the Cox Lodge 464, F&AM, Campton, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Hatton; one daughter, Miss Jean Hatton, two sons, Ralph and Elmer, all of Campton; three brothers, Robert Hatton, Campton and Oscar Hatton, Rogers, Logan Hatton, Vortex, five grandchildren. Services were conducted at the Campton First Church of God Sunday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Thomas Walter and Rev. Johnny Dalton officiated. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery with Porter and Son Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Carole

Wolfe County News - March 1963 WOLFE COUNTIAN DIES AT AGE 86 Alexander J. Taulbee, 86, died at his home March 7. He was a native of Wolfe County. Survivors are four daughters, Misses Katherine and Stella Taulbee of Campton, Mrs. Roy Spencer of Pine Ridge and Mrs. Ernest Rose, Campton; two sons, Raymond and Auburn Taulbee of Campton; two brothers, Irvine Taulbee, Campton and James F. Taulbee, Lexington; 18 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren. Services were held March 8 at 1 p.m. at Campton Church of God with Rev. Leonard Fualkner officiating. Burial in Spencer cemetery at Quillens Chapel with Shackelford and Cox in charge of arrangements. Carole

Wolfe County News - March 1963 NAOMI CHENAULT, 50, IS CLAIMED Mrs. Naomi Chenault, 50, died March 19 at Danville. Survivors are three sons, Jerry of Dayton, Ohio, Tommy of Chicago, Ill., and Roy Carl of U.S. Navy; one daughter, Ada Virginia Chenault, Campton; her mother, Mrs. Josephine Oliver, Campton; three brothers, Shelby Oliver of Los Angeles, Calif., Reece Oliver of Franklin, Ohio and C.B. Oliver, Jr. Campton; two sisters, Jewell Heinzelman, Cincinnati, and Ada Goldberg, Los Angeles, Calif. Funeral service at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of God, Rev. Omer Spencer officiating. Burial in the Duff cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in charge. Carole

Wolfe County News - April 1963 AGED RESIDENT OF WOLFE DIES Mrs. Lou Ward Johnson, 87, of Hazel Green died at 7:20 p.m. March 27 at Smith Rest Home in Beattyville after a long illness. She had been in the rest home the past year and a half, and had been a member of Hazel Green Christian Church for approximately 50 years. A native of Wolfe County, she was born Feb. 17, 1876, the daughter of John Ward and Juda Cox Ward. She was widely known and had been a school teacher and postmistress. Her husband preceded her in death 19 years ago. She is survived by the following stepchildren; A.T. Johnson, Hazel Green; Robert A. Johnson, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Mrs. J.B. Buchanan, Hazel Green; Mrs. Ralph Cann and Mrs. James Walker, Dearborn, Mich.; Frank Franklin, Claremont, Calif. Funeral service at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 30 at Hazel Green Christian Church by Rev. J.R. Nevius assisted by H.A. Stovall. Shackelford Funeral Home at Campton in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were E.A. Johnson, Byron Johnson, Jack Buchanan, Kenneth Buchanan, Roger Buchanan, Leo Mitchell, Joe Franklin, Bill Johnson. Carole

Wolfe County News - March 1963 Edward Rowland Mayabb, the s/o John and Elizabeth Landreth Mayabb, was born Oct. 23, 1879 in Morgan County, Ky. He departed this life March 4, 1963 at Campton at the age of eighty-three years, four months and nine days. He was united in marriage to Mary Belle Cecil Feb. 21, 1900. To this union were born ten children, six of whom survive: three sons, O.R. Mayabb of Middletown, Ohio, Omer Mayabb of Dayton, Ohio, and Elzie Mayabb of Campton, with whom he made his home and three daughters, Mrs. Russell Lowe of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Cecil Hurt of Mize, and Mrs. Herbert Flinchum of Campton. Two sons, Jewell and Estill Mayabb of Dayton, Ohio, preceded him in death a few years ago. A son and daughter died in infancy. He leaves to mourn his loss besides his children, nineteen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren, two brothers, Joe Mayabb of West Liberty, Route 1, and Kelse Mayabb of Ezel. His wife preceded him in death almost fifteen years ago. Funeral was conducted Wednesday, March 6 at 1p.m. in the First Church of God in Campton of which he was a member. Officiating ministers were Rev. Ethan Duff, Richmond, pastor of the church, and Rev. Coy Rigney of Livia; Singing was by the First Church of God Choir and the Sewell and Lacy Quartet of Daysboro. Mrs. Omer Catron was at the piano. He was laid to rest in Old Grassy Cemetery at Mize beside his wife in the family where he awaits the coming of one who promised, "In my Father's House are many mansions; If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." Active pallbearers were his grandsons and grandson-in-law, Darrell and Kenneth Mayabb of Dayton, Ohio, Olen Hurt of Mize, Danny Orrill of Dayton, Ohio, and Bob Fritz and Lloyd Dunn of Campton. Funeral arrangements were in charge of Porter & Son Funeral Home. Carole

Wolfe County News - April 1963 Funeral services for Mrs. Nettie Cope Gosney, 72, Kiefer, Oklahoma, native Wolfe Countian, were held April 18 in Kiefer. She had been in ill health for several months. Mrs. Gosney, d/o the late Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cope, was born in Wolfe County, Jan. 16, 1891. She was married to Jim Gosney in 1907 and they moved to Oklahoma in 1909. He preceded her in death in 1956. She was a member of the Christian Church and Eastern Star. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Hilda Fitzpatrick, Sapulpa, Okla., Miss June Gosney, Tulsa; and Mrs. Betty Thompson, Tulsa; three sons, Jim Gosney and John Gosney, Bethany, Oklahoma, and Jack Gosney, Keller; two sisters, Mrs. Carmen Davis, Tulsa, and Mrs. Mina Reed, Huntington Park, Calif.; two brothers, Pete Cope, Houston, Texas and Orlon Cope, Holdenville, Oklahoma; 15 grandchildren, three great grandchildren and two nieces in Wolfe County, Mrs. Ezra Manning and Mrs. Arkill Hollon. Interment was in the South Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa. Carole

Wolfe County News - Jan. 16, 1963 NATIVE OF WOLFE DIES IN POWELL William Hansen King, 85, died at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12 after a long illness. A native of Wolfe County, he was a member of the Tintown Church of Christ. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth King; three daughters, Mrs. Barbara Sparks, Rogers, Mrs. Mary Boyd, Bowen, and Mrs. Cliffie Capozio, Loveland, O.; five sons, Clarence King, Campton, James King, Walter King and Garland King, of Loveland, O., and Paul King, Milford, Ohio, and 37 grandchildren. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Monday at the Bowen Church of Christ by Rev. Elwood Kalor. Burial in the Evans Cemetery at Campton, under direction of Fortney and Wells Funeral Home. Carole

Wolfe County News - Jan. 16, 1963 FIRST IN FAMILY OF 10 SUCCUMBS Jasper Napier, 85, died Satruday night at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Fannie Hensley of Nicholasville, after a long illness. A native of Wolfe, he was a member of the Nada Baptist Church. Survivors are three other daughters, Mrs. Clara Chenault, Pine Ridge, Mrs. Gretchen Adams, Waynesville, O., and Mrs. Pansy McGleeson, P__ng, Ill.; four sons, Sherwood and Robert Napier, Lombard, Caleb Napier, Lexington and Rodney Napier, Nicholasville, four brothers, Odis and Arnold Napier, both of Wolfe County, Brownloe Napier, Louisville, and James Napier, West Pen/Bend?; five sisters, Mrs. Dora Meadows, Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Susie Combs, Wolfe County, Mrs. Elsie Booth, Wolfe County, Mrs. Leona Hobbs, Middletown, O., and Mrs. Edna Blackwell, of Tennessee and 26 grandchildren. Services conducted Monday at 1 p.m. at Nada Baptist Church by Rev. John Frank Powell. Burial in McDaniel Cemetery under direction of Fortney and Wells Funeral Home. Napier's death was the first in a family of ten children, whose combined ages total approximately 710 years, all of whom are natives of Wofle County. Carole

Wolfe County News - Jan. 2, 1963 WOLFE COUNTY MAN IS DROWNED IN OHIO SLUDGE PIT Funeral services were conducted at the Porter and Son Funeral Home, Campton, Saturday, Dec. 29 at 2 p.m. for William Harrison Swango, 55, who was accidentally drowned when he slipped into a sludge pit while working at Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. site on Yankee Road, Middletown, Ohio, Wednesday, Dec. 26. He was a native of Wolfe County but had lived in Middletown, Ohio the last nine years. According to the account of the story which appeared in an Ohio paper, he had gone to work on this new job only that morning of his death. He is thought to have slipped and then fell into the pit while cleaning mud off his shoes. His sister said he left home early the morning of his accident and the Union sent him out on the Texas Eastern site where he worked through the morning. It was shortly after lunch that he slipped and fell into the muddy water of the sludge pit, five hours after he had gone to work. When fellow workers found him missing after 1:30 p.m. they searched the area and found his hat on the bank of the pit. Calls were made immediately to the Monroe Fire Dept. and the Middletown Rescue Squad. Butler County sheriff's deputies and the Tri-County Ambulance Service hurried to the scene. Mr. Swango had never married but rather chose to live with his sister, Mary Jane Swango and brother, Sam Swango at 318 Vanderveer Street, Middletown, Ohio. Butler County Coroner Garrett Boone ruled the death due to accidental drowning, and said Mr. Swango apparently slipped on the bank into the sludge pit. Another workman, who was acquainted with Mr. Swango, observed that "he couldn't swim a lick." The deceased is survived by two other sisters, Mrs. Bertha Reed, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Ellen Kincaid of Stanton. The body was taken to the McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home where it lay in state from 7-9 p.m. Thursday night, Dec. 27, and brought to Campton on Friday to the Porter and Son Funeral Home. Rev.C.C. Osborne and Rev. John Dalton officiated at the funeral with special music by Methodist Church choir and burial in Swango Family Cemetery. Carole

Wolfe County News - June 1963 MAN DRIVING TRACTOR DIES AFTER WRECK James Earl Drake, 33 of Winchester, Route 4, died at 11:15 Thursday night, June 13 at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, of injuries received in a truck-tractor accident on U.S. 227 about six miles south of Winchester. State Police said Drake was driving the tractor on the Boonesboro Road about 8:30 a.m. Thursday when a pick-up truck, driven by William L. Maloney of Ford, struck the tractor from the rear at the crest of a hill. The tractor was broken in two by the impact. Drake, who was thrown off the tractor, suffered a fractured skull. Maloney told Clark County Deputy Sheriffs Eudell Rogers and Chester Reed that he became dizy as his car rounded a curve. He told the officers he failed to see the moving tractor. Police said Maloney was in involved in another wreck here last week. Drake was a native of Clark County and a farmer. Survivors are his parents, Granville and Emma Stamper Drake, Wolfe County, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Hisle, Clark County and Miss Elizabeth Drake, Campton; a half-sister, Mrs. Etta Sparks, Wolfe County; a brother, Robert W. Drake, Clark County and a number of nieces and nephews. Services conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Horton Cemetery in Wolfe County by the Rev. George Richardson. Drake, a former employee in the coal business of Mrs. Myrtle Little, made many friends in Campton and surrounding communites. He was widely related in Wolfe County. Carole

Wolfe County News - Jan. 9, 1963 CLAIMED JAN. 2 IN MIDDLETOWN Mrs. Rhetta Childers Broughton, 74, died in a Middletown, Ohio hospital January 2. She was a member of the Methodist Church and a native of Wolfe County. She is survived by one son, Henry Childers with whom she made her home in Middletown, Ohio; one brother, Hiram Stamper, Kelat, Ky.; four sisters, Mrs. Lida B. Hanks, Campton, Mrs. Jerry Dixon Henderson, Mrs. Sadie Petty, Kelat, and Mrs. Rosa Reynolds, Middletown; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral service was held at Porter and Son Funeral Home, Campton, January 5 at 10 a.m. with the Rev. J.H. Burton officiating. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery with Porter and Son Funeral Home in charge. Carole

Carole, Thanks for posting this. She was my grandmother's sister. Where it says 3 daughter, those are her sisters. Carole Bays <acbays@mrtc.com> wrote:Wolfe County News - Jan. 2, 1962 MRS. HALSEY, 71 DIED DECEMBER 23 Mrs. Lenis Sweeney Halsey, 71, wife of Morton Halsey, died Saturday morning, Dec. 23, at her home at Sewell, Breathitt County, after an illness of eight years. Mrs. Halsey was born in Wolfe County, March 28, 1890, daughter of Charlie and Mary J. Lawson Sweeney. She was a member of the Methodist Church. She is survived by two sons, Elzie and Herschel Halsey, Sewell; three daughters, Mrs. Lucy Gabbard, Hazard; Mrs. Earl Derrickson, Lebanon, and Mrs. Sarah Coil, Walkertown, Ind.; three brothers, Joe Sweeney, Simpson, Asa Sweeney, Maytown, and Curt Sweeney, Greensburg, Ind.; seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services were conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 25, at the Frozen creek Community Church by the Rev. Charles Lovely and Rev. Green Ratliff. Burial was in the Hazel Green Cemetery with the Jackson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Carole ==== KYWOLFE Mailing List ==== East Kentucky Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyekg//cemetery.html --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

Wolfe County NEws - Jan. 9, 1963 JAMES FUGATE, 22 DIES IN HOSPITAL James Fugate, 22, died in the University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Jan. 1 after a long illness. He was a native of Wolfe County and a member of the Church of God. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Price Fugate of Campton; three brothers, Price Jr., David and Freddie Fugate, all at home, also by his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ollie Fugate of Campton. The funeral was held at the Methodist Church Friday, Jan. 4 at 1 p.m. with Rev. J.H. Burton officiating and assisted by Rev. Willie Taylor. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery with Porter and Son Funeral Home in Charge. Carole

Wolfe County News - March 1963 MARCH 22 RITES FOR ALEXANDER Daniel Glen Alexander, 23, a well known Campton barber, was instantly killed in an automobile accident at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 20, near West Liberty. The accident occured about one mile over the Morgan County line as he was returning home from visiting friends in Morehead. The car, a new Ford convertible he was driving, left Highway 7 and crashed into the headwall of a culvert. Colin Halcombs, passenger in the car, escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Danny, as he was known to his many friends and relatives, is survived by his mother, Mrs. Winnie Alexander of Campton and one brother, Jimmy, at home, and by his grandfather, Frank Alexander of Campton. Several aunts and uncles survive. Funeral services were conducted at the Campton Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Friday, March 22, with Rev. J. Edward Cunningham and Rev. Jeff Burton officiating. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery, Campton. Shackelford's Funeral Home made arrangements. Pallbearers were Rex Ingram, G.T. Sewell, Colin Halcomb, Dany Cox, Azel Patrick, Steve Rose, Jr., Butch Harris, Ernie Tyra and Rudene Taulbee. Carole into the headwall

Wolfe County News - March 1963 SARAH ROSE, 77 DIES MARCH 20 Mrs. Sarah Kathryn Rose, 77 died at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, March 20, after a short illness. She was a retired school teacher and a member of the Campton Baptist Church. She is survived by two sons, Frank Rose of Campton, and Cecil Rose of Orlando, Fla., a foster daughter, Mrs. Fern Lambert, Cincinnati; two sisters, Miss Daisy Chambers, Lexington, and Mrs. R.C Wells, Baptist; one brother, Henry Clay Chambers, Campton; four grandchildren, Rita Lee Farmer, Atlanta, GA., Stanley and Tutt Lambert, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Bruce Jackson Rose, Lexington. Funeral conducted March 23 at the Campton Baptist Church by Rev. J. Edward Cunningham and Rev. T.W. Farmer. Burial in Evans cemetery with Shackelford Funeral Home in charge. Active pallbearers were Stanley Lambert, Tutt Lambert, Kash Swango, Emerson Wells, Albert Clay Chambers, Bill Rose. Honorary pallbearers Jesse Johnson, Jack Cable, Orville Booth, Buddy Brewer, Woodford Swango, Bill Adams, Tommy Cox and Charlie Harris. Carole

Wolfe County News - March 1963 BETHANY WOMAN DIES MARCH 17TH Sally Bell Lockard, 69, died at the University Hospital in Lexington Sunday, March 17. She was a member of the Christian Church and resided at Bethany. She is survived by her husband, Hayden Lockard, Bethany, and three sons, Fred Lockard of Middletown, Ohio, Pryse of Indianapolis, Ind., and Seldon of Hopkinsville; two brothers, Kelly Haddix of Bethany and Logan Haddix of Rhinelander, Wis.; four sisters, Mrs. Ida Pence of Rhinelander, Wis., Mrs. Pruda Allen of Campton, Mrs. Cora Brewer of Middletown, O., and Mrs. Josie Tyra of Jeffersonville; four grandchildren. Funeral service March 19 at one p.m. in the Hollonsville Chapel, Rev. Oney Banks officiating. Burial in the Pence Cemetery at Bethany under direction of Shackelford Funeral Home. Carole Note: Sally the d/o James Haddix and Caroline Pence

Wolfe County News - April 1963 FORMER WOLFE SHERIFF DIES Fred Jackson Stamper, 82, of North Sycamore St., Mt. Sterling, native of Wolfe County and former sheriff of Wolfe, died at 8 p.m. Thursday night, April 4th at the Mary Chiles Hospital, Mt. Sterling after a long illness. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mooda Oldfields Stamper, Mt. Sterling; a son, Everett Stamper, Pineville, W.Va., a daughter, Mrs. Susie Taulbee, Campton, three brothers, Mort Stamper, Hazel Green, Thomas Stamper, Camargo and Andrew Stamper, Dayton, Ohio. Six grandchildren, 18 great grandchhildren and a great great grandchild. Services were conducted at 2 -.m. Satruday at the Hazel Green Christian Church with Rev. Oliver Mason officiating. Burial was in the Hazel Green Cemetery with Masonic rites at the graveside. Pallbearers were Brack Brewer, Joe Miller, Kindell Clark, Bobby Rose, Breck Rose, James K. Stamper. Honorary pallbearers were A.B. Kash, Grant Rose, John W. Rose, D.C. Rose, and S.D. and A.S. Cecil. Eastin and RIchey Funeral Home, Mt. Sterling, were in charge of arrangements. Carole

Wolfe County News - Sept. 4, 1963 CAMPTON MAN DIES AUG. 25 Cud M. Hanks, 83 died at 9:10 p.m. Sunday Aug. 25 at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington after a long illness. He was a member of a pioneer Wolfe County family and the Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Florence and two sons, Boone Hanks, Lexington, and C.M. Hanks, Morning View; a daughter, Mrs. Steve Rose, Campton; two brothers, Fred Hanks, Campton and Finley Hanks, of Dennison; a sister, Verna Elkins of Louisville, and six grandchildren. Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Campton Methodist Church by Rev. Jess Burton. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery. Bearers were Omer Catron, Roy Hanks, James Swope, Riley Harris, C.F. Roberts and Orville Booth. Honorary bearers were Ray Hanks, Charlie Murphy, Junior Allen, Lester Collier, Buford Horton, Jack Cable, Bill Jeff Brewer and Ernie Buel Tyra. The Shackelford Funeral Home in charge. Carole