Wolfe County News - Jan. 2, 1962 MOLLIE ANN CENTER PASSES AT AGE 94 Mrs. Mollie Ann (Aunt Polly) Center, 95, died at 1:30 a.m. Dec. 30 at the home of a daughter, Mrs. E.C. Clark, at Hazel Green after a short illness. She was a native of Wolfe County and a member of the Missionary Baptist Church at Trent. Surviving include two other daughters, Mrs. Carrie Deering, Middletown, Ohio, and Mrs. W.M. Trent Hazel Green; a half-brother, Jasper Creech, Trent, a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Gross, Sante Fe, Calif.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Dora Brewer and Mrs. Elzie Trimble, Dayton, Ohio; 13 grandchildren; 37 great grandchildren and four gret great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Trent Missionary Baptist Church by the Rev. Willie Taylor. Burial was in the family cemetery with B.F. Porter and Son Funeral Home in charge. Carole

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

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From the Hazel Green Herald Aug. 9, 1894 Frank Stamper, of Campton, jailor of this county, is quite ill, nd has been sick for about a week past. Mrs. W. T. Caskey is quite sick, and her niece, Miss Slimp, who has been quite ill, is now convalescing. Miss Mattie Quicksall of this place, has been added to the faculty of Harris Institute of Mt. Sterling. She will teach stenography and type writing. Misses Fanny and America Hensley, two most refined daughters of W. M. Hensley says: We would rather read THE HERALD than all the other papers combined". Sheriff Drake, through his deputy, C. C. Hanks, this week advertises sixty-five pieces of real estate in the county for sale for taxes. It is all good property and every piece of it should be sold. Be on hand to buy if you want a bargain. Perry Lacy, one of the old landmarks of this county, died at his home in Campton on Friday night last, aged about 73 years. Mr. Lacy was born and raised on Lacy creek, near here and was postmaster at this place during the war. He was a brother of A. P. Lacy , esq., and James Lacy of this place. His remains were brought to Lacy Creek where the burial took place on Sunday. He was stricken with a pain in one of his legs about a week before and that member swelled until he died. Daysboro Dottings. Married on Sunday 5th, Squire Nickel to Miss Lova Dykes. The boys on Red River are "gathering in the sheaves". Married, on the 39th, ult., Mr. James Wilson to Lula Rose, daughter of Allison Rose of Lee City. Jimmie is a splendid young man and worthy of the fairest and best of Roses. Andrew Wilson's baby died Wednesday. Norma from - Middletown, Ohio Family Page: http://www.angelfire.com/oh/myfamilygenes Gentry Records Page: http://members.tripod.com/~nanny_4/index.html

KyWolfe has a new face, it's smiling, I'm smiling and everyone who lives in Wolfe or from Wolfe or any connection to Wolfe will smile also. Thank you Ladies, it really looks nice. SMILE - SMILE -SMILE Carole

Wolfe County News - June 14, 1968 WOLFE NATIVE DIES IN OHIO Mrs. Mary Lou Roberts, 83, died in Middletown (Ohio) Hospital late Sunday afternoon after a long illness. She was a native of Wolfe County and a member of the Missionary Baptist Church and of Eve Chaper No. 272, Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors are two sons, Orville Roberts, Vine Grove, and James B. Roberts, Middletown, Ohio; four daughters, Mrs. Anna McCloud, with whom she lived in Middletown; Mrs. Mabel Edwards, Middletown; Mrs. Ruth Campbell, Springboro, Ohio and Mrs. Bertie Cundiff, Hammond, Ind.; two stepsons, Elmer Roberts, Campton, and C.E. Roberts, Middletown, Ohio; a stepdaughter, Mrs. James Newkirk, Middletown, Ohio; a brother, Taylor Cable, Campton, and a sister, Mrs. Pearlie Russell, Campton. Services were conducted in the Campton Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. Ballard Johnson. Burial was in the Roberts Cemetery, Mullins Point, Shackelford Funeral Home in charge. Carole

Wolfe County News - Nov. 1968 DAYSBORO LADY PASSES NOV. 13 Mrs. Mahala Lykins, 87, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 4 p.m. at her residence at Daysboro following a long illness. She was a member of the Christian Church. Born Nov. 15, 1880, at Belknap, she was a daughter of the late David and Rebecca Allen Lindon. Surviving are her husband, Kiser L. Lykins of Daysboro; a daughter, Mrs. Wm. R. Sewell of Daysboro; two sons, Omal L. Arnett of Grayson and Hobert L. Lykins of Daysboro; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren, and three geat great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Services were conducted Satruday at the Daysboro Christian Church by Rev. Willie Taylor. Burial was in the Hazel Green Cemetery with Herald and Stewart Funeral Home in charage. Carole

Wolfe County News - Nov. 1968 MORGAN NATIVE DIES IN WOLFE Henry Clifton Ferguson, 81 of Gilmore, died at his home at 9:45 a.m. Monday of a heart attack. He was a native of Morgan County, a retired farmer and a member of the Christian Church. Survivors include four sons, Ray Ferguson, Morehead; Edward Ferguson, Newcastle, Ind.; and Winfred and Seward Ferguson, Gilmore; a brother, Clay Ferguson, Middletown, O; 13 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Services were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Gilmore Church by Rev. Forrest Bailey. Burial was in the Walter Cemetery, Morgan County. Carole

Wolfe County News - Nov. 1968 AMYX B. STAMPER TAKEN BY DEATH Amyx Boyd Stamper, 77, of Helechawa died Saturday at 9:30 p.m. in Veterans Hospital, Lexington, following a brief illness. Born April 27, 1891, in Morgan County, he was a son of the late Boyd and Jane Nickell Stamper. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the American Legion. He is survived by a son, Harold Boyd Stamper of Frankfort; five stepchildren, Mrs. Dave Morris of Hazel Green, Mrs. Edward Weathers of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Rennie Lykins of Spring Valley, N.Y, Hubert Lykins of Dayton, Ohio, and Rev. Chester A. Lykins of West Carrollton, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. E.I. Dawkins of Louisville; a brother, Carl Stamper of Detroit, Mich, and three grandchildren. Funeral was conducted Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Daysboro Christian Church with Rev. Chester Lykins officiating. Burial was in Hazel Green Cemetery with Herald and Stewart Funeral Home in charge. Carole

Wolfe County News - April 19l, 1961 RETIRED RAILROAD MAN IS CLAIMED Daniel Booth, 86, a retired employee of the Louisville & Nahsville Railroad Co., died April 11 at his home at Torrent, Wolfe County, after a long illness. He was a member of the Torrent Church of God. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Caroline Booth; a son Orville Booth, Muncie, Ind., two stepdaughters, Mrs. Susan Mainous and Mrs. Callie Morrison, New Lebanon, Ohio, a sister Mrs. Martha Drake, Stanton; a brother, Samson Booth, Middletown, Ohio: 27 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. The funeral was conducted at the First Church of God at Torrent, Saturday, April 15 at 2 p.m. The Rev. W.W. Brewer and the Rev. Fike officiated. Burial was at the Zachariah Cemetery. Carole

Wolfe County News - July 11, 1962 BERTHA S. KASH DIED JULY 2ND Mrs. Bertha Sample Kash, died at 11 p.m. Monday, July 2 at Our Lady of the Angels Nursing Home, 1027 Cherokee Road, Louisville, where she had lived several years. She was 80. She was a member of the Fourth Avenue Methodist Church, Louisville. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Charles H. Burton, Louisville and Mrs. D.C. Edmonds, Arlington, VA., and two grandsons; also two brothers, D.S. Sample, Kingsport, Tenn, and S.G. Sample, Edna, Texas and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Quixall, Leland, Fla. She was a native of Wolfe County and a former resident of Hazel Green, where her husband, Sam Kash, who preceded her in death, operated a dry goods store for many years. Mrs. Kash was a graduate of Hazel Green Academy and until recent years always attended the annual homecoming. The funeral was at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home, Lexington. Burial was in the cemetery in Lexington beside her husband. Mrs. Kash had lived with her elder daughter, Mrs. C.H. Buton for the past fifteen years. She was the daughter of the late Charles S. and Rachel Rose Samples of Wolfe County and Lexington and a native of Hazel Green. She was a member of Epworth Methodist Church, Lexington, while she lived there and a charter member of the Kentucky Mountain Club. Her grandsons are Jack K. Burton, Delaware, Ohio, and Sam Kash, Louisville. Funeral was at Keer/Kerr Brothers Funeral Home, Lexington, with Dr. Floyd Rose officiating, and burial in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Active pallbearers were C.H. Sample, Dr. V.O. Kash, Robert Coleman Stilz, Joe F. Heinrich, Jr., E.H. McGuire and R.B. Batson. Honorary pallbearers were W.E. Bach, Sam Perkins, S.H. Nickell, S. Lee Rose, Elmer Barker and K.P. Swango. Carole

Elmer's parents were James Morton Stamper and Nancy J. Hollon. Elmer's sister, Della, was married to Bryan Edwards. Sincerely, Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Bays" <acbays@mrtc.com> To: <KYWOLFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 8:40 AM Subject: [KYWOLFE-L] Elmer Stamper > Wolfe County News - Feb. 28, 1962 > > ELMER STAMPER DIES THURSDAY > > Elmer Stamper, 62, of Trent, died Thursday at Veterans' Hospital at Cincinnati. He was a native of Wolfe County. > > Survivors include his father, Mort Stamper, Trent, four brothers, Troy Stamper, Dayton, Ohio, Andrew Stamper, Middletown, O., Fred Stamper, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Kelly Stamper, Clay City, and three sisters, Mrs. Tressie Peck, Middletown, Ohio, Mrs. Della Ed______, Newport and May Faulkner, Clay City. > > Funeral services were conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at Lower Laurel Baptist Church by the Rev. Johnny Dalton and Rev. Willie Taylor. Burial was in the Hazel Green Cemetery with the B.F. Porter and Son Funeral Home in charge. > > Carole > > > > > > ==== KYWOLFE Mailing List ==== > Kentucky's Lost & Found > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyekg//lost.html > >

1920 Wolfe Co., Ky. Census Hazel green BLANKENSHIP Ollie 22 Hh Dora 22 wife Beulah 3m dau 1920 Wolfe Co., Ky Blankenship Huram 54 HH Mary 46 wife Ova 2l son Elva l8 son Norma l4 dau Bruce 11 son BROOKS Winnifred l8 s/dau Archie l5 s/son He was minister of the Baptist church and also a veternarian. I have taken the birth date from the obituary in Wolfe Co. newspaper Oct. 1950 After the death of his first wife, Mima Jane Long, Hiram remarried. His second wife was Mary Lacy/Brooks. Wolfe County News - Oct. 31, 1962 HAZEL GREEN NATIVE PASSES    Ollie J. Blankenship, 65 of 5333 Collidge Avenue, Sciotoville, O., died Sunday, Oct. 21, at 1:56 p.m at his residence.  He had been ill several years. Born Oct. 5, 1897 at Hazel Green he was a son of the late Hiram and Jane Long Blankenship. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dora Reed Blankenship; three daughters, Mrs. Arnold Boggs and Mrs. Helen Lee Boysel, both of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs. Donna Jane Gilbert, Columbus, Ohio; a son Roy Blankenship, of Pomeroy, Ohio; three brothers, Noah of Piketon, Ohio; Bruce of Hazel Green; and Elva of Hamilton, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. John Coldiron and Mrs. Luther Oldfield both of Hazel Green. He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, a brother, and a sister. Mr. Blankenship was a member of the Sciotoville Freewill Baptist Church, and the Masonic Lodge at Hazel Green. Funeral services were conducted at the church with Rev. Clarence Conway officiating.  Burial was in the Memorial Park under the direction of Gill Funeral Home.  Masonic services were held at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Funeral Home. Thanks again Carol, for your great work!!! May all your family trees branch toward the stars!

Wolfe County News - April 19, 1961 DRAKE FUNERAL IS SET FOR THURSDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Hanks Drake, 80 of 126 Johnston Boulevard, Lexington, willl be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home by the Rev. Steadman Bagby. Burial will be in the Lexington Cemetery. Mrs. Drake, mother of the late Elmer H. Drake, prominent Lexington attorney who died in 1956, was a native of Campton the widow of James Drake and the daughter of Boone and Mahala Taylor Hanks. She was a member of the First Methodist Church and the Kentucky Mountain Club. Her survivors inlcude three daughters, Mr. T.E. McMullin, Drexel Hlll, Pa., Mrs. J.H. Harper, Lexington, and Mrs. James R. Welch, Ft. Thomas; three brothers, C.M., Fred C. and Finley Hanks, all of Campton; a sister, Mrs. Van B. Elkins, Louisville; six grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Mrs. Drake died at 6 a.m. Monday at Baptist Rest Home, Newport, and the body was teken to the Dobbing Funeral Home in Ft. Thomas, where a brief service was conducted Tuesday. Carole

Wolfe County News - Feb. 28, 1962 GOEBEL BANKS RITES HELD IN CAMPTON Goebel Banks, who died in a TB hospital in Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 20th was brought to Shackelford & Cox Funeral Home, Campton, Thursday, Feb. 22. Funeral Service was conducted at the Church of God, Campton, at 2 p.m. and burial was in the family cemetery beside his father, Larkin Banks, Bethany. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Rogers, Indianapolis, Ind., his mother, Mrs. Ollie Banks, Columbus, Ohio; and the following brothers and sisters; Mrs. Wanda Dixon, Mrs. Elizabeth Perry, Mrs. Helen Land, Harold and Shirley Banks, all of Dayton, Ohio, Ruby and Allene Banks, London? and May Pennington, Chandler, Ariz. Carole

Wolfe County News - Feb. 28, 1962 ELMER STAMPER DIES THURSDAY Elmer Stamper, 62, of Trent, died Thursday at Veterans' Hospital at Cincinnati. He was a native of Wolfe County. Survivors include his father, Mort Stamper, Trent, four brothers, Troy Stamper, Dayton, Ohio, Andrew Stamper, Middletown, O., Fred Stamper, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Kelly Stamper, Clay City, and three sisters, Mrs. Tressie Peck, Middletown, Ohio, Mrs. Della Ed______, Newport and May Faulkner, Clay City. Funeral services were conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at Lower Laurel Baptist Church by the Rev. Johnny Dalton and Rev. Willie Taylor. Burial was in the Hazel Green Cemetery with the B.F. Porter and Son Funeral Home in charge. Carole

Wolfe County News - Feb. 28, 1962 JOHN P. BUSH DIES OF HEART ATTACK John P. Bush, 76, died of a heart attack about 2 p.m. Thursday at his home near Zachariah. Bush had apparently been burning grass and brush near his home. When a neighbor observed that the fire had burned over a large area, he investigated and found Bush dead on the ground not far from his home. He was a member of the Pine Hill Baptist Church, Torrent lodge No. 711, Free and Accepted Masons, and Royal Arch Masonic Order. He organized the Leeco Fish and Game Club. A native of Wolfe County, he had lived in the Torrent-Zachariah area his entire life. Survivors are four sons, Warren K. Bush, Indianapolis, Ind., Angus M. Bush, U.S. Army stationed in France, Marvin D. Bush, Ligoner, Ind., and Glenn L. Bush, U.S. Air Force, Denver, Colo., a brother, Edd Bush, Zachariah, two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Adams, Leeco, and Mrs. Celia Holden, Dayton, Ohio and three grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the Pine Hill Baptist Church by Rev. Willard Brewer on Sunday at 2 p.m. Burial was in the Bush Cemetery. Nephews served as pallbearers. The Newman Funeral Home was in charge. Carole

Wolfe County News - April 7, 1967 AGED RESIDENT OF MALONE IS TAKEN APRIL 2 Sam Henry Lykins, 94, of Malone, a farmer and former Morgan County Sheriff, died at 9:15 p.m. Sunday, April 2 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. Goebel Ratliff, after a short illness. Son Levi and Emeline Frisby Lykins, he was born April 30, 1872 at Caney. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elminnie Williams Lykins. He was a member of the Walnut Grove Primitive Baptist Church and a 68 year member of Greenville Lodge 655 of Caney. He is survived by eight daughters, Mrs. Nora Watson of Ezel, Mrs. Lona Ratliff of Ashland, Mrs. Lee Arnett of Suddith, Mrs. Charlie Lykins, Mrs. W. Goebel Ratliff and Mrs. Roger Lykins, all of Malone, Mrs. Allie Stacy of Cincinnati, Mrs. Tennie Lykins of Ironton, Ohio, and two sons, Rev. Kelly Lykins of Ashland and Lee Lykins of Suddith. Services were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Walnut Grove Primitive Baptist Church at Stacy Fork by Elder Jack Wheeler, Elder Glenn Lilly and Elder Robie Ferguson. Burial in Walnut Grove cemetery. Herald and Stewart Funeral Home made arrangements. Masonic rites were conducted at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel. Casketbearers were Frank Freguson, Gary Lykins, Joe Lykins, Wayne Lykins, Keith Campbell, Gene Lykins, Burl Stacy, Clarence Watson, Jas. Lykins, Braddis Arnett and William E. Mason. Carole

Wolfe County News - Sept. 19, 1962 MOTHER, 2 SONS KILLED SATURDAY WHEN HIT BY CAR A Wolfe County mother and two sons were killed Saturday night near Lee City when struck by a car while standing on the highway. Mrs. Vada Flinchum, 52, and her sons, Lowell Flinchum, 25, and Langley 10, were killed as they stood beside a car on Ky 205 two miles south of Lee County. The three lived on Campton Route 1, not far from the scene of the accident. Mrs. Flinchum and Langley were dead on arrival at the Porter and Son Funeral Home where they were taken after the accident. Lowell Flinchum died at Stanton en route to a Lexington hospital. Mrs. Flinchum is survived by a her husband, Seldon Flinchum, three sons, Claude, Norman and Rodney, all at home; four daughters, Brenda Sue Flinchum at home; Mrs. Olive Ballard, Cincinnati; Miss Imogene Flinchum, Lee City, and Mrs. Christine Risner, Lexington; two brothers, Henry King, Taulbee and Ervine King, Bethel and 15 grandchildren. Combined services were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Lee City Mission Church by the Rev. Sam Knox. Burial was in the family cemetery. The bodies were removed from the Porter and Son Funeral Home, Campton, to the residence Monday morning. Carole