Camden, Ohio - Mrs. Hazel V. Creech, 96, of Ohio 725, died at 11:05 pm on Wednesday, Mar. 27, 1996 at the Willow Knoll Nursing Center. She was born in Campton, Ky., on Sept. 28, 1899, the oldest of seven children of William Newton Allen and Sarah (Miller) Allen. Mrs. Creech was a charter member of the Grace Baptist Church. She formerly worked at the P. Lorillard Co., She is survived by five daughters, Bessie Weimer of Franklin, Grace Salley of Franklin, Madge Theiss of Middletown, LaVerne Trimble of Camden and Geneva June Back of Franklin; 21 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren; and a brother Marvin Allen of Campton. She was preceded in death by her husband Hobart Creech in 1977. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home in Middletown with the Rev. Howard Sears officiating. Burial will be at Butler County Memorial Park. from - Middletown, Ohio Family Page: http://www.angelfire.com/oh/myfamilygenes Gentry Records Page: http://members.tripod.com/~nanny_4/index.html

Wolfe County News - Dec. 30, 1959 BURNS FATAL TO WM. H. DEAN, 87 William Hilton Dean, 87, a retired school teacher, died at the Good Samaritan Hosptial, Lexington, Dec. 25, from burns he received at his home near Campton last month. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors are a son, Thrasher Dean, Landsaw, and two daughters, Mrs. Lillian Dean Kash and Mrs. Betty Rose, both of Middletown, Ohio; a step-son, Leonard Combs, Landsaw; and a step-daughter, Mrs. Willa Tyra, Campton rural, two brothers, Jospeh Dean, Winchester, VA., and James Dean, Richmond, Va., two half brothers, Robert Dolphin, Indianapolis, Ind., and Clinton Dolphin, Richmond, Va.; a sister, Mrs. Ellen Buskirk, Olney, Ill.; a half sister, Mrs. Ida Gouser, Indianapolis. Services were conducted at the Rosedale Baptist Church at Landsaw Dec. 27 with Rev. James R. Pinkley, Jr., and Rev. John Dalton officiating. Burial was in the Ottis Kash Cemetery at Landsaw with B.F. Porter & Son Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Carole

Wolfe County News - Jan. 31, 1962 MRS. SPENCER IS TAKEN SUDDENLY Mrs. Mary Jane Bailey Brewer Spencer, 60 died suddenly at her home in Campton Tuesday, January 30. She was the daughter of the late Forest Bailey and Mrs. Belle Taylor Bailey. Survivors include her husband, Lee Spencer, Campton; three sons, Paul (Chig) Brewer and Robert O. Brewer both of Campton and Mack Brewer, Jr. of Cincinnati; three daughters, Mrs. Peggy Hall, Hoover, Ohio, Mrs. Brenda Lackey, Middletown, Ohio, and Mrs. Jean Tatoy, Ft. Cavernal, Fla.; one brother, Charlie Bailey of Phoenix, Ariz; two sisters, Mrs. June Mynhier and Mrs. Robert Eichorn, Middletown, Ohio and 19 grandchildren. The funeral will be conducted at the first church of God at 2 p.m. Thursday, Rev. Omer Spencer officiating. Burial will be in the Evans Cemetery with B.F. Porter & Son Funeral in charge. Carole

Wolfe County News - Dec. 1960 WOLFE NATIVE PASSES IN OHIO Mrs. Evelyn Kink Spencer, 61, Dayton, Ohio, died December 5 at a Dayton hospital after a long illness. A native of Wolfe County, she had resided in Dayton for a number of years. Survivors are three sons, Merivale, James and Junior King, Dayton, Ohio, two stepsons, Jesse and Arnold Lee Spencer, Dayton, Ohio three daughters, Mrs. Ida Mae Spencer, Springfield, Ohio; Mrs. Vernie Ratliff, Campton, and Mallie Puckett, Cozadale, Ohio; a brother Jesse Glenn Fletcher, Middletown, Ohio; 27 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at the Rocky Branch Church House by the Rev. Leonard Faulkner. Burial was in the Centers Cemetery, under the direction of the B.F. Porter and Son Funeral Home. Carole Note: Wonder if Kink should be King?

Wolfe County News - Jan. 27, 1960 ALMA H. McCLURE DIES AT AGE 99 Mrs. Alma McClure, born at Caney, Ky, March 2, 1860, died Friday, Jan. 22 at the age of 99 years, 10 months and 22 days. She was the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Haney and was a member of the Baptist Church. She made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Frank Ferguson of Grassy Creek, where she died. Survivors are her two daughters, Mrs. Nancy Ferguson of Grassy Creek and Mrs. Stella Buchanan of Hazel Green; and one son, Dr. Claude McClure of Indianapolis, Ind., and numerous grandchildren and great - grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Sunday at the Grassy Lick Church with Rev. Joe Blevins and Rev. Kelly McGraw of Ashland conducting services. Burial was in the Grassy Lick Cemetery under the direction of Potter Funeral Home of West Liberty. Pallbearers were Charles M. Ferguson, James Gevedon, Bernard Buchanan, Lovaughn Buchanan, Jack Hutchins, Charles Ferguson, Jr., and David Motley. Carole

Wolfe County News - Sept. 14, 1960 PINE RIDGE MAN DIES SUDDENLY Leslie Hounshell, 54, died suddenly at his home at Pine Ridge Tuesday, Sept. 6. He was a member of Lincoln Lodge No 695 F&AM of Middletown, Ohio, a Shriner, a member of the Knights Templer and a 32nd Degree Mason. He was retired from Armco Steel, where he was en employee for 32 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maude Hounshell of Pine Ridge; one son, Albert L. Hounshell of Franklin, Ohio; his parents Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Hounshell of Germantown, Ohio; four brothers, Seldon, Orville and Arthur Hounshell of Germantown, Ohio and Carl Hounshell of MIddletown, Ohio; and four grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home in Middletown, Ohio at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Burial was in the Germantown cemetery. The body was removed from the B.F. Porter Funeral Home at Campton to Middletown, Ohio, Thursday. Carole

Wolfe County News - Feb. 1960 MRS. STAMPER, 63, OF SELLARS PASSES Mrs. Telitha Wells Stamper, 63, wife of Amyx B. Stamper of Sellars, died at her home Feb. 10 after an extended illness. She was born at Wells Station on Caney, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wells. She was a member of the Daysboro Christian Church where funeral was conducted on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock with Rev. J.R. Nevious officiating. Interment was in the Hazel Green Cemetery under the direction of Herald and Stewart Funeral Home. Surviving besides her husband are four sons, Harold Stamper at home; Rennie Lykins of Spring Valley, N.Y., Hubert and Chester Lykins of Dayton, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. David Morris of Hazel Green and Mrs. Edward Weather, Dayton, Ohio; a brother, Tom Wells of Middletown, Ohio, and two sisters, Mrs. Hazel May of West Liberty and Mrs. Ruth Hale of MIddletown, Ohio. Carole

Wolfe County News - June 15, 1960 AMERICA TAULBEE DIES LAST FRIDAY Mrs. America Taulbee, 89, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. John Tibbs, Campton, Route 1 at 6 p.m. Friday. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include five other daughters, Mrs. John Dalton of Baptist, Mrs. Gracey Dalton of Valeria, Mrs. Elizabeth Langsworthy of Middletown, Ohio, Mrs. Martha Tibbs of Campton and Mrs. Eddie Dalton of Dayton, O.; five sons, William of Campton, Wiley, Lonzie and Letcher of Middletown, Ohio and Edgar of Dayton, Ohio; a brother, Willie Blankenship of Middletown, Ohio and a sister Mrs. Henna? Hollon of Dayton, Ohio. Funeral was conducted at the Landsaw Church of Christ Sunday by the Rev. Willie Taylor and the Rev. Coy Rigney. Burial was in the Whisman cemetery. The body is at the Hearne Funeral Home. Carole

Wolfe County News - May 1960 RETIRED CAPTAIN DIES IN HOSPITAL James I. Hollon, Sr., 76, of Hazel Green, veteran of World War I, in which he ranked as Captain, died in the Veterans Hospital at Louisville, Saturday night, May 14 at about 8 o'clock after three weeks illness. He was a member of the Catholic Church, Winchester, Ky. He was proceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Daisy Day Hollon and two sons, Kelly and Raymond. He is survived by one son, Jas. I. Hollon, Jr., and a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Hollon Stewart, both of Hazel Green; four grandchildren Connie and Jimmy Hollon and James Ivan and Kelly Stewart; one brother, Clay Hollon of Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Loura Henderson and Mrs. Emma Rowe, both of Calif; one half brother, Beckham Hollon of Chicago; three half sisters, Mrs. Lennie Hollon Land, Lancaster, Mrs. Ruth Fry and Mrs. Iva Noel, both of Tulsa, Okla. Funeral was conducted Wednesday monring at 11 o'clock at the home with Father Theodore Keller of the Winchester Catholic Church officiating. Burial was in the Hazel Green cemetery with Herald and Stewart Funeral Home of West Liberty in charge. Acitve pallbearers were M.E. Center, Ralph Lockard, Chester Gibbs, A.B. Cecil, Bruce Trimble and John Cox, Jr. Carole

Wolfe County News - Feb. 1958 LENGTHY ILLNESS CLAIMS LIFE OF DON CREECH, 90 Don Creech, 90, retired farmer and Missionary Baptist minister, formerly of Powell County, died Monday, morning at the home of a son, Elijah Creech, at Deputy, Ind., following a long illness. He was member of the Morris Creek Baptist Church, Stanton, Masonic Lodge and for 30 years was pastor at Baptist churches in Powell, Wolfe and Estill counties. Survivors inlcude three other sons, Liberty Creech, Deputy; Wesley Creech, Versailles, and Alfred Creech, Newport; three daughters, Mrs. Steve Brewer, Campton; Mrs. Johnny Hatton, Versailles and Mrs. Tilford Abner, Stanton; two brothers, Jasper Creech, Wolfe County and Alfred Creech, Menifee County; six sisters, Mrs. Eliza Gross?, Whitesburg; Mrs. Rosalyne Centers, Middletown, Ohio, Mrs. Polly Centers, Hazel Green; Mrs. Louise Childers, Ohio; Mrs. Martha Childers and Mrs. Eva Long both of Illinois; 77 grandchildren and 121 great grandchildren. Graveside services and burial were conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Stanton Cemetery. Carole

Wolfe County News - Oct. 26, 1960 FORMER DEPUTY SHERIFF AND MAGISTRATE, BRUCE OLIVER, DIES OCT. 22 Bruce Oliver, 84, a former Wolfe County deputy sheriff and magistrate, died last Friday at a Frenchburg hospital after a long illness. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Josephine Duff Oliver; three sons, Shelby Oliver, Los Angeles, Calif; Reece Oliver, Franklin, Ohio, and C.B. Oliver, Jr., Campton; three daughters, Mrs. Naomi Chenault, Danville; Mrs. Jewell Heinzelman, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Ada Golberg, Los Angeles; a sister, Mrs. Tillie Cable, Campton; 20 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Church of God by Rev. Coy Rigney. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery. Shackelford and Cox Funeral Home made arangements. Carole

Wolfe County News - Oct. 26, 1960 MRS. KELLY DUNN PASSES AT SLADE Mrs. Eleanor Adams Dunn of Slade, wife of Kelly Dunn, died Thursday morning at 2 o'clock. Funeral services were conducted at the Slade church of God by the Rev. Willard of Zoe, and a minister of the Newport Church of God. Burial was in the Hobbs cemetery on Big Andy. Survivors include her husband, and four daughters; Mrs. Elsie Arthur and Mrs. Ila Mae Centers of Covington; Mrs. Ella Brewer, Groves, Texas; Mrs. Irene Bowen of Bowen, and one son, Beve Adams of Alexandaria, KY. Mrs. Dunn had been confined to her bed for seventeen years, suffering with arthritis. Carole

Wolfe County News - Oct. 19, 1960 WES TAULBEE, VET OF SPANISH WAR, DIED AT AGE OF 86 Western Cox Taulbee, 86, died Oct. 14 at Veterans Hospital, Cincinnati, after a long illness. He was a member of the Hazel Green Christian Church and a veteran of the Spanish American War. He had been a member of the Mizpah Lodge of Masons for fifty consecutive years. He was preceded in death by his wife many years. He is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Anita Salyers of Clearwater, Fla.; Mrs. Lena Lane Vancleve of Irvine, Mrs. Duth (Ruth) Miller of Campton, Mrs. Esther Housemeyer of Rising Sun, Ind.; and Mrs. Regina Centers of Milton, Ky.; two sons, Robert Taulbee of Cleveland, Ohio and Henry Bryan Taulbee of Dayton, Ohio; 14 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted in the Hazel Green Christian Church at 11 a.m. with Cox Funeral Home of Irvine in charge. Rev. Joe Nevius, pastor of the West Liberty Christian Church, delivered the sermon. Burial was in the Taulbee Cemetery at Insko with military rites by the Army Reserve Unit from Irvine, Ky. Carole

Wolfe County News - Jan. 27, 1960 WM. N. ALLEN OF CAMPTON PASSES William Newton Allen, 85, retired farmer, died early Sunday at his home near Campton after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Florence Allen; three sons, Hendrix and Marvin Allen of Campton and Sheridan Allen of Felicity, Ohio: three daughters, Mrs. Maggie Moore, Campton, Mrs. Hazel Creech and Mrs. Sydney Moore, both of Middletown, Ohio. Services were conducted Tuesday at the Campton Methodist Church by the Rev. Sewell Woodward, Jr. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery. Carole Note: Wm. the s/o Granville Allen & Salina Bailey His wife, Sarah Florence nee Miller d/o George Washington Miller & Louisa Shackelford.

> The question was: > > > "Bess Rose Miller" <brosemil@siscom.net> > > Hi, > Does anyone know who Jack's father was and how he ties in to the > Hollon/Holland family? > Bess > Jackson "Jack" Hollon was the son of William "Black Bill" Hollon and Betsy Birchfield (also called "Lizzie"). Sandy Lassen

Wolfe County News - Feb. 17, 1960 DEATH CLAIMS RAY B. MURPHY Raymond B. Murphy, 48, prominent Lexington attorney and a brother of Chas. W. Murphy of Campton and Earl Murphy and Mrs. J.C. Nickell of West Liberty, died Monday night at his home after an illness of several months of cancer. Mr. Murphy moved to Lexington from Morgan county in 1937. During World War II, he served with the United States Army, but he returned to Lexington after his discharge and received his degree from the University of Kentucky College in 1946. His wife, Mrs. Edna Wright Murphy, was associated with him in his law offices. He specialized in real estate title work. He was born at Murphy Fork in Morgan County, a son of the late Benjamin and Elizabeth Vest Murphy. He was a member of the Crestwood Baptist Church, Lexington. Besides his wife, survivors are four brothers; Courtney Murphy, Murphy Fork, Charles Murphy, Campton, Harry Murphy, Dayton, O., and Earl Murphy, West Liberty and two sisters, Mrs. Golden Nickell , West Liberty and Mrs. Martha Nickell, Lexington. Carole

Wolfe County News - Feb. 17, 1960 MILES RATLIFF, 75, PASSES SATURDAY Miles Ratliff, 75, died Saturday afternoon, Feb. 13, enroute to the West Liberty Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Ratliff, and four daughters, Mrs. Lillie Stamp (Stamper) of Hazel Green, Mrs. Maude Short, Mrs. Ollie Center, and Mrs. Vernice Brewer, five sons, Joe, John and Green of Hazel Green, Kelly of Dayton, Ohio and Carl Ratliff; two brothers, Greenberry and Will Ratliff. Funeral was at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lillie Stamper at Hazel Green Feb. 15 with Rev. Russell Brown officiating. Burial was in the family cemetery on Stillwater. Herald & Stewart Funeral Home of West Liberty had charage of arrangements. Carole

Hi, Does anyone know who Jack's father was and how he ties in to the Hollon/Holland family? Bess

Wolfe County News - Aug. 10, 1960 MRS. SARAH TUTT PHILLIPS, 85, DIES Mrs. Sarah Tutt Phillips, 85, died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday after a short illness. She was a member of the Providence Baptist Church at Trent. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Olive Brewer and Mrs. Flossie Brewer of Campton, Rt. 1, Mrs. Elsie Stamper of Dayton, Ohio and Mrs. Zella Sollie of Columbus, Miss; three step-sons, Raymond and Ernie Phillips of Campton, Rt. 1, Wesley Phillips of New Paris, Ohio and a step-daughter, Mrs. Mae Brewer of Ohio, and 24 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Providence Baptist Church at 10 a.m. Tuesday by the Rev. Clell Miller. Burial will be in the Bethel Cemetery. The body is at the B.F. Porter & Son Funeral Home at Campton. Carole

Wolfe County News - April 27, 1960 STEVE ROBERTS, 77 DIES IN HOSPITAL Steve Roberts, 77, died April 18 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, after suffering a stroke. A member of the Christian Church, he was a retired blacksmith and farmer and had lived his whole life in Wolfe and Lee counties. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Belle Roberts, Lee County; one daughter, Mrs. Junnie David, Loveland, Ohio and one brother, Wheeler Roberts, Campton. Funeral was conducted at the First Church of God, Campton, April 21 with Rev. Walter Strong, of Beattyville, former pastor, conducting the service. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery. Arrangements were in charge of Hearne Funeral Home. Carole