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W. H. McClain Dies
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Published Friday 23 April 1937, Shelby
Sentinel
From the “SPENCER NEWS”,
TAYLORSVILLE
Mr. W. H. McClain, 83 years of age,
died last Saturday night at his home at 9:40 o’clock. Funeral
services were conducted at the Taylorsville Baptist Church Monday
morning at 10 o’clock. Mr. McClain spent most of his life in
Spencer County, except for a time in Louisville. He was a well-known
contractor and carpenter. In 1902 he was married to Miss Bettie
Tichenor.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs.
Bettie Tichenor McClain, one brother, Mr. John McClain and two
sisters, Mrs. Annie Eggan, Florida, and Mrs. Minnie Eggan,
Shelbyville.
(KY Death Records show Mr. McClain
passed on 17 Apr 1937)
SOURCE: Transcribed from various records by Tamryn
Glaser.
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John Wise
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Shelby Sentinel, 22 Jan 1937
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OBIT - Found Dead Near Railroad - John
Wise, Evidently The Victim Of A Train In The Dark - The lifeless
body of John Marcus Wise, 54, laborer, was found at 8 o'clock
Saturday morning by John Roach, a farmer, lying in a ditch near the
tracks of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, two miles East of
Shelbyville. According to Coroner, Dr. F. L. Lapley, Wise met
his death when struck by a train. His right leg was severed and he
suffered a cut on his forehead and internal injuries.
Mr. Wise was a native of Franklin County but had resided in Shelby
for some time. He is survived by his father, Samuel
Wise, four sisters, Mrs. M. S. Scruggs, Mrs. William Dawson, Mrs.
Floyd Edens, Shelby County, and Mrs. Minnie Tomberlson,
Indianapolis, Ind., and three brothers, James and Collie Wise,
Shelby County, and Elihu Wise, Midway.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
the chapel in Grove Hill Cemetery by the Rev. R. B. White. Interment
followed the services. (pg 5 of newspaper)
SOURCE OF INFORMATION:
Submitted by Linda Crose, a
relation to the deceased.
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Pneumonia Fatal To J.
L. Simpson
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Published Friday 29 October 1937,
Shelby Sentinel
J. L. Simpson, 68, a resident of
Mt. Eden, died at 7 o’clock Sunday evening at the King’s
Daughters Hospital, of pneumonia.
Mr. Simpson was a member of the Mt.
Eden Masonic Lodge and for several years had been master of the
organization.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Lizzie
Morton Simpson, he is survived by one son, Harris Simpson, his
step-mother, Mrs. Sarah Simpson, Glensboro; and one niece, Miss
Edna Simpson, Louisville.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Mt. Eden Baptist
Church, by the Rev. R. P. Merritt. Services at the grave by Mt.
Eden Masonic Lodge. Interment took place in Grove Hill Cemetery.
The pallbearers were: Messrs. Sam
White, T. M. Hall, Will Palmer, Jim Houchin, Leonard Snider and
Dove Temple.
***Jesse L. Simpson, died 24
October 1937***
SOURCE: Transcribed from various records by Tamryn
Glaser.
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Old Heart Trouble |
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Published, Friday 23 April 1937, Shelby
Sentinel
Fatal to James W. Bond, Following Long
Illness
James w. Bond, 76, a farmer, died
Tuesday morning at 7:45 o’clock at the home of his sister, Mrs. Anna
Bond Casey, on Pea Ridge pike near Southville, following a long
illness of heart trouble.
Mr. Bond was a son of the late Jordon
and Mildred Martin Bond and a native of Anderson County. The past year
he had made his home with his sister in this County.
Besides Mrs. Casey he is survived by
another sister, Mrs. Alonzo Casey, Anderson County and two brothers,
Jesse Bond, Anderson County, and Owen Bond, Shelby County.
Funeral services were conducted
yesterday morning at 11 o’clock at the Fox Creek Christian Church by
the Rev. Ralph B. White, with interment in the Fox Creek Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Messrs: Spencer,
Della, Chester, Martin, and Walter Bond, and Kenneth Casey.
***Died 20 April 1937***
SOURCE: Transcribed from various records by Tamryn
Glaser.
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