John M. Kennard
Aged man Killed At Thealka By Freight Train; Body Taken to Morgan Co for burial
WEIGHED 310 LBS
John M. Kennard, age 68 years and weighing more than 310 pounds was killed at Thealka last Tuesday afternoon when a freight train hit him. He was knocked about thirty feet then instantly killed. He was crossing the track from the river side to the store operated by his son when the train hit him.
The remains were taken Wednesday to Morgan County and will be buried Thursday in the Kennard Cemetery on the Right hand Fork of Licking River.
For some of the time he had been making his life with his children. His wife Rhoda Kennard, two sons Ben Kennard, a merchant in Thealka, Wallace Kennard, Ashland and two daughters, Mrs. Burt Stafford and Miss Paolina Kennard are left
He was a good citizen and had many friends and relatives in this section. J. N. Kennard and Crip Kennard were his nephews.
The Paintsville Herald
Thursday
April 8. 1926