Obie Winchester

Tuesday, November 12, 1963, McCreary County Record
Submitted by: Lisa

 OBIE WINCHESTER

OBIE WINCHESTER, 70, disabled coal miner, died Monday, November 4, at the Stephens Rest Home in Pine Knot, terminating a prolonged illness.
      Mr. Winchester was born April 22, 1893, in Wayne County, the son of John Riley Winchester and Eliza Ann Troxell, both deceased.
      He was a coal miner and worked at Stearns Coal and Lumber Company's White Oak Junction and Cooperative Mines until ill health forced his retirement. He was a member of the White Oak Junction Baptist Church.
      Surviving are; two daughters, Mrs. Endia Bowden, Muncie, Ind.; Mrs. Flora Gregory, Pine Knot; four sons, Bill, Daniel, Hubert and Jackie Winchester, all of Oxford, Ind.; three brothers, Bill Winchester, Hill Top; Joe Winchester, Muncie, Ind.; Fred Winchester, Oxford, Ind.; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Harles and Mrs. Maude Cook, both of Muncie, Ind.
      Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 6, at 1 p.m. in the White Oak Junction Baptist Church with Rev. Stanley Davis and Rev. Arnold Stephens officiating. Burial was in the Sherd Dobbs Cemetery.