Tuesday, October 17, 1967, McCreary County Record
Submitted by: Lisa
Andy Martin
Andy Martin, 74, passed away at his home at New Liberty,
Saturday, October 7, 1967. The deceased was born October 14, 1892
and was the son of the late Robert Martin and Aggie Cox Martin.
He was a member of New Liberty Baptist Church. Survivors are his
wife, Nola Davenport Martin, two sons, Leslie Martin, Whitley
City, Wilburn Martin, Rt. 3 Williamsburg, five daughters, Emily Sargent, Rt. 3 Williamsburg, Ethel Wyatt, Whitley City, Ellen
Cox, Rt. 3 Williamsburg, Elizabeth Maxey, Whitley City, Aggie
Stephens, Corbin. Five brothers, Lewis Martin, Bethel; John
Martin, Pine Knot, Luther Martin, Pine Knot, Fred Martin, Pine
Knot, Edd Martin, Muncie, Ind. Four sisters, Mary Stephens,
Winfield, Tenn., Martha Ball, Revelo, Moddie Gilreath, Tocoa,
Georgia, and Minnie Hill, Tocoa, Georgia. Fifty-seven
grandchildren and thirty-six great grandchildren. Funeral
services were conducted at New Liberty Baptist church. October 9,
1967 at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Ledford Perry and Ernest Perry
officiating. Singers were the Travelers quartet. Pall bearers
were: Willis Sargent, Bobbie Cox, Bill Martin, Glen Adkins, Gene
Jones and Dillard Sargent. Burial was in the New Liberty
Cemetery.
Tuesday, October 7,
1969, McCreary county Record
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Oliver Martin
Oliver Martin, 63, Stearns, died Sunday, October 5, in Somerset
City Hospital. He had been ill vor several weeks. The deceased
was born April 4, 1906, in Wayne County, Ky., the son of Kizzie
Coffey Martin and the late Richard Martin. He moved to Stearns as
a young man to work with the Stearns Coal an Lumber Company
electricians, a job he held until his retirement last year, He
was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Martin was a quiet and
gentle man, a diligent worker, and a highly respected citizen,
devoted to his family and friends. Survivors are his wife Retha
Foster Martin, five children, Mrs. Lois Martin Stephens; Mrs
Joyce Martin Meece, Jack and Delyn Martin, all of Stearns and
James H. Martin, Louisville; his mother, Mrs. Kizzie Coffey
Martin; one brother, Isaac Martin, Coopersville, Ky., and two
sisters, Mrs. Bessie Selessinger, Jacksonville, Fla., and Grace
Martin, Louisville. Funeral services were held today, Tuesday, at
2 p.m. in the Stearns First Baptist Church with the Rev. Lee
Mason officiating. Burial was in Stearns Cemetery with Hickman
Funeral Home in charge.
Tuesday, April 19, 1966, McCreary County Record
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BENNIS THOMAS MAXWELL
BENNIS THOMAS MAXWELL, 41, coal miner
and farmer, died April 14 in the Scott County Hospital two hours
after he was stricken with heart seizure at his home in the Slavens community.
Maxwell was born May 11, 1924, in Wayne
County, the son of the late John Maxwell. He was a member of the
Cedar Grove Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Eva Jones Maxwell; six children, Dillard, Jewell, David, Larry,
Faye and Lois Maxwell, all living at home; two brothers, Jeff
Maxwell, Amherst, Ohio, and Virgil Maxwell, Mincie, Ind.; three
sisters, Mrs. Dicie Phillips, Stearns,R. R. 1; Mrs. Dillie
Branscum, Muncie, and Mrs. Ella Watters, Amherst,
Ohio. Funeral services was held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the
Cedar Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Sam Phillips and Rev. Robert
Jones officiating. Burial was in the Phillips Cemetery.
Tuesday, September 24,
1957, McCreary County Record
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DILLARD MAXWELL
The remains of DILLARD MAXWELL, 35, and
HENRY JACK MAXWELL, 31, brothers, killed in an automobile
accident Sunday, September 15, two miles North of Falmouth, Ky.,
on Highway 27, were brought here Monday by Hickman Funeral Home
ambulance and taken to the home of Walter Wilson on Tunnel Ridge
awaiting burial.
The Maxwell brothers were sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Dave maxwell, former resident of McCreary County now
living at 1416 Mansfield Street, Cincinnati. Before moving to
Cincinnati they were employed in the Stearns Mines.
Dillard, a truck driver, and Henry
Jack, a factory worker, were on vacation and were coming here,
traveling in a pick-up truck on a hunting trip when the accident
occured.
Dillard is survived by four
children, Donnie, Dillard, Jr., Diane and Darlene, all living at
Hill Top.
Henry Jack is survived by his
wife, Lora Wilson Maxwell, and two children, Phyllis and Carlos,
all living at 1226 Greenup Street, Covington.
Other survivors are their parents,
three brothers and four sisters.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Wilson Ridge Baptist Church at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon with the Rev. Roy Lewis officiating. Burial was in the
Wilson Ridge Cemetery.
Tuesday, July 31, 1973, McCreary County
Record
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Ledford Maxwell, 49, Hill Top, was dead on arrival July 21 at
Somerset City Hospital from a shotgun wound in the chest./
The son of Mrs. Susie Tucker and the late David Maxwell, he was
born January 24, 1924, at Denny in Wayne County. He was a
resident of McCreary County for most of his adult life and was
employed as a coal miner./ Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Violet Clark Maxwell of Hill Top; two sons, Lester Maxwell and
David Maxwell, both of Sidney, Ohio; four daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Troxell, Mrs. Janet Hill and Miss Donna Maxwell, all of Hill Top,
and Mrs. Katherine Shook of Marshes Siding; two brothers, James
Maxwell of Alexandria and Lander Maxwell of Hill Top; four
sisters, Mrs. Edna Couch of Somerset, Mrs. Lena Martin of
Detroit, Mrs. Bertha Maggard of El Monte, Calif., and Manda
Maxwell of Florida./ Funeral services were held July 25 at
the family residence with Rev. Roy Lewis officiating. Burial was
in the Wilson Ridge Cemetery with Hickman Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
Tuesday, October 28,
1958, McCreary County Record
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LOUVERNA FOSTER MAXWELL
LOUVERNA FOSTER MAXWELL, 94, widow of
the late Dave Maxwell, died October 21, 1958, at the Scott County
Hospital. Mrs. Maxwell was a resident of Bell Farm and had been
ill for several weeks, suffering from cancer. She was a devoted
mother and wife, a good Christian woman and a devoted member of
the Baptist Church for more than fifty years.
Mrs. Maxwell is survived by five sons,
Nelson Maxwell, Bell Farm with whom she made her home, Reuben of
Blue Heron, Oda of Stearns, Roosevelt of Smithtown and Willie of
Harriman, Tenn., and one daughter, Mrs. Ellen Hill of Blue Heron.
Also surviving is one sister. Mrs. Polly Foster, of Stearns.
Funeral services were held Thursday,
October 23 at 1 p.m. at the Head of Wolf Chyurch with Rev. Luther
Phillips and Rev. Earl David officiating. Burial was in the Sherd
Dobbs Cemetery near Bell Farm.
Grandsons served as casket bearers.
Tuesday, October 1, 1974, McCreary
County Record
Submitted by: Lisa
Marcus Mathews, 72, Hill Top, died Saturday, Sept. 21, 1974, in
Wayne County Hospital, Monticello, Ky., after an illness of
several months. His wife, Mrs. Flonnie Phillips Mathews,
survives./ The deceased, a son of the late Tom Mathews and
Winnie Godsey Mathews, was born in Wayne County, Feb. 7, 1902. He
was a lifelong resident of McCreary County, was a retired coal
miner and a member of Wolf Creek Baptist Church./
Survivors, besides his wife, include four sons, James Mathews and
Marcus Mathews, Jr., both of Hill Top, Leonard Mathews, Sidney,
Ohio, Howard Mathews, Cicero, Illinois; four daughters, Mrs. Mary
Kidd, Crittenden, Ky., Mrs. Elsie Coffey, Slavens, Ky., Mrs.
Evelyn Lee, Cicero, Ill. and Mrs. Nettie Phillips, Hill Top;
three brothers, John Mathews, Wayne County, Hunter Mathews and
Andy Mathews, both of Hill Top; two sisters, Mrs. Tilda Stephens,
Hill Top and Mrs. Dora Hamilton, Newport, Ky.; 32 grandchildren.
Two sons, Logan and Milford Mathews, preceded their father in
death./ The Rev. Robert Jones and The Rev. John Denny
conducted funeral services at the family home on Monday,
September 21, at 2p.m./ Burial was in Corder
Cemetery./ Pallbearers were Bonnie Stephens, Levi Stephens,
Jr., Harvey Mathews, Hoyt Hamlin, Lloyd Mathews and Lowell
Coffey./ McCreary County Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Tuesday, August 1, 1978, McCreary
County Record
Submitted by: Lisa
Susie Jane Maxwell, 78, of Rt. 1, Stearns, died July 24, at Lake
Cumberland Medical Center, after an illness of months. Funeral
services were conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at Hickman Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev. Roy Lewis and Rev. Hobart "Bud"
Perry officiating. Burial was in Wilson Ridge Cemetery./
She was born Feb. 1, 1900, in Wayne County to the late Henry Jack
and Tilda Jane Altman Tucker. She was a homemaker and member of
Freedom Baptist Church./ Survivors are six children, Lander
Maxwell, Manda Harrison, Hill Top, Bertha Maggard, Bullhead City, Ariz., Edna
Couch, Somerset, James Maxwell, Alexandria, Ky., and Lena Martin, Stearns; 39
grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren; a brother, Nelson Tucker, Monticello; and
a sister, Martha New, Monticello. Her husband David Maxwell, preceded her in
death./ Hickman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The McCreary County
Record January 13, 1931
Mrs. E. A. Merle
Mrs. E. A. Merle died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Donaldson, Thursday afternoon at 12:30 of Brights
Disease. Mrs. Merle had been in bad health for more than a
year, but was able to be about until Tuesday of last week.
She died on her seventy-eighth birthday, twenty years after her
husband's death on the same date. She is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. Harry Donaldson, Mrs. Briar Donaldson, both of
Stearns; Mrs. J. M. Robertson of Louisville, Ky; Mrs.
Ed Chitwood of Robbins; and one son, Mr. J. M. Merle of Norma,
Tenn. She had made her home with her two daughters Mrs.
Briar Donaldson and Mrs. Harry Donaldson for the past several
years. Mrs. Merle spent most of her life at New River,
Tenn. and was a member of the Methodist Church at that
place. Funeral services were held at the home of Mr. Harry
Donaldson Saturday morning and burial was in the family cemetery at New River Saturday afternoon. Re. A. O. Stevens was in
charge of the services.
Tuesday, May 9, 1967,
McCreary County Record
Submitted by: Lisa
Calvin S. Miller
Calvin S. Miller, 34, died April 29 in Cincinnati, Ohio from
injuries sustained in an automobile wreck. He was born in
McCreary County, January 15, 1933 and was a son of the late
Willie Miller and Ethel Miller Watson, Revelo. He had made his
home in Cincinnati for the past ten years where he was employed
as a factory worker.Surviving are his wife, Mary Louise Miller,
and the following sons and daughters; Linda Carol Miller, Del
Mar, Delware; David Wayne Miller, Revelo; Calvin Rickey Miller,
Cincinnati; William Calvest Miller, Revelo; Thomas Virgil Miller,
Rose Mary Miller, Glenda Sue Miller and Willia Lee Miller, all
living in Cincinnati, his mother, Mrs. Ethel Watson, Revelo three
brothers, Alvin Miller, and Charlie Miller, Ridgely, Tenn. Ovie
D. Miller, Cincinnati and Everett Taylor, living in Oregon, and
one sister, Janie Miller, Revelo. The body was returned to
Hickman Funeral Home for burial. Funeral services were held from
the church of God, Revelo, with Rev. Clarence Slaven and Rev.
Robert Gilreath officiating. Burial was in the Pigskin Cemetery.
Tuesday, September 8,
1964, McCreary County Record
Submitted by: Lisa
ELIJAH CLINTON MILLER
Funeral services for SP5 ELIJAH CLINTON
MILLER, killed in an automobile accident at Killen, near Fort
Hood, Texas August 27, was held in the New Lite Baptist Church
Tuesday, September 1, at 2 p.m. Rev. Ledford Perry and Rev. Oscar
Morgan were the officiating ministers. The deceased was honnored
with military rites by an Honor Guard from Fort Knox. Burial was
in the New Lite Cemetery.
Survivors are his wife, Anna Bell Gilreath Miller, his mother, Mrs. Ethel Watson Miller, and three
brothers, Calvin, Charlie and Obie Miller, all of Strunk, Ky.
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