BACK, NELL  MONTICELLO -- Nell Back - 17 Oct 98 - Bell Co, Ky, 75, Albany Road, homemaker, wife of Jack Back, died  yesterday. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday, Marvin S. Hicks Funeral Home. Visitation 5 p.m. today. Contributions suggested to First Christian Church.
Source:  The Lexington Herald 18 Oct 1998  
Submitted by Neal Byrge  Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 08:11:43 EDT

BAILEY, BOONE, 76, of Arjay, passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2006 at the Pineville Community Hospital.  He was born at Kettle Island, KY on July 1, 1929 the son of the late Everett and Mary Jane Cox Bailey.  He had worked for General Motors, Pontiac Division for 42 years and 7 months.  Bailey served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Judy Ellen 
Caldwell Bailey and several brothers and sisters.  Survivors include his daughters and their spouses, Helen and Grady Parker of Holland, MI, Thelma Newbaum of Clarkston, MI, Wilma and James Miller of Arjay, KY and Kathy and David Kisner of Clarkston, MI; nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, brother, Ray Bailey, nephew, Harvey Bailey and a host of other relatives and friends.Services were Saturday at the 
Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. David Rice and Rev. Ned Asbury.  Burial was in the Woolum Cemetery at Arjay.  Pallbearers were |sons-in-law and grandsons.  Military honors were by the American Legion Post 14.  The family received friends Friday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, June 15, 2006

BAILEY, EULA MRS, age 69, a resident of Kettle Island, Ky., passed away Friday, November 27, 1987 at the Middlesboro Appalachian Hospital, in Middlesboro, Ky.  She was born on February 4, 1918 in Harlan County, Ky., the daughter of the late Jim Helton and Betty Johnson Helton. She believed in the Holiness Faith.  She is survived by her husband, Ray Bailey of Kettle Island, Ky.,; six children, Mrs. Betty Barker, 
Luther Bailey, Curtiss Bailey, Ronnie Bailey, Bruce Bailey, and Mr. Judy Anderson, all of Pontiac, Michigan; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Helton Brock of Kettle Island, Ky., and Mrs. Virgie Helton Caldwell of Mill Creek, ly.,; sixteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services for Mrs. Bailey were at 2pm, Monday, November 30, 1987 at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel with Revs. Thea O. Carter and Benny Ingram officiating. Burial followed in the Belcher Family Cemetery in Mill Creek, Ky., her nephews and friends of the family served as pallbearers. Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 
Source:  Sun Courier November 31, 1987

BAILEY, GERTRUDE , 64, a long time Bell County resident passed away Friday, August 17, 2001 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born on June 10, 1937 in Mill Creek to the late Letcher and Hila Mae Baker Bailey. She was a believer in the Pentecostal Faith.In addition to the parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Andrew J. Bailey.  Survivors include her three brothers, Harvey and 
Walter Bailey, both of Mill Creek and Melvin (Tishie) Bailey of Stoney Fork, and a host of nieces, nephews, sister-in-law Lucile Bailey of Michigan, other relatives and friends.  Services were held Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. George Neal and Rev. David Rice. Music will be by Kevin Wilson. Burial followed in the Bailey Cemetery at Mill Creek. Pallbearers were Bill Bailey, Harvey Lee 
Bailey, Will Bailey, Robert Young, Luke Helton, Arnold Lawson and Mike Sporles.  Arnett & Steele Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Source: The Pineville Sun, August 23, 2001
submitted by Janet Wolfrum Date:9/8/01 8:05:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time

May 28, 1987 
BAILEY, HAROLD (COTTON), 64, former Pineville resident, died Friday, May 15, at his residence in Kenansville, Fla., after a five month illness. He was born October 7, 1922 in Bell County. He was the son of the late James Bailey and Minnie (Dyer) Bailey. He remained in Bell County and Pineville until 8 years ago, at which time he moved to Florida. .He was a member of the Church of Christ in Kissimmee, Fla., and also a former member of the Pineville Lions Club. During his career, he owned and operated the cable T.V. service and also had several real estate holdings in Pineville. Survivors include his wife, Carlie Mae (WILDER) BAILEY; one daughter, Linda McGAFFEE, Cumberland Gap; one, Lyle BAILEY, Middlesboro; two grandchildren, Carla Beth BAILEY and Courtney Blair BAILEY, both of Middlesboro; one sister, Pauline MIRACLE, Kettle Island, Ky.; plus a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives. Preceding him in death were his parents and a brother, Clyde BAILEY. Services were Monday at 2 p.m. at the Arnett Funeral Home with the Revx. Paul GIBSON and Dale TURNER officiating. Interment was at the Pineville Memorial Cemetey. Pallbearers were Dr. Virgil SLUSHER, Dr. C.C. MICKEY, Garrett TAYLOR, Charles HALE, Paul NAPIER, Frank PIERCE, Arlus MIRACLE, James WALTERS. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. David ASHER, Charlie CARDWELL, Paul GIBSON, Jimmy WILSON, Fred BUSH, the Rev. Charles F. JONES, Clarence CONATSER, Hascue PANNELL, Bill JOHNSON and Dido STEWART. Arnett Funeral Home of Pineville was in charge of arrangements.
submitted by lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us

BAILEY, HILA MAE, age 72, a life long resident of Kettle Island, Ky., passed away Monday, October 14, 1985 at the Claiborne County Hospital, Tazewell, Tenn. She was born March 8, 1913 in Tennessee, the daughter of the late Harvey Baker and Sarah North Baker. She believed in the Holiness faith. She is survived by: Her husband, Letcher Bailey, Kittle Island; 5 children: Andrew Jackson Bailey, Pontiac, Mich.; Harvey Bailey, Arjay, Ky.; Walter Bailey, Gertrude Bailey and Melvin Bailey, all of Kittle Island; 2 brothers, Hubert Baker, Pontiac, Mich.; Blev Baker, Lafollette, Ind.; 8 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Funeral services for Mrs. Bailey were held at 2 P.M. Wednesday, April 16, 1985 at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel with Revs. David Rice and George Neal officiating. Burial followed in the Bailey Cemetery, 
Mill Creek, Kentucky. Friends of the family served as pallbearers Source: The Pineville Sun-Courier, Thursday, October 17, 1985

Bailey, James Alfred -71, of Hulen, KY passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2005 at the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born September 7, 1934 the son of Minnie Bailey and the late Jim Bailey of Dry Ridge, KY. He retired from Zumbiel Box Company in Cincinnati in 1994 where he was a laminator. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by death by brothers, Maynard Franklin, Willie Lee and Paul 
Everett Bailey, his father-in-law, James T. Cox and mother-in-law, Donnie Vestel Cox. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Sylvia Marie Bailey of Hulen, mother, Minnie Bailey, formerly of Hulen, children, Linda Catherine (Ron) Suggs, of Blufton, SC, Charles Damon Bailey of Cincinnati, OH, Margaret Louise Weaver of Cincinnati, OH and Robert Thomas Bailey of Cincinnati, OH; 12 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, brothers, Virgil 
Eugene (Mary) Bailey of Bimble, Troy Edward (Jean) Bailey of Owenton, KY and Jake (Janie) Bailey of Owenton, KY, sisters, Lola (Joe) Howard of Dry Ridge, KY and Louise Wilder of Miracle, KY and sister-in-law, Brenda Sampson of Cincinnati, OH and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Services were at 2 PM Wednesday at the Blackmont Baptist Church with Rev. David Howard. Burial was in the Tackett Hill 
Cemetery. Pallbearers were family and friends. The family received friends on Tuesday from 6 – 9 PM at the Blackmont Baptist Church. Arrangements were by the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville. 
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, December 15, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BAILEY, JANICE- age 37, of Pineville, KY., died Sunday, June 22, 2003, at Hospice Care Center in Lexington, KY.  She was born in Pineville on October 8, 1965 a daughter of the late Gladys Partin and Lloyd Webb.  She was a member of Church of God Of Prophesy and had been a manager at McDonald’s of Pineville. Survivors include her husband Matthew Bailey; Daughter, Jamie Noel Bailey, Son, Matthew Joshua Bailey, 
Sisters, Sharon Webb, Gail Webb, Sherry Webb, Paulette Webb, Jean Hopkins, parents-in-law, Ray and Virgie Bailey, sisters-in-law, Debbie Green, Ella Bailey, Loretta Bailey, Anita Bailey, Alison Bailey; brothers-in-law, Wade Bailey, Kenneth Bailey, Charles Bailey, Rodney Bailey, Chester Bailey and Mitchell Bailey and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, family and friends. Services were Wednesday at the Arnett & 
Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Allen Lord.  Interment was in the Green Hills Memorial Gardens in Middlesboro.  Pallbearers were brothers and brothers-in-law. Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, was honored to serve the Bailey Family.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, June 26, 2003
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BAILEY, JOHN, age 79, a resident of Arjay, KY., passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2006 in the U.T. Medical Center in Knoxville, Tenn.  He was born on November 28, 1926 in Blanche, KY., the son to the late Pete and Ada Bailey.  He was a retired surface and underground miner.  He was a WWII veteran, a member of the Riverside Baptist Church and a member of UMWA.  In addition to his parents he was preceded in 
death by a daughter Ruby, brothers Raymond and Walter Bailey, sister Creasie Mills, sisters-in-law Ruby Goodin and Agnes Alons, brothers-in-law Guy Carpenter, Billy Baker, Taylor Mills, James Webb, Floyd Warren, Fred Warren.  Left to mourn his passing are the following members of his family.  His wife and children left to mourn a truly great man, his wife of 57 years, Elsie Bailey of Arjay, KY.  Children: Dan and Betty 
Jane Bailey and Nannie Allen, Tutty and John Henry Holland, Jenny and Richard Dunn, John Bailey, Jr., and Melissa and David Sowders.  His siblings: Dora Warren, Bill and Tamara Bailey, Elbert and Janice Bailey, Louise and Russell Reed, Ray and Virgie Bailey, Nina Bailey.  In-laws: Boyd Goodin, Pauline Warren, Thelma Webb, Jim and Jean Baker, Charlie and Judy Baker, Bernie Alons, Virgie Carpenter, Lucy 
Harbin.  He was blessed with 14 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren and a host of other friends and relatives and loved ones.  Funeral services for Mr. John Bailey were conducted Tuesday April 11, 2006 at the Riverside Baptist Church at Fourmile, KY., with Rev. Charles F. Jones and the Rev. Buddy Mills officiating.  Burial followed in the Green Hill Memorial Garden in Middlesboro, KY.  Pallbearers were 
Samson Bailey, Waylon Dunn, Kyle Dunn, Steve Bailey, Travis Bailey and Jeff Allen. Honorary pallbearers were Scott Allen, David Chander Sowder, Dustin Warren, Dr. Emanuel H. Rader, John Mills and Larry Allen.  Visitation was Monday evening at the Riverside Baptist Church at Fourmile, KY.  Creech-Durham Funeral Home was in charge of all arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, April 13, 2006
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum   

BAILEY, MARTHA FORESTER, 72, of Hulen, died Wednesday, July 20, 1988 at the Pineville Community Hospital following a long illness. She was born in Stoney Fork, KY., July 17, 1915 to the late Soloman and Francis Caldwell Forester. A lifelong resident of Bell County, she was a homemaker and a believer in the Holiness faith. She was married to Rev. Leon Bailey. She was preceded in death by one daughter, 
Tishie Bailey.Mrs. Bailey is survived by: her husband, Rev. Leon Bailey, Hulen; two daughters, Margie Caldwell, Pineville, and Martha Lou Bailey, Hulen; three sisters, Elizabeth Caldwell and Ida Brock, both of Stoney Fork, and Mary Forester, OH; one brother, Henry Forester, Stoney Fork, KY; 15 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 24 at the Arnett Funeral Home 
Chapel with Rev. Feeman Clark and Rev. Thea O. Carter. Burial was in the Kentucky-Bell Cemetery, Calloway, KY. Friends and grandsons served as pallbearers. Arnett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Sun-Courier, Thursday, July 28, 1988

Bailey, Melvin 65, passed away on Monday, November 29, 2004 at his home. He was born in Mill Creek on August 2, 1939, the son of the late Letcher and Hila Baker Bailey. He was a farmer who raised the most beautiful gardens and had worked in construction. He was a wonderful husband and father who was loved very much. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by grandson, James Matthew 
Watts, sister, Gertrude Bailey and brothers, Andrew J., Walter and Letcher Bailey. Survivors include his wife, Tishie Brock Bailey, children, Lehman and Joanna Bailey, Karen and Clyde Tigue and Jessica and Tommy Christopher; grandchildren, Jason Tigue, Gelena Letendre, Tishie Lynn Bailey, Melvin Bailey, Virgie Tigue and Hila Tigue; great-grandchildren, A.J. Elliott and Mary Letendre; brother, Harvey Bailey and Mary 
Lou Saylor and special sister-in-law, Lucille Bailey and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, December 9, 2004
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

Bailey, Tilman - 95, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005, at Pineville Community Hospital. He was born in Mill Creek on March 5, 1909, the son of the late Everett and Mary Jane Cox Bailey.  He had worked in the coal mines, lumber yard and was a farmer. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Vernie Helton Bailey; daughters, Wanda Bailey Helton and Marteen Bailey Eldred; grandchildren, Francis 
Carol Collett and James E. Wilson II; brothers, Letcher, Luther and Charlie Bailey; and sisters, Catherine Bailey Hunley and Lucy Bailey. Survivors include his 12 children, Irene Collett of Cincinnati, Pauline Hillman of Goodrich, Mich., Vernon Bailey of Zephyrhills, Fla., Lena Mae Mace of Memphis, Tenn., Margaret Sue Scales of Somerset, Ky.,   Doris Couch of Coldsprings, Ky., Herman Bailey of Amelia, Ohio, Kathyleen 
Boggs of Bledsoe, Danny Bailey of Newport, Ky., Alice Adams of Fayetteville, Ga., Reed Bailey of Newport, Ky., and Dorothy Wilson of Mill Creek; 33 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, four great-great grandchildren; brothers, Ray Bailey of Kettle Island and Boone Bailey of London; three special friends, Melissa Scales, Betty Philpot and Peggy Lefevers; and a host of other relatives and friends.  Services will be at 
11 a.m. Friday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with the Rev. David Rice and the Rev. Thea O. Carter.  Music will be by Mickey Wilder. Burial will be in the Bailey Family Cemetery at Mill Creek.  Pallbearers will be his grandsons.  Honorary pallbearer is Dr. P. LeFeuvre.  The family will receive friends from 5-9 p.m. Thursday at Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville
Source:  The Pineville Sun, , Thursday, January 13, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BAILEY, VERNIE SUDIE  Pineville, Ky.-Mrs. Vernie Sudie Bailey, 74, a resident of Kettle Island, Ky., died Sunday, March 10, 1985 at the Pineville Community Hospital.  She was born Jan. 3, 1911, at Kettle Island, Ky., the daughter of the late Jim Helton and Betty Johnson Helton. She was married at the Mill Creek School House May 5, 1929 to Tilman Bailey, the son of Everett and Mary Jane Cox Bailey. She believed in the Holiness faith.  Survivors include her husband Tilman Bailey, Kettle Island, Ky.; 14 children, Mrs. Irene Collett, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Pauline Hillman and Mrs. Wanda Helton, both of Goodrich, Mich., Vernon P. Bailey, Pontiac, Mich., Mrs. Marteen Eldred, Millersburg, Mich., Mrs.Lena Mace, Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Sue Scales, Herman Bailey, Mrs. Kathleen Colvin, and Mrs. Alice Adams all of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Doris Couch, Coldsprings, Ky., Danny and Reed Bailey, both of Newport, Ky. and Mrs. Dorothy Wilson, Kettle Island, Ky.; three sisters, Mrs. Vergie Caldwell, Mrs. Beulah Bailey, Mrs. Bertha Brock, all of Kettle Island, Ky.; 33 grandchildren and 
seven great-grandchildren. Services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Durham Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Thea O. Carter and the Rev. Otto Brock officiating.  Burial will be in the Bailey Cemetery, Mill Creek, Ky. Pallbearers will be Darrell Bailey, Vernon Collett, Stephen Hillman, David Couch, Terry Scales and Larry Eldred.  Durham Funeral Home, Pineville is in charge of arrangements.  
submitted by Kelly Courtney-Blizzard  Monday, April 02, 2001 8:29 PM

BAILEY, WALTER, 70, of Kettle Island, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2004 at the Laurel Manor Health Care in New Tazwell, TN.  He was born October 25, 1934 in Bell County the son of the late Letcher and Hila Baker Bailey.  He was a member of the Calvary Chapel Pentecostal Church.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sister, Gertrude Bailey and brother, A.J. Bailey.  Survivors include his brothers, Harvey Bailey and Mary Lou Saylor, Melvin and Tishie Bailey and Willian Bailey, sister-in-law, Lucille Bailey, nephews, Harvey Lee Bailey and Michael Bailey and a host of other relatives and friends.  Services were Tuesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. George Neal and Rev. David Rice.  Music was by Kevin Wilson and Mickey Wilder.  Burial was in the Bailey Cemetery at Mill Creek.  Pallbearers were Robert Young, William Bailey, Harvey Lee Bailey, Johnny Dean Crisp. Leeman Bailey and Clyde Teague.  Arnett & Steele Funeal Home, Pineville, was in charge of arrangements. 
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, December 2, 2004
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

Bailey, Walter “Walt” -70, of Greasy Creek, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2006 in KayJay, KY. He was born in Blanche on January 16, 1935 the son of the late Pete and Ada Mills Bailey. He was a member of the Greasy Creek Baptist Church and had worked in the coal mines for 37 years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Creasie Mills, brother, Raymond Bailey, and brothers-
in-law, Taylor Mills and Floyd Warren. Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Bertie Jones Bailey, children and their spouses, Kathy and Jerry Baker, Jeanette Baker, Darryl and Karen Bailey and Benita and Bruce Sanders, grandchildren, Cindy Baker of Texas, Stephanie Baker of Memphis, TN, Erica Baker, Courtney Bailey and Brandy Sanders; sisters and brothers and their spouses, Dora Warren, Louise and Russell 
Reed, John and Elsie Bailey, Elbert and Janice Bailey, Bill and Tamara Bailey, Ray and Virgie Bailey; sister-in-law, Nina Bailey and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Services will be at 2 PM Friday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Luther Collett and Rev. Paul Gibson. Music will be by the Gibson Family. Burial will be in the Green Hills Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro. Pallbearers will be family and friends. 
Honorary Pallbearers and special friends are Oscar Phipps, Ed Goodin, Freddie Mays, Justin Mays, Marshall Peace and Ernest “Cotton” Centers. The family will receive friends from 6 until 9 PM Thursday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, January 12, 2006
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BAIRD, BIRTHA - January 4, 1983 - Bitha Baird, 94, of Four Mile, Ky., died Jan. 4 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was the daughter of the late John Partin and Madaline Webb Partin. Mrs. Baird was a Baptist by denomination.  She is survived by her son, Luther Baird of Pineville; 19 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-children.  Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Chenoa Baptist Church with 
Rev. Murphy Buell, Rev. Jerry Cox, Rev. Wade Partin and the Rev. Charlie Browning officiating. Burial will be held in the Chenoa Cemetery.
submitted by "Sharon Jenkins"  
Source:  London to America Newsletter Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:32 AM

BAIRD, J.B., a former coal miner of Chenoa, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2000 at his home. He was 62. Funeral service for Mr. Baird was Saturday, September 9, 2000 at Durham Funeal Home Chapel with Rev. Murphy Buell, Rev. Danny Hall and Rev. John Baird officiating.  Burial was in Chenoa Cemetery, Chenoa, Kentucky. Pallbearers were Joshua Shane Baird, James Campbell, Johnny McGregor, Greg Reed, Billy Baird and Dolan Baird, Jr. In addition to his parents, Luther Baird and Sally Crawford Baird, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Edith Browning Baird; a  son-in-law, Clyde R. Wiener, Jr;. and a sister-in-law, Christine  Campbell.  J.B. Baird was born November 2, 1937 at Chenoa, Kentucky. He was a coal miner and he believed in the Baptist faith.  Left to cherish his memory include his wife, Debbie Baird, Chenoa, KY; son, Joshua Shane Baird, Chenoa, KY; four daughters, Marie Widener, Campbellsville, KY, Eidth Baird, Campbellsville, KY, Robin Funson and husband, Lavan, Chenoa, KY, Holly Browning and Christopher 
Dean, Galenda, MO; brothers and their wives, James and Doris Baird, Pineville, KY, Dolan and Sudie Baird, Pineville, KY, Shirley John and Diann Baird, Fourmile, KY; sisters and their husbands, Nellie and Charles Payne, Fourmile, KY, Betty Sue McGregor, Campbellsville, KY, Dorothy and J.W. Johnson, Fourmile, KY and Linda and Danny Hall, Pineville, KY; special brother-in-law James Campbell, Campbellsville, KY; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Bernard and Renne Campbell, Madisonville, KY, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Earl and Sherri Johnson, Harlan, KY, sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Earl and Louise Hopper, Memphis, TN; four grandchildren, Amber Funson, Jakob Funson, Kaytlin Dean and Gage Dean; four step-grandchildren, Gilbert Jills, Monica Mills, Larry Mills and Robin Mills, all of Barbourville, KY; father and mother-in-law, Enos and Margaret Marks;l and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. Durham Funeral Home, Pineville, Kentucky was in charge of arrangements.
Source: The Pineville Sun, September 14, 2000
submitted by Janet Wolfrum Date:8/19/01 2:01:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time

BAIRD, MARIETTA ALLEN,  better known as Granny BAIRD, formerly of Pineville, died February 3, 1989 in the Baptist Convalescent Center in Newport, Ky., where she resided. The daughter of George F. and Bessie ALLEN of Elk Valley, Tennessee, she was born May 26, 1902. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and one daughter, Mrs. Bessie MARTIN. Surviving are Helen DOUGHLAS, Pineville; Georgia FLOTTMAN, Bellevue, Ky.; Kathleen SMITH, Lexington, Ky.; Jim F. BAIRD, Alexandria, Ky.; William D. BAIRD, Amelia, Ohio; Louis C. BAIRD, Sacramento, Calf.; 24 grandchildren, 23, great grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Services were at 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 7, 1989 at the Stanfill Baptist Church in Elk Valley, Tennessee, with her grandson, Rev. David F. MARTIN. Pallbearers were grandsons. Hays Funeral Home in charge. 
submitted by lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us  The Sun-Courier, Thursday, February 16, 1989 

BAKER, ALBERTA, PINEVILLE - Alberta Baker, 61, passed away Friday, Feb. 1, 2002, at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington. She was born in Pike County, Ky., on Sept. 12, 1940, a daughter of the late Hascue and Myrtle Hurley. She was a member of the Laurel Hill Pentecostal Church and had been a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Evelyn Hurley and brothers Edward and Junior Hurley. Survivors include husband, Rev. Hubert Baker of Pineville; children Angela (Robin) Saylor of Virginia, Lisa (David) Messer of Tennessee and Anthony (Barbara) Baker of Pineville; grandchildren Adam Saylor, Brandon and Aaron Baker; step-grandchildren Zachary Lane Messer, Brandon Paul and Logan Ross Gilbert; sister Audrey Hurley of Corbin; brother Cecil Hurley of Pineville; niece Charlene Collett; nephew Paul Wilder and a host of other nieces, nephews and friends. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Laurel Hill Pentecostal Church with Rev. Leon Baker, Rev. Thea O. Carter and Rev. Gary Cornelius. Music will be by friends. Burial will be in the Pinelawn 
Memorial Gardens, Pineville. Pallbearers will be Adam Saylor, Robin Saylor, David Messer, Brandon Baker, Hascue Hurley, Lloyd Hurley, Cecil Hurley and Frank Hurley. Visitation is after 6 p.m. today at Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.

BAKER, ALMA BROWNING - 72, of Middlesboro, passed away Sept. 10, 2003, at Middlesboro A.R.H. She was born January 26, 1931, in Knoxville, the daughter of the late John Henry Browning and Reesie Poynter Browning. Member of Covenant United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Marjorie Browning, Evelyn Anderson, Helen Smith; brothers, Charles, Alfred, John and Bill Browning. Survivors include husband, Oral Baker of Middlesboro; three children, Randy (Patti) Baker of Vero Beach, Fla., Kenny Baker of Lexington, Ky., Tammy (Scott) Hudson of Frankfort, Ky.; brothers, Leo (Liz) Browning and Gordon (Betty) Browning, all of Knoxville, Robert (Jane) Browning of Dandridge, Tenn.; sisters, Margaret (Dale) Grizell and Thelma (David) Cameron, all of Knoxville; four grandchildren, Heather, Joshua, Rachael, Nathan. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday at the Creech Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. John Bowling presiding. Interment will be in the Kibert Cemetery. Pallbearers: Ricky Anderson, Steve Anderson, Gary Anderson, Larry Cameron, Brian Browning, Gordy Ervin, Sonny Smith, and Leland Browning. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Creech Funeral Home. Creech Funeral Home, is in charge.
Source:  The Knoxville News Sentinel 11 Sep 2003

BAKER, ARTHUR THOMAS  September 06, 1925 - July 16, 2007  Arthur Thomas Baker, 81 of Pineville, passed away on Monday, July 16, 2007 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin. He was born in Pineville on September 6, 1925, a son of the late Thomas and Cora Scalf Baker. He was a member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church and retired from the Bell County School System where he had been a school 
teacher and school social worker. He had also served on the Bell County School Board for 12 years. Mr. Baker served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers and sisters, Connie Baker, Willie Baker, Lindsey Baker, Johnny Baker, Ruby Bullington, Eula Mae Bruner and Mable June Thompson.  Survivors 
include his wife of 54 years, Chastine Goodin Baker, son, Marvin Clifton Baker and his wife, Suzanne; grandchildren, Whitney Lee Baker, Justin Christian and Mathew Christian; sisters, ChloEva Clark and Norma Jean Meredith and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.Services will be at 1:00 PM Friday at the Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev. Keith Bays and Rev. Terry Cox. Music will be by the Church Choir. 
Burial will be in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery with pallbearers, Shelton Evans, Nicholas Evans, Jessie Barton, Travis Barton, David Goodin, John Golden, Earl Hammons and Jacob Martin. Military honors will be presented by the American Legion Dewey Guy Post 14, Middlesboro.The family will receive friends after 6 PM Thursday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.  Services will be at 1:00 PM Friday at the 
Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev. Keith Bays and Rev. Terry Cox. Music will be by the Church Choir. Burial will be in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery with pallbearers, Shelton Evans, Nicholas Evans, Jessie Barton, Travis Barton, David Goodin, John Golden, Earl Hammons and Jacob Martin. Military honors will be presented by the American Legion Dewey Guy Post 14, Middlesboro.  The family will receive friends after 6 PM Thursday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
source:  Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville
submitted by Barbara Rice

BAKER, ELOISE PUTNAM October 22, 1934 - October 22, 2007  Eloise Putman Baker, 73, of Pineville, passed away on Monday, October 22, 2007 at her home. She was born in Pineville on October 22, 1934, the daughter of the late R.E.L. and Nell Partin Putnam. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Pineville and had been a homemaker.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by 
a son, Michael David Smith, sisters, Estelle Farmer and Jackie Martin.  Survivors include her husband, W.S. Baker, Jr. of Pineville, step-children, Michael Baker and wife, Norma of Calvin, Terry Baker and wife, Janice of London and Mona Baker of North Carolina; step-grandchildren, Ashley and Jeff Landrum, Terry and Kendra Baker, Tiffany Baker, Stefanie Harris and Joseph and Ashley Harris, step-great-grandchildren, 
Bailey Landrum,. Kayle Baker, Haley Baker and Alexis Wise; brother-in-law, Lacy Martin, nieces and nephews, Linda and Irvin Kliethermes, Gary and Sue Martin, Chuck and Karen Martin, Cathy and Steve Lumsden and Lisa and Kent Sears; brothers and sisters-in-law, George Bake, Benny and Jean Houser, Marisha Stewart, Debbie Tweed-Baker, Ronald Baker and George and Dollie Baker, special friends, Bob Madon, 
Leo and Nelda Taylor and Wayne and Carolyn Bishop and a host of great-nieces and nephews.  Services will be at 1:00 PM Thursday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Ron Howard. Burial will be in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery, Pineville. Pallbearers will be Charlie Simpson, Terry Baker, II, Leroy Robbins, Gary Martin, Chuck Martin, Kent Sears and Joseph Harris.  The family will receive friends from 
7 until 9 PM Wednesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
source:  Arnett & Steele Funeral Home
submitted by Barbara Rice

BAKER, EMMA, age 91, a resident of (Clear Creek) Pineville, KY., passed away Saturday, November 30, 1985 at her home. She was born February 12, 1894 in Bell Co., KY., the daughter of the late John Hoskins and Mary Alice Hoskins. She was a member of the Harmony Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Baker, in 1954. She is survived by: 12 children: Hubert Baker, Carleton, KY,; Frank Baker and Mrs. Betty Gibson, both of Lima Ohio; Charlie Ray Baker, Paintsville, KY,; Mrs. Marie Smith, Solomon Baker, Clyde Baker and Harold Baker, all of Pineville; Mrs. Ethel Phipps, Cridersville, OH; one brother, Bill Matt Hoskins, Pineville; 1 sister, Mrs. Sally Henderson, Pineville; 68 grandchildren and 115 great-grandchildren . Funeral services for Mrs. Baker were held at 2 p.m. Monday, December 2, 1985 at the Harmony Baptist Church, Clear Creek, KY., with Reverends Ellis Hoskins, Jabe Smith and Shelby Money officiating. Burial followed in the Smith Cemetery, Clear Creek, KY. Her grandsons served as pallbearers. Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
source:  The Sun-Courier, Thursday, December 5, 1985
transcribed and submitted by Sharon K. Turner

Baker, Essie Marie -PINEVILLE -88, passed away Monday, Sept. 12, 2005, at Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital. Born June 3, 1917, in Pineville, she was the daughter of the late Matt and Ellen Hoskins Partin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roscoe Baker; two infant children, Janice and Crosby Baker; and four sisters. Survivors include two sisters, Flossie Gibson of 
Pineville, and Ethel Baker of Danville; along with a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Creech Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Poore officiating. Burial will follow in the Gibson Cemetery at Clear Creek. Creech Funeral Home, Middlesboro, is in charge of the arrangements.
Source:   Middlesboro Daily News

BAKER, EUGENE, 52, of Elys, KY., died at his home at Elys, Monday, February 6, at 6:30 a.m. after a short illness.  He is survived by five uncles: Henry Baker, Flat Lick, Ben Baker, Harlan, Jim Baker, Cincinnati, OH., Tom and Dan Baker both of Newort, KY; three aunts, Mrs. Ellen Howard, Flat Lick, Mrs. Clara Gray, Barbourville, and Mrs. Axie Chilgren, Middlesboro.  Rev. Eleazer Benenhaley officiated at the 
funeral services held Wednesday, February 8, at 2 p.m at the Concord Baptist Church, Flat Lick, KY.  Pallbearers were family friends and burial was in the Hammons Cemetery, Flat Lick, with Arnett Funeral Home in charge.
source:  The Pineville Sun.Dated February 9, 1961 Page 8
Submitted by Mary Eldridge-Harris

BAKER, EVERETT, age 78, died Thursday, October 4, 1990 at the Laurel Manor Nursing Home, New Tazewell, Tenn. He was born March 31, 1912 in Carter County, Ky., the son of the late Thomas Franklin BAKER. He was a member of Wasioto Baptist Church and Carpenters Union Local 2132. He was a master carpenter. He was preceded in death by his parents and one daughter Joyce BAKER, five brothers, Earl, Charles, Herbert, Robert and Mansford, and one sister, Lillian BAKER. Survivors include his wife, Hattie PARTIN BAKER; one son, Allen BAKER, Campton, Ky.; one daughter, Billie Jean KNUCKLES of Pineville; five brothers, Jack BAKER, Olive Hill, Ky., Nick BAKER, Lexington, N.C., Hoover BAKER, Mansfield, Ohio, Harlan BAKER, New Albany, Miss., and Tom Jr., Pine Bluff, Ark.; six sisters, Wilma DIXON, Ashland, Ky., Garnett SCHERER, Ironton, Ohio, Inez ROUTT, Columbus, Ohio, Lillian APPLEGATE, Grayson, Ky., Pauline PHILLIPS, Mansfield, Ohio and Betty JONES, Columbus, Ohio; six grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews. Services were conducted Sunday, October 7, 1990 at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Chapel with Rev. Robey WALTERS officiating. Music was provided by Lowell and Roberta TURNER. Burial was in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery. Grandson and nephews served as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were friends and associates. Arnett & Steele Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 

BAKER, JAMES THOMAS "ROY", age 79 of Rt. 2, Harlan Rd. of Calloway, Kentucky passed away December 7th, 1990 at his home. Preceded in death by his wife; Gertrude BLACK BAKER, parents; Grover & Lillie MESSER BAKER, and brother; Bill BAKER. A member of Mathel Pentecostal Church & UMWA.  Survivors: Son; Ralph BAKER of Calloway, Ky.; Daughter; June RADER of Somersville, West Virginia; (4) grandchildren (3) great-grandchildren and a host of family & friends to mourn his passing.  Graveside services 2 pm Sunday Louis Cemetery, Calloway. Rev. Theo CARTER officiating. Pallbearers-friends of the family. Visitation-6-8 pm Saturday at Reece Valley Chapel Funeral Home.

Baker, Judy -61, of Stoney Fork passed away on Monday, March 3, 2003 at the Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington.  She was born June 10, 1941 at Stoney Fork, daughter of the late John D. and Virgie Helton Brock.  She had been a Baptist homemaker.  She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Jay, Pearl and Farmer Brock. Survivors include her husband, William M. Baker, children, Faye and Mike 
Helton, Simon and Regina Baker and Orville Gene Baker, grandchildren, Heather and Tonia Helton, Joshua and Whitney Baker, great-granddaughter, Logan Dakota Strunk all of Stoney Fork, brothers and sisters, Bert and Karen Brock, Lillie and Felix Brock, Jr., Rosie and Albert Baker, Lizzie Mills, Tishie and Melvin Bailey, Christine and James Wilson, special friends, Mary Elliott and Martha Mae Helton and a host of nieces, nephews 
and friends. Services were Thursday at Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Herstel Belcher, Rev. Ray Collett, Rev. Rondald Howard and Mr. Ted Wilder.  Music was by Joy and Donny Belcher and Kathy Brock.  Burial was in the W.M. Baker Cemetery at Stoney Fork.  Family and friends served as pallbearers. Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, was honored to serve the Judy Baker Family.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, March 13, 2003
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BAKER, JUDY FERRELL  October 06, 1948 - July 27, 2007  Judy Ferrell Baker, 58, of Little Clear Creek, passed away on Friday, 
July 27, 2007 at her home. She was born in Kettle Island on October 6, 1948, the daughter of the late Lewis and Norma Collett Ferrell. She 
was a member of the Hensley Chapel Baptist Church and had been a homemaker.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by 
her husband, Freddie Ray Baker and sisters, Corena Cox and Hildreath Rice.  Survivors include her sons and their wives, Tony and Tammy 
Baker, Ray and Khris Baker and Chris and Rhonda Baker; grandchildren, Michael Anthony Baker, Tyler David Ray Baker, Daniel Lewis Baker, 
Miranda Nichole Baker, Morgan Paige Baker, Amber Lynn Baker, Makayla Brooke Baker, Christopher Keaton Baker, Dakota Chase Baker 
and Kaitlyn Ranae Tompkins; brothers and sisters, James Ferrell, Tom Ferrell, Lola Howard, Inez Morrow, Geraldine Ferrell, Charlotte Kimble 
and Elonda Defevers.  Services will be at 2:00 PM Monday at the Fuson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Terry Baker and Rev. 
Murphy Buell. Music will be by the Fuson Chapel Choir. Burial will be in the Fuson Chapel Cemetery with family and friends serving as 
pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be Roger and Brenda Johnson, Bobby and Helen Hunter, Jimmy and Teresa Hunter and Charles 
and Bertha Hunter.The family received friends on Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
source:  Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville
submitted by Barbara Rice

BAKER, KITTY  SUE  DUNN, 46, of Pineville, went home to be with Jesus on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2006 at the University of Tennessee 
Medical Center in Knoxville. She was born in Pineville on August 23, 1959 the daughter of Gaye Hester Posey Dunn and the late Johnny Ira Dunn. 
She was of the Pentecostal Faith and attended services at both Laurel Hill Pentecostal Church and New Life House of Prayer in Middlesboro. 
She had been a homemaker.  In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a sister, Mattie Louise Rhodes, brothers, Ray Honeycutt 
and John Oren Dunn and nephews, James Wendell Mills and Fred Ira Dunn, Jr.  Survivors include her husband, Kenneth Baker of Pineville, son, 
James Smith of Middlesboro, grandchildren, Jamie Lynn Smith and Johnny Ira Smith of Middlesboro, her mother, Gaye Hester Dunn, step-son 
and his wife, Travis and Jennifer Baker of Pineville and step-granddaughter, Hannah, brothers and sisters and their spouses, Faye and Orville 
Alford of Pineville, Frances and Roger Sharp and Sandra and Ted Fuson all of Middlesboro, James Noah and Karen Dunn and Rev. Bill and 
Rosemary Dunn, all of Middlesboro and Fred and Mary Ann Dunn of Pineville, parents-in-law, Howard and Betty Baker of Barbourville and 
a host of nieces and nephews, who are all special to Kitty.  Services were at 1:00 PM on Wednesday at the Laurel Hill Pentecostal Church with 
Rev. Hubert Baker and Rev. Clyde Patterson. Music was by her niece, Amanda Carter. Burial was in the Pinelawn Memorial Gardens, Pineville. 
Pallbearers were Orville Alford, Bill David Dunn, Travis Baker, Justin Dunn, Roger Sharp, David Patterson and family and friends. Honorary 
pallbearers were her son, James Smith and her brothers, James Dunn, Bill Dunn and Fred Dunn. The family received friends on Tuesday at the 
Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville. Guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, April 20, 2006
submitted by Janet Wolfrum

Baker, Roberta HenDrickson -82, of Barbourville, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at the Pineville Community Hospital.  
She was born in Four Mile, on January 6, 1923 the daughter of the late George B. and Lucy Woolum Hendrickson. She was a member of the 
First Baptist Church of Barbourville.  She had been a bookkeeper at McCombs Supply in Harlan until her retirement in 1989.In addition to her 
parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lindsey J. Baker and sisters and brother, Janet Jarvis, Janice VanBever, Rowena Hendrickson 
and Robert Hendrickson. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Lindsey Joe, Jr. and Frieda H. Baker of Barbourville, grandchildren and 
their spouses, Lindsey Joe III and Morela V. Baker of Bothell, WA and Kathy (Baker) and Paul Kevin Moore of Lexington, KY; great-
grandchildren, Hannah Keely and Paul Logan Moore of Lexington and Matthew Thomas Baker of Bothell, WA, brother and sister-in-law, G.B. 
and Gaynell Hendrickson of Four Mile and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Services were Saturday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home 
with Rev. Shane Nichols.  Burial will be in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery, Pineville. Pallbearers were David Hendrickson, Leonard Hendrickson, 
Robert Leonard Hendrickson, Greg Hendrickson, G.K. VanBever, Patrick Brooks and Buddy Fee. Honorary pallbearers were Bobby Ray 
Hendrickson, Johnny Hendrickson, Harold Howard, Jerry Carey, Rob Noonan, Lawrence Bowman, Eulis Fisher, Charles Buchanan, Arthur 
Baker, Jr. and Danny Howard. The Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, was in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, October 13, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BAKER, SAMUEL C, a resident of Ferndale, Ky., died November 22, 1990 at the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born January 20, 
1910 in Bell County, Ky., the son of the late Albert and Amanda BAKER. He was a believer in the Baptist faith, was a retired coal miner. 
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Linnie BAKER, Ferndale; one son, Willie W. BAKER, South Lyon, Mich.; three brothers, Dewey BAKER, 
and Troy BAKER, both of Ferndale, and General BAKER of Pineville; two sisters, Mrs. Nadine BUNDY and Mrs. Daisy NEAL, both of 
Ferndale; one granddaughter, Mrs. Lisa BAKER DURAND, South Lyon, Mich. Services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 
24, at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel, with the Revs. Clarence LAMBDIN, Clarence MASON and Bobby JACKSON. Burial was in the 
Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Middleboro, Ky. Music was provided by Leonard Gordon SINGERS. Pallbearers were Donald HAROLD, 
Tom TURNER, Eddie TURNER, Tim EVANS, Frank MASON and Frank GIVENS. Durham Funeral Home as in charge of arrangements.
Typed by: Connie Binkley

BAKER, TERESA MARIE, 2 days, daughter of James and Tammy Johnson Baker, died Wednesday. Services noon today, Wallsend 
Cemetery. Visitation 9 a.m. today, Arnett & Steele Funeral Home. 
Source:  The Lexington Herald Leader 6 Oct 2000

BAKER, VERNIE, 89, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2002 at the Middlesboro Appalachain Regional Hospital. She was born Dec. 11, 
1912 in Leslie County, Ky. the daughter of the late Thea Begley and Essie Holbrook Begley. She was preceded in death by her husband, 
Troy James Baker; granddaughter, Samantha Corey; one grandson, Steve Hicks; five brothers, Dennis Begley, Jimmy Begley, Bill Begley, 
Jesse Begley; five sisters, Nina Bartley, Roxie Begley, Edna Sullivan, Betty Burkley, Mary Norris. Survivors include six daughters, Maxine 
(Ed) Farmer of Gladwine, Mich., Shelby Hopkins, Ferndale, Ky., Marie (Gene) Hicks, Gladwine, Mich., Betty Sulfridge, Ferndale, Ky., 
Freda (Larry) Baker, Clear Creek, Ky., Jerri (Bobby) Valentine, Himyar,Ky.; three brothers, John Begley, Milard, Mich, Ralph Begley, 
Monroe, Mich., Grady Begley, Clarksville, Tenn. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Creech Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. 
Walter Brock and Claude Baker presiding. Music will be provided by Fred Pauley. Interment will be in Green Hills Memorial Gardens. 
Pallbearers will be grandsons. Visitation will be 6-9 p.m. Sunday at the Creech Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements. 

BAKER, WALTER SCOTT "W.S." JR., 80, passed away on Saturday, November 29, 2008, at Oak Tree Acute Care Hospital in Corbin, Ky.He was born in Arjay on August 2, 1928, a son of the late Walter Scott Sr. and Mary Ann Messer Baker. He was a United States Marine Corps veteran, and was a retired conductor for the L & N/CSX Railroad. He was also a member of the First Baptist Church of Pineville, the Pineville Lions Club, and the United Transportation Union.He had served on the Pineville City Council and as Mayor Pro-Tem, and was a co-chair for the Pineville Water System Board and the Ethics Board.He loved people and never met a stranger and was always willing to help anyone in need.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Eloise Putnam Baker; sister, Nora Davi;s and brother, Robert Baker.Survivors include his children, Michael Baker and wife, Norma of Calvin, Terry Baker and wife, Janice of London, and Mona Baker and fianc/, Ken Norman of Hickory, N.C; grandchildren, Ashley and Jeff Landrum, Terry and Kendra Baker, Tiffany Baker, Stephanie Harris and Joseph and Ashley Harris; great-grandchildren, Bailey Landrum, Kayley Baker, Haley Baker, Alexis Wise and Ava Grace Harris; brother, George Baker of Oakridge, Tenn.; special friends, children of Georgia and the late Clyde Robbins, Billy Robbins, and Andy Williams; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Howard presiding. Music will be by Stephanie Harris.Burial will follow in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons Joseph Harris II and Terry Baker II, Leroy Robbins, Charlie Simpson, Bobby Widener and Kent Spears. Honorary pallbearers will be his brother-in-law Lacy Martin, Dr. and Mrs. Emanuel Rader, Robert L. Madon, Dr. Leo Taylor, and Dr. Jerry Woolum.The family received friends from 6 until 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home in Pineville. Guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com.
Source: Middlesboro Daily News Monday, December 3, 2008 11:56 AM EST
Submitted by Barbara Rice

BAKER, WILLIAM "BILL",  a Calloway, KY., resident passed away at his home at Calloway Friday evening, October 9, 1981 of an apparent heart attack.  Mr. Baker was born June 4, 1909 in Knox County, the son of the late Grover and Lillie Messer Baker. He had been a resident of Calloway about three years and was of the Holiness faith. HIs wife preceded him in death in 1978. He is survived by one son, William Baker, Jr., of TX; one brother James (Roy) Baker of Calloway, KY., and several other relatives.  Funeral services were conducted Sunday, October 11, 1981 at 2:30 p.m. at the Arnett Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Cleoh Bailey officiating. Burial was in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery at Pineville with family friends as pallbearers.  Arnett Funeral Home of Pineville was in charge of arrangements."  
Source:  The Pineville Sun. Dated Oct 15, 1981:

BAKER, WILLIAM  M, 71, of Stoney Fork, passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2006 at the Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee. He was born in Beverly on May 24, 1935, the son of the late William M. and Susie Lawson Baker. He had worked in logging and for the State Highway Road Department. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Judy Brock Baker, sister, Ellie Hoskins and brothers, Earl and Leon Baker and best friend, Logan Helton.  Survivors include his children and their spouses, Simon and Regina Baker, Faye and Mike Helton and Orville and Lula Baker; grandchildren, Heather and David Strunk, Tonia Helton, Whitney Baker, Joshua Baker and Lantz Smith; great-grandchildren, Logan, Tristen and Kaimen Strunk; sister, Gladys Baker, brother and sister-in-law, Albert and Rosie Baker and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.  Services were at 11:00 AM Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Herstel Belcher and Mr. Ted Wilder. Music was by Kathy Brock and Shirley Caldwell. Burial was in the W.M. Baker Cemetery at Stoney Fork. Pallbearers were family and friends.  The family received friends Saturday from 6 until 9 PM at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.  Guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, September 28, 2006
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BALES, GORDON A, 72 - PAINESVILLE, Ohio - Gordon A. "Pud" Bales, 72, passed away Sunday, Jan. 13, 2002, at Altercare of Mentor in Concord Township. Born Sept. 21, 1929, in Jonesville, Va., he was the president of Bales Trucking Company in Painesville Township where he had resided for last five years. He was also a former resident of Grand River, Ohio. His interests included racing, softball, shooting pool, as 
well as collecting memorabilia. He was of the Baptist faith, and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was preceded in death by one grandchild; his parents, Gordon and Ollie Bales; one sister, June Bales; and his stepmother, Emma Bales. Survivors include his wife of 16 years, Helen Galion Bales, Painesville; six daughters and sons-in-law, Mary Ann and Wayne Sexton, Jonesville, Katherine and Bob Dean, Jonesville, Sharon and 
Steve Hill, Painesville, Diana and Joe Turner, Painesville, Connie Lynn and Joseph Rini, Grand River, Ohio, and Vickie Jean and Bill Rasoletti, Munson, Ohio; two sons and daughters-in-law, Timothy and Amy Bales, Madison, Ohio, and Kenneth Ray and Jennifer Galion, Madison, Ohio; 26 grandchildren, six great -grandchildren; two sisters, Ann Middleton, Jonesville, and Kathleen Sharpe Dennis and husband, Wayne, Willoughby, 
Ohio; two nephews, three great-nephews, and one great-niece. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at Bruner Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Mentor, Ohio. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Painesville. The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Bruner Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Memorials are suggested to Painesville Baptist Church, 140 Park Road Extension, 
Painesville, Ohio, 44077. Obituary courtesy of Arney-Mullins Funeral Home, Jonesville, Va

BALLARD, BEULAH LEWIS, 97, Phoenix, Ariz. - Beulah Lewis Ballard, 97, formerly of Middlesboro, passed away Friday, May 3, 2002, in Phoenix. She was born Feb. 1, 1905, at Ferndale. Preceding her in death was her husband, Padgett Ballard Sr. Survivors include her son, Padgett R.Ballard Jr.; one daughter, Lorraine Hughes; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. A memorial graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Middlesboro Cemetery, with the Rev. Don Ballard presiding. Creech Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Barnett, David-Ferndale-David Grant Barnett, 93, died Tuesday, June 20 at his residence. He was the son of Jim and Manerva Brown Barnett. Surviving are two daughters: Mrs. Emma Seigler and Mrs. Ollie Moody, Pineville; two sons, Andrew Barnett and Lee Martin, Pineville, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, June 21 at the residence with the Reverend Rufus Barnett officiating. Burial was in the Balkan Cemetery. Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Submitted by Robin Woolum

BARNETT, HARVEY V, 82, who had been a coal miner, husband of Mary Barnett, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Beans Fork Missionary Baptist Church. Visitation 6-9 p.m. today, Creech Funeral Home.  
Source:  The Lexington Herald Leader 21 Jun 2001 
Source:  Neal Byrge 

BARNETT, IMOGENE - 64, passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006, at Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was born Sept. 29, 1941, in Bell County, the daughter of the late Granville and Dora Howerton. She was a member of Trinity Full Gospel Worship Center. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Walter Barnett; two brothers, Edward and Willie Howerton; seven sisters, Norma Jean Castle, 
Martha Miracle, Georgia Keller, Mary Good, Katie Howerton, Frances Howerton, and Opie Howerton; and one grandson, Tommy Lee Barnett. Survivors include her husband, Emmitt Barnett, Meldrum; son, Tommy Barnett, Meldrum; daughters, Loretta (Patrick) Bailey, Avondale, Ariz., Lisa (Jeff) Kersey, Tazewell, Tenn., Renee (Lonnie) Wilson, Pineville, and Ella Mae (Eric) Price, Meldrum; 12 grandchildren, Terry Lynn Braden, 
Timothy, Tabitha, Bradley Barnett, Ashley and Travis Beeler, Latosha and Matt Wilson, Jeffery and Amanda Kersey, Kenneth Mullins and Eric Price; special daughter-in-law, Debbie Barnett; three sisters, Elizabeth Denny, Middlesboro, Loretta Trueblood, Owasso, Mich., and Alberta Miracle, Middlesboro; one brother, John Howerton, Hersey, Mich.; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. Funeral 
services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Full Gospel Worship Center with the Rev. Jeff Kersey and the Rev. Alva Robinson presiding. Music will be by Rev. Alva Robinson, Dora Duncan, and Rochelle Sampson. Interment will be in the Cannon Creek Cemetery. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Timothy Barnett, Matthew Wilson, Bradley Barnett, and Jeffery Kersey, along with Charles Ferguson and Lester Adkins. The 
family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Full Gospel Worship Center Arrangements by Creech Funeral Home, Middlesboro.
Source:  The Middlesboro Daily News, February 1, 2006
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BARNETT, JACK, 75, Cincinnati, Ohio, formerly of Bell County, passed away Saturday, Jan. 12, 2002, at Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati. Born Sept. 21, 1926, in Bell County, he was the son of the late Arville Mason Barnett and Eliza Poore Barnett. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Cleo Barnett; and five brothers. Survivors include his three daughters; Violet Barnett, Cincinnati, Jackie Shropshire, 
Ripley, Ohio, and Kimberly Barnett of Erlanger, Ky.; two sons-in-law, Tony Shropshire of Ripley, and John Grossman of Erlanger; stepmother, Nellie Barnett, Middlesboro; three brothers, Frank Barnett, Middlesboro, Ben Barnett, Middlesboro, and Alva Barnett, Scaroboro, W.Va.; three sisters, Ella Mae Robbins, Middlesboro, Ulanda Keeler, Gordonsville, Tenn., and Anita Barnes, Watertown, Tenn.; three grandchildren, Eric Paul 
Shropshire of Ripley, Kimberly Shawnte Shorpshire of Ripley, and Shelby Grossman of Erlanger; and a host of nieces and nephews.  Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Shumate Funeral Home with the Rev. Jess Roark presiding. Burial will be in Barnett Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ricky Barnett, Tom Barnett, Kevin Barnett, Austin Barnett, Pee Wee Barnett, and Chris Denkins.  Visitation is from 1-2 p.m. 
Wednesday at Shumate Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.

Barnett, Johnnie Lee -16, of 812 Il. Chester Avenue, City, passed away suddenly January 29, 1972 in a local hospital. He was preceded in death by his father in 1960.  He was a member of the junior class at Middlesboro High School and was also a member of the Middlesboro High School Band.  Mr. Barnett was a member of the Yeary's Chapel Pentecostal Church.  Survivors include, his mother, Leona Barnett, Middlesboro; 
7 brothers, James P. Barnett, Niles, Mich., Earl E. Barnett, Dayton, Ohio, Douglas L. Barnett, stationed with the U.S. Air Force in Taiwan, Arlis Barnett, stationed with the U.S. Navy in Italy, Eulan Barnett, Glenwood, Ill., Willis Lee Barnett, Middlesboro, DeWayne Barnett, Middlesboro; 3 sisters, Wanda L. Heath, Dayton, Ohio, Marince Reed, Middlesboro, Ava Turner, Middlesboro and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service 
will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Yeary's Chapel Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Fuller Clark officiating. Pallbearers will be Leonard Rich, Gary Peck, Mickey Spangler, Oscar James, William Lambert and Gene Fretwell. Interment will follow in the Hensley's Cemetery.  The body will be moved to the church at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 this evening at the funeral home. Cawood Funeral Home in charge
Source:  Middlesboro Daily News    Monday, January 31, 1972
Submitted by Karen Barnett

BARNETT, LOUISE, age 83, a resident of Pineville, Ky., passed away Wednesday, January 6, 1988 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born March 3, 1904 at St Charles, Va.,the daughter of the late George Dennison. She believed in the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1960, one daughter Mrs. Marble Hendrickson , one grandson, Martin Hendrickson, five brothers and four sisters. 
She is survived by one son, Glenn Barnett, Livonia, Mich.,one stepson, Hillary Barnett, Middlesboro, Ky.,five grandchildren, Chris Moyers, Georgia England, Morris Hendrickson, Ronald Barnett and Glenn D. Barnett. Services for Mrs. Barnett were at 11 am Thursday, January 6, 1988 at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bill Sinkhorn officiating. Burial followed in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery. Friends of 
the family served as pallbearers.
Source:  The Sun Courier, Thursday, January 14, 1988 

BARNETT, SHEILA "RENE", 46, passed away Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002 at her home. She was born Dec. 16, 1955 in Middlesboro, the daughter of the late Matt and Florence Howerton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one nephew, Shane Silver. Survivors include life long companion Harvey Thompson; children  Jennifer and Steve Davis, Jason and Malinda Barnett, all of Middlesboro, Stacy and companion Jamie 
Wilson, Dale and Trina Collins of London, Ky; sisters Brenda and Rick Piornack of Detroit, Mich, Sonja and Danny Silver of Orange Park, Fla., Jody Yaber and companion Bobby White of Dayton, Ohio, Kati and Sam Perry of West Alexandria, Ohio, Pati and Bill Powers of Middlesboro; grandchildren Skyler, Houston, Justice, Devon, Bo, Candace, Brandi, Terrin, Rebecca, Steven, Jarrett and Marcus; special friends Kitty Wooten, 
Irsha Maron, Debbie Jackson and Elizabeth Denny and special thanks to the friends who cooked and prayed each night. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Creech Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements 

BARTLEY, MARY G, 89, of Sarasota, FL, died Friday, December 22, at the Springwood Nursing Center, Sarasota, FL., following a long illness. She was born in Somerset, on June 6, 1900, the daughter of the late James W. and Cora Lee Keith Turpin. A member of the Baptist faith, she was active with the Eastern Star and had been a volunteer with the Red Cross. Survivors include: two daughters, Patricia Aylor, Sarasota, FL., and Jean McKee, Chapel Hill, NC; three brothers, Robert Turpin, Pineville, Herbert Turpin, Ashland, KY., and William Turpin, Deland, FL; 7 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews. Services were at the Pineville Memorial Cemetery on Wednesday, December 27, with Rev. W.B. Bingham. Arnett & Steele Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Sun-Courier, Friday, December 29, 1989
Typed by Mary J. (Eldridge) Harris

BASS, LINDA KAY, 51, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002, at Pineville Community Hospital. She was born March 6, 1950, in Middlesboro, a daughter of Marie Sowders and the late James Bass. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her stepfather, Herbert Sowders. Survivors include her mother, Marie Sowders, Middlesboro; sisters, Brenda Lane of Lima, Ohio, 
Viva Terry of Orlando, Fla.; brothers, Everette Bass of Altamote Springs, Fla., James Bass of Ovido, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Creech Funeral Home with the Rev. Jay Sulfridge presiding. Burial will be in Carr Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Allen Hopper, Jay Hopper, James Hopper, Charles Spurlock, Ben Spurlock, Eddie Hoffer, Bobby Lawson, Mark Hopper. Honorary pallbearers will be Connie Hopper, and Dr. Talmadge V. Hays. Visitation is from 6-9 p.m. today at Creech Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements. 

BAYS, ESTILLE, 84, (Mom Bays) Bays, 84, passed away Monday, Dec. 3, 2001, at the Williamsburg Nursing Home. She was born in Knox County on Aug. 13, 1917, a daughter of the late John and Mary Mason Woolum. She believed in the Baptist faith and had attended Ebenezer Baptist Church. She had been a cook at Buckeye School and Pineville Community Hospital. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in 
death by her husband, Rev. A.J. Bays, and several brothers and sisters. Survivors include her children, Rebecca Fritts, Lexington, Wilma (Jesse) Taylor, Pineville, Wanda Gayle (David) Hendrickson, Aichotte, Ohio, Johnny (Barbara Sue) Bays, Williamsburg, and Keith (Karen) Bays, Pineville; 14 grandchildren, a host of great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Bertha Hamlin, Evarts and Sophia Bennett, 
Barbourville; and a host of nieces and nephews.  Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ebenezer Baptist Church with the Revs. Arnold Petrey and Raymond Jones presiding. Burial will be in Pineville Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers will be her grandsons and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Andy Williams and Clarence Bays. Visitation is after 6 p.m. today at Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, which is in charge of arrangements.

BEAN, CLARA E, 77, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003, at East Tennessee Baptist Hospital. She was born Oct. 29, 1925, in Bell County, a daughter of the late Rev. Oscar and Ethel Goins. She was a member of Miller’s Chapel Baptist Church.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Jessie William Bean; and three brothers, Okle Lee, Yewell W., and Walter Goins. Survivors include 
her husband of 61 years, Jessie Bean, Claiborne County; children, Art (Linda) Bean, Glenda (David) Rains, Trula (Vernon Jr.) Davis, Danny Bean, Bobby (Sherry) Bean, all of Claiborne County; 20 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and friends.Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Creech Funeral Home with the Revs. Robert Terry and Boyd Gray presiding. Music 
will be provided by the Millers Chapel Singers. Burial will be in Clawson Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. Friday at Creech Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements. - Claiborne Co., Tn

BEELER, CHARLES L, 88, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002, at Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital. He was born Dec. 29, 1913, in Tennessee, a son of the late William M. Beeler and Leva Heck Beeler. He was of the Holiness faith, and was a disabled veteran, having served in the United States Army in World War II. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by many brothers 
and sisters.Survivors include his nine sons, Gary Beeler, Middlesboro, James Beeler, Calvert City, Ky., Norman Beeler, Paducah, Ky., Kelly Beeler, Calvert City, Ky., Jerry Beeler, Charlotte, N.C., William Beeler, Richmond, Ky., Vernon Beeler, Richmond, Ky., Scott Beeler, Charlotte, N.C., Greg Beeler, Richmond, Ky.; five daughters, Carolyn Beeler, Calvert City, Ky., Betty Lou Powell, Calvert City, Ky., Evelyn Johnson, Irvin, Ky., Donna Sue Beeler, Denver, Colo., and Billie Jean Blevins, Ohio; one brother, Lee Beeler, Warren, Ind.; and one sister, Nellie Cinnamon, Knoxville, Tenn.; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Creech Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Dunn presiding. Music will be provided by Bo May, Howard Warwick and Stanley Partin. Burial will be in Green Hills Memorial Gardens, with full military honors conducted by American Legion Dewey Guy Post #14. Pallbearers will be Gary, William, Vernon, James, Kelly, and Gary Beeler Jr. Visitation is from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Creech Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.

BEGLEY, BEN CANTRILL, 85, of St. Petersburg, FL, formerly of Bell County, passed away on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at the V.A. Medical Center in Bay Pines, FL. He was the son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hendrickson Begley and had been a tool and die maker for ITT Company in St. Petersburg. He was a Chief Gunners Mate on the USS Dobin during the attack of Pearl Harbor and a past president of the national Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. He attended Woodlawn Presbyterian Church in St. Petersburg. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother and sisters, Anson Begley, Pauline Ferguson and Ardith Lawson.  Survivors include his wife, Doris, sons, Robert, Ben, Charles and Duane; sister, Cassie Begley and brothers, Ira, Otto and Shell. A memorial service was held in St. Petersburg on December 31, 2002.  This obituary is a courtesy to the Begley Family by the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
Source: The Pineville Sun, Thursday, January 9, 2003
submitted by Janet Wolfrum Date: Sunday, February 02, 2003 3:20 PM

BEGLEY, SHELVIE “ SHELL”  -Ingram, KY – Shell Begley, 77, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2005 at the Pineville Community Hospital. 
He was born in Ingram on October 12, 1927 the son of the late Robert Hendrickson and Sudie Goodin Begley. Before his retirement he lived and 
worked in Long Beach, CA and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Long Beach. For the past 13 years, he had lived with his sister at 
Ingram. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers, Anson and Ben Cantrell, sisters, Pauline Begley Ferguson and Ardith Begley 
Lawson. Survivors include his sister, Cassie Begley of Ingram, Brothers, Otto Begley of Beech Grove, IN and Ira Begley of Toledo, OH and 
a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Services were at 5 PM Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Boyd Gray. 
Burial was in the Begley-Ingram Cemetery at Ingram. Pallbearers were family and friends. The family received friends on Sunday afternoon at the 
Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday,  August 4, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

Belcher, Vernon -84, of Tazewell, TN.  passed away Saturday, July 9, 2005, at the Claiborne County Hospital. He was born on April 6, 
1922, in Harlan, Ky., the son of the late Garfield and Elizabeth Caldwell Belcher. He was a Pentecostal and had worked at a sawmill. He was a 
veteran of the U.S. Army. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Liza Whitehead Belcher; sons J.D. and 
Johnny Belcher; granddaughters, Rolanda Helton and Tammy Belcher; grandson, Chris Matteson; brothers and sisters, David Belcher, Hazel Brock, 
and John Henry Belcher. Survivors include his children, Shirley Helton, Lois and Arnold Helton, Ruth and John Hoskins, Daniel and Cordiann Belcher, 
Geneva and Arnold Griffey, Barbara and Mark Matteson, Kenneth Belcher and Bonnie North; grandchildren, Dolly, Elbert, Marcus, Lisa, Gary, 
Randy, Jenny, Sondra, Eric, Stephaney, Ann, Amanda, and Johnathan; great-grandchildren, Tiffney, Christal, Brandon, Kateland, Travis, Darrin, 
Arnold Ray, Alex, Brittney, Ashley, Faith, Maddie, Sidney, Chance, Courtney, and Brieanna; great-great-grandchildren, Bradley, Sosha and Tosha; 
brothers and sisters, Virgil Belcher, Marcell Elliott, Lovonne Akers and Reed Belcher and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. 
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Laurel Branch Pentecostal Church with the Rev. George Neal, the Rev. Herstel Belcher, the Rev. 
Jeff Mills and the Rev. Ted Brock presiding. Music will be by Ted Brock, Jeff Mills, George Neal, Opsie Whitehead, Stephanie, Arnold and Geneva 
Griffey. Burial will be in the Belcher Family Cemetery at Stoney Fork. Pallbearers will be family and friends. The family will receive friends after 9 a.m. 
Tuesday at the Laurel Branch Pentecostal Church. Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, is in charge of arrangements.
Source:  Middlesboro Daily News   July 1, 2005

Benfield, Oma Nell -84, of Farmerville-passed away Sunday, July 3, 2005, in Farmville. She was born Oct. 7, 1920, in Rose Hill, Va., the 
daughter of the late S.B. and Dora Saylor. She was the wife of Virgil Benfield, and had been a resident of Farmville since January 5, 1982. She was 
also preceded in death by her son, James Roddy Pace; and sisters, Sara Pace and Vina Payne. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her 
brothers, Arnold, Dennis, and Charles Saylor all of Rose Hill; her sisters, Evelyn Payne of Ohio, Thelma Parks of Tennessee, and Mildred Carter of 
Gainesville, Fla.; her grandchildren, James David Olienyk and his wife Carol, and Robin Sydnor and her husband Bruce; and five great-grandchildren. 
A funeral service will be held Thursday, July 7, at 11 a.m. at Shorter Funeral Home with interment in Trinity Memorial Gardens, Rice. The family 
will receive friends Wednesday evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and Thursday morning from 10-11a.m. AM at Shorter Funeral Home, which is in 
charge of arrangements. Obituary courtesy of Arney-Mullins Funeral Home, Rose Hill, Va.
Source:  Middlesboro Daily News   July 6, 2005

BENNETT, DOCIE TAYLOR - age 76, of Corryton, formerly of Pineville, KY, passed away, Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at home. She 
was of Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by parents, William Taylor and Mary Gray Taylor, sisters, Cordy Mae, Roxie and Marie 
Taylor and brother, E. Grant Taylor. Survivors: daughters and sons in law, Lorraine and Joe Asher, London, KY, Ira Mae and Paul Cummins, 
Seymour, TN, Joanie Jewell and Kenneth Bennett, Connersville, IN, Anna Marie and Harry Montgomery, Connersville, IN; sons and daughters 
in law, Charles, Jr. and Joyce Bennett, Pineville, KY, Jerry Lee and Debbie Bennett, Shelbyville, IN, Stevie Darrell, Kodak, TN and Joseph David 
and Wendy Bennett, Corryton, TN; sister Gladys Taylor Smith, Cincinnati, OH; 20 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews 
and a host of other relatives and friends. Service, 2:00 p.m., Saturday, Temple Baptist Church, Fountain City. Interment will follow at Pinelawn 
Cemetery, Pineville, KY. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The body will lie in state 1 hour prior to service at the church. The family will receive 
friends from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Friday at Mynatt Funeral Home, Fountain City.
Source:  The Knoxville News Sentinel 21 Oct 2005
Submitted by Neal Byrge

BENNETT, PAULINE J., 80, of 7355 Middletown Road, died Wednesday, May 30, 2001 at Coshocton County Memorial Hospital. Born 
June 14, 1920, in Kettle Island, Ky., she was a daughter of the late Charles and Mattie (Nunn) Lefevers.  On October 12, 1940, she married 
John Ed Bennett, who preceded her in death January 21, 1995.  Mrs. Bennett attended school in Bell County, Ky. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by two daughters, Sheila Funson and husband Ronald of Galion and Brenda Brown and husband Bryan of West Lafayette; 
three grandchildren, Vincent A. Brown, Francie Shuck and Jon Brown; three great-grandchildren Joseph Brown, Tre Brown and Dylan Brown; two 
brothers, Fred Lefevers of Pineville, Ky. and Sonny Lefevers of Harrogate, Tenn., five sisters, Bonnie Elliott and husband Paul and Mary 
Helen Elliott, all of Pineville, Ky., Willie Hoskins and husband Sylus of Coldiron, Ky., Barbara Burnette and husband Claude of Connersbille, Ind. 
and Margaret Brock and husband Bob of East Liverpool; and several nieces and nephews including Jimmy Elliott of Morristown, Tenn.  In addition 
to her parents and husband, Mrs. Bennett was preceded in death by a grandson; Jamie Brown; a brother and a sister.  Funeral services were held 
at 11:00 a.m. Saturday June 2, 2001 at the Given-Dawson West Lafayette Funeral Home.  Burial will follow at Fairfield Cemetery in West 
Lafayette.
Source:  The Pineville Sun June 28, 2001 
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum Date:8/9/01 7:23:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time

BENTLEY, GEORGE REESE, age 91, a resident of Pineville, Ky., died Friday, September 9, 1988 at his home. He was born September 23, 
1896 in Pineville, Ky., the son of the late George Bentley and Pearl Miller Bentley. The family moved to Hawesville, Ky., shortly after his birth and 
he returned to Pineville in 1921 to work at First State Bank. He was associated with First State Bank for over 47 years, was president of First State 
Bank for 12 years and was chairman of the board until he retired. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Pineville, Ky. He is survived by 
his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Perkins Bentley, Pineville; one son, George Reese Bentley, Jr., Pineville; three grandchildren, Charles C. Bentley, John Miller 
Bentley and Williams S. Bentley, all of Knoxville, Tenn.; one sister, Mrs. Margaret Clay, Ft. Worth, Texas; several nieces and nephews. Services for 
Mr. Bentley were at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, September 11 at the First Baptist Church of Pineville, with Dr. Charles F. Jones. Burial followed in the 
Pineville Memorial Cemetery. The pallbearers who served were Charles Dean, Bill Mills, George Reese, Clint Taylor, Aubrey Bailey, Jimmy Croley, 
Wayne Bishop and Tom Winkler. The honorary pallbearers were members of the men’s’ Bible class at First Baptist Church. Durham Funeral Home 
in charge of arrangements. 
Source:  The Sun-Courier, Thursday, September 15, 1988 

BERRY, IRENE PHELPS, 67 died Thursday, Dec. 13, 1990 at Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was born Sept. 18, 1923, 
at Bryson, Tenn., a daughter of the late Herman WILLIAMS and Ruth WILLIAMS. A lifelong resident of Middlesboro, she was a member of 
Monarch Church of God and was a retired employee of Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital.  In addition to her parents she was preceded 
in death by her husband Charlie PHELPS; and two sisters. Survivors include tow sons, Fred PHELPS and Charles PHELPS both of Middlesboro;
three daughters, Lorene PHELPS MOYERS, Middlesboro, Florence PHELPS ELLIS, Pennington Gap, Va., and Ann PHELPS RAINS, Canton, 
Mich.; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; step-mother, Molie WILLIAMS, Middlesboro; two sisters, Edith DAUGHERTY, 
Maynardville, Tenn., and Bernice SHACLEFORD, Dublin, Ga.; and two brothers, Jimmy WILLIAMS, Lima, Ohio and Mack WILLIAMS, 
Florida. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Creech Funeral Home with the Rev. Woodrow GILBERT presiding. Music will be provided by the 
Rev. Kenneth ELLIS. Burial will be in Old Yellow Creek Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bruce ELLIS, Tommy ELLIS, David SMITH, Greg LAWS, 
Donnie BUTTERY, Timmy BUTTERY, Larry JORDAN; and Harold KING. Creech Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 
Typed by Connie Binkley

BERRY, LINDA LOU - age 72, of Knoxville, died on December 26, 1999 at her home. She was born November 9, 1927 in Pineville, Kentucky.
She was a homemaker and a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Preceded in death by mother, Hester Slusher Taylor (2-4-99). Survivors include 
father, Ernest Henry Taylor, Sr. of Knoxville; sons, Dewey L. Berry and wife, Joan of Palm Desert, CA, R. Patrick Berry of Oak Ridge, G. Michael 
Berry of Oak Ridge, William Ernest Berry of Knoxville; brothers, Ernest Henry Taylor, Jr. and wife, Shirley, of Eatonton, GA, James Robert
Taylor, Sr. of Powell; sisters, Geraldine S. Norton and husband, Bob, of Oak Ridge, Patricia Ann Ray and husband, Don, of Knoxville, Henrietta 
T. Elliott of Oak Ridge, Martha Lynn Litton and husband, Eddie, of Seffner, Fla.; seven grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services 
will be held in the chapel of Weatherford Mortuary on Wednesday, December 29, 1999 at 8 p.m. with Rev. Larry Webster officiating. Graveside 
service will be on Thursday, December 30, 1999 at 2 p.m. at McCarty Woodhaven Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Wednesday 
6-8 p.m. at Weatherford Mortuary.
Source:  The Knoxville News-Sentinel Publication Date: December 28, 1999

BERRY, MILLARD, 78, Speedwell, Tenn. - Millard Berry, 78, passed away Friday, May 3, 2002, at Middlesboro Appalachian Regional 
Hospital. He worked at the Middlesboro Tanning Company for 33 years, before retiring. He joined Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist Church in June 
1986, and was ordained as a deacon in February 1990. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his mother, 
Gracie Hunter Berry, and father, Joseph Lafayette Berry; one sister, Mary Smith; two brothers, J.B. and earnest Berry; and 12 half-brothers and 
sisters. Survivors include his wife, Cleo Owens Berry, Speedwell; daughters and sons-in-law, Lou and Lee Ferris, Speedwell, Bennie and Charles 
Grace, Middlesboro; two grandchildren, Jon and Keri Grace, Middlesboro; brothers and their wives, Charles "Chuck" and Sybil Berry, Speedwell, 
Floyd "Tip" and Lucille Berry, Rose Hill, Va.; sisters and their husbands, Doris and Condis Edwards, Speedwell, Dalis Bolton, LaFollette, Tenn.; 
and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. today at Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist Church with the 
Revs. Bill Rhymer, Glen Davis, and Larry Anderson presiding. Music was provided by the Pleasant Hill Church choir. Burial was in Ausmus 
Cemetery. Pallbearers were Vantoy Owens, Floyd Maddox, William Branscomb, Merlin Bransomb, Tim Owens, and Milt Owens. Coffey 
Funeral Home, Harrogate, Tenn., was in charge of arrangements.

BEVERLY, FLEM, 76, passed away Sunday, Feb. 24, 2002, at Pineville Community Hospital. He was born at Dewitt, Ky., on Feb. 27, 1925, 
a son of the late Richard and Callie Smith Bailey. He was raised by his step-mother, Dora Beverly. He had been a coal miner and was a member 
of the United Mine Workers of America. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Hershel David Lawson; and brother 
and sisters, Jim Beverly, Ellen Beverly and Ada Garland. Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Ruby Jewell Jones Beverly, Hulen; children, Bobby 
Wayne (Phyllis) Beverly, Kettle Island, Callie (Luther) Gambrel, Brownies Creek, Brenda Sue (David) Lawson, Hulen, Larry (Melissa) Beverly, 
Stoney Fork, and Gail (Kenneth) Lawson, Hulen; 13 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Linda Taylor, Brittain Beverly, 
Viola Lewis, Arthur (Archie) Beverly, and Oscar Beverly; and a host of nieces, nephews, step-brothers, step-sisters, and friends.  Funeral services 
will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with the Revs. Melvin Beverly, Herstel Belcher, and David Howard 
presiding. Burial will be in the Beverly Cemetery. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Visitation is after 5 p.m. today at Arnett & Steele Funeral 
Home, Pineville, which is in charge of arrangements.

BEVERLY, RUBY  JEWELL, 76, of Miracle, KY passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2006 at the Oaktree Hospital in Corbin. She was born 
in Four Mile on July 23, 1929 the daughter of the late Gertrude Miller Smith. She believed in the Pentecostal Faith and had been a homemaker.  
She was preceded in death by her husband, Flem Beverly, her mother, Gertrude Smith and a brother, Gene King and a grandson, Hershel David 
Lawson.  Survivors include her children, Bobby and Phyllis Beverly of Stoney Fork, Callie and Luther Gambrel of Miracle, Brenda and David 
Lawson of Hulen, KY, Larry and Melissa Beverly of Kettle Island and Gail and Kenneth Lawson of Hulen; twelve grandchildren, fourteen 
great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Services were Wednesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, 
Pineville, with Rev. David Howard and Rev. Herstel Belcher. Music was by Joy Belcher and the Blackmont Church Choir. Burial was in the 
Beverly Cemetery on White Mountain in Arjay. Pallbearers were her grandsons.  The family received friends Tuesday at the Arnett & Steele 
Funeral Home, Pineville. 
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, April 20, 2006
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BILLINGSLEY, JAMES H, 80, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, at Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. He was 
born Nov. 10, 1921, a son of the late John Billingsley and Sally Pierce Billingsley. Survivors include his wife Cassie M. Billingsley, Dearborn 
Heights; and three children, James Jr., Judith and Deborah; and eight grandchildren. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday 
at Billingsley Cemetery, Arthur, Tenn., with the Rev. David Billingsley presiding. Visitation is from 4-6 p.m. Sunday at Creech Funeral Home, 
which is in charge of arrangements.

BING, ARTHUR JR.  Age 52 2/12  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - formerly of Middlesboro, passed away Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001, in Indiana. 
He was the son of Mr.and Mrs. Arthur Bing Sr. He has one son, Michael Bing; and four sisters, Mildred Boxx, Carrie Lee Ballinger, Wanda 
Bing, and Myrtle Lee Barnes; and one brother, Donnie Bing. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Feb. 13, in Bloomington, Ind. Day Funeral 
Home is in charge. Obituary courtesy of Shumate Funeral Home.
Source:  Middlesboro Daily News 12 Feb 2001
submitted by Barbara Rice

Bingham, Donald Burton Sr., 67, was a born again Christian who went home to be with Jesus on July 25, 2004 at the Pineville 
Community Hospital.  He was born in Pineville on December 30, 1936 the son of the late Nathaniel and Juanita Parsons Bingham.  He loved 
Jesus and attended Newtown Baptist Church.  Don was a school bus driver for both Bell County School System and Pineville Independent Schools.  
He was a member of the Wallins Creek Masonic Lodge. He was preceded in death by his parents, Nathaniel and Juanita Bingham and Grandmother, 
Vesta Bingham. Survivors include his children, Burton and Joyce Bingham, Rebecca and Chuck Marsee, Michelle and Jim Miracle and David 
Michael Bingham; grandchildren, Daniel Bingham, Elizabeth Bingham, Brandon Marsee, Jim Miracle and Julie Miracle; great-grandchildren, Abigail 
Faith and Sarah Payton Bingham. Wife and friend of 29 years, Laura Brock Bingham and special friends and the staff and residents of Britthaven 
of Pineville. Services will be at 2:00 PM Monday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. William Boyd Bingham and Rev. Jay Carey.  Music 
will be by Jim Miracle and Thomas Risner.  Burial will be in the Green Hills Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro.  Pallbearers will be Daniel Bingham. 
Brandon  Marsee, Jim Miracle and Colson Brock. The family will receive friends from 1 until the funeral hour Monday at the Arnett & Steele 
Funeral Home, Pineville. 
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, July 29, 2004
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BINGHAM, ESTILL, a resident of Pineville, died Wednesday, July 18, 1990 at Pineville Community Hospital, Pineville. He was born 
February 14, 1898 in Bell County, Ky., the son of the late Noah BINGHAM and Deborah MIRACLE BINGHAM. He believed n the Methodist 
faith. He is preceded in death by five sisters and six brothers, Mary WOOLUM, America HALCOMB, Lucy DURHAM, Dora BINGHAM, 
Laura THOMPSON, William R. BINGHAM, Albert BINGHAM, Ambrose BINGHAM, Tom BINGHAM, Robert BINGHAM, and George 
BINGHAM.  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Opha BINGHAM, Pineville; one son, Odell BINGHAM, Central City, Ky.; two grandchildren, 
Rayan BINGAHAM and Chris BINGHAM. Services were conducted Saturday, July 21, 1990 at 2:00 p.m. at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel 
with the Rev. Danny ROBBINS officiating.  Interment was in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were friends and family. Durham Funeral 
Home was in charge of arrangements.  
The Sun-Courier, Thursday, July 26, 1990

BINGHAM, EVELYN JEWELL, 68, of Dorton Branch passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2001 at the Pineville Community Hospital. 
She was born in Bell County on February 19, 1933 the daughter of the late Robert and Bertha Lipps Bingham. She was a member of the Bethlehem 
Baptist Church and had been a housekeeper. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Geneva Kellems, Bonnie Bingham, 
Mary Katherine Brice and Maggie Brice, and nine brothers, Floyd Rowlett and Fred, Gus, Bill, Jim, Ed, Charlie, Chester and Ray Bingham. Survivors 
include a son, Jesse (Mary) Garland of Dorton Branch; granddaughters, Leslie Garland and Holly Garland, all of Dorton Branch; three sisters, Freida 
Garland and Norma Garrison both of Dorton Branch and Fannie Lefevers of Wallsend; one brother, John W. Bingham of Palm Harbor, Florida, three 
special nieces, Pam Mason and Janice Maynard, both of Dorton Branch and Brenda Engle of Middlesboro. Services were Monday at the Arnett & 
Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Elkins and Rev. Bill Wofe. Music was by Tim Mills. Burial followed in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery, Pineville. 
Pallbearers were family and friends. Honorary pallbearers were Earl Osborne and Dr. Madhan Mohan. Arnett & Steele Funeral Home was in charge 
of arrangements. 
Source: The Pineville Sun, Thursday, September 27, 2001
From: janet8555@home.com (Janet Wolfrum)

BINGHAM, EVELYN (nee Helton) - Beloved wife of the late James L. Bingham; Devoted mother of Thomas (Wilma) Bingham, Jimmie (Donna) 
Bingham, Robert (Barb) Bingham, Sr., Earl (Pat) Bingham, David Bingham, Darrell (Sue) Bingham, Martha (Scott) Maisel, and Mary (Mark) Laub; 
Loving grandmother of 22 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren; preceded in death by her grandson Robert Charles 
Bingham, Jr. and daughter Barbara Walker. Residence North College Hill. Passed away October 19, 2005 at the age of 90. Funeral services will be 
held on Saturday October 22, 2005 at the Paul R. Young Funeral Home, 7345 Hamilton Ave., Mt. Healthy at 11AM. Friends may call from 9AM 
until time of service. Remembrances may be sent to VITAS Hospice, 11500 Northlake Blvd., Suite 400, Cincinnati, OH 45249. 
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, October 20, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BINGHAM, JUANITA PARSONS, age 71, a resident of Pineville, Ky., died Friday, September 29, 1989 at her home. She was born June 
6, 1918 in Harlan County, the daughter of the late Mendle PARSONS and Amirilla OKLA PARSONS. She was a member of the First Baptist 
Church. She is survived by one son, Don Burton BINGHAM Sr., Pineville, Ky.; two sisters, Mrs. Jean HORN, Loveland, Ohio and Mrs. Violet 
MILLER, North Hollywood, Calif.; two brothers, Paul PARSONS, Calmer, Ky., and Rev. Ralph PARSOND, Calmer, Ky.; four grandchildren, 
Rebecca Lynn MARSEE, Middlesboro, Ky., Michelle MIRACLE, David BINGHAM and Burton BINGHAM Jr., all of Pineville, Ky.; six great 
grandchildren. Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 1, 1989 at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Charles F. JONES. Music was 
by Miss Peggy NAPIER. Burial was in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro, Ky. Pallbearers were family and friends. Durham Funeral 
Home in charge of arrangements. 
Source: The Sun-Courier, Thursday, October 5, 1989 
Typed by: Connie B. lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us 

BINGHAM, MARY BLEVENS , age 64, a resident of Ingram, Ky., passed away Monday, May 30, 1988 at her home. She was born 
July 27, 1923 in Harlan County, Ky., the daughter of the late John BLEVENS and Byrdie JONES BLEVENS. She was a member of 
the Greasy Creek Baptist Church. She is survived by three children, Jim Tom BINGHAM and Lester BINGHAM, both of Tinsley, Ky., and 
Gordon BINGHAM, Lexington, Ky.; one step-daughter, Mrs. Wilma Jean BINGHAM SAXTON, Las Vegas, Nevada; three grandchildren, 
Sean, Angela and Melissa BINGHAM; three step-grandchildren, David, Richard and Carl SAXTON. Services for Mrs. Bingham were at 11 a.m. 
Wednesday, June 1, 1988 at the Greasy Creek Baptist Church with Revs. Terry COX and E. E. MESSER. Burial followed in the Ben Goodin 
Cemetery, Tinsley, Ky. Friends of the family served as pallbearers.Durham Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
The Sun-Courier, Thursday, June 9, 1988 
Typed by: C. Connie Binkley lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us

Bingham, Mildred, beloved wife of Robert Bingham.  Loving mother of Doris Holmes, Robert J. (Beverly) Bingham and Sandy (William) 
Howard.  Dear grandmother of 6 and great grandmother of 7.  Mrs. Bingham was born in Pineville, KY on October 9, 1916 to Judge Randall 
Wilson and Georgia Shell.  She was of the Baptist faith.  Mrs. Bingham passed away April 27, 2005 at her son’s home in Bend, OR.  Friends may 
call Monday from 7-9 at the Strawser Funeral Home 9503 Kenwood Rd. Blue Ash.  Funeral will be Tuesday at 11 AM at the funeral home. 
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday May 5, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BINGHAM, OPHA MARIE, 89, passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2002, at Pineville Community Hospital. She was born in Straight Creek on 
Sept. 17, 1913, a daughter of the late James Patrick and Amanda York Halcomb. She had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she 
was preceded in death by her husband, Estill Bingham; and sister, Ruby Beal.  Survivors include her son, Odell M. Bingham, Central City, Ky.; 
grandsons, Chris and Ryan Bingham; great-grandchildren, Katelyn, Jacob, and Coleman Bingham; sisters, Frances Fleck, Geraldine Seeley and 
Grethel Hensley, all of New Trenton, Ind., and a host of other relatives and friends.  Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Green Hills 
Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro. The family will receive after 7 p.m. Friday at Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.
Source:  Middlesboro Daily News 2/14/2003, Friday
submitted by Barbara Rice

BINGHAM, ROLLO CURTIS, age 69, a resident of Pineville, Ky., died Tuesday, June 7, 1988 at his home. He was born August 4, 1918 in 
Bell County, Ky., the son of  the late Gus BINGHAM and Dora MILLER BINGHAM. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served 
in World War II, was a retired auto worker and he believed in the Baptist faith. He is survived by: three daughters: Mrs. Mary Lou VEGA, Allen 
Park, Mich.; Mrs. Peggy PARSONS and Mrs. Barbara Jean MUELLER, both of Downey, Calf.; three sons : Bil BINGHAM, Pineville, Ky.; 
David BINGHAM and Terry BINGHAM, both of Middlesboro, Ky., one brother, George BINGHAM, Pineville; one sister Mrs. Mary Bentley,
 Detroit, Mich.; eleven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Services for Mr. Bingham were at 2 p.m. Monday, June 13, 1988 at the 
Durham Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James KELLEY. Burial followed in the Zachery Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. The 
pallbearers who served were friends of the family. Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.The Sun-Courier, Thursday, June 16, 
1988 
Typed by: C. Connie Binkley lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us

BINGHAM, SARA, 91 of Pineville, passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2001 at the Britthaven Nursing Home in Pineville. She was born in 
Balken on August 14, 1910 a daughter of the late Dan and Vesta Green Bingham. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Pineville and 
retired after teaching school for 46 years in the Bell County School System.  She had also been a beautician and floral designer.In addition to her 
parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Nathaniel Bingham. Survivors include her nephew, Don Bingham, Pineville, great-nieces, Rebecca 
Marse of Middlesboro and Michelle Miracle of Pineville; great-nephews, Burton Bingham of Pineville and Michael Bingham of Middlesboro; 
special friend and care-giver, Laura Bingham and a host of great-great nieces and nephews and one great-great-great niece. Services were held 
Monday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Charles F. Jones. Music will be by Thomasa Risner. Burial followed in the Green Hills 
Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro. Pallbearers were Burton Bingham, Daniel Bingham, Michael Bingham, Chuck Marsee, James Clark Gambrel, 
Jim Miracle and Jim Miracle, Jr.The family received friends after 1:00 Monday until the funeral hour at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
Source: The Pineville Sun, Thursday, September 6, 2001 
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BINGHAM, WILLIE HENRY  "BILL", 80, of 129 Oak Street, Pineville, died Thursday, July 16, 1987 at the Pineville Community Hospital. 
He was born November 2, 1906, in Bell County, son of the late Robert and Mary LEE BINGHAM of Bell County. He was retired from the Fox 
Paper Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by his wife and several brothers and sisters. Survivors include 
six sisters: Fannie BINGHAM LeFEVERS, Straight Creek, Geneva BINGHAM, Jewell BINGHAM, Bonnie BINGHAM, Fredia BINGHAM 
GARLAND and Norma BINGHAM GARRISON, all of Dorton Branch; four brothers, Jim BINGHAM, Reading, Ohio, Fred BINGHAM, 
Dorton Branch, J.W. BINGHAM, Palm Harbor, Florida and Floyd ROWLETTE, Florence, Ky. Services were in the Arnett Funeral Home 
Chapel with the Reverend James KELLY. Burial was in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery. Arnett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 
Typed by: Connie Binkley lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us

Bird, Frankie Gibson -84, of Pineville passed away on Friday, November 25, 2005 at his home. He was born in Pineville on February 14, 
1921 the son of the late James Mount and Martha Jane Engle Bird. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and had retired from the Kentucky 
Utility Power Plant. Mr. Bird served in the United States Navy during World War II. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by sisters, 
Margaret Bird, Linda Bird Marrs and brothers, William Robert Bird, Faulkner Bird, Vernon Bird and Jim Bird. Survivors include his wife of over 50 
years, Cynthia Marrs Bird, daughter and son-in-law, Frances and Ron Elliott of Pineville, two granddaughters, Sarah Stefanie and Mary Jennifer 
Elliott and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Services were at 8 PM Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. 
Kirk Hall. Burial was in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery, Pineville. Pallbearers were Ronnie Davis, Keith Ramsey, Dewayne Adkins, Ricky Slusher, 
Johnny Greene and John Hendrickson. Honorary pallbearers were Jim Roan, Bobby Madon, Leaman Hoskins, George Lewis, Leon Slusher, Jack 
Ralston, Johnny Sproles, Herkie Robbins, Henry Mills, Foley Adams, Ed Ballenger and Ed Jenkins. Memorial contributions are suggested to 
Mountain heritage Hospice, P.O. Box 189, Harlan, KY 40831. The family received friends on Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, 
Pineville.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, December, 1, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BIRD, GERALDINE CODY, 65, died Sunday, March 27, 1988 at the University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona following an illness of 
several years. She was born March 22, 1923, in Clay County, Kentucky to the late Enoch S. and Mary Hylton Cody. Mrs. Bird was a member 
of the First United Methodist Church in Pineville and had worked at the Pineville Hospital as a Medical Technologist. She was also a member 
of a professional society for medical technologists. Geraldine Bird is survived by her husband, W. Robert “Bob” Bird, Pineville; one daughter, 
Sue Elfving, Mill Valley, CA; and one brother, Stafford Cody, Danville, KY. Services were at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 2, 1988 at the First United 
Methodist Church in Pineville with Rev. Rob Berry. Burial was in the Pineville Cemetery. Pallbearers were Alex Bird, Rob Bird, Jim Bird, Philo 
Lund, J.C. Helton, Frank Bird, Dr. Jack E. Cody, and Michael Cody. Honorary pallbearers were the Administrative Council of the First United 
Methodist Church, Pineville. Arnett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Names typed exactly as listed in obit.
The Sun-Courier, Thursday, April 7, 1988
Posted by Mary J. (Eldridge) Harris 

Bird, William Robert -94, long time resident and native of Pineville, died on June 5, 2005 at The Breckinridge in Lexington, KY.  He is 
survived by his wife, Ester Kirk Shelburne Bird, daughter, Sue Elfving and son-in-law, Philo W. Lund of Bainbridge Island, Washington, brother 
Frank Gibson Bird of Pineville, step-daughter, Louise S. Glenn and husband, Dr. Malcolm Fletcher, stepson, Kirk Shelburne and his wife, Gina and 
eleven nieces and nephews who are James P. Bird, Jr., Robert Bird, Alex Vernon Bird, Stacy Bird, Nancy Bird Faulkner, Patty Marrs McKettrick, 
Martha Jane Marrs Paulk, Frances Bird Elliott, Dr. Jack E. Cody, Janet Cody Matthews and Michael Cody.  Mr. Bird was preceded in death by 
his first wife, Geraldine Cody Bird. He was born March 7, 1911 to James Mount Bird and Martha Jane Engle of Pineville.  He and his 4 brothers, 
Faulkner, Vernon, Frank and Jim were the most noted in their younger years as football players for the Pineville Mountain Lions.  His late sister, 
Margaret Bird was the cashier at Morgan Drug Store for many years.  His late sister, Linda Bird Marrs was known for her unending kindness of 
heart and loved by many. Bob, as he was known by family, friends and community, was a retired local businessman and real estate developer and 
a faithful servant of his Lord and member of the First United Methodist Church.  As a beloved husband, he was adored as a father, brother and uncle.  
He was a man of integrity, steadfast friend and honorable business partner, an avid golfer and forever a friend to those in need.  His enthusiasm for 
life never waned.  Bob’s desire to help others and his love of family were defining forces throughout his life. His family deeply mourns his loss, but 
rejoices that Bob has joined his eternal Father in the more peaceful Kingdom of Life.  We now celebrate his life. The Celebration of Life was at 
11:00AM Wednesday at the First Methodist Church, Pineville, with Rev. Albert Hughes.  Burial followed in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery, 
Pineville.  Pallbearers were family and friends. Memorial contributions are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 2312 Alexandria Dr., Lexington, 
KY 40504 or First United Methodist Church of Pineville, P.O. Box 566, Pineville, KY 40977.The family received friends from 6 until 9 PM 
Tuesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, June 9, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BLACK, HENRY C, 97, died Monday, July 23, at the Pineville Community Hospital following a long illness. He was born April, 1 1893 in 
Richland, Knox County, Ky., the son of the late Samuel and Ellen PRROTT BLACK. A member of the Callihan Baptist Church, he had been 
a postman and a farmer.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ellen BLACK COBB, and a step-daughter, 
Matilda KNUCKLES ROBBINS. Survivors include his wife, Margie HELTON KNUCKLES BLACK, Pineville; a son, Charles Samuel 
BLACK, Bonita Springs, Fla.; three daughters, Lillian SIMPSON, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jewell ELAM, Barbourville, Ky., and Bonnie TERRELL, 
Chapel Hill, N.C.; a step-son, Grant F. KNUCKLES, Pineville; five grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, seven step-grandchildren [step-
great-grandchildren??] and one step-grandchild, [step-great-great-grandchild??]. Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 26, 
at Arnett & Steel Funeral Home. Burial was in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro. Arnett & Steele Funeral Home was in charge 
of arrangements.  
Source:  The Sun-Courier, Thursday, July 26, 1990 
Typed by: C. Binkley

BLACK JOHN S, 60, of Ingram, passed away on Friday, August 16, 2002 at the Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital. He was born  in Pineville on August 23, 1941 a son of the late George and Delora Brock  Black. He had served in the U.S. Army and had been a retail manager.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Elsie Stacy and brothers, Hiram and William Black. Survivors include his children, 
Sandra of Louisville, Mark, Matthew, Christopher and Timothy all of Florida, brother and sisters, Sherman Black, of Elizabethtown, KY, Kathleen Grays and Darlene Jones both of Franklin, OH and Helen Ramsey of Ingram and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Services were held at 11: AM Monday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Truman Partin. Burial will be in the Hammonds Cemetery, 
Flat Lick, KY. Military Honors will be presented at the graveside by Fort Campbell. Pallbearers were Doug Ramsey, Joshua Ramsey, Ralph Jones, Jerry Black and Kevan Bingham. Honorary pallbearers will be David Jones and Gene Ramsey.  The family received friends from 6 until 9 PM Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.  
Source: The Pineville Sun, Thursday, August 22, 2002
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum Date: Saturday, October 05, 2002 5:27 PM

BLACKBURN, BILL , - CHENOA - Bill Blackburn , 71 , died Thursday, Oct. 5, 1989, at Claiborne County Hospital, Tazewell, Tenn. He was born July 7, 1918, in Spartanburg, S.C., the son of Frank Blackburn and Blanche { Cheetham } Blackburn.  He was a member of New Vine Missionary Baptist Church.  He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth Blackburn and one daughter, Blanche Blackburn. Survivors include 
his wife, Holly Blackburn, Chenoa ; nine sons, James, Pete and Harold Blackburn, all of Cincinnati, Charles Blackburn, South Lebanon, Ohio, Larry Blackburn, Chenoa, Frank Blackburn, London, Ky., Harrison, Charlie and Ancil Blackburn, all of Chenoa ; three daughters, Lois Carson, Cincinnati and Ruth Blackburn and Edith Partin, both of Chenoa ; two sisters, Nancy Fetter and Frances Pollitte, Toledo, Ohio and 20 grandchildren.  
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the New Vine Missionary Baptist Church with the Revs. Wayland Mason, Dana Adkins and James Jordan officiating. Music will be provided by the church singers. Pallbearers will be grandsons. Interment will be in the John A. Partin Cemetery.  Visitation is today from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Creech Funeral Home. Creech Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Source:  Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, Ky.
Submitted by -Peggy J. Eckert -Indiana

BLACKBURN, MRS. RUTH -  Funeral services of Mrs. Ruth Miracle Blackburn of Frakes, Kentucky were held Saturday at 10 a.m. Officiating ministers were the Reverends Wade Partin, Charlie Browning and James E. Partin, H.M. Sparks and Howard Keck. Burial was in the John A. Partin Cemetery in Frakes. Pallbearers were Glenn Shumate, James Barnes, Tom Miracle, Willie Partin, Idell Mason and Eugene Partin. Flower bearers 
were friends of the family. Song services were rendered by the Church choir under the direction of Estill Partin with a solo by Bill Graham. 2-2-54. Ruth was born 01 Aug., 1922 died 27 Jan. 1954
Source:  Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, Ky.
Submitted by:  Peggy J. Eckert - Indiana

BLACKWELL, GERLENE  - CALVIN - Gerlene Blackwell, 72, formerly of Hamilton, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at Pineville Community Hospital.  Born July 1, 1933, in Bell County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Miracle and Carrie Hoskins Miracle.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew Blackwell; two brothers, Gordon and Boyd Miracle. Survivors 
include her children, Daniel (Judy) Blackwell, Hamilton, Ohio, Pam (Bruce) Tinsley, Hamilton, Ohio; loving companion, Odel Bingham; brothers, James Miracle, Calvin; Robert (Nancy) Miracle, Hamilton, Ohio; sisters, Shirley Osborn, Tennessee, Hattie (Donny) Evans, Virginia; grandchildren, Michelle Lambert, Calvin, Nick Blackwell, Calvin, Chantal Lambert, Gabe Eaton, Nathan Lambert, Jessica Tinsley and Paige Tinsley, Hamilton, 
Ohio; two great-granddaughters, Shyanne and Aliya, Hamilton, Ohio; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Rose Hill Burial Park in Hamilton, Ohio.  The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. Saturday at Creech-Durham Funeral Home, Pineville, which is in charge of arrangements  
Source:  The Middlesboro Daily News, Friday April 28, 2006
submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BLEVINS, ARTHUR CLINTON  March 14, 1950 - October 16, 2008  Age 58, of Kettle Island, passed away on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at his home. He was born in Harlan, KY on March 14, 1950, son of the late Ted, Sr. and Rena Saylor Blevins. He had been a Magistrate and had operated a grader for the road department.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Alan Dean Blevins, brothers, 
William Terrell, Charles Wayne and Shirl Blevins.  Survivors include his wife, Janie Denise Daugherty Blevins, children, Teddy Ray Arthur Clinton Blevins, Nannie Rena Blevins, Arthur Blevins, Scotty Blevins, Birchel Blevins, April Ferguson, Phillip Blevins, Josh Blevins, Joyce Blevins and Leslie Blevins, fourteen grandchildren, brothers and sisters, Ted Blevins, Jr., Margie Brock, Calvin Ray Blevins, Rosetta Caldwell, 
James Edward Blevins, Sr. and Nettie Sue Terrell and husband, Roy and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.  Graveside services will be at 12 Noon Sunday at the Blevins Family Cemetery at Kettle Island. Pallbearers will be family and friends.  The family will receive friends from 6 until 9 PM Saturday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville. Guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com.
source:  Arnett & Steele Funeral Home
submitted by Barbara Rice

Blevins, Ted Sr., 82, of Kettle Island, passed away on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at the Pineville Community Hospital.  He was born in Stoney Fork, KY on June 2, 1921 the son of the late Charlie and Effie Saylor Blevins.  He had been a coal miner at Harlan/Wallins Coal Company.  He was a member of the Blevins Holiness Church at Kettle Island. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Rena 
Saylor Blevins, children, William Terrell, Charles, Wayne and Shirl Blevins, brothers, John and Frank Blevins and grandchildren, Alan Dean Blevins and Brittany Mitchem. Survivors include his children, Ted and Ardith Profitt Blevins, Jr., Margie Blevins Brock, Arthur Clinton and  Janie Daughtery Blevins, James Edward and Donna Teaney Blevins and Nettie Sue Blevins and Roy Terrell all of Kettle Island, Calvin Ray Blevins of Middlesboro 
and Rosetta Blevins Caldwell of Stoney Fork, grandchildren, Timothy Mark, Charles Wayne, Becky, Doris Etta and Gary Edward Blevins, Vernon Ray and  R-Rena Brock, Palmer Mullins, James L. Brock, Rae Ann Blevins Mitchem, Arthur Vincent, Jr., Birchel Ray, Scotty Dewayne, Phillip Lee, Leslie Renee, Joshua Caleb, and Joyce Blevins, April Marie Blevins Ferguson, Teddy Ray Arthur Clinton and Nannie Rena Ruby Jane Gladys Blevins, 
Carolyn Caldwell Lawson, Gary, Robert and Willard, Cheryl Lynn, and Becky Jane Caldwell, Ardith Bernice Caldwell Brock, James Edward, Jr., Justin Aaron, Brandon Joseph, Hannah Marie, and Trinity Jared Blevins, twenty-nine great grandchildren and a host of other relatives, neighbors and friends. Services were held Thursday at the Blevins Holiness Church at Kettle Island with Reverend Farmer Saylor, Reverend Tony Caldwell, and 
Reverend Wayne Lawson.  Burial followed in the Blevins Family Cemetery at Kettle Island.  Pallbearers were his grandsons. The Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville was in charge of all arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, March 25, 2004
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

Boatright, Claude Ivan -MIRACLE - known to his family and friends as "Bimbo" passed away Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, at his home at. He was a United States Army veteran, a loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend. Born May 18,1953, he was the fourth son born to John L. Boatright and Goldie Ellen Cox Boatright. Claude and his wife, Shelia, were married Aug. 7, 1976, and had three children: Claudette Nicole, Justin 
Cleon, and Amanda Joe. He was blessed with two beautiful granddaughters two years of age: Jasee Victoria and Haylee Joe. He was preceded in death by his mother, Goldie Ellen Cox Boatright. Claude is survived by his father, John L. Boatright Sr., nine sisters and brothers: Charles C. Boatright, John L. Boatright Jr., Dallas Wayne Boatright, Darrell Boatright, James (Jimmy) Boatright, Karen Sue Lee, Marti Joe Gibbons, Lisa 
Ann Howard, and Shonda Gray; special sister and brother-in-law, Frank and Donna Terrell; and special friends, Rick Ealy, Wetzel Miracle, and Larue Lawson. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Creech Funeral Home with Pastors Robert Miracle and David Gibbons officiating. Internment will be in the Miracle Family Cemetery at Cubbage. Pallbearers will be close family and friends. Visitation was held from 6-9 p.m. Sunday 
at Creech Funeral Home, Middlesboro, which is in charge of arrangements
Source:  Middlesboro Daily News

BOATRIGHT, GOLDIE COX, 72, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002, at Pineville Community Hospital. She was born April 12, 1930, at Balkan, Ky., to Collier and Martha Kelly Cox. She was a member of Blackstar Pentecostal Church, and had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Leland and Dallas Cox.  Survivors include her husband, John L. Boatright Sr.; children, 
Charles (Linda) Boatright, John L. (Liz) Boatright, Claude (Sheila) Boatright, Darrell (Elma) Boatright, James (Sheila) Boatright, Karen Sue (Jerry) Lee, Marti Joe (Bert) Gibbons, Lisa (Charles) Howard, all of Miracle, Dallas (Ruth) Boatright, New Haven, Ind., and Shonda (Brandon) Powell, Harrogate; sisters, China (Lee) Carter, and Polly (J.B) Engle, both of Middlesboro; brother, J.C, (Dorothy) Cox of New Haven, Ind.; 22 
grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and special friends Gladys Schimmel, Sue Roark and Betty Miracle.  Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with the Revs. Robert Brock and David Gibbons presiding. Music will be provided by Don Fugate. Burial will follow in the Balkan Cemetery at Balkan. Arrangements by Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.

BOATRIGHT, MARY C, 84, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2002, at Bethesda North Hospital, Montgomery, Ohio. She was born Feb. 10, 1918, in Bell County, a daughter of the late Willie M. Hoskins and Ruth Wilson Hoskins. She was a member of Brownies Creek Primitive Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Boatright; two brothers, Wardon and Garfield Hoskins; and two sisters, Mossie Boatright and Nancy Boatright. Survivors include her four children, Wanda Faye Hensley, Mainville, Ohio, Betty Berger, Loveland, Ohio, Jimmy Ray Boatright, Loveland, Ohio, and Willa Jean Stullenberger, Pleasant Plain, Ohio; three sisters, Locie Lee, South Carolina, Amanda Hoskins, Loveland, Ohio, and Sarah Jane Cox, Vine Grove, Ky.; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Brownies Creek Primitive Baptist Church with Elder John Robbins presiding.  Music will be provided by church singers. Burial will be in Hoskins Cemetery. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Visitation was from 
6-9 p.m. Tuesday at Creech Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Middlesboro Daily News as poster 24 Jul 2002
From: <NealByrge@aol.com> Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 8:25 PM

BOCK, WALDA MAE, 60, of Wilsonville, Illinois died Monday.  The Middlesboro, Ky native is survived by her husband, Ron; six daughters,
Brenda Bowman, Pamela Martin, Marilyn King, Jeannie Martin, and Patti Scharpenberg all of Fort Wayne, Indiana; a son, David King of 
Detroit, Michigan; daughter, Bonnie King of Kentucky; two sisters; Juanita Marsee, Ecorse, Mi; Lorene Eagleson, Paulding, Ohio; five brothers 
including Donald Gilbert, Ed Gilbert, Worley Gilbert, all of Ft Wayne, Woodrow Gilbert, Middlesboro, Kentucky and Ray Gilbert, Flat Rock, 
Michigan; six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.  Services are Friday in Alton, Illinois. 
Source:   Fort Wayne News Sentinel ...8/25/1993
Submitted by Beebe1998 Brenda King Bowman Date:6/4/01 10:53:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time

BOLLING, KATE - Mrs. Kate Bolling Passes Away After Lingering Illness.  Mrs. Kate Bolling, aged 40, passed away yesterday at Lakeland, 
Ky., following a lingering illness of two years. Deceased was born and reared in this city. She was the widow of R.J. Bolling, and is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. C.E. Herd and Mrs. J.P. Brasheer, and three brothers, Doyle, George and Clay Colson, all of whom live here with the exception of 
Clay Colson, who resides in Louisville.  Mrs. Bolling was well and favorably known in Middlesboro, and her sisters and brothers and other 
grieved relatives have the deep sympathy of many friends. The remains will be brought here and the funeral will be held from the apartment of 
Mr. and Mrs. Herd on Cumberland avenue Friday morning.  Interment will be in Colson cemetery.
Source:  Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY Jan. 26, 1921
Submitted by Mary Lou Husdon Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 4:31 AM

BOND, MARY KATHERINE, 85, formerly of Pineville, died May 29, 1989 in Lexington, Ky.  Mrs. BOND was the daughter of the late 
Laura and Charles R. BAUGH of London, Ky.  She attended Georgetown College and was graduated form the Cincinnati Conservatory of 
Music. Widow of Oscar P. BOND, a Prestonsburg attorney, she was a musician and private piano teacher in Prestonsburg, Pineville and 
Lexington. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky.  Survivors are one son, Charles Stephen BOND of Lompoc, 
California and a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy MASON, Lexington; brothers, Daniel R. BAUGH and Charles R. BAUGH; nine grandchildren 
and two great grandchildren. Burial was in the Bond Mausoleum in Prestonsburg. 
Source:  The Sun-Courier, Thursday, June 8, 1989 
Typed by: C. Connie Binkley lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us

BOSEKE, RUBY  EVELYN  Hamilton, Ohio - Ruby Evelyn Boseke (Mills), 81, died Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006, at Ft. Hamilton Hospital.  
Born Aug. 13, 1925, in Middlesboro, she was the daughter of William and Mattie (Sharp) Lawson. In 1948, she married Roy Mills, and they 
were divorced in 1962. In 1978, Ruby married Warren Boseke, who preceded her in death on April 13, 1991.  She lived a full life and she 
loved her children and grandchildren.  She was also preceded in death by her parents; ex-husband, Roy Mills; son, Leroy Mills; daughter, 
Fannie May Mills; and a grandson, Timothy Mills.  Survivors include her sons, Roy (Kathy) Mills Jr. of Oxford, Ohio, Marvin (Donna) Mills 
of Hamilton, Ohio, Donald (Jackie) Mills of West Chester, Ohio; daughter, Doris Jean Johnson of Hamilton, Ohio; grandchildren, Hannah 
Marie Mills, Evelyn Day Mills, Donna Jean Johnson, Bobby Jean Johnson, Leigh (Lora) Mills, Jowanna Mills, Shawna Mills, and Chris 
Mills; and many great-grandchildren.  Family and friends will be received on Friday, Nov. 3, from 5-8p.m. at Webb Noonan Funeral 
Home, Ross Avenue at South “D” Street, Hamilton. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Webb Noonan Funeral Home 
with Pastor Valerie Trissell of Trinity Family Fellowship officiating.  Interment will follow Rose Hill Burial Park.  Webb Noonan Funeral 
Home, Ross Avenue at South “D” Street, Hamilton, Ohio, is in charge of arrangements.  www.Webb-Noonan.com  
Source:  The Middlesboro Daily News, Wednesday, November 8, 2006
submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BOSWORTH, JOE F of Middlesboro, 80, retired member of the Air Force, died Friday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Shumate Funeral 
Home. Visitation noon Wednesday.
Source:  The Lexington Herald Leader 26 Jun 2001
Submitted by  Neal Byrge Friday, July 06, 2001 4:27 PM

BOTKIN, DOROTHY VIRGINIA of Pineville, 77, Stoney Fork, professor of classic voice at North Texas University, died Thursday. Services 
5 p.m. Sunday, Arnett & Steele Funeral Home. Visitation 4 p.m. Sunday.
Source:  The Lexington Herald Leader 7 Sep 2002
Submitted by Neal Byrge Date: Saturday, September 07, 2002 9:11 AM

BOWERS, MAUDE A. - age 86 of Kokomo, Ind., passed away Sunday October 15, 2005 at St. Joseph Hospital in Kokomo. She was born 
November 4, 1918 in Yellow Creek, Bell County, Ky. to James Howard & Della Louiza Lawson Frazier. Preceded in death by parents, husband, 
Harlan Bowers, Sr., daughter, Barbara Tipton, grandsons, Randy Kidwell, Greg Bowers, Jeff Favor, brothers, Henry & William Frazier, sister, 
Beulah Merritt. Survived by her children, Frances Kidwell of Kokomo, Jean Tusing of Kokomo, Colin Bowers of Manchester, Tenn., Harlan Bowers, 
Jr. of Pocahontas, Ark., Helen Wolf, Indianapolis, Ind., Dan Bowers of Pocahontas, Ark., Ron Bowers of Ravenden Spring, Ark.; brother, James E. 
Frazier of Luttrell, Tenn.; sister in law, Adell Frazier of Maynardville; 36 grandchildren; 77 great grandchildren; 24 great great grandchildren. She 
enjoyed quilting, crocheting and being with her family & friends. She was a member of the Primitive Missionary Baptist Church. Funeral service 
2 p.m. Friday October 21, 2005 at Stout & Son Funeral Home 200 E. Main St. Russiaville, Ind. with Pastor Doyle Buckner officiating. Burial will 
follow in Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind. Family will receive friends 2-4 p.m. Thursday at Stout & Son Funeral Home in Russiaville, 
Ind.
Source:  The Knoxville News Sentinel 19 Oct 2005
Submitted by Neal Byrge

BOWLIN, HOWARD S, 68,  of Toledo, Ohio passed away Saturday, March 16, 2002, at his home. He was born Jan. 17, 1934, in Hazard, 
Ky., a son of the late Howard Sr. and Nan Garrison Bowlin. He had been a painter who worked through Local 7. In addition to his parents, he 
was preceded in death by sisters, Audria, Cleta Fay, and Loretta Bowlin. Survivors include his daughter, Vicky Lefevers and husband, Tim, 
Arjay; grandchildren, David Lefevers, Straight Creek, Jonathan Lefevers, Lexington, Ky., Israel Lefevers and Daniel Lefevers, both of Arjay; 
great-grandchild, Candace Lefevers, Straight Creek; sisters and brothers, Opal Williams, LaFollette, Tenn., Catherine Skarlayos, Mildred Hemline, |
Patricia Hemline, and Roy E. Bowlin, all of Baltimore, Md., Maxine Miller, Wadsworth, Ohio, Vivian Coots, Viper, Ky., William Bowlin, Fallston, 
Md., and Henrietta Bowling of Florida; and a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Arnett & 
Steele Funeral Home with the Revs. Darrell Lowe and Doug Doenges presiding. Burial will be in Green Hills Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers 
will be family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff an volunteers of Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Nurse Terry Andrews, Dr. Krupps, 
and the staff at the Oncology Clinic of Toledo Hospital. Visitation is after 6 p.m. Thursday at Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.


BOWLING BEATRICE "BEA", 80, of Manchester, passed away on Monday, December 31, 2001 at the Manchester Memorial Hospital.
She is the widow of Pearl Bowling and was a retired restaurant operator and a member of Gray Fork Baptist Church.  She is survived by the 
following children: Jackie Brumley and husband Eugene of Cincinnati, OH, Stanley Bowling and wife Sally of  Manchester, Billy Bowling and 
wife Ann of Manchester, Grandville Pearl Bowling and wife Connie of Livonia, MI and Greta Emond and husband Jerry of Manchester.  Also 
surviving are 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren and  the following brothers and sisters: Hazel Philpot of Indiana, Evelyn Robinson, 
Reffie Fields, Helen Gross and Jennings Deaton of London, KY.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Ella Hounchell  Deaton 
and the following sister and brother; Dorothy Nicholson and Pearl Deaton.  Funeral services for Mrs. Beatrice Bowling were held on Thursday, 
January 4 at Rominger Funeral Home Chapel in Manchester with Rev. Aaron Mobley and Rev. David Smith officiating.Burial followed at the 
Hacker Cemetery n the Gray Fork community.  Rominger Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Source: The Pineville Sun, Thursday, January 10, 2002
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum Date: Sunday, February 03, 2002 10:08 AM

BOWLING, CLYDE P of Dayton, Ohio, 69, died Friday, December 7, 1990 in Dayton. He was born November 9, 1921 in Rockcastle County, 
a son of Ernest and Mary BOWLING.  Survivors include two sons, Ronnie BOWLING, Dayton and Gary BOWLING, Cincinnati; one daughter, 
Sharon LEWIS, Dayton; five brother, Ernest BOWLING,  Brodhead, Kentucky; Edward BOWLING, Cicinnati, John H. BOWLING, Dayton, 
Chester DeBORD and Billy DeBORD, both of Hamilton, Ohio; two sisters, Lorene SPOONSMOKE and Paulien SPOONSMOKE, both of 
Broadhead; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Graveside services were at 2pm Monday at Hensley Cemetery  with Pastor W. J.
GREEN presiding. Creech Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Typed by Connie Binkley

BOWLING, LAURA ANN, 88, of Middlesboro passed away Saturday, Dec. 1, 2001, at her home. She was born Sept. 5, 1913, in Sevier 
County, Tenn., a daughter of the late Hubert Thomas and Pearl Baker Thomas. She had been a resident of this area all of her life. She professed 
her faith as a Jehovah's Witness. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Eva and Marie Thomas; one brother, Edward 
Thomas; one son, Billy Ray Wells; and two husbands, Sam Wells and Robert Lee Bowling. Survivors include two sons, James Robert Bowling, 
Middlesboro, and Carlas Lee Bowling, Cumberland Gap, Tenn.; three daughters, Deborah Hembree, Middlesboro, Linda Klinker, Grandville, 
Ohio, and Geraldine Wobler, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; 11 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mildred Sweet, Beavercreek, Ohio; and one 
brother, Fred Thomas, Muskegon, Mich.Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. today at Shumate Funeral Home with Tom Callahan presiding. 
A graveside service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Green Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. today at Shumate 
Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.Funeral services were conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Shumate Funeral Home with Tom 
Callahan presiding. A graveside service was to be conducted at 10 a.m. today at Green Hills Memorial Gardens. Shumate Funeral Home was 
in charge of arrangements.

BOWLING, PHOEBE ROAN STEELE, 92, of Straight Creek, passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2003 at Britthaven of Pineville. She 
was born at Keavy, KY on October 22, 1910 a daughter of the late David and Margaret Cassidy Steele. She had been a homemaker and was 
a member of the Green Camp Pentecostal Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Bowling, 
brothers, Roy, Dewey and Richard Steele and Cecil Roark. Survivors include her children, Paul Gene Bowling of Detroit, MI, Carl Edward 
(Blanch) Bowling of Dearborn Heights, MI; Gillis Denzil (Carmen) Bowling of Dewey, AZ and Joy J. Sammut of Dearborn Heights, MI; 
grandchildren, Carla, Janice and George; great-grandchildren, Amelia, Sarah and Summer and sister, Loma Campbell of London and a host 
of nieces, nephews and friends. Services were at 11:00 AM Thursday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Gary Wagner. Music 
was by Julie Wagner. Burial was in the Locust Grove Cemetery at Keavy. Pallbearers were family and friends. Arnett & Steele Funeral Home 
was honored to serve the Bowling family. 

BOWLING, POLLY, 74 of Middlesboro, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in 
Knoxville. Born June 14, 1927, in Breathitt County, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Sam Herald and Elizabeth Turner Herald. In addition 
to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Pearl Bowling; two stepsons, Robert and Golford Bowling; and two stepdaughters, 
Hazel Farris and Geneva Horning. Survivors include her son, Sam Bowling, Middlesboro; stepbrother, James Herald, Florida; raised Eugene 
Franks of Tennessee; and three grand-daughters, Donna, Jennifer, and Maggie. Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today at Shumate 
Funeral Home with the Rev. Porter Pearman presiding. Graveside services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at Middlesboro Cemetery. 
Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. today at Shumate Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.

 BOWLING, WOODROW W., 66, of 2014 East main Street. Greenup KY died December 19, 1985 at 1:25 am in Veterans Hospital, 
Huntington West Virginia. After an extended illness. He was born January 25, 1919 at Hamilton Ohio the son of the late Gilbert and Rose 
Creech Bowling. He was a retired funeral director and embalmer. He served in the Army during World War 2 and the Korean Conflict. He 
was a member of the American Legion Veteran of Foreign Wars and the 40 & 8. He is survived by his wife Anna Laura Greene Bowling, 
two sons, Arthur Allen Bowling, of Garner, NC. And Robert Edward Bowling at home . One brother, Robert Bowling of Hamilton, Ohio, 
Three sisters Cleo, Bowling, Mt Healthy, Ohio, Mrs. M.B. Smith, Stanford KY and Mrs Georgia Collins, Muncie, Ind. Funeral services 
were held at Riggs Funeral Home, Greenup, KY. They were conducted by Rev Julian Hammond, Rev. Jack Edwards and Richard Jackson. 
Burial followed at Bellefonte Memorial Garden, Flatwoods, Kentucky. 
Source:  THE PINEVILLE SUN JANUARY 9, 1986


Bowman, Danielle Lilly -age 25 was called to her eternal home by God on Nov. 30. She was born Nov. 1, 1980, in Salem, OH. She 
was the daughter of Danny and Verna Bowman, Middlesboro, Ky who survive her. She attended Gateway Christian School, and was a graduate 
of Bell County High School and Lincoln Memorial University, and was a 2002 graduate of Leadership Bell County. An active community leader she 
was a member of the Bell County Friends of the Shelter, president of the Middlesboro Business and Professional Women's Club, served as a team 
captain/chair for Bell County's first American Cancer Society Relay for Life, and worked with the Claiborne County Relay for Life, and was a member 
of the Leadership Bell County Steering Committee, and Cumberland Mountain Fall Festival Committee. She also participated in numerous other 
volunteer community service projects such as Bell County Repair Affair, Bell County High School Advisory Council, Bell County Domestic Violence 
Council, March of Dimes Walk-A-Thons, Girl Scouts of America, Bell County Council on Literacy. She also served as director of the Cumberland 
Mountain Fall Festival Pageant, and was a member of the board of directors of Henderson Settlement. She was an active member of Binghamtown 
Baptist Church, where she taught the 9-10 year-old girls Sunday School class, and led a young women's prayer group. Her honors include being 
named a Kentucky Colonel, and at the age of 24, she became the youngest woman ever to receive an award at the 2005 Bell County Celebration 
of Women. She had worked at J and J Accounting, Bell Whitley Community Action Agency, and had served as Director of Alumni Affairs at Lincoln 
Memorial University. Currently she was employed at Morgan Keegan in Knoxville where she was being trained to be a stock broker. She was a 
loving daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, cousin, and was a loyal and devoted friend to many. She will be deeply missed. She was preceded in 
death by her grandparents, Daniel M. Bowman, and Ancil and Edna Jones. Survivors include her parents, Danny and Verna Bowman, Middlesboro; 
brother, Derick Bowman, Middlesboro; sister, Hannah Bowman, Middlesboro; grandmother, Pat Bowman, Speedwell; and a host of aunts, uncles, 
cousins, other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Dec. 3 at Binghamtown Baptist Church, with the Rev. William Boyd Bingham and the 
Rev. Gary Monday presiding. Interment was in the Beeler Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the 9-10 year old 
girls Sunday school class at Binghamtown Baptist Church or the Danielle Bowman Scholarship Fund at Gateway Christian School. Creech Funeral 
Home, Middlesboro was in charge of the arrangements.
Source:  The LaFollette Press 8 Dec 2005
Submitted by Neal Byrge

BOWMAN, DANIELLE LILY - age 25 of Middlesboro, KY, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2005. She was born 11-1- 1980 in Salem, Ohio to Danny & Verna Bowman. Survivors include: parents, Danny & Verna Bowman, Middlesboro, KY; brother, Derick Bowman, Middlesboro, KY; sister, Hannah Bowman, Middlesboro, KY; grandmother, Pat Bowman, Speedwell, TN; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 8:00 p.m. at the Binghamtown Baptist Church in Middlesboro, KY with Rev. William Boyd Bingham & Rev. Gary Monday presiding. Music by: Thomas Risner, Jimmy Jackson, & Dickie Siler. A graveside service will be Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in the Beeler Cemetery in Speedwell, TN. The family will receive friends from 4:30-8:00 p.m. Friday at the Binghamtown Baptist Church in Middlesboro, KY. Creech Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
From The Knoxville News Sentinel 2005
Submitted by Neal Byrge

BOWMAN, JERRY L., 56, of Columbus Grove went to be with his Lord and Savior at 11:58 a.m. Nov. 28, 2008 at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima. He was born Sept. 1, 1952 in Middlesboro, Ky. to Walter and Mildred Shiflet Bowman. On July 24, 1970 he married Pamela Poole and she survives. Mr. Bowman was an insurance agent for GuideOne Insurance Co. for 26 years. He was a licensed agent in five states. He attended the United in Christ United Methodist Church, Bluffton and had served as the pianist and Sunday school superintendent at the Lima Church of God for 20 years. Jerry enjoyed gospel singing and played the piano at many area churches. He was a graduate of Cory-Rawson High School where he was on the wrestling team and was still an active supporter of high school wrestling. He enjoyed traveling, camping and Southern Gospel music concerts. Jerry was very talented and loved, a servant to anyone in need.Survivors also include a son, Andy (Gail) Bowman of Bluffton, a daughter, Jodi (Chad) Lawson of Columbus Grove, nine grandchildren, Dakota, Georgia, Savannah, Jenna, Alex, Elizabeth, Isaac, Andrew and Landon, three brothers, Damon (Judy) Bowman of Lima, John (Betty) Bowman of Lafayette, Paul Bowman of Harrod, two sisters, Bernice (Emmett) Richards of Lima, Wanda (Bob) Steed of Speedwell, TN, and father-in-law Avery Poole of Lima. He was preceded in death by mother-in-law, Roxie Poole and sister-in-law, Yong Bowman.Funeral services will begin at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Chiles-Laman Lewis Eastside Funeral Home, Lima. Burial will be in Cairo East Cemetery, Cairo. Visitation will be from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to World Vision International.
Source: Middlesboro Daily News Monday, December 1, 2008 12:18 PM EST
Submitted by Barbara Rice

BOWMAN, MINERVA, 84 of Middlesboro, formerly of Knoxville, Tenn., passed away Feb. 9, 2002, at Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was born June 10, 1917, in Ewing, Va., a daughter of the late John Bowman and Nancy Fugate Bowman. She was a member of Thankful Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her four brothers, Cecil, Elgin, Whitey, and Bob Bowman; and 
two sisters, Mary Neal Spriggs and Delee Kate. Survivors include her daughter, Latina Maefield; a brother, Jim Bowman; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were to be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Thankful Baptist Church with the Revs. John D. Clark and Kevin Cornett presiding. Music was to be provided by the church choir. Burial was to be in Lynch Cemetery. Visitation was to be from 1-2 p.m. today at Thankful Baptist Church. Shumate Funeral Home was in charge.

BOWMAN, SARAH ROARK, age 66, a resident of Pineville, Ky., passed away Friday, January 31, 1986 at the Pineville Community hospital. 
She was born September 1, 1919 in Leslie County, Ky.. The daughter of the late Willie Brock and Lizzie Collett Brock. She believed in the 
Pentecostal Holiness Faith. She is survived by four sons: Ray Roark Jr. of Maineville, Ohio, Willie Roark of Jenson, Ky., John Roark of Mason, 
Ohio, Bill Roark of Tinsley Ky., one foster son- Vernon Taylor of London Ky., seven daughters: Mrs. Viva Broughton of Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. 
Dorothy Trump of Parks. Arizona, Mrs. Nancy Wilderson of Camden, Arkansas., Mrs. Amanda J. Hanson of Burlington, Ky., Mrs. Hazel 
Wilkenson of Dry Ridge, Ky., Mrs. Pearlie Wingeier of Pineville, Ky., Mrs. Reba Bowman of Pineville, Ky., and one foster daughter- Mrs. 
Bernice Hiser of Fort Recovery, Ohio. seven brothers: George Sizemore of East Bernstadt, Ky., Tilton Brock of Roark, Ky., Bill and Jerry 
Brock of Michigan, and Roger Brock of Roark, Ky., seven sisters: Mrs. Nancy Woodards of Brookside, Ky., Mrs. Barbara Sheppard of 
Hamilton, Ohio, Mrs. Edna Roark of Roark, Ky., Mrs. Ida Mae Cadwell of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Barbara Brock Mrs. Minnie Lee Brock 
and Miss Polly Brock all of Michigan. 30 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Services for Mrs. Bowman were held Tuesday at 10:30 am, 
on Feb. 4th at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Danny Daniels officiating. Burial followed in the Woolham Cemetery, in Jenson 
Ky., the Pallbearers were her grandsons. Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 
The Sun Courier February 13, 1986

BRACKETT, PHOEBA JANE, 84 of Turkey Creek, retired teacher, widow of  Homer Brackett, died yesterday. Services 10:30 a.m. 
Thursday, Arnett & Steele Funeral Home. Visitation 7-9 p.m. today.
Source:  The Lexington Herald Leader 24 Oct 2001
Submitted by Neal Byrge Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 7:09 AM

BRADY, LILY V, age 68, of Clearmont, Florida, formerly of Middlesboro, KY, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 1973 in Florida. She 
was born in Bell County July 29, 1904 daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Martin. She was married to Mack Brady. Survivors include 
two daughters, Helen Earls of Clearmont, Dora Shepherd of Lima, OH; one son, Marion Fred Brady of Clarkston, MI; one brother, 
Tony Martin of Lima, OH; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at the Red Oak 
Baptist Church with the Rev. Segal Newport officiating. Burial will be in the Red Oak Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday 
evening from 7 to 9 at the Cawood Funeral Home.

BRANDENBURG, ROBERT HOWARD, 89, was born in Wasiota, Kentucky on November 10, 1914.  He passed away November 
23, 2003 at Holy Cross Hospital in Taos surrounded by loving family members. Howard first started coming to Taos in the 1920's with his 
father and fell in love with Taos. He moved to Taos in 1940 and began law practice. Shortly after moving to Taos, he met Helen Emily 
Zimmerman who would become his wife in October 1940.  Howard practiced law in Taos for 50 years and was active in 52 service 
organizations including the Taos Fire Department and the Lion's Club. He was also a most loving and devoted husband and father. He will be 
sorely missed by all who knew him, and remember especially for his integrity, his sense of humor, and his commitment to his family and his 
community.  Howard is survived by his wife of 63 years, Helen Emily Z. Brandenburg; a sister in Florida, Frances B. Hume; his children, 
James Michael Brandenburg and wife Claire of Taos; Sharon B. Adkinson and husband H. William of Santa Fe; and Elizabeth B. Johnson 
and husband Clifford of Taos. He is also survived by grandchildren, Catherine and Howard Brandenburg both of Albuquerque; Elizabeth 
Adkinson of Phoenix; Brittany Adkinson of Durango; Brian Adkinson of Albuquerque; Meredith Johnson, great grandson, Tyler Jacob 
Maechtlen and Greg Johnson and wife Clare all of Albequerque.  Private family services have been held. In lieu of flowers, the family requests 
the contributions be made to the Taos Volunteer Fire Department, 4591 NDCBU, Taos, NM 87571; the Taos Animal Shelter, 1200 St. 
Francis Lane, Taos, NM 87571; or First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund, 215 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM 87571. 
Arrangements by Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Taos, NM 505-758-3841."
Source: The Pineville Sun, Thursday, December 18, 2003 
Submitted by:  Janet Wolfrum Date: Thursday, October 07, 2004 1:21 PM

BRANHAM, DAVID WAYNE, 52, passed away Monday, May 12, 2003, at his home. Born March 5, 1951, in Bell County, to the late 
Paul Branham Sr. and Thelma Carter Branham. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers, Paul E. Jr., Alex, Vernon, 
Jerry and Gary; and two sisters, Shirley Ann and Janice Sue.  Survivors include her four sisters, Diana (George) Bolinger, Speedwell, Tenn., 
Francine Redmon, Middlesboro, Doris Ann Brooks, Harrogate, Tenn., and Effie Elaine Branham, Middlesboro; seven brothers, Marvin (Lois) 
Branham, Middlesboro, Fred (Billie) Branham, Ewing, Va., Richard (Tereca) Branham, Harrogate, Ronny (Opal) Branham, Harrogate, Mikey 
(Mary) Branham, Speedwell, Tenn., Daniel Branham, Middlesboro, and Jimmy (Caroline) Branham, Knoxville, Tenn.  Funeral services will be 
conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Shumate Funeral Home with the Rev. Matthew Robbins presiding. Music will be provided by George Bolinger. 
Burial will be in the Branham Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Shumate Funeral Home (Guest 
Book at www.shumatefuneralhome.com

BRANHAM EDNA MAE MASSENGILL LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Edna Mae Massengill Branham, 88, passed away Friday, March 3, 2006, 
at Westminster Terrace.  She was born August 28, 1917, at Balkan, and was the daughter of the late William Jesse Massengill and Carrie Calloway 
Massengill. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Julius Preston Branham; three brothers, John Roger, Thomas 
H. and Jess Massengill; and a sister, Mildred Miller.  She is survived by a son, Julius P. Branham (Sarah) of Asheville, N.C.; five sisters, Thelma 
Williams, Ruby Vanbeber of Clarksville, Tenn., Wilma Mays, Helen Harris and Suzi Pursifull of Middlesboro; two brothers, C.A. and Harold 
Massengill of Middlesboro; two grandchildren, Jeffrey P. Branham (Christy) and Jennifer Branham; and two great-grandchildren, Luke and Sidney 
Branham.  Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Gospel Kingdom Church, with burial to follow in Gospel Kingdom Campground Cemetery.
Visitation was from 4-8 p.m. Monday at Heady-Hardy Funeral Home, 7710 Dixie Highway, and 10-11 a.m. Tuesday at Gospel Kingdom Church.
Memorials are suggested to the Benelovent Fund of Gospel Kingdom, 4742 Cane Run Road, Louisville, KY 40216.
Source:  The Middlesboro Daily News, Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

Brandenburg, Robert Howard -89, was born in Wasiota, Kentucky on November 10, 1914.  He passed away November 23, 2003 
at Holy Cross Hospital in Taos surrounded by loving family members.  Howard first started coming to Taos in the 1920’s with his father and fell in love 
with Taos.  He moved to Taos in 1940 and began law practice.  Shortly after moving to Taos, he met Helen Emily Zimmerman who would become his 
wife in October 1940. Howard practiced law in Taos for 50 years and was active in 52 service organizations including Taos Fire Department and the 
Lion’s Club.  He  was also a most loving and devoted husband and father.  He will be sorely missed by all who knew him, and remember especially for 
his integrity, his sense of humor, and his commitment to his family and his community. Howard is survived by his wife of 63 years, Helen Emily Z. 
Brandenburg; a sister in Florida, Frances B. Hume; his children, James Michael Brandenburg and wife Claire of Taos; Sharon B. Adkinson and 
husband H, William of Santa Fe; and Elizabeth B. Johnson and husband Clifford of Taos.  He is also survived by grandchildren, Catherine and 
Howard Brandenburg  both of Albuquerque; Elizabeth Adkinson of Phoenix; Brittany  Adkinson of Durango; Brian Adkinson of Albuquerque; 
Meredith Johnson, great grandson, Tyler Jacob Maechtlen and Greg Johnson and wife Clare all of Albuquerque. Private family services have been 
held.   In lieu if flowers, the family requests the contributions be made to the Taos Volunteer Fire Department, 4591 NDCBU, Taos NM 87571; 
the Taos Animal Shelter, 1200 St. Francis Lane, Taos, NM 87571; or First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund, 215 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, 
Taos, NM87571.  Arrangements by Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Taos, NM-505-758-3841.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday December 25, 2003
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BRAY, LEONARD, age 89 of 423 Cumberland Ave., Pineville Ky., passed away August 20, 1985 at the Hill Crest Nursing Home in Corbin, 
Ky. after a short illness. Mr. Bray was a life long resident of Pineville and was a retired car salesman. Left to mourn his passing are the following 
members of his family: step daughter, Pauline Chandler and husband Armond; one sister, Laura Bailey, Willoughby, Ohio; one step granddaughter, 
Nancye Williams and husband Tom; three step great grandchildren, Matthew, Daniel and Bart Williams, several nieces and nephews and a host 
of friends and relatives. Funeral services were held Thursday, August 22 at the Pineville Cemetery with the Rev. Charles F. Jones officiating. 
Arnett Funeral Home was in Charge of arrangements. 

BRICE, THOMAS, 64, Kettle Island,  passed away Friday, March 15, 2002, at his home. He was born Aug. 15, 1937, a son of the late 
Clinton Brice and Goldie Dulph Brice. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Emma Rose; and a brother, Floyd. 
Survivors include his nieces and nephews. Alin Elliott and wife, Shirley, Arjay, Cleo Polly, Straight Creek, Betty Elliott, Lexington, Ky., 
Harvey Elliott, Jerry Elliott, David Elliott, and Matt Elliott Jr., all of Kettle Island; special friends, David Price, Ed Defevers, and Ted Blevins 
Jr. Funeral services were to be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Durham Funeral Home with the Rev. Thea O. Carter presiding. Music was 
to be provided by Joyce Cox. Burial was to be in Elliott Cemetery at Kettle Island. Family and friends were to serve as pallbearers. Durham 
Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

BRITTAIN, GLADES  I - Auburndale, Fla. - Age 96, passed away on Monday, Nov. 6, 2006, at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, 
Fla.  She was born at Tinsley, on June 22, 1910, a daughter of the late William Oscar and Stella Pigman Brittain. She was a Presbyterian and 
had taught school for 25 years in Kentucky, and an additional 25 in Florida. She was an independent person who enjoyed traveling, and she devoted 
her life to teaching, church activities and bible school. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Twila Brittain and brothers, 
Jim Brittian and John Brittain.  Survivors include her sisters and brother, Shirley Brittain Slone and husband, Dean of Auburndale, Fla., Bill Brittain 
and wife, June, of Columbia, S.C., and Peggy Park of Richardson, Texas; and a host of nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.Services 
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. C. H. Dudley officiating. Music will be by Georgeann McGaffee.  Burial 
will be in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery, Pineville. Pallbearers will be family and friends. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 
11:30 a.m. until the funeral hour at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.  Guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com.
Source:  The Middlesboro Daily News, Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, ALBERT, - PINEVILLE - age 93, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital. He was born June 22, 
1908, in Pineville, a son of the late Jarvis and Mattie Lilly Brock.He had been a coal miner.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his 
brothers and sisters, Hestel, Melvin and Lessie Brock, Amanda Wilson, Laura Daniels, Maudie Rogers and Rosie Hall. Survivors include his sons, 
Lloyd Brock and Doug Brock; brothers, Jay Brock and Charles Brock; sisters, Edna Hoskins and Ruth Brock; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Arnett & Steele Funeral Home. Burial will be in Brock Cemetery, Pineville. Pallbearers will be family 
and friends. Visitation is after 6 p.m. Friday at Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.

Brock, Anna Faye -56, of Forge Ridge, TN, passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2003 at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington.  She 
was born in Red Bird on June 21, 1947, daughter of the late Monroe and Oda Saylor Brock.  She had been a cook at Right Fork School.  She 
attended Forge Ridge Baptist Church and was a member at Saylor Pentecostal Church at Crockett. She was preceded in death by her parents, 
one son, Noel  Benjamin Lawson, grandchildren, Travis Brandon and Holly Diana Helton, sister, Geneva Brock, and brothers, Harlan, Noble and 
Arlie Brock. Survivors include her husband Marvin Brock; daughters, Dianne and Troy Helton, Stoney Fork, Valerie and Duane Gregory, Pineville 
and Marissa and Steven Brock, Forge Ridge, TN; step-children, Connie and Bobbie Brock, Walton, KY, Diann and Nick Yelton, Taylor Mill, KY 
and Kenneth and Joan Brock, Harrogate, TN; grandchildren, Jillian and Brooke Helton, Landon and Chad Brock, McKenzie Hoskins and Cameron |
Brock; great-grandchild, Ethan Troy Smith; step-grandchildren, Melissa Bach, Andrea, Molly and Holly Yelton and Michael Brock; brothers and 
sister, Burley and Linda Brock, Fort Wayne, IN, J.B. and Roberta Brock, Harrogate, TN, Darrell and Edna Brock, Stoney Fork and Reva Saylor, Arjay; 
and a host of family members and friends. Services will be at 11:00 AM Tuesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Brian Lieford, Rev. 
Ronnie Hoskins and Rev. Homer Cox.  Burial will be in the Brock Family Cemetery at Forge Ridge.  Pallbearers will be Connie, Kenneth, Steven 
and Michael Brock, Troy Helton, Duane Gregory, Nick Yelton and Danny Smith. Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville was honored to serve the 
Brock Family.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, September 25, 2003
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, ARTHUR, 77, of Calvin, KY., died Thursday, April 21, 1988 at the Pineville Community Hospital following a long illness. He was born March 2, 
1911, in Bell County to the late Mr. and Mrs. Grant Brock. He was a retired custodian from the Vocational School and had been a lifelong resident of Bell 
Co. He was a believer in the Pentecostal faith. He is survived by his wife, Pearl Proffitt Brock, Corbin; one daughter, Debbie Gail Gabbard, Corbin; two 
step-daughters, Betty Hayes, Corbin, KY., and Mary Ellen Saylor, OH; two sons, Jimmy Ray Brock and Arthur Henry Brock, both of Corbin; one grandson, 
Henry Lee Proffitt, Corbin; and several half-sisters and half-brothers. Services were at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 24, 1988 at the Arnett Funeral Home Chapel 
with Rev. Archie Gaylor and Rev. Bill Sinkhorn. Burial was in the Capito Cemetery, Rock Hollow, KY. Music for the service was provided by Rev. 
Bill Sinkhorn and Jack Elliott.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, April 28, 1988

BROCK, AUDIE “Tooter” MURPHY, age 27, a resident of Pineville, Ky., passed away Tuesday, Jan 14, 1986. He was born June 9, 1958 at Church 
Creek, Maryland, the son of Buster Brock and Angela Jackson Brock. He believed in the Baptist Faith. He is survived by: grandmother, Mrs. Carrie Blevins, 
Berea, Ky.; 3 brothers: Elihue McKinely Brock, Louisville, Ky.; Andrew Franklin Brock and Gary Mitchell Brock, bother of Berea; 2 sisters: Mrs. Marcella 
Turpin, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Lou Anna Campbell, Hazard, Ky.; one niece. Funeral Services for Mr. Brock were held at 4 p.m. Friday, January 17, 1986 
at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Bill Poore and Teddy Collins officiating. Burial followed in the Stoney Fork Cemetery, Stoney Fork, Ky. 
Friends of the family served as pallbearers.Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 
Source:  The Sun-Courier Thursday, January 23, 1986 

BROCK, BONNIE HATMAKER, age 68, a resident of Crockett, Ky., died Saturday, April 1, 1989 at her home. She was born January 8, 1922 in Harlan 
County, Ky., the daughter of the late Jeff HATMAKER and Pearlie REID HATMAKER. She was a member of the Saylor Pentecostal Church at Crockett, Ky. 
She is survived by her husband, Virgil BROCK, Crockett, Ky.; three children, Mrs. Dorothy LEWALLEN, Cromwell, Ind., Rad BROCK, Shawanne, Tenn., 
and Mrs. Anna SHRIVER, Lapeer, Mich.; three brothers, Troy HATMAKER, Bartow, Fla., Burns HATMAKER, Eagle Lake, Fla., and James HATMAKER, 
Bartow, Fla.; five sisters, Mrs. Oleen McCALL, Auburndale, Fla., Mrs. Mary Ruth BRYANT and Mrs. Joann McCOY, both of Lakeland, Fla., Mrs. Vivian 
SCALES and Mrs. Kay TROOP, both of Winterhaven, Fla.; eleven grandchildren. Services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 4, 1989 at the Saylor Pentecostal 
Church, Crockett, Ky., with Revs. Lonnie SURGENOR and Wilke SAYLOR. Burial followed in the Indian Creek Cemetery, Jacksboro, Tennessee. 
The pallbearers who served were her grandchildren.Durham Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. 
The Sun-Courier, Thursday, April 6, 1989 
Typed by: C. Connie Binkley  lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us 

BROCK, BURCHELL SR, 64, of Columbus, OH, formerly of Beverly, passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2006 at the Riverside 
Methodist Hospital. He was born in Beverly, KY on March 23, 1942, the son of the late Ledford and Viola Brock Brock. He had worked 
in Property Maintenance.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Gentry Brock.  Survivors include his children, 
Burchell, Jr., Maggie, April, Rick and Kimberly Brock and Brian Hout, seventeen grandchildren, brothers and sister, Jeweldine Brock, 
Spurgeon, Eldon, Sturlon, Stanley and Clyce Brock and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.  Graveside services 
were at 2 PM Saturday at the Brock Cemetery at Beverly. Burial followed the services. Pallbearers were family and friends.  Arnett & Steele 
Funeral Home, Pineville, was in charge of arrangements. Guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, July 13, 2006

Brock, Burley-CYNTHIANA, Ky. - 73, formerly of Bell County, passed away Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005, at his home. Born Oct. 20, 1931, 
at Stoney Fork, he was the son of the late Milburn and Bertha Sizemore Brock. He retired after 31 years at General Motors, where he worked in 
the paint department. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Bennett Troy Brock; his brothers and sisters, Esther Rice, 
Revea Sizemore, Raymond Howard, Reed Howard, Ralph Howard and Ella Belcher. Survivors include his children, Mona Lissa Hoffman, Glyn Brock 
and Arnold Brock; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; companion, Freda Brock; brothers and sisters, Loretta and Claude Bailey, Gillie and 
Wilalene Brock, Jeannie and James Wallace and Bentley Brock; and a host of nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends. Funeral services 
will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in the Battle Grove 
Cemetery at Cynthiana. Pallbearers will include Glyn Brock Jr., Jerry George, Eddie Brock, Gillie Junior Brock, Ernest Brock, James Parker and 
Johnnie Parker. Visitation was from 4-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, which is in charge of the arrangements.
Source:   Middlesboro Daily News

BROCK, CARRIE, a resident of Madison Heights, Michigan died Tuesday, November 20, 1990 in Madison Heights, Mich. She was born 
July 15, 1897 in Bell County, Ky., the daughter of the late Gord and Sue NICELY. She believed in the Baptist faith. Other than her parents she 
was preceded in death by her husband Henry BROCK and one son Robert BROCK. Survivors include one son, Lindsey BROCK, 
Hazelpark, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. Cleo HILL, Madison Heights and Mrs. Ola YORK, Pineville, Ky.; 16 grandchildren; 39 great-
grandchildren; and 6 great-great-grandchildren.  Services were conducted Saturday, November 24, at 10:00 a.m. at the Durham Funeral 
Home Chapel with the Revs. William O’NAN and Danny ROBBINS officiating. Music was provided by Peggy NAPIER and family. 
Pallbearers were family and friends. Burial was in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery, Pineville, Ky. Durham Funeral Home as in charge 
of arrangements.
Source:  The Sun-Courier, Thursday, November 29, 1990
Typed by: Connie Binkley 

BROCK, CARTER , 76, passed away on Friday, February 3, 2006 at his home. He was born May 10, 1929 in Beverly the son of the late 
Wilk and Emma Taylor Brock. Prior to his death he had been a coal miner and active member of the UMWA. He was a member of the 
Crockett-Saylor Pentecostal Church for over 25 years.  Survivors include is wife of 55 years, Ludinia Saylor Brock, son and daughter-in-law, 
Larry and Vondetta Brock of Pineville, daughters, Dorisal Saylor of Arjay, Trina and Anthony Saylor of Doulasville, GA and Vickie Caldwell of 
Jenson; grandchildren, Stefen Brock of Nashville, TN, Rodney Saylor of Pineville, Rocky Caldwell of Middlesboro, and Mickey Saylor of Pineville, 
Felicia Grubbs of Pineville, Angela Hoskins of Pineville, Alexis Saylor of Douglasville, GA and Kayla Saylor of Arjay; great-grandchildren, Madison 
and Riley Saylor of Pineville, Angela Marie Hoskins of Pineville and McKenzie Briana Grubbs of Pineville, Austin Caldwell of Middlesboro, Cody 
Caldwell of Pineville and Kenny Hoskins, Jr. of Pineville, brothers and sisters, Jim Brock, Marlin Brock, Ford Brock Baxter Brock, Sarah Asher, 
Debbie Asher, Opal Lee Asher, Ruby Swallow and Thelma Brock and a host of nieces, nephews and special friends, Ray Saylor, Pam Carnes, 
Monroe Miracle, Jay B. Saylor, Charlie and Irene Brock, Becky Blevins and Jay Steele.  Services were at the Crockett-Saylor Pentecostal Church 
on Sunday, February 5 with Rev. Randall Collins, Ronnie Hoskins and Tony Caldwell. Burial was in the Alec Saylor Family Cemetery at Crockett. 
Pallbearers were grandsons and friends of the family. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Steven Morgan, Charles “Monk” Green and Judge Jim Bowling. 
Arrangements were by Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville. Guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com  
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday February 9, 2006

BROCK, CHARLIE, of Ewing, age 65, went to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at Tri-State Comprehensive Care Center 
in Harrogate, Tenn. A lifelong resident of Lee County, Va., he was a farmer and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by a daughter, 
Donna Brock Brewster; mother and father, Sarah and Finley Brock; and brother, Willie Brock. Survivors include his spouse, Wanda Brock of Ewing; 
children and their spouses, Charles Edward Brock, Ewing; Rita McLoughlin, Ft. Pierce, Fla., Judy and Ronald Neal, Rose Hill, Va., Margaret and 
Terry Eads,, Victoria, Texas, and Tim Brewster, Loudon, Tenn.; grandchildren, Sarah and Kevin McLoughlin, Kyle Brock, Tamar Johnson Carter, 
Matthew Chadwell, Veronica Brewster Scott, Miranda Eads Price, and Chase Eads; great-grandchildren, Courtney Scott and Katlyn Price; three 
brothers, John Brock, Rose Hill, Walter Brock, Ewing, Va., and Robert Brock, Ewing, Va.; four sisters, Lucy Dillman, Ewing, Mary Palmer, 
Gainesville, Ga., Charlcie Collins, Middlesboro, Ann Southern, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted 
at 8 p.m. Saturday at Arney-Mullins Funeral Home, Rose Hill Chapel, with the Revs. Charles Long and Doug Hensley presiding. Graveside services 
will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Ball’s Chapel Cemetery in Rose Hill. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Arney-Mullins 
Funeral Home, Rose Hill, Va., which is in charge of arrangements.

Brock, Curtis “Squirt” 34, of Pineville,  passed away on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 at his home.  He was born in Pineville on April 26, 1970 
the son of Helen Brock and Gene Roper.  He was employed by the United States Postal Service and had previously worked for the Bell County Solid 
Waste.  He served in the United States Army. Survivors include his son, Thomas Jordan Brock, mother of his son, Veronica Brock, parents, Helen 
Brock and Gene Roper, sister, Rhonda Roper; brother and sister-in-law, Steve and Rhonda Bailey Roper, nieces and nephews, Jackie, Jessie and 
Joey Patterson, Jordyn Roper, Jerrid and Jessica Taylor; mother and father-in-law, Eddie and Debra Jones, sisters-in-law and their husbands, Victoria 
and Jerry Taylor, Joyce and Jason Centers, Jessica Jones and Anna Marie Jones and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Services were Saturday 
at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Allen Lord.  Burial was in the Pinelawn Memorial Gardens, Pineville.  Pallbearers were Michael Byington, 
John Trosper, Byron Asher, Russell Asher, Robbie Landrum, Steve Roper, Jason Centers and David Messer. Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, 
was in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, August 11, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, CUSTER  May 18, 1937 - November 19, 2007  Custer Brock, 70, of Pineville, passed away on Monday, November 19, 2007 at 
the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born in Bell County on May 18, 1937 the son of the late Dewey and Martha Jane Saylor Brock. He 
was a believer in the Holiness Faith and had been a construction lineman for Gambrel Construction and Hoskins Construction Companies.  In 
addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a very special friend, Wanda Faye Lefevers; step-mother, Chloe Taylor Brock; brother, 
Walter Brock; sisters, Gladys Brock and Katherine Neal.  Survivors include his brothers and sisters, Elijah and Belle Brock of Phillips Fork Ky, 
Stella and S.B. Gambrel of Flat Lick, Cordia Saylor of Indianapolis In, Reva Mills of Flat Lick, Pat and Lester Sumpter of Cincinnati and Bertha 
Napier of Pineville and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.  Visiting will be after 6PM Tuesday at Arnett & Steele Funeral 
HomeServices will be at 11 AM Wednesday, November 21 at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Mahurin, Rev. Jim Bargo, 
Rev. Herman Denny and Rev. Jim Stanley. Burial will be at Pinelawn Memorial Gardens at East Pineville. Pallbearers will be his nephews. 
Honorary pallbearers are S.B. Gambrel, Junior Stewart, Dr. Jerry Woolum, Dr. Shawn Fugate, Dr. Russell DeVore and the staff at Baker 
Cancer Treatment Center.  The family will receive friends after 6 PM Tuesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville. Guestbook at 
www.arnettsteele.com.  

BROCK, DAVID, 54 of Beverly died Thursday, march 24, 1988 at his home. He was born July 7, 1933 to the late Floyd Brock in Beverly. He
 had served in the Army during the Korean Conflict and was a believer of the Baptist Faith. He worked as a craftsman and was a lifelong resident 
of Bell County. He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Fannie Brock; and five brothers, Ledford Harlan, Lloyd, Edward and Herman. 
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Saylor Brock, Beverly; three daughters, JoAnn Philpot, Pineville, Carolyn Sue Beverly, Stoney Fork and Penny 
Elaine Brock, Beverly; four sons: Lloyd Brock, Barbourville, Freddy Brock, Colonial Heights, Virginia, Ronnie Brock and Charles Brock, both 
of Beverly; two daughters-in-law, Sandy Brock, Barbourville, and Barbara Brock, Colonial Heights, Virginia; two sons-in-law, John Philpot, Pineville, 
and Larry Beverly, Stoney Fork; four sisters, Ethel Reece, Brownsville, Indiana; Hester Asher and Phronia Saylor, both of Pineville; and Bonnie 
Young, Mill Creek; four brothers, Ben Brock, East Branch, New York; William Brock and Kitt Brock, both of Beverly and Ben Lawson, Fort Wayne, 
Indiana; seven grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends who will miss him. Services were at 2 p.m. March 27, 1988 at 
the Red Bird Methodist Church with Rev. Chuck Jack and Rev.. Colson Knuckles. Burial was in the Brock Cemetery, Beverly. Friends of the 
family served as pallbearers. Arnett Funeral Home was in charge of services. 
Source: The Sun-Courier Date: Thursday march 31, 1988 

BROCK, DELIA  WHITEHEAD, 68 of Pineville, passed away on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at Knox County Hospital in Barbourville. She was 
born in Stoney Fork on April 28, 1938 a daughter of the late James and Mattie Saylor Whitehead. Delia was a Christian and had been a 
homemaker.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Brock; son, Tinsley Brock; brothers, George and 
Joe Whitehead; and sisters, Lori Thompson and Liza Belcher.  Survivors include her daughter, Edith and Charles E. Griffin of Dorton Branch; 
grandchildren, Charles Henry Griffin of Dorton Branch, Sandy Kay and Joseph Hoskins of Arjay, Tinsley Lee Brock, Shannon and Charles 
Coffeman and Tony Gene Brock all of Indiana; great-grandchildren, Madison Faith Hoskins of Arjay, Charles Deon, Destiny and Cierra 
Coffeman all of Indiana; brothers, Olan and Hattie Whitehead of Stoney Fork, Felix and Joy Whitehead of Middlesboro and Thurman and 
Brenda Whitehead of Tennessee; sister, Irene Valentine of Stoney Fork; special friends, Mary Griffin, Leann Taylor, Dolly Taylor, Sue Hubbard, 
Yung and Terry Slusher and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.  Services were at 8:00 PM on Tuesday at the Arnett & Steele 
Funeral Home Chapel with Bishop Custer Watts and Rev. Terry Slusher. Music was by Geneva and Arnold Griffey. Graveside services were at 
11:00 AM on Wednesday at Big Run Cemetery in Bledsoe. Pallbearers will be family and friends.  The family received friends on Tuesday after 
3PM at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville. Guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com.  
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, May 25, 2006
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

Brock, Delphane Fern -65, of Arjay, passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born in 
Arjay on October 20, 1939 the daughter of the late Ernest and Gladys Reno Messer. She was a member of the Arjay Baptist Church and had been 
a homemaker. Survivors include her husband of 33 years Henry Brock of Arjay, step-children, Johnny R. Brock, Janice Bialey, Henrietta Ellison, Ricky 
Brock and Wanda Chaney and 13 step-grandchildren, sisters, Joyce Lewis of Kettle Island and Wanda Inez Bailey; brothers and their wives, Bill and 
Carolyn Messer of Indiana, Ernest and Coleen Messer of Arjay and Larry and Sueann Messer of Arjay and a host of nieces, nephews, good friends 
and family. Services were Thursday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Poore and Rev. Richard Hall. Music will be by Lucy Smith 
and the Arjay Baptist Church Choir. Burial was in the Brummett Cemetery at Sims Fork. Pallbearers were Larry Marty Messer, Woody Bailey, 
Ernest Dale Messer, Michael Bailey, Odell Bailey, Johnny Keith Brock and Nicky J. Brock. Honorary pallbearer was Dr. Rader. The Arnett & 
Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, was in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, April 7, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, DONA F of Pineville, age 79, Kettle Island, homemaker, mother of Mike Brock, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Thursday, Mill Creek 
Baptist Church. Visitation 6 p.m. today, church. Arrangements, Durham Funeral Home. 
Source:  the Lexington Herald Leader 18 Jul 2001

BROCK, DOROTHY, of Middlesboro, age 86, Pathfork, homemaker, mother of Helen Howard, died Sunday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, 
Blackstar Pentecostal Church. Visitation 6-9 p.m. today, Creech Funeral Home.
Source:  The Lexington Herald Leader 10 Sep 2002
Submitted by Neal Byrge

BROCK, ELIZABETH, 87, widow of James Scott Brock, died Friday.  Services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Arnett & Steele Funeral Home. Visitation 
5-9 p.m. today. 
Source:  The Lexington Herald Leader 2 Apr 2001
submitted by Neal Byrge  Date:4/2/01 10:07:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time

BROCK, ELMER, 76, died Friday, April 8, 1988, at the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born April 21, 1911, at Kettle Island, the son 
of the late Allen BROCK and Birdie HENDRICKSON BROCK. He was preceded in death by two sons, Arnold Lee and Donald Ray BROCK; 
and one daughter, Cecil BROCK. Survivors include his wife, Belva BROCK, Kettle Island; eight children, Wanda SHOLTE, Waterford, Mich., 
Byon BROCK, Clarkston, Mich., Patricia RAPIER and Elmer “Pee-Wee” BROCK Jr., both of Hulen, Ky., Rosetta KARRIGAN, Middlesboro, 
Herman BROCK, Pineville, Herbert BROCK, Kettle Island, and June TALENT, Franklin, N.C.; one brother, Allen BROCK, Louisville, Ky.; 
three sisters, Lena Mae MARSEE, Middlesboro, Gertrude BROCK, Detroit, Mich., and Josephine SEBER, Gary, Ind. Services were to be at noon 
today at Creech Funeral Home with the Revs. Rafe COLLETT and Doyle TAYLOR officiating. Music was to be by Mike DOUGLAS. Burial 
was to be in the Brock Family Cemetery, Kettle Island. Pallbearers were to be his grandsons. Creech Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 
Source:  The Sun-Courier, Thursday, April 14, 1988 
Typed by: C. Connie Binkley lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us 

BROCK, FANNIE, a lifelong resident of Bell County, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, September 9, 2000 at Pineville Community Hospital. She 
was 59.Funeral service for Ms. Brock was Tuesday, September 12, 2000 at Mill Creek Baptist Church, Kettle Island, Kentucky with Rev. Ray 
Collett and Rev. Rondald Howard officiating. Music was by Mickey Wilder.Burial was in Stoney Fork Cemetery, Stoney Fork, Kentucky. Pallbearers 
were Albert Haynes, Chris Hale, Hedgle Saylor, Jerry Forrester, L.T. Collett, Jr., and Charles Collett. Fannie Brock was born October 28, 1940. 
She was a daughter of Hiley Forester Brock and the late Manford Brock.Left to cherish her memory are her mother, Hiley Forester Brock; 
two sisters, Ann Blevins, William and Ronella Whitehead; brothers-in-law, Ralph Williams and Emanuel Whitehead; best friend and companion 
of 23 years, Nelson Collett; and a special friend, Gracie Collett; six children, Patty Miracle, Betty Haynes, Margaret Brock, Virgil Brock, Janice 
Hale and Earl D. Brock; three special sons-in-law, Donnie Miracle, Albert Haynes and Chris Hale, two special daughters-in-law, Laura Brock 
and Ramona Brock; ten grandchildren, Stephanie, LaDonna, April, Jessica, Matthew, Kyle, Corey, Joshua and Audrianna; two step-grandchildren 
Kayla and Shawn; one grandson-in-law, Arnold Summers; two great-grandchildren, Chelsea and Donnie; one expected great-grandchild Baby 
Zoie Kamile; and a host of nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. Durham Funeral Home, Pineville, Kentucky was in charge of 
arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, September 14, 2000

BROCK, GERTRUDE a homemaker of Pineville, Kentucky, passed away Monday, May 15, 2000 at New Tazwell, Tennessee. She was 87.
Funeral service for Mrs. Brock will be Wednesday, May 17, 2000 at Durham Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Geroge Neal, and Rev Van 
Johnson officiating. Music was by Henrietta Johnson and daughter, Tammy. Burial was in Jackson Cemetery, Laurel Hill, Kentucky. Family 
and friends served as pallbearers.  In addition to her parents, Jim Greene and Gelanie Johnson Greene, she was preceded in death by her 
husband, Johnny Brock; one daughter, Carolyn Sue Mason; five brothers and four sisters.  Gertrude Brock was born in Bell County, Kentucky 
November 23, 1912. She was a lifelong resident of this area and she believed in the Holiness faith. Left to cherish her memory are her two sons, 
Charles Brock and wife Dessie, Willie G. Brock and wife, Thelma, all of Calvin, KY; one daughter, Helen Pearl Brock, New Tazwell, TN; 
nine grandchildren, Eddie Burns, Billy Joe Burns, Frankie Pierce, Mark Brock, Mike Brock, Jackie Mason, Lisa Sharpe, Melissa Thompson 
and Tim Brock; four great-grandchildren, Kacy Burns, Joseph Burns, Victoria Greene, and James Jeremy Sharpe. Durham Funeral Home, 
Pineville, Kentucky was in charge of arrangements.
Source: The Pineville Sun, May 18, 2000
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, GILLIE  September 09, 1935 - October 31, 2007  Gillie Brock, 72, of Smithville, TN, passed away on Wednesday, October 31, 
2007. He was born in Stoney Fork, KY on September 9, 1935 the son of the late Milburn and Bertha Sizemore Brock. He retired from Sunbeam 
Corporation where he had been a machinist.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandchild, Ryne Brock, brothers and 
sisters, Burley Brock, Esther Rice, Reva Sizemore, Raymond Howard, Reed Howard, Ralph Howard and Ella Belcher.  Survivors include his wife, 
Wilalene Brock, three sons, Donnie Brock, Edwin Brock and Gillie Brock, Jr., grandchildren, Tonya Brock Duckett, Aaron Brock, Andrea Brock 
and Skyler Brock; sisters, Loretta and Claude Bailey; Jeannie and James Wallacel brother Bentley Brock and a host of nieces, nephews, other 
relatives and friends.  Services will be at 10:00 AM Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home. Entombment will be in the Mausoleum at 
Green Hills Memorial Gardens in Middlesboro. Pallbearers will be family and friends.  The family will receive friends from 6 until 9 PM Saturday 
at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.

Brock,  Glyn Vincent -66, of Seymour, TN, passed away on Thursday, April 15, 2004 at the Fort Sanders Seieville Medical Center.  He 
was born in Bell County, KY on April 9, 1938 a son of the late Grant, Sr. and Rebecca Jane Hendrickson Brock.  He was a believer in the Pente-
costal Holiness Faith and had worked in Home Improvements. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Christine Brock and brothers, Grant, 
Jr. and Cammie Brock.  Survivors include his son, Christopher Steven Brock; sisters and brothers, Bernice Thomas, Mildred Hoskins, Alma Partin, 
J.C, H.C. and Curtis Brock and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Services will be at 2 P.M. Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home Chapel.  
Burial will be in the Grant Brock Sr. Cemetery.  Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 5 until 8 PM Saturday 
at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville. 
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, March 25, 2004
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

Brock,  Golden -78 passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2004, at the Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital due to injuries sustained 
from a car accident. A great warrior has gone down, but not in defeat.  Born June 10, 1925 in Fields, KY, he was the son of the late Bentley and 
Chloe Sizemore Brock.  He served as a deacon for 46 years at Saylor Pentecostal Church of God at Crockett.  A veteran of the U.S. Army, he 
served during World War II, and he had been a coal miner for 35 years and was a member of the UMWA and SLY Unions. In addition to his 
parents, brothers, Delbert, J.B., Lester and Rev. Elmer Brock; and sisters, Rosa Miller and Elva Lawson preceded him in death.  Survivors include 
his wife of 60 years, Chesney Lawson Brock or Arjay; children, Eugene and Mary Kay Brock of Fort Wayne, IN, Evelyn and Estille B. Gregory of 
Arjay, Barbara and Duane Buell of Fort Wayne, IN, Joyce and Jerry Cox or Arjay and Richard and Lois Brock of Arjay; eight grandchildren and 
eleven great grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Virgil and Melinda Brock of Arjay, Homer and Ida Brock of Stoney Fork, Hazel Vick of LaPorte, 
IN, Lillie Mae Hubbard and Sudie Marie Penley both of Fort Wayne, IN; a host of nieces, nephews and friends, and fellow deacons of Crockett  
Church, Bro. Malcolm Asher and Bro. Richard Asher. Funeral services were Saturday at the Saylor Pentecostal Church of God at Crockett with 
pastors of the church, Rev. Ronnie Hoskins and Rev. Homer L. Cox presiding.  Singing was by church singers. Burial was in the Brummett 
Cemetery at Simms Fork, Arjay, KY.  Pallbearers were grandsons, nephews and special friend Bro. Kevin Young.  Arrangements were by 
Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, KY.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, April 8, 2004
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum


BROCK, HAROLD, 55, of Pineville, passed away on Saturday, August 4, 2001. He was born in East Pineville on October 16, 1945 a son of 
Hailey Collett Brock and the late Sillis "Babe" Brock. He was a member of the Old Ferndale Missionary Baptist Church and was a retired lineman 
for Gambrel Construction. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a son, Harold Brock, Jr, a brother, Sillis Brock, Jr., nephews, P.J. 
Funson and Jim Anthony Brock.  Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Brenda Brock of East Pineville; children Harol Michael (Becky) Brock of 
Henderson, Kathrine (Craig) Foister of Pineville and Kenneth Richard (Candy) Brock of  Pineville; mother Hailey Brock of East Pineville; brothers; 
Orville (Jewell) Brock of Straight Creek, Jimmy (Wilma) Brock of Pineville, Jackie Brock, East Pineville, Vernon Brock of East Pineville, Donnie 
(Bonnie) Brock of East Pineville, Ricky (Iva) Brock of East Pineville, and Gary (Kathy) Brock of Ohio; sisters, Wanda (Eddie Paul) Funson of 
Clear Creek, Helen (Gene) Roper of Pineville, Bonnie ( Donnie) Napier of Hances Creek, Jewell (Estil) Miller of East Pineville, Norma (Willard) 
Gray of East Pineville and Marilyn (Jerry) Allen of Laurel Hill and a host of nieces and nephews and a good friend Roger Hoskins, and 7 grand
children.  Services were Wednesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Clarence Mason. Music will be by the Old Ferndale 
Missionary Baptist Church. Burial followed in thr Pinelawn Memorial Gardens, Pineville, Kentucky. Pallbearers were family and friends.
Source: The Pineville Sun, August 9, 2001
From: janet8555@home.com (Janet Wolfrum) Date:8/19/01 3:00:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time

BROCK, JAMES ALBERT, 41, of Straight Creek, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2002, at Pineville Community Hospital. He was born 
June 28, 1960, at Hulen, a son of Simon Brock and the late Ester Rotella Centers Brock. He was a member of Arjay Baptist Church. In addition 
to his mother, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Marty and Audie Brock; and several aunts and uncles. Survivors include his 
wife, Cindy Brock, Straight Creek; father and step-mother, Simon and Dorothy Brock, Straight Creek; three brothers, Tim Wayne Brock, 
Pineville, Perry Senters, Straight Creek, and Simon Brock Jr., Frakes; five sisters, Ester Gardener, Blackmont, Carrie Sloane, Pineville, Tammy 
Marie Warren, Pineville, Jennie Lou North, Michigan, and Judy Grubbs, Pineville; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be 
conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Durham Funeral Home with the Revs. Bill Poore and Luther Collett presiding.  Music will be provided by Josh 
Collins and Russell Murphy. Burial will be in Tackett Hill Cemetery at Hulen. Pallbearers will be Arnold Wade Collins, Rick Washington, Agar 
Hembree, Gary Cinnamon, Marty Howard, Rick Foster, Lamar Grubbs Jr., and Paul Logan. Honorary pallbearers will be Perry Senters, 
Lee Lions, and Elders of Arjay Baptist Church. Visitation is from 6-10 p.m. today at Durham Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements. 

BROCK, JAMES ROBERT, of Middlesboro, 13 of Middlesboro passed away Monday, December 24, at the Middlesboro ARH. He was 
born on December 4, 1988 in Middlesboro and attended Millers Chapel Baptist Church and Middlesboro Middle School. He was preceded 
in death by his mother Marie Brock. He is survived by his father Darrell Brock, one brother Raymond Brock; grandfather Rev. Raymond Brock 
all of Middlesboro; Mr. and Mrs. George Collins also of Middlesboro; and special friend Patricia Harris. Funeral services will be held at 
2:00 p.m. today at Shumate Funeral Home with Rev. Hobart Dale Sowders officiating. Pallbearers will be Rufus Irvin, Tony Hopper, 
David Earles, Frank Brock, Randall Collins, and Shannon Minor. The family will receive friends from 12-2 p.m. today at Shumate Funeral 
Home. Burial will be in the Green Hill Cemetary. Shumate Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Brock, Janice Sue Hatfield -55, of Corbin, passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2005 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin. 
She was born December 28, 1949 in Pineville the daughter of Thelma Jean Mason Hatfield and the late Joe Hatfield, Jr. She attended Faith Baptist 
Church in Corbin. Janice worked with her family in Brock Excavating. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter and sister. In addition 
to her father, she was preceded in death by a sister, Sherry Kay Hatfield. Survivors include her husband of 37 years, Hugh Brock, son and daughter-
in-law, Steven Hugh and Melinda Brock of Corbin; grandsons, Joshua Steven Hugh Brock and Dylan Michael Joseph Brock; mother, Thelma 
Hatfield, grandmother, Eliza Hatfield; brother and sister-in-law, Michael Joe and Janelle Hatfield of Pineville; parents-in-law, Homer and Ida Brock, 
sisters and brothers-in-law, Janis and Tom White, Charles Ray Brock, Ernest and Diane Brock and Gary and Sheryl Brock and a host of nieces, 
nephews, other relatives and friends. Services were Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Bennie Bush. Burial was in the Pineville 
Memorial Cemetery, Pineville. Pallbearers were Shane Hatfield, Don Mason, Wayne Curry, John Estil, Richard Smith, Roger Parke, Donald Clark 
and Charles Clark. The Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, was in charge of arrangements.  
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, July 7, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, JIM  Clear Creek - Jim Brock, 84, passed away on Friday, Feb. 24, 2006 at the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born in 
Beverly, on July 5, 1921, the son of the late Wilk and Emma Taylor Brock. He believed in the Pentecostal Faith and had been a coal miner 
for Consolidation Coal and Crockett Coal Companies. He was a member of the UMWA. Mr. Brock served in the U.S. Army during World 
War II.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Caldwell Brock, children, Winslow, Vestina and Denver Brock 
and brother, Carter Brock. Survivors include his children and their spouses, Esther and Larry Humfleet of Clear Creek, Lorraine and John Saylor 
of Arjay, Judy and Jeff Lambdin of Sevierville, TN, Lowell and Rita Brock of Prestonsburg, Gary Wayne and Lynn Brock of East Pineville and 
Jim Brock of Stoney Fork, daughter-in-law, Bertha Buis of Middlesboro, fifteen grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren and two great- 
great-grandchildren, brothers and sisters, Marlin Brock, Ford Brock, Baxter Brock Sarah Asher, Debbie Asher, Opal Lee Asher, Ruby 
Swallows and Thelma Brock and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.  Services will be at two p.m. Tuesday at the Arnett & 
Steele Funeral Home with the Rev. Macel Ely. Music will be by Kathy Brock, Della Mae Asher, Opal Lee Asher and Mickey Wilder.Burial 
will be in the Jim Brock Cemetery at Clear Creek. Pallbearers will be his grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff at the Pineville 
Community hospital and the girls at Community Trust in Pineville. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Monday at the Arnett & 
Steele Funeral Home, Pineville. Guest book at www.arnettsteele.com
Source:  The Middlesboro Daily News, Monday, February 27, 2006
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, JOHN  -Services were held in loving memory of John Brock a resident of Stoney Fork, Kentucky who passed away Friday, March 18, 
2005 at Pineville Community Hospital. Mr. Brock was born July 10, 1927 in Simms Fork, KY the son of the late Mitchell Brock and Lula Cox Brock. 
He was a believer in the Pentecostal Faith.  He was a coal miner and a veteran of WWII serving in the U.S. Navy where he was a veteran 1^st Class 
Seaman. Other than his parents he was preceded in death by his son, Jerome Brock, brothers and sisters; Clarence Brock, Zack Brock, Will Brock, 
George Brock, Nell Davis, Fannie Spurlock, Mary Allen, Rachel Oney, and Lucy Caldwell.  At the time of his death he was 77 years old. He is 
survived by the following members of his family.  The mother of his children Annie Brock of Stoney Fork, KY, his children; John Henry Brock of 
Stoney Fork, KY, Marie Forester of  Pineville, KY, Bill Brock of Arjay, KY. Carolyn Forester of Stoney Fork, KY, Bessie Carroll of Nashville, 
Tenn., Thelma J. Saylor of Stoney Fork, KY and Ronald L. Brock of Jenkins, KY; brothers and sisters, Mary Taylor of Pineville, KY, Sarah 
Najera of Chicago, IL, Jim Brock of Pineville, KY, Jack Brock of New London, Ohio, Homer Brock of Arjay, KY and Henry Brock of Arjay, 
KY, Elighu Brock of Stoney Fork, KY. ,16 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services 
were held at 2:00 pm Monday at the Creech Durham Funeral Home in Pineville Kentucky with Reverends Kenneth Saylor, Tony Caldwell and 
Joe Caldwell, Jr. Interment followed the services in the Caldwell Brock Cemetery in Stoney Fork, KY.  Pallbearers were grandson Christopher 
Forester, Fred Baker, Jimmie Helton, Hurley Forester Jr., Ralph Caldwell and Junior Caldwell. Honorary Pallbearers were Fred Carroll, Henry 
Forester Jr., Hurley Forester and James Saylor.  Visitation was from 2-10 pm Sunday at the funeral home.  Creech Durham was in charge of 
arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, March 24, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, JOHN JEFF,  passed away August 20, 1970 in the Pineville Community Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Bell Co on 
June 10, 1891, the son of the late Henry and Mary Bullins Brock. He was a life long resident of Bell Co and a member of the Baptist Church. 
He was a veteran of World War I.  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Varilla Lee Brock of Pineville; four daughters, Mrs. Ann Brynn, Covington, 
KY., Mrs. Elsie Shellins, Cincinnati, OH., Mrs. Rugy Saylor, Sharonville, OH., Mrs. Susie Metzzer, New Philadelphia, OH; four sons, George 
Brock, Cincinnati, OH., Edward Brock, Cincinnati, OH., Joe Leo Baker, Sharonville, OH., Tommie Baker, Sandyville, OH; one sister Mrs. 
Lucy Napier; Hawaii Island; 20 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren.  Funeral services were held Sunday, August 23, 1970 at 12 noon 
at the Arnett Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Thea O. Carter and Rev. Everett Hisle officiating. Friends of the family served as pallbearers.
Burial was in the Laurel Hill Cemetery.  Arnett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun. Dated September 3, 1970. 
Submitted by Mary Eldridge-Harris. Names typed as they appeared in newspaper. 

Brock, Mabel 78, of Beverly, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2005 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born on July 13, 
1926 in Beverly the daughter of the late Arlen and Latrisha Helton Brock. She had been a homemaker and had worked at the Red Bird Mission. 
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William “Bill” Brock, sons and daughters, Simon Ronnie Brock, Marie 
Caldwell, Marilyn Joyce Brock, Billy Joe Brock and Shannon Brock, two grandchildren, brothers and sisters, Viola, Oma and Jim Brock and 
Bessie Reed. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Ethel W. “Sissy” and Connie Brock of Beverly; 11 grandchildren including Dustin 
Brock, Angie Brock, Flora Gambrel and Glenna Roof, a host of great-grandchildren, brother, Melvin Brock of Phillips Fork, very, very special 
friends John and Beulah Brock, and a host of nieces, nephews and family who loved her very much. Services were Thursday at the Arnett & Steele 
Funeral Home with Rev. John Evatt, Rev. Scott Woodworth and Rev. Jordan Lee Saylor. Music was by John Brock, Kathy Brock and the Caldwell 
family. Burial was in the Brock Cemetery at Beverly. Pallbearers  were  family and friends. The Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, was in 
charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, February, 10, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, MANFORD "JUDGE", age 74, a resident of Wilderness Trail, Pineville, Ky., died Friday, March 4, 1988 at the Britthaven Health Care 
Center, Pineville, Ky. He was born March 10, 1913 in Bell County, Ky., the son of the late Andrew Brock and Almedia Saylor Brock. He was a 
disabled sawmill worker and he believed in the Baptist faith. He is survived by: his wife, Mrs. Lelian Brock, Kettle Island, Ky.; three sisters: Mrs. 
Minnie Hoskins and Mrs. Versa Rose, both of Pineville; Mrs. Slettie Brock, Beverly, Ky.; several nieces and nephews. Services for Mr. Brock 
were at 2 .m. Sunday, March 6, 1988 at the Durham Funeral home chapel with Revs. Danny Robbins and Dennis Short. Burial followed in the 
Brock Family Cemetery, Kettle Island, Ky. Those who served a pallbearers were friends of the family. Durham was in charge of arrangements. 
Source:  The Sun-Courier  Thursday, March 10, 1988 

Brock, Martha Lock -93 of Pineville, passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2005 at her home in Kettle Island. She was born on January 11, 
1912 in Kettle Island to John Montgomery and Caroline Howard Lock. She was a retired social worker for the State of Kentucky, an elementary 
school teacher in the Bell County School System, was the Bell County Court Clerk for three terms, served on the board of directors for the Bell 
County Senior Citizens Center, a charter member for over fifty years of the Sunshine Homemakers Club, a proud member of the Daughters of the 
American Revolution, a past president of the Business and Professional Women’s Club and was a certified tree farmer for the State of Kentucky. 
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Marcus Edward Brock; step-mother, Sudie Lock; sisters, Mae Lefevers and 
Beulah Ruth Lock; brothers, Howard, Fred P., Lester K. and Earl Locke. Survivors include her children, Beth Floyd of Louisville, Carolyn Jarrett 
of Knoxville, TN, Sylvia Price of Pineville, Sharon Fletcher of Kettle Island, and Marcus Edward Brock, Jr. of Louisville; brother, Reed M. Lock 
of Spartanburg, SC; sister, Gertrude Gross of Middlesboro; and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends. Services 
were at 12:00 noon Wednesday, April 6 at the Mill Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Ray Collett and Rev. Ron Howard. Entombment will be in the 
Green Hills Memorial Gardens in Middlesboro. Pallbearers were Nathan, John and Brian Floyd, Marcus Price, Charles and Jay Jarrett, Kevin 
Fletcher, Eddie III, Chet, Joey, Michael, David and Sam Brock. Honorary pallbearers are the members of the Mill Creek community. The family 
received friends after 5:30 PM Tuesday at the Mill Creek Baptist Church. Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville was in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, April 7, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, MARY, age 90, a resident of (Laurel Hill), Pineville, Ky., died Sunday, January 8, 1989 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was 
born June 24, 1898 in Bell County, Ky., the daughter of the late Tom BROCK and Minnie Jane BROCK. She was joined in holy matrimony in 
January of 1914 at Straight Creek, Ky., to Victor BROCK, son of David and Elizabeth BURNS BROCK. She was a member of the Bird Branch 
Missionary Baptist Church for over 43 years. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1967, two sons, Victor, Jr., and Lindsay BROCK. 
She is survived by seven children, Mrs. Margie JACKSON, Robert BROCK, Otis BROCK, Mrs. Betty JACKSON, Mrs. Mae GREENE, 
all of Pineville, Ky., Mrs. Myrtle NUSS Botkins, Ohio, Vernon BROCK, Scottsville, Ky.; one brother, McKinley BROCK, Covington, Ky.; 
two sisters, Mrs. Rachel CROUCHE, Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Mrs. Ellen BOWLIN, LaFollette, Tenn.; twenty-nine grandchildren; fifty-three great 
grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren. Services were at 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 11, 1989 at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel 
with Revs. Ceph LAWSON and James POLLY. Burial followed in the Jackson Cemetery (Laurel Hill), Pineville, Ky. The pallbearers who 
served were her grandsons. Durham Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.The Sun-Courier, Thursday, January 12, 1989 
Typed by: C. Connie Binkley lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us 

BROCK, MATILDA, a resident of Stoney Fork, KY., died Tuesday, April 24, 1990 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. She 
was born March 22, 1922 in Leslie Co., KY., the daughter the late Amon Brock and Susie Caldwell Brock. She was a believer in the Holiness 
faith and was a member of Kale Saylor’s Holiness Church. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Clifford Brock. 
Survivors include: her husband, Hobert Brock, Stoney Fork, KY; six sons, Verlan Brock, Barbourville, KY., James Brock, Kettle Island, KY., 
Theo Brock, Chicago, IL., Cecil Brock, WV., Robert Brock, East Pineville, KY., Charles Brock, Harlan, KY; four daughters, Marie Sawka, 
KY., Lucy Napier, Streamwood, IL., Vestina Brock and Jewell Grubbs, both of Kettle Island, KY; two brothers, James Brock, Whitesburg, 
KY., and Plese Brock, Broadhead, KY; two sisters, Mahalia Caldwell, Wallins Creek, KY., and Elizabeth Smitty, OH; thirty grandchildren and 
eighteen great grandchildren. Services were conducted Friday, April 27, 1990 at 2 p.m. at Kale Saylor’s Holiness Church, Kettle Island, KY. 
The service was conducted by the Rev. Kale Syalor, Rev. Wilkie Saylor and the Rev. Ronnie Hoskins. Interment was in the Saylor Cemetery at 
Stoney Fork, KY. Pallbearers were friends of the family. Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Typed by Mary J. (Eldridge) Harris The Sun-Courier, Thursday, May 3, 1990

BROCK, NATH , age 78, a resident of Straight Creek, Ky., died Saturday, March 25, 1989 at the Pineville Community Hospital. 
He was born January 20, 1911 in Bell County, Ky., the son of the late Dillard BROCK and Martha SAYLOR BROCK. He was 
a veteran of World War II and he believed in the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby and four brothers, Pearl, 
Vernon, Fred, and Grant. He is survived by two sons, Wayne WALTERS, Tinsley, Ky., and Alvin Nath BROCK, Corbin, Ky.; two 
brothers, Harold BROCK and Ed BROCK, both of Harlan, Ky.; eight grandchildren. Services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, 
1989 at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy DISNEY. Burial followed in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery. The
pallbearers who served were his nephews. Durham Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. 
Source:  The Sun-Courier, Thursday, March 30, 1989 
Typed by: C. Connie Binkley lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us 

BROCK, McKINLEY  BEVERLY - McKinley Brock, 86, passed away Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, at his home.  He was born in Beverly on 
Dec. 22, 1921, the son of the late Hughie and Celetta Brock. He believed in the Holiness faith and had been a logger.  In addition to his parents, 
he was preceded in death by a daughter, Roberta G. Brock, sons Robert and Alonzo Brock, sisters, Fannie Brock, Nettie Helton, Susie Helton 
and Carrie Knuckles.  Survivors include his wife, Hallie Helton Brock; children and their spouses, Donald and Kathy Brock of Beverly, Lowell 
and Rita Brock of Prestonsburg, Jewell Welcher of Morgantown, Ind., Darlene and Wayne Wilson of Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and Sandra and 
Michael Caldwell of Helton, Ky.; 18 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild; sister, Hester Knuckles; and brothers, 
John, Richmond and Connie Brock; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.  Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, 
Oct. 12, at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Teddy Collett, the Rev. Jeff Baker and the Rev. Elmer Helton presiding.  
Music will be by family and friends. Burial will be in the Mudlick Cemetery at Beverly.  Family and Friends will serve as pallbearers.  The family 
will receive friends from 6 until 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.  Online condolences may be submitted at at 
www.arnettsteele.com
Source:  The Middlesboro Daily News, Wednesday,  October 11, 2006
submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, MELVIN Roark, Ky. - Melvin Brock, 73 passed away on Friday, Nov. 3, 2006, at the Hazard Appalachian Regional Hospital.
He was born at Beverly on Nov. 12, 1932, the son of the late Arlen and Lutishia Helton Brock. He served in the United States Army and had 
worked for the Bell County Highway Department for many years.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers and 
sisters, Mabel Brock, Bessie Reed, Jim Brock, Viola Brock and Oma Brock.  Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Thelma Brock; daughter, 
Della Holland; son and daughter-in-law, Carl and Rachel Brock; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.  Services will be at 
2 p.m. Sunday at Beverly United Methodist Church with the Rev. Elmer Helton presiding.  Burial will be in the Brock Cemetery at Red Bird. 
Pallbearers will be Hobert Asher, Carl Brock, Billy Ray Burns, Henry Sizemore, Jonathan Sizemore, Danny Ray Sturgill , Mitchell Sturgill Jr., 
Randy Miniard and Tony Gross. Honorary pallbearers will be Wilkie Saylor, Ralph Saylor and Daugh Sizemore. The family will receive friends 
after 6 p.m. Saturday at the Beverly United Methodist Church.  Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, is in charge of arrangements. 
Guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com.
Source:  The Middlesboro Daily News, Wednesday, November 8, 2006
submitted by Janet Wolfrum

Brock, Myrtle -82, of Connersville, IN formerly of Bell County, KY, died at her home on October 3, 2005.  She was born March 23, 1923
in Bell County the daughter of the late James F. and Bertha Collett Brock.  She was a member of the Newtown Baptist Mission and in her spare time 
enjoyed reading her bible, gardening and quilting.  Myrtle had resided in Connersville since 1977. She was preceded in death by her parents, four 
brothers, Floyd, Millard, Arnold and Willard Brock, two sisters Rose Marie Britton and Wilma Brock and brother-in-law Haskel Mace Jr. Survivors 
include her brothers and their wives, Clifford and Lida Brock of Barbourville, Paul and Georgia Brock of Losantville, IN, Jimmie L. and Janice Brock 
of Toledo, OH, Charles and Patty Brock of Connersville, IN and Cecil and Jane Brock of Pikeville, KY, sisters Marjorie Mace, Muncie, IN and 
Pauline Gracie, Eugene, OR and several nieces and nephews. The services were Friday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Ermon 
French and Rev. Larrel G. Boling.  Burial was in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery, Pineville.  Pallbearers were Family and Friends.  The Arnett & 
Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, was in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, October 13, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, PAULINE, 63, Calloway, homemaker, widow of Talton Brock, died yesterday, apparently of a heart ailment. Services 2 p.m. Sunday,
Calloway Baptist Church. Visitation 6 p.m. today, church.  Arrangements, Arnett & Steele Funeral Home.
Source:  The Lexington Herald Leader 20 Jan 2001
submitted by  Barbara Rice

Brock, Ralph -57, of Napoleon, OH, passed away on Saturday, October 23, 2004 at his home.  He was born on September 2, 1947 in 
Pineville, the son of the late James and Elizabeth Caldwell Brock.  On September 20, 1994,  he married Ella Helton.  He had been a fork lift 
operator at the Campbell Soup Company of Napoleon for the past 29 years.  He attended the Faith Tabernacle Church, Defiance, OH.  He was 
greatly loved by his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brothers and sisters, Millard, Robert, Bruce, Dora and 
Rachel Brock. Survivors include his wife of ten years, Ella Brock of Napoleon, children, Ricky and Tina Brock of Pineville, Sindy Brock of Pineville 
and Tracy and Chad Critten of Paulding, OH; step-children, Jim and Marcia Taylor, Larry Taylor, Brenda and Don Mack, Linda and Stan Gerken, 
Glenda and Todd Bryant and Ronda and Todd Baldwin all of Napoleon; brothers and sisters, Will and Martha Brock, Reed and Janet Brock, Grover 
Brock and Colson Brock, Mary Bullins, Bertha and Charles Hunter, Helen and Bobby Hunter, Laura Bingham, Irene Brock, Cuba and Jesse Phipps 
and Gladys and Daniel Jackson, all of Pineville and Katherine and Bill Cavin of Oakwood, OH, 19 grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews and 
friends. Services will be at 11 AM Thursday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Clarence Mason and Rev. Murphy Buell.  Music will be 
by the Ferndale Missionary Baptist Church.  Burial will be in the Pinelawn Memorial Gardens, Pineville.  Pallbearers will be family and friends. Services 
were held Monday in Napoleon, OH. Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Cancer Society or Faith Tabernacle Church. Arnett & 
Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, is in charge of local arrangements
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, October 28, 2004
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, RAY ESTLE -Services were conducted in loving memory of Ray Estle Brock, a resident of Pineville, KY who passed away Saturday 
July 23, 2005. Mr. Brock was born November 2, 1923 at Kettle Island, KY, the son of the late Lewis Brock and Cordie Saylor Brock.  He was 
a member of the Abundant Life Fellowship Church of Middlesboro, Kentucky and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp and he was a carpenter.  At 
the time of his death he was 81 years old. He is survived by the following members of his family.  His wife Cleo Brock of Pineville, Kentucky; son 
and daughter-in-law, Ronald and Susan Brock from California; 2 daughters and son-in-laws, Berneeta and Jack Harris of California and Donna and 
Patrick Love of California, 5 brothers Carl Brock of Florence, Kentucky, Cecil Brock of Harrogate, Tennessee, Marvin Brock of Harrogate, 
Tennessee and Elmer Brock of     Kentucky and Glen Brock of Tennessee; 5 sisters Myrtle Plaeter of Florence, Kentucky, Leona Trostoff of 
Florence, Kentucky, Freda Brock from Kentucky, Betty Brock from Texas and Velma Brock from Tennessee; 9 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren 
and a host of other relatives and friends. Services were conducted at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Abundant Life Fellowship Church in Middlesboro, 
Kentucky with Rev. Bob Long speaking.  Music was provided by Mark Mahurin.  Interment followed in the Brock Family Cemetery in Harrogate, 
Tennessee. Pallbearers were Kenneth Brock, Michael Mills, William Mills, Connie Brock, Mark Brock, Ken Perkins, Chris Hurt, Darrell Greer.  
Creech-Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, July 28, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum   

BROCK, RICHARD, 80, of Bledsoe, Ky passed away Sunday, March 10, 2002, at Mary Breckinridge Hospital, Hyden, Ky. He was born Feb. 
25, 1921, in Leslie County, Ky., a son of the late Will Brock and Belle Brock. He believed in the Pentecostal faith, and had been a coal 
miner. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Chloe Brock; and a host of brothers and sisters. Survivors 
include his five sons, Fred Brock, Annville, Ky., Rev. Walter Brock, Harrogate, Tenn., Chuck Brock, Harlan, Ky., Matt Brock, Bledsoe, and
Chester Brock, Danville, Ky.; one daughter, Carolyn Kline, Harlan; one brother, A.M. Brock, Leslie County; 21 grandchildren and 14 
great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at noon Wednesday at New Ferndale Pentecostal Church with the Rev. John Pew 
and Mitch Elliott presiding. Music will be provided by the church singers. Burial will be in Rye Cove Cemetery, Leslie County, Ky. His 
grandchildren will serve as pallbearers. Visitation is from after 10 a.m. today at New Ferndale Pentecostal Church. Durham Funeral Home is 
in charge of arrangements.
                     

Brock, Roberta Gail -46, of Beverly, passed away on Saturday, September 25, 2004 at her home in Mud Lick. She was born on February 
20, 1958 to McKinley and Hallie Helton Brock. She was a believer in the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by her twin brother Robert 
Dean Brock and brother Alonzo Brock. Survivors include her father and mother, McKinley and Hallie Brock; brother and sisters, Donald and Kathy 
Brock of Beverly, Jewell Welcher of Morgantown, IN, Darlene and Wayne Wilson of Cumberland Gap and Sandra and Michael Caldwell of Helton 
and a host of nieces, nephews other relatives and friends. Services will be at 2 PM Tuesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Teddy 
Collett, Rev. O’Dell Knuckles and Rev. John Evatt. Burial will be in the Mud Lick Cemetery at Beverly. Pallbearers will be family and friends. The 
family will receive friends after 6 PM Monday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville which is in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, October 7, 2004
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, SILLIS "BABE", a former coal miner of Pineville, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2001 at Pineville Community Hospital. 
He was 79.  Funeral service for Mr. Brock was Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at Bell County Memorial Chapel, Pineville, Kentucky with Rev. 
Charles Robbins and Rev. Hiram Mason officiating.  Music was by Angela Hoskins, Ricky Brock and Shane Funson. Burial was in Pinelawn 
Memorial Gardens, East Pineville, Kentucky with his grandsons as pallbearers.  Honorary pallbearer was Arthur Jones.In addition to his parents, 
Andrew and Millie Pope Brock, he was preceded in death by a son, Sillis Brock, Jr., grandsons, Jim Anthony Brock, Harold Brock, Jr., and P.
T. Funson. Sillis "Babe" Brock was born September 16, 1921 at Blue Ridge, Kentucky. He had been a coal miner and a member of Salem #2 
Baptist Church. Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 62 years, Hailey Collett Brock; children: Harold Brock, Orville Brock, Jimmy 
Brock, Jackie Brock, Donnie Brock, Ricky Brock, Wanda Funson, Helen Roper, Bonnie Napier, Jewell Miller, Norma Gray and 
Marilyn Allen all of Pineville, KY and Gary Brock of Ohio; 28 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and brothers and sisters, Gillie "Bud" Brock, 
Andrew Brock, Jr., Gene Brock, Edward Brock, George Brock, Ada Head and Ann Dorton and a host of nieces and nephews. Arnett & Steele 
Funeral Home, Pineville, Kentucky was in charge of arrangements. 
Source: The Pineville Sun May 24, 2001 
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum Date:8/13/01 11:26:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time

BROCK, SIMON RONNIE “SAMBO”- 52, of Beverly passed away on Friday, January 21, 2005 at his home. He was born in Beverly, KY 
on December 18, 1952 the son of Mabel Brock and the late William “Bill” Brock.  He made a continuous pipe for gas lines. In addition to his father, 
he was preceded in death by brothers and sisters, Shannon Brock, Marie Caldwell, Marilyn Joyce Brock and Billy Joe Brock. Survivors include his 
son, Ronnie Joe Brock; mother, Mabel Brock, sister and brother-in-law, Ethel “Sissy” and Connie Brock; three grandchildren, very, very special friends, 
John and Beulah Brock and a host of  nieces and nephews and family who loved him very much. Services were Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral 
Home with Rev. John Evatt, Rev. Scott Woodworth and Rev. Jordan Lee Saylor.  Music was by John and Kathy Brock. Burial was in the Brock 
Cemetery at Beverly. Pallbearers were Bruce, Donnie, Steven and Martin Reed, Tony and Freddie Brock and Jerry Partin. The Arnett & Steele 
Funeral Home, Pineville, was in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, January 27, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

Brock, Tammy Lynn Cox -37, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2005 in Middlesboro. She was born in Pineville on August 16, 1967 
the daughter of Martha Stewart and Lenice and Belinda Cox. She was a believer in the Pentecostal faith and had been a homemaker She was preceded 
in death by Boyd and Lily Cox who raised her. Survivors include her daughters, Sheena Philpot of Straight Creek and Whitney Brock of Middlesboro; 
grandson, Travis Ethan Smith; brothers and sisters, David Cox, Keith Cox, Lenice Anthony Cox, Jeffrey Boyd Cox, Sonya Faye Cox, Tonya Sinkhorn, 
Marsha Hendrickson, Melissa Partin, Eddie Stewart, Letcher Cox, Robert Cox, Betty Philpot, Myrtle Philpot, Pearlie Stewart, Virgie Brock, Ella Neal, 
Judy Neal, Hilla Henson and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Services were at 8 PM Saturday at the Arnett & 
Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Carl Miracle and Rev. William Philpot. Music was provided by Joyce Miracle and Pam Barton. Burial was at 12 noon 
Sunday in the Brummett Cemetery at Simms Fork. Pallbearers were Eddie Stewart, Keith Cox, Lenice Cox, Letcher Cox Jr., Johnny Eversole, Ray 
Stepp, Gary Miller and Joe Daniels. Honorary pallbearers were Andy Philpot Jr., William Philpot and Danny Carroll. The family received friends after 
4 PM until funeral hour Saturday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville which is in charge of arrangements
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, August 18, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, TOMMY MADISON, 54 of Stoney Fork passed away Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002, at Pineville Community Hospital. He was born 
Sept. 6, 1948, in Pineville to Clarence and Sara Ellen Crank Brock. He was a member of Stoney Fork Pentecostal Community Church, worked as 
a Truck Driver for Straight Creek Mining, and had been a member of the Bell County Volunteer Fire Department.  He was preceded in death by his 
mother Sara Ellen Crank Brock; and two grandchildren, Noel and Sierra Bailey. In addition to his father, survivors include his wife, Shirley Saylor 
Brock; daughters. Heather and John Hurley and Kristie and Michael Bailey all of Stoney Fork; grandchildren, Whitney, Tyler and Bradley Bailey; 
uncles, Marvin, Elmer, Estell, Cecil, Carl, and Glen Brock; aunts, Velma, Betty, Frieda, and Leona Brock, Brenda Newman, Myrtle Platter and 
Bessie Proffitt; great-uncle, Elmer Saylor and Iris; Ardith Blevins, Patricia Swain and Bobby Proffitt.  Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday 
at Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Revs. Mark Mahurin, Jeff Baker, Herstel Belcher and Walter Saylor presiding. Burial will follow at Green 
Hills Memorial Gardens in Middlesboro. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Honorary Pallbearer is Donnie Hoskins. Arrangements by Arnett 
& Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.

Brock, Velma “Mary Alice” -81, of Lima died 12:35 a.m. Thursday October 27 at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home.  She was born 
October 6, 1924 in Pineville, Kentucky to Wesley and Betsy Ann (Miracle) Money and they preceded her in death.  One June 2, 1944 she married 
Paul L. Brock and he died May 11, 1993.  She was also preceded in death by the following siblings: Fred Money, Ed Money, Robert Money, 
Walter Money and a sister Nellie Money-Howard. She is survived by a son: Rev. Terry (Linda) Brock of Lima; a grandson: T. Blain (Becky) 
Brock, a granddaughter: Christa (Tab) Hunter both of Lima; seven great grandchildren and two brothers: Jasper (Rosie) Money of Pineville, 
Kentucky and Luther (Cothalee) Money of Milford, Ohio.   She is survived by three sister-in-laws: Elsie Money of Middlesboro, KY, Joyce 
Money Esmonde of Lima, and Myrl Money of Middlesboro, KY. Mrs. Brock was a homemaker.  She had been employed at the Lima Tank 
Plant and DWG Cigar Factory.  She was a member of the Lima Missionary Baptist Church. Funeral Services were 1:00 p.m. Saturday, 
October 29 at the Lima Missionary Baptist Church, Lima, Ohio with Rev. Denny Hunter and Rev. Donnie Smith officiating.  Burial followed 
in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call Friday 2-4 &6-8 p.m. at Siferd Funeral Home Westwood Chapel and one hour prior to the service 
at the Lima Missionary Baptist Church. Memorial contributions can be made to the Lima Missionary Baptist Church Building Fund.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, November 3, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK,  VIRGIL “HAWKEYE”, 88 of Fields passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at his home. He was born in Bell County on 
April 6, 1918 a son of the late Bentley and Chloe Sizemore Brock. He was a member of the Crockett Saylor Pentecostal Church and had been 
a coal miner for 46 years.  In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Bonnie Hatmaker Brock; daughter, Burna Lea 
Partin; brothers, Golden, Delbert, Bentley, Jr., Lester and Rev. Elmer Brock; sisters, Elva Lawson and Rosie Miller; brothers-in-law, Sam Miller, 
Bob Vick and James Hubbard, Jr.; and special nieces, Rosetta Lawson Caldwell and Joyce Brock Cox.  Survivors include his wife, Malinda 
Baker Brock of Fields; son, Rad and Louise Brock of Fields; daughters, Dorothy Jean Shepard of Ligonier, IN and Anna Faye and Kenny 
Summers of Lake Alfred, FL; stepsons, Clifford Wayne and Joy Brock of Arjay and Jeffrey and Amy Brock of Kettle Island; stepdaughter, 
Angela and Rev. Ron Hensley of Arjay; brother, Homer and Ida Brock of Stoney Fork; sisters, Hazel Vick of LaPorte, IN, Lillie Mae Hubbard 
and Sudie Marie Penley both of Fort Wayne, IN; brother-in-law, Elmer Lawson of Fields; sisters-in-law, Chesney Brock and Christine Brock 
both of Arjay, Pat Brock and Kathy Brock both of Fort Wayne, IN; 12 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great-grandchildren, 
9 step-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.  Services were at 1:00 PM Saturday, September 23 at the Crockett 
Saylor Pentecostal Church with Rev. Ronnie Hoskins, Rev. Ron Hensley, Rev. Cheyenne Brock and Deacon Richard Asher officiating. Burial 
followed in the Brummett Cemetery at Simms Fork. Pallbearers were his grandsons, stepsons and nephews. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. 
Jaishankar Devapiran, nephew, David Brock, Pineville Home Health and Hospice of the Blue Grass-Mountain Heritage.  The family received 
friends Thursday from 6 until 9 pm at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville and after 10 PM Thursday and all day Friday until funeral 
hour Saturday at the Crockett Saylor Pentecostal Church at Fields. Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville is in charge of arrangements. 
Guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, September 28, 2006
submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, VIRGIE of Stoney Fork in Pineville, 87, widow of John D. Brock, died Saturday. Services 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Arnett & Steele 
Funeral Home. Visitation 6 p.m. today. 
Source:  the Lexington Herald Leader 24 Sep 2001

BROCK, WALTER RAY SR, 60, of Middlesboro passed away Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, at Fort Sanders Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn. 
He was born Nov. 18, 1941, in Bell County, a son of Wayne Brock and Ethel Brock of Middlesboro, who survive. He was a member of 
Shipley Grove Baptist Church, and was a former employee of Mountain Drive Coal Company. He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley 
D. Brock on April 29, 2000; and three sisters, Helen Brock, Mabel Brock, and Thelma Jean Brock. In addition to his parents, he is survived 
by his daughter and son-in-law, Vicki and Keith Epperson, Tazewell, Tenn.; son and daughter-in-law, Walter Ray Brock Jr. and Kim, Tazewell; 
brothers and sisters-in-law, Paul and Carolyn Brock, Ewing, Va., Roy and Cathy Brock, Middlesboro; sisters and brothers-in-law, Betty and 
Daryl Longworth, Middlesboro, Katherine Frost, Palm Beach, Fla., Margie and David Wyatt, Middlesboro; granddaughters, Sabrina and 
husband Ernie Parsons, Tazewell, Tabitha Brock, Tazewell, Jessica Brock, Tazewell; grandsons, Cameron Brock, Tanner Brock, Tazewell, 
Michael Brock, Tazewell; and one great-granddaughter, Hayley Parsons, Tazewell. Funeral services were to be conducted at 2 p.m. 
today at Shumate Funeral Home with the Revs. Danny Breeding and Billy Gaylor presiding. Music was to be provided by the Church 
Valley American Christian. Burial will be in Green Hills Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were to be Odell Hoskins, Terry Weaver, Chuck 
Partin, Wayne McFall, Arnold Ingram, and Shirl Dooley. Shumate Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

BROCK, WILL, 74 of Pineville passed away Saturday, August 26, 2006 at the Pineville Community Hospital. A lifelong resident of Bell County, 
he was born on August 6, 1932 at Stoney Fork a son of the late James Scott and Elizabeth Caldwell Brock. He was a member of the Trinity 
Pentecostal Lighthouse, was very active with Bell Masonic Lodge 691 where he was a past master, the Olieka Shrine Temple in Lexington, 
was a two time Kentucky Colonel and had retired from Cypress Coal Company at their Bailey Hill Mine on Mountain Drive.  In addition to 
his parents he was preceded in death by a daughter, Janet Lynn Brock; brothers, Millard, Ralph, Robert, and Bruce Brock and sisters, Rachel 
and Dora Brock.  He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Martha Brock whom he married on June 4, 1955; daughters, Teresa and Danny 
Wilder of Pineville, Rhonda and Sam Ridley of Pineville and Stacy and Edwina Brock of Miracle; grandchildren, Marissa Newby, Ian Newby, 
Tabitha DeBusk, Jordan Jennings, Eric Brock and Autumn Brock; brothers and sisters and their spouses, Reed and Janet Brock, Grover Brock, 
Colson Brock, Mary Bullins, and Irene Brock all of Pineville, Laura Bingham of Middlesboro, Bertha and Charles Hunter, Cuba and Jesse 
Phipps and Helen and Bobby Hunter, all of Clear Creek, Gladys and Daniel Jackson of Arjay and Katherine and Bill Cavin of Oakwood, 
OH and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.  Services were at 11 AM Monday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home 
with Rev. Darrell Lowe. Rev. George Neal and Rev. Hubert Baker. Burial was in the Brock and Burnett Cemetery at East Pineville. 
Pallbearers were family and friends.  The family will receive friends after 5 PM Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville. 
Masonic Services by Bell Masonic Lodge # 691 were at 7 PM Sunday at the Funeral Home.  Arrangements were by the Arnett & Steele 
Funeral Home, Pineville. Guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, August 31, 2006
submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROCK, WILLIAM of Beverly, 78, retired school bus driver, World War II veteran, husband of Mabel Brock, died yesterday. Services 
2 p.m. Saturday, Arnett & Steele Funeral Home. Visitation 6-9 p.m. today.
Source:  Lexington Herald Leader 21 Jun 6 Jul 2001
Submitted by Neal Byrge Friday, July 06, 2001 4:27 PM

William "Bill" Brock, age 78, of Beverly, passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2001 at the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born in Kettle 
Island, on June 14, 1923, a son of the late Floyd and Lucy Taylor Brock. He was a believer in the Methodist Faith and had been a school bus 
driver for the Bell County School System for 53 years.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sons, Shannon and Billy Joe, 
daughters, Marie Caldwell and Marilyn Joyce Brock, two grandchildren, brothers and sisters, Phronia Lawson, Fannie, Ledford, David and 
Kitt Brock.  Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Mabel Brock; daughter, Ethel (Connie) Brock, son, Simon Brock, 11 grandchildren, 
13 great-grandchildren; sisters and brothers, Ethel Reese, Helen Asher, Ben Brock, Benjamin Lawson and Bonnie Jean Young and a 
host of nieces, nephews and friends.  Services will be at 2:00p.m. on Saturday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Reed 
Brock, Rev. Teddy Collett and Rev. Scott Woodworth. Burial will be in the Brock Family Cemetery at Beverly.Pallbearers will be
R.L. Lawson, John Eddie Philpot, Tim Gambrel, Jeff Troxill, Bruce Reed, Eldon Jr. Asher and Trent Brock.  
Source: The Pineville Sun June 28, 2001
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum Date:8/13/01 10:25:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time

BROCK, REV "ZB" ZACK, age 102, died Tuesday, December 13, 1988, at the Pineville Community Hospital following a long illness. 
He was born in Stoney Fork, KY., on November 21, 1886 to the late Hiram and Mary Overton Brock. A lifelong resident of this area he 
was a retired coal miner and farmer. He had been a Mnister of the Holiness faith and a World War 1 Veteran. He was survived by his wife, 
Sarah Gross Brock of Pineville, KY. and his six daughters; Rosa Marie Spicer of Kokomo, Ind., Ethel Taylor of Pineville, KY., Cloe Uston 
of Pineville, KY., Clara Singler of Cincinnitti, OH., Jessie Turner of Daytona, Beach, Fla., Shirley Estes of Flat Lick, Ky., one sister; Stella 
Saylor of East Pineville, Ky., two brothers; James Brock and Dewey Brock of Pineville, KY., twenty-nine grandchildren, and forty-six 
great-grand-children, and five great-great-grand-children, also a host of neices, nephews and friends. Services were Thursday, December 
15, 1988 at the Straight Creek Pentecostal Church, with Rev. George Neal. Burial was in the Saylor Cemetery at Brock Hollow, Pineville, 
KY.. Grandsons and son-in-laws served as pallbearers. Arnett Funeral Home of Pineville made all of the arrangements. 
The Sun Courier Friday, December 30, 1988

BROOKS, ABBIE ELIZABETH GREEN, 89, of Middlesboro, passed away on Thursday, June 7, 2001 at the Tri State Comprehensive 
Care Center in Harrogate. She was born in Bell County on May 27,1912, a daughter of the late Levi and Jane McGeorge Green. She was 
a member of the Centennial Baptist Church and had been a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Gillus 
Henry Brooks, a son, Jack Brooks, grandson, Gary Brooks, brothers, George Green and Vernon Green and his wife, Amanda; and 
brother-in-law, Charles Hembree.  Survivors include her children John Estil (Verla) Brooks of Somerset, Georgia Slusher Lester of 
Middlesboro, Jewell (Billy Ray) Carrol of Rutledge, TN; Billie Owens of Harrogate, Geri (David) McCool of Fayette, AL; 16 grandchildren, 
32 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren; sister Ethel Hembree of Corbin and sister-in-law, Mary Jane Green of Pineville 
and a host of nieces and nephews.  Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Truman Partin. 
Burial will be in Pineville Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers will be her great-grandsons.  
Source: The Pineville Sun June 14, 2001
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum Date:8/11/01 6:17:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time

BROOKS, AILEEN BAYS, 80, of Louisville, formerly of Pineville, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2001 at the Baptist 
Hospital East in Louisville. She was born on September 6, 1922, the daughter of the late Andrew and Bessie Bays. She was a 
storekeeper of Brooks Grocery.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Cecil Brooks; 
daughter Cecil Ann Frith and sister, Edith Ralson.  Survivors include her son, Gary and Naomi Brooks of Louisville; grandchildren, 
Danny and Diane Frith of Knoxville and Tammy and Greg Rader of Lawrenceburg, TN; great-grandchildren, Scotty and Shannon 
Frith and Lindsey and Dylan Rader; sisters, Christine Lawson and Evelyn Branum; brothers, Ronnie, Lonnie, and Timmy Bays and 
a host of nieces and nephews.  Services were held at 8 PM Saturday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Keith Bays. 
Music will be by Terry Branum. Burial followed in Green Hills Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro.   Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, 
Pineville, is honored to serve the Brooks family.
Source: The Pineville Sun, Thursday, January 9, 2003  
From: Janet Wolfrum Date: Sunday, February 02, 2003 2:55 PM

BROOKS, CHARLENE of Pineville, 61, passed away Friday, Oct. 3, 2003, at Pineville Community Hospital. She was born 
Aug. 23, 1942, in Bell County, a daughter of the late George Albert Clark and Nellie Jane Brown Clark. She was a member of 
Lighthouse Pentecostal Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Doyle and John Dorman 
Clark. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Derwin Scott and Lana Brooks, Middlesboro, Michael Todd and Betty 
Brooks, Claremont, N.C.; daughter and son-in-law, Latecia and David Capps, Pineville; four brothers, Roger Clark, Paris, Ky., 
Freeman Clark, Coldiron, Ky., Theo Clark, Scottsville, Ky., and Marion Clark, Simpsonville, Ky.; one sister, Myrtle Ragsdale, 
Benton, Ky.; special cousins, Dorothy Spicer; special friends, Larry and Shirley Capps, and Loretta Bailey and family; nine grand
children, Michael Dale Brooks, Brandie Nicole Davis, Caylop Lee Brooks, Kristy Brooks, Nathosha Ann Brooks, Brandon Scott 
Brooks, Bretta Nashae Capps, Breanna Nicole Capps, Kyle David Capps, Kalee Danae Capps.Graveside services were conducted 
in loving memory of Charlene Brooks on Saturday, Oct. 4, at Pinelawn Memorial Cemetery on Laurel Hill at East Pineville. The 
officiating minister was Rev. Darrell Lowe. Arrangements by Creech-Durham Funeral Home, Pineville. 

BROOKS, CHARLIE BARTON BURNETT, age 82, a resident of Pineville, Ky., died Saturday, September 30, 1989 at his 
home. He was born June 29, 1907 in Hancock County, Tenn., the son of the late Columbus BROOKS and Martha SHELL 
BROOKS. He was a believer in the Baptist faith and a member of the Riverveiw Baptist Church, Tazewell, Tenn. He was a 
retired coal miner, being a member of the U.M.W.A., and was a Kentucky Colonel. He was preceded in death by his parents, 
and his wife, Mrs. Gerdie Mae BROOKS and one son Charles Alford BROOKS. He is survived by three sons, Willie Lee 
MASON, Middlesboro, Ky., James Edgar BROOKS and George Alex BROOKS, both of Pineville, Ky.; one daughter, 
Mrs. Clara WILSON, Lexington, Ky.; one sister, Mrs. Mary PUTMAN, Pineville, Ky.; eight grandchildren and two great 
grandchildren. Services were Monday, October 2, 1989 at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Terrell GIBSON. 
Burial followed in the Tad Goodin Cemetery at Greasy Creek, Ky. Pallbearers were grandsons, Kenny GANN, Bill 
WOODWARD, David MILLER, Mike MILLER, James BROOKS, Sam MASON, Roger MASON and Steven 
MARSEE. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. James GOLDEN, Dr. Steve MORGAN, and all U.M.W.A. members. 
Durham Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. 
The Sun-Courier, Thursday, October 5, 1989 
Typed by: Connie B. lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us 

BROOKS, DALE WALTER, 81 of Harrogate, Tennessee passed away Thursday, June 12, 2003, at his daughters home 
in Knoxville. A member of Old Yellow Creek Church, and the Farm Bureau, he loved the outdoors, hunting and farming. 
He was preceded in death by parents, A.D. “Ira” Brooks and Elsa VanCleff Brooks; his wife, Cleo Crumley Brooks; 
brothers, Lawrence and Ira Brooks; sister, Dorothy and husband, George Lamb. Survivors include his son, Dennis W. 
Brooks of Knoxville; daughter, Janet Lou Darby and husband, Ted of Knoxville; granddaughter, Alaina Brooks Darby 
of Knoxville; and a host of family and friends.  Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at Reece Valley Chapel 
with the Rev. Joe Whitaker and Mike Brooks officiating. Music will be provided by Bobbie Littrell and Earl Sumpter. 
Burial will be in the Jones Cemetery. Pallbearers are Daryl Brooks, Mike Brooks, Dr. Hilton Brooks, Jerry Brooks, 
Dewey Fee, Barry Gibson, Tyke Gordon and Ronnie Vanover. Visitation was from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Reece Funeral 
Home and Valley Chapel. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Gideons. Arrangements by Reece Funeral 
Home and Valley Chapel (869-3651 or 626-4249).

BROOKS, DELLA  MAE  Middlesboro - Della Mae Brooks, 91, passed away Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006, at Middlesboro 
A.R.H.  She was born March 19, 1915, in Middlesboro, the daughter of the late Rufus Simpson and Corie Davis Simpson. 
She believed in the Holiness Faith.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J. Matt Brooks; son, 
Eugene Brooks; granddaughter, Della Joyce Brooks; great-grandson, James David Irvin; sister, Marie Shackleford; and brother, 
Everette Simpson.  Survivors include her daughters, Josephine Brooks, Middlesboro, Nellie (Paul) Himes, Taylor, Mich., Anna 
and Billy Rains, Williow Springs, N.C.; sons, Bill (Leslie) Brooks, California; David (Cindy Rogers) Brooks, Maynardville, Tenn.; 
sister, Juanita Shackleford, Middlesboro; brother, James Henry Brooks, Independence, Ky.; 25 grandchildren, 54 great-
grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren; and very special grandchild, Kathy Williams.  Funeral services will be held at 
11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, at Shumate Funeral Home with the Rev. James Robert Barnett, Earl Brooks and Glen Rains officiating. 
Burial will follow the service in the Green Hills Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be, Mitchell Mayes, Curtis Mayes, Mike Rains,
Junior Brooks, Skipper Brooks and James Brooks. Honorary pallbearers will be, Leonard Hobbs, David Lee Brooks Jr. Tony 
Brooks, Ricky Brooks, Charles Scott Brooks, Roger Brooks, Kenneth Mayes, Mike Mayes, Middlesboro Health Care Staff, 
Middlesboro A.R.H Staff and the Bell County Home Health.  The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm Monday, Sept. 11, 
at Shumate Funeral Home.  Arrangements by Shumate Funeral Home.  Guestbook at www.shumatefuneralhome.com 
Source:  The Middlesboro Daily News, Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

Brooks, Donald Ray “Duck” -68, of Tinsley, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2005 at the Pineville Community Hospital. 
He was born on March 2, 1937 in Tinsley the son of the late Edward Brooks and Linda Begley Brooks Brown. He was an active member 
of the Greasy Creek Baptist Church and a Kentucky Colonel. He was the owner and operator of C & D Trucking Company. He was a 
beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and a great friend. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, 
Judy Faye Brooks. Left to mourn his passing is his wife of 48 years, Marjorie Brooks, three daughters and sons-in-law, Sharon and Marvin 
Taylor of Ingram, Donna and George Lewis of Four Mile and Mary Ann and Mike Cupp of Ingram; grandchildren, Christopher Dan Dean 
and wife, Brandie, Jessica Kay West and husband, Travis, Bertha Jo Lewis, William Lewis and Marjorie Ann Lingar, great-grandchildren, 
Kaytlin Nicole Dean, Christopher H. Gage Dean, Nathaniel Don Keith West, Lindsey Raye West and Haley Brianna Dean; brother and 
sister-in-law, Clifford and Shirley Brooks, sister, Sue McCloud, adopted daughter, Joyce Phipps; adopted great-granddaughter, Madison 
Grace Phipps and a host of other relatives and friends. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Special thanks to Belinda Van Cleave 
for all her kindness, Dr. J. H. Brooks and to Diana Miller and the Hospice   Employees. Services were Monday at the Arnett & Steele 
Funeral Home with Rev. Luther Collett and Rev. Paul Gibson. Music was by the Greasy Creek Church Choir. Burial was in the Green 
Hills Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro. Pallbearers were Christopher Dan Dean, William Lewis, Travis West, Justin Robbins, Larry 
Perkins, Bill Perkins, Terry Bailey and Paul Wayne Goodin. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. J.H. Brooks, Tilmon Brooks, Bruce Brooks, 
Jerry Centers, Mike Liford, Doug Harbin and Denver Goodin. The Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, was in charge of arrangements.  
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, March  17, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

Brooks, Hattie Belle - HULEN - 87, passed away Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005, at Pineville Community Hospital. She was born 
March 11, 1918, at Ralston, Ky., a daughter of the late Lincoln and Mary Jane White Ingle. She had been a member of Blackmont Baptist 
Church for over 50 years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Campbell Brooks; daughters, Betty Lee 
Brooks, Ina Lee Brooks Stewart; and a sister, Helen Hoskins. Survivors include her nine children, Robert Charles Brooks, Hammensville, 
Ohio, Billy Joe (Glenda) Brooks, Bulls Gap, Tenn., Dale (Kathy) Brooks, Middlesboro, Mary (Leonard) Polly, Harrogate, Tenn., Steve 
(Mary Catherine) Brooks, Walton, Ky., Dane (Norma) Brooks, Shreveport, La., Troy (Crystal) Brooks, Wires Valley, Tenn., Debbie 
Brooks, Hulen, and Bebe Brooks, Harrogate, Tenn.; son-in-law, Marvin Stewart, Cincinnati, Ohio; 25 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, 
and nine great-great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, George Ingle, Daytona, Fla., Hazel Harmon, Spring Hill, Tenn., Dolly Brooks, 
Alexandria, La., Trolan Ingle, Newport, Tenn., and Roberta Brooks, Alexandria, La.; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral 
services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Blackmont Baptist Church with the Rev. David Howard and the Rev. Jeff Tingle presiding. 
Music will be by church singers. Burial will be in Green Hills Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Dale Brooks, Dane Brooks, Steve 
Brooks, Billy Joe Brooks, Troy Brooks and Marvin Stewart. The family received friends from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday at Creech Funeral Home, 
and will receive friends on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Blackmont Baptist Church. Arrangements by Creech Funeral Home, 
Middlesboro.
Source:   Middlesboro Daily News

BROOKS, JAMES BEVERLY of Palm Harbor, Florida passed away Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002. He was the brother of Levi Brooks 
of Gibson Station, Va. Arrangements are incomplete. For further information call 869-8811 or 869-3651. Reece Funeral Home and 
Valley Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 

PALM HARBOR, Fla. - James Beverly Brooks, 69, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002, at Mease County Side Hospital in Safety 
Harbor, Fla. Born April 17, 1932, in Harrogate, Tenn., he was the son of the late Charles A. and Eliza Jane Redmond Brooks. He was a 
member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, and had served in the Korean Conflict. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a 
sister, Ethel Lee Stone; and two brothers, Delbert and Willard Brooks. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Brooks, Palm Harbor; sons 
and daughter-in-law, Jeff Brooks, Ozona, Fla., Glen and Dana Brooks, Dunedin, Fla.; daughter, Lisa Weeks; stepchildren, Kim Bouwnes, 
Anchorage, Alaska, Tony Jacobson, Ft. Worth, Texas; two granddaughters, Lauren and Carmen Brooks, three step-grandchildren; 
sisters and brothers-in-law, Bessie and Hoye Brooks, Ewing, Va., Carrie and Carlos King, Columbus, Ga., Evelyn and John Fultz, 
Morristown, Tenn.; brother and sister-in-law, Levi and Virginia Brooks, Ewing; sister-in-law, Evelyn Brooks, Ewing.Funeral services 
will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Oak Grove Baptist Church with the Revs. Lawrence Fultz and Stewart Fultz presiding. Burial will 
be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Fultz, Ken Peters, Glen Noah, Mark Brooks, DeWayne Lovin, and Terry Brooks. 
Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Reece Funeral Home and Valley Chapel. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer 
Society. Arrangements by Reece Funeral Home & Valley Chapel, 869-3651 or 626-4249. 

BROOKS, MARTINE COLLETT -Services were conducted in Loving Memory of Martine Collett Brooks.  A resident of Kettle Island, KY 
who passed away February 27, 2005 at her home. She was born January 8, 1955 in Bell County, KY the daughter of the late Grant Collett and 
Edna Neal Collett who survives.  She was a wonderful wife and mother and faithful Sunday School Teacher and life long member of the Jenson
Baptist Church.  Other than her father she was preceded in death by her brother Thomas Collett.  At the time of her death she was 70 years old.  
She is survived by the following members of her family.  Mother Edna Grant Collett, husband of 48 years Marshall Brooks, Sr., son Marshall 
Brooks Jr., granddaughter Kristi Brooks, daughter in law Darlene Brooks, sister Brenda & Sillis Brooks, Sister in law Dorothy Thomas Collett, 
nieces and nephews Beth & Mike Mangus; Joshua Brooks; Jerry, Darcye, Jerrett & Madison Hensley; Special family members Dewayne, Angie, 
Sara and Alyssa Kidwell and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral Services were 8:00 p.m. Wednesday March 2, 2005 at the Creech-
Durham Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Charles Hanking and Rev. Jackie Smith music was provided by Mickey Wilder and Stephanie Turner.  
Graveside services were 11:00a.m. Thursday at the Grant Collett Cemetery Kettle Island, KY pallbearers were Danny Mason, Dewayne Kidwell, 
Mike Mangus, Jerry Hensley, Johnny Gambrel, Barry Gibson, Johnny Dean Crisp, Mike McCorkle.  Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Steve K. 
Morgan, Ted Wilder, Ernest Brock, Johnny Brock, Mike Hillman, Jackie & Hobart Hoskins, Charles Hillman, Rondald Howard, Roger Howard, 
Benny Howard and the men of Jenson Baptist Church. Creech-Durham Funeral Home in charge.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, March 10, 2005
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROOKS, MARY HANNAH of Middlesboro, KY. age 82 of North Beltline, Middlesboro, passed away September 6, 1976 in the Middlesboro 
Community Hospital. She was born May 22, 1894, here in Bell County, the daughter of the late Silas Golden and Margaret Thompson Golden. She 
was a member of the Lima Missionary Baptist Church, Lima, OH. She was married to Cillus G. Brooks who preceded her in death in December 
1932. Surviving relatives including seven children: Mrs. Odella Fuson, Middlesboro, KY, Mr. Homer G. Brooks, Columbus, OH, Mr. Oakley 
Brooks, Phoenix, AZ, Mrs. Paul (Maggie) Janeway, Phoenix, AZ, Mr. Silas Brooks, Ada, OH; Mrs. Otis (Eula) Mason, Middlesboro, KY 
and Mrs. Bill (Donna) Murphy of Ada, OH; two sisters, Mrs. Maude Goodin, of Pineville, KY and Mrs. Elizabeth Ball of Ewing, VA, two 
brothers, Sill Golden of Pineville, KY and Andrew Golden of Ewing, VA. Also surviving are 28 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. 
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Ebenezer Baptist Church with the Rev. Wade Partin and Segal Newport officiating. Burial 
will follow in the Golden Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Shumate Funeral Home Chapel. Shumate 
Funeral Home is in charge. 

Brooks, Roger Steven -46 of Tazwell TN passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2004 at Baptist Hospital in Knoxville, TN.  He was 
born June 21, 1958 in Middlesboro, KY.  The son of James Howard and Maxine Gibson Brooks.  He was a Christian and a dedicated employee 
of Carquest Auto Parts for 24 years.  Survivors include: parents; James and Maxine Brooks of Middlesboro, wife: Patricia Brooks of Tazwell, TN, 
daughters; Shannon (Chris) Dunn of Middlesboro, Jennifer Mahe of Tazwell, TN, Tara Hayes of Middlesboro, KY. Grandson: Brady Lee Dunn |
of Middlesboro.  Two brothers Barry (Susie) Brooks of Sneedville, TN, Danny (Joyce) Brooks of Middlesboro, KY and three sisters; Linda 
Dorene (Steven) Suman of Harrogate, TN, Sharon (Mont) Welch of Speedwell, TN, Jamie (Bob) Lincks of Middlesboro, KY. A brother-in-law 
Donnie (Yvonne) Williams.  Nieces and nephews; Barry Brooks, Joshua and Tyler Brooks, Jeremy and Brook Suman, Jordon Davis, Katelin and 
Christina Welch.  Special Friends:  The Nichols Family and a host of other friends and relatives. Funeral services were held Friday at 2:00  p.m. at 
the Creech Funeral Home with the Rev. William Boyd Bingham, Rev. J. David Bolton and Rev. Keith Medley presiding.  Music provided by Mark 
Robbins, Linda Ingle and Alvie Cunningham.  Interment was in Irish Memorial Gardens, Tazwell, TN.  Pallbearers were Joshua Brooks, Tyler Brooks, 
Brian Teague, Chris Teague, Bobby Fultz, James Smith, Bill Kleusman, Steve Rowlett.  Honorary pallbearers were Clyd and Cliff Peters, Larry 
Honeycutt, Dennis Evans, Steve Smith, Dan Peters, Tony Wade, Joe Griffith, Ben McDaniel .
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, September 23, 2004
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROOKS, ROY L, 90 of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, age 90, formerly of Middlesboro, passed away Monday, April 1, 2002. Funeral services 
were to be conducted at 1 p.m. today at Creech Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. W.B. Bingham and Boyd Gray presiding. Burial was to be 
in the Sharp's Cemetery. Creech Funeral Home was in charge.

Roy L. Brooks, 90, formerly of Middlesboro, passed away Monday, April 1, 2002. He was born Jan. 31, 1912 in Baccus, Tenn., a son of the 
late Robert Brooks and Esther Edmonson Brooks. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Bertie Brooks, and daughters 
Alese, Cookie and Bobbie. Survivors include son Roy L. Brooks Jr., Baton Rouge, La.; daughters and sons-in-law Janeen Gough of Cuyaboga 
Falls, Ohio, Colleen Chaney of Baton Rouge, La., Judy and Tom Raybon of Opp, Ala., and Sharon and Terry Sims of Baton Rouge, La.; a host 
of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be 
held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Creech Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W.B. Bingham and Rev. Boyd Gray. Music by Jimmy Jackson and Dickie 
Siler. Burial will be in the Sharp's Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons, nephews and sons-in-law. Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Thursday 
at Creech Funeral Home, which is in charge.

Brooks, Tammy Renee Belcher -27, of Straight Creek, passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2004 at the University of Tennessee 
Medical Center in Knoxville. She was born in Middlesboro on November 27, 1976 the daughter of Daniel and Cordiann Gambrel Belcher. She 
had been a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Thomas Gambrel and Liza Belcher. Survivors include her son, Chance 
Fuston, parents, Daniel and Cordiann Belcher, sister and brother-in-law, Sondra and Jimmy Collett, special niece, Courtney Gambrel; grandparents, 
Evelyn Gambrel and Vernon Belcher and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Services will be at 11 AM Thursday at the Arnett & Steele 
Funeral Home with Rev. Darrell Lowe and Rev. Herstel Belcher. Music will be by Geneva and Arnold Griffey, Demus Couch and Joy Belcher. 
The family will receive friends after 6:30 PM Tuesday and all day Wednesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, December 16, 2004
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

Broshear, Taylor -98, passed away Friday, April 7, 2006, at Middlesboro ARH. He was born May 22, 1907, in LaFollette, Tenn., a son 
of the late Henry and Rebecca Broshear. He was a member of the Church of the First Born. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 
his wife, Jennie Broshears; daughter, Ruby Broshears; brothers, Walter, Bobby and Fletcher Broshears; two half-brothers, Lie and Jerry Broshears; 
four sisters, Lucy Ford, Mary Pendergrass, Martha Wallace, and Cora Arney. Survivors include his son, Rubin Broshear, Middlesboro; step-daughter, 
Ethel Oley, Middlesboro; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Creech Funeral 
Home, with the Rev. Robert Barnett and the Rev. Earl Brooks. Music will be provided by the church choir. Interment will be in Sharp Cemetery, 
Middlesboro. Pallbearers will be friends of the family. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Creech Funeral Home, Middlesboro, 
which is in charge.
Source:  Middlesboro Daily News  April 8, 2006

Broughton, Billa Dean Onkst -69, of Pineville, passed away on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 at the Pineville Community hospital. 
Mom went home to be with Jesus. She was born in Bell County, KY on May 6, 1935, the daughter of the late Jesse and Hala Rogers Onkst. She 
was a member of the Victory Missionary Baptist Church where she had been a Sunday School teacher for many years. In addition to her parents, 
she was preceded in death by many uncles, aunts, friends and other loved ones. She was the loving mother of one daughter, Dorisene Miles and 
husband, James of Kettle Island, one son, Ricky Broughton and wife, Channon of St. Creek, three grandchildren, David Paul Sprinkles, Arianna 
Broughton and Ricky Jacob Broughton all of St. Creek, great-grandson, Scott Alexandar Sprinkles of St. Creek, sister, Phyllis Ballou and husband, 
Ron of Loveland, OH; brothers, Harold Onkst and wife, Dollie of Pineville and Lee Franklin Onkst and wife, Linda of Covington; special friends, 
Gladys Jones, Ann Mink and S.B. and Stella Gambrel all of Pineville and a host of friends at the Wilderness Trail Manor, many nieces and nephews 
and other relatives and her church family at Victory Missionary Baptist Church. Services will be at 2:00 PM Sunday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral 
Home with Rev. James Polly, Rev. Travis Wilder and Rev. Danny Robbins. Music will be by Theda Polly, Esther York and members of the Victory 
Baptist Church Choir. Burial will be in the Green Hills Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro. Pallbearers will be David Sprinkles, Scott Ballou, James 
Onkst, Kris Onkst, Kevin, Bradley, Wilkie Saylor and Travis Wilder. The family will receive friends on Saturday after 6 PM at the Arnett & Steele 
Funeral Home, Pineville.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, October 28, 2004
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROWN ADA MARIE BRACKETT, 72, of Four Mile, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2002 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center. 
She was born in Four MIle on August 6, 1930 the daughter of the late Allie Collins Elam and Tom Brackett. She was a member of the Old Four 
Mile Pentecostal Church and had been a waitress.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her step-father Ray Elam, brothers 
and sisters, William Thomas and Warren Brackett, Ruth Hankla, Stella Brackettm China May Simpson, Survivors include her daughter, Carolyn 
(Smith) and Herbert Champlin; grandchildren, Lynda and Mark Beverly, Mary Goodin, Jack Steven Smith and Daniel Champlin; great-grandsons, 
Michael Marsee, Nicholas Napier and Richard Beverly and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many special friends.Services were 
Monday at Old Four Mile Pentecostal Church with Rev. Bill Engle, Jr., Rev. Arthur Jackson and Rev. Gene Taylor. Music was by Linda Hibbitts 
and Brenda Rogers. Burial was in the Hendrickson Cemetery, Four Mile. Pallbearers were Jack Smith, Daniel Champlin, Michael Marsee, Mark 
Beverly and members of the Church.Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, was honored to serve the Brown Family.
Source: The Pineville Sun, Thursday, December 19, 2002
From: Janet Wolfrum Date: Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:05 PM

BROWN, DOUGLAS McAUTHOR, age 64 of Gordonsville, TN., passed away Saturday, February 11, 2006 at Smith County Memorial 
Hospital, Carthage, TN.  Mr. Brown was born February 2, 1942 in Cardinal, Kentucky the son of the late Neddie Murdie and George Brown.  
He was preceded in death by his siblings: Poe Brown, J.B. Brown, B.P. Brown and Rose Ling.  He was married to Evelyn Frances Whitehead.  
He was a retired coal miner and lately he was a sales representative handling socks.  Mr. Brown is survived by his wife Evelyn Whitehead Brown 
of Gordonsville, TN., daughter, Lisa (T.J.) Hunt of New Middleton, TN. Sons: Phillip Brown of Gordonsville, TN., Roy Brown, Herb Brown and 
Michael Bron all of Iowa.  Grandchildren: Douglas Hunt and Lynette Hunt.  Four grandchildren, two brothers: Dave Brown of Elmwood, TN and 
George Brown of Warsaw, IN.  Five sisters: Ann Derossett of Pineville, KY., Ruby Baker of Stonewall, TN., Eula Napier of Hulen, KY., Georgia 
Craig of Hulen, KY. and Sue Craig of Corbin, KY.  Funeral services for Mr. Brown were held at the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes 
on Monday, February 13, 2006 conducted by Elder Charles Allen Gentry.  Interment was in Gordonsville Cemetery.  Bass Funeral Home was in 
charge of arrangements.  
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, February 16, 2006
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BROWN, EDWARD of Hamilton, Ohio, age  42, died Monday, April 17, 1967, in Hamilton.  He was a native of Bell County and son of Jake 
and Nettie Duff Brown. Mr. Brown was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are his step-mother, Mrs. Sochie Brown, Cincinnati, four brothers, 
Charles and Jake Brown Jr., Cincinnati, George Brown, Pontiac, Mich, and Floyd Brown, Dayton, Ohio; four sisters Mrs. Sarah Farley, Harlan, 
Mrs. Rachael Dalton, Xenia, Ohio, Mrs. Bessie Decker, Columbia, S.C. and Mrs. Frances King, Cincinnati. Funeral services were conducted 
Friday, April 21 at Durham Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Thea O. Carter officiating. Burial was in Pickering Cemetery at Kettle Island.
Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.  
Source: Pineville Sun Courier, Pineville, KY 40977
Submitted by: Bettygene Brown Harju Date:6/12/01 7:53:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time

BROWN, EDWARD VERNON, 65, of Orange Park, Florida, passed away October 14 in the Methodist Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida. 
He was born in Bell County, Kentucky, son of the late Mattie and Loyd BROWN. He was a retired Navy veteran also retired from N.A.R.F. 
He belonged to the Fleet Reserve and Elks Club. Survivors include: wife, Elsie BROWN, son William L. BROWN, daughter-in-law, Loretta, 
grandchildren, Eric, Lori, and Scot, of Overland Park, Kansas; sister, Mrs. Opal GROSS of Phoenix, Arizona; brother, Denver BROWN 
of Hamilton, Ohio; three nieces, two nephews, many cousins and friends. Memorial services were held Thursday, October 17 in the Blanding 
Boulevard Chapel of Rivermead Funeral Home, Orange Park, Florida. Msgr. Vincent HAUT officiated. Memorialization by cremation followed. 
A Graveside service was conducted Saturday, October 19 at the family cemetery at Kettle Island, Kentucky. Graden HOWARD and Rev. 
Gabriel COLLETT were in charge. From out of town, attending graveside services for Edward BROWM were: Mr. & Mrs. Edward 
PORTER, Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. Beth FLOYD, Edd BROCK, Keith LOCK, Mr. & Mrs. Frances KLOSTERMAN, and Ms. Maxine 
KLOSTERMAN, Louisville, Kentucky; Reed LOCK, Shelby, North Carolina; Mr. & Mrs. Harold GROSS and Mrs. Sharon FLETCHER, 
Middlesboro, Kentucky. 
The Sun-Courier, Thursday, October 24, 1985 

BROWN, JAKE, 59, Dies After Heart Attack - Jake Brown, 59, of Kettle Island, died at Pineville Community Hospital Saturday following 
a heart attack. Funeral services were set to be held at Kettle Island on Thursday.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sochia Ferrell Brown, ten 
children, Francis, Bessie, and Jake Brown Jr., of Kettle Island. Walter Brown of Cleveland, Ohio, Edward Brown, of Boston, Mass., George 
and Floyd Brown, of Cloversplint, KY. Mrs. Rachel Dalton, of Ohio, Charles Brown, Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Sarah Farley, of Harlan; and 
two brothers, Henry Brown and Frank Brown of Harlan.  Burial will be in the cemetery at Kettle Island. Durham Funeral Home is in charge.
Source:  Pineville Sun May 17, 1951
Submitted by: Bettygene Brown Harju Date:6/13/01 8:31:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time

BROWN, JEANETTE MILLER,  age 61, a resident of New Boston, MI., formerly of Four Mile, KY., died Thursday, September 15, 1988 
at the Harper Hospital, Detroit, MI. She was born November 5, 1926 at Four Mile, KY., the daughter of the late Thomas Miller and Ruth 
Carmack Miller. She was an employee of the Detroit Free Press Newspaper and she believed in the Pentecostal faith.  She is survived by: 
two daughters, Mrs. Diana Partin, New Boston, MI., and Mrs. Brenda Bruner, Dearborn Heights, MI; three brothers, Lee Miller and Ralph 
Miller, both of Indianapolis, IN, and Ulyss Miller, Conover, OH; one sister, Mrs. Nellie Lowe, Pineville, KY; four grandchildren, Angela Miller, 
Marsha Miller, Timothy Bruner and April Bruner. Servives for Mrs. Brown were at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 18, 1988 at the Durham Funeral 
Home Chapel with Rev. Eugene Baker and Bill Poore.  Burial followed in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro, KY. The pallbearers who 
served were friends of the family.Durham Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Typed by Mary J. (Eldridge) Harris 

BROWN, JIMMIE DARREL, infant son of Tipton and Carrie Hoskins Brown died August 17, 1961. In addition to his parents, he is survived
by a brother, Franklin Brown, and grandparents, Nannie and Richard Hoskins, Deffie Golden, Artemus, KY.  Burial was in the Cary Cemetery 
with the Durham Funeral Home in charge. 
Source:  The Pineville Sun. Dated August 24, 1961.
Submitted by Mary Eldridge-Harris Date: Friday, December 20, 2002 20:35:03

BROWN, MARTHA of Pineville, age 76, retired switchboard operator, widow of Grant Brown Jr., died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Oak 
Grove Cemetery in Oak Grove, Tenn. Visitation 6-9 p.m. today, Arnett & Steele Funeral Home.
Source:  The Lexington Herald Leader 2 Jun 2002
Submitted by Neal Byrge

BROWN, NETTIE, age 45 years old, died at her home at Kettle Island Friday following a long illness. She is survived by her husband; Jake Brown, 
and six children. Burial took place at Kettle Island under direction of Durham Funeral Home, the Rev. Camie Elliot conducting the services.
Source:  Pineville Sun April 8, 1937
Submitted by: Bettygene Brown Harju  Date:6/13/01 8:35:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time


BROWN, PHYLLIS MARIE HELTON, 46, Stoney Fork, homemaker, wife of Sam Brown, died yesterday. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, Arnett & 
Steele Funeral Home. Visitation 6 p.m. Wednesday.  
Source:  The Lexington Herald Leader 23 Oct 2001
Submitted by  Neal Byrge Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 8:29 AM

BRUMMETT, SQUIRE "RED"  July 30, 1923 - October 01, 2008  Squire “Red” Brummett, 85, of Kettle Island, passed away on 
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born in Crockett on July 30, 1923, the son of the late Jake and 
Sarah Brummett. He had been a Coal Miner and a Veteran of WWII.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Carrie 
Brock Brummett, sons, Henry Lee Brummett, Jim L. Brummett, baby daughter Wilma Brummett and several sisters and brothers.  Survivors
 include his children, Clyde Brummett and wife, Nancy, of Kettle Island, Harvey Brummett of Kettle Island, Barbara Wilson and husband, 
Kenneith,of Greensboro, NC, Vada Doizer and Jimmy, of Straight Creek, Mary Simmons and husband, Mike, of Cambridge, MD, Martha 
Brummett of Straight Creek and Amanda Miracle and husband, Randy of Clear Creek; Eleven grandchildren and Eighteen great-grandchildren; 
sister, Imagene Sealing of Louisville, brothers, Albert Brummett of Louisville and Donnie Johnson of Louisville, several nieces, nephews, 
other relatives and friends,  Services will be at 11:00 AM Friday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jordan Lee Saylor, 
Rev. Randy Dobbs and Rev. Wendell Bates.  Burial will be at Pinelawn Memorial Gardens in Pineville. Pallbearers will be family and friends.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 9 PM Thursday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville. Guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com.
source:  Arnett & Steele Funeral Home
submitted by Barbara Rice

BRUMMETT, WILLIAM  ARJAY - William Brummett, 84, passed away Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006, at his home.  Born Jan. 22, 1923, 
at Red Bird, he was the son of the late Rufus Brummett and Martha Brock Brummett. He was a coal miner, and a member of Arjay 
Community Pentecostal Church.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Kelsie Cox Brummett; daughter, 
Brenda Sue Neff; sister, Ethel Lawson; and two brothers, John and Corpal Brummett. Survivors include his children, Freda (Charles) Lee, 
Pineville, Earl (Lynn) Brummett, Cloverdale, Ind., Jim (Marianne) Brummett, Arjay, Ray (Charlotte) Brummett, Arjay, Millard (Doylene) 
Brummett, Arjay, Alice (Timothy) Taylor, Arjay; brothers, Harold (Louise) Brummett, Sardinice, Ohio, Crockett (Georgia) Brummett, 
Williamsburg, Ky., and Jessie (Nora) Brummett, Harrogate, Tenn.; sisters, May (Bob) Reeder, Bethel, Ohio; 19 special grandchildren, 
17 special great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Arjay 
Community Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Melvin Beverly, the Rev. Phillip Jackson, and the Rev. Larry Hensley presiding.  Music 
will be provided by church singers. Burial will be in Brummett Cemetery at Simms Fork. Pallbearers will be his grandsons and friends.
The family will receive friends after 3 p.m. Monday, and all day Tuesday at Arjay Community Pentecostal Church. Arrangements by 
Creech-Durham Funeral Home, Pineville.  
Source:  The Middlesboro Daily News,  Tuesday, October 31, 2006
submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BRUNER, MR. BURT-- Mr. Burt Bruner, 80, St. Creek, Ky., passed away Monday, July 14, 1975, in the Pineville Community Hospital.   He 
was born June 26, 1895 in Laurel County, Ky., the son of the late Tom and Eliza Bruner.     Surviving relatives include his wife, Mrs. Minnie Bruner, 
St. Creek; one daughter, Opal Gann, St. Creek; two sons, A.D. Bruner and Harry Bruner, both of Cincinnati, Ohio; one sister, Ethel Hayslett, 
Connersville, Ind.; two brothers, G.C. Bruner, London, Ky., and James Bruner, St. Creek; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. 
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel.  The officiating ministers will be the  Rev. Bill 
Bramble and the Rev. W.B. Bingham.  Interment will follow in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be Gaden Howard, J.C. Mink, 
George Rhodes, Paul Akers, Bob Jackson and James Brooks. The family is now receiving friends at the Durham Chapel until the funeral hour. 
Durham Funeral Home, Pineville, in charge of arrangements
Source:  Middlesboro Daily News - July 15, 1975
Submitted by: Pat Akers Lacy

BRUNER, MARY BEULAH, a resident of London, Ky., died Tuesday, October 2, 1990 at Marymount Hospital in London, Ky., at the 
age of 91. She was born on June 24, 1899 in Laurel County, Ky., the daughter of the late George Daniel RIDINGS and Lillian JONES 
RIDINGS. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons, Curtis H. BRUNER of Cincinnati, Ohio, Vernon L.
BRUNER of Troy, Mich., and Dexter BRUNER of Livonia, Mich.; two daughters, Mildren I. CUMMINS of Westland, Mich., and Agnes L. |
SHEARER of Bakersfield, Ca.Services were conducted Saturday, October 6, 1990 at the Bowling Funeral Home Chapel in London, Ky. 
Burial was in Warrens grove in London, Ky. Bowling Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Typed by; Connie Binkley
Source:  The Sun-Courier, Thursday, October 11, 1990

BRYANT, BARBARA B, 67, of LaSalle died at 1 10:47 a.m. Tuesday, April 9, 2002 at Mercy Memorial Hospital. She had been ill for two 
years. Friends may call from 5 to 9 tonight and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Rupp Funeral Home, Monroe. She will lie in state from 
10 a.m. Friday at Church of God Mountain Assembly, Monroe, until services at 11 a.m. The Rev Fred Cornelius and the Rev. Scott Isham, 
pastor of Shelton Park Church of God, will officiate. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park. Born May 4, 1934 in Middlesboro, Ky. 
she was the daughter of Alfred and Pearlie (Yeary) Osborne. She married Clifford E. Bryant on March 11, 1952, in Monroe. She was 
employed at Frenchtown Nursing Care Center for 15 years. She also worked at Johnnie Hot Dog Stand in Monroe and the Denniston 
Theater in Monroe. She was a member of Church of God Mountain Assembly; Monroe, and Shelton Park Church of God, Temperance. 
Surviving are her husband; a son, Earl (Jeanne) of Monroe; three daughters, Sherlene Bryant of LaSalle and Doreen {Harley) Walker and 
Janie Coleman, both of Monroe; a brother; Ray (Beulah) Osborne of Monroe; three sisters, Lillian (Coolidge) Ellison of Carleton, Mary 
(Gerald) Lajiness of East Tawas, and Ruth Tyler of Alpena; six grandchildren, and three great -grandchildren.  She was preceded in death 
by her parents; an infant brother; Earl; an infant sister, Zella, and a grandson, John Wesley Coleman.  Memorials may be made to Shelton 
Park Church of God building fund.
Source:  The Monroe Evening News

Bullins, Abbie Hoskins -77,of Martinsville, Ohio passed away Sunday, July 3, 2005, at Centennial Nursing Home in Blanchester, Ohio. She was born Dec. 2, 1927, at Kettle Island, a daughter of the late Millard Hoskins and Virgie Asher Hoskins. She was of the Holiness faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Bullins Sr.; and a sister, Rachel Evans. Survivors include her son, 
Jack Bullins Jr., Martinsville, Ohio; daughter, Evelyn Bullins Mackenzie, Watkinsville, Ga.; four brothers, Willie Hoskins, Blanchester, Ohio, Henry Hoskins, Knoxville, Tenn., Arthur R. Hoskins, Kettle Island, Jim Hoskins, Virginia; three grandchildren, Heather Waddell, Albany, Ga., Hillary Daniels, Watkinsville, Ga., and Abbie Cox, Clarksville, Ohio; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. 
Tuesday at Creech-Durham Funeral Home. Music will be by Bonnie Hoskins and Lucy Smith. Interment will be in Green Hills Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro. Pallbearers will be family and friends. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday at Creech-Durham Funeral Home, Pineville, which is in charge of arrangements.
Source:  Middlesboro Daily News   July 5, 2005

BULLINS, JACK SR. a resident of Martin, Georgia died Monday, November 5, 1990 at his home in Martin, Georgia. He was born February 5, 1920 in Opelika, Alabama, the son of Sadie Belle BULLINS and the late Jackson BULLINS. He believed in the Holiness faith and was a member of the Tocco Pentecostal Holiness Church. He was a World War II veteran, and he was retired from General Motors in Norwood, Ohio. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Sadie Belle BULLINS, Pineville, Ky.; his wife, Mrs. Abbie HOSKINS BULLINS, Martin Georgia; one son, Jack BULLINS, Jr., Martin, Ga.; one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn MacKENZIE, Watkinsville, Ga.; one brother, Lew David BULLINS, Jenson, Ky.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Dannie KOSELKE, Schererville, Ind., and Mrs. Betty Jo MASON, Loveland, Ohio; three grandchildren, Heather Jeanne MacKENZIE and Hillary Dawn MacKENZIE, both of Watkinsville, Ga., and Abbie Jacklyn BULLINS, Blanchester, Ohio.Services were conducted Thursday, November 8, at 11:00 a.m. at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. George NEAL and Thea O. CARTER officiating.Music was provided by Billie ROOP and sue JOHNSON. Burial was in the Roslawn Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro, Ky. Pallbearers were family and friends.Durham Funeral Home as in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Sun-Courier, Thursday, November 15, 1990
Typed by: Connie Binkley

BULLINS, SADIE BELLE -The services today are being conducted in loving memory of Mrs. Sadie Belle BULLINS, a resident of Jenson, KY who passed away Tuesday, December 18, 1990 at the Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was born March 21, 1898 in Alabama the daughter of the late Lou David PATTERSON and Mary HILL PATTERSON. She believed in the Baptist Faith and was a member of the Jenson Baptist Church. Other than her parents she is preceded in death her husband Mr. Jack BULLINS Sr. who passed away in 1940. She was also preceded in death by 5 children, Bruce BULLINS, Jeff BULLINS, Jane RABY, 
Jack BULLLINS Jr. and Infant Martha BULLINS. Left to mourn her passing are the following members of her family. 1 son, Mr. L.D. BULLINS, Jenson, Ky.; 2 Daughters, Mrs. Betty Jo MASON, Loveland, Ohio, Mrs. Mary KOSELKE, Schererville, Indiana; 25 Grandchildren, 38 Great-Grandchildren and 2 Great-Great-Grandchildren. The services for Mrs. Sadie Belle BULLINS was conducted Friday, December 21, 1990 at 2:00 P.M. at the Jenson Baptist Church with the Revs. Charles HANKING and Arnold DUNN officiating. Music was provided by the Jenson Baptist Church Choir. Burial was in the Jenson Cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons. Durham Funeral Home as in charge of arrangements.
The Sun-Courier, Thursday December 27, 19990
Typed by: Connie Binkley

BURBAGE, MYRTLE BEGLEY, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., age 74, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at NHC Health Care Center. She was born September 4, 1928 in Kildav, Ky., a daughter of the late George and Gertrude Mae Partin Begley, and was raised in Bell County. Mrs. Burbage retired in 1993 from the Oak Ridger Newspaper, where she was head of the classified advertising department. She was a member of Centennial Baptist Church in Bell County, and a member and past officer of the Order of the Eastern Star #390, and a Kentucky Colonel. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, Charles Phillip Begley and Bill Begley; and by brothers-in-law, Boyd Thompson, Ed Stooksbury and Cecil Morris.  Survivors include her husband, Charles Henry Burbage of Oak Ridge; step-daughters, Debelain Jefferson and husband Paul, and Chalice Burbage, all of Rouses Point, N.Y; brother, Douglas Begley and wife Mary of Madisonville; sisters, Winnifred Thompson of Oak Ridge, Sue Stooksbury of Clinton, Tenn., and Frances Morris of Pineville; sisters-in-law, Loretta Begley of Dayton, Ohio, Emma Bell Burbage and friend Jerry, Elmyra Morrison and husband David; and brother-in-law , Bill Burbage and wife Ruth, all of the Birmingham, Ala., area; and numerous nieces and nephews, whom she considered as her own children.  Funeral services were Thursday, May 15 8 p.m. at Weatherford Mortuary with Rev. Bill Mooney officiating. Graveside services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Memorials are suggested to the ALS Assn. (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn.). Arrangements by Weatherford Mortuary, Oak Ridge, Tenn.

BURCH, HAZEL VIRGINIA of Middlesboro, age 89, one of 10 children born to Nan Wyrick and John Simon Burch, was born Feb. 5, 1912, and passed away Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002. She graduated from Middlesboro High School, where she was an outstanding athlete. After high school she went to Chicago, Ill., where she received her diploma in nursing from Cook County Hospital School of Nursing. Following her graduation from nursing school, she worked many years as staff nurse and director of nursing services at Evans Hospital in Middlesboro. In April 1943, she was the only registered nurse from Bell County to join the Army Nurse Corps. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, she, as chief nurse, joined a hospital unit bound for Australia. For three years, she was stationed in New Guinea, the East Indies, the Philippines, and Japan. She was one of 85 nurses on the first plane to land on Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped. She is registered with the Women's War Memorial at Arlington.  After leaving the WACS in 1947, she practiced 25 years as a private duty RN in Memphis and Knoxville, Tenn., prior to returning home to Middlesboro in 1976. She was preceded in death by her parents, eight siblings, and a host of nieces and nephews. Three siblings died in childhood, Walter Castoria, Myrtle Margie, and Jack Burch. Other siblings and their spouses preceding her in death were Henry and Nell Burch Smith, Doyle and Mildred Colson Burch, Richard and Lula Burch Giles, Harry and Martha Ellen Wolf Burch, Henry and Ruth Burch Matlock, and Mildred Brown Burch, wife of Bill Burch. Survivors include one brother, William Roosevelt (Bill) Burch, Middlesboro; and the following nieces and nephews, Billy Burch, Middlesboro, Nancy B. Moody, Harrogate, Tenn., Virginia Ann Rowlett, Lafayette, Ind., Doyle (Buddy) Burch and Betty Lou Dickey, Murphy, N.C., Pat Easton, Kingston, Tenn., Dot Poteet, Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Jack Smith, Greensboro, N.C.; a host of great-nieces and nephews; and special friends, Norma Adkins and Florence Lease, both of Middlesboro. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Creech Funeral Home with the Rev. 
W. B. Bingham presiding. Music will be provided by Jimmy Jackson and Dickie Siler. Burial will be in Middlesboro Cemetery. Military honors will be presented at the graveside by American Legion Dewey Guy Post #14. Visitation is from 10-11 a.m. Wednesday at Creech Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements. 

BURCHFIELD, ROY, age 81, of Route 1, Speedwell, passed away Sunday, May 31, at Middlesboro Applachian Regional Hospital. He was a member of the Lord Jesus Christ Only Church, UMWA, and retired coal miner. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Bertie Jean YODER; his father, Robert BURCHFIELD and his mother, Mary CLARK BURCHFIELD. He is survived by his wife, Della DISNEY BURCHFIELD, Speedwell, Tenn.; three sons, Roy BURCHFIELD, Jr., Harlan, Ky., J.C. BURCHFIELD, Harrogate, Tenn., Brady BURCHFIELD, Albion, Ohio; three daughters, Dorothy BURCHFIELD, Willa Dene McFALL, and Darlene MARIDA, all of Cumberland Gap, TN.; two brothers, John BURCHFIELD, Pineville, Ky., and Bert BURCHFIELD, Middlesboro, Ky.; 33 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. Services were Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Reece Valley Chapel. Burial was in Morning Star Cemetery, New Tazewell, TN. With Rev. Eugene JOHNSON officiating. Music by Lord Jesus Christ Only Trio. Pallbearers were grandsons. Arrangements by Reece 
Funeral Home and Valley Chapel. 
Typed by: Connie Binkley lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us 


BURDINE, VIOLA GREEN, of Kingsport, Tennessee. 79, passed away Sunday, June 16, 2002, at Holston Valley Hospital in Kingsport. A native of Bell County, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Cawood) Green. She was a graduate of Middlesboro High School, and a member of Cannon Creek Primitive Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, H.T. “Hershey” 
Burdine; brothers, Clarence “Bo,” Ed, Oscar, Virgil, Arch, and Walter Green; sisters, Laura Beason, Verda Rainey, Myrtle Rainey, and Martha Jane Green. Survivors include her children, Hilda Long, Sandy Barrett, and Johnny Burdine, all of Kingsport; nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; brothers, Charlie Greene, Middlesboro, and Johnnie Greene, Harrogate, Tenn.; one sister, Ethel Duncan, Kingsport; 
and a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Oak Hill Funeral Home with her nephew, Elder Steve Greene officiating. Burial will Thursday at Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be her nephews. Visitation is from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at Oak Hill Funeral Home, Kingsport, Tenn., which is in charge of arrangements.  
As posted by the Middlesboro Daily News 20 Jun 2002.
Submitted by Neal Byrge

BURGESS, ELSIE DARYLLE , 84, passed away on Thursday, June 10, 2004 at the Pineville Community Hospital.  She was born in Chenoa on April 2, 1920 the daughter of the late Carl Belcher and Mary E. Wilson Belcher Gibson.  She had been a Hotel manager.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husbands, Herbert Tanner and Carl Burgess.  Survivors include her sister, Hattie Dean and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.  Graveside services were 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the New Vine Cemetery at Laurel Fork with Rev. Truman Partin.  Arrangements were by the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, June 17, 2004
submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BURKE Ivan, 72, husband of Eleanor Christine Sumpter Burke, died Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at UK Hospital. Born in Bell County, KY, he was a son of the late Gillis and Troy Burke. He was the retired owner of Bluegrass Coffee Co. in Winchester and a member of Berean Baptist Church. Survivors other than his wife are a son, Michael Burke, Lexington. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Cathy Lynn Burke. Funeral services 
will be 2pm Tue at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home-Main St. by Pastor Dale White. Burial will be in Lexington Cemetery. The family will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 6-8pm Sun and Mon.
Published in the Lexington Herald-Leader on 2/24/2008.
Submitted by Connie Spurlock

BURKE, LOUIS B (L.B., LOUIE), 68, of New Haven, Indiana, died Tuesday May 27, 2003 at his home.  The Middlesboro, Ky. native retired in 1995 as a fork lift operator for mattel Toys,  He also worked 23 years for H.W.I.  The U.S. Army veteran was a member of the First Baptist Church of New Haven and American Post 330 in New Haven.  Louis is survived by his wife Nancy; daughters, Sue Dimpfl of Churubusco, Kathy Hoof of New Haven; Step sons, Russ Hoover of New Haven; Steve Hoover of Akron, Ohio; 11 grandchildren and one great granddaughter.  Services at 1:30 P.M., Friday at E. Harper & Son Funeral Home, 740 Indiana Hwy 930 E.  Calling from 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday with American Legion Service at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.  Burial is in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.  Memorials are to First Baptist Church of New Haven or Visisting Nurse Service of NE Indiana.
Source:  Fort Wayne, Indiana --The News-Sentinel
From: Brenda Bowman  Date: Friday, May 30, 2003 10:19 AM

BURKHART, WARREN GROVER, 93 of Knoxville, Tenn, 93, passed away Friday, Dec. 20, 2001, at his home. He attended Westside Church of God, and was a retired carpenter. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Opaline Walden Burkhart; daughter, Ellaray Burkhart; and son, James Coleman Burkhart. Survivors include his daughter, Pat (Boyd) Adkins of Knoxville; son, Bill (Carina) Burkhart of 
Pensacola, Fla.; grandchildren, Terrill Adkins of Knoxville, Kim Pruitt of Kingsport; Keith Burkhart of Magna, UT and Deborah Bruner of Ashville, N.Y.; 16 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild; brother, John Burkhart of London and Margie Burkhart of Ocala, Fla.Graveside services were to be at 2 p.m. today with the Rev. Robert Perkins officiating. Burial was in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery. 
Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville, was in charge of arrangements.

Burnett, Marie North -Pineville - 78, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2006, at Pineville Community Hospital. She was born March 31, 1927, in Bell County, a daughter of the late Sonny and Betty Brock North. She was a 46 year employee of the Bell County School System, where she has served as a cook at the old Bell County High, new Bell County High, and currently at Bell Central. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and mother-in-law. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Rosmond Burnett; two children, Eugene and Geraldine Burnett; and nine brothers and sisters, Foley North, Woodrow North, Dorothy Pugh, Haley Asher, Doncie Pursiful, Gracie Yates, Luther North, Arthur North, and Hazel Hubbard. Survivors include two children, Phillip (Arlene) Burnett, Pineville, and Carolyn Sue (Don Jr.) Webb, Middlesboro; five grandchildren, Anna (Tony) Rehrman of McKinney, Texas, Robert (Pam) Burnett of Franklin, Tenn., P.J. (Linda) Burnett of Pineville, Mandy (Jason) Creech of Middlesboro, and Don Webb III of Middlesboro; six great-grandchildren, Lauren, Olivia, and Madison Rehrman of McKinney, Texas, Andrew and Sarah Burnett of Franklin, Tenn., and Cameron Burnett of Pineville; daughter-in-law, Shirley Burnett of Artemus, Ky.; special friends, Yvonne Polly, Irene Goodin, Doris Cooper, and Dalene Helton. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Creech-Durham Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Kenneth Robbins, the Rev. William Boyd Bingham and the Rev. Keith Medley presiding. Music will be provided by the Trinity Baptist Singers. Interment will be in the Brock-Burnett Cemetery. Pallbearers will Be, P.J. Burnett, Robert Wayne Burnett, Don Webb III, Don Webb Jr., Jason Creech, Jimmy Wayne Young and Jimmy Wayne Young II. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Steve Morgan, George Thompson, Jerry Burnett, Will Brock, Greg Wilson, 
Dr. Greg Robbins, and Teresa Lasley. The family received friends from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at the Creech-Durham Funeral Home, Pineville, which is in charge of arrangements.
Source:  Middlesboro Daily News  April 3, 2006

Burgess, Elsie Darylle -84, passed away on Thursday, June 10, 2004 at the Pineville Community Hospital.  She was born in Chenoa on April 2, 1920 the daughter of the late Carl Belcher and Mary E. Wilson Belcher Gibson.  She had been a Hotel manager. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husbands, Herbert Tanner and Carl Burgess. Survivors include her sister, Hattie Dean and a host of 
nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Graveside services were 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the New Vine Cemetery at Laurel Fork with Rev. Truman Partin. Arrangements were by the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
Source:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, June 17, 2004
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BURNETT, CHARLES, age 46, a resident of East Pineville, Ky, passed away Saturday, March 21, 1987 at Middlesboro Appalachian Hospital, Middlesboro, KY. He was born March 19, 1940 in Knox County, KY, the son of the late McKinley BURNETT and Amanda Jane SMITH BURNETT. He was a member of the Laurel Hill Penecostal Church and a veteran of the U. S. Army during the Korean War. He is survived by: his step-mother, Mrs. Martha Ann BURNETT, Kettle Island, Ky.: twelve children: Charles Eddie BURNETT, Kentucky; David BURNETT, Michael PARTIN, Wayne PARTIN, Christopher CHARLES, Cathy PARTIN, Amy Jo WEBB, Charlene BURNETT, and Amanda Jane BURNETT, all of East Pineville, Ky.; Clark BURNETT and Kenneth BURNETT, Four Mile, Ky.; seven brothers: Rosmond BURNETT, East Pineville; Bige BURNETT, Baltimore, Md.; John C. BURNETT, England; Jerry BURNETT, Clear Creek, Pineville, Ky.; Herman BURNETT, Leroy BURNETT and Gary Wayne BURNETT, all of Kettle Island, Ky.; two sisters: Mrs. Virginia McGEORGE and Mrs. Sudie BROCK, both of East Pineville; three grandchildren. Services for Mr. Burnett were at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, 1987 at Durham Funeral Home Chapel with Revs. Hubert BAKER and Robert BROCK. Burial was in the Burnett Cemetery, East Pineville, Ky. The pallbearers who served were members of the family and friends. Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Source: The Sun-Courier, Thursday, March 26, 1987 
Typed by: Connie Binkley lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us 

BURNETT, MARIE  NORTH, 78, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2006, at Pineville Community Hospital.  She was born March 31, 1927, in Bell County, a daughter of the late Sonny and Betty Brock North. She was a 46 year employee of the Bell County School System, where she has served as a cook at the old Bell County High, new Bell County High, and currently at Bell Central. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and mother-in-law.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Rosmond Burnett; two children, Eugene and Geraldine Burnett; and nine brothers and sisters, Foley North, Woodrow North, Dorothy Pugh, Haley Asher, Doncie Pursiful, Gracie Yates, Luther North, Arthur North, and Hazel Hubbard.  Survivors include two children, Phillip (Arlene) Burnett, Pineville, and Carolyn Sue (Don Jr.) Webb, Middlesboro; five grandchildren, Anna (Tony) Rehrman of McKinney, Texas, Robert (Pam) Burnett of Franklin, Tenn., P.J. (Linda) Burnett of Pineville, Mandy (Jason) Creech of Middlesboro, and Don Webb III of Middlesboro; six great-grandchildren, Lauren, Olivia, and Madison Rehrman of McKinney, Texas, Andrew and Sarah Burnett of Franklin, Tenn., and Cameron Burnett of Pineville; daughter-in-law, Shirley Burnett of Artemus, Ky.; special friends, Yvonne Polly, Irene Goodin, Doris Cooper, and Dalene Helton.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Creech-Durham Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Kenneth Robbins, the Rev. William Boyd Bingham and the Rev. Keith Medley presiding. Music will be provided by the Trinity Baptist Singers.  Interment will be in the Brock-Burnett Cemetery. Pallbearers will Be, P.J. Burnett, Robert Wayne Burnett, Don Webb III, Don Webb Jr., Jason Creech, Jimmy Wayne Young and Jimmy Wayne Young II. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Steve Morgan, George Thompson, Jerry Burnett, Will Brock, Greg Wilson, Dr. Greg Robbins, and Teresa Lasley.  The family received friends from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at the Creech-Durham Funeral Home, Pineville, which is in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Middlesboro Daily News, Monday, April 3, 2006
Submitted by Janet Wolfrum

BURNS, JAMES HARGIS, age 81, a former resident of Bell County, KY., died Friday, January 20, 1989 at Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, KY. He was born May 28, 1908 in Bell Co., KY., the son of the late Bill and Nora Burns. He was joined in holy matrimony at Straight Creek, KY., to Miss Edith Victoria Sutton, daughter of Paul and Effie Sutton. He was a retired coal miner and member of the United Mine Workers of America and he believed in the Baptist faith. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Victoria Sutton Burns, Lexington, KY; three sons, James Clayton Burns, Union, KY., Jack W. Burns, Lexington, KY., and Charles Pete Burns, Soddy-Daisy, TN; two daughters, Mrs. Sandy Gail Reeves, Cincinnati, OH., Mrs. Melody Dawn Litterll, Lexington, KY; one brother, Charles Burns, Chillicothe, OH; two sisters, Mrs.Ann Woolridge, Chillicothe, OH., and Mrs. Edith Howard, Berea, KY; ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Services were at 2 p.m. Monday, January 23, 1989 at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Clankston Freeman. Burial followed in the Pineville Memorial Cemetery. The pallbearers who served were his grandsons. Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Source:  The Sun-Courier, Thursday, January 26, 1989
Typed by Mary J. (Eldridge) Harris - Names typed as they appeared in the obituary. 

BURNS, ROBERT L., 63, of Middlesboro, passed away Sunday, December 30, at St. Mary's Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn. A resident of this area all of his life, he was born Feb. 9, 1938 in Bell County, Ky., the son of the late Rubin Burns and Woodie Webb Burns who survives. He was a member of the Hensley Chapel Baptist Church. He is survived by children Robin Buis, Tammy Burns, Kelly Burns, Priscilla Burns and Brad Burns, all of Middlesboro, Shonda Hendrickson and Doug Burns, both of Tazewell, Tenn., and Chris Burns of Columbus, Ohio; eight grandchildren; sister Iva Jean Gibson and brother Jack Burns, both of St. Mary's, Ohio. Services will be 
11 a.m. Wednesday at Hensley Chapel Baptist Church with Rev. Murphy Buell. Music by the church choir. Burial in the Green Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation is 9-11 Wednesday morning at Hensley Chapel Baptist Church. Shumate Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

BURNS, ROY, 58, of Girdler, was born on July 28, 1943 in Oneida, and passed away Thursday, March 28, 2002 at his home. He was the son of Holly "Chick" Burns and Elizabeth (Dean) Burns. Mr. Burns was a member of the Seven Pines Pentecostal Church of Jackson County, a former truck driver and was a veteran of the United States Army. He is survived by his parents, Holly and Elizabeth Burns of Florence; six children, Cindy Elliott and husband Keith of Girdler, Ed Burns and wife Tammy of Gray, Mike Burns of Manchester, Tracy Burns of Girdler, Chasity Powell and husband Shem of Barbourville, Mark Burns of Girdler; six grandchildren; one brother, Ray Burns and wife Kay of Williamstown; two sisters, Mae McCombs and husband Art of Florence, and Wanda Hammons and husband Glen of Tyner. Funeral services for Mr. Burns were conducted March 30, 2002 at the Brutus Church in Oneida with the Rev. Elmer Green officiating. Mr. Burns was laid to rest in the Loose Angel Cemetery in Buckhorn.  Hampton Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Source:  Thursday April 4, 2002

BURTON, CREASIE, age 87, a resident of Straight Creek, KY., died Tuesday, July 5, 1988 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born November 13, 1901 in Tazewell, TN., the daughter of the late John W. Ailes and Mary Earls Ailes. She believed in the Holiness faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Simon Steele Burton in 1948; three daughters, Francis Minnie Jean Brashears, Lovella King, Lillie Marine Elphin; and one grandchild, Stephanie Ann Sams. She is survived by one son, Charles Cleveland Burton, Pineville, KY; two daughters, Mrs. Velma Elliott, Straight Creek, KY., and Mrs. Dorothy Loraine Ablezer, NY; nineteen grandchildren and twenty seven great grandchildren. Services for Mrs. Burton were at 1 p.m. Friday, July 8, 1988 at the Durham Funeral Home Chapel with Revs. Darrell Lowe and David Bullock.Burial followed in the Straight Creek Cemetery. The pallbearers who served were her grandsons, Ronnie Elliott, Ricky Elliott, Danny Elliott, Steve Elliott, Marc Sams, Kenneth Sams, and Barry Elliott. The honorary pallbearer was Dr. Talmadge V. Hays. Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Source: The Sun-Courier, Thursday, July 14, 1988
Typed by Mary J. (Eldridge) Harris 

Bush, Darlene Meredith -Springfield, Ohio - 66, passed away on Tuesday, March 14, 2006.She was born in Bell County on Jan. 5, 1940, the daughter of Sam and Clora (Lawson) Meredith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Bush, formerly of Middlesboro; three brothers, Lester, Reed, and Ardene Meredith, and a sister, Edith Shepherd. Survivors include her four children, Marty, Rick, Dan, and Jason; four grandchildren, Trisha, Brittany, Shawna, and Dustin; six sisters, America (the late Gene Best), Fannie (Joe) Taury, Marinda (Sonny) Mann, Christine (Frank) Crenshaw, Gerrie (Harold) Buell and Shirley (Gary) Jackson; four brothers, James L. (Tressie), Denver (Norma), J.C. (Nadean), and Bob (Dorothy) Meredith. Visitation was from 5- 8 p.m. at Jones-Kenney-Zechman Funeral Home Friday and graveside services were held Monday at Ferncliff Cemetery in Springfield, Ohio.
Obituary courtesy of Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville

BUSSELL, GEORGE DANIEL, 48 of Harriman, Tenn., passed away Friday, Nov. 22, 2002, at Marshall Voss Health Center in Harriman. He was born June 11, 1954, in Bell County, a son of the late Henrietta Bussell Sheckles.  Survivors include one sister, Teresa Sheckles, Middlesboro; one brother, Erstil Sheckles, Middlesboro; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. A memorial 
service was held Saturday at Creech Funeral Home, with the Rev. Matthew Robbins presiding. Arrangements by Creech Funeral Home.

BYRD, JOHN THOMAS GOINS of Middlesboro, three months, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital. He was born Dec. 17, 2001, in Pineville. Survivors include his father, Richard Douglas Byrd and mother, Paula Goins, both of Middlesboro; two sisters, Mary E. (Beth) Poore and Jennifer Leann Goins; grandparents, George Byrd, Judy Byrd, Jack Goins and Deloris Goins; uncles, 
Jack Goins Jr., Middlesboro, Michael Robert Goins, Middlesboro, David P. (Cindy) Goins Sr., Gatlinburg, Tenn.; aunts, Jean Marie Goins, Lisa (Doug) Howard; one special great-grandmother, Ester Rains; and a host of cousins, great-aunts, and great-uncles. Funeral services were conducted at noon today at Saint Julian Catholic Church with Father Jerome Stern officiating. Music was provided by Cathy Wooten. 
Burial was in Goins Cemetery. Pallbearers were his Uncle Michael and cousins James, Christian, and Dave Jr. Visitation was from 10-11:30 a.m. today at Shumate Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.

BYRGE, David O., 57, passed away Monday, June 13, 2005. He was born August 12, 1947, in Middlesboro, Ky. David was of Protestant faith. He moved to Tampa in 1966 from Bermuda, where he graduated in 1965 from Kindley High School. David was a longtime member of the National Rifle Association and served his country in the Marine Corps as a helicopter crew chief and gunner in the Vietnam War. David was 
employed at the physical plant at the University of South Florida. He was predeceased by his brother, Thomas P. Byrge, and is survived by his father and mother, Neal B. and Mona G. Byrge; and two sisters, Mona and her husband, Phil Angelo, of Orlando, and Lucy "Boodie" Byrge and her husband, Jerry Tackett, of Tampa. David was the greatest uncle to many nieces and nephews. He will be missed by his loving dog, Leroy. 
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday, June 16, 2005, at Marsicano Funeral Home, 4040 Henderson Blvd. Interment will be 11 a.m. June 17, 2005, at Florida National Cemetery, graveside, in Bushnell. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in David's name to Lucky Star Cavalier Rescue, P.O. Box 1173, Sorrento, FL 32776. MARSICANO FUNERAL HOME Published in the TBO.com on 6/15/2005.
From The Tampa Tribune 15 Jun 2005  
Submitted by Neal Byrge

BYRGE, Mona G., 83, passed away 26 July 2007. Born 24 May 1924 in Spencer, Maclean County South Dakota, she is the daughter of William Thomas Walters and Lucy Andrew, both natives of Whitley County Kentucky. She was preceded in death by parents, 3 sons, Thomas P. Byrge, David O. Byrge, and infant son. Brother Harry Walters, sisters Georgie E. Walters, Essie Norlie Walters, Velma Olis Poore (Sherman 
Poore) and grandson Timothy G. Fischer. Survivors include - Husband of 63 years Neal B. Byrge, 2 daughters, Mona M. Angelo and husband Phillip, Lucy L. Byrge and husband Jerry Tackett, 9 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. At age four Mona and family moved to Bell County Kentucky. She attended Middlesboro Kentucky public schools and graduated class of 1942. Married 17 January 
1944 Middlesboro Bell County Kentucky. After her marriage she lived in many states as a military wife. Her only overseas tour was the Island of Bermuda. Mona is a member of New Beginnings Christian Church Tampa Florida. She enjoyed many hobbies including sewing, quilting, and her embroidery machine. She also enjoyed her monthly sewing get-togethers with her two daughters. All three are members of S.E.W.S. (So Elegant Women's 
Society) As a wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, she was the best. The family will receive friends 9 - 10 am on Monday, July 30, 2007 at Marsicano- B. Marion Reed - Stowers Funeral Home, 4040 Henderson Blvd Tampa Florida. Funeral Services will follow in the Funeral home chapel with John Meisenbach, Pastor officiating. Graveside services and burial will be held at Florida National Cemetery Bushnell Florida at 1 pm 
Monday, July 30, 2007.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to MacDonald Training Center Parent Group 5420 West Cypress Street Tampa Florida 33607
Source: Tampa Trubine 29 Jul 2007
Submitted by Neal Byrge