Henry County Obituary Records -

These records are a PARTIAL extract of the Henry County Local (HCL) Obituaries. These records range from the early 1900's to the present day and were Submitted By: the contributor listed below. Not all the obituaries contained during the years of the newspaper have been extracted. Please use this information as a starting point for your own research.

Contributed By: E. T. "Hammer" Smith

 

Mrs. Robert Bryant 

Mrs. Robert L. Bryant, 65, of Westport, died Wednesday, July 25 at the Norton-Kosair Hospital in Louisville, following an illness.  She was a native of Henry County; a retired employee of the Fischer Packing Company in Louisville; and a member of the Westport Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Robert L. Bryant, Westport; one son, Kenzie Harp, Westport; one sister, Mrs. Luther (Mildred) Williams, Gratz; one brother, Mr. C. Fisher Hardin, LaGrange; two aunts, Mrs. Willie Singleton, New Castle and Mrs. Frances Jamison, Lakeland, Florida; one uncle, Mr. Clifford Adams, Port Royal; and three grandchildren, Barry Harp, Westport; Steve Harp, LaGrange; and Terri Harp, Westport.

Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Saturday, July 28th at the Radcliffe Funeral Home, LaGrange.  Rev. Rick Lucas, pastor of the Westport Baptist Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Harrods Creek Cemetery, Brownsboro.

Henry County Local  August 2, 1984


Roger Bryant, Jr. 

Roger W. Bryant, Jr., age 61, of Sulphur, formerly of LaGrange, died Thursday, October 11 at Jewish Hospital, Louisville, following an illness.  He was a native of Henry County, a graduate of LaGrange High School, and a member of DeHaven Baptist Church, LaGrange, a dairy farmer and a member of The Farm Credit Administration Advisory Board.

Survivors include his wife, the former Wanda Partin; two sons: Dr, Donald A. Bryant, State College, Pennsylvania and Larry Bryant, Sulphur;  His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bryan, Sr., LaGrange; one brother, Raymond Bryant, LaGrange; two grandsons, Seth and Jordan Bryant, Sulphur.

Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Monday, October 15 at Radcliff Funeral Home, LaGrange with Rev. William e. Day, pastor of DeHaven Memorial Baptist Church, and Rev. A. L. Meacham, LaGrange, officiating.  Entombment was held at the Louisville Memorial Gardens East Mausoleum.

Henry County Local  Date unknown


Stella Bryant 

Mrs. Stella Moore Gividen Bryant, 95, of Green Valley Nursing Home, Carrollton, died at the Carroll County Hospital, Carrollton, Thursday, March 7th.  She was formerly of Campbellsburg; a native of Trimble County; the oldest member of the Campbellsburg Baptist Church; a member of the Campbellsburg Homemakers; and a member of the WMU.

She is survived by one son, Webb Gividen, LaGrange; three grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and two nieces.

Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10th at the Campbellsburg Baptist Church.  Rev. Roger Winsett officiated.  Interment was in the Campbellsburg Cemetery.

Barnett-Ransdell Funeral Home, Campbellsburg, was in charge of arrangements.

Henry County Local  March 14, 1985


Warrena Bryant 

Mrs. Warrena Martinie Bryant, 91 of Pleasureville, died Wednesday, January 20 at the United Medical Center, Shelbyville.  She was a native of Campbellsburg; and a member  of the Pleasureville Baptist Church for 70 years.

She is survived by two sisters: Mrs. Alice Seay, Georgetown and Miss Letha Martinie, Louisville; one nephew, Tom Seay, Georgetown; two great-nieces, Mrs. Carl (Brenda) Hubbard, Georgetown and Mrs. Dwayne (Mary) Darnell, Lexington.

Funeral services were held 1 p.m. Saturday, January 23 at Prewwitt Funeral Home , New Castle.  Rev. Paul Whitler, pastor of the Pleasureville Baptist Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Bagdad Cemetery.

Henry County Local  Febraury 4, 1988


Bernie Buckley 

Bernie Buckley, age 73, of Smithfield, died Thursday, February 24, 2005 at his residence.  He was a pilot for United Airlines for over 15 years, and a member of the New Castle Christian Church.

He is survived by a dear friend, Wanda B. Thurman, New Castle.

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Monday, February 28 at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Tom James, Bethlehem, officiated, assisted by Steve Thurman. Interment was in the Smithfield Cemetery.

Henry County Local  March 2, 2005


Mrs. Martha Buckley 

Mrs. Martha Buckley, 81, formerly of Buckner, Kentucky, died Saturday, April 6 in the Floyd County Memorial Hospital, New Albany, Indiana.  She was a native of Jefferson County; a former resident of Henry and Oldham Counties; a member of the Buckner Baptist Church; and a retired employee of the Central State Hospital.

She is survived by one son, Burnette Lee Buckley, Gardena, California; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Louise Boman, Elizabeth, Indiana; one sister, Mrs. B. Frank Crabb, Smithfield; 7 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 9 in the Radcliffe Funeral Home, LaGrange.  Brother Henry L. Ott officiated.  Interment was in the Smithfield Cemetery.

Henry County Local  April 11, 1985


Walker Thomas Buckner 

Walker Thomas Buckner, II, 56, a resident of  Hilltop Drive, Carrollton, passed away Monday, March 14, at Norton's Hospital in Louisville, after an illness of about a year and a half.  He owned and operated Buckner Sheet Metal and Electric Shop in Carrollton from 1958-1971 and was most recently  employed as a heating and refrigeration instructor at the Carroll County Vocational School.  He was a past president of the Carrollton Kiwanis Club (1969-70) and the Carroll County Jaycees and was an elder and trustee of the Carrollton Christian Church.

Mr. Buckner was born in Franklin on May 2, 1926, and was the son of Walker T. and Bertha Smith Buckner.  He moved to Carrollton in 1958.

He is survived by his wife, the former Dorothy Martin, Bowling Green; two daughters, Mrs. Julie Stewart, Carrollton and Mrs. Janice Chilton, Campbellsburg; one son, Walker Buckner, III, Mobile, Alabama; a brother, Richard Buckner, Louisville; and five grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Thomas Phelps on Wednesday, March 16, at 2 p.m., at the E. P. Gentry Funeral Home. Burial was in the Carrollton I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

Patriot Statesman (Newspaper)  March 18, 1983


Mrs. T. L. Buford 

Mrs. Rebecca J. Buford, wife of Mt. T. L. Buford, died quite suddenly at her home on the Gratz Road, last Thursday.  She was taken sick at 4 p.m., August 15, and only lived a few hours. 

Mrs. Buford was the eldest child of the late C. A. Hall, and was an industrious, charitable and Christian lady.  The whole community was saddened by her death, and extend a sincere sympathy to the husband and two daughters whom she left.

She was a good neighbor, and kind mother, and a faithful wife; therefore, in the end , she will receive the plaudit: 'Well done good and faithful servant.'

A life like this is worthy of imitation; it is grand; it is sublime; its influence is as lasting as time itself.  In closing this short notice, I can conceive of no higher compliment I could pay her memory than to say: She did her whole duty.   E. W.    Bethlehem

Henry County Local  August 29, 1901


Eardist Buis 

Eardist Buis, 79, of Pleasureville, died Monday, April 30th at the King's Daughters Hospital, Shelbyville. 

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Buis, Pleasureville; three daughters, Mrs. Alma Kelley, Louisville, Mrs. Agnes Chesher, Shelbyville, and Mrs. Alzada Raisor, Madison, Indiana; 8 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; three brother and three sisters.

Funeral services were held 1 p.m. Thursday, May 3rd at the Thomas Funeral Home, Pleasureville.  Rev. Kenneth Shouse officiated.  Interment was in the Pleasureville Cemetery.

Henry County Local  May 10, 1984


Ben Burgin 

Ben Burgin, Shelbyville, retired farmer, died Sunday night at the home of his son, Thomas Burgin, Eminence.

Other survivors include his Wife, Mrs. Bess Burgin; two daughters: Mrs. Steve Lunsford. Louisville, and Mrs. Bessie Tingle, Eminence; four sisters and two brothers.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hall-Taylor Funeral Home in Shelbyville. Burial was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Anderson County.

Henry County Local  March 16, 1956


Mary Burgin 

Mrs. Mary E. Burgin of Carrollton died June 9 at the Baptist East Hospital, Louisville.  She was born in Henry County and was a member of the Eminence Baptist Church.

She is survived by five sons: George Burgin, Simpsonville, Virgil Burgin, Milton, James and Henry Burgin, Carrollton, and Vernon Burgin, Madison, Indiana; four daughters, Lorado Hanley, New Castle, Mary L. Preston, Point Pleasant, Louise McIntyre, Owenton, and Carolyn Kunman, Carrollton and thirty three grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Tandy-Eckler-Darnold Funeral Home with the Rev. Delbert Walters officiating.  Burial was in the English Cemetery.  

Henry County Local  June 18, 1981


Martha Burkhart 

Mrs. Martha Jane Burkhart, 55, of Louisville, died Monday, November 11 at the Highland Baptist Hospital, Louisville.  She was a retired Jefferson County school teacher for 30 years; a native of Henry County; and a member of the Bethany United Methodist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Burkhart, Louisville; three sons, Charles Robert Burkhart, Walter Keith Burkhart and Joseph Byron Burkhart, all of Louisville; two sisters: Mrs. Jack Humphrey, Titusville, Florida and Mrs. Paul Jackson, Shelbyville; two brothers, Claude C. Allnutt, Sarasota, Florida and James S. Allnutt, Beaumont, Texas; her mother, Mrs. Melvina Allnutt Sutliff, Venice, Florida; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, November 14 at the W. G. Hardy Valley Chapel, 10907 Dixie Highway, Louisville.  Interment will be in the New Castle Cemetery.

Henry County Local  November 14, 1985


James Burnette III 

Funeral services for James G. Burnette III, 49, of 11 Ashmore Drive (Frankfort), are pending at Harrod Brothers Funeral Home.

He died on arrival at King's Daughters Memorial Hospital 1t 1:38 a.m. from an apparent heart attack.

Survivors include his wife Barbara (Browne) Burnette.  (Mrs. Burnette is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Browne, Pleasureville.)

Source unknown  February 1, 1990


James Robert Burnette

Clara Braun Burnette - Grandmother 

James Robert Burnette, 8 months and 10 days old, of Frankfort, died at 2:35 p.m. Friday at the University Medical Center in Lexington.  His grandmother, Mrs. Clara Braun Burnette, 64 of Frankfort, died Friday at 5:28 p.m. at the King's Daughters Memorial Hospital in Frankfort.  The two deaths were the result of injuries sustained in an accident in Frankfort, Friday, which occurred at approximately 11 a.m. (They were hit by an automobile.)

James is survived by his parents, Barbara Browne Burnette and James G. Burnette, Frankfort; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Browne, Pleasureville; maternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Mary Hammonds, Pleasureville; and paternal great-grandfather, Ernest Braun, Frankfort.

Mrs. Burnette was native of Franklin County; retired from Kentucky State Government Department of Revenue; member of the Sunshine Class and a charter member of the Memorial Baptist Church.

She is survived by her father, Ernest Braun, Frankfort; one son, James G. Burnette, Frankfort; one brother, Thomas G. Braun, Frankfort; and one sister, Mrs. Joyce Hartley, Lawrenceburg.

Funeral services for the two were held 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Harrod Brothers Memorial Chapel, Frankfort. Rev. Ron Burdon officiated.  Interment was in the Frankfort Cemetery.

Henry County Local  July 29, 1982


Pfc. Chadwick O. Burns 

The report of the first death of a Henry County boy in the Korean War came Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Otis Burns, Eminence, that their son, Pfc. Chadwick Otis Burns, 20, was killed in action near Chinju on August 8.  He was a member of the First Marine Division.

Burns enlisted in the service on July 29, 1948, and was sent to the Marine Base in North Carolina where he received  his basic training.  He was then sent to Mare Island, Vallejo, California, where he was given training before being sent to Korea.

Young Burns moved to Eminence with his parents shortly before he enlisted and would have been a senior in the Eminence High School had he not chosen the service.  The family moved to Eminence from Frankfort.

He is survived by his parents, one sister, Mrs. Allen B. Long, Frankfort; and two brothers, Paul Burns and Donald Lee Burns, both of Eminence.

Henry County Local  August 18, 1950


Mary Burris 

Mary V. Burris, 53, of Edmonton, died January 19th at her residence.  She was a native of Henry County; a member of the Baptist Church; and employed at Mallory in Edmonton.  She was the daughter of Austin Long and Mary Simpson.

She is survived by eight brothers and sisters, Joyce Long and Ruth Moore, Clinton; Frances Peyton, LaGrange; Bro. Herschel Long, LaGrange; Charles and William Long, New Castle; Frank Long, Elizabethtown and Neville Long, Frankfort.

Funeral services were held 1 p.m. January 25th at the Tandy-Eckler-Darnold Funeral Home, (Carrollton).  Rev. Mike Faulkner officiated.  The body was cremated and interment was at the Defoe Cemetery.

Henry County Local  February 4, 1988


Mrs. Aurelia Burrows 

Mrs. Aurelia Burrows, 82, of Sligo died June 13 at the Carroll County Memorial Hospital, Carrollton. 

She is survived by two nephews and a niece.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. June 15 at the Sligo Baptist Church.  Burial was in the Sligo Cemetery.

Henry County Local  1970


Hubert Burrows 

Hubert W. 'Shug' Burrows, age 82, of Pendleton died Wednesday, January 8 1997 at Tri-County Baptist Hospital, LaGrange.  He was a native of Sligo, the son of the late Ira and Rose Kemper Burrows, ran a milk truck and cattle truck, owned the feed mill at Sligo, was a member of the Sligo Baptist Church and Bedford Masonic Lodge #158.

He is survived by his wife, Reva Spillman Burrows, Pendleton; one daughter, Jo Ann True, Bedford; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Masonic services were held at the Ransdell Funeral Home on Friday, January 10, at 7:30 p.m.  Funeral services were Saturday, January 11, at 1 p.m. at the funeral home.  Bro. Robert Franklin, Sligo Baptist Church, officiated.  Burial was in the Sligo Cemetery.

Henry County Local  1997


Bessie Burton 

Bessie Hounshell Burton, age 75 of Elmburg, died Saturday, December 31, 2005 at her residence.  She was a native of Breathitt County, the daughter of the late Clay and Lucinda Young Hounshell and a homemaker.

She is survived by two sons: Rick Burton, Louisville and Duff Burton, Taylorsville; one daughter: Mrs. Daniel (Sheila) Price, DePauw, Indiana; two brothers: Russell Hounshell and Kaywood Hounshell, both of Frozen Creek; one sister: Malvery Feltvher, Wolervine; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband, William Daniel Burton.

Cremation was chosen.  A graveside memorial service will be held at a late date at the Hounshell Family Cemetery in Frozen Creek.  Hall-Taylor Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.


Lucille W. Burton 

Mrs. Lucille W. Burton, 77, of Louisville, died Friday, January 4th at the Humana Hospital, Suburban, following a brief illness.  She was a native of Henry County; the former Lucille Willhoite; A former LaGarnge and Eminence resident; and a member of the First United Methodist Church, LaGrange.

She is survived by one son: James O. Burton, Louisville; one sister: Mrs. Grace A. Aynes, LaGrange; two brothers: Earl Willhoite, Campbellsburg and John B. Willhoite, Louisville; one granddaughter: Mrs. Donna B. Wright,  Jeffersonville, Indiana; and one grandson: John W. Burton, Louisville.

Funeral services were held 1:30 p.m. Monday, January 7th at the Radcliffe Funeral Home, LaGrange. Bro. James M. Hardin, pastor of the Colonial Terrace Bible Church, Louisville, officiated.  Interment was in the Louisville Memorial Gardens, East.

Henry County Local  January 10, 1985


William Burton 

William A. Burton, 66, of LaGrange, died Tuesday, August 21 after an extended illness at the Friendship Manor Nursing Home in Pewee Valley.  He was a native of Shelby County; a former Eminence resident; and a member of the DeHaven Memorial Baptist Church, LaGrange.

He was a retired businessman, having been Superintendent of the Ohio River - Oldham County Water District.  He was also on the Water Commission and a Veteran of World War II, having served in the Navy.

He is survived by his wife: Mrs. Katherine G. Burton, LaGrange; one son: William Edward Burton, LaGrange; one daughter: Mrs. Susan Allgeier, LaGrange; five grandchildren: Chris, Amy and Beth Allgeier and Shannon and Laura Burton. 

Funeral services were held 3:30 p.m. Friday, August 24 at the Radcliffe Funeral Home, LaGrange.  Rev. A L. Meacham officiated. Interment was in the Valley of Rest Cemetery LaGrange.

Henry County Local  August 30, 1984


Mrs. Ella Bryant Bush 

Mrs. Ella Bryant Bus, 83, widow of J. W. Bush, died Friday night at her home near Eminence. 

She is survived by a son, Reese Bush, Eminence, former Sheriff of Henry County; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two sisters: Mrs. Lizzie Tingle, Pleasureville

And Mrs. Ula Mills, Eminence; two brothers: William Bryant, Ontario, Canada and Joe Bryant, Pleasureville.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the residence.  The Rev. Hal Marchman, pastor of the Eminence Baptist Church, where Mrs. Bush was a member, officiated.  Interment was in the Franklinton Cemetery.

Henry County Local  February 3, 1956


Gayle Bush 

Gayle C. Bush, age 90, of Louisville, died Sunday, June 25, 2006, at the Forum at Brookside.  He was a retired pharmacist and realtor, a founding member of Highlands Branch of the YMCA, a member of Middletown United Methodist Church and numerous Masonic organizations and a graduate of Eminence High School.

He is survived by his wife, Mayetta Hettinger Bush; one daughter: Mrs. Stanley (Gay B.) Matthews; one son: Jerry C. Bush; two sisters: Mrs. Marshall (Eloise) Lyons and Jane Johnson; and two grandsons.

Memorial services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 28 at Pearson-Ratterman Bros. Funeral Home, Shelbyville Road.

Henry County Local  July 12, 2006


Margaret Bush 

Margaret 'Peggy' Bush, age 75 of Campbellsburg, died Friday, January 20, 2006 at Baptist Hospital Northeast Hospice Unit, LaGrange.  She attended Campbellsburg Christian Church, worked for the City of Campbellsburg and the Henry County Water District and was the daughter of the late Harvey and Josie Caldwell Clark.

She is survived by her daughter, Pat Head, Campbellsburg; two brothers: Harvey Clark, LaGrange and Ray Clark, Pewee Valley; and one sister: Ann Pearigen, LaGrange.  She was preceded in death by her husbands, Joe Bush and Carl Head and three brothers.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, January 23 at Ransdell Funeral Home in Campbellsburg. Dr. Tom Clark and Rev. Carl Rucker officiated.  Interment was in the New Castle Cemetery.

Henry County Local  January 25, 2006


Reese and Ida Bush

Mr. and Mrs. Reese Bush passed away December 29, 1972, as the result of an auto accident which occurred near Bagdad, Kentucky, that morning. 

Mr. Charles Reese Bush, age 80, a prominent farmer and citizen of Henry County, was a Past 50 year member of Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. of Eminence, where he served on the Board of Trustees and was a Past Noble Grand Master of the Lodge.  Mr. Bush was amember of the Eminence Baptist Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Bush are survived by one son: Gayle C. Bush, Louisville; two daughters: Mrs. Elouise Lyons, Bethlehem and Mrs. Jane C. Johnson, Frankfort.  Also surviving are eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Ida Bush, 78, formerly Ida Roberts, was a member of the Eminence Baptist Church and other than the children was survived by one brother: Mr. Richard Roberts, Bethlehem; and two sisters: Mrs. Allen Thompson and Mrs. Russell Roberts of Louisville.

Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 31, 1972, at the Ricketts Funeral Home, Eminence, with the Rev. Floyd T. Whistler of the Eminence Baptist Church, officiating.  Committal services were held in the Pleasureville Cemetery. 

Patriot Statesman (Newspaper)  January 4, 1973


Willie A. Bush 

Willie A. Bush, 86 of Route 2, Pleasureville, died Wednesday, October 5th at the Crestview Nursing Home, Shelbyville.  He was a retired farmer; and Army Veteran of World War I; member of the Modern Woodmen of America Lodge; and a member of the Berea Christian Church.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Jones Bush, Route 2, Pleasureville; one daughter: Mrs. Neva Walling, Route 2, Pleasureville; one son: T. B. Bush, Route 2, Pleasureville; one sister: Mrs. Mary Ethel Gardner, Crestview Nursing Home, Shelbyville; one niece: Mrs. Meta Casey, Shelbyville; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Friday, October 7th from Prewitt's, New Castle.  Rev. Homer Hecht, pastor of Berea Christian Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Franklinton Cemetery.


Marilyn Buss 

Marilyn Joyce Buss, age 67, of Louisville, formerly of Sulphur, died Sunday, December 19, 2004 in Louisville.  She was a former secretary to the assistant to the Bishop of the Lutheran Church, member of First Lutheran Church of Louisville, and daughter of the late Raymond Hassler and Eva Funk.

She is survived by her husband, Lowell W. Buss, Louisville; one son: tim Buss, Knoxville, Tennessee; one daughter: Mrs. Randy (Leah) Mull, Louisville; one sister: Lois Swanson, Sandstone, Minnesota and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be Thursday, December 23, at 10 a.m. at First Lutheran Church, Louisville.  Rev. Frank Miller and Pat Flynn of First Lutheran Church, will officiate.  Burial will be in Golden Memorial Cemetery.

Henry County Local  December 22, 2004


Mary Butler 

Mrs. Mary Boyer Butler, age 94, Venice, Florida, died Saturday, February 5, 1994 in Sarasota, Florida.  She was a native of Campbellsburg, a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, a schoolteacher prior to marriage, a member of the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant and a lifetime member of the Women of the Church while in Venice.

She is survived by one daughter: Jane B. Simonton, Covington, Tennessee; two brother: J. S. Boyer, Campbellsburg and Brent Boyer, Turners Station; one sister: Willie Jones, Lexington, Indiana; and two grandchildren.  She was precede in death by her husband, J. W. Butler.

Burial was in the New Castle Cemetery.

Source unknown  Date unknown


Jace Butterfield 

Jace L. Butterfield, age 49 of new Castle, died Thursday, December 8, 2005 at the Hospice Center at Baptist Hospital Northeast.  He worked as an HVAC Technician and was the son of the late Robert and Carolyn Swanson Butterfield.

He is survived by his companion, Teresa Risinger, New Castle; one son: Joshua L. R. Butterfield, Smithfield; one sister: Halle Siegel, Tampa, Florida; one brother: Clay Butterfield, Bradenton, Florida and 11 grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Monday, December 12 at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Rev. Michael Duncan officiated.  Interment was in the New Castle Cemetery.       

Henry County Local  December 14, 2005


Alleene Button 

Alleene Wilson Button, of Winnetka, Illinois, died Wednesday, October 5th in Illinois.  She was a native of Kentucky; moved to Chicago in 1917 where she was a resident of Hyde Park for 66 years.

She is survived by two sons: Bland B. Button, New York City and James Wilson Button, Winnetka, Illinois; two sisters; Mrs. Louise W. Huey and Mrs. Grace W. Floyd, both of Eminence; 7 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Memorial graveside services were held Monday, October 10th at 11 a.m. at the Eminence Cemetery.  Ricketts Funeral Home, Eminence, handled the arrangements.

Henry County Local  October 20, 1983


Ivan H. Byers 

Mr. Ivan Hower Byers, age 78, of Charlestown, Indiana, formerly of Pleasureville, died Tuesday, November 10, 1992 at the medical Center of Southern Indiana, Charlestown.  He was a retired Fire and Security Worked for ICI, Charlestown, a member of the Charlestown Christian Church, a World War II Army Veteran, a member of VFW #1427 and American Legion #335.

Survivors are his wife, Dorothy Stalker Byers, Charlestown; two sons: Fred S. Byers, Daytona Beach, Florida and Edward H. Byers, Patagonia, Arizona; four grandchildren, one great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 14 at Sholar-Thomas Funeral Home.  Rev. Terry Marsh officiated.  Burial was in Pleasureville Cemetery with full military honors.

Henry County Local  November 17, 1992


Mrs. Josie Easley Byers

Mrs. Josie Easley Byers, 71, died at her home in Pleasureville, Wednesday morning.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Friday, at the Pleasureville Baptist Church, with Rev. W. L. Rainwater officiating.   Burial will be in the Pleasureville Cemetery

She is survived by her husband, Howard S. Byers; two daughters: Mrs. Donald Baker, Indianapolis and Mrs. Lewis Shaw, Eminence; three sons: Hubert Byers, Pleasureville, Ivan H. Byers, Charlestown, Indiana, and Malcolm Byers, Pleasureville; one sister: Mrs. Mattie Clubb, Pleasureville; one brother: Will Easley, Bagdad and five grandchildren.

Henry County Local  December 13, 1946


Sadie Byers 

Miss Sadie Byers, 73, of Pleasureville, died Monday, July 8 at the Crestview Nursing Home, Shelbyville. 

She is survived by one son: Howard Lee Byers, Pleasureville; two daughters, Ann Marie Roberts, Bethlehem and Janet Clark, Pleasureville; four sisters: Madaline Hunt, Josephine MaGruder and Catherine Long, all of Pleasureville and Ora Elizabeth Barton, Little Mount; one brother: Orva Lee Roberts, Sr., Smithfield; 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, July 112 at the Thomas Funeral Home, Pleasureville.  Rev. Danny West and Rev. Paul Reid will officiate.  Interment will be in the Pleasureville Cemetery.

Henry County Local  July 11, 1985