Coons.Josiah.1954.Fayette.OBIT Josiah Coons January 2, 1954 Fayette County KyArchives Obituaries The Lexington Herald Jan 3, 1954 Page 2, Col. 2 Rites to be Monday for Josiah Coons, 98 Services for Josiah S. Coons, 98 of the Tates Creek road who died at 5:55 o'clock yesterday morning in a local nursing home will be conducted at 10 am Monday at Kerr Brothers funeral home by the Rev. James Scale and the Rev. Howard Baxter. Burial will be in the Lexington cemetery. Mr. Coons, a native of Nicholas county, was born May 10, 1855, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Newton Coons. A member of the Providence Christian church, he was a retired farmer and had been a resident for Fayette county for almost 50 years. Survivors include three sons, T. N. Coons, Jessamine county, and H.E. and C.J. Coons, both of Fayette county, and two daughters, Mrs. T L Hardman Fayette county and Mrs. W.B. Warren, Lexington. Submitted by: Mary Ashby Girard maricana1973@gmail.com This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/