Extracts from KY Obits originally posted to the Taulbee Pages by Carole Bays annacarole@aol.com These files may be freely used and reposted but may not be included in any document to be sold. These, and all others posted in this series, were extracted from obituaries originally appearing in The Beattyville Enterprise, Beattyville, KY The Dayton Daily, Dayton, OH The Jackson Times, Jackson, KY The Middletown Journal, Middletown, OH Three Forks Tradition, Beattyville, KY The Voice, Jackson, KY The Winchester Sun ,Winchester, KY The Wolfe County News, Campton, KY MESSER, TENNIE (SMITH) & (RITCHIE), 85, of Lima, OH, formerly of Breathitt County d. Oct. 20, 1996. b. Decoy on June 22, 1911 d/o Moses Messer and Pearlie Fannie Messer 4 sons, Hirley Smith, Noctor, Crady Smith, Landrum, SC, Kirby Smith, West Carrollton, OH, Truman Smith, Waynesville, OH 4 daughters Shirley Howard, Lima, OH, Mirlsey Miller, Knox, IN Joyce Ritchie, Lima, OH & Barbara Ann McDonald, Houston,TX 1 sister, Eva Fugate, Albion, MI 40 grandchildren, 43 great grandchildren 25 great great grandchildren 3 dec'd sons, Lee Otis, Birley and Hobert Smith Buried in the Bradley Cem. Submitted by: moravia@doitnow.com Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998