From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 8:14 AM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Ryan.Mary.Etta.Carter.Cooper.1971.Mccreary.OBIT Mary Etta Carter Cooper Ryan January 20 1971 Mccreary County KyArchives Obituaries Tuesday, January 26, 1971, McCreary County Record Mrs. Mary Etta Ryan, 76, a resident of the Strunk community, died Wednesday, January 20, in the Scott County Nursing Home, Oneida, Tenn. She had been ill for several months. Her husband, Joe Ryan, survives. The deceased was born April 30, 1894, at Strunk, the daughter of the late Bob Carter and Phoebe Wilson Carter. She was a housewife and mother and a member of the Silerville Baptist Church. Surviving besides her husband, are six daughters, Mrs. Mae Ball, Mrs. Mabel McDonald and Mrs. Lois Troxell, Revelo; Mrs. Dessie Strunk, Winfield, Tenn.; Mrs. Ruth Smith, Danville, Ky,; Mrs. Edwina Black, Tucson, Ariz.; two sons, George Cooper, Tucson, Ariz., and Joe Ryan, Jr., Sidney, Ohio; a brother, Ben Carter, Evarts, Ky.; and a sister, Mrs. Audie Duncan, Chicago, Ill. Funeral services were held Friday at 1:00 p.m. in the Silerville Baptist Church with Rev. Nathan Byrd and Rev. Albert Chitwood officiating. Burial was in the Jones Cemetery with Hickman Funeral Home in charge. Submitted by: Lisa Whitehead This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/