From: KyArchives Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2017 12:25 AM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Severs.Eliza.Barrett.1960.Breckinridge.OBIT Eliza BARRETT SEVERS May 25, 1960 Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries Breckinridge County Herald News, Friday, June 3, 1960 Obituary Mrs. Eliza BARRETT SEVERS, age 74, formerly of Cloverport (Breckinridge County), Ky., died at Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital (in Ky.) on May 25, 1960 where she had been a patient for some time. She was born January 31, 1888 at Louisville (Jefferson County), Ky., the daughter of the late G. W. and Brook BARRETT, and was the widow of the late J. J. SEVERS, formerly of Cloverport, who died in 1937. She was a member of the Methodist Church, and Chapter 16, Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. SEVERS is survived by: her mother, Mrs. G. W. BARRETT of Owensboro one son: Hugh BARRETT SEVERS, Marion, Ky. one brother: William BARRETT, Owensboro one sister: Miss Mary BARRETT, Owensboro 2 grandsons: Dr. Charles Byrne SEVERS, Louisville Lt. H. B. SEVERS, Camp Le Jeune (I believe it is in North Carolina) one great granddaughter: Elizabeth Ann SEVERS, Louisville one sister-in-law: Miss Lula M. SEVERS, Cloverport one niece: Miss Mary Emily SEVERS, Cloverport The funeral was held on Thursday, May 25, 1960 from the Dhonau Funeral Home in Cloverport, and the burial was in the family lot in Cloverport Cemetery. Pallbearers: E. M. WEDDING H. G. NEWSOM A. T. MARTIN Gilbert Weatherholt Mike POPHAM Kenneth COLEMAN Submitted by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com Additional Comments: I found a tombstone for Eliza, but not for her husband. Breckinridge County Cemetery Book, Vol. one, published in 1991: Cloverport Cemetery SEVERS, Eliza B. (B. for her maiden name : BARRETT) 1886 -- 1960 and her son: SEVERS, Hugh Barrett June 26, 1908 -- April 13, 1966 USNR WW II looks like a military tombstone. This is a single tombstome. I found no wife for him listed. Peggy Russell This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/