RECORDS: Westerfield, Mary & Nora - Daviess & Ohio Co (part 11) OBITS/D.CERTS/MAR LIC: (part 11) Westerfield, Mary E. [Mrs. John H.] Daviess Co, KY; Miss Nora, Ohio Co., KY Submitted by Barbara Westerfield Hilyerd. I reserve the right to submit to other piublications. Abstract of obit. in Owensboro Messenger Wednesday, November 7, 1928 Mrs. Mary Westerfield Mrs. Mary Westerfield age 65 d. at 4:30 Tuesday at her daughter, Mrs. Willie Alvey's home, 1119 Werner Avenue[Qwensboro]. Survivors: husband:.J. H. Westerfield sons: Ambrose, Oscar, Allie, Jess, Earl, Charlie and Clarence, daughters: [see mar. below] Mrs. Claude Everly, Mrs. Willie Alvey, Mrs. Verda Fuqua, and twenty-nine grandchildren. Funeral: 3:30 today at the residence, Rev. Hayden, Holiness min., and Rev. McRay, Eaton Memorial [Baptist] min. conducting. Burial:Rose Hill cemetery. * Dav. Co. Mar. Index from microfilm 1879 Westerfield, John H. m. Mary E. Shelton Bk. Q, p. 5 1913 Westerfield, Hettie m. Claude Everly Bk. 22, p. 231 1918 Westerfield, Nettie m. Willie Alvey, Bk. 30, p. 984 1921 Westerfield, Virdie m. Elvery Fuqua, Bk. 41, p. 119. 1928 Death cert . # 26998 Daviess County; city: Owensboro, 1119 Warner Ave Mrs. Mary E Westerfield, Female, white, married Date of Birth: March 12, 1860 Age: 68 years Birthplace: KY Name of father: A. J. Shelter (sic Shelton?); Birthplace: KY Maiden Name of mother: Mary Brown; Birthplace: KY Informant: J. C.(or L?) Westerfield, Owensboro [KY] Death date: November 6, 1928 I.J. Hoover, M. D., Owensboro, Ky. Place of Burial: Rose Hill Cem.[Owensboro, Ky]; Nov. 7, 1928 Undertaker: James H. Davis, Owensboro [Prudential Life- written at the bottom] ***** Owensboro Messenger (abstract) Friday Dec 19, 1924 Miss Nona Westerfield, Mr. and Mrs. Perry F. Westerfield's oldest dau. death:2 p. m. Monday at McHenry [Ohio Co.] The family's home was at Wysox, but they had lived at McHenry for several months to be closer to her doctors because she had paralysis and was in serious condition. Funeral: was at noon, Tuesday, at the McHenry residence. Burial: Sunnyside Cem. at Beaver Dam [Ohio Co.] Survivors: her parents and two brothers: Blaine, of Echols, and Alfred, of Rosine, and two sisters: Mrs. Ona Cook,near Cromwell, and Miss Bertha, of Wysox. * Neighborhood News: The Davis Royals and the Alfred Wallaces of Hartford went to Miss Nona Westerfield, Mr. Royal's niece's, funeral at McHenry and Beaver Dam on Tuesday of *last* week. * * Ohio Co. Marriage Index Ona Westerfield m. Wiley Cook bd. Aug. 18, 1910; Vol.22, page 36 The KY Death Index indicates that the certificate for Nona Westerfield Ohio Co., Ky is in a 1925 volume, cert #12856 and that her death was on Dec 8, 1924.[This is one week earlier than the obituary seems to indicate, but the neighborhood column seems to agree with the death index, so maybe the obit was written the week before it was sent to the newspaper.] * The *Ohio Co Cem Vol IV* published by Ohio Co. Hist. Soc., indicates that her name was Nova F. and it agrees on the month and day of death, but not on the year. It lists her birthdate as September 29, 1880. Submitted by Barbara Westerfield Hilyerd bwhilyerd@hcc-uky.campus.mci.net Date: 21 Jun 1998