1954

LaRue County Herald Obituary

Located at the LaRue County Public Library

This obit index is for the newspaper date---NOT THE DEATH DATE

Name Age Paper date Page/Col. Spouse or ( Parent )

Abell, Jesse W. 74 19 AUG 1 6

Akridge, Will 75 01 JUL 1 3

Allen, Bluford Martin 80 28 OCT 1 6

Andrews, Arvin 04 FEB 1 5 ( Joe Andrews )

Ashby, Frances 28 OCT 1 1 Rev. Elmer Ashby

Astrom, Lillie Settle Ford 73 14 OCT 1 3 Butler Ford

Atherton, Annie Nicholas 90 18 FEB 1 6 Peter Atherton

Avery, Otto 66 11 FEB 1 4 Ida Brooks

Bale, Elizabeth E. McCubbin 69 04 FEB 1 6 S. P. Bale

Baxter, Barlow 77 15 APR 1 6

Beams, Robert Lee 68 02 DEC 1 3 Lizzie

Bell, Arthur J. 70 07 JAN 1 2 Margaret Whelan

Bennett, Lonza Logan 71 07 OCT 1 2

Benningfield, Flora 74 08 APR 1 2 Henry Benningfield

Bill, Jacob A. 04 FEB 1 5 ( Mrs. Elizabeth Bill )

Black, James Vernon 55 22 APR 1 4 Nancy Montgomery

Blair, Allie 60 16 DEC 1 1 Ethel Graham

Blakey, Mattie Ray 73 12 AUG 1 2 W. A. Blakey

Bland, Charles L. 75 27 MAY 1 2 Edna Pritchard

Bloyd, Will 04 NOV 1 6 Anna Walters

Bogue, Bertha Dixon 29 JUL 1 6

Boles, Harry Clifford 64 20 MAY 1 5 Anna Howard

Boone, Mary Nannie 72 04 MAR 1 2 1^st ? /2^nd ? / Ivo Boone

Boone, Thomas L. 76 05 AUG 1 8

Bowles, Josephine Mabe 12 AUG 1 5 Rev. C. W. Boles

Bowling, Charles J. 58 09 DEC 1 4

Bray, George 64 23 SEP 1 8 Ruth

Brewer, Brenda Jean 03m 14 JAN 1 2 ( Leonard Brewer )

Brown, Mollie Dixon 70 18 MAR 1 3 Bob Brown

Brown, Moss 70 16 DEC 1 3

Brown, Oral Lee 48 05 AUG 1 3 Minnie

Burge, Irvin S. 87 08 APR 1 7

Burks, George Ed 74 09 SEP 1 8

Burks, Susan Brown 73 22 JUL 1 5 C. W. Burba

Burnett, William 54 24 JUN 1 5 Winnfrey

Cantrell, Harold W. 46 16 SEP 1 1 Beulah Johnson

Carby, Kate 78 15 APR 1 3 C. M. Carby

Castleman, Ada Ash 61 14 JAN 1 6 John D. Castleman

Caswell, Birdie Wells 76 20 MAY 1 1 J. S. L. Caswell

Cecil, Gregory 47 28 OCT 1 1 Agnes Lamkin

Chatten, Coy C. 52 12 AUG 1 8 (Mrs. Elizabeth Chatten

Childress, Barbara June 09 21 JAN 8 3 (Howell&Christine Childress

Clauson, Iva 49 23 SEP 1 6 Myrtle Jaggers

Clayton, Sidney D. 56 19 AUG 1 1 ( Thomas & Lulie Clayton

Cobb, Eldred Walton 74 14 JAN 1 1 Mary Hedgepeth

Comer, Carl 46 15 JUL 1 6 Dorothy

Compton, Josie 75 21 JAN 1 6 Clyde Compton

Cooke, Charlie 76 19 AUG 1 4 Marietta

Cooper, Gladys Mae 58 18 MAR 1 7 Cleveland Lewis Cooper

Corum, Eugenia 72 30 DEC 1 5 W. H. Corum

Cottrell, Mattie Jane Brackett 70 01 APR 1 1 S. W. Cottrell

Cox, Robert Bruce 71 06 MAY 1 3

Crady, Carrie May 65 24 JUN 1 3 Milbern Crady

Crady, Eugene B. 66 21 JAN 1 3 Anna Mae

Crowley, William Richard 53 24 JUN 1 5 Katherine Mills

Crume, Jesse 68 22 JUL 1 1 Ada Jones

Cruse, Michael David 02m 18 FEB 1 3 ( Billy & Evelyn Cruse )

Curry, Richard 82 09 DEC 1 2

Daugherty, Bertha Lee 71 26 AUG 1 5

Davenport, W. A. 27 MAY 1 3

Dawson, Eldon B. 59 18 MAR 1 8

Dawson, Lawrence Nathan 45 17 JUN 1 6 Anna Carpenter

DeMint, David Arthur 04m 07 JAN 1 4 ( Eugene DeMint )

DeSpain, Daniel Webster 25 FEB 1 6

DeSpain, John Willie 90 16 SEP 1 3 Lissie

Dezarn, Sally Skaggs 77 15 APR 1 5 Garrett Dezarn

Dorsey, Carl 44 08 APR 1 1 ( Mrs. Sally Dorsey )

Doty, Marie Belle 89 05 AUG 1 4

Druen, James E. 73 14 OCT 1 6

Druen, Ollie Walsh 73 29 JUL 1 4

Duffer, William Leo 43 19 AUG 1 3 Gladys Hargan

Dunn, Owen Claude 61 25 MAR 1 5 Nannie Jeffries

Durham, Bobby, AF 2^nd Lt. 24 06 MAY 1 1 ( Forest Durham )

Durrett, Bertha Bowen 52 22 APR 1 6 Jeff Durrett

Dye, Margaret Jane 96 09 SEP 1 7 William R. Dye

Elmore, Susan 92 30 DEC 1 7

English, J. Will 70 05 AUG 1 5

Enlow, John Wirth 69 11 FEB 1 4

Eskridge, Adaline Kincheloe 01 APR 6 5

Essex, William M. 90 21 OCT 1 4

Evans, Edward 78 14 JAN 1 5

Ewing, Mary Elizabeth 81 28 JAN 1 5 Walter Ewing

Ewing, Minnie J. 78 23 SEP 1 8

Farris, Isaac N. 89 21 OCT 8 5

Fields, George H. 59 18 FEB 1 4 Mary Bill Price

Flint, Frank 01 JUL 1 4

Ford, Pearl Walters 73 22 JUL 1 2 Ashby Ford

Franklin, Lula Hamilton 60 25 MAR 1 6 Ora L. Franklin

Friend, Nancy Lee 96 30 SEP 1 8 Charles C. Friend

Fultz, Amy 66 14 OCT 1 5 John Fultz

Fultz, Georgia Ann Spencer 78 23 DEC 1 8 Joseph Fultz

Gaddie, Fannie Farnsworth 75 20 MAY 1 2 Robert D. Gaddie

Gaddie, John Logan 80 23 DEC 1 6

Gant, Marion Gerald 06m 30 DEC 1 6 ( Laroy Gant )

Giannini, P. E., Dr. 30 DEC 1 1 Gertrude Estelle

Gibson, Harold Calvin 33 26 AUG 1 1 Patricia Betz

Gibson, Jesse H. 47 23 DEC 1 1 Sadie

Glass, Bertie L. 58 27 MAY 1 3 William Glass

Gore, Perry Martin 56 02 DEC 1 6

Gowen, Samuel Marvin 73 16 SEP 1 8

Grady, J. D. 93 30 DEC 1 1 Minnie Boyd

Graham, Edward Young 84 01 JUL 1 2 Ida Perkins

Green, Gertrude 71 25 MAR 1 7

Green, John A. 78 17 JUN 1 7 Dollie Nallia

Greenwell, James Richard 77 27 MAY 1 3 Elizabeth Jackson

Gregory, Dexter Dale 05w 23 DEC 1 2 ( Hubert Gregory )

Grimes, Emma Jane Howell 76 17 JUN 1 4 J. W. Grimes

Grimes, Nannie Howell 86 01 JUL 1 6

Grimes, Nannie Howell 86 08 JUL 1 4 J. C. Grimes

Grimes, Paul Dewey, Jr. 05m 14 OCT 1 8 ( Paul Dewey Grimes )

Gumm, Joe Mont, Mrs. 46 05 AUG 1 3

Gusler, Bertha Mae 53 26 AUG 1 2 Ollie Gusler

Hansbrough, Morde S. 02 SEP 1 6 Lila Lee

Harper, James Larry 03 09 SEP 7 3 ( James E. Harper )

Harpool, Charles Oscar Inf. 18 FEB 1 5 ( Everett & Wilma Harpool

Harrel, James W. 62 09 SEP 1 8 Roxie Mercer/?

Harris, Howard Grant 61 23 SEP 1 1 Eulala

Hayden, Lucy Delphin 28 OCT 1 4 Charles S. Hayden

Hayes, R. Walker 82 22 JUL 1 5

Haynes, Katie VanNort 60 30 DEC 1 7 Gus Haynes

Helm, Dave, Mrs. 62 10 JUN 1 3

Helm, Gerald 17 18 NOV 1 1 ( Floyd Helm )

Henry, Hattie 66 14 JAN 1 6

Hobert, George K., Judge 25 NOV 1 5 Josephine Lott

Hodge, Zennona Wolfe 89 18 NOV 1 7 William T. Hodge

Holland, James W. 29 APR 1 8

Horn, Nettie Barbara 74 04 FEB 1 8 Ollie Horn

Hornback, Kerry Lane(twin) Inf. 16 SEP 1 7 ( Roy L. Hornback )

Hornback, Kevin Wayne(twin) Inf. 16 SEP 1 7 ( Roy L. Hornback )

Hornback, Nelson 77 16 DEC 1 1 Nina

Houk, Mary Ellen 88 18 NOV 1 2 Rev. George Houk

Howard, Celestine 71 02 SEP 1 6

Howell, James William 80 23 SEP 1 2 Lora Warren

Howell, M. D. 25 NOV 1 3 Rhea Cofer

Hubbard, Thomas L. 72 04 FEB 1 3 ( John Hubbard )

Hughes, William A. 76 14 JAN 1 3

Humphrey, Geraldine 20 18 MAR 1 6

Ireland, Martin White 76 20 MAY 1 7 Lydia Heath

Jaggers, Everett Chester 82 24 JUN 1 2 Catherine

Jaggers, Thomas 86 11 FEB 1 3

Johnson, Curtis Stephen 07m 04 MAR 1 4 ( Manuel J. Johnson, Jr.

Johnson, Fred Richard 54 05 AUG 1 8

Johnson, Lura H. 72 02 DEC 1 2 Virgil Johnson

Jones, Eva Pearl White 59 29 JUL 1 7 Ira L Jones

Kessler, Thomas Hoskins 83 20 MAY 8 1 Alice Ellickson

Kimball, Alice 90 29 JUL 1 5

Kingsolver, William E. 56 11 NOV 1 8 Pearl

Klinglesmith, Miranda Marble 83 09 DEC 1 3

Knight, Mary Corum 71 16 DEC 1 5 Will Knight

Kraft, Stanford G., Sr. 49 09 SEP 7 7

Kruse, Dorene 02 SEP 1 7

LaFollette, Phillip Wayne Inf. 26 AUG 1 1 ( Arvin LaFollette )

Lands, David 40 14 JAN 8 2 Edna Kappell

Langley, John R. 75 21 OCT 1 4 Edna Petty

Lee, Harlan 48 25 NOV 1 3 Blanche Thompson

Lee, Harlan 02 DEC 1 5 Blanche Thompson

Lively, Lena Druien 62 13 MAY 1 3 E. D. Lively

Logsdon, C. F. 10 JUN 1 3

Logsdon, Charles F. 64 21 OCT 1 1 Mary V.

Logsdon, William Claiborne 76 01 APR 8 4

Lyon, Mary Peterson 64 07 JAN 3 1 J. Leslie Lyon

Mahoney, Fannie Churchill 10 JUN 1 7 Edgar Mahoney

Marcum, Gertrude Lee 81 19 AUG 1 6 Jim Elliott Marcum

Marcum, Neomia 89 05 AUG 1 1 A. V. Marcum

Marshall, Clarence 84 08 APR 1 3 Lillian Crady

Mason, George Hayes 83 16 SEP 1 7 Anna J.

Mason, Gertrude Bland 70 17 JUN 3 4 R. L. Mason

Mason, Joe Clifford 64 02 SEP 1 1 ( Mrs. Nannie Mason )

Mather, Alta Jane 64 02 SEP 1 7 Hugh Mather

McClanahan, Lou 89 14 JAN 1 7

McCorkle, James Hardin 80 30 SEP 1 2

McCubbin, A. T. 83 18 NOV 1 4

McCubbin, Robert Lively 65 16 DEC 1 8 Leona Hudgins

McCubbin, Victor 84 08 APR 1 8

McFall, Beatrice M. 32 21 JAN 1 6 Oscar McFall

Melton, Rhea Payton 77 15 APR 7 4 B. T. Melton

Merrifield, Earl 35 02 DEC 1 4 ( Doug Merrifield )

Merrifield, Jesse V., Sr. 69 02 SEP 1 2

Merrifield, John R. 73 29 APR 1 4 Maggie Nalley

Metcalf, James M. 38 11 NOV 1 2 Ruth

Milby, Mattie Lee 64 19 AUG 1 5 Hershel Milby

Miller, Leeman 49 04 NOV 1 1 Wilma Witherspoon

Morley, William Alexander 80 25 NOV 1 7

Moss, Nora 73 02 DEC 8 5

Moss, William Thomas 89 18 NOV 1 5

Nalley, Bridget Livers 70 04 MAR 1 1

Nantz, James B. 75 11 NOV 1 5 Mattie Collins

Nevitt, Julius D. 30 02 DEC 1 8 ( Charles Nevitt )

Noe, Charles Walter 48 30 DEC 1 4

Noe, Edward Lee 64 01 APR 1 7 Lilliy Lee Wright

Noe, Lenora 71 11 MAR 1 6

Nunn, A. S. 62 06 MAY 1 2 Kathy

O’Bryan, Barbara Lee 09 25 MAR 1 8 ( Fred O’Bryan )

O’Bryant, Hattie Cundiff 16 DEC 1 2 Taylor O’Bryant

O’Daniel, Edith Mattingly 49 22 APR 1 6 ( H. Bernard Mattingly

Ogden, Leona Meers 78 23 DEC 2 3 J. A. Ogden

Orrender, David Andrew 69 18 MAR 1 1

Otterstedt, Daprix, NACadet 22 APR 1 8

Overlin, Otis L., Rev. 57 04 NOV 1

Parrigan, Ephriam Martin 63 28 JAN 1 7 Edna

Peace, John 53 10 JUN 1 4 Sallie Druien

Perkins, J. J. 88 14 OCT 1 3

Perkins, John Milton 82 04 FEB 1 7 Ada Bloyd

Perkins, Will Tom 81 23 SEP 1 4

Perry, A. F. 67 03 JUN 1 7 Lillie Fry

Phillips, Anna May 34 18 MAR 8 1 Kirby S. Phillips

Pickerell, Virgil H. 87 07 OCT 1 3 ( Daniel D. Pickerell )

Polley, Daniel Logan 68 02 DEC 1 3

Poore, Joseph Melvin 70 13 MAY 1 6 Ada

Pottinger, Earl Smith 63 11 MAR 1 7 Ophe Graham

Poynter, William Amos 86 28 OCT 8 4

Priddy, Bertha 64 04 FEB 1 4 Jim Priddy

Puckett, Amous 89 10 JUN 1 8

Puckett, Dora Walsh 62 22 JUL 1 6 Richard Puckett

Puckett, Gentry 66 09 SEP 1 2 Pearl McCubbin

Puckett, Jesse Franklin 91 26 AUG 1 7 Jennie

Puckett, Leonard 63 04 FEB 1 2 Eva Doyle

Ragland, Ed 73 11 MAR 1 5

Ragland, Flint 43 22 JUL 1 3 Grace Hoback

Ramsey, Russell 14 08 JUL 1 8 ( Lettie Williams Ramsey

Raynolds, Bobbie Rafferty 80 05 AUG 1 4

Redman, Mary McCandless 88 10 JUN 1 6 R. L. Redman

Redmon, Commie 64 29 JUL 1 1 Elmer Redmon

Redmon, William V. 63 18 NOV 1 3 Ida Barbara

Reed, Ebb O. 74 02 SEP 1 5 Margaret Bradley

Reeves, Belle 72 11 MAR 1 1 Taylor Reeves

Reeves, Truman 50 24 JUN 1 1 Stella Smith

Reynolds, Bill 68 10 JUN 1 5

Richardson, Fannie T. 80 22 JUL 1 4 Harry L. Richardson

Richeardson, Olivia 09 SEP 1 1

Risen, William Edward 82 02 DEC 1 5 Bessie Cantrell

Roberts, John L., Mrs 60 11 FEB 1 5

Ryan, James A. 27 02 DEC 1 8 ( Mrs. Mayme Knight )

Salsman, Vander 65 14 JAN 1 4 ( Mrs. Julia Salsman )

Selby, J. Rodman 82 11 MAR 8 5

Settle, R. Emmett 68 13 MAY 8 4 Tillie

Shipp, Arthur, Mrs. 52 14 JAN 1 2

Shoffner, Edna Miller 36 07 OCT 1 4 Charles Shoffner

Shoulders, Janet 02 13 MAY 1 1 ( John Shoulders )

Shoulders, Winifred 30 13 MAY 1 1 John Shoulders

Sikes, H. M. 96 22 APR 1 2

Skaggs, J. L. 85 21 OCT 1 1

Skaggs, William Coleman 80 18 MAR 1 4 Josie Sullivan

Slack, James Owen 57 03 JUN 1 3 Oda Thomas

Slack, Milton Young 77 01 APR 1 5

Slayton, Helen Preston 24 02 DEC 1 1 James Slayton

Smith, Annie L. 77 16 SEP 1 4

Smith, Edd T. 76 28 OCT 1 3

Smith, Grover 69 24 JUN 1 4 Blanche

Smith, John W. 92 28 JAN 1 4 Lou Ellen Dixon

Smith, Willard 01 JUL 1 7

Sparks, Marvin 25 FEB 1 1

Sprowles, John Henry 83 25 NOV 1 2 Rosie Price

Stevens, Ova 40 12 AUG 1 4 Mary Lobb

Stewart, Ernest Chester Fields 62 25 MAR 1 2

Stierle, Nona Blanford 67 30 DEC 1 3 George Stierle

Stiles, Burr Harrison 81 08 APR 1 4

Stinnett, Leonard 63 09 SEP 1 1

Tabb, Iona Skaggs 69 04 FEB 1 2

Tabb, Mayme Redman 67 27 MAY 1 6 Virgil Tabb

Tatum, Esker 25 FEB 1 2

Taylor, Lou Ann 10 JUN 1 2 J. S. Taylor

Taylor, W. H. 62 01 JUL 1 5 Goldie

Tennyson, Willie Gaines 58 20 MAY 1 3

Tharp, Ed 83 23 DEC 1 3 Anna Shipp

Tharp, Maude Buckner 71 15 APR 1 5 (Dave & Mollie Buckner

Tharp, Maude Ella 01 APR 1 4

Thomas, Alonzo 70 04 MAR 1 7

Thomas, Lon 25 FEB 1 3

Thompson, George Allen 69 28 OCT 8 3

Thurman, Laura Jones 78 22 APR 1 7 Warren M. Thurman

Timberlake, Mary Lester 83 15 JUL 1 7 William S.Timberlake

Towles, Minnie 72 02 DEC 1 4

Troutman, Gladys Leslie 40 02 DEC 1 8 Ivo C. Troutman

Trumbo, Mayme Florence 60 15 JUL 1 4 H. L. Trumbo

Tucker, Lizzie Ann Ward 73 02 SEP 1 3 John Tucker

Twyman, Richard Lewis 01 APR 1 7 Winnie Spratt

Underwood, Diana Faye 08m 03 JUN 1 1 ( Delbert Underwood )

Underwood, George Atwood 77 04 NOV 1 4

Underwood, Mary E. 85 08 APR 1 2

Upton, Blanche 84 18 NOV 1 1

Vanhoy, J. P., Rev. 82 03 JUN 1 4

VanMeter 84 07 JAN 1 7 Ollie

Vaughn, Jim Porter 66 23 DEC 1 6

Vaughn, Laura Thelma 07 OCT 1 2 Dillard Vaughn

Veirs, Herman Earl 39 11 MAR 1 8

Veirs, William Gardner 58 23 DEC 7 5 Bettie

Walters, Robert 60 07 OCT 1 4 Alice Benningfield

Walters, Thomas Judson 84 25 MAR 1 5

Weldon, John 65 06 MAY 1 5

West, Kitty 94 28 OCT 1 7

Wharton, J. Rutledge 86 25 FEB 1 5 Pauline Mayes

Wheeler, Opal Ash 28 04 MAR 1 3 Otto Wheeler

White, Ray 29 JUL 1 4 Geneva Brown

Whitlow, Joe 70 21 OCT 1 5 Florence

Wilcox, L. G. 68 29 JUL 1 6 Dakota Blakeman

Williams, A. F., Mrs. 23 SEP 1 6 ( Mrs. J. D. Howell )

Williams, Rose Elizabeth 89 04 FEB 1 7 Henry Williams

Willian, Lawrence Mansfield 75 14 OCT 1 8 Mona Fults

Wilson, Child (twin son) Inf. 04 FEB 1 6 ( Tommy Wilson )

Wilson, Robert L. 56 26 AUG 1 7

Wimsatt, Malachai Styron 86 07 JAN 1 7 ( R. L. Wimsett )

Wofford, Henry 02 SEP 1 7

Woodcock, Houston, Mrs. 07 JAN 1 5

Wooden, Zelo Marr 83 20 MAY 1 3

Wright, E. L. 84 28 OCT 1 1

Wright, John Beavin 43 08 APR 1 4 Dee ( Joe Wright )

Wright, Johnny 48 02 SEP 1 8 ( Mrs. Laura Sanders )