1956

LaRue County Herald Obituary Index

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 )

Abney, Harry V. 59 01 MAR 1 8 Blanche

Akers, Annabelle 71 29 NOV 1 3

Akridge, Charles E. 63 08 MAR 1 4 Mrs. Elmo Vance

Allen, Lenora Straughn 75 21 JUN 1 2 George P. Allen

Allen, Marcella LaVerne 31 09 FEB 1 1 Noah Allen

Allen, Oma Dianne 18m 09 FEB 1 1 ( Noah Allen )

Ard, Marcus L. 85 26 JUL 1 8

Atherton, Sallie Ann 81 26 JUL 1 2 John Wolfort Atherton

Ballard, Webb 81 09 AUG 1 8

Bamberger, Lee Ella 77 05 APR 8 6

Barbour, Julia Brown 31 27 SEP 1 1 Jack J. Barbour

Barkely, Alben W. 78 03 MAY 1 1

Bass, Deborah Colleen Inf. 02 AUG 6 5 ( Bobby Bass )

Bell, Elizabeth Ann 70 02 FEB 1 6 Hiram Bell

Bennett, Thomas L. 66 02 AUG 1 7 Edna Heath

Berry, Ethel Howard 53 21 JUN 1 8 James M. Berry

Blakey, R. H. 89 19 JAN 8 5 Lillie Poore

Blakey, William 76 21 JUN 8 4

Bland, Fannie 81 06 SEP 1 4 Virgil Bland

Bloyd, John 74 12 JUL 1 6 Lois

Bolton, Iva P. 63 21 NOV 1 7 James R. Bolton

Bondurant, James H. 79 28 JUN 1 7 Minnie Bland

Boone, Leo 69 16 AUG 1 8 Edith

Bottoms, Emmett Howard 63 07 JUN 1 1 Nettie

Bowen, Elizabeth Ward 75 05 APR 1 7 Robert Bowen

Bowles, Charles 83 19 JAN 1 6 Laura Simpson

Bratcher, Wess A. 78 06 DEC 1 1

Brewer, Child Inf. 16 AUG 1 4 ( Everett Brewer )

Brown, Anna Eliza 84 29 NOV 1 7 Will Brown

Brown, John Carlton, Sr. 54 19 JAN 1 3 Mary Woodson

Bryant, Jesse T. 82 07 JUN 8 3

Buley, Chester E. 45 06 DEC 1 8 ( Mrs. Minnie Buley )

Calhoun, Joe 75 12 APR 1 7

Cantrell, Mattie 19 JAN 1 1 James L. Cantrell

Cardwell, Charles P. 89 04 OCT 1 2

Carter, Robert Ray (twin) 23 09 FEB 1 3 ( Alfred Carter )

Carter, Robert Ray (twin) 23 02 FEB 1 7 ( Mrs. Joseph Mills )

Carter, William Jay (twin) 23 09 FEB 1 3 ( Alfred Carter )

Carter, William J. (twin) 23 02 FEB 1 7 ( Mrs. Joseph Mills )

Caswell, Lee Ann 85 15 MAR 8 4

Chandler, Josephine 74 16 FEB 1 6

Chaudoin, Nettie Ragland 66 06 SEP 1 5 John M. Chaudoin

Chelf, Harvey Lane 38 05 JUL 1 3 Joanne Herd

Childress, Ira, Mrs. 74 06 SEP 1 1

Clark, Kennie 55 19 JAN 1 5

Close, Hobert 15 MAR 1 2 Norma

Cofer, Florence Miller 81 19 APR 1 1 Will Henry Cofer

Compton, Johnny Harold 44 20 DEC 1 7 Nina Reynolds

Conn, Fred 15 NOV 1 1 Virginia Hargan

Conner, Claude E. 64 02 FEB 8 1

Copley, Alvin Buster 54 05 APR 1 8 Nellie Gault

Cotley, Virgil F. 37 03 MAY 1 8

Cox, Mary Estes 84 06 DEC 1 4

Cox, Susan Jane 76 24 MAY 1 7

Coy, J. O. 83 13 DEC 1 2

Crady, Arthur C. 71 02 AUG 1 2 Monnie Alsop

Crady, Claude 89 13 SEP 1 2 Gussie B.

Crawford, B. F. 74 01 NOV 1 8 Ella Ballinger

Creason, Lew Wallace 67 16 AUG 1 5 Lela DeSpain

Crume, Clifton Allen 68 28 JUN 1 2

Cruse, Dorothy Elizabeth 78 19 JUL 1 3 Irvin Cruse

Cruse, Flora Ann 69 04 OCT 1 1 Hardin Cruse

Cundiff, Rebecca 78 29 NOV 1 8 Henry Cundiff

Cundiff, Viola 76 18 OCT 1 5

Cundiff, William Gobel 56 23 FEB 1 8 Mary E.

Davis, Mary Burchey 86 05 APR 1 6 CyeWatkins,Sr./Elmer Davis

Dawson, Robert Stanley 06 DEC 1 2

DeFevers, Mac 14 JUN 1 5 Josie

DeSpain, Joe 73 20 SEP 1 5 Lizzie Nelson

Devens, Nicholas John 13m 15 MAR 1 8 ( Sp-3c Raymond Devens )

Dixon, Richard 60 15 MAR 1 7 Iva

Dixon, W. H. 21 NOV 1 2 Elizabeth Froman

Dorsey, Sally Rogers 86 30 AUG 1 4

Druen, Charles Edward 63 24 MAY 1 3

Druen, Darrell Wayne Smith 10d 12 JAN 1 5 ( Kenneth Druen )

Druin, Mary Ellen Bratcher 46 26 JUL 1 4 William Howard Druin

Dunbar, Nannie Lee 10 MAY 1 7

Durham, Howard H. 66 03 MAY 1 4 Mayme

Dye, John H. 76 26 JAN 1 7 Mary Susan Graham

Eads, Elmer 20 SEP 1 1

Edlin, Henry C. III Inf. 26 JUL 1 3 ( Henry C. Edlin Jr. )

Edlin, Nannie Artie 59 16 FEB 1 4 Clarence R. Edlin

Edwards, Clyde B. 71 11 OCT 8 1 Florence Thurman

Enlow, Henry Ferrill 53 16 FEB 1 2 Nell Cox

Enlow, Katherine Slaughter 57 11 OCT 1 2 Henry S. Enlow

Essex, Annie 81 02 FEB 1 3

Evans, David B. 31 MAY 1 7

Evans, David B. 07 JUN 1 2 Laviece Overstreet

Ewing, Howard A. 45 13 SEP 1 3

Ewing, Walter Isaac 84 06 DEC 1 7 Phebe Price

Fain, Maud Wagoner 81 29 NOV 1 4 J. H. Fain

Fairchild, Harvey Ray 07m 03 MAY 1 7 ( Hayes& Bernice Fairchild )

Farmer, Leonard Lee 80 19 JAN 1 8 Ethel

Feather, A. T. 75 09 AUG 1 3 Addie Edlin

Ferree, Bonnie 72 16 AUG 1 4

Fields, Andrew Jackson 82 01 NOV 1 5

Fields, Will 78 21 JUN 1 3

Foley, Michael Green 81 15 MAR 1 6

Ford, Atney 80 02 AUG 1 6

Ford, Emmett 72 20 SEP 1 2

Ford, Mary Lizzie 12 JUL 1 4 Albert Ford

Fotte, Claudia Durham 77 02 AUG 1 4 Joseph A. Fotte

Frank, Ella Cardin 75 23 FEB 1 1 Avery Frank

Friend, Mary Elizabeth 21 NOV 1 7 Charles Friend

Fulks, Gavie 66 31 MAY 1 5

Fulks, John Jefferson 84 25 OCT 1 2 Elizabeth Puckett

Fultz, Guy 35 20 DEC 1 8 Luella Harner

Fultz, John 84 30 AUG 1 2

Funk, Loval J. 05 JUL 1 5

Gaddie, Eliza Thurman 92 09 FEB 1 5 George Gaddie

Gardner, Emily T. 71 15 NOV 1 5

Gardiner, Laura Lafollette 70 23 FEB 1 7 Thomas S. Gardiner

Gardner, Lula Akin 82 28 JUN 1 8

Gardner, Mary I. Marcum 51 01 MAR 1 8 Harry Gardner

Gault, Celia Ann 80 19 JAN 1 6 J. P. Gault

Gettlefinger, Anna 91 29 MAR 7 4

Gilkey, Gladys W. 06 DEC 1 3 Henry M. Gilkey

Glass, Rena 64 05 JUN 6 8 A. L. Glass

Glutting, Elizabeth Mather 51 19 JUL 1 5 ( L. L. Mather )

Goff, Jesse 64 01 NOV 1 4 Ruth Pulliam

Gossett, Tinnie 74 26 JAN 8 1 Jake Gossett

Graham, W. N. 65 12 JAN 1 1 Stella Price

Greenwell, J. I., Dr. 82 10 MAY 1 4

Grinstead, Roxie Anna 77 23 FEB 1 2 Edwin W. Grinstead

Groves, Howard Hayden 73 21 NOV 1 4

Harbin, Logan M. 74 23 FEB 1 6

Harned, Fred Baird 62 19 JUL 1 2 Sudie Rust

Harned, Leonard H. 68 27 DEC 1 2 Ida Taber

Hawkins, James Ursle 59 14 JUN 1 4 Flossie Lewis

Hawks, William 60 01 MAR 1 3 ( Mrs. Bill Hawks )

Hayden, Julia 85 09 FEB 1 7

Hayes, David G. 77 14 JUN 1 3 Grace Cofer

Hayes, Mattie M. 83 24 MAY 1 4 ( Jed & Mary Hayes )

Haynes, Ida 78 21 JUN 1 8 T. Highbaugh/E. Hayes

Haynes, John Augustus 67 21 JUN 1 3 Gertrude Lobb

Head, Joseph 76 09 FEB 1 3

Highbaugh, Martha Bumgar. 79 06 DEC 1 5

Hill, James Robert 88 01 MAR 1 2 Martha K. Wathen

Hines, John Thomas 84 02 FEB 1 7 Ada Abney

Hodge, Willis 65 27 DEC 1 6 Fannie Riggs

Hodges, Claude B. 75 01 NOV 1 3 Emma

Hodges, Emma Murray 71 29 NOV 1 2 Claud Hodges

Holt, Wade C. 68 23 FEB 1 4 Vera

Horn, Olive 81 08 NOV 1 2

Hornback, Child Inf. 21 JUN 1 4 ( Dellard Hornback )

Hornback, John 82 19 JAN 8 5

Hoskinson, Virginia Smith 63 29 MAR 1 8 Stanley P. Hoskinson

Howard, Hallie E. 66 06 SEP 1 7

Howell, John 82 19 JUL 1 6

Howell, Kate 81 08 MAR 1 3

Hurst, H. H. 69 02 FEB 1 1 Annie Ferrill

Hutcherson, Ida Pearl 09 AUG 1 3 Everett Hutcherson

Ireland, Lonnie Harrison 18 06 SEP 1 7 ( Paul Ireland )

Ireland, Lydia Ann Heath 69 07 JUN 1 7 Martin Ireland

Ireland, Robert Lee 84 08 MAR 1 1 Betty

Irvin, Jack 04 OCT 8 5 Cecilia

Jaggers, Hilah V. 92 20 DEC 1 2 S. L. Jaggers

Jewell, Martha 05 01 MAR 1 8 ( Eugene Jewell )

Jones, Sally Ann 75 31 MAY 8 5 Dellard Jones

Jones, William B. 77 08 NOV 1 3

Joplin, Frank 84 09 AUG 1 6

Kastor, Bethel 76 01 NOV 1 3 Nellie F.

Kennedy, Carl Milby 45 06 SEP 1 2 Lellen Davis

Kennedy, Gary Franklin 03 03 MAY 1 3 ( Thomas H. Kennedy )

Kennedy, Smith 74 04 OCT 1 3 Ona Dunn

Kerrick, Len 74 14 JUN 1 8 Bessie

Knoop, Mary Carolyn 08 NOV 1 2

Kraus, Eileen Mahoney 49 05 JUN 1 7 Paul Kraus

LaFollette, Damon Wayne Inf. 22 MAR 1 2 ( George Lafollette )

LaFollette, Fannie 78 23 FEB 1 2

LaFollette, Jesse 95 29 MAR 1 2

Lasley, Achsa M. Edmonson 14 JUN 1 1 Charles Y. Lasley

Lasley, Gerald 41 06 DEC 2 4 ( John R. Lasley )

Laswell, Eugene 72 21 NOV 1 3 Mary Lee

Lee, Nora Patterson 83 23 AUG 1 4 A. M. Lee

Lester, William T. 92 14 JUN 1 7 Ella

Lewis, Antionette Abney 91 05 APR 1 1 D. S. Lewis

Linde, Leroy 54 21 NOV 1 6

Lobb, Minnie Brown 16 FEB 1 7

London, William Jackson 83 26 JUL 1 2

Lush, Mary 78 23 FEB 1 8

Marcum, Jesse P. 67 10 MAY 1 2 Mary Hudson

Martin, Ida Florence 70 07 JUN 1 6

Martin, William Douglas 74 13 DEC 1 6

Mason, David Rousseau 93 11 OCT 1 1

Masterson, A. L. 43 14 JUN 8 3 ( Mrs. Al Masterson )

Masterson, Ettie 87 15 NOV 1 3

Mather, John Sweeney 83 18 OCT 1 1 Lenora Goff

McCallon, Mattie Lewis 75 18 OCT 1 2 Preston McCallon

McCoy, Mary Chloe 54 04 OCT 1 7 Hugh McCoy

McCubbin, Mary C. 81 31 MAY 1 3

Meredith, Bart M. 67 21 JUN 1 2

Metcalf, Farmer 82 09 AUG 1 6

Miller, Celia Ann 69 24 MAY 1 5 Rev. Ernest Miller

Miller, Frances P. 77 06 SEP 1 2

Monday, Minnie 15 NOV 1 1

Morris, Florence Shofner 89 29 MAR 1 7

Morris, J. Edward 75 02 FEB 1 4 Dora Wright

Morris, LaRue 90 13 DEC 1 7 Nannie

Murphy, John William 78 09 FEB 1 6 Nannie Farmer

Murray, James Earl 17 15 MAR 1 1 ( James Murray )

Nell, Maggie 86 08 MAR 1 4

Nelson, Glenn Robert 10d 20 DEC 1 6 ( Paul & Gladys Nelson

Nicholas, Peter C. 82 05 APR 1 4 Jane Castleman

Noe, Albert 69 19 APR 1 4 Lenore

Nunn, William Henry 72 19 JAN 1 3

O’Bryant, Mary B. Merrifield 80 05 JAN 1 6 Thomas L. O’Bryant

Owen, William Embry 64 24 MAY 2 6

Owen, William I. 92 20 SEP 1 6

Owens, Richard 17 MAY 1 2

Patterson, Alvin 47 10 MAY 1 2 Audrey Akridge

Patterson, Flora Boyd 80 28 JUN 1 6 Virgil Patterson

Patterson, Stonewall Jackson 91 12 JUL 1 8

Peak, Thomas A. 76 26 APR 1 5 Catherine Connelly

Perkins, Pearl Richardson 67 12 JAN 1 2 J. R. Perkins

Perkins, Robert 84 08 MAR 1 8 Lula

Perry, Ann Orr 82 20 SEP 1 7 Edward E. Perry

Peters, Ernest Henry 67 09 AUG 1 6 Margaret Castleman

Phillips, Velma Underwood 46 12 JUL 6 4 Earl Phillips

Plouffe, Michael V. 15 12 APR 1 7

Plouvier, Herbert 44 16 FEB 1 1 Hattie

Poteer, R. W. 67 27 DEC 1 4 Daisy

Powers, Harry 65 18 OCT 1 6 Mildred Ballinger

Price, Ella Merrifield 78 23 AUG 1 6 Charles Franklin Price

Price, Hester Ann 75 09 AUG 1 8 John Price

Price, Minnie Burba 78 19 APR 1 5 ( Pete Burba )

Priddy, Troy Lewis 32 21 NOV 1 1 Ruby

Puckett, Harvey, Rev. 64 19 APR 1 8 Ada Vance

Puckett, Jennie Ann 82 16 FEB 1 7

Puckett, Oree 19 JAN 8 5

Pullen, Elmara 76 18 OCT 3 7 John Pullen

Ray, Roy T. 60 26 JAN 1 1 Millie Caswell

Reed, John T. 70 05 APR 1 6

Reynolds, Edward 28 12 JUL 1 1

Riney, Annabelle 79 16 AUG 1 6 D. E. Riney

Rinker, Lillie E. 28 JUN 1 5 E. B. Rinker

Rizzo, Anna Frances 50 19 APR 1 1 Mike Rizzo

Rizzo, Mike 50 19 APR 1 1 Anna Frances

Roberts, George T. 72 18 OCT 2 5

Roberts, Lavinia D. 73 26 JAN 1 5 Rev. G. E. Roberts

Roberts, Mary Alta 72 19 APR 1 8

Rogers, Edward L. 72 17 MAY 1 1 Ida Stovall

Rose, Charles 88 12 JUL 1 4

Routt, John Walter 83 02 FEB 1 3

Russell, Wallace 82 26 JAN 1 4

Russman, Ella Roark 74 19 JUL 1 5

Salesman, Lonnie Skaggs 40 23 AUG 1 3 Roosevelt Salesman

Sallee, Child Inf. 21 JUN 1 4 ( Grover Sallee )

Scott, Anthony, Sr. 64 29 NOV 1 1

Scott, Ida Ethel 69 18 OCT 3 1 Jeff Scott

Scott, Lillie LaVern 38 08 NOV 1 4 ( Lee Scott )

Scroggy, Eva 44 27 SEP 1 6 ( Mrs. Albert Richards )

Scroggy, Eva T. 20 SEP 1 2

Seward, Luke M. 54 27 SEP 6 4

Sexton, Beatrice Wells 53 09 FEB 1 2 Earl Sexton

Sherrard, Allen Brown 80 12 APR 1 1 Minnie Bennett

Sherrard, Mayme Reed 18 OCT 1 4 F. Guy Sherrard

Sims, Lewis 72 12 APR 1 7 Florence Mahoney

Skaggs, Andy 70 02 FEB 1 5 Nora Warren

Skaggs, Eliza Ellen 10 MAY 1 7 Ben Skaggs

Skaggs, Everett 69 17 MAY 1 5 Sophia Bowles

Skaggs, Walter Franklin 56 21 JUN 1 4 Cora Howell

Skelley, Henry James 77 30 AUG 1 6

Smith, Boone 78 16 AUG 1 2

Smith, G. Prentice 25 OCT 1 4 Eleanor Beauchamp

Smith, George R. 82 05 JAN 1 4

Smith, Leland B. 33 15 MAR 1 4 Katherine Thomas

Smith, Ollie 86 22 MAR 1 3 Charlie Smith

Smith, Thomas Wayne 47 18 OCT 6 4 Maude Wilson

Smith, Willis H. 85 26 JUL 1 5

Spalding, John Ladan 57 20 DEC 1 3 Elizabeth Burba

Stiles, Carrie Collins 17 MAY 1 3

Stiles, Carrie Collins 76 31 MAY 2 5 James F. Stiles

Stout, Steven Douglas 03 26 APR 1 8 ( R. Willis Stout )

Strader, Sarah Frances 90 27 DEC 1 4

Sturgeon, John Proctor 81 19 JAN 1 7 Flora

Sutherland, Carl 51 09 AUG 1 4 Alma Redman

Sweets, James 70 14 JUN 1 8

Tabb, Mary Jaggers 77 09 FEB 1 8 John Tabb

Talley, Ruth Benningfield 41 18 OCT 1 3 Harvey Talley

Taylor, Bettie 32 21 JUN 8 4 Neil Taylor

Taylor, Nancy Kendall 01 MAR 1 4 Dr. W. B. Taylor

Tharp, Charles 55 31 MAY 1 3 Lena Helen

Thomas, Child (son) Inf. 06 DEC 1 5 ( Vinson Thomas )

Thompson, Fred Lee 34 26 JUL 1 8

Thompson, Robert Wayne Inf 29 NOV 1 6 ( Joe Thompson )

Thompson, Woodrow 38 24 MAY 1 2 Alberta Sprowles

Towles, Bryan Hardin 07w 14 JUN 1 6 Junior Towles

Turner, Joan Thomas 5 31 MAY 1 6 ( Thomas Turner )

Twyman, Henriella Gardner 85 19 JAN 1 2 Arthur B. Twyman

Twyman, Roberta Thurman 19 JAN 1 4 Frank R. Twyman

Underwood, Alfred 68 12 APR 1 3 Oma Price

Underwood, Dee 62 19 APR 1 4 Nora Jones

Underwood, Janie Allen 78 01 MAR 1 5 George Underwood

Upton, Charles G. 91 09 FEB 1 2

Vessels, Mary Lou 23 05 APR 8 6 Thomas R. Vessels

Wade, Liss 86 16 AUG 1 7

Wallace, Thomas LaRue 80 19 JAN 1 1 Carrie Friend

Walters, Barney E. 69 09 FEB 1 3 Maude

Walters, Thomas Lloyd 77 09 FEB 1 4

Warren, Betty Susan 63 08 MAR 1 8 Neal T. Warren

Warren, Louetter Brewer 62 20 DEC 1 6 Umen Leslie Warren

Warren, Sudie 81 11 OCT 1 7

Weathers, Nora 94 01 NOV 1 7

Weber, Gary Wayne 04m 08 MAR 1 5 ( Eugene & Doris Weber )

Weller, Clara 67 02 AUG 1 2

Wells, Charles 79 27 SEP 1 8 Simmie Lee

Wharton, Pauline Mayes 86 26 JUL 1 6 J. Rutledge Wharton

Wheeler, Curn C., Sr. 53 21 JUN 1 1 Ethel Hawkins

White, Eugene S. 68 12 JUL 1 7 Mary Collins

Whitlow, Rockne Boyd 23 01 MAR 1 7 ( Elbert Whitlow )

Whitlow, Willie 19 APR 1 6 Ollie Druin

Wilkins, Nicholas E. 37 05 APR 1 1 Edna Pauline

Williams, Ida Thurman 76 18 OCT 1 2 J. E. Williams

Williams, Mayme Pearl 62 17 MAY 1 6 Amos Williams

Witherspoon, James L. 82 08 MAR 1 1 Rebbie Bennett

Wolff, Margaret Grigsby 79 13 DEC 1 3 Rev. Albert N. Wolff

Wood, Raymond 62 26 JUL 1 7 Minnie Hale

Woodward, Arthur L. 27 SEP 1 8

Young, C. C. 92 23 AUG 1 8 Mary Evelyn