1959

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 )

Adams, Jacob H. 86 06 AUG 1 3 Iva Phelps

Akin, Marvin 52 29 JAN 1 2

Akin, Marvin 52 05 FEB 1 6 Mae Gardner

Allen, Ivan, Rev. 73 08 JAN 1 5

Allen, Sarah Cook 68 02 JUL 1 6

Anderson, W. G. 02 JUL 1 3

Anderson, William Gorman 88 09 JUL 1 1

Andrews, Benjamin Franklin 89 18 JUN 1 3

Armstrong, Amanda 72 17 DEC 1 3

Atherton, Jewell May 68 19 FEB 1 6 Howard Atherton

Atherton, Oscar 70 17 DEC 1 2 Saphronia Stillwell

Aud, Guy, Dr. 71 05 MAR 8 5

Avery, John W. 78 16 APR 1 7 Rose Cleaver

Baird, Elmer 69 23 APR 1 3

Bale, Peter Richard 83 02 APR 1 7 Ada Larimore

Ballenger, Jeanette 20 26 MAR 1 7

Bell, Flora Thompson 75 19 FEB 1 3 John L. Bell

Benningfield, Hazel 49 12 FEB 1 7 ( W. N. Benningfield )

Bergenson, Harry 58 12 FEB 8 5 Clara Massey

Berry, Clarine Skaggs 39 19 NOV 1 1 ( Moody Skaggs )

Bingham, Ollie Mae Whitlock 50 12 MAR 1 8

Blakeman, Elmer Cody 69 07 MAY 1 6 Bessie

Blanton, Amelia 68 30 JUL 1 2

Bond, W. Clarence 63 26 MAR 1 7 ( O. S. Bond )

Bond, W. Clarence, Mrs. 26 MAR 1 7

Borders, Elizabeth Smith 74 06 AUG 1 2 Arvin H. Borders

Bowling, Mary A. McGee 88 05 MAR 1 4 Walker Bowning

Boyd, Lena Jefferies 23 APR 1 2 Samuel Tilden Boyd

Braden, David 65 05 NOV 1 5 Marie

Braden, William Everett 69 03 DEC 1 7 Pearl Elliott

Bradley, Jennie 78 29 OCT 1 6

Bradley, Ora Lee Brashear 24 DEC 1 6

Bradshaw, John M. 78 06 AUG 1 7 Nora Rafferty

Broady, Joe Henry 20 AUG 1 5

Brooks, Gracie Morrison 92 13 AUG 1 4

Brown, Butler B. 79 25 JUN 1 6 Frances Wright

Brown, Mattie M. 63 07 MAY 1 5 E. M. Brown

Brown, Robert Lee 26 04 JUN 8 3 Christine Dennis

Brown, Sherley 67 22 OCT 1 3 Lillian

Brownfield, Tommie W. 59 29 JAN 1 3 Nina Lussenhop

Browning, Olia 72 18 JUN 1 7

Buckner, Howard 49 05 FEB 1 8

Burba, Arvin Thomas 66 20 AUG 1 6 Eva Phillips

Burba, James Peter 77 05 FEB 1 5 Mary Smith

Burd, F. G. 67 04 JUN 1 7 Helen Louise

Burd, Herman 46 12 MAR 1 1 Flossie

Camp, Matie 81 03 SEP 1 8

Cardin, Mary Emma 87 23 JUL 1 5 W. W. Cardin

Carlson, Elin 79 10 SEP 5 8

Carter, Dora Frances 84 30 APR 1 7 William B. Carter

Casewell, Willis King 10 DEC 1 1

Cash, Wilma Catherine 16 24 DEC 1 2 ( W. H. Cash )

Caswell, Anna Priddy 64 12 MAR 1 6

Caswell, Miles T. 81 13 AUG 1 2 Mary Frances

Cecil, Robert Andrew 61 26 FEB 8 1 Anna Marie

Chelf, Tommy 83 17 SEP 1 6 Mary Perkins

Coakley, Lynn Spilman 53 12 MAR 1 8 Hazel Jarbo

Cole, Ermine Jones 85 22 JAN 1 1 D. E. Cole

Cole, Georgia Ermine Jones 85 15 JAN 1 2 D. E. Cole

Conner, Larry 17 05 FEB 1 2 ( Charles W. Conner )

Conway, William A. 15 OCT 1 5

Cook, Ermine Ash 72 20 AUG 1 4 James A. Cook

Corum, George William 78 29 OCT 1 3 Grace Upton

Cottrell, John Ralph 86 03 SEP 1 4

Cox, Horace 47 17 JUL 1 1

Coy, Ben 84 04 JUN 1 7 Mattie Lafollette

Coy, Betty Joyce 16 07 MAY 1 1 ( Wilbur Coy )

Crady, Hubert Leslie 79 05 MAR 1 7 Jennie Vernon

Cronk, T. E. 48 27 AUG 2 6

Cross, Allen 15 JAN 8 4

Crume, Ansel P. 55 09 APR 1 5

Cruse, Ethel Evaline 63 24 DEC 1 7 Wilburn Cruse

Cruse, Freda Clara 34 27 AUG 1 3 Paul Cruse

Cruse, Hardin 73 18 JUN 1 2

Curry, T. S., Rev. 71 20 AUG 2 2

Davenport, Lavania 30 APR 1 1 Sam Davenport

Davis, Earla Jean 03 SEP 1 4 ( H. C. Davis )

Davis, Thomas F. 83 17 JUL 1 7 Ida Mae Skaggs

Dennison, Isaac 88 25 JUN 1 8

DeSpain, Ezra Carr 91 03 SEP 1 4

DeSpain, James Edward 92 27 AUG 1 1 Nina Washer

Despain, Sudie 75 07 MAY 1 4 John H. Despain

Dever, Iva 45 20 AUG 1 2 Charles Dever

Devers, Florence 79 15 JAN 1 3 Joseph Devers

Devers, Leslie 67 26 MAR 1 5 Alma

Dixon, Paul 28 MAY 2 3

Dobson, Oliver 71 09 JUL 1 2 Dora Cobb

Druen, Lillie 84 08 JAN 1 2

Duell, D. R. 82 12 FEB 1 8 Helen Collins

Dyche, Russell 75 25 NOV 1 8

Dye, Lillie Ragland 11 JUN 1 1 Irvin Dye

Dye, Robert E. 80 30 JUL 1 5 Lenor Edwards

Edlin, Elbert Shawler 78 22 OCT 1 7 Sudie Hornback

Elliott, Emma B. Hazelwood 85 22 OCT 1 4 Murray Elliott

Elliott, William Arlen 59 10 SEP 1 5 Lula Brown

Ferrill, Albert 79 22 JAN 1 6

Ferrill, Frankie Uptegrove 62 18 JUN 1 5 S. H. Ferrill

Fields, Edward F. 42 19 NOV 1 6 Lela Mae Brown

Fike, J. L. 89 08 OCT 1 4

Flanders, Claude 69 12 FEB 1 5 Ruth Heath

Flanders, Ruth Heath 62 19 FEB 1 2 Claude Flanders

Florence, Sophia Crady 79 23 APR 1 7 Barker W. Florence

Flynn, Edward 30 JUL 1 3

Fogle, Arretta Ratcliffe 51 09 JUL 1 6

Ford, Leatha Warren 64 09 JUL 1 7 Everett Ford

Forrest, John Paul 47 21 MAY 1 1

French, Cora Agnes 85 24 DEC 1 1

Fulks, Elliott 66 09 JUL 1 3

Gaddie, Robert Simpson 85 22 OCT 1 2 Minnie Lee Brooks

Gaddie, William R. 95 12 NOV 1 6

Gardner, John A. 77 23 JUL 3 4 Clara Bogue

Gardner, Samuel R. 15 05 FEB 1 7 (Mrs. Will Gardner Bragg

Garrett, Lou 98 17 DEC 1 5

Garrett, Will 86 01 OCT 1 5 ( Susan Garrett )

Geohegan, Earl K. 06 AUG 1 7 ( John Geohegan )

Gibson, Melvin Edwards 41 03 DEC 1 5 Anna B.

Goff, Lora Douglas 92 02 APR 1 3

Goldsmith, Dora Nunn 47 25 JUN 1 1 ( Mrs. Lillie Druen )

Goldsmith, Oliver 83 26 FEB 1 6

Goldsmith, Vernon 81 10 SEP 1 7

Gollaher, John W. 83 22 OCT 1 8 Gertrude

Goodman, Charles 32 29 JAN 7 6

Goodman, Maggie 86 06 AUG 5(7) 5 Thomas Goodman

Gray, Betty 70 23 APR 1 8

Green, Hortense Myers 90 12 MAR 1 2 George Green

Greer, W. B. 82 05 NOV 1 6

Gribbons, Jesse Raymond, Jr. 30 JUL 1 1

Grimes, Mollie Pickerell 09 JUL 1 4 Virgil Grimes

Gupton, Effie 76 17 SEP 1 2

Gupton, Effie Tucker 77 24 SEP 1 5 Steward Gupton

Gupton, Steward David 86 28 MAY 1 5 Effie Tucker

Hagan, B. F., Mrs. 96 19 FEB 1 2

Hagan, Polly Ann 97 23 APR 1 5

Hall, George Howard 22 10 SEP 1 8 ( Mrs. Ruth Hall )

Hamilton, Leonora 84 06 AUG 1 5 J. L. Hamilton

Hamilton, Sally Wimsett 79 05 FEB 1 2 LaRue Hamilton

Hamm, J. A. 98 25 NOV 1 1

Handley, Chroma Thurman 58 23 APR 1 7 John Robert Handley

Handley, Emma 83 27 AUG 1 5 Tom Handley

Harper, Eubenia Louise 25 02 JUL 1 3

Hart, Robert 88 03 SEP 1 1

Hart, Sallie G. 21 MAY 8 3

Head, J. O., Dr. 77 21 MAY 1 4 (Nicholas & Frances Head

Head, Mabel Bowling 63 18 JUN 1 8

Heady, James Terrill 54 08 JAN 1 1 Elma Allen

Higgason, Eugene Thomas 96 29 JAN 1 3

Hill, Mary Will Edlin 74 17 SEP 1 5 Matthew G. Hill

Hoback, Stellar Underwood 82 12 NOV 1 2 Bert Hoback

Hodges, Lee, Mrs. 79 05 MAR 1 1

Holland, Maggie Elliott 89 22 JAN 1 1 Jim Holland

Hornback, Erwin, Mrs. 47 12 FEB 1 4 ( John Wease )

Hornback, Samuel T. 70 20 AUG 1 3 Sarah Watson

Howard, Paul 54 22 JAN 1 7

Howell, Edward 77 30 APR 1 4

Howell, Gerald Wayne 10 30 JUL 1 6 ( Ross H. Howell )

Howell, Leeman B. 58 28 MAY 1 4 Cora Norris

Howell, Victor 83 10 SEP 1 6

Hudgins, John Lonzy 73 17 DEC 1 7 Ella Scott

Hughes, Mary Caswell 83 05 NOV 1 5

Humphrey, Shelby C. 64 05 NOV 6(8) 1

Hutcherson, Jacob C. 87 16 APR 1 5 ( B. F. Hutcherson )

Ireland, Betty Copelin 81 22 OCT 1 6

Jaggers, Gussie 67 11 JUN 1 6 Arvie Jaggers

Jaggers, Lula Mae 70 17 JUL 1 6 J. T. Jaggers

Jaggers, Mary Ella 68 29 OCT 1 4 Claude Jaggers

Jaggers, Silas M. 69 05 NOV 1 4

James, Lillian Davis 48 09 APR 1 4

Jenkins, John Thomas, Rev. 84 23 APR 1 5 Jane

Jenkins, Lola Ellen 60 29 JAN 8 8 Albert Jenkins

Jenkins, Lucretia 89 09 APR 1 2 Charles W. Jenkins

Johnson, Dave Wood 69 23 APR 1 4 Minnie McCubbin

Johnson, Elmer 79 07 MAY 1 8 Grace Howell

Jones, Edward, Mrs. 26 MAR 1 6

Jones, Ella M. Thomas 76 30 APR 1 3

Jones, Sam L. 87 17 SEP 1 4 Grace Burks

Jull, Louis H. 48 15 JAN 1 7

Kessler, Marjory Ellen 28 27 AUG 1 7 ( Damon Kessler )

Kinkade, Miles I. 67 16 APR 1 4

Lacefield, Joseph 22 31 DEC 1 8

Large, Marion 34 22 JAN 1 8 Laverne Nall

Lee, Flora Bell Choate 59 19 MAR 1 5

Lobb, Sallie Lawson 80 01 OCT 1 4 Bird Lobb

Locke, Warren 85 08 OCT 1 3 Rosa

Loy, Frank 46 04 JUN 8 1

Loyall, Ona Myrtle 62 15 OCT 1 4 Everett Loyall

Lucas, Birdie 80 21 MAY 1 8

Lucas, James L. 72 23 APR 1 1 Rosa Kinkade

Mabe, David Q. 87 19 FEB 1 6 Annie Copelin

Madry, W. C. 78 22 OCT 1 4

Marcum, Mary Oakley Hudson 07 MAY 1 2 Jesse R. Marcum

Marcum, William Guy 59 15 OCT 1 6

Marriott, J. B. 43 10 SEP 5 6

Mather, Millard Gable 70 24 DEC 1 6 Sophia Price

Mather, William Maxey 61 23 APR 1 6 Florence

Mattingly, James Benedict 76 12 MAR 1 2

McAfee, W. N. 92 01 OCT 1 7

McCarty, Elizabeth Allen 23 05 NOV 1 2 Robert C. McCarty

McFelia, Edna 44 02 APR 1 1 Macy McFelia

McGill, Joe 76 22 JAN 8 6

Meers, David Green, Sr. 89 08 JAN 1 2

Meers, Myrtle W. 69 08 JAN 1 4 Alta Meers

Meers, Stanley B. 57 30 APR 1 8 Alma Engle

Metcalf, Charles B. 82 08 JAN 1 8

Metten, William Bernard 25 02 JUL 1 3

Middleton, John A. 77 22 OCT 1 5

Milby, Walter L. 64 16 APR 1 3 Annie Washer

Miller, Sara Eliz. Castleman 76 25 JUN 1 2 Floyd R. Miller

Miller, W. Thomas 86 22 JAN 1 2

Miller, Will H. 74 20 AUG 1 8 Lola Hardy

Mobley, Ed 03 DEC 1 1

Mobley, Edward Clark 65 10 DEC 1 7 Daisy VanMeter

Moody, Claude 62 02 JUL 1 7 Bertha

Morris, Eva Mae Underwood 54 19 MAR 1 4 Fred Morris

Morris, Mattie Caswell 91 16 APR 1 2 W. D. Morris

Morrison, Billy Joe 25 14 MAY 1 4

Morrison, Eula 52 27 AUG 1 8 Rev. Harvey Morrison

Morrison, George Madison 61 31 DEC 1 3 ( Mrs. J. R. Morrison )

Moss, William U. 84 26 MAR 1 1

Nall, George Van 77 31 DEC 1 4

Nichols, Jesse Ray 04d 06 AUG 1 7 ( H. L. Nichols )

Noe, Jaines Harlan 87 12 FEB 1 1 Nora Whitlow

Noe, Lillie Lee 65 06 AUG 1 6

Nunn, Emmett L. 77 22 OCT 1 6

Nunn, John Crittenden 78 13 AUG 1 3

Ovesen, Eliza Walters 86 23 APR 1 3 August Ovesen

Ovesen, Logan 36 03 SEP 1 1 ( Thomas Ovesen )

Pate, James 53 30 JUL 1 8 Hallie Brandenburg

Pence, Basil 15 JAN 1 7 ( Mrs. W. C. Pence )

Perkins, Radie 87 01 OCT 1 7 Tom Perkins

Peters, Gladys Gwynn 71 02 APR 8 1 ( Rev. W. B. Gwynn )

Phelps, Elmer 07 MAY 1 1

Phelps, John R. 23 JUL 1 6 ( Nellie Phelps )

Philpot, Samuel Henry 49 01 OCT 1 8

Pirtle, John P., Mrs. 66 24 DEC 1 6

Poteet, Daisy E. 74 25 NOV 1 4 Richard W. Poteet

Powell, Christine 39 25 JUN 1 7 Bernard Powell

Poynter, William Lee 71 13 AUG 1 6

Price, Clarence 62 28 MAY 1 7 Anna Thompson

Price, Elisha G. 64 20 AUG 4 5 Mary Katherine Davis

Price, Sarah Thurman 69 18 JUN 1 7 Woodard Price

Pulliam, Sarah C. 87 20 AUG 1 3

Pyles, Vernon W., Sr., Mrs. 64 31 DEC 1 7

Quinn, Jesse R. 88 18 JUN 1 6 Minnie

Reynolds, Albert M. 82 28 MAY 7 5 Maggie

Richards, Charlie 58 25 NOV 1 6

Richards, T. R. 21 MAY 1 1 Dorothy Ballinger

Richards, William Smith 56 03 DEC 1 2 Alta

Riggs, Child Inf. 31 DEC 1 6 ( Calvin Riggs )

Riggs, David M. 61 30 JUL 1 8 Myrtle Logsdon

Riggs, Rose Betty 01 OCT 7 3 Willam Edward Riggs

Riggs, Rose Betty 24 SEP 3 7 William Edward Riggs

Riggs, William Edward 31 01 OCT 7 3 ( J. F. Riggs )

Riggs, William Edward 31 24 SEP 3 7 ( J. F. Riggs )

Riordan, William Goebel 50 10 SEP 5 6

Risen, Andrew J., Rev. 69 16 APR 1 5 Gertie Gaddie

Roark, Herbert 01 OCT 1 6 Ileona Valker

Roberts, Carrie Settle 80 31 DEC 1 2

Rock, Sylvester Brown 75 13 AUG 1 3 Cora Washer

Rohrer, Albert Owen 08 09 JUL 1 3 ( Dr. Albert Rohrer )

Roscoe, Vance 53 15 OCT 1 2

Rose, Jesse 19 FEB 1 7

Rouleau, Alice 82 25 NOV 1 2 Tom Rouleau

Routt, Azariah Shelton 72 19 FEB 1 4

Russ, Zetta Duncan 66 05 MAR 1 2 Orman K. Russ

Russell, Harry 80 19 MAR 1 5 Maude Brown

Salsman, Willard G. 60 12 NOV 1 5

Scott, Charles 12 NOV 1 3

Scott, Lindsey 85 24 DEC 1 4 Lela Howell

Scott, Minnie Shaw 69 15 JAN 1 1 Moss Scott

Shacklette, Warner J., Dr. 88 11 JUN 1 4 Mary Eleanor Bell

Shaw, Genia Miller 91 28 MAY 1 6

Shelton, Benton 65 01 OCT 8 8

Shipp, A. J. 91 24 DEC 1 5

Shipp, Robert 59 19 NOV 1 3 Myrtle McDougal

Shoffner, Benjamin F. 62 17 JUL 1 8 Laura

Simms, Samuel 83 20 AUG 1 5

Simpson, Bertha Hornback 60 21 MAY 1 6 Gobel Simpson

Skaggs, Albert 64 27 AUG 1 6

Skaggs, John Thomas 81 27 AUG 1 4

Slaughter, Sophie Mildred 26 FEB 8 2 Richard H. Slaughter

Sloan, William Howard 48 05 NOV 1 7 ( Mrs. Ruth Lewis )

Smith, Annie 72 15 JAN 1 8 M. C. Smith

Smith, Luther H. 26 MAR 1 3

Snavely, Stephen Carroll 05m 21 MAY 1 1 ( Ray Snavely )

Spalding, Joseph Barth 23 17 SEP 1 1 ( Hugh Spalding )

Sprowls, Lon E. 83 09 APR 1 6 (Thomas & Mary Sprowls

Stearman, Fronia Lewis 81 20 AUG 1 7

Stillwell, Ettie 75 08 JAN 1 6

Stilts, Mandy Ellen 75 15 JAN 1 8 Emmett Stilts

Stinnett, Elizabeth 74 30 APR 1 6

Stinnett, Grover 42 17 JUL 1 2 Opal Milby

Stith, Lillie Doran 08 JAN 1 3 Singleton Stith

Straley, John J. 79 30 JUL 1 3

Stuart, Robert L. 67 26 FEB 8 2

Sutherland, Howard 08 JAN 1 3 Edna Hines

Sutherland, Melissa Long 78 10 DEC 1 6

Swails, John L., Rev. 67 03 SEP 1 2 Marie Washburn

Tabb, Emmett Leo 72 19 NOV 1 2 Willie Tichnor

Taylor, Harold Timothy Inf. 09 APR 1 5 ( Everett Taylor )

Tharp, Ella Bell 81 19 MAR 1 1 H. Kinkade/Jake Tharp

Tharp, Jesse P., Mrs. 68 22 OCT 1 5

Tharp, Jessie P., Mrs. 66 05 NOV 1 2

Thomas, Alvin 08 JAN 1 7

Thomas, Mach 67 01 OCT 1 1 Nellie

Thomas, Stephen 74 29 OCT 1 2 Beulah Lafollette

Thompson, Garrett 67 20 AUG 1 4

Thompson, William Bryan 58 08 OCT 1 5 Laura Mae

Underwood, Alford Thomas 75 21 MAY 1 8 Gertrude

Underwood, Child (son) Inf. 26 MAR 1 4 ( Henry Underwood )

Underwood, George 68 29 JAN 1 1

Underwood, James Stafford 74 26 MAR 1 2 Minnie

Underwood, Mamie Lee 58 30 JUL 1 4 James Underwood

Underwood, Sudie Jane Allen 55 02 JUL 1 5 Roy Underwood

Vance, Guy 69 05 NOV 1 1 Addie Dyer

Vance, Roy, Rev. 59 15 JAN 1 5 Blanche Skaggs

Vance, Thomas A. 71 03 DEC 1 3

Vance, W. C. 37 24 SEP 2 3 Lizzie Lawson

VanMeter, Ollie Belle 87 02 APR 1 2

Vaughn, Dellard Austen 50 11 JUN 1 7 Clara

Vaughn, Lem 80 23 APR 1 2 Nora Gardner

Vittitow, Arthur 69 24 SEP 1 2 Mary Ann Douglas

Wade, Maude Higgason 82 22 OCT 1 8

Walters, Nannie Bell 79 29 JAN 1 8

Ward, Dave 86 08 JAN 1 7

Warder, Wallace 82 30 JUL 1 7

Warren Jesse 72 09 JUL 1 8 Cora

Warren, Ada Skaggs 67 05 NOV 1 8

Warren, Charlie G. 80 12 FEB 8 3 Ella Pierce

Warren, Nellie A. 43 16 APR 1 6 Creed A. Warren

Warren, Verdie 69 07 MAY 1 8 Clyde Warren

Warren, Vester 59 23 APR 1 2 Stella Thompson

Wathen, Dee 62 05 FEB 1 4

Weathers, Bea 24 DEC 1 8

Wilkins, Child Inf. 25 JUN 1 6 ( Harry J. Wilkins )

Williams, Teresa Catherine Inf. 06 AUG 1 4 ( J. B. Williams )

Wilson, Wilma Craddock 23 05 NOV 1 3 Edwin Wilson

Winsette, Frank D. 61 31 DEC 1 6

Wise, R. J. 10 DEC 1 4 Bessie Williams

Woods, Stanley 30 05 NOV 3 1

Wooten, David William 79 05 FEB 1 3 Donna Tucker

Young, Curtis 74 07 MAY 1 2 Aubrey Russell