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Mobberly, William Clarence

Central City - William Clarence Mobberly, 90, of Central City, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 1991, at Muhlenberg Community Hospital, Greenville. He was born in Hardin County and was a retired engine foreman for Illinois Central Gulf Railroad and a member of First United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Mobberly; two granddaughters, Deborah Bonner and Mary Jane Lala, both of Atlanta; three great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Nell Hall of Evansville and Lillian Robertson of Owensboro.

Services are at 10 a.m. Saturday at Tucker Funeral Home, Central City.

Burial in Fairmount Cemetery, Central City. Visitation after 4:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Monaghan, Mary L.

Monohan, Willey

Central City - Mrs. Willey Monohan, 76, of Route 1, Utica, Ohio, died at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Licking County Memorial Hospital.

Born in Muhlenberg County, Ky., on Nov. 5, 1892, she is survived by her husband, Martin P. Monohan; one son, Martin Jr. of Montpelier, Vt.; five daughters, Mrs. J.W. Noffsinger of Lexington, Mrs. F.B. Whittaker of Shreveport, La., Mrs. Kenneth Snoor of Utica, Ohio, Mrs. F.E. Terry of Houston, Tex., and Mrs. Ronald Walter of Heath, Ohio; 21 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; one brother, Fuqua Vaught; two sisters, Mrs. Estil Shutt of Nashville, Tenn., and Mrs. Sterling Hall of Bradenton, Fla.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Tucker Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. F.B. Whittaker. Burial will be in the Fairmount Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.

Moore, James Odie

Bremen - James Odie Moore, 71, died at 12:40 a.m. Monday in the Hopkins County Hospital following an illness of several weeks.

He was born in Muhlenberg County June 24, 1897, and was a retired coal miner.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Velmar Moore of Bremen; six daughters, Mrs. Gladys Stanley of Evansville, Ind., Mrs. Lois Morehead of Greenville, Mrs. Margie Crick, Mrs. Mary Day, and Mrs. Mildred Crick, all of Bremen, Mrs. Shirley Reeves of Chicago, Ill.; four sons, William Moore and Franklin Moore, both of Madisonville, Robert Moore and James Moore, both of Bremen; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Della Roman of Central City, Mrs. Ethel Walker of Greenville and Mrs. Stella Walker of Bremen; three brothers, John Moore of Central City, Goble Moore of Greenville and Paschal Moore of Chicago, Ill.

Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday from Gary's Funeral Home by the Rev. J.W. Hair. Burial will be in East Union Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Gary's Funeral Home in Greenville.

Moore, Luther

Luther Moore, 76, Is Buried March 2

Graham - Luther Moore, 76-year-old retired Graham coal miner, died at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29 in the Muhlenberg Community Hospital after a short illness. He had worked 35 years for the W. G. Duncan Coal Co. and was born in December 1891 in Muhlenberg.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Greenville with Robert Gardner officiating. Burial was in Corley's Chapel Cemetery.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edith Moore; two step-daughters, Mrs. J. L. Parham and Mrs. Billy Johnston of Greenville Route 3; two step-sons, Buford Johnson of Greenville Route 3 and Loyd Johnson of Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Adcock and Mrs. Tenny Stoltz of Madisonville; five brothers, Major, Paul and Johnnie of Madisonville; Morris of Delphi, Ind. and Bill of Newburg, Ind.

Moore, Orville W.

Moore, Richard C.

Central City - Richard C. (Dick) Moore, 57, of the Nelson community, was fatally injured in an underground coal mine accident Monday. He was an employe at a mine at Cherry Hill near Central City.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore; one brother, John Moore, Route 2, Central City; five sisters, Mrs. Kelly Mayhew and Mrs. Clarence Milligan, both of Route 2, Central City, Mrs. Everett Thomas and Mrs. Gilbert Cessna, both of Evansville, and Mrs. Pascle Bradshaw of Phoenix, Ariz.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Tucker Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Irlan Snyder, pastor of Nelson Creek Baptist Church, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Nephews will serve as pallbearers.

The body is at the Tucker Funeral Home, Central City.

Moore, Rufus Earl

Navy Vet, Rufus Moore, 34, Dies

Chief Petty Officer Rufus Earl Moore, 34, died suddenly at the Naval Air Station, Chinteague, Va., on December 25. Born and reared in Cleaton, he entered the Navy 16 years ago.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Ida Moore of Chinteague; five sisters, Mrs. Earl Bufird, Martwick, Mrs. Edna Hale of Kirkmansville, Mrs. Robert Scruggs of Owensboro, Mrs. Dee McGuyer and Mrs. Nettie Redwood of Los Angeles, Calif., and one brother, J. D. Moore, Louisville.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Tucker Funeral Home in Central City with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery near Central City.

Martwick Man Dies From Poison Alcohol

Chincoteague, Va., Jan. 7 - A spokesman at the Naval Air Station here said Tuesday the Navy is investigating the poison alcohol death of two men stationed at the base.

He identified the victims as two chief petty officers, Rufus Moore, 34, of Martwick, Ky., and Donald E. Nelson, 33 of Spicer, Minn.

Moore died at the base hospital here Christmas Eve and Nelson the next day at a Navy hospital at Portsmouth, Va. He had been released at the hospital here on leave.

The spokesman said four other service men at Chincoteague were treated for alcohol poisoning on Christmas and the day after.

The investigation is seeking to determine where and how the men got the alcohol, a type used in anti-free mixtures.

Moore, Sarah Ann

Mrs. Sarah Moore is taken by death
Funeral services held at Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon; Burial in Fairmount Cemetery.

Mrs. Sarah Ann Moore, widow of M.F. Moore, died at midnight on Friday, December 2, following a short illness of pneumonia.

Mrs. Moore, the daughter of James Stephens and Margaret Jones Stephens, was born in Wales on November 9, 1869. When just a young girl she came to Central City with her parents, her sisters and brothers, and spent the greater part of her life here, her father being connected with the Central Coal and Iron Company.

She married M.F. Moore, a member of a leading family of Muhlenberg County, and to this union two children were born, Jesse Moore, cashier of the First National Bank, Central City, and Lee Moore, auditor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Louisville, and by two grandchildren, Edwin B. Moore and Sarah Louise Moore, Central City.

Mrs. Moore was one of the Central City's best loved women. Kind, gentle, charitable to those in need, a comforter in sickness, sadness and death, and her passing has caused universal grief in her home town.

She was a charter member of the First Presbyterian Church, and next to her family she loved this church best of all. She never wearied in her work for this church; to contribute to its support was her greatest pleasure, and day by day she lived in accordance with its teachings. As her pastor, Rev. John Spraggens, very aptly expressed it, “Mrs. Moore's life was a very good example for all to follow.”

Her funeral was conducted from the First Presbyterian Church at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and this large church could not accommodate the host of her friends who assembled to pay this last tribute of respect to a good woman.

Pallbearers were her nephews: James Rice, John Shegog, Dr. Victor Willis, E.C. Mason, Frank Saulsberg, and Verne Scott. Interment was in Fairmount Cemetery by the side of her husband. The floral offerings were so numerous that both graves were completely covered.

Mrs. Moore is also survived by her sisters, Mrs. Frank Rice, Mrs. Fannie Scott, and Mrs. Avis Shegog, and by her aunt, Miss Mary Jones.

Moorman, Carolyn

Moorman, James N.

James Moorman Dead.

Mr. James N. Moorman, one of the oldest residents of Muhlenberg county, died Thursday night at the home of his son, A.C. Moorman, near South Carrollton at the advanced age of seventy-eight. Mr. Moorman was a member of one of the most prominent families of the county and leaves three children, Mr. A.C. Moorman and Mrs. W.P. Robertson, of near South Carrollton, and Mrs. S.F. Howey, of Central City.

Moorman, Sallie M.

Moppin, Roy

Colored Prisoner Dies in Jail.

Roy Moppin, a colored prisoner in the county jail, died last Thursday night, from an attack of typhoid fever. This is the first death in jail here in many years. The body was buried in the west end cemetery last Saturday.

Moppins, James Ernest

Morgan, James E.

James E. Morgan taken by death

Funeral services for James E. Morgan, 22 years old, were held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the E.J. Anderson Funeral Parlor.

Mr. Morgan died at 10:20 p.m., Tuesday, April 19, at his home here, after being confined since October, 1937.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Tim Tate, his step-father, Mr. Tate; one sister, Mrs. Howard Lile; two brothers, T.I. Morgan and Charles Morgan, all of this city.

Pallbearers were members of the Woodmen of the World. Interment was at Livermore.

Morgan, Susan E.

Superintendent Gardiner, of the Western Kentucky asylum for the insane, has stated that Mrs. T. C. Morgan, a patient from Central City, died at the asylum some time ago of pellagra. Dr. Gardiner said that the disease was fully developed and that he believed it was the first case in the state. Since that time a negro man has shown suspicious symptoms, and is being treated for the disease.

Morgan, Thomas C.

Central City, Ky. - Thomas C. Morgan, 80, died in his home, 119 South Fifth street, at 7 a.m. Tuesday. Mr. Morgan was born at Youngstown, Ohio, April 26, 1866, but had lived in the Central City community for sixty-one years.

Mr. Morgan was a charter member of the First Christian church of Central City, a member of Masonic Lodge No. 673, since 1899, being one of the oldest members of the local lodge.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida Morgan, a step-son, Clarence Kelly, Central City, one brother, Tal G. Morgan, Central City, one sister, Mrs. Annie Lewis, Herrin, Ill., and three grandsons, Billy, Winifred Lee and John Robert Kelly, of Central City.

The funeral was conducted at 1 p.m. today in the First Christian church, with the Rev. O. B. Perkins, pastor, officiating. burial was in the Fairmount cemetery with the Masons in charge of services at the grave.

Morgan, William

Greenville - William Morgan, 63, a former resident here, died in Kennewick, Wash., last Monday in a convalescent home there, it was learned here Friday.

He had lived in Washington the past 15 years.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Mike Wagner of Buffalo, N. Y.; two sons, Edward M. and William A. Morgan, both of Burton, S. C.; four grandchildren; four sisters, Miss Vera Morgan of Greenville, Mrs. O. L. Smith of Bowling Green, Mrs. William D. Campbell of Central City and Mrs. Virginia Martin of Long Beach, Calif., and three brothers, Ray Morgan of Madisonville, Joe Morgan of Greenville and E. Owen Morgan of Hopkinsville.

Funeral will be held at 3 p.m. (CST) Sunday at Gary's Funeral Home here, the Rev. W. S. Bolles officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery here.

The body is at the funeral home.

Morgan, William A.

William Morgan, 27, Dies In Auto Mishap
Central City - Word has been received by Mrs. William D. Campbell of Central City of the death of her nephew, William A. Morgan, 27, of San Francisco, California, formerly of Greenville, who was killed in a three-car accident late Wednesday on the Golden Gate Bridge.

Morgan was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William K. Morgan of Greenville.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Linda Morgan of San Francisco; a brother, Edward Morgan of Beaufort, South Carolina; and a sister, Mrs. Vick Martin of Schula Vista, California.

Funeral services were in San Francisco.

Morris, Alfred

Alfred Morris, 60, Dies in Morehead

Morehead - Funeral services were held Monday, Aug. 16, at Morehead for Alfred Morris, 60, miner, who died at his home here Saturday, Aug. 14. The Rev. Fred Fox officiated and burial was in the Coleman cemetery.

He was born in Muhlenberg County on Jan. 26, 1888 and had been a longtime member of the Woodson Baptist Church. He had been employed at the Pacific Coal Co. for a number of years.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Josephine Morris; two daughters, Mrs. Louise Cobb and Mrs. Pauline Vincent of Central City; one brother, Wood Morris of Central City and three grandchildren.

Morris, David Cicero

D.C. Morris, 90, Dies Monday Night
Greenville - Mr. David Cicero Morris, 90, of Greenville, died Monday at 10:15 p.m. at the Muhlenberg Community Hospital in Greenville.

He was born in Grayson County, Ky., July 28, 1880, and was a retired coal miner.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Della McCoy, of Depoy, Ky., three sons, David Morris, Ligget Morris and Hewlett Morris, all of Greenville; 16 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Tapp of Dawson Springs, Mrs. Willie Brigance of Beaver Dam; one brother, Bob Morris of Rockport, Ky.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Gary Funeral Home in Greenville with the Rev. A.B. Wice officiating assisted by the Rev. Robert Nofsinger. Burial will be in Nebo Cemetery.

Morris, Ecklas

Eck Morris Dies of Heart Attack
Funeral Services Held Wednesday Afternoon at Morehead Church

Eck Morris, 47 years old, died unexpectedly about 12:30 o'clock Monday afternoon while at work on North Second Street. Death was attributed to an heart attack.

Mr. Morris lived on the Central City-Greenville Highway and was well-known here.

Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Morehead church. Burial was in Coleman cemetery.

Morris, Marion Roland

Central City, Ky. - Marion Roland Morris, 78, of Central City died Wednesday at Muhlenberg Community Hospital, Greenville. He was born in Muhlenberg County, was retired and was a member of South Carrollton Baptist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars of Owensboro and Fraternal Order of Eagles of Evansville.

Survivors include his wife, Irene Morris; four sons, Charles A. Morris of Chicago, Eddie Morris of Wyandotte, Mich., Wayne Morris of Owensboro and Donald Morris of Greenville; four daughters, Elizabeth Johnson of Wyandotte and Sarah Moore, Verna Faye Geary and Glenda Wells, all of Central City; 25 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and a brother, James R. Morris of South Carrollton.

Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Tucker Funeral Home, Central City. Burial is Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation after 11 a.m. today.

Morris, Minnie

Central City - Mrs. Minnie Lewis Morris, 89, died at the Muhlenberg Community Hospital at noon Friday after a long illness. She was born July 23, 1880, in Muhlenberg County.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Beulah Lerch of St. Petersburg, Fla., one brother, Homer Metzker of Gallion, Ohio.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Tucker funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. W. R. Cook, pastor of First Baptist Church, with burial in East Union Cemetery.

The body is at the funeral home in Central City.

Morris, Samuel F.

Samuel F. Morris, 57, dropped dead about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. He was on the way from Rosewood to his home, in the Rosewood community. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at the church at Mercer, and burial was in the Coleman cemetery, in the Morehead community. His wife and several children survive.

Morris, Wilbur Raymond

Central City - Wilbur Raymond Morris, 61, owner and operator of the Farmers' Feed Store here, died Friday morning in Hopkins County Hospital, Madisonville.

He was born in Muhlenberg County on Sept. 21, 1908, and was a member of the Temple Baptist Church.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Eileen Morris; a daughter, Mrs. Linda Gay; two grandsons, LaMar and Gerald Morris; a granddaughter, Martha Eileen Gay; two sisters, Mrs. Nell Millard and Mrs. Nettie Vincent, and a brother, Dennie Morris, all of Central City.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Tucker Funeral Home conducted by the Rev. Roy Geary, assisted by the Rev. E.W. Greenwalt. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. today.

Updated September 10, 2024.

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