Muhlenberg County Kentucky
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Todd, Delmar
Delmar Todd Is Killed Instantly In Graham Mine
Killed Instantly Tuesday When Huge Bulk of Slate Fell on Him; Services Held Wednesday.
Delmar Todd, 20 years old, Greenville, was killed instantly at noon Tuesday when a huge bulk of slate fell on him in the W.G. Duncan Coal company's pit at Graham. Todd, who had been employed at the mine for the last eight or ten years, was ripping slate from the roof, when the fall struck him. Three other miners near by, who had been helping Todd, were not injured.
The body was removed from the mine and to the residence at Greenville, where it was prepared for burial. Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the Methodist church, with the pastor, the Rev. Roy Short, in charge. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery.
Surviving are the widow and three small children, his mother, Mrs. Leslie Todd; three brothers, Gerald, Robert and L. D. Todd; three sisters, Mesdames Fred Hill and Martin Sallee and Miss Maggie Todd, all of Graham.
- Source: Messenger [Central City, KY], 1 Dec 1932.
Todd, Jennings Bryant
Bryant Todd, 72, Is Buried July 11
Graham - Jennings Bryant Todd, 72, of Madisonville, died in Hopkins County Hospital at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 9. He broke his hip a month ago and had been ill since.
Mr. Todd was born Feb. 1, 1895 in Hopkins County, the son of the late Burnet Todd and Nancy Ann Sanders Todd. He was married to Kathryn Emma Smollen in 1967. He had lived in Madisonville for the past five years. Before retiring he had worked for the W.G. Duncan Coal Co. at Graham and New Braden mine in New Braden, Ill.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Kathryn Todd of Madisonville; four sisters, Miss Doshie Todd of Madisonville, Mrs. Nora Hummel of St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. Audrey Mabrey of Apalachicola, Fla., and Mrs. Martha Popper of Vernon Beach, Fla.; several nieces and nephews.
Services were at 3 p.m. Friday, July 11, in Earlington, with Dr. Harry A. Pullen, Jr. of Madisonville officiating. Burial was in Graham Cemetery.
- Source: Messenger [Central City, KY], 17 July 1969.
Updated April 4, 2024.