Adair County Obituaries & Death Certificates
Certificate # 08031
Lee Wheat, female, white, single
Date & place of birth: 12 February 1929, KY.
Date & place of death: 12 February 1929, White Oak voting pct., Adair
Co. KY.
Age: "Stillbirth."
Father's name & birth place: Clarence E. Wheat, KY.
Mother's maiden name & birth place: Golda M. Sullivan, KY.
Informant: Clarence E. Wheat, Sano [Adair Co.], KY.
Cause of death: "Premature birth caused by malformation of foetus."
Attending physician: J.B. Tarter, Russell Springs, KY.
Date & place of burial: "At home", 13 February 1929.
Undertaker: "Friends", Sano, KY.
Certificate # 05784
unnamed Womack, female, white, single.
Date & place of birth: 20 March 1915, Adair Co. KY.
Date & place of death: 20 March 1915, White Oak No. 9 voting pct., Adair
Co. KY.
Age: "Still born."
Father's name & birth place: Lawrence Womack, Adair Co. KY.
Mother's maiden name & birth place: Mary Calhoun, Adair Co. KY.
Informant: Lawrence Calhoun, Russell Springs KY.
Cause of death: "Distoka." [Should be dystocia (difficult labor).]
Attending physician: Jno. D. Combest, Russell Springs KY.
Date & place of burial: 21 Mach 1915, Family G-yard.
Undertaker: "Had none."
Certificate # 07471
Mary Womack, female, white, widow.
Date & place of birth: 18 February 1875, KY.
Usual residence: White Oak pct., rural Adair Co. KY.
Date & place of death: 14 April 1947, rural Adair Co. KY.
Age: 72 years, one month, 26 days.
Occupation: Housewife.
Name & age of spouse: {blank]
Father's name & birth place: Caleb Rooks, KY.
Mother's maiden name & birth place: Barbara James, KY.
Informant: Garfield Rooks, Sano [Adair Co.] KY.
Cause of death: Immediate cause: "Shock", Due to: "Hemorrhage
from
bowel, probably bleeding peptic ulcer."
Attending physician: W.B. Miller, Russell Springs KY.
Date & place of burial: [appears to be] 15 April 1947, Freedom.
Undertaker: M.L. Grissom, Columbia KY.
Certificate #
14609
Bert
Epperson, male, white
married.
Date & place
of birth: 7 March 1876, KY.
Date & place
of death: 23 July 1927 at 9 a.m., Columbia KY.
Age: 51 years,
four months, 16 days.
Occupation:
"Clerical position with bank."
Father's name
& birth place: Jeff Epperson, KY.
Mother's maiden
name & birth place: Elizabeth Morris, KY.
Informant:
Stanley Epperson, Columbia KY.
Cause of death:
"Chronic ulcer of stomach."
Attending
physician: J.C. Gose, Columbia KY.
Date & place
of burial: Columbia KY, 24 July 1927.
Undertaker:
Grissom & Patterson, Columbia KY.
Certificate #
25966
Elizabeth
Epperson, female,
white, widowed.
Date & place
of birth: 20 May 1913, Adair Co. KY.
Date & place
of death: 8 October 1913 at 5p.m., Glensfork KY.
Age: 87 years,
four months, 18 days.
Occupation:
"None."
Father's name
& birth place: Samuel Morris, VA.
Mother's maiden
name & birth place: Sallie Hurt [or Hunt], VA.
Informant: Bert
Epperson, Montpelier [Adair Co.] KY.
Cause of death:
Senility.
Attending
physician: S.A. Taylor, Montpelier KY.
Date & place
of burial: 9 October 1913, Pleasant Hill Church.
Undertaker: J.F.
Triplett, Columbia KY.
Certificate #
28796
Eliza
Emerine Epperson,
female, white, widower.
Date & place
of birth: 27 August 1850, White Oak, Adair Co.
Date & place
of death: 5 August 1939, White Oak (Ozark voting pct. # 2), Adair Co. KY.
Age: 88 years, 11
months, nine days.
Occupation:
Housewife.
Name of spouse:
W.F. Epperson.
Father's name
& birth place: Thomas P. Jefferies, Adair Co.
Mother's maiden
name & birth place: Mary A. Nelson, Adair Co.
Informant: George
Epperson, White Oak KY.
Cause of death:
Apoplexy.
Attending
physician: J.B. Tarter, Russell Springs {Russell Co.] KY.
Date & place
of burial: 6 August 1939, Patterson Cem.
Undertaker:
Rippetoe & [illegible name], Russell Springs KY [Edwin Rippetoe opened the
first funeral home in Russell Springs in April 1939.]
Certificate #
08012
Francis
Milan Epperson, female,
colored, married
Date & place
of birth: [birth date not given], Adair Co. KY
Usual residence:
Rural Columbia, Adair Co. KY.
Date & place
of death: 25 April 1942 at 8:30 p.m., Rural Columbia, Adair Co. KY.
Age: 58 years,
[months and days left blank].
Occupation: House
work.
Name & age of
spouse: George Epperson, 67.
Father's name
& birth place: Jim Milan, Cumberland Co. KY.
Mother's maiden
name & birth place: Mary Smith Milan, Hardin Co. KY.
Informant: [name
is indecipherable], Columbia KY.
Cause of death:
"Cirrhosis of liver" due to: Hypertensive cardio‑vascular
disease."
Attending
physician: W. Todd Jeffries, Columbia KY.
Date & place
of burial: 2_ [digit smudged] April 1942, "City Col Cemetery",
Columbia KY.
Undertaker:
Stotts and Cheatham, Columbia KY.
Certificate #
12694
George
Epperson(1),
male, white, single.
Date & place
of birth: 22 September 1872, KY.
Usual residence:
Ozark, rural Adair Co. KY.
Date & place
of death: 17 June 1942 at 1 p.m., Columbia KY.
Age: 69 years,
eight months, 25 days.
Occupation:
Farmer.
Father's name
& birth place: William F. Epperson, KY.
Mother's maiden
name & birth place: Emerine Jeffries, KY.
Informant: Paul
Epperson, Columbia KY.
Cause of death:
Heart attack.
Attending
physician: None; the certificate was /s/ "Arlie Sparks,
Coroner", Columbia KY.
Date & place
of burial: 18 June 1942, Pleasant Hill [church].
Undertaker: M.L.
Grissom, Columbia KY.
Certificate #
17234
George
Epperson, male,
colored, widowed.
Date & place
of birth: 30 September 1873, KY.
Usual residence:
Columbia, Adair Co. KY.
Date & place
of death: 1 September 1951, Columbia, Adair Co. KY.
Age: 77 years,
[months and days left blank]
Occupation: [left
blank]
Father's name
& birth place: Brown Epperson, birthplace not required on this form.
Mother's maiden
name & birth place: Nannie Jones, birthplace not required on this form.
Informant: Joe S.
Epperson.
Cause of death:
Heart attack.
Attending
physician: None; the certificate was /s/ "Arl__ Sparks,
Coroner", Columbia, Adair Co. KY.
Date & place
of burial: [date is illegible] September 1951, Columbia KY.
Undertaker:
Grissom Funeral Home, Columbia KY.
Certificate #
17957
Samuel
A. Epperson, male,
white, married.
Date & place
of birth: 24 June 1854, Adair Co. KY.
Date & place
of death: 22 July 1916, White Oal voting pct., Adair Co. KY.
Age: 62 years,
[zero] months, 29 days.
Occupation:
Farmer.
Father's name
& birth place: William Epperson, Adair Co. KY.
Mother's maiden
name & birth place: Charlottie Bradshaw, Adair Co. KY.
Informant: Will
Holliday, Ozark [Adair Co.] KY.
Cause of death:
"The cause of death I attribute to appoplexy."
Attending
physician: S.A. Taylor, Montpelier KY.
Date & place
of burial: 23 July 1916, Epperson G‑Yard.
Undertaker: J.F.
Triplett, Columbia KY.
Certificate #
03636
Silas
Epperson, male,
["color or race" is designated with a "C"], widowed.
Date & place
of birth: 5 August 1850, KY.
Usual residence:
Eunice, rural Adair Co. KY.
Date & place
of death: 29 January 1941 at 9 p.m., rural Adair Co.
Age: 90 years,
five months, 24 days.
Occupation:
[Blank]
Name & age of
spouse: [blank].
Father's name
& birth place: Silas Epperson, Virginia.
Mother's maiden
name & birth place: [name] "not known", birthplace left blank.
Informant: Bell
Drye, Eunice.
Cause of death:
Rheumatic heart disease mitral stenosis.
Attending
physician: N. Allen Mercer, Columbia.
Date & place
of burial: 30 Janaury 1941, Tabernacle.
Undertaker: M.L.
Grissom, Columbia KY.
Certificate #
07526
Thomas
Jefferson Epperson,
male, white, widowed.
Date & place
of birth: 10 June 1853, KY.
Date & place
of death: 9 April 1927 at 2 a.m., Columbia, Adair Co. KY.
Age: 73 years,
nine months, 29 days.
Occupation:
Farmer
Father's name
& birth place: John Epperson, KY.
Mother's maiden
name & birth place: Elizabeth Morris, KY.
Informant: Mrs.
Lula Epperson, [address not given].
Cause of death:
Cerebro‑spinal sclerosis; about 15 year's duration.
Attending
physician: W.J. Flowers, Columbia KY.
Date & place
of burial: 10 April 1927, Pleasant Hill.
Undertaker:
Grissom & Patterson, Columbia KY.
Certificate # 09606
unnamed
male Epperson, male, "col."
Date & place of
birth: "Still born", Adair Co. KY.
Date & place of
death: 8 April 1916, S. Columbia voting pct., Adair Co. KY.
Age: [left blank]
Father's name &
birth place: Geo. Epperson, Adair Co. KY.
Mother's maiden
name & birth place: [appears to be] Jinnie Kate Johnston, Adair Co. KY.
Informant: Green
John Johnston, Columbia KY.
Cause of death:
"Still born".
Attending
physician: none; certificate was /s/ Ann Davis, midwife.
Date & place of
burial: 9 April 1916, "Col. Cemty."
Undertaker: J.F.
[surname illegible], [address not given].
Amanda Antle, female, white, married.
Date & place of birth: 11 October 1869, KY.
Usual residence: Columbia, Adair Co. KY.
Date & place of death: 11 March 1940, Columbia, Adair Co. KY.
Age: 70 years, five months, [days left blank]
Occupation: Housewife.
Name & age of spouse: U.L Antle, 68.
Father's name & birth place: George A. Aarons, KY.
Mother's maiden name & birth place: Mary Collins, KY.
Informant: U.L. Antle, Columbia KY.
Cause of death: Pericarditis following pneumonia.
Attending physician: N. Allen Mercer, Columbia KY.
Date & place of burial: 13 March 1940, Columbia KY.
Undertaker: M.L. Grissom, Columbia KY.
Certificate # 15247
G.W. Antle, male, white, widowed.
Date & place of birth: 29 December 1837, KY.
Date & place of death: 8 February 1919, Glensfork, Adair Co. KY.
Age: 81 years, two months, nine days.
Occupation: Farmer.
Father's name & birth place: Henry Antle.
Mother's maiden name & birth place: "Unknown."
Informant: W.S. [or W.L.] Antle, Crocus KY.
Cause of death: Old age.
Attending physician: S.A. Taylor, Montpelier KY.
Date & place of burial: 9 February 1919, Ragin Cem. [located at the
Adair-Russell Co. line on present-day Hwy. 55.]
Undertaker: C.A. Walker, Glensfork KY.
Other: George W. Antle was the youngest child of Henry Antle "Jr." and
his third wife, Letitia "Lettie" Moore.
Certificate # 17614
Walter Scott Antle, male, white,
married.
Date & place of birth: 14 October 1877, Glensfork KY.
Usual residence: Glensfork, Adair Co. KY.
Date & place of death: 29 August 1949, Clinic Hospital (duration of
stay: nine days), Glasgow, Barren Co. KY.
Age: 77 years, [months and days left blank]
Occupation: Farmer.
Father's name & birth place: George Antle, birthplace not required on
this form.
Mother's maiden name & birth place: Florence Melson, birthplace not
required on this form.
Informant: Forest Antle.
Cause of death: "Cerebral Hemorrhage" due to: :Cerebral
arteriosclerosis"; other significant conditions: "Uremia."
Attending physician: Russell Starr, Glasgow KY.
Date & place of burial: 30 August 1949, "Family Cem."
Undertaker: Stotts & Phelps, Columbia KY.