Adair County Obituaries & Death Certificates
A Tribute to Susan C. Dohoney - 1903
The "Adair County News", January 13, 1903, page three.
Dateline Chicago -- Sitting here at the window of my home gazing out
over the snow-covered earth, midway into the murky January day: my
thoughts dwell upon the life and character of our esteemed kinswoman,
Mrs. Susan C. Dohoney, the widow of Thomas Rhodes Dohoney, both of whom
were once useful and highly respected citizens of Adair Co. Even while I
write a train bears the body of the widow southward to be laid to rest
beside her husband in the old home town, Columbia, in their beloved
native state of Kentucky. During the last six weeks of her life I was
with her, and heard her talk much of her past life, -- the happy, easy
days in Columbia; the wider and more strenuous social life in
Louisville, Frankfort, and other cities in Kentucky. The the business
life she had in this rushing city of Chicago during these later years...
She spoke of the beautiful day, as we looked out at the sunshine on New
Year's Day. Then on Jan. 2nd at 3:10 o'clock in the afternoon, she
gradually and peacefully breathed her last. On next Wednesday, Jan. 7th,
old Adair will receive to her bosom another wandering daughter, come
home to sleep the last sleep.
Respectfully, Kate Dohoney.
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Notes: Kate Dohoney, the author of this tribute, was the wife of Thomas
Milton Dohoney, the only child of Thomas R. and Susan C. Dohoney to live
to adulthood. Susan was born in Adair Co. c. 1827, the daughter of
Milton P. Wheat and Rebecca Miller. Her husband, Thomas R. Dohoney, died
c. 1862.
Barren County (KY) Progress, 22 Jan 1976.
Name: Edwin Sneed
Residence: Breeding KY
Died: Saturday, 17 Jan 1976, Cumberland County Hospital, heart attack a few days
earlier, age 56.
Survivors:
Wife: Gladys Sneed
Daughters: Mrs Marie Brown of IL and Mrs. Velma Walls of Columbia
Sons: J T of Louisville, Lester of IL, Charles of Breeding and Titus whose
address was not learned
Step-daughter: Mrs. Mary Helen Jessie of Columbia KY
Several grandchildren.
Services: Monday, Breeding Funeral Home by Rev. Green, burial Chestnut Grove
Cemetery.
Barren County (KY) Progress, no dateline included.
Name: Edgar Reece
Residence: Breeding Ky
Died: 11 Apr 1977, Adair Co Hospital, age 93.
Survivors:
Daughters: Mrs Lennie Janes of Chicago IL and Mrs Ruth Melf who lived with him
Sons: Nyle of Columbia and Gyle of Chicago
Four grandchildren, several great-grandchilden
Services: 13 Apr 1977 Chestnut Grove Christian Church of which he was an elder
by Rev. Paul Reece and Rev. Raymond Martin, burial church cemetery.
BAILEY FAMILY OBITUARIES
Submitted
By: Sharon Bell: sharonkbell@earthlink.net
MAMYE TURNER
BAILEY -
OBITUARY ABSTRACT
Adair News, 1/22/1929
She died Wednesday night, 1/16/1929 from "flu"; aged 23 years;
daughter of Ed Turner;
Survivors: Husband, infant of 2 weeks, another child, Father, Mother,
several brothers and sisters.
Member of the Nazarene Church. Funeral service was Friday at 10 o' clock.
Buried Columbia Cemetery.
MARTHA ANN DUNN BAILEY -
OBITUARY ABSTRACT
Adair County, Newspaper
Mrs. Martha Ann Bailey, 66, died April 8, 1943. Parents: Mr. & Mrs.
Joe Dunn
Sons: Kimmons, Willis, Owen Bailey; 8 step children; Sallie Kelsey,
Hattie Norris; Emma Vest,
Lou Brown, Effie Willis;
Brothers: Will, Dave, Ben, John Dunn, all of Tenn. Buried City cemetery
NOLA
RODGERS BAILEY -
OBITUARY ABSTRACT
Adair County, Newspaper
She died February 22, 1950 at the hospital in Louisville. She was 54
years old and the daughter of the late Joe Lee and
Belle Booker Rodgers. Survivors are: husband Ben Bailey, Garlin; sons
Willard, Elzy, Russell, Wilmer Lee and Delbert, Garlin;
daughters, Mrs. Edna Pendelton, Louisville;
Mrs. Lucille Lain, Dallas, Tx; Misses Louise and Judy Bailey, Garlin;
brother Roy Rodgers, Illinois. Interment in Beulah Chapel Cemetery
JAMES BAILEY -
OBITUARY ABSTRACT
Adair County, Newspaper
He died August 10, 1954 at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Robert Bell.
He was the son of the late Elzy & Laura Sherrell Bailey
and was 69 years old. Survivors are: brothers,
Dick, Columbia; Ben, Garlin;
Jack, Fairplay; Bud, Campbellsville;
sisters, Mrs. Walter Adamson, Edinburg, Ind; Mrs. Robert Bell and Mrs.
Fannie Johnson, Columbia; Mrs.
Mitchell Patrick,
Louisville; Mrs. Ben Osborn and Mrs. Keen Crouch,
Campbellsville. Interment in Bailey Cemetery, near White Oak.
ROBERT JEFFERSON BAILEY
Adair Newspaper, Sept. 22, 1954
Robert Jefferson Bailey, 64, prominent Adair County farmer and educator,
died on Friday at his home in Garlin after having
been ill following a heart attack about a month ago. Son of the late
Sid and Mollie Bailey of Adair County, he was a member
of
Clear Springs Methodist Church and later transferred to become a charter
member of New Concord Methodist Church.
He had served for a number of years as an instructor in various schools
of the Adair County system. He joined the Masonic
Blue Lodge and served in all of its stations and was also a member of the
Royal Arch and Eastern Star. At the time of his death
he was serving his local church as a trustee, steward, treasurer, and instructor of
the Adult Sunday School Class. Besides his
wife, Mrs. Minnie Richards Bailey, he is suvived by the following
brothers and sisters: Mrs. S. H. Murrell, St. Joseph, Ill; Mrs. Ivan
Cabbell and Mrs. Bill Overstreet of Columbia; Buford Bailey, Columbia;
and Elbert Bailey of Garlin. He is also survived by a niece,
Janet Cabbell of Columbia, and two nephews, Orville Bailey of Garlin and
Darrell Overstreet of Columbia. Funeral services were
conducted on Sunday at 1:30 p. m. at New Concord Methodist Church by the
Rev. V. W. Chandler, assisted by the Rev. S. R. Gilliam.
Interment was in City Cemetery, with Masonic rites led by Judge P. P.
Dunbar. Funeral arrangements were handled by
Grissom
& Callison Funeral Home.
ORRIS
G. BAILEY - OBITUARY ABSTRACT
Adair County, Newspaper
He
died September 28, 1961 in Russell Springs, Ky. He had been the pastor of the
Green River Separate Baptist Church
for the last 25 years. Survivors are: wife Ada Bailey; daughters Judy
Bailey and Lorene Brown; parents Mr. & Mrs, Luther
Bailey. Interment in Free Union Baptist Church Cemetery
BUFORD BAILEY OBITUARY
Adair
Newspaper, 7/1962
BUFORD BAILEY SUCCUMBS AT HIS HOME ON MONDAY
Buford T. Bailey of Sano Route, Columbia, died at the age of 65 at
his home on Monday, July 16. He was the son of the late
Robert Sid and Mary Ellen Conover Bailey of Adair County and a member of
Hood Masonic Lodge No. 839.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ruth Bailey, and three sisters, Mrs. Sara
Overstreet and Mrs. Lula Cabell, Columbia, and
Mrs. Nannie Murrell, St. Joseph, Ill. The Reverends Henry Popplewell and
Otis Wolford conducted the funeral services,
Wednesday, July 18, at the Freedom Baptist Church. Interment with Masonic
rites was in the Freedom Cemetery with
funeral arrangements by Stotts & Phelps Funeral Home.
JACK AUSTIN BAILEY
Adair County,
Newspaper, 3/1966
Jack Austin Bailey of Fairplay died after an illness of several months on
Thursday, March 31, at his home. The son of the late
Elzie and Laura Sherrell Bailey of Adair County, he was 79 years old.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Avin Bailey; two sons Parker
and Jackie, both of Columbia; four daughters,
Mrs. Laura Hadley and Mrs. Inez Burbridge, Fairplay; Mrs. Louis Garrett,
Breeding
and Mrs. Vivian Gadbury, Elkhorn; two brothers, Dick and Ben, both of
Columbia; five sisters, Mrs. Ruth Adamson, Garlin, Mrs.
Blanche Bell and Mrs. Betty Patrick, Louisville,
Mrs. Minnie Ashburn, Campbellsville, and Mrs. Fannie Johnson, New Albany,
Indiana.
Dr. A. H. Phillips conducted the funeral services on Saturday, April 2,
at Stotts & Phelps Funeral Home. Interment was in McClister
cemetery. Pall bearers were Russell Crouch, Junior Adamson, Russell
Bailey, Sanford Bailey, Bobby Bell and Gerry Burbridge.
NONA
ANN BAILEY
Adair County, Newspaper, 6/1966
Mrs. Nona Ann Bailey died on Tuesday, June 28, in a Campbellsville
resthome where she had been a patient for three years. Her husband,
William E. "Bud" Bailey, preceded her in death in 1956. She was
74 years old and the daughter of the late Margaret Belle Harmon and
Lemuel Jackson Roy of Adair County. Surviving are 8 children, Mrs. Jewell
Stults and Mrs. Frances Close, Campbellsville, Mrs. Charles
White, Route 6, Jack Bailey, Louisville, Mrs. Ocilla Hensley, Manchester,
Carl and Elba Bailey, Duarte, California, and
Orbie Bailey, Dayton,
Ohio; five sisters, Mrs. J.
W. Tucker and Mrs. Maggie Rooks, Columbia, Mrs. Bertha Garrison, Kokomo, Ind,
Mrs. Mary Combest,
Bog Rapids, Mich, and Mrs.
Maude Johennson, Paxton, Ill, 20 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren and two
half-sisters, Mrs. Myrtie
Lee, Taylor County, and Mrs.
Betty Bryant, Somerset. Funeral services were held on Friday, July 1, at Lyon
Funeral Home chapel in
Campbellsville
by the Reverend Louis Lightfoot. (
Buriel in Roley cemetery )
KIMMONS BAILEY
Adair County, Newspaper, 8/1967
Kimmons Bailey, a city employee for 20 to 25 years, died at the hospital
here on Wednesday, August 2. The son of the late Willis &
Elizabeth Dunn Bailey, he was 66 and retired.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie E. Bailey; two sons, James, Columbia,
and Kimmons,
Jr., Chicago; one daughter, Mrs.
Horace Nelms, Ft. Knox; three brothers, J.
W., Edmonton, Owen, Columbia, and
Tom, Morehead;
two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Norris, Chicago, and Mrs. Sallie Kelsay,
Columbia; 9 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
The Reverend Lawrence Adama conducted the funeral services on Saturday,
August 5, at Grissom-Maupin & Heskamp Funeral Home.
Interment was in Columbia City cemetery. Pall-bearers were Ed Rexroat,
Linzie Dowell, Ernest Shirley, D. L. Jessie, Joe England,
and Albert Ballou.
BENJAMIN BAILEY
- OBITUARY ABSTRACT
Adair County, Newspaper
He died February 15, 1969 in Adair County, Kentucky. He is survived by
four daughters: Edna Pendelton, Judy Bratcher, Louise Schreck,
Lucille King ; three sons: Pete, Delbert, Russell; one brother: Dick
Bailey; five sisters, Fannie
Johnson, Ruth Adamson, Blanche Bell ,
Betty Finn, Minnie Osborn. 17 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild.
BERTHA HOVIOUS BAILEY
- OBITUARY ABSTRACT
Adair County, Newspaper
She died January 21, 1975 in Adair County, Kentucky; daughter of the late
A. & Sara Stapleton Hovious; widow of Iva B. Bailey;
Survivors are: three sons: William H., Charles R.,
Marshall; five daughters: Betty Lou
Farmer, Dorothy Beard, Christine Mann,
Mary Lee Callahan, Wilma Jean McIntrye; several brothers & sisters;
37 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren.
Interment in Roley Cemetery
WILLIAM TIM BAILEY
- OBITUARY ABSTRACT
Adair
County, Newspaper
He died May 4, 1975 at the hospital in Adair. He was 83 years old and
lived at 805 Wright Drive, Columbia.
He was the son of the late Charles H. & Mattie Conover Bailey.
Survivors are: one daughter, Mrs.
Zilpha Baker, Mt. Victory;
two sisters: Mrs. Lou Ann Grahl and Laura Bailey, both of Columbia; 1
grandson. Interment in the Freedom Church cemetery
AVIN ADAMSON BAILEY
- OBITUARY ABSTRACT
Adair County, Newspaper
She died September 30, 1978 at the hospital in Columbia at age 70. She
was the daughter of the late Dave Henry and Lou Ella Cravens
Adamson and the widow of the late Jack A. Bailey, who died March 31,
1966. Survivers are: two sons: Parker, Columbia and Jackie,
Fairplay; four daughters: Mrs. Laura Hadley and Mrs. Inez Burbridge,
Fairplay; Mrs. Louis Garrett, Breeding; Mrs. Vivian Gadbury,
Knifely; three brothers: Water Adamson, Columbia; Waldon and Vernon
Adamson, WY; 11 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren.
Interment in McClister Cemetery.
ESTELLE
YOUNG BAILEY-
OBITUARY ABSTRACT
Adair County, Newspaper
Mrs. Estelle Bailey, 68, died January 8, 1980. She was the daughter of
the late James & Mattie Burbridge Young. The widow of Granville
Bailey, who died Feb. 21, 1972. Survivors: three daughters: Kathreen
Branham, Calif; Doris Burton, Columbia; Elvis Stinson, Ill; two sons:
Sanford Bailey, Greensberg; Bradford Bailey, Columbia; three brothers:
James, Robert, and Azro Young; two sisters: Mrs. Ellus Scott,
Mrs. Elary Reeves; 10 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren. Interment in
the Haven Hill cemetery.
SARA
ELLEN BAILEY OVERSTREET
Adair Newspaper, 7/9/1981
Mrs. Sara Ellen Overstreet, age 75, of Columbia, Kentucky, passed away
Thursday, July 9, 1981, at 8:35 at Summit Manor
Nursing Home, Columbia, Kentucky, after several weeks illness. She was
the daughter of the late Sidney and Mollie Conover Bailey
of
Adair County, Kentucky. She is survived by her husband, Willie Overstreet of
Columbia, Kentucky; one son, Darrell Overstreet of
Columbia.
Also one granddaughter, Tobie; one sister, Mrs. Nannie Murrell of St. Joseph,
Illinois. Mrs. Overstreet was a member of the
Columbia
Baptist Church. Funeral services are Friday, July 10, at 2 p. m. at
Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home with Dr. Michael
Watts
officiating. Interment is in the Haven Hill
Cemetery, Columbia. Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home is in charge of
funeral
arrangements.
Pallbearers are: Bobby Beard, Bobby Willis, Bobby Rice, Bill McClendon, Carl
Arnold and Marshall Overstreet.
H. J. BAILEY -
ABSTRACT
Adair County, Newspaper
H. J. Bailey, 83 years, died February 13, 1990. He was the son of the
late Martin V. and Loretta Shearer Bailey. Survivors are:
wife Glydus Case Bailey; two daughters: Ada Abbett, and Irene Harmon;
four sons: H. J., Howard, Bill, and Danny Bailey;
two brothers: Elery & Dewey Bailey; 12 grandchildren; 1
stepgranddaughter; 1 great grandson; 3 step great granddaughters.
Interment in the Haven Hill Cemetery
MILDRED F.
POWELL BAILEY
OBITUARY ABSTRACT
Adair County, Newspaper
She was born about 1931and
died January 10, 1997 in Adair County, Kentucky.
She is survived by her husband Henry Parker Bailey.
Burial: Haven Hill Cemetery
JACK
BAILEY - OBITUARY ABSTRACT
Adair
County, Newspaper
He died August 13, 1998 in
Adair County, Kentucky, son of the late Jack & Avin Adamson Bailey
Survivors are: one daughter, LaDon Hurt; one stepson
Lance Bean; one brother, Parker
Bailey; four sisters:
Laura Ellen Hadley, Inez Burbridge, Lois Garrett, Vivian Gadbury.
Interment in McClister Cemetery.
JAMES
M. BAILEY - ABSTRACT
Adair County, Newspaper
James M. Bailey, 60, died November 3, 2000. He was the son of the late
Jim & Caroline Smith Bailey of Russell Co, Ky.
Survivors are: wife Marcine Petty Bailey; son & daughter
in law, Ricky & Wanda Bailey; two brotherss, Danny & Jerry
Bailey;
two sisters: Carrie Blair, and Sue Blair; two grandsons,
Eric & Jonathan Bailey; one stepgranddaughter Amber Sisler.
Interment in the Watson cemetery