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Kentucky GenWeb projectGeorge W. James George W. James, 75 of Grahn, died Monday in King's Daughter's Hospital. Mr. James was born Oct. 4, 1898, in Carter County, a son of the late John and Mary Salyers James. He was retired from the Louisville Firebrick Co. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida Gilliam James; three sons, George Jr. James and William E. and John James, all of Mansfield, O.; five daughters, Mrs. Gladys Rogers of Dayton, O.; Mrs. Bernice Conn of Mansfield, Mrs. Pauline Carroll and Mrs. Faye Carroll, both of Olive Hill, and Mrs. Hazel McGlone of Grahn; 23 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Oak Grove Church of Christ by the Rev. Tom James. Burial will be in the Phillips Cemetary. The body has been taken from the Oney funeral Home in Olive Hill to the residence, where friends may call after 5 p.m. today. Pallbearers will be Charlie Rogers, Clinton McGlone, Ellwood Carroll, Ronnie Bureheth, Timmy Fultz, and George B. Blevins. (A tribute published in the pages of Ashland Daily Independent, May 21, 1974) I would like to note that my grandfather's viewing was at his home, this was the only viewing I ever remember being at a private home, and my mom made the comment about all the kids "sitting up" through the night, which as a child, I thought was kinda freaky! The kids also walked from the church to the cemetary behind the hearse, and I don't ever remember that happening again, after my grandfather's funeral.
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