MANSFIELD NEWS-JOURNAL (Mansfield, Ohio) Saturday, December 30, 1961 Ephriam A. Keaton, 76, of 533 North Mulberry St., died in Madison Hospital this morning following an extended illness. Born in Olive Hill, Ky., March 3, 1885, he had lived in Mansfield for the past 15 years. He was a retired employee of the Ohio Brass Co. and was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 629, Olive Hill. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Nervie Smith Keaton, four sons, Herbert Keaton, Kermit Keaton, and Lloyd Keaton, all of Mansfield, and Torsie Keaton, of Bellville; four daughters, Mrs. Vinson Rose, of Globe, Ky., Mrs. Lillian Webb, of Soldier, Ky., Mrs. Henry Burchett, of Mansfield, and Mrs. Paul Dughman, Of Bellville; two step-daughters, Mrs. Cecil Nollen of Mansfield and Mrs. Frankie Seagraves, of Flemingsburg, Ky.; 31 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements in charge of J. H. Finefrock and Sons are incomplete.
Submitted by David Tucker