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Obits
Submitted by Pat W. Ball
1-21-1994: Rockcastle County,
Kentucky News Article, "Mount Vernon Signal", Earl Louis Kirby died. Obit
dated 1-27-1994; Earl Louis Kirby, 76, Sassafras and formerly of Rockcastle
County, died Jan. 21, 1994 at the Hazard Appalachian Regional Medical Center in
Hazard. He was born in Rockcastle County Oct. 11, 1917, the son of Jerry and
Nettie French Kirby, a retired custodian for the Knott County Board of Education
and a member of the Blue Springs Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife,
Hester Kirby, Blanchester, Ohio; two sons, Jerry Kirby and Bill Kirby, both of
Hindman; a daughter, Betty Lou Sandlin, Anco; three brothers, Virgil Kirby,
Indiana, Chester Kirby, Cincinnati, Ohio and Buster Kirby of Mt. Vernon; four
sisters, Lizzie Renner, Vernie Boone and Josie Mink, all of Mt. Vernon and
Nellie Preston of Covington; nine grandchildren and six stepchildren. He was
preceded in death by a son, Alger Bart Kirby. Services were Jan. 24 at Dowell
and Martin Funeral Home with Bro. Zade McClure officiating. Burial was in the
Phelps Cemetery. |