JAMES JACK BAYES
Last Rites for J.J. Bayes
Prominent Farmer of Pigeon Succumbs Sunday
James Jack Bayes, prominent farm of the Pigeon section died at the
age of 81 years on Sunday, his death occurring at a local hospital
after a short illness.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the home with Elders
Scott Castle, Lonza Reed and John Collins, his family of ten
children all being present.
Mr. Bayes, the owner of three farms, was actively engaged in their
management until the illness causing his death. He put in his own
tobacco crop this season.
Surviving are his wife, Katherine Fairchild Bayes, and children:
Mrs. Sina Fairchild, Mrs. Challie Long, Charlie Bayes, all of Oil
Springs, Mark Bayes, Win; John Bayes, Riceville, Mrs. Raleigh
Conley and Dord Bayes, Mt. Sterling, Ohio, Printis Bayes, Dayton,
Ohio, Moody Bayes, Ashland and Mrs. Oscar Salyers, Flat Gap.
Also surviving are forty-two grandchildren and sixteen great
grandchildren, a brother, Frank Bayes, Mine Fork and two sisters
Mrs. Alice Lemaster, Oil Springs, and Lou Bayes, Hillsboro, Ohio.
Funeral directions were in charge of the Paintsville Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday, June 22, 1944
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NOTE: James Jack Bayes was the
son of Charles J. & Mahala (George) Bayes
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