TALITHA KATHERINE BAYES
The undertaking department of the Paintsville Furniture Co. reports
the deaths of two well known mother of the county.
Mrs. Talitha Katherine Bayes, Oil Springs, and Mrs. Mary Penix of
Boons Camp, both of whom have been life-long residents of their
communities and leave a host of relatives and friends to mourn
their passing.
Mrs. Bayes succumbed November 10 at her home on Hargus Creek in the
Oil Springs section.
She was 78 years of age and had been critically ill five weeks.
Her husband J. J. Bayes, a prominent farmer of that neighborhood
preceded her in death a few months ago.
Surviving are the following children: Moody, John Charles and Mark
Bayes, Mrs. Callie Long and Mrs. James Fairchild, all of Oil
Springs, Mrs. Oscar Salyer, Flat Gap, Dard Bayes and Mrs. Rolla
Conley of Mt. Sterling, Ohio, and Prentiss Bayes of Dayton, O.
Also surviving is a brother Dick Fairchild of Indiana.
Mrs. Bayes was a member of the United Baptist Church, and funeral
services, held November 12, were in charge of Elders Lonza Reed and
Scott Castle.
Death called Mrs. Mary Penix, 79, on Friday, November 17, at her
home at Boons Camp. She had been confined to her home the past year
because of infirmities but until that time had taken an active part
in her community life being always ready to assist her neighbors in
time of trouble. She was the daughter of the late John Mollette,
Boons Camp, and was married to Richard Penix, who died several
years ago. Their children are Mrs. Ernest Walters, and W. A. Penix,
Boons Camp, J. B. Penix, Jimmie Penix and Mrs. Mary Margaret
Walters, Williamsport, Mrs. Clara Ward, Van Lear, and Mrs. Ed
Sammons, Dayton, O. Sisters surviving Mrs. Penix are, Mrs. Susan
McGinnis, Davella, Mrs. Lizzie Sturgill and Mrs. Vina Ward of Boons
Camp. Mrs. Penix was also a member of the United Baptist Church of
which church she had been a member 61 years. The funeral was held
Saturday at the church at Boons Camp with Elders John Butcher,
Winfrey Meek, and Glenn Arrowood officiating.
Several hundred persons were present at the funeral of Mrs. Bayes
and Mrs. Penix to pay their last respects.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
THURSDAY
NOV. 23, 1944
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