ANDREW JACKSON BURCHETT 1865-1944 Funeral services will be held for Andrew Burchett, aged Stambaugh man who died at nine o'clock Wednesday night, at the home Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Mr. Burchett was ill two weeks and was 79 years of age. Paintsville Herald Thursday 07-06-1944 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Well-Known Stambaugh Man Laid To Rest Funeral services were held July 8 at Stambaugh for Andrew Jackson Burchet, 78 year-old resident of Stambaugh. He was laid to rest in the family cemetery at Stambaugh, Elders Preston and Reed in charge. Mr. Burchett was born on September 16, 1865, in Floyd County to Thomas Jefferson and Ann Hite Burchett who had come to Eastern Kentucky from Virginia. He was twice married, the first to Jane Stambaugh, the second to Lydia Cain. Children by his first marriage are Sola Crum of Stambaugh, and Thomas Jefferson Burchett and Beatrice Clay, of Huntington. Two children were born during his second marriage, Stella Mae Williams, deceased, and Francis Marion Burchett, of Stambaugh. He has one brother, Landrum Burchett who survives, his three other brothers Noah, Jules and Henry, and six sisters having all passed on. Mr. Burchett was a member of the United Baptist Church and was a farmer of his section of the county. The funeral was under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Thursday 07-13-1944
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