BENJAMIN F. CONLEY
1874-1933
  
Prof. Ben F. Conley, age 59 years, died at his home near
Flat Gap, this county, August 17, following a stroke of
Apoplexy. Mr. Conley was one of the best known and highly
respected educators of Johnson County. He was the father of
eleven children.
  
The death of Prof. Conley will not only be regretted by his
own immediate family, but by every citizen of Johnson
county, as he was one of the county's most popular teachers
and has always been in the front ranks in the upbuilding of
his community and the county as a whole. He was a strong
Christian man and a member of the United Baptist Church for
25 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Flat Gap,
and was always found on the right side of every proposition
for the betterment of his community. He was a man any
community would be proud to claim.
  
Besides his widow he is survived by the following children:
  
Mrs. Haske Dixon, Paintsville; Herachel Conley, Red Bush;
Ray, Murl, Hazel, Ruth, Florence, Anna Jewell, Byron and
Conrad Conley, all at home; Mrs. Lunda Lyon, of Blaine, Ky.
  
Funeral services were held at the home Friday with Rev.
Dennis Williams, Rev. Hood Wallen, and Rev. J. M. Gibson in
charge of the services. It is estimated that 400 people
attended the funeral and burial, which attests the high
esteem in which Prof. Conley was held by his friend and
neighbors.
  
Interment took place in the family cemetery near the home.
  
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
August 24, 1933
  
Son to-Daniel Jesse Conley & Mary Jane Honaker Conley
Husband to-Dora Meade Conley

Submitted By: Dianna Jaynes 

      

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