MIRANDA STEPP
70-year-old Woman
Dies In Hospital.
Body of Miss Miranda Stepp, 76 years of age, Boons Camp, who died in the
Golden Rule Hospital in Paintsville, at 4 a. m. Friday after an illness of
two weeks, was brought to Inez to the home of her sister, Mrs. Allie Ward,
at 4 o'clock Friday evening, where it remained until time for the the
funeral service on Sunday morning.
Her survivors, two brothers and five sisters, are all residents of Martin
County except the youngest sister.
They are Shade Penix, Inez; Richard Penix, Davisport; Allie and Malvie
Ward, both of Inez, Mrs. Exer Crum, Davella; Mrs. Mary Swain, Tomahawk,
and Mrs. Gypsy Childers of Emma, Ky. She also leaves a nephew, John
Stafford, Jr., and his three children, who made their home with her.
Funeral services were conducted at the Little Friendhsip Church at Boons
Camp, with the Reverends Lafe Preston, Winfrey Meek, and Jim Crum, of the
United Baptist Church, with which she was affiliated, officiating.
Burial was in the Cedar Grove Cemetery at Boons Camp, under the direction
of the Guy Preston Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
January 19, 1950
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