RALIEGH H WITTEN
1893-1946
  
R. H. (ham) Witten, 53, died Friday, April 18, 1946, at
his home after a five-day illness,  He was stricken with
a cerebral hemorrhage on April 13, and was found by his
family about 11 P. M. in a unconscious condition on the
bathroom floor of his home.
  
At the time he became ill, he was preparing a sermon to
be delivered at Martin, Kentucky the following day, and
had remained at home to study and make notes for the
sermon.
  
Mr. Witten was born in Johnson County on August 18, 1893,
the son of Wilk and Rachel Stambaugh Witten.
  
He taught in Johnson County for several years before
taking employment with the Consolidation Coal Company in
Van Lear. He then was employed by the North East Coal
Company in October 1919 and was auditor for this company
at White House and Thealka, and was serving in this
capacity at Thealka at the time of his death.
  
He was married to Verla Johnson on December 28, 1917.
  
Mr. Witten became a member of the Christian Church when
he was 21 years of age, and had been a devout Christian
and a diligent church worker since that time.
  
He was well-known throughout the country, and leaves a
great number of relatives and friends who will regret to
learn of his passing.
  
Surviving , besides his widow, are two sons, Dr. Raleigh
E. Witten, Huntington, W. Va., and Wendall Witten,
recently recently returned from overseas where he has
been serving with the U. S. Army, one grandson, Raleigh
Edwin II, one brother, Earl Witten of Harrisburg,
Illinois, and one sister, Mrs. Lon Arrowood, Langely,
Kentucky.
  
Funeral services were conducted on Sunday by Rev.
Spurgeon Honeycutt of Auxier, and burial was made in the
Johnson Cemetery at Thelma by the Jones Funeral Home.
  
The Paintsville Herald
Thursday
4-25-1946
    
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