RICHARD DANIELS

Louisa, Ky. Richard Daniels, 41 Betsy Lane, Ky. a
salesman for the J.R.Watkins Company of Memphis, Tenn.,
shot and fatally wounded himself in the left breast
with a 45 calibre pistol Wednesday at 4 p.m. at
Charley,Ky. Dr. Henry S Yound, Lawrence County
Coroner, reported.

At the inquest, the coroner's jury rendered a verdict
of "suicide". Mr. Daniels had been in ill health for
some time which is believed to have been the cause of
the act. He was the son of James Monroe Daniels and the
late Lucrittia Castle Daniels.

Funeral services were held Saturday at the Sycamore
School at Nippa, Johnson COunty, Ky., with the
Rev.Millard VanHoose officiating.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs Esta Dickson Daniels;
two daughters, Florence and Emma Jean Daniels; three
sons, Kenneth Carl, Jimmie and Charles Daniels,
all at home; the father, J.M. Daniels, Pikeville;
one sister Mrs. Lula D. Swann, Louisa; three brothers,
R. A. and Virgil Daniels, Pikeville, and the
grandfather B.L. Castle, Nippa.
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NOTE:
     The obituary does not list a place of burial,
     but Richard was buried in the Sycamore Cemetery
     In the 1970's this cemetery is known as the
     "CLARK CASTLE CEMETERY"
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