ELLA STAFFORD
1858-1958
Ella Stafford, Local Woman, Passes Thursday
Services Held Sunday for Aged Resident
Miss Ella Beatrice Stafford, 89, member of one of Johnson County’s
pioneer families, died at her home in Stafford Addition Thursday
afternoon, February 27, 1958, after an illness of two months.
She was born in Johnson County October 8, 1868, and had lived in
Paintsville all of her life. The daughter of the late Francis
Marion and Marietta Lavender Stafford, she was one of a family of
fourteen children. Her father, “Uncle Bud,” owned the tract of
land now known as Stafford Addition, and throughout the years the
family has been associated with the development and progress of
the city.
She had been a member of the First Methodist Church since early
girlhood and lived a consistent Christian life with emphasis on
high spiritual principles and the fundamental Christian faith.
Possessed of a keen intellect, she was musical and literary in her
educational achievements and retained her physical faculties until
the end. For many years she was unable to get out much, and
during that time, the Bible, poetry, religious papers and news
claimed her attention. She could not attend church, but listened
to services over the radio. She exerted a great influence in her
home and devoted her life to her family and to her God.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 2,
from the First Methodist Church, with Rev. O. M. Simmerman and
Rev. Charles Perry officiating. Pallbearers were Frederick Smith,
Stafford Smith, John L. Spears, Clifford Stafford, DeWitt
Stafford, Glen Sturgill, John Stafford,Bernard Van Hoose and
Garland Stafford.
Burial was in the Stafford Cemetery in the city.
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
March 5, 1958
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Ella Beatrice Stafford
Ella Beatrice Stafford was born October 8, 1868, and departed this
life February 27, 1958, being 89 years, 4 months, and 19 days old.
She was the daughter of Francis Marion and Marietta Lavendar
Stafford. She was a member of a large family of fourteen
children. She is survived by three sisters and one brother: May
F. Stafford and Edna Stafford Smith, Paintsville; and Mrs. Carrie
Stafford, Abington, Virginia, and DeWitt T. Stafford of
Paintsville, Kentucky.
She has been a member of the First Methodist Church since early
girlhood and lived a consistent Christian life. She emphasized
the fundamental Christian faith and high spiritual principles
throughout her life. She was musical and literary in her
educational achievements, and retained her physical faculties
until the end. She was remarkable in having good hearing and a
keen intellect. She was always careful to read only good
literature. For the last few years, she read often without
glasses. Only the Bible, poetry, and religious papers and the
news claimed her attention. She often quoted poetry. A few days
before she passed away, she repeated part of a poem from the Fifth
Reader which she memorized when she was sixteen.
How poor, how rich, how abject,
How complicated, how wonderful is Man,
How ___?___ wonderful, He who made him such,
Who centered in our midst such …..
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
March 12, 1958
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