TOBE STAPLETON
The Paintsville Herald
Wednesday, April 23, 1986
Tobe Stapleton,75,died April 17th in
Riverview Manor Nursing Home in Prestonburg
following an illness. Mr Stapleton was born
September 20, 1910 in Johnson Xo.,Ky, the son
of Marion Stapleton and Mint (Cooper) Stapleton.
He was a resident of Hager Hill and a retired
coalminer. Surviving are his wife, Norsie Williams
Stapleton; a son, Michael Ray Stapleton of Hager
Hill; three daughters, Linda Auxier, Virginia
Meadows, and Tobiana McCarty of Hager Hill; two
brothers, Bill Stapleton of Mt. Sterling,Ohio,
and Marion Stapleton Jr. of Wabash,Indiana;four
sisters,Bessie Spears and Hattie Rice of Daton,Ohio,
Marie Rice and Mary Grace Spears of Hager Hill;
five grandchildren and four step-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday, April 20th, in
Paintsville Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Lonza
Reed and Rev. Harold Conley officiating. Burial
was in Williams Cemetery at Oil Springs.
(submitted by: Betty Daniel)