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Sarah_Baldridge Emma_Blair Elsie_Bolen
Estill Bolen John A. Bolen Vergie Bolen
Ora Jeanette Boleyn Paul Bolin Annis Boling
Ivalene Bowen Mrs. Anna Bowens Boling Arnold Bowling
Danny Bowling Mrs. Deloris Bowling Elva Bowling
Grover Bowling Luther Bowling Lyda Bell Bowling Booth
Margaret Sue Honeycutt Bowling Paul Delbie Bowling Rose Bowling
William F. (Buddy) Bowling William Stewart Bowling Anderson Boyd
Catherine
Boyd Ruby Boyd Tommy Butcher
James Wesley Cesco Ethel Hayes Chandler Nicholas Chladek
Pauline Collins Bonnie Harless Fannin Ella Jean Goble
Age: 74
Death
Date: Wed. Feb 1,
1956
Death
Place: Little Paint, Floyd Co., Ky.
Parents: Jacob Webb and
Adeline Honeycutt
Born: Mar 1, 1891
Birth
Place: Johnson Co., Ky.
Survivors: H. J. Baldridge, Heber
Baldridge, Kermit Baldridge, Mrs. Jesse Brown, Mrs. Braden Elkins, Mrs. J. S.
Auxier, Mrs. John D. Music, Mrs. John Messer, Mrs. Rennie Pack, McKinley Webb.
Services: At home
Arrangements:
Carter and Callahan Funeral
Home, Prestonsburg, Ky.
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: family
cemetery
Publisher: Paintsville Herald
Pub
Date: Feb 8,
1956
Name: Emma Myrtle [Webb] Blair
Age: 88
Death
Date: Sun. Feb 27,
2000
Death
Place: Pleasant Hill Manor,
Piketon, Ohio
Parents: Stuart Webb and
Martha Bowling
Born: July 27,
1911
Birthplace:
Floyd Co.
Spouse: Dennis Blair (Dennis died April 3, 1998)
Survivors: Paul D. Blair, Earl Blair,
Kenneth Blair, Michael Blair, Betty Baxter, Lois Foster, Faye Marino, Mary Blair
Services: Beechwall United
Baptist Church
Arrangements:
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: Johnson
County Memorial Cemetery at Staffordsville
Age: 89
Death
Date: Thursday Apr.
20, 2000
Death
Place: Paul B. Hall Medical Ctr. at
Paintsville
Parents: Eli Hicks and
Mallie Conley
Born: May 21,
1910
Birthplace: Knott Co.
Spouse: Troy Bolen (deceased)
Survivors: Benny Bolen, Jackie Bolen,
Trilvy Collins, Lillie Shepherd, Devottis Crager, Shirley Clay
Services: Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home
Arrangements:
Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: Will Terry
Cemetery at Hueysville
Age: 71
Death
Date: Thursday Aug.
22, 1996
Death
Place: Central Baptist Hospital in
Lexington
Parents: P. L. Bolen and
Effie
Born: Sept. 11,
1924
Birthplace: Johnson Co.
Spouse: Deloris
Alexander Bolen
Survivors: Darrell Bowling, Muriel Edward
Bolling, Earl Bolen, David Glen Bolen, Brenda Oglesby, Pearl Butcher, Ruth
Wells.
Services: Aug 25, 1996 at
Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel
Arrangements:
Jones-Preston Funeral
Home
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: Hayes Fannin
Cemetery, Johns Creek, Van Lear
Age: 77
Death
Date: Monday Mar.
11, 1985
Death
Place: Wabash County
Hospital, Wabash Co., Indiana
Parents: Mr. & Mrs.
Joe Bolen
Born: Sept. 3,
1907
Birthplace: Van Lear, Ky.
Spouse: (1) Virgie Boyd
(2) Mary Eubank – (both survive)
Survivors: Joe Bolen, Granville Bolen,
Mrs. Bertha Snell, Mrs. Ruby Bradford, Mrs. Don (Violet) Emrick, Mrs. Lester
(Barbara) Templin, Mrs. Edward (Janice) Ivins, Timothy Eubank, Mrs. Sugar Lee,
Mrs. Tessie Fannon
Services:
Arrangements:
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: Gardens of
Memory Cemetery, Huntington County
Age: 75
Death
Date: Friday Aug.
23, 1985
Death
Place: Wabash County Hospital,
Wabash Co., Indiana
Parents: Ancil and
Catherine Boyd
Born: June 1,
1910
Birthplace: Van Lear, Ky.
Spouse: John Bolen (died Mar 11, 1985)
Survivors: Joe Bolen, Granville Bolen,
Mrs. Don (Violet) Emrick, Mrs. Bertha Snell, Mrs. Ruby Bradford, Mrs. Lester
(Barbara) Templin, Mrs. Edward (Janice) Ivins
Services: Sunday Aug. 25,
1985 - graveside
Arrangements: Eddingfield Mortuary
Burial
Date: Sunday Aug.
25, 1985
Burial
Place: Falls
Cemetery, Wabash Co., Indiana
Age: 82
Death
Date: Apr. 11, 1998
Death
Place: Manatee
Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, Fla.
Parents: James Mardy
Kimbleton and Sarah Margaret Skeens
Born: Jan. 2,
1916
Birthplace: Winn
Spouse: Enoch Boleyn
Survivors: Doris Frazier, Ova
Kimbleton, Cecil Kimbleton
Services: Apr. 14, 1998
Arrangements:
Paintsville Funeral Home
Burial
Date: Apr. 14, 1998
Burial
Place: Kembleton
Cemetery in Staffordsville
Age: 68
Death
Date: Sunday Jul.
30, 2000
Death
Place: His home
Parents: Eddie Bolin and
Stegie Jackson
Born: June 25,
1932
Birthplace: Johnson Co.
Spouse: Betty Bolin
(living)
Survivors: Phyllis Mitchell, Teresa
Rodriguez, Brenda Cantrell, Willis Lee Bolin, James Clyde Bolin, Paul Wayne
Bolin, Jewell Knox, Carl Bolin, Clyde Bolin, Earl Bolin, Kenny Bolin.
Services: Wed. Aug. 2, 2000 -
Herald-Stewart & Halsey Funeral Home in West Liberty
Arrangements:
Herald-Stewart &
Halsey Funeral Home in West Liberty
Burial
Date: Wed. Aug. 2,
2000
Burial
Place: Paul Bolin
Cemetery in West Liberty
Age: 68
Death
Date: ((Apr. 26,)) 1956
Death
Place: Her home
Parents: Lige Bowens and
Minnie Murray
Born: Sep. 12,
1994
Birthplace: Boons Camp
Spouse: Millard Boling
Survivors: Paul Boling, Orville Boling,
Mrs. Ollie Sexton, Mrs. Gertrude Runyon, Mrs. Myrtle Ratliff, Mrs. Thelma
Murray, Mrs. Ethel Sanders, Mrs. Nellie Webb, John Bowens, Sam Bowens, Mysilbe
Mollette, Margaret Bowens.
Services:
Arrangements:
Preston Funeral Home
Burial
Date: Saturday ((Apr. 28, 1956))
Burial
Place: Cumbo
Cemetery at West Van Lear, Ky.
Publisher: Paintsville Herald
Pub
Date: May 2,
1956
Age: 92
Death
Date: Tuesday July
10, 2001
Death
Place: residence at
Garrett, Ky.
Parents: Ballard Hunter
and Amanda Cox Hunter
Born: June 15,
1909
Birth
Place: Knott Co.,
Ky.
Spouse: Clyde Boling
(deceased)
Family
Deceased: two brothers, French
Hunter and Bert Hunter; two sisters, Violet Cox and Mable Martin.
Survivors: Luther Hunter, Elsie
Thornsbury
Services: Thursday July 12,
2001 at Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home, Martin, Ky.
Arrangements: Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home,
Martin, Ky.
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: Hop Cox
Cemtery, Knott Co., Garrett, Ky.
Publisher: Floyd County Times
Pub
Date:
Age: 76
Death
Date: Saturday Feb.
10, 2001
Death
Place: Bristol
Regional Medical Center
Parents: George Carico
and Frances Lane (deceased)
Born: ((not given))
Birth
Place: Scott Co.,
Va.
Spouse: Kedrick Bowen
(deceased)
Family Deceased: parents and spouse, sisters-Wilma
Baldwin, Lillian Vanover, Dona Carico; brothers-Wilson Carico, Lee Carico,
Marvin Carico.
Survivors: Wanda Bowen, Kathleen
Russell, Hagan and Mary Bowen, Ted Bowen, Debbie Hopkins (friend).
Services: Tuesday at (Townsend
Cemetery, Stanleytown Community)
Burial Date: Tuesday Feb. 13, 2001
Burial Place: ((Townsend Cemetery))
Age: 38
Death
Date: Thurs. ((Mar. 17, 1955))
Death
Place: local hospital
Parents: Jim Bowling and
Leota Dye
Born: Jan. 22, 1918
Birthplace: Floyd Co., Ky.
Spouse: Sarah Reed
Bowling ((living))
Survivors: Millard, Clinton, Donald, Arnold,
Jr. Bowling,; Nellie, Leota Belle, Elsie Faye, Thelma Bowling, Elbert Bowling,
Glen Bowling
Services: Saturday at the
Miller's Creek School at Upper Van Lear
Arrangements: Paintsville Funeral Home
Burial
Date: Saturday ((Mar. 19, 1955))
Burial
Place: Webb Cemetery
Publisher: Paintsville Herald
Pub
Date: Wednesday
Mar. 23, 1955
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Age: 56
Death
Date: April 29,
2000
Death
Place: his home
Parents: Amos Bowling and
Edna Sammons
Born: January 15,
1944
Birthplace: Johnson Co.
Spouse: Donna Bowling ((living))
Survivors: Daniel
Brett Bowling, Michael Willard Bowling, Mickie Lynn Bowling, Harold Bowling.
Services: Monday May 1, ((2000))
Arrangements: Paintsville Funeral Home
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place:
Age: 25
Death
Date: Friday ((Mar. 5 or Mar. 12))
Death
Place: local hospital
Parents: Lewis Alexander
and Lucinda Ward ((Living))
Born: June 12,
1927
Birthplace: Johnson Co.
Spouse: Estill Bowling ((Living))
Survivors: Merrill E., Earl E.,
Chester, David G., and Darrell Bowling, ; Brenda Kay Bowling
Services: ((not given))
Arrangements: ((not given))
Burial
Date: ((not given))
Burial
Place: ((not given))
Publisher: Paintsville Herald
Pub Date: Wednesday Mar. 17, 1954
Age: 80
Death
Date: Thursday Jan.
19, 1995
Death
Place: Paul B. Hall
Regional Medical Center, Paintsville
Parents: Harrison Burke
and Emma Arms
Born: Feb. 1,
1914
Birthplace: Johnson Co.
Spouse: ((not given))
Survivors: Gary Neil Bowling, Frederick
Bowling, Trixie Adams
Services: Sunday Jan. 22 at
Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel
Arrangements: Jones-Preston Funeral Home
Burial
Date: Sunday Jan 22
Burial
Place: Highland Memorial
Park Cemetery at Staffordsville
Age: 76
Death
Date: Dec. 24, 1983
Death
Place: His home, Van
Lear
Parents: P. L. and Effie
Bowling
Born: Mar. 4,
1907
Birthplace: Johnson Co.
Spouse:
Survivors: Ruby Damron, Ethel Wells,
Estill Bowling, Elizah Bowling, Edgar Bowling, Pearl Butcher
Services: Wed. Dec. 28 –
Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel
Arrangements: ((Jones-Preston Funeral
Home))
Burial
Date: Wed. Dec. 28
Burial Place: Cumbo Cemetery in West Van Lear
Name: Luther "Big Bud" Bowling
Age: 75
Death
Date: Sunday May
6, 2001
Death
Place: Huntington
Memorial Hospital
Parents: Mance Bowling
and Lula Hunt
Born: Mar. 3,
1926
Birthplace: Auxier, Ky.
Spouse: Helen J. Kaylor
(survives – married Dec. 20, 1952 in Huntington, Ind.)
Family
Deceased: James L. Bowling,
Chris Bowling, Claude Bolding, and Clyde Bolding
Survivors: Steven N. Bowling,
Tristen L. Bowling, Helen Frances, Mrs. Russell "Jeanie" Freestone,
Mrs. Jimmy (Trilyn) Asher, Mrs. John "Kayleen" Shultz-Herring, Mrs. James "Cheri"
Britten, James Bolding, Emory Bolding, Audrie Whitt, Angie Mayo
Services: Wednesday at Meyers Funeral Home, Huntington Chapel
Arrangements: Meyers Funeral Home
Burial Date: Wednesday May 9, 2001
Burial Place: Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Huntington Co.
Name: Lyda Bell Bowling (Booth)
Age: 86
Death
Date: Wednesday May
14, 1997
Death
Place: Martin County
Health Center in Inez
Parents: Liss Baldridge
and Ellen Baldridge Booth
Born: September
10, 1910
Birthplace: ((not given))
Spouse: ((not given))
Survivors: Bebe Pack
Services: Friday May 16 at
Paintsville Funeral Home Chapel
Arrangements: ((not given))
Burial
Date: ((not given))
Burial
Place: Highland
Memorial Park at Staffordsville
Name: Margaret Sue Honeycutt Bowling
Age: 60
Death
Date: Wednesday May
17, 2000
Death
Place: Her Home
Parents: Fannie Hyden
Honeycutt ((living))
and George Honeycutt ((deceased))
Born: November 9,
1939
Birthplace: Johnson County
Spouse: Clyde Bowling
Survivors: David W. Bowling, Carol
Bowling, George Honeycutt, Jr., Shelby Harris
Services: Saturday at
Jones-Preston Funeral Home in Paintsville
Arrangements: ((Jones-Preston Funeral
Home))
Burial
Date: ((May 20, 2000))
Burial
Place: Highland
Memorial Park at Staffordsville
Age: 77
Death
Date: Feb 15, 2001
Death
Place: Community
Care Center, Wabash, Indiana
Parents: Joe and Allie
Bolen
Born: July 3,
1923
Birth
Place: Van Lear,
Ky.
Spouse: Mildred F.
Davis (mar. May 30, 1949 in Johnson Co.,Ky.-living)
Family
Deceased: four sisters and
one brother
Survivors: Dess Lee.
Services: Feb. 18 at
Grandstaff-Hentgen Manchester Ave. Chapel, Wabash
Arrangements:
Burial
Date: Feb 18
((2001))
Burial
Place: Falls
Cemetery, Wabash
Age: 81
Death
Date: Wednesday May
3, 1967
Death
Place: Lexington, Ky.
Parents: Jim Waller and
Sarah Roberts
Born: October 6,
1886
Birthplace: Boons Camp
Spouse: (1) Richard
Sparks (deceased)
(2) Monroe Hall (deceased) (3) Grover Bowling ((living)) married at
Boons Camp in 1926.
Survivors: Green and Otis, James
Sparks, Mabel Morris, Ethel Wells, Ruby Damron, Willie Waller, and Mary Ellen
Music
Services: Saturday May 6 at Cedar Grove United Baptist Church
Arrangements: Preston Funeral Home
Burial
Date: Saturday May
6
Burial
Place: Cumbo
Cemetery at West Van Lear
Name: William F. (Buddy) Bowling
Age: 51
Death
Date: Friday
October 1, 1993
Death
Place: ((not given))
Parents: Howard Bowling
and Fannie Delong
Born: May 30,
1942
Birthplace: Johnson County
Spouse: Ruth Bowling (
deceased Jun. 1993)
Survivors: William and David Bowling,
Michael Bowling, Vickie West, David Bowling, Emma Hyden, Gail Hamilton, Bertha
Franklin, Barbara Stambaugh, Billie Goble.
Services: Monday Oct. 4 ((1993))
at Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel
Arrangements: ((Jones-Preston Funeral
Home))
Burial
Date: ((Monday Oct. 4 [1993]))
Burial
Place: Hyden
Cemetery at Hager Hill
Note: This
cemetery is also known as "Music-Hayden Cemetery"
Age: 77
Death
Date: Wednesday
Aug. 26, 1998
Death
Place: St. Clair
Medical Center in Morehead, Ky.
Parents: Paris Bowling
and Ada Boyer
Born: March 16,
1921
Birthplace: Johnson Co.
Spouse: ((not given))
Family Deceased: 3 brothers and 4 sisters= Virgil, Howard and Henry
Bowling,= Mabel Fields, Virginia Hyden, Venice Reverts and Ernestine Smith
Survivors: Sandra
Weaver, Julius, Demeter, and Edgar, and Mary Wilson
Services: Saturday Aug. 29 ((1998)) at Jones-Preston
Funeral Home Chapel
Arrangements: ((Jones-Preston Funeral Home))
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: Richmond
Cemetery at Paintsville
Age: 78
Death
Date: January 2, ((1951))
Death
Place: his home,
Van Lear, Ky.
Parents: James Boyd and
Martha Walker
Born: January 1,
1873
Birth
Place: Ulyses,
Ky.
Spouse: Catherine Boyd (living)
Survivors: Mrs. Gracie Bowling,
Mrs. Roberta Collins, Mrs. Virgie Bowling, Mrs. Eula Banks, Gustava Collins, Ed
Boyd.
Services: Friday January 5
((1951)) at residence
Arrangements: Guy W. Preston Funeral Home
Burial
Date: ((Friday January
5, 1951))
Burial
Place: Butcher
Cemetery.
Publisher: The Paintsville
Herald
Pub. Date: 1951
Age:
Death
Date: Saturday July
11, 1965
Death
Place: Paintsville
Hospital
Parents: Jack Beasley and
Matilda Jones
Born: Dec. 25, 1881
Birth
Place: Lawrence
County
Spouse: Anderson Boyd (died
Jan. 3, 1953)
Survivors: Mrs. Gracie Bowling,
Mrs. Virgie Bowling, Mrs. Eula Mae Banks, Mollie Williamson, Nora Combs, Brit Beasley
Services: Monday July 13,
((1965)) at Miller's Creek Schoolhouse, Van Lear, Ky.
Arrangements:
Burial
Date: ((Monday
July 13 1965))
Burial
Place: Butcher
Cemetery
Note: this
cemetery is also known as the Webb – Butcher Cemetery
Publisher: Paintsville Herald
Pub.
Date: July 16,
1965
Age: 72
Death
Date: July 24, ((1985))
Death
Place: Methodist
Hospital at Louisville
Parents: Ben Delong and
Sarah Sammions Delong
Born: Jan. 24,
1913
Birthplace: Johnson Co.
Spouse: Cleveland Boyd
(died 1980)
Survivors: Carol Davis, Charolotte
Ward, Janet Richardison, William and Mitchell Delong, Nancy Stewart, Audrey
Dearfield.
Services: July 27 ((1985))
at Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel
Arrangements:
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: Highland
Memorial Park at Staffordsville.
Age: 83
Death
Date: Saturday
Mar. 23, 1996
Death
Place: his home
Parents: John W. Butcher
and Tishie Castle
Born: Jan. 27,
1913
Birth
Place: Weeksbury,
Ky.
Spouse: Clara Marie
Webb Butcher (married- Nov. 26, 1960-Wabash,; died Nov. 24, 1981)
Family
Deceased: one stepson, two
brothers, three sisters
Survivors: Mrs. Roy (Lawanda)
Pegram, Herman Webb, Donald Ray Webb, Jay Lee Webb, Mrs. Oliver (Loretta) Lynn,
Mrs. Sonny (Peggy Sue) Wright, Mrs. Gene (Betty Ruth) Hopkins, Mrs. Bill
(Crytal Gayle) Gatzimos, Mrs. John (Alice) Music, Mrs. Roy (Elva) Smith, Mrs.
Hobart (Tillie) Skaggs.
Services: Wednesday at
Wabash Freewill Baptist Church
Arrangements: Eddingfield-DeLaughter
Mortuary
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: Falls
Cemetery
Age: 90
Death
Date: Monday Feb.
4, 1985
Death
Place: Humana Hospital in
Lexington
Parents: William Anderson
Sesco and Lucrecia Mollett
Born: Nov. 25,
1895
Birth
Place: ((not given))
Spouse: ((not given))
Survivors: Mrs. Irene Mollett, Mrs.
Eleanor Kantos, Mrs. Eva Mae Hall, Mrs. Creasa Reed, Mrs. Bessie Vicars, Mrs.
June Burke, Paul Sesco.
Services: Friday Feb. 8,
((1985)) at Wheelwright Free Will Baptist Church
Arrangements:
Merion Funeral Home
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: family
cemetery at Tomahawk
Publisher:
Pub
Date:
Age: 84
Death
Date: Aug. 21,
((1982))
Death
Place: Highlands Regional Medical
Center
Parents: Leander Hayes
and Lou Miller
Born: November
30, 1897
Birthplace: Lawrence Co.
Spouse: Jeff Chandler
(died 1956)
Survivors: Kenneth Chandler, Pearl
Smith, Jean Castle,
Services: Aug. 24 ((1982)) at
Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel
Arrangements:
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: Entombment at
Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville
Age: 31
Death
Date: ((2000))
Death
Place: his home (Ashland,
Nebraska)
Parents: James Chladek
and Mary Collins (living)
Born: May 31,
1968
Birth
Place: Yuba City,
Calif.
Spouse:
Family
Deceased: maternal
grandparents and two uncles
Survivors: Robert Chladek,
Teresa Ann George, (twin) Nikki Clarida, Melissa Nielsen.
Services: Thursday at Ray-Lane
Funeral Chapel, Yankton, S.D.
Burial
Place: Sacred Heart
Cemetery, Yankton, S.D.
Publisher: Wabash Plain Dealer
Pub. Date: Nov. 18, 2000
Age: 50
Death
Date: Wednesday
Aug. 5, ((1987))
Death
Place: Highlands Regional Medical
Center, ((Prestonsburg, Ky.))
Parents: John Paris Sisco
and Ruby Bowling (both living)
Born: May 11,
1937
Birth
Place: Johnson Co.
Spouse: James Vernon
Collins (living)
Survivors: Kathy
Vernon Goble, Chester Sisco, Charles Lenon, Otis, Raymond and Johnny Sisco, Betty
Spencer, Diana Bryant.
((Donald
Sisco ((living)) was not listed))
Services: Saturday Aug. 8, ((1987)) at
Jones-Preston Funeral Home
Arrangements:
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: Collins
Family Cemetery at East Point
Publisher:
Pub
Date: Aug. 10,
1987
Age: 43
Death
Date: Sunday Oct.
16, ((1994))
Death
Place: Dickenson County Medical
Center, Clintwood, Virginia
Parents: Lloyd Harless
(living) and Mary Elizabeth Music (deceased)
Born: April 8,
1951
Birthplace: Floyd Co.
Spouse: Darvin Fannin
(living)
Survivors: Joe Allan Fannin, Robert
Harless, Verlin Gribble
Services: Wednesday Oct. 19, ((1994))
at Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel
Arrangements:
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: Highland
Memorial Park at Staffordsville
Age: 62
Death
Date: Friday April
28, 2000
Death
Place: Highlands Regional Medical
Center at Prestonsburg
Parents: James Honeycutt
and Darkus Bowling
Born: Aug. 9 1937
Birthplace: Johnson Co.
Spouse: Frank G. Goble
(living)
Survivors: Michael Goble, Winona
Gillispie, Toni Goble, James Honeycutt, Delmas Honeycutt, Willadean Wells,
Maxine King.
Services: Monday at Old Log Church at
Daniels Creek, Van Lear
Arrangements: Jones-Preston Funeral at
Paintsville
Burial
Date:
Burial
Place: Goble Family
Cemetery at Van Lear
