jan-2000

JOHNSON COUNTY KENTUCKY OBITUARIES
JANUARY 2000

UPDATED...JAN 31 2000

NAME (age) RIGSBY, Minnie 91

BIRTH-DATE Nov.6 1908 - Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan 2 2000 - Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, Paintsville Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE unlisted

D/O Jerry and Coreelia Skaggs Rigsby   (deceased)

BURIAL Skaggstown Church Cemetery at Flat Gap

RELATIVES Surviving are four nephews, Alden Rigsby and Garlin Moore, both of Flat Gap, Arrville Kelley of Denton and Harlan Rigsby of Carol, Ohio; and three nieces, Dorothy Ross of Flat Gap, Delegene Williams of Red Bush and Marilyn Fyffe of Carol

NAME (age) WARD, Ruby Jewell Daniels 78

BIRTH-DATE Aug. 15 1921 - Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan 1 2000 - Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, Paintsville Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE John V. Ward

D/O Frank and Izora Harless Daniels   (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are her husband, John V. Ward; four sons, Glen and John Ward Jr., both of Van Lear, and Clyde and Gary Lee Ward, both of Willis, Michigan; one daughter, Bonnie Marie Guzman of Waukegan, Illinois; two brothers, Lloyd Daniels of Paintsville and Robert Daniels of Van Lear; three sisters, Bessie McCoart of Van Lear and Lucille Blanton and Opal Richmond, both of Paintsville

NAME (age) WILSON, Peggy Wheeler 78 of Franklin, Tennessee

BIRTH-DATE Floyd Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan 1 2000 St. Thomas Hospital,Tennessee

SPOUSE Joe M. Wilson   (deceased)

D/O unlisted

BURIAL Harpeth Mills Memory Gardens

RELATIVES Surviving are one son, John Christopher Wilson of Maryville, Tennessee; one daughter, Ann Simmons Gordon of Canton, Georgia; one sister, Barbara McPherson of Paintsville

NAME (age) BLAIR, Henry Grady 82

BIRTH-DATE August 22, 1917, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Dec.29 1999 - Clark Regional Medical Center, Winchester

SPOUSE Malta Fairchild Blair

S/O John and Rosie Colvin Blair   (deceased)

BURIAL Rice Family Cemetery at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Malta Fairchild Blair; two sons, Grady G. Blair of Winchester and George A. Blair of Lexington; two brothers, Wayne Blair of Staffordsville and Paul H. Blair of Dola, Ohio; one sister, Maxie Powers of Salyersville;

NAME (age) CANTRELL, Helen L.   63

BIRTH-DATE Mar.26 1936 - Madison Co Ohio

DEATH-DATE December 20, 1999, at Columbus, Ohio

SPOUSE Loman Cantrell Jr

D/O William and Ruby Henry   (deceased)

BURIAL Lakeview Memorial Cemetery, Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are her husband, Loman Cantrell Jr; one son, Phillip Cantrell; one daughter, Debra S. Henry; two sisters, Sharon McKenzie and Ruby Steint, both of Columbus; and two brothers, Arthur and Clarence Henry, both of Mt. Sterling, Ohio; and one grandson, Michael Henry

NAME (age) SPARKS, Aredith Wiley 85

BIRTH-DATE April 12, 1914, in Johnson County Kentucky

DEATH-DATE December 25, 1999 - at Boons Memorial Hospital, Madison, West Virginia

SPOUSE Norvil Sparks   (deceased- 1986)

D/O Lynn and Molly VanHoose Wiley    (deceased)

BURIAL Preston Cemetery, River Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are four sons, Dorsel Earl Sparks of Madison, Norvil Sparks Jr. of Hatfield, West Virginia, Harold Gene Sparks of Malden, West Virginia, and Donald Ray Sparks of Huntington, West Virginia;

NAME (age) HALL, Emma 84

BIRTH-DATE May 31 1915 - Offutt, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE December 26, 1999 at Mountain Manor Nursing Home, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Virgil Hall   (deceased - 1969)

D/O J.L. and Clearinda Music Parker   (deceased)

BURIAL Luster Short Cemetery at Meally, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are five sons, Eugene, Virgil and Gary Hall, all of Meally, Arthur F. Hall of Flat Gap and James Martin Hall of Hager Hill; one daughter, Mary Kirk of Meally;

NAME (age) PERKINS, Margaret Louise Ratliff, 55

BIRTH-DATE April 3, 1944, in Johnson County Ky.

DEATH-DATE Dec.27 1999 - Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE George E. Perkins

D/O Dennis and Delphia Wilcox Ratliff   (deceased)

BURIAL Richmond Cemetery, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are her husband, George E. Perkins; one son, Dennis Perkins of Paintsville; one daughter, Laura L. Sammons of Thelma; one brother, Kenneth Ratliff of Marion, Ohio;

NAME (age) SPEARS, Richard E.   77 of Windham, Ohio

BIRTH-DATE May 24, 1922, in Johnson County Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan 4 2000 - Laurie Ann Nursing Home, Newton Falls, Ohio

SPOUSE Edna Lemaster Spears

S/O Jerry and Della Rivers Spears   (deceased)

BURIAL Windham Township Cemetery, Windham,Ohio

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Edna Lemaster Spears; one daughter, Wanda Archon of...........
Windham; one brother, Earl Spears of Ashland;

NAME (age) WILLIAMS, Juanita Faye   65

BIRTH-DATE October 21, 1934, in Johnson County Ky.

DEATH-DATE January 3, 2000 at her Lowmansville residence, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Tollie Estelle Williams

D/O Freddie and Pina McKenzie Ratliff   (deceased)

BURIAL Family Cemetery at Lowmansville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are her husband, Tollie Estelle Williams; one son, Tollie Estelle Williams Jr. of Rockville, Tennessee; five daughters, Monica Spradlin of Denver, Wanda Adkins of Lowmansville, Pina Chandler of River, Connie Jenkins of Millersville, Tennessee, and Ruby Stephens of Lebanon, Tennessee; two brothers, James Ernie and Paul Rex Ratliff, both of Staffordsville; four sisters, Betty Frisby, Mary Ratliff, Doris Haney and Shirley Blanton, all of Staffordsville;

NAME (age) BLANTON, Cline Jr. 64 of Kettering, Ohio

BIRTH-DATE unlisted

DEATH-DATE December 22, 1999, at Hospice of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio

SPOUSE Betty Blanton

S/O unlisted         Mother: Neva Craft

BURIAL David's Cemetery

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Betty Blanton; one daughter, Brenda Noble of Hindman; one son, Gary Blanton of Beavercreek, Ohio; his mother, Neva Craft of Milford Center, Ohio; six sisters, Jean Fitch of Oil Springs, Berta Clifford of Milford Center, Joyce Williams and Jodi Powers, both of Pickerington, Ohio, and Crystal Penix and Mary Vanhoose, both of Pataskala, Ohio;

NAME (age) HENSLEY, Lora Salyers 93 of Argillite,

BIRTH-DATE March 22, 1906, in Oil Springs

DEATH-DATE Dec.27 1999 in Wurtland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

SPOUSE Earnest Hensley,    (deceased- 1972)

D/O Will and Matilda Litteral Salyers   (deceased)

BURIAL Whitt Cemetery in Culp Creek

RELATIVES She was also preceded in death by two sons, Thurman L.Hensley and Johnny D. Hensley. Surviving are two sons, Marvin Hensley and Russell Hensley, both of Argillite;

NAME (age) BALDRIDGE, Susie Belcher , 93, of East Point, Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Aug. 3, 1906, in Johnson County Ky.

DEATH-DATE Dec.31 1999 Salyersville Health Care Center, Magoffin Co Ky...................................

SPOUSE Garfield ``Tobe" Baldridge     (deceased)

D/O Newt and Ollie Belcher    (deceased)

BURIAL Baldridge Family Cemetery in East Point, Ky.

RELATIVES She was survived by three grandchildren

NAME (age) WHEELER, Willie P. 84 of Ashland, Boyd Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE June 6, 1915, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Jan 3 2000 - King's Daughters Medical Center.

SPOUSE Alta M. Wheeler

S/O Martin and Clara Miller Wheeler    (deceased)

BURIAL unlisted

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Alta M. Wheeler; a daughter, Juanita W. Wheeler of Ashland; a son, John W. Wheeler of Louisville; two sisters, Emma Caudill and Lorena Caudill, both of Ashland;

NAME (age) FANNIN, Kenneth Ray 52 Ashland Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Dec. 29, 1946, in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE Nov.25 1999 - Ashland, Boyd Co Ky.

SPOUSE Eva Mae Cox Fannin

S/O Ernest and JoAnn Fannin

BURIAL Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens

RELATIVES Survivors include two daughters, Lisa Sheree Scaggs and Cristy Lynn McKnight, both of Ashland; a stepson, Mark Cox of Ashland; a sister, Faye Lyons of Ashland; and a granddaughter

MILITARY Vietnam War Veteran

NAME (age) PATRICK, Thomasine Baldridge, 58, of Martin, Floyd Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Feb. 9, 1941, in Hueysville

DEATH-DATE Jan 9 2000 - Hazard Appalachian Regional Medical Center

SPOUSE unlisted

D/O Edgille and Della Marshall Baldridge.

BURIAL Martin Cemetery, Martin Floyd Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are a son, Timothy Patrick of Allen; three brothers, Douglas Baldridge of Mansfield, Ohio, Larry Baldridge of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Gary Baldridge of Martin; and two sisters, Lavonne Lafferty of Martin and Daphne Reid of Langley

NAME (age) WEBB, Elza Jr. 46 of Auxier, Floyd Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE July 22, 1953, in Johnson County Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan 9 2000 - Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg

SPOUSE Dolores Diana Branham Webb

S/O Elza Sr. and Rachel Smith Webb    (deceased)

BURIAL Family Cemetery in Auxier, Floyd Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Dolores Diana Branham Webb; a son, Elza Webb Jr. of Auxier; a daughter, Virginia Sue Webb of Auxier; four brothers, Roger Dean Webb of Bon Air, Tenn., David Webb and Frankie Webb, both of Auxier, and Timmy Webb of Cleveland,
Ohio; and eight sisters, Martha Lawrence of Kenton, Ohio, Cynthia Vickery of Van Lear, Virgie Daniels of Xenia, Ohio, Roberta Jett of Springfield, Ohio, Virginia Osborne and Cora Greathouse, both of Auxier, Betty Garrett of Betsy Layne and Lilly Greathouse of Lakewood, Ohio.

NAME (age) FOSTER, Nellie Marie Ward   73 of Drift, Floyd Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE November 27, 1926, in Meally, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE December 14, 1999 at her Meally residence

SPOUSE Sherman L. Foster

D/O Ben Ward and Mary Alice Plummer Ward   (deceased)

BURIAL Drift Cemetery, Drift

RELATIVES Survivors are three brothers, Carlos Ward of New Lebanon, Ohio, James Ward of Paintsville and Bobby Ward of Ohio; two sisters, Faye Johnson of Weeksbury and Lucille McDowell of Fayetteville, Georgia.

NAME (age) REED, Elbert 48

BIRTH-DATE Sep.19 1951 -

DEATH-DATE Jan. 4 2000 - Highlands Regional Medical Center, Floyd Co Ky.

SPOUSE Linda Reed

S/O Fred and Margaret Gross Reed     (deceased)

BURIAL Reed & Gillespie Cemetery, Boons Camp, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Linda Reed, of Glen Burnie, Maryland; one son, Elbert Reed of Glenn Burnie; three daughters, Linda Kay Reed, Joyce Reed and Sharon Kesecker, all of Glenn Burnie; six brothers, George of Thelma, Billy R. and Fred, both of Boons Camp, Tom of Fallsburg, Larry Joe of Mount Sterling and Hobbie of Wabash, Indiana; four sisters, Stella Young of Paintsville, Betty Dixon of Lexington, Maltie M. Cline of Preston and Doris Easterday of Wabash, Indiana; and seven grandchildren;

NAME (age) CANTRELL, Marion Cecil "Seadobber"   80

BIRTH-DATE July 9, 1919, in Salyersville, Magoffin Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan 6 2000 - Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Clara Jane Castle Cantrell

S/O Charles Wilson & Sarah Elizabeth Conley Cantrell   (deceased)

BURIAL Cantrell Family Cem., Patterson Creek, Flat Gap, Johnson Co. Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Clara Jane Cantrell; six sons, James W. of Flat Gap, Marion of Oil Springs, William M. of Keaton, Jimmy D. of Royalton, Grant of Magoffin County and Arnold M. of Naples, Florida; four daughters, Elizabeth E. Meade of Flat Gap, Shirley M. Puckett and Audrey Faye Cantrell, both of Royalton, and Linda C. Cantrell of West Virginia;

NAME (age) CONLEY, Rebecca Sue Burchett 58   of Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE October 14, 1941, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Jan.7 2000 - Van Lear Johnson Co Ky. residence

SPOUSE unlisted

S/O Audrey McKenzie Dawson and the late Douglas Burchett

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are her mother; one son, Anthony Todd Conley of Lexington; one daughter, Kimberly Conley Music of Van Lear; three brothers, Bobby McKenzie of Wittensville, Phillip McKenzie of Prestonsburg and Mike McKenzie of Lexington; two sisters, Melinda Chandler of Van Lear and Karen Blair of Paintsville;

NAME (age) WILEY, Carma 92

BIRTH-DATE May 25, 1907, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Jan 7 2000 - Riverview Health Care Center, Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.

SPOUSE Morton Wiley Sr.,    (deceased- on Oct. 1, 1961)

D/O Bethley and Katherine Kitchen Murray   (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES She was preceded in death by two sons, Joe E. and Morton Wiley Jr.; one step-son, Melvin Wiley; five brothers; and five sisters. Surviving are one son, John B. Wiley of Houston, Texas; two daughters, Anne Martin of Lexington and Eleanor Salyer of Rising Sun, Indiana; one sister, Sophia George of Louisa;

NAME (age) DANIELS, Emma Lucille Conley, 82,

BIRTH-DATE December 9, 1917, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Jan. 4 2000 - Transitional Health Services, Fremont, Michigan

SPOUSE Newt Daniels   (deceased)

D/O Everett M. and Suna McKenzie Conley   (deceased)

BURIAL Conley Cemetery at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES She was preceded in death by her husband, Newt Daniels. Surviving are two sons, Michael Grey of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and David Lee Mayhew of Paintsville; two brothers, Everett Fishel Conley of Hager Hill and Keith Conley of Wittensville; and one sister, Gladys Jewell Butler of Grand Rapids

NAME (age) VANHOOSE, James Randall   60, of Thealka, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Sept. 30, 1939, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Jan.10 2000 - Thealka, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Beverly Howell Vanhoose   (deceased - Jan 10 2000)

S/O Earl and Ethel Taylor Vanhoose.   (deceased)

BURIAL Vanhoose family cemetery in Thealka.

RELATIVES Son Chadd Wesley Vanhoose of Thealka; Brothers, Harry Vanhoose and Virgil Vanhoose, both of Paintsville; and four sisters, Christine Clark of Paintsville, Nellie Lyons of Marion, Ohio, Betty Jeffery of St. Albans, W.Va., and Mary Maxine Blankenship of Beckley, W.Va.

NAME (age) VANHOOSE, Beverly Howell, 53, of Thealka, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE March 20, 1946, in Portland, Ind.

DEATH-DATE Jan 10 2000 - Thealka, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE James Randall VanHoose   (deceased - Jan 10 2000)

D/O Dallas James and Ruth Evelyn Slusser Howell.

BURIAL Vanhoose family cemetery in Thealka.

RELATIVES Son Chadd Wesley Vanhoose of Thealka, son, Tom Timothy Clark of Prestonsburg; and two brothers, Franklin Howell of St. Johns, Ohio, and Herbert Howell of Portland.

NAME (age) FYFFE, Gladys 73 of Chillicothe, Ohio                                                ODT

BIRTH-DATE Dec.18 1925 - Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE Dec.1 1999 in Westmoreland Place, Chillicothe.

SPOUSE James C Fyffe        (wed on September 28,1943)

D/O Lee and Hannah (Montgomery) Tackett   (deceased)

BURIAL Caldwell Cemetery, Richmond Dale.

RELATIVES Surviving are two sons, John Fyffe and Wayne (Donnna) Fyffe, both of Richmond Dale; three daughters, Rita (Don) Hamilton, Waverly, Mary Hay, Richmond Dale, and Norma (Arlie) Howard, Londonderry; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; four brothers, Arnold (Florence) Tackett, Chillicothe, Robert Earl (Elaine) Tackett, Waverly, William J. (Charlotte) Tackett, Piketon, and Lawrence E. (Linda) Tackett, Chillicothe; and two sisters, Fannie (Robert) Mankin and Betty (Ermal) Ramey, both of Chillicothe. In addition to her parents, she was prededed in death by one son, James F. Fyffe; two brothers, Ernest and Dockie Tackett; and one sister, Candy Mae McFadden.

NAME (age) WILSON, Rhoda M.   95   of Sunbury and Delaware, Ohio

BIRTH-DATE Dec. 11, 1903, in Johnson County, Ky

DEATH-DATE Dec. 4, 1999 Cancio Home Care Nursing Home, Sunbury, Ohio

SPOUSE Robert Wilson    (deceased)

D/O Susie (Ressitt) Moore and John Dee Moore.

BURIAL unlisted

RELATIVES Survived by two sisters, Matilda "Tillie" VanDyke of Hopewell and Hazel Love of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and several nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her husband Robert, six brothers and one sister.

NAME (age) SALYER, Erastus 85    of New Port Richey, Florida

BIRTH-DATE unlisted date born in Red Bush, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan.9 2000 - Community Hospital of New Port Richey

SPOUSE Lena Hill Salyer

S/O unlisted

BURIAL Meadowlawn Memorial Cemetery, New Port Richey.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Lena Hill Salyer; and one daughter, Lena Salyer of New Port Richey.

NAME (age) CASTLE, Edward E.   81 of Ashland, Boyd Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Oct. 15, 1918, in Boyd County Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan.8 2000 at his residence

SPOUSE Arthie Castle

S/O Harry and Stella Chandler Castle   (deceased)

BURIAL Ashland Cemetery Boyd Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Arthie Castle; one son, Lonnie Castle of Morehead; two daughters, Carolyn Castle of Berea and Catherine Castle Kidd of Lafollette, Tennessee; and four grandchildren.

NAME (age) MUSIC, Vernie 71 of Meally, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE July 3, 1928, at Zebulon

DEATH-DATE Jan. 5 2000 - Meally Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE John D. Music,    (deceased- June 22, 1991)

D/O John and Wyonana Reynolds Belcher     (deceased)

BURIAL Lakeview Memorial Cemetery at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES She was also preceded in death by her husband, John D. Music, on June 22, 1991. Surviving are four sons, Kenneth Music of Meally, Larry Music of Staffordsville, Marlin Music of Flat Gap and John D. Music Jr. of Albion, Michigan; five daughters, Linda McCarty of Hager Hill, Joyce Ann King of Meally, Connie Clark of David, Carrie Tavoletti of Pennsylvania and Judy Gail Stone of South Point, Ohio; one sister, Dolly Allen of Stone; and 30 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) CLARK, Opal Borders Bentley 85

BIRTH-DATE July 5, 1914, in Magoffin County

DEATH-DATE Jan. 7 2000 at McDowell Appalachian Regional Hospital, McDowell, Floyd Co Ky.

SPOUSE (1) Ira Bentley - deceased   (2) Champ Clark

D/O Patrick and Cindy George Borders   (deceased)

BURIAL Mayo Cemetery at Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Ira Bentley. Surviving are her husband, Champ Clark; one brother, Stanley Borders of Madison, Virginia; and two sisters, Mavis Patrick and Estalena Blair, both of Paintsville.

NAME (age) SITES, Samuel 65 Of Boons Camp, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE August 28, 1934, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Jan. 7 2000 - at his Boons Camp residence.

SPOUSE (1) unlisted   (2) unlisted

S/O Pete and Helen Adams Sites   (deceased)

BURIAL Sam Sites Cemetery at Boons Camp, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are two sons, Pete Samuel Sites of Columbus, Ohio, and John Leslie Sites of Inez; three daughters, Donna Lou Case of Williamsport, Loretta Sites Howard of Pikeville and Laura Renee Frisk of Corbin; one stepdaughter, Betty Stroud of Boons Camp; one brother, Lonnie Joe Sites of Staffordsville; and seven grandchildren, nine step-grandchildren, one great-grandchild and eight step-great-grandchildren

NAME (age) ELDRIDGE, Kirsten Lynn, 2,

BIRTH-DATE Feb.10 1997 - Dayton, Ohio

DEATH-DATE December 30, 1999, in a house fire in Enon, Ohio

SPOUSE .

D/O Jason and Stacey Pennington Eldridge

BURIAL Glen Haven Memorial Gardens.

RELATIVES She was preceded in death by her maternal great-grandfathers, William J. McKenzie and Frank Pennington; paternal grandfather, Isaac O. Eldridge; and paternal great- grandfathers, Joel Eldridge and Elmer VanHoose. Her maternal grandmother, Sandra J. McKenzie Pennington, died in the same tragedy as Kirsten Lynn. Surviving are her parents; two sisters, Kimberly A. Pennington and Ashley B. Eldridge; maternal grandparents, Dennis and Mary Beth Pennington; paternal grandparents, Steve and Ruth VanHoose; maternal great-grandmother, Lou Cina Pennington and Maude M. McKenzie; and paternal great-grandmothers, Frieda Eldridge and Nora VanHoose

NAME (age) ARROWOOD, Leonard "Dogwood", 78

BIRTH-DATE May 3, 1921, in Johnson County,

DEATH-DATE Jan 14 2000 Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, Ky.

SPOUSE (1) Jean Arrowood    (deceased - January 20, 1994) (2) June Ella Preston Arrowood

S/O Leonard and Laura Belle Ward Arrowood   (deceased)

BURIAL Wells Cemetery at Paintsville, Johnson Co. Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, June Ella Preston Arrowood; one son, Greg Arrowood, of
Shelby, North Carolina; three brothers, Oscar Arrowood of Huntington, West Virginia,
Hank Arrowood of Lavalette, West Virginia, and Jim Arrowood of New Bern, North
Carolina; two sisters, Ruby Arrowood of Huntington and Betty St. Clair of Littleton,Ohio; and one grandson.

MILITARY U.S. Army World War II Veteran

NAME (age) SPENCER, Patricia 60

BIRTH-DATE May 12, 1939

DEATH-DATE Jan. 13 2000 in Largo Medical Center in Largo, Fla.

SPOUSE James A Spencer Sr.

S/O Herbert and Ivel M. Blair    (deceased)

BURIAL unlisted

RELATIVES Survived by her husband, James A Spencer Sr.; a son, James A. Spencer Jr. of
Seminole, Fla.; two daughters, Penny Sue Smith and Sandra Jean Blume, both of Largo;
two brothers, Henry F. Blair Sr. and Gary N. Blair, both of Sunbury, Ohio; a sister,
RegeniaMcGlothlin of Ohio; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) VANHOOSE, Bobbie Gene, 69, of Westview Manor, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE June 30, 1930, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Jan.15 2000 - Westview Manor, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Jo Ann Conley VanHoose

S/O Hershel and Blanche Daniel VanHoose    (deceased)

BURIAL VanHoose Family Cemetery at Nippa, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Jo Ann Conley VanHoose; one son, Bobby Keith VanHoose of Paintsville; three brothers, Ken VanHoose of Staffordsville, David VanHoose of Nippa and M.J. VanHoose of Michigan; four sisters, Pearline Stambaugh of Stambaugh, JoAnn Burchett of Sitka, Bonita Daniels of East Point and Clotine Conley of Somerset; and three grandchildren.

MILITARY U.S. Navy Veteran

NAME (age) COLLINS, Nola 89

BIRTH-DATE October 20, 1910, in Johnson County,

DEATH-DATE January 12, 2000 at Mountain Manor Nursing Home, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE John Collins

D/O Elliott and Emma Faye Bayes Spradlin     (deceased)

BURIAL Collins Cemetery at Riceville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are her husband, John Collins; two sons, State Representative Hubert
Collins of Wittensville and James Collins of Circleville, Ohio; two daughters, Emma
Harris of West Van Lear and Carol Magnifico of Point Pleasant, New Jersey; and eight
grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren

NAME (age) SALYER, Ralph 92

BIRTH-DATE August 5, 1907, in Johnson County,

DEATH-DATE January 12, at Mountain Manor Nursing Home, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE unlisted

S/O Lum and Jeanette Williams Salyer   (deceased)

BURIAL Johnson County Memorial Cemetery at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES He was also preceded in death by a son, Jack Salyer.Surviving are one son, Bill Salyer of Jamestown; one brother, Chandler Salyer of Flat Gap; and three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) RATLIFF, Lillian Bernice Hall, 74, of McDowell, Floyd Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Apr.9 1925 - Floyd Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan. 17 2000 - at her residence in McDowell

SPOUSE unlisted

D/O Andrew Jackson "Andy" and Myrtle Burns Hall    (deceased)

BURIAL Lucy Hall Cemetery, McDowell, Floyd Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are two sons, Kenny Ratliff of Ypsilanti, Michigan, and Randal Ratliff of Springhill, Tennessee; two daughters, Deborah Ratliff Craft of Paintsville and Teresa Ratliff Moore of McDowell; one brother, Burns E. Hall of Pikeville; and seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren

NAME (age) PENNINGTON, Sandra McKenzie, 53, of Enon, Ohio.

BIRTH-DATE Jan. 9, 1946, in Lexington, Ky.

DEATH-DATE Dec. 30, 1999, in a house fire in Enon, Ohio.

SPOUSE unlisted

D/O Maude M. VanHoose McKenzie and the late William J. McKenzie.

BURIAL Glen Haven Memorial Gardens.

RELATIVES She was a former daughter-in-law of Lou Cina Williams Pennington and the late Frank Pennington, formerly of Flat Gap.A granddaughter, Kirsten Lynn Eldridge, died in the same tragedy as Mrs. Pennington. Surviving are her mother; one son, William F. Pennington of Dayton, Ohio; two daughters, Dana Smithson and Stacey Eldridge, both of Springfield, Ohio; one sister, Onita Ann Blazier of Springfield; and three granddaughters.

NAME (age) CAUDILL, Samuel Everett, 94, of Ashland, Boyd Co Ky.                (INT)

BIRTH-DATE Aug. 13, 1905, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Jan. 18 2000 - Woodland Oaks, Ashland Ky.

SPOUSE Beatrix Holbrook Caudill

S/O Winston and Sarah Elizabeth May Caudill   (deceased)

BURIAL Rose Hill Burial Park, Ashland Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Beatrix Holbrook Caudill; two sons, Gerald ``Jerry" Caudill of Catlettsburg and Don Caudill of Cincinnati; and two grandchildren

NAME (age) BLAKE, Mary Sue 74 of West Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Sept. 22, 1925, in Tazewell County, Va.

DEATH-DATE Jan 17 2000 in Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE unlisted

D/O William Elsworth and Mary R. Blair Henderson.   (deceased)

BURIAL Forrest Lawn Cemetery in Milton, West Va.

RELATIVES A son, William Daniel Blake, died in 1992. Surviving is a sister, Sally Henderson Alvarez of Huntington, W.Va.

NAME (age) MEADE, Jesse Eugene Rev. 58 of Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE June 27, 1941, in Magoffin County

DEATH-DATE Jan 18 2000 at home in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Joanna Lee Morrison Meade

S/O Sarah Elizabeth Bayes Meade and the late Wayne Meade Sr

BURIAL Meade family cemetery in Flat Gap, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Survivors include wife, Joanna Lee Morrison Meade; two sons, Jeffery Wayne Meade and Jonathan Eugene Meade, both of Columbia, Tenn.; a daughter, Sara Joyce Murray of East Point; eight brothers, Wayne Meade Jr. of Salyersville, James Meade, Lindsey Meade, Hobert Meade, Dean Meade, George Meade and Bobby Joe Meade, all of Flat Gap and John Frank Meade of Columbus, Ohio; two sisters, Debra Lynn Staniford of Paintsville and Tammy L. Williams of Flat Gap; four grandchildren and three foster grandchildren

MILITARY U.S. Army Veteran

NAME (age) BURCHETT, Ora L. 75 of Sitka, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE May 10, 1924, in Johnson County, Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan.17 2000 in St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Ky.

SPOUSE Hattie Cantrell Burchett

D/O James Franklin and Rosa Castle Burchett     (deceased)

BURIAL Patty Flats Cemetery in Flat Gap, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Hattie Cantrell Burchett; two daughters, Melissa Boggs of Lexington and Sherry Adams of Flat Gap; and two grandchildren.

NAME (age) BUTCHER, Jessie 78 of Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Nov. 20, 1921, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Jan.18 2000 in Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.

SPOUSE unlisted

S/O Thomas H. and Pearl Bowling Butcher,   (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are three brothers, Frank Butcher, Hershell Butcher and Thomas Butcher, all of Wabash, Ind.; and three sisters, Dorothy Burke and Joann Music, both of Wabash, and Thelma Hash of Florida.

NAME (age) WILLIAMS, Sanford Sherwood 71 of Flat Gap, Johnson Co Ky.           INT

BIRTH-DATE March 29, 1928, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Jan 19 2000 - at his Flat Gap residence, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Christine Cochran Williams,   (deceased - in 1992)

S/O Albert and Ninevah S. Williams.    (deceased)

BURIAL Williams Family Cemetery in Flat Gap

RELATIVES Surviving are three daughters, Sharon McCarty of Louisa, Brenda Williams of Sitka and Pam Parker of Flat Gap; a sister, Lena Teague of Dayton, Ohio; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) SPARKS, Bobby Ruth 77 of Oklahoma City, Okla., formerly of Johnson County, Ky.             INT

BIRTH-DATE Aug. 31, 1922, in East Stone Gap, Va

DEATH-DATE Jan 20 2000 - in Oklahoma City, Okla.

SPOUSE Dr. O.D. Sparks Jr.    (preceded her in death)

D/O Earnest and Nannie Bledsoe Daugherty.    (deceased)

BURIAL Sparks Cemetery Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are two sons, Richard L. Sparks of Mid West City, Okla., and Teresa S. Ferries of Atlanta, Ga.

NAME (age) JOHNSON, Nellie 70 of Hager Hill, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Sept. 6, 1929    in Johnson County Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan. 23 2000 - at her residence, Hager Hill

SPOUSE Glen Johnson, (deceased - in 1975)

D/O Floyd and Rhoda Alice Spradlin Haney.    (deceased)

BURIAL Johnson Family Cemetery in Hager Hill, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are a sister, Josephine Spriggs of Meally; and several nieces and nephews....

NAME (age) CASTLE, Nolda 94, of Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE June 3, 1905, in Lawrence County Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan 23 2000 - Mountain Manor Nursing Home in Paintsville.

SPOUSE Monroe Castle   (deceased)

D/O Martin and Mary Brown Castle.    (deceased)

BURIAL McKenzie Family Cemetery in Lowmansville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES She was also preceded in death by her husband, Monroe Castle; three sons, Bobby Castle, James Douglas Castle and Floyd Castle; and a daughter, Kathleen Castle.Surviving are five daughters, Garnet Ratlif of Staffordsville, Irene Melvin and Louise Melvin, both of Paintsville, Eva Lee Vanhoose of Wittensville and June Hitch of Springfield, Ohio; three sons, Carl Castle and Dallas Castle, both of Springfield and Lester Castle of Michigan; 37 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; and several stepgrandchildren.

NAME (age) McKENZIE, James Jackson, 70 of Ashland Ky

BIRTH-DATE July 14, 1929, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Jan 24 2000 - Ashland Ky.Residence

SPOUSE Betty Maxine Witten McKenzie

S/O Ora and Belva Boggs McKenzie   (deceased)

BURIAL Lakeview Memorial Cemetery in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Betty Maxine Witten McKenzie; three daughters, Jamie Kersey of Ashland and Vickie Caniff and Teresa Meade, both of Catlettsburg; two sisters, Audrey Jones of Mount Sterling and Bernice Ferguson of Keaton; and six grandchildren.

NAME (age) THOMAS, Evelyn Lee    88,

BIRTH-DATE Jan. 17, 1912, in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan 24 2000 - Oakmont Manor.

SPOUSE William Robert ``Rob" Lee,     (deceased - in 1983)

D/O Chester A. and Minnie Jane Brumfield Arthur    (deceased)

BURIAL Catlettsburg Cemetery, Catlettsburg, Ky

RELATIVES Surviving are son, Bobby Jack Lee of Ashland; a sister, Nevalee Chalfin of Dublin, Ohio; four grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) ENDICOTT, Clarence "Jack"     87

BIRTH-DATE May 18, 1912, in Martin County, Ky.

DEATH-DATE Dec. 31, 2000 - at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Lodessia Baldwin Endicott,    (deceased - on May 13, 1983)

S/O Edward and Essie Horn Endicott    (deceased).

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are two sons, Gary and Wayne Endicott; three brothers, Walter and Paul Endicott, both of Springfield, Ohio, and Calvin Endicott of Lima, Ohio; four sisters, Minerva Endicott of Inez, Margie Gillespie of Huntington, West Virginia, and Anna Griffin and Pauline Murray, both of Lima, Ohio; and five grandchildren and four great- grandchildren.

NAME (age) CHURCH,   Herma Lee 79, of Volga, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE September 20, 1920, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE January 21, 2000 at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE William Thomas "Tom" Church   (deceased)

D/O Ervin and Winnie Banks Daniel.   (deceased)

BURIAL Family Cemetery at Tutor Key, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are two sons, James T. Church of Flat Gap and Bobby R. Church of Alloy, West Virginia; one daughter, Bonnie J. Riddle of Bluffton, Indiana; one brother, Bobby
Dean Daniels; three sisters, Anna Trimble of Barnetts Creek, Edna Daniel of Goochland, Virginia, and Teresa Meade of Tutor Key; and seven grandchildren and five great- grandchildren

NAME (age) DEAN, Sylvia L. Dean, 69,

BIRTH-DATE Nov. 21, 1930, in Paintsville, Johnson Co. Ky

DEATH-DATE Dec. 27, 1999, in the Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe, Ohio

SPOUSE (1) Frank Roberts deceased- May 23, 1981   (2) Richard Dean, deceased-July 9,1999

D/O Foster and Marie Meadows Ward.   (deceased)

BURIAL Twin Township Cemetery, Ohio

RELATIVES Surviving are daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Rex Evans, Waverly, and Carol and Jack Smiley, Circleville; daughter, Norma Brigner and her fianceé, Benny Cox, Circleville; son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Penny Roberts, Chillicothe; seven grandchildren; three stepgrandchildern; two step- great-grand-sons; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a brother and a sister.

NAME (age) FAIRCHILD, Edgel 82,

BIRTH-DATE August 18,1917, in Johnson County, Ky.,

DEATH-DATE December 28,1999, Circleville; Ohio

SPOUSE He was married Octobe 9,1937, to Adeline E. Post, who died February 6, 1999

S/O William and Serena Ramey Fairchild    (deceased)

BURIAL Surviving are a daughter, Jean Miller, with whom he lived; son and daughter-in-law, Terry and Mary Fairchild, Circleville; grandchildren, Tommy and Bobby Miller, Tracy and Brian Fairchild and Malinda Dolman; ten great- grandchildren; sisters and brothers-in-law, Juanita and William Sheets and Ethel and Jim Adams; sister, Irene Topping, all of Richmond Dale; brother and sister- in-law, William and Lavine Fairchild, Uniontown, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a son, Carl Roger Fairchild; two sisters; and four brothers.

RELATIVES Little Mound Cemetery.

NAME (age) WELLS, Georgine Maxine, 66, of Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE March 30, 1933, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Jan 26 2000 - Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa, Lawrence Co Ky.

SPOUSE Howard Wells, (deceased in 1983)

D/O James and Ruth Murphy Trimble.   (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are a son, James Wells of Inez; two brothers, James Carl Trimble of Marion, Ohio, and Donnie Earl Trimble of Gallion, Ohio; two sisters, Betty Trimble Ramey and Elizabeth Ann Trimble, both of Van Lear; and two stepgrandchildren.

NAME (age) LEMASTER, Gypsie Lee Woods, 94, of Sitka, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Feb. 17, 1905, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE Jan. 27 2000 - Paul G. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Lloyd Lemaster   (deceased)

D/O Frank and Laura Webb Woods   (deceased)

BURIAL Lemaster Family Cemetery in Sitka, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Her husband, Lloyd Lemaster; three sons, Charles Lemaster, Herbert Lemaster and Tom Lemaster; and three daughters, Lucille Crislip, Edith Sparks and Fredia Lemaster, preceded her in death.
Surviving are three sons, Robert Lemaster and Clifford Lemaster, both of Sitka and Frank Lemaster of Marion, Ohio; a daughter, Gracie McCoy of Paintsville; 22 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) CASTLE,   Judy 46, of Flat Gap, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Nov. 5, 1953

DEATH-DATE Jan.26 2000 - Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE William Lynn Castle

D/O Mabel McKenzie Cantrell and the late Fonzie Cantrell.

BURIAL Cantrell Family Cemetery in Flat Gap, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Survivors include her husband, William Lynn Castle; three sons, Chris Castle, Chico Castle, and Simon Castle, all of Flat Gap; a daughter, Hope Castle of Lexington; and three brothers, Ollie Cantrell and Dick Cantrell, both of Arkansas, and Bob Cantrell of Flat Gap.

NAME (age) MAY, Joy 95 formerly of Wooster,Ohio

BIRTH-DATE May 19, 1904, in Oil Springs, Ky.,

DEATH-DATE Dec.24 1999 at Castle Nursing Home in Millersburg,Oh

SPOUSE Rice May (married on Nov.25 1927) Rice- Died Oct.27 1982

D/O Henry Harrison and Mary Elizabeth Moore Litteral

BURIAL Adario Cemetery, Adario, Ohio

RELATIVES Surviving are three daughters and sons-in-law, Mary and Dean Engel of Millersburg, Janet and Lee Bernhard of Mansfield and Ruth and Paul Kochenderfer of Ashland; one son and daughter-in-law, Harry and Vivian May of Mansfield; nine grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

NAME (age) WHITAKER, Ival 80 of Pierceton, Indiana

BIRTH-DATE Jan 4 1920, in Offutt,Ky

DEATH-DATE Jan 4 2000 - Vencor Hospital, Lagrange,Ind.

SPOUSE Henry Whitaker (deceased - Mar.6 1992 )

D/O Logan and Bessie Perry Akers   (deceased)

BURIAL Hillcrest Cemetery, Pierceton.

RELATIVES Survivors include four daughters; Linda Adams, Silver lake; Claudie Shepherd Pierceton; Garnett Rivera, Warsaw; and Arlene Barton, Dowagiac, Mich.; two sons, Burt M Whitaker, Seattle, Wash;and Mike E. Whitaker, Warsaw; two sisters, Laura Griffith and Evelyn Stephens, both of Prestonsburg; 16 grandchildren;22 great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers.

NAME (age) COLE, Darvin Ray,     49,    of Salyersville

BIRTH-DATE Dec. 15, 1950, in Salyersville, Magoffin Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan 30 2000 - Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Dottie Fletcher Cole

S/O Newt and Sally Smith Cole.    (deceased)

BURIAL Cole Cemetery

RELATIVES Surviving are sons, Darvin D. Cole of Jackson, Mich., and Robert Lee Cole of Edna; two stepsons, Harry Arnett and Johnnie Arnett; three daughters, Linda Cole of Jackson, and Lora Cole and Samantha Brown, both of Salyersville; six brothers, Robert Cole, E.J. Cole, Lawrence Gray Cole, Larry Cole, Mike Cole and Elmer Cole, all of Salyersville; four sisters, Wava Lee Baldridge and Madeline Cole, both of Salyersville, and Lena Mae Risner and Zora Fletcher, both of Jackson; and five stepgrandchildren.

NAME (age) FLAX, Ruby Vaughan   88

BIRTH-DATE August 21, 1911, in Johnson County, Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan 28 2000 - at Jo-Lin Health Care Facility, Ironton, Ohio.........................................

SPOUSE Liebman Flax    (deceased - in 1987)

D/O Benjamin Roscoe and Julia Sturgill Vaughan   (deceased)

BURIAL unlisted

RELATIVES Surviving are several nephews and nieces.

NAME (age) FYFFE, Donald Gene II, 18

BIRTH-DATE October 7, 1981, in Johnson County, Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan 28 2000 - UK Medical Center, Ky.

SPOUSE none

S/O Donald and Carolyn Burchett Fyffe.

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his parents; one sister, Stacy Carol Caudill of Wittensville; paternal grandmother; and maternal grandparents.

NAME (age) BOOTH, Evelyn Joyce, 70, of McVeigh,

BIRTH-DATE Feb.27 1929, Whitehouse, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE Jan. 15, 2000, at the Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, W.Va

SPOUSE Jack Booth Jr.

D/O Hubert Price and Ruby Prater Spradlin    (deceased)

BURIAL Mountain View Memory Gardens

RELATIVES She was preceded in death by one son, Gary Roger Booth; one brother; and one sister. She is survived by her husband, Jack Booth Jr.; two sons, Dennis Booth and Jack Booth III, both of McVeigh; three daughters, Carol (Mrs. Curtis) Blackburn of Stone, Sally Schmidt of Memphis, Tenn., Jessica Booth of McVeigh; two brothers, Jack Price of Indiana and Doug Price of Harold; four sisters, Louise Rowlin of Ohio, Jenny Wiley of Michigan, Virgil Ward of Morehead, Claudia Lyons of Paintsville; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

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NAME (age)	RIGSBY, Minnie 91
BIRTH-DATE	Nov.6 1908 - Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Jan 2 2000 - Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, Paintsville Johnson Co Ky.
SPOUSE	unlisted
D/O	Jerry and Coreelia Skaggs Rigsby (deceased)
BURIAL	Skaggstown Church Cemetery at Flat Gap
RELATIVES	Surviving are four nephews, Alden Rigsby and Garlin Moore, both of Flat Gap, Arrville Kelley of Denton and Harlan Rigsby of Carol, Ohio; and three nieces, Dorothy Ross of Flat Gap, Delegene Williams of Red Bush and Marilyn Fyffe of Carol

NAME (age)	WARD, Ruby Jewell Daniels 78
BIRTH-DATE	Aug. 15 1921 - Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Jan 1 2000 - Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, Paintsville Johnson Co Ky.
SPOUSE	John V. Ward
D/O	Frank and Izora Harless Daniels (deceased)
BURIAL	Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are her husband, John V. Ward; four sons, Glen and John Ward Jr., both of Van Lear, and Clyde and Gary Lee Ward, both of Willis, Michigan; one daughter, Bonnie Marie Guzman of Waukegan, Illinois; two brothers, Lloyd Daniels of Paintsville and Robert Daniels of Van Lear; three sisters, Bessie McCoart of Van Lear and Lucille Blanton and Opal Richmond, both of Paintsville

NAME (age)	WILSON, Peggy Wheeler 78 of Franklin, Tennessee
BIRTH-DATE	Floyd Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Jan 1 2000 St. Thomas Hospital,Tennessee
SPOUSE	Joe M. Wilson (deceased)
D/O	unlisted
BURIAL	Harpeth Mills Memory Gardens
RELATIVES	Surviving are one son, John Christopher Wilson of Maryville, Tennessee; one daughter, Ann Simmons Gordon of Canton, Georgia; one sister, Barbara McPherson of Paintsville

NAME (age)	BLAIR, Henry Grady 82
BIRTH-DATE	August 22, 1917, in Johnson County
DEATH-DATE	Dec.29 1999 - Clark Regional Medical Center, Winchester
SPOUSE	Malta Fairchild Blair
S/O	John and Rosie Colvin Blair (deceased)
BURIAL	Rice Family Cemetery at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are his wife, Malta Fairchild Blair; two sons, Grady G. Blair of Winchester and George A. Blair of Lexington; two brothers, Wayne Blair of Staffordsville and Paul H. Blair of Dola, Ohio; one sister, Maxie Powers of Salyersville;

NAME (age)	CANTRELL, Helen L. 63
BIRTH-DATE	Mar.26 1936 - Madison Co Ohio
DEATH-DATE	December 20, 1999, at Columbus, Ohio
SPOUSE	Loman Cantrell Jr
D/O	William and Ruby Henry (deceased)
BURIAL	Lakeview Memorial Cemetery, Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are her husband, Loman Cantrell Jr; one son, Phillip Cantrell; one daughter, Debra S. Henry; two sisters, Sharon McKenzie and Ruby Steint, both of Columbus; and two brothers, Arthur and Clarence Henry, both of Mt. Sterling, Ohio; and one grandson, Michael Henry

NAME (age)	SPARKS, Aredith Wiley 85
BIRTH-DATE	April 12, 1914, in Johnson County Kentucky
DEATH-DATE	December 25, 1999 - at Boons Memorial Hospital, Madison, West Virginia
SPOUSE	Norvil Sparks (deceased- 1986)
D/O	Lynn and Molly VanHoose Wiley (deceased)
BURIAL	Preston Cemetery, River Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are four sons, Dorsel Earl Sparks of Madison, Norvil Sparks Jr. of Hatfield, West Virginia, Harold Gene Sparks of Malden, West Virginia, and Donald Ray Sparks of Huntington, West Virginia;

NAME (age)	HALL, Emma 84
BIRTH-DATE	May 31 1915 - Offutt, Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	December 26, 1999 at Mountain Manor Nursing Home, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Virgil Hall (deceased - 1969)
D/O	J.L. and Clearinda Music Parker (deceased)
BURIAL	Luster Short Cemetery at Meally, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are five sons, Eugene, Virgil and Gary Hall, all of Meally, Arthur F. Hall of Flat Gap and James Martin Hall of Hager Hill; one daughter, Mary Kirk of Meally;

NAME (age)	PERKINS, Margaret Louise Ratliff, 55
BIRTH-DATE	April 3, 1944, in Johnson County Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Dec.27 1999 - Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
SPOUSE	George E. Perkins
D/O	Dennis and Delphia Wilcox Ratliff (deceased)
BURIAL	Richmond Cemetery, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are her husband, George E. Perkins; one son, Dennis Perkins of Paintsville; one daughter, Laura L. Sammons of Thelma; one brother, Kenneth Ratliff of Marion, Ohio;

NAME (age)	SPEARS, Richard E. 77 of Windham, Ohio
BIRTH-DATE	May 24, 1922, in Johnson County Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Jan 4 2000 - Laurie Ann Nursing Home, Newton Falls, Ohio
SPOUSE	Edna Lemaster Spears
S/O	Jerry and Della Rivers Spears (deceased)
BURIAL	Windham Township Cemetery, Windham,Ohio
RELATIVES	Surviving are his wife, Edna Lemaster Spears; one daughter, Wanda Archon of........... Windham; one brother, Earl Spears of Ashland;

NAME (age)	WILLIAMS, Juanita Faye 65
BIRTH-DATE	October 21, 1934, in Johnson County Ky.
DEATH-DATE	January 3, 2000 at her Lowmansville residence, Johnson Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Tollie Estelle Williams
D/O	Freddie and Pina McKenzie Ratliff (deceased)
BURIAL	Family Cemetery at Lowmansville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are her husband, Tollie Estelle Williams; one son, Tollie Estelle Williams Jr. of Rockville, Tennessee; five daughters, Monica Spradlin of Denver, Wanda Adkins of Lowmansville, Pina Chandler of River, Connie Jenkins of Millersville, Tennessee, and Ruby Stephens of Lebanon, Tennessee; two brothers, James Ernie and Paul Rex Ratliff, both of Staffordsville; four sisters, Betty Frisby, Mary Ratliff, Doris Haney and Shirley Blanton, all of Staffordsville;

NAME (age)	BLANTON, Cline Jr. 64 of Kettering, Ohio
BIRTH-DATE	unlisted
DEATH-DATE	December 22, 1999, at Hospice of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
SPOUSE	Betty Blanton
S/O	unlisted Mother: Neva Craft
BURIAL	David's Cemetery
RELATIVES	Surviving are his wife, Betty Blanton; one daughter, Brenda Noble of Hindman; one son, Gary Blanton of Beavercreek, Ohio; his mother, Neva Craft of Milford Center, Ohio; six sisters, Jean Fitch of Oil Springs, Berta Clifford of Milford Center, Joyce Williams and Jodi Powers, both of Pickerington, Ohio, and Crystal Penix and Mary Vanhoose, both of Pataskala, Ohio;

NAME (age)	HENSLEY, Lora Salyers 93 of Argillite,
BIRTH-DATE	March 22, 1906, in Oil Springs
DEATH-DATE	Dec.27 1999 in Wurtland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
SPOUSE	Earnest Hensley, (deceased- 1972)
D/O	Will and Matilda Litteral Salyers (deceased)
BURIAL	Whitt Cemetery in Culp Creek
RELATIVES	She was also preceded in death by two sons, Thurman L.Hensley and Johnny D. Hensley. Surviving are two sons, Marvin Hensley and Russell Hensley, both of Argillite;

NAME (age)	BALDRIDGE, Susie Belcher , 93, of East Point, Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Aug. 3, 1906, in Johnson County Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Dec.31 1999 Salyersville Health Care Center, Magoffin Co Ky...................................
SPOUSE	Garfield ``Tobe" Baldridge (deceased)
D/O	Newt and Ollie Belcher (deceased)
BURIAL	Baldridge Family Cemetery in East Point, Ky.
RELATIVES	She was survived by three grandchildren

NAME (age)	WHEELER, Willie P. 84 of Ashland, Boyd Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	June 6, 1915, in Johnson County
DEATH-DATE	Jan 3 2000 - King's Daughters Medical Center.
SPOUSE	Alta M. Wheeler
S/O	Martin and Clara Miller Wheeler (deceased)
BURIAL	unlisted
RELATIVES	Surviving are his wife, Alta M. Wheeler; a daughter, Juanita W. Wheeler of Ashland; a son, John W. Wheeler of Louisville; two sisters, Emma Caudill and Lorena Caudill, both of Ashland;

NAME (age)	FANNIN, Kenneth Ray 52 Ashland Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Dec. 29, 1946, in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Nov.25 1999 - Ashland, Boyd Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Eva Mae Cox Fannin
S/O	Ernest and JoAnn Fannin
BURIAL	Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens
RELATIVES	Survivors include two daughters, Lisa Sheree Scaggs and Cristy Lynn McKnight, both of Ashland; a stepson, Mark Cox of Ashland; a sister, Faye Lyons of Ashland; and a granddaughter
MILITARY	Vietnam War Veteran

NAME (age)	PATRICK, Thomasine Baldridge, 58, of Martin, Floyd Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Feb. 9, 1941, in Hueysville
DEATH-DATE	Jan 9 2000 - Hazard Appalachian Regional Medical Center
SPOUSE	unlisted
D/O	Edgille and Della Marshall Baldridge.
BURIAL	Martin Cemetery, Martin Floyd Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are a son, Timothy Patrick of Allen; three brothers, Douglas Baldridge of Mansfield, Ohio, Larry Baldridge of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Gary Baldridge of Martin; and two sisters, Lavonne Lafferty of Martin and Daphne Reid of Langley

NAME (age)	WEBB, Elza Jr. 46 of Auxier, Floyd Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	July 22, 1953, in Johnson County Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Jan 9 2000 - Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg
SPOUSE	Dolores Diana Branham Webb
S/O	Elza Sr. and Rachel Smith Webb (deceased)
BURIAL	Family Cemetery in Auxier, Floyd Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are his wife, Dolores Diana Branham Webb; a son, Elza Webb Jr. of Auxier; a daughter, Virginia Sue Webb of Auxier; four brothers, Roger Dean Webb of Bon Air, Tenn., David Webb and Frankie Webb, both of Auxier, and Timmy Webb of Cleveland, Ohio; and eight sisters, Martha Lawrence of Kenton, Ohio, Cynthia Vickery of Van Lear, Virgie Daniels of Xenia, Ohio, Roberta Jett of Springfield, Ohio, Virginia Osborne and Cora Greathouse, both of Auxier, Betty Garrett of Betsy Layne and Lilly Greathouse of Lakewood, Ohio.

NAME (age)	FOSTER, Nellie Marie Ward 73 of Drift, Floyd Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	November 27, 1926, in Meally, Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	December 14, 1999 at her Meally residence
SPOUSE	Sherman L. Foster
D/O	Ben Ward and Mary Alice Plummer Ward (deceased)
BURIAL	Drift Cemetery, Drift
RELATIVES	Survivors are three brothers, Carlos Ward of New Lebanon, Ohio, James Ward of Paintsville and Bobby Ward of Ohio; two sisters, Faye Johnson of Weeksbury and Lucille McDowell of Fayetteville, Georgia.

NAME (age)	REED, Elbert 48
BIRTH-DATE	Sep.19 1951 -
DEATH-DATE	Jan. 4 2000 - Highlands Regional Medical Center, Floyd Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Linda Reed
S/O	Fred and Margaret Gross Reed (deceased)
BURIAL	Reed & Gillespie Cemetery, Boons Camp, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are his wife, Linda Reed, of Glen Burnie, Maryland; one son, Elbert Reed of Glenn Burnie; three daughters, Linda Kay Reed, Joyce Reed and Sharon Kesecker, all of Glenn Burnie; six brothers, George of Thelma, Billy R. and Fred, both of Boons Camp, Tom of Fallsburg, Larry Joe of Mount Sterling and Hobbie of Wabash, Indiana; four sisters, Stella Young of Paintsville, Betty Dixon of Lexington, Maltie M. Cline of Preston and Doris Easterday of Wabash, Indiana; and seven grandchildren;

NAME (age)	CANTRELL, Marion Cecil "Seadobber" 80
BIRTH-DATE	July 9, 1919, in Salyersville, Magoffin Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Jan 6 2000 - Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Clara Jane Castle Cantrell
S/O	Charles Wilson & Sarah Elizabeth Conley Cantrell (deceased)
BURIAL	Cantrell Family Cem., Patterson Creek, Flat Gap, Johnson Co. Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are his wife, Clara Jane Cantrell; six sons, James W. of Flat Gap, Marion of Oil Springs, William M. of Keaton, Jimmy D. of Royalton, Grant of Magoffin County and Arnold M. of Naples, Florida; four daughters, Elizabeth E. Meade of Flat Gap, Shirley M. Puckett and Audrey Faye Cantrell, both of Royalton, and Linda C. Cantrell of West Virginia;

NAME (age)	CONLEY, Rebecca Sue Burchett 58 of Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	October 14, 1941, in Johnson County
DEATH-DATE	Jan.7 2000 - Van Lear Johnson Co Ky. residence
SPOUSE	unlisted
S/O	Audrey McKenzie Dawson and the late Douglas Burchett
BURIAL	Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are her mother; one son, Anthony Todd Conley of Lexington; one daughter, Kimberly Conley Music of Van Lear; three brothers, Bobby McKenzie of Wittensville, Phillip McKenzie of Prestonsburg and Mike McKenzie of Lexington; two sisters, Melinda Chandler of Van Lear and Karen Blair of Paintsville;

NAME (age)	WILEY, Carma 92
BIRTH-DATE	May 25, 1907, in Johnson County
DEATH-DATE	Jan 7 2000 - Riverview Health Care Center, Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Morton Wiley Sr., (deceased- on Oct. 1, 1961)
D/O	Bethley and Katherine Kitchen Murray (deceased)
BURIAL	Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	She was preceded in death by two sons, Joe E. and Morton Wiley Jr.; one step-son, Melvin Wiley; five brothers; and five sisters. Surviving are one son, John B. Wiley of Houston, Texas; two daughters, Anne Martin of Lexington and Eleanor Salyer of Rising Sun, Indiana; one sister, Sophia George of Louisa;

NAME (age)	DANIELS, Emma Lucille Conley, 82,
BIRTH-DATE	December 9, 1917, in Johnson County
DEATH-DATE	Jan. 4 2000 - Transitional Health Services, Fremont, Michigan
SPOUSE	Newt Daniels (deceased)
D/O	Everett M. and Suna McKenzie Conley (deceased)
BURIAL	Conley Cemetery at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	She was preceded in death by her husband, Newt Daniels. Surviving are two sons, Michael Grey of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and David Lee Mayhew of Paintsville; two brothers, Everett Fishel Conley of Hager Hill and Keith Conley of Wittensville; and one sister, Gladys Jewell Butler of Grand Rapids

NAME (age)	VANHOOSE, James Randall 60, of Thealka, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Sept. 30, 1939, in Johnson County
DEATH-DATE	Jan.10 2000 - Thealka, Johnson Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Beverly Howell Vanhoose (deceased - Jan 10 2000)
S/O	Earl and Ethel Taylor Vanhoose. (deceased)
BURIAL	Vanhoose family cemetery in Thealka.
RELATIVES	Son Chadd Wesley Vanhoose of Thealka; Brothers, Harry Vanhoose and Virgil Vanhoose, both of Paintsville; and four sisters, Christine Clark of Paintsville, Nellie Lyons of Marion, Ohio, Betty Jeffery of St. Albans, W.Va., and Mary Maxine Blankenship of Beckley, W.Va.

NAME (age)	VANHOOSE, Beverly Howell, 53, of Thealka, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	March 20, 1946, in Portland, Ind.
DEATH-DATE	Jan 10 2000 - Thealka, Johnson Co Ky.
SPOUSE	James Randall VanHoose (deceased - Jan 10 2000)
D/O	Dallas James and Ruth Evelyn Slusser Howell.
BURIAL	Vanhoose family cemetery in Thealka.
RELATIVES	Son Chadd Wesley Vanhoose of Thealka, son, Tom Timothy Clark of Prestonsburg; and two brothers, Franklin Howell of St. Johns, Ohio, and Herbert Howell of Portland.

NAME (age)	FYFFE, Gladys 73 of Chillicothe, Ohio ODT
BIRTH-DATE	Dec.18 1925 - Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Dec.1 1999 in Westmoreland Place, Chillicothe.
SPOUSE	James C Fyffe (wed on September 28,1943)
D/O	Lee and Hannah (Montgomery) Tackett (deceased)
BURIAL	Caldwell Cemetery, Richmond Dale.
RELATIVES	Surviving are two sons, John Fyffe and Wayne (Donnna) Fyffe, both of Richmond Dale; three daughters, Rita (Don) Hamilton, Waverly, Mary Hay, Richmond Dale, and Norma (Arlie) Howard, Londonderry; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; four brothers, Arnold (Florence) Tackett, Chillicothe, Robert Earl (Elaine) Tackett, Waverly, William J. (Charlotte) Tackett, Piketon, and Lawrence E. (Linda) Tackett, Chillicothe; and two sisters, Fannie (Robert) Mankin and Betty (Ermal) Ramey, both of Chillicothe. In addition to her parents, she was prededed in death by one son, James F. Fyffe; two brothers, Ernest and Dockie Tackett; and one sister, Candy Mae McFadden.

NAME (age)	WILSON, Rhoda M. 95 of Sunbury and Delaware, Ohio
BIRTH-DATE	Dec. 11, 1903, in Johnson County, Ky
DEATH-DATE	Dec. 4, 1999 Cancio Home Care Nursing Home, Sunbury, Ohio
SPOUSE	Robert Wilson (deceased)
D/O	Susie (Ressitt) Moore and John Dee Moore.
BURIAL	unlisted
RELATIVES	Survived by two sisters, Matilda "Tillie" VanDyke of Hopewell and Hazel Love of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and several nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her husband Robert, six brothers and one sister.

NAME (age)	SALYER, Erastus 85 of New Port Richey, Florida
BIRTH-DATE	unlisted date born in Red Bush, Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Jan.9 2000 - Community Hospital of New Port Richey
SPOUSE	Lena Hill Salyer
S/O	unlisted
BURIAL	Meadowlawn Memorial Cemetery, New Port Richey.
RELATIVES	Surviving are his wife, Lena Hill Salyer; and one daughter, Lena Salyer of New Port Richey.

NAME (age)	CASTLE, Edward E. 81 of Ashland, Boyd Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Oct. 15, 1918, in Boyd County Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Jan.8 2000 at his residence
SPOUSE	Arthie Castle
S/O	Harry and Stella Chandler Castle (deceased)
BURIAL	Ashland Cemetery Boyd Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are his wife, Arthie Castle; one son, Lonnie Castle of Morehead; two daughters, Carolyn Castle of Berea and Catherine Castle Kidd of Lafollette, Tennessee; and four grandchildren.

NAME (age)	MUSIC, Vernie 71 of Meally, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	July 3, 1928, at Zebulon
DEATH-DATE	Jan. 5 2000 - Meally Johnson Co Ky.
SPOUSE	John D. Music, (deceased- June 22, 1991)
D/O	John and Wyonana Reynolds Belcher (deceased)
BURIAL	Lakeview Memorial Cemetery at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	She was also preceded in death by her husband, John D. Music, on June 22, 1991. Surviving are four sons, Kenneth Music of Meally, Larry Music of Staffordsville, Marlin Music of Flat Gap and John D. Music Jr. of Albion, Michigan; five daughters, Linda McCarty of Hager Hill, Joyce Ann King of Meally, Connie Clark of David, Carrie Tavoletti of Pennsylvania and Judy Gail Stone of South Point, Ohio; one sister, Dolly Allen of Stone; and 30 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.