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JOHNSON COUNTY KENTUCKY OBITUARIES MAY 2000

UPDATED...JUNE 2 2000

NAME (age) McKENZIE, Leslie, 86

BIRTH-DATE Dec.12 1913 - in Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE Apr.29 2000 -   at Mountain Manor Nursing Home, Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.

SPOUSE Helen McKenzie

S/O Dennie & Virgie Alice Fitch McKenzie (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park, Staffordsville, Johnson Co. Ky.

RELATIVES He was also preceded in death by his stepmother, Beechie Blevins McKenzie of Staffordsville. Surviving are his wife, Helen McKenzie of Williamson; two nephews, Larry McKenzie of Paintsville and Phillip Roger McKenzie of West Liberty; one sister, Louise Daniel of Mt. Carmel, Indiana; two sisters-in-law, Carol Thomas of Paintsville and Lillian McKenzie of Fairborn, Ohio; and well as several other nieces and nephews.

NAME (age) BOWLING, Danny   56,

BIRTH-DATE Jan. 15, 1944, in Johnson Co. Ky

DEATH-DATE Apr. 29 2000 - at his residence in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Donna Bowling

S/O Amos & Edna Sammons Bowling (deceased)

BURIAL Patty Flat Cemetery, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Donna Bowling of Staffordsville; two sons, Daniel Brett Bowling of Meally and Michael Willard Bowling of Staffordsville; one daughter-in-law, Mickie Lynn Bowling of Meally; one brother, Harold Bowling; and one grandson.

NAME (age) GOBLE, Ella Jean, 62, of Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Aug. 9, 1937, in Johnson Co.

DEATH-DATE Apr. 28 2000 - at Highlands Regional Medical Center, Floyd Co Ky.

SPOUSE Frank G. Goble

D/O James & Darkus Bowling Honeycutt. (deceased)

BURIAL Goble Family Cemetery at Van Lear.

RELATIVES Surviving are her husband, Frank G. Goble; one son, Michael Goble of Van Lear; two daughters, Wenona Gillispie and Toni Goble, both of Van Lear; two brothers, James Honeycutt of Sitka and Delmas Honeycutt of Auxier; two sisters, Willadean Wells and Maxine King, both of Van Lear; and eight grandchildren.

NAME (age) TRAVIS, Bobby Joe, of Thelma, 72,

BIRTH-DATE Aug. 8, 1927, in Johnson Co, Ky.

DEATH-DATE April 25, at Mountain Manor Nursing Home, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE

S/O Lenzie & Delphia Johnson Travis   (deceased)

BURIAL Gambill Cemetery, Thelma, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are one brother, Roby J. Travis of Troy, Ohio; and two sisters, Ann Horne of Springfield, Ohio, and Hazel Charles of Arizona.

NAME (age) McKENZIE, Brandon Ray, 23 months

BIRTH-DATE June 4, 1998, in Johnson Co.Ky

DEATH-DATE Apr. 28 2000 -

SPOUSE

S/O David Ray & Teresa Keaton McKenzie

BURIAL Red Bush Cemetery, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his parents; one sister, Brooklyn Shelby McKenzie of Flat Gap; paternal grandparents, Melvin and Sue McKenzie of Red Bush; and maternal grandparents, Charles Keaton of Isonville and Barbara Keaton of Pikeville.

NAME (age) SUBLETT, Anna Ruth, 74, of Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Dec. 15, 1925, in Boyd Co. Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 3 2000 in Mountain Manor Nursing Home in Paintsville

SPOUSE Elza Thomas Sublett, (deceased in 1996)

D/O O.I. and Alta Daniels Williams. (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are two sons, Alan Sublett of Paintsville and Joe David Sublett of Oil Springs; two daughters, Rebecca Sublett of Allen and Joan Cantrell of Hager Hill; two sisters, Thelma Jewell Hamilton of Paintsville and Dordena DeRossett of Prestonsburg; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) ROBERTS, Edra Wheeler, 98, of Ashland, Boyd Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE April 15, 1902, in Johnson Co.Ky.

DEATH-DATE Apr.28 2000 in King's Daughters Medical Center, in Ashland Ky.

SPOUSE Scott Roberts

D/O Dr. Wylie and Rosa Williams Wheeler (deceased)

BURIAL Ashland Cemetery, Boyd Co Ky.

RELATIVES She was also preceded in death by her husband, Scott Roberts; and a son, Kent Earl Roberts

NAME (age) VAUGHAN, Nolan Walter, 93, of Leander, Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Nov. 28, 1906, in Floyd Co.Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 10 2000 - Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.

SPOUSE Alva Hackworth

S/O Walter & Callie Conley Vaughan   (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Alva Hackworth Vaughan; two sons, Douglas Vaughan of Grafton, Wis., and Roger Vaughan of Russell; four daughters, Elaine Gregg of Fort Worth, Texas, Judy Vaughan of Leander, Linda Clouse of Cookeville, Tenn., and Wilma Vaughan Croley of Dayton, Ohio; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) ROSIEK, Patsy Jean Spencer, 58, of Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE March 2, 1942, in Jackson Co.Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 10 2000 - at her residence

SPOUSE Leon Rosiek, died in 1999

D/O Perry & Dorothy Shepard Spencer   (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are a son, Tony Rosiek of Covington; two daughters, Mary Hackworth of Ivel and Kimberly Adams of Winchester; two brothers, Edwin Spencer of Bellville, Mich., and Kenneth Spencer of Mason, Ohio; a sister, Corrina Patrick of Winchester; and four grandchildren.

NAME (age) TROSSKY, Marjorie Christine, 80, of Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Dec. 13, 1919, in Gypsie, W.Va

DEATH-DATE May 9 2000 - at her Paintsville residence

SPOUSE Samuel V. Trossky

D/O Levi B. and Dollie Bethel Hayhurst Jobe.   (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are her husband, Samuel V. Trossky; a daughter, Brenda Kammerling of Indianapolis, Ind.; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) TACKETT, Hazel , 54, of Sitka, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Sept. 18, 1945, in Flat Gap, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 8 2000 - in Sitka,

SPOUSE Milton Tackett

D/O Marion and Dorothy Shepherd Brown. (deceased)

BURIAL Brown Cemetery in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are her husband, Milton Tackett; three sons, Jeff Tackett and Frankie Lee Tackett, both of Sitka and Anthony R. Tackett of Auxier; a daughter, Patricia Tackett of Sitka; three brothers, Dewey Brown, Jimmy Brown and Walter Brown, all of Staffordsville; two half brothers, Malcolm Brown of West Prestonsburg and Clinton Patrick of Staffordsville; and a sister, Elizabeth Crum of Boons Camp.

NAME (age) DIXON, Garland, 84, of Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Mar.16, 1916, in Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 7 2000 in Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.

SPOUSE Aileen Frary Dixon

S/O Ralla and Lillie Conley Dixon (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Aileen Frary Dixon; two sons, Roger D. Dixon of Hopkins, Mich., and Kenneth R. Dixon of Loveland, Ohio; two sisters, Dorothy Schroyer of Paintsville and Annabelle Daniel of Allegan, Mich.; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

NAME (age) SALYER, Dorothy Ruth, 73, of Louisa, Lawrence Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Feb. 18, 1927, in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 7 2000 in King's Daughters Medical Center

SPOUSE

D/O Wayne and Cynthia Castle Salyer   (deceased)

BURIAL Greenlawn Cemetery in Louisa

RELATIVES Surviving are a daughter, Fredia Cyrus of Lexington; two sons, Rick Cyrus of Louisa and James Barnett Potter of Toledo, Ohio; three sisters, Mary Lou Hampton of Louisa, Cynthia Potter of Toledo, and Florence Marco of Columbus, Ohio; a brother, James Salyer of Louisa; two grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) STEPHENS, Chester, 84, of Salyersville Magoffin Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Jan. 25, 1916, in Magoffin County

DEATH-DATE May 3 2000 in Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville

SPOUSE Sadie Montgomery (deceased)

S/O Jack & Clara Williams Stephens. (deceased)

BURIAL Stephens Cemetery

RELATIVES He also was preceded in death by a son, Louie Stephens; and a daughter, Vonnetta Watson. Surviving are three sons, James Stephens of Elsie, Chalmer Stephens of Gifford and Lance Stephens of Fritz; a sister, Ada McCarty of Salyersville; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) MILLER, Andy, 70, of Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Apr. 18, 1930, in Carter Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE Apr.27 2000 in U.K. Medical Center at Lexington, Ky.

SPOUSE (1) Mary Elizabeth Baker (deceased) (2) Julia Mollett

S/O Lon & Alice Rena Tolliver Miller. (deceased)

BURIAL East Carter County Memory Gardens Ky.

RELATIVES Preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Baker; and a daughter, Joyce Arrington. Surviving are his wife, Julia Mollett Miller; a daughter, Betty Burke of Ashland; three stepsons, Jimmy Butcher of Kingman, Ariz., Roy Butcher of Williamsport, and Dwight David Butcher of Paintsville; three stepdaughters, Linda Smith of Kingman, Ariz., Patricia Stambaugh of Williamsport, and Lola Slone of West Van Lear; two brother, Cleotis Miller of Denton, and Jimmie D. Miller of Mansfield, Ohio; three sisters, Bessie Ratcliff of Jeriel, Elizabeth Cains of Denton, and F. Ruth Caudill of Mansfield, Ohio; three grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) BOND, Guy Jefferson , 89 of Thelma

BIRTH-DATE April 24, 1911, in Redbush, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 14 2000 - in Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Helen Bond

S/O Jeff & Finetta Cox Bond (deceased)

BURIAL Bond Cemetery in Redbush

RELATIVES Preceded in death by a son, J.D. Bond; and a daughter, Diana Bond Criner. Surviving are his wife, Helen Bond; and two grandchildren.

NAME (age) PERKINS, Henderson , 66, of Salyersville, Magoffin Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Oct. 21, 1933, in Magoffin County

DEATH-DATE May 12 2000 in Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville.

SPOUSE

S/O Bennie & Reva Lykins Perkins (deceased)

BURIAL Elzie Fletcher Cemetery

RELATIVES Surviving are two brothers, Forest Perkins Jr. and Charlie D. Fletcher; and two sisters, Lucy Spradlin and Sally Jean Gibson.

NAME (age) SCOTT, Helen, 74, of Georgetown

BIRTH-DATE Feb. 2, 1926, in Floyd County

DEATH-DATE May 12 2000 at her home

SPOUSE

D/O Daniel B. and Hattie Gibson Hicks.   (deceased)

BURIAL Davidson Memorial Gardens in Ivel, Floyd Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are two sons, Keith Scott Jr. of Richmond and Hawley D. Scott of Georgetown; a daughter, Elizabeth ``Beth" Ferguson of Keaton; and six grandchildren.

NAME (age) GREEN, James David, 44, of Lowmansville, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Oct. 4, 1955, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE May 11 2000 at his home.

SPOUSE

S/O Charlie and Angie Belle Salyers Greene. (deceased)

BURIAL Family Cemetery in Lowmansville

RELATIVES Surviving are four sons, David Lowell Greene and Charles Russell Greene, both of Paintsville, and Johnathan Greene and Nathaniel Greene, both of Magoffin County; four brothers, Gary Greene, Alpha Greene, and Gene Greene, all of Lowmansville and Danny Greene of Springfield, Ohio; and four sisters, Margarett Preston of Springfield, Ohio, Goldie Castle of Lowmansville, and Sue Swann and Joyce Mills, both of Louisa.

NAME (age) JONES, Jimmy Lee, 41, of Martha

BIRTH-DATE Mar. 19, 1958, in Dayton, Ohio

DEATH-DATE May 11 2000 at his home

SPOUSE

S/O David and Geraldine Boshers Jones

BURIAL Jones Family Cemetery in Keaton, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Survivors include two brothers, Franklin Dean Jones and Billy Ray Jones, both of Martha; and two sisters, Mary Ann Maxie of Martha and Tammy Lynn Jones of Lexington.

NAME (age) PICKLESIMER, Lola , 84, of Lucasville, Ohio

BIRTH-DATE Jan. 24, 1916, in Johnson County, Ky

DEATH-DATE May 11 2000 - in Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, Ohio

SPOUSE Paris Picklesimer, died in 1986

D/O Callie and Alta Lemaster Blanton (deceased)

BURIAL Bayes Cemetery in Swamp Branch, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are a son, Phillip Blanton of Waldo, Ohio; a daughter, Glenna Tackett of Lucasville; three brothers, Estill Blanton of Warsaw, Ind., Charlie Blanton of Marion, Ohio, and Bill Blanton of Swamp Branch; two sisters, Sola Ferguson of Xenia, Ohio, and Evelyn Blair of Leander; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and 21 great-great -grandchildren.

NAME (age) PRATER, Mary , 87, of West Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Dec. 25, 1912, in Lawrence County, Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 11 2000 in Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.

SPOUSE Clyde Prater, died in 1980

D/O Moses and Rosella Preston Dutton (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are two sons, Ballard Ray Prater and Clyde S. Prater, both of West Van Lear; three daughters, Betty Lewis of Boons Camp and Jean Mulvhille and Connie Szafran, both of Chicago; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) WARD, Benjamin J. 82, of Ashland, Ky.

BIRTH-DATE July 20, 1917, in Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 13 2000 in Pattie A. Clay Hospital in Richmond

SPOUSE Sara Smith

S/O Ben and Margaret Sallee Ward (deceased)

BURIAL Rose Hill Burial Park

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Sara Smith Ward; a son, Dennis James Ward of Ashland; two daughters, Anna Lee Boyle of Ashland and Cheryl Sue Fields of Catlettsburg; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

MILITARY World War II Army veteran

NAME (age) MELVIN, Alta Mae, 76, of Paintsville

BIRTH-DATE Jan. 6, 1924, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE May 11 2000 in Mountain Manor Nursing Home in Paintsville.

SPOUSE Ray Melvin

D/O Phonza & Malta Selvage Adams. (deceased)

BURIAL Hall-Davis Cemetery in Paintsville

RELATIVES Surviving are her husband, Ray Melvin; a son, Brian Melvin of Hagerhill; a daughter, Judy Melvin Montgomery of Dry Ridge; two sisters, Bessie Ward of West Van Lear and Anna Maude Robinson of Ashland; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild

NAME (age) BURTON, Clara, 91, of Stambaugh, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Jun. 11, 1908, in Johnson Co.

DEATH-DATE May 11 2000 in Mountain Manor Nursing Home in Paintsville...........................................

SPOUSE

D/O Peter Albert and Flora Belle Davis Burton (deceased)

BURIAL Burton Cemetery.

RELATIVES Surviving are two nephews

NAME (age) ADKINS, Wanda Mae, 46, of Lomansville, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Aug. 2, 1953, in Paintsville

DEATH-DATE May 19 2000 at her home.

SPOUSE

D/O Tollie Estill Williams of Lowmansville and the late Faye Ratliff Williams

BURIAL Williams family cemetery in Lowmansville

RELATIVES Survivors include a daughter, Jamie Ann Adkins of Lowmansville; a brother, Tollie Estill Williams Jr. of Rockvale, Tenn.; four sisters, Connie Jenkins of Millersville, Tenn., Nikkie Spradlin of Denver, Ruby Stephens of Lebanon, Tenn., and Pina Chandler for River; and a special friend, Garnet Armstrong of Paintsville

NAME (age) MAY, Ruby, 72, of Royalton, Magoffin Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Jan. 17, 1928, in Magoffin County

DEATH-DATE May 21 2000 in Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville., Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Darus May (deceased)

D/O Robert & Dorothy Salyer Fletcher   (deceased)

BURIAL Whitaker Cemetery in Gun Creek

RELATIVES She was preceded in death by her husband, Darus May; and two sons, Bob May and Haskel R. May. Surviving are two sons, Jack May and Mitchell May, both of Royalton; three daughters, Bonetta May and Debra Bailey, both of Royalton and Linda Patton of Indiana; three brothers, Buford Fletcher, Ricky Fletcher and Norman Fletcher, all of Royalton; seven sisters, Mollie Combs, Mandy Love, Teresa Whitaker, Elsie Arnett, Barbara Smith and Betty Bauer, all of Royalton and Ethel Lawrence of Illinois; eight grandchidlren; and five great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) BOWLING, Margaret Sue, 60, of Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Nov. 9, 1939, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE May 17 2000 at her home.

SPOUSE Clyde Bowling

D/O George Honeycutt (deceased) & Fannie Hyden Honeycutt of Van Lear

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are her husband, Clyde Bowling; a son, David W. Bowling of Hager Hill; a daughter, Carol Bowling of Fort Wayne, Ind.; a brother, Geroge Honeycutt Jr. of La Fontaine, Ind.; a sister, Shelby Harris of Largo, Ind.; and four grandchildren.

NAME (age) STAMBAUGH, John Livingston , 66, of Oil Springs, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Nov. 23, 1933, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE May 20 2000 in Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.

SPOUSE

S/O Eugene and Sarah Caudill Stambaugh. (deceased)

BURIAL Stambaugh Cemetery

RELATIVES Surviving are four sons, Douglas Eugene Stambaugh and Elvis Lee Stambaugh, both of Fallsburg, James Walter Stambaugh of Oil Springs and Larry Joe Stambaugh of Paintsville.

NAME (age) FYFFE, Gale Dean, 61, of Louisa, Lawrence Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Nov. 6, 1938, in Flatgap, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 19 2000 in Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa.

SPOUSE Anna Jo Fyffe;

S/O Fred Fyffe (deceased) & Martha Johnson Fyffe of Louisa

BURIAL Fyffe family cemetery in Louisa

RELATIVES Survivors include his wife, Anna Jo Fyffe; a daughter, Vivian Mattox of Louisa; a son, Jason Dean Fyffe of Louisa; and two brothers, Willis Fyffe of Carol, Ohio, and Charles Fyffe of Louisa.

NAME (age) CASTLE, Edgar, 91, of Sitka, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Sep. 11, 1908, in Johnson Co.

DEATH-DATE May 16 2000 in Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Lorena Castle   (deceased)

S/O John C. & Hester Athenington Castle   (deceased)

BURIAL Sparks Cemetery in Blaine

RELATIVES Surviving are five sons, Danny Castle and Arlie Castle, both of Sitka, Edgar Castle Jr. of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, Robert Lee Castle of River and John C. Castle of Port Richie, Fla.; a daughter, Loretta Caudill of Lexington; a brother, Okie Burton of Flat Gap; a sister, Okie Burton of Flat Gap; 26 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Ann Margraves of Paintsville.

NAME (age) DAVIS, Herbert Jr., 77, of Jackson, Ohio

BIRTH-DATE Johnson County

DEATH-DATE May 5, 2000 at his home.

SPOUSE Nancy Phelps Davis, deceased in 1991.

S/O Charles Herbert Davis and Mary Ann Castle Davis.

BURIAL Phelps Cemetery at Beaver

RELATIVES Surviving are one son, Keith Roger Davis of Jackson; one brother, Frank Davis of Meally; and three sisters, Mrs. Earl Haney of Meally, Mrs. John Hudson of Avana, Ohio and Jacqueline Davis of Paintsville.

MILITARY World War II Veteran, also served in Vietnam

NAME (age) FLETCHER, Phyllis Ann, 63,

BIRTH-DATE Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 4, 2000 at her Dunedin, Florida, residence.

SPOUSE James R. "Bob" Fletcher

D/O Martha Hackworth

BURIAL

RELATIVES Surviving are her husband, James R. "Bob" Fletcher; her mother, Martha Hackworth, of Riceville; three sons, Larry Fletcher of Spring Valley, Ohio, James Fletcher of Palm Harbor and Mark Fletcher of Oldsmar, Florida; one daughter, Carmen Jacobs of Oldtown, Florida; seven brothers, Paul and Russell Hackworth, both of Paintsville, Joe, Delbert and Terry Hackworth, all of Riceville, John Hackworth of Decatur, Indiana, and Kennith Hackworth of West Liberty; and five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren

NAME (age) KNIGHT, Judge James A., 63

BIRTH-DATE Feb. 1, 1937, in Letcher County, Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 11, at his Paintsville residence.

SPOUSE Julia Conley

S/O Olen Knight & Willa Mae Barker   (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Julia Conley Knight; three daughters, Jayme Runyon and Beth Phelps, both of Paintsville, and Leigh Ann Furcolow of Charlotte, North Carolina; two brothers, Gary and Wendell Knight, both of Paintsville; and four grandchildren

NAME (age) ADAMS, Clara B., 78, of Wabash, Indiana

BIRTH-DATE Dec. 28, 1921, at Sitka, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 4 2000 - at Wabash Skilled Care Center.

SPOUSE Harry Adams Jr., (deceased - July 26, 1984)

D/O Gilbert and Mae Salyer Young (deceased)

BURIAL Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash, Indiana

RELATIVES She was also preceded in death by one brother; and two sisters. Surviving are one daughter, Judy Satterthwaite of North Manchester, Indiana; two sons, Dean Adams of Wabash and David Adams of Sacramento, California; two sisters, Pearl Welsh of Murray and Madge Pack of North Manchester; and three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) MASTERSON, Virginia Hager, 84

BIRTH-DATE Oct. 8, 1915

DEATH-DATE May 2 2000 - in Strongsville, Ohio.

SPOUSE William Masterson (deceased)

D/O Eugene & Alice Perry Hager (deceased)

BURIAL Mayo Cemetery, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Masterson; and two brothers, Eugene Hager Jr. and Stephen Hager. Surviving are one son, Dr. W. Michael Masterson; and three granddaughters and one great-granddaughter. Paintsville relatives include G.C. Perry, III, Robert L. Marsh, Janet M. Trimble, Garnet Branham, Kenneth Meade, Doug Meade, W.R. Meade, B.R. Meade and, in Lexington, Francis Hamilton, Mable Meek, Hazel Sparks and Richard Perry

NAME (age) CALHOUN, Arlen 73

BIRTH-DATE Sept. 9, 1926, at Water Gap

DEATH-DATE May 21, 2000 - at Highlands Regional Medical Center, Floyd Co Ky.

SPOUSE Wanda Goble

S/O Elzie and Donie Wallen Calhoun (deceased)

BURIAL Calhoun Cemetery, Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Wanda Goble Calhoun; four sons, Donald Ray of Knott County and Randall, Tim and Kevin, all of Prestonsburg; three daughters, Edna Ousley of Martin and Debra Blackburn and Kimberly Calhoun, both of Prestonsburg; four sisters, Opal Younce, Easter Slone and Loma Hatfield, all of Prestonsburg, and Blanche Younce of River; and 11 grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.

MILITARY U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War

NAME (age) WILLIAMS, Paul E., 73, of Jackson, Ohio

BIRTH-DATE Jul. 7, 1926, at Asa, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 18, 2000 - at Adena Regional Hospital, Chillicothe, Ohio

SPOUSE Mary L. Williams

S/O Ransom Bee and Grace Dotson Williams (deceased)

BURIAL

RELATIVES He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Kenneth and Bobby Williams; and a sister, Mary Ann. Surviving are his wife, Mary L. Williams; one son, Paul Williams of New Carlisle, Ohio; two daughters, Paula Williams and Yvonne Thacker, both of Fairborn, Ohio; one foster son, Richard Bayless of Selma, North Carolina; four brothers, Orville and Bill Williams, both of Tipp City, Ohio, Jack Williams of New Lebanon, Ohio, and Richard Williams of Englewood, Ohio; four sisters, Mable Scott of Leander, Wauletta Ward of Denver, Sue Greene of Yorktown, Virginia, and Linda Snelling of Newport News, Virginia; and seven grandchildren and six foster grandchildren.

MILITARY World War II Veteran

NAME (age) HOWARD, Alta Mae, 90, of East Point, Ky

BIRTH-DATE May 20, 1910, in Johnson County

DEATH-DATE May 22, 2000 - at Riverview Nursing Home

SPOUSE

D/O William L. and Hattie Stone Music (deceased)

BURIAL Combs & Howard Cemetery at Little Paint, Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are two sons, Reuben Howard of East Point and Harold Howard of Pilgrim; two brothers, Dewey E. and Bobby Joe Music, both of East Point; three sisters, Nell Woodworth of Ocala, Florida, Mary Badgett of Findlay, Ohio, and Gertrude Auxier; and three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) HANEY, Lexie B., 98, of Lexington, Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Aug. 30, 1901, at Red Bush, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 22 2000 -

SPOUSE Courtney E. Haney (deceased)

D/O Napoleon Monroe and Ella Stacy Williams (deceased)

BURIAL

RELATIVES Surviving are two daughters, Betty Ann Boggs of Lexington and Phyllis Jane Shuster of Richmond; and three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

NAME (age) AUXIER, Irene , 86,

BIRTH-DATE Oct. 24, 1913, in Lawrence Co. Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 25 2000 - at Mountain Manor Nursing Home, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE (1) Dennis Charles Daniel (deceased) (2) Samuel Auxier (deceased)

D/O Foster and Rachel Gibson Burton (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES She was also preceded in death by two daughters, Oraleene Primm and Kathleene Daniel. Surviving are one son, Paul Burgess Daniel of Owensboro; two daughters, Nancye D. Moore of Van Lear and Mary Sue Butcher of Tutor Key; three brothers, James Foster and Herbert Burton, both of Paintsville, and Lawrence Burton of Lexington; two sisters, Pauline Daniels and Mary Rigsby, both of Paintsville; and eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) BLEVINS, James Franklin (Frank), 79, of Dayton, Ohio,

BIRTH-DATE Nov. 26, 1920, in Johnson County, Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 2, 2000 - at Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Oh.

SPOUSE

S/O Grant and Cassie Salyer Blevins (deceased)

BURIAL Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Oh.

RELATIVES He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Fred and Arnold Blevins; and one daughter, Rae Pitts of Salyersville. Surviving are three sons, Phillip of Dayton, and David and Ricky, both of Salyersville; five daughters, Gay Cyrus of Paintsville, Judy Bellew of Carmel, Indiana, and Bonnie Blevins, Norma Bailey and Alecia Caudill, all of Salyersville; one brother, Grant Blevins Jr. of Henderson County; and 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

MILITARY World War II Navy Veteran

NAME (age) CANTRELL, Billy J., 69

BIRTH-DATE Nov. 18, 1930, in Letcher County, Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 26, 2000 - at his Van Lear residence, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Frankie Austin

S/O Daniel Webster and Carrie Mullins Cantrell (deceased)

BURIAL Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, Frankie Austin Cantrell; one son, Rick Cantrell of Van Lear; two daughters, Kathy Reed of Van Lear and Teresa Adkins of Tampa, Florida; one brother, Gene Cantrell of West Van Lear; four sisters, Pat Harris of Van Lear, Trish Jarrell of Logan, West Virginia, Ester McCoy of Goody and June McMa of Blue Mound, Illinois; and four grandchildren.

MILITARY Army Korean War Veteran

NAME (age) LYONS, Linda Lee , 52

BIRTH-DATE Sep. 5, 1947 - in Johnson Co. Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 26 2000 - at U.K. Medical Center, Lexington, Ky.

SPOUSE Daniel Tivis Lyon

D/O Dixie Lee Minuard Coots and the late Ruben Coots

BURIAL Staffordsville Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES urviving are her husband, Daniel Tivis Lyon; her mother; one stepson, Jay Edward Lyon of Lexington; one daughter, Jessica Elizabeth Lyon of Robinson Creek; one brother, Sammie Scott Coots of Staffordsville; and a sister, Jeanne Tomlin of Tampa, Florida.

NAME (age) CENTER, Ruth Walters Burke, 96, of Ashland,Ky.

BIRTH-DATE November 19, 1903, at River,

DEATH-DATE May 28, at Oakmont Manor Nursing Home, Flatwoods, Ky.

SPOUSE (1) Lucien Burke, deceased in 1938, (2) William Center, deceased in 1975

D/O William and Hulda Day Walters   (deceased)

BURIAL Ashland Cemetery, Boyd Co Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are two daughters, Nell Smith of Paintsville and Irene Clower of Danville; one son, William R. Burke of Savannah, Georgia; two step-daughters, Dorothy Rice of Huntington, West Virginia, and Helen Jordan of Charleston, West Virginia; and six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) PACK, George Walter Pack, 73

BIRTH-DATE Nov. 28, 1926, in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 30 at his Second Street residence, Paintsville

SPOUSE

S/O Walter and Daisy Gibbs Pack (deceased)

BURIAL Pack Cemetery at Williamsport, Ky.

RELATIVES Surviving are two sisters, Jo Pack of Paintsville and Helen Elam of Williamsport; one nephew, Robert Elam of Paintsville; and one niece, Fonetta Elam of Paintsville.

NAME (age) HALL, Norma Jean Pendleton, 52, of Ashland, Boyd Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Oct. 4, 1947, in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

DEATH-DATE May 28 2000 in King's Daughters Medical Center

SPOUSE

D/O Ruth Williams Pendleton & the late Ira Pendleton

BURIAL Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens

RELATIVES Survivors include two daughters, Tonya G. Hall and Cassandra Hutchinson, both of Ashland; a sister, Carlene Jarvis of Rush; and her fiance, Clay Copley of Franklin Furnace, Ohio

NAME (age) McCARTY, Joe Kendall, 78, of Muddy Branch Road

BIRTH-DATE Aug. 20, 1921, in Paintsville,

DEATH-DATE May 22 2000 at his home.

SPOUSE June LeMaster

S/O Oscar & Leaner Williams McCarty (deceased)

BURIAL Bellefonte Memorial Gardens

RELATIVES Surviving are his wife, June LeMaster McCarty; five sons, Sheran McCarty of Flatwoods, Neil McCarty of Winchester, Terry McCarty and James ``Bo" McCarty, both of Ashland, and Dwight McCarty of Lexington; a daughter, Patty Sennett of Ashland; two sisters, Dollie McCarty Salyer and Esther McCarty Reynolds, both of Ashland; 15 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

MILITARY World War II Veteran

NAME (age) JACKSON, Henry , 83, North Manchester, Indiana

BIRTH-DATE Sept. 18, 1916, in Johnson County, Ky

DEATH-DATE Apr. 3, 2000, at Parkview Hospital

SPOUSE Wed; Eva Hackworth on Dec. 8, 1938, in Ivyton, Ky.

S/O Smith & Goldie Ramey Jackson

BURIAL Pleasant Hill Cemetery, North Manchester.

RELATIVES Surviving are five sons, Dallas (Patty) Jackson, Coesse, Dennis R. (Helen) Jackson, Servia, Ron (Carole) Jackson, Fort Wayne; Richard L. (Brenda) Jackson, North Manchester, and Steve D. (Linda) Jackson, North Manchester; a daughter-in-law, Eleanor Lee Jackson, Fort Wayne; seven brothers, Hershel Jackson, Stockbridge, Mich, Kelly Jackson, Wabash, Eugene Jackson, Wabash, Clint Jackson, North Manchester, Roy Jackson, South Whitley, Junior Jackson, North Manchester, and Don Jackson, Akron; four sisters, Delphi Hackworth, Silver Lake, Carma Barton, Fort Wayne, Amanda Hackworth, North Manchester, and Jewel Rice, Jeffersonville; 21 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, four brothers and a grandson

NAME (age) LITTERAL, Gertrude, 92, of Falcon, Johnson Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE May 8, 1908, in Johnson County,

DEATH-DATE May 23 2000 in Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Lawrence Litteral deceased in 1982

D/O Camel & Emily Blair Caudill   (deceased)

BURIAL Litteral Cemetery in Painters Lick

RELATIVES She was preceded in death by a daughter, Freda Florence Adams. Surviving are three sons, Johnny Litteral of Larue, Ohio, Amos Litteral of Marion, Ohio, and Thomas Wayne Litteral of Falcon; four daughters, Josie Lavine of Denver, Colo., Edith Rose Conley of Marion, Linda Litteral of Falcon and Lula Mae Litteral of Paintsville; 21 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

NAME (age) HOLBROOK, Dorothy, 72, of Salyersville, Magoffin Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Dec. 2, 1927, in Magoffin County

DEATH-DATE May 25 2000 in Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.

SPOUSE Kyle Holbrook, died in 1994

D/O Troy and Mollie Joseph Minix (deceased)

BURIAL Dyer Cemetery

RELATIVES Surviving are a son, Greg Holbrook of Springfield, Ohio; a daughter, Tammy Holbrook of Salyersville; a brother, Troy Junior Minix of Salyersville; three sisters, Hester Allen, Vera Howard and Anetha Wireman, all of Salyersville; and five grandchildren.

NAME (age) CAUDILL, Cora Mae Lemaster, 79, of Salyersville, Magoffin Co Ky.

BIRTH-DATE Feb. 25, 1921

DEATH-DATE May 26 2000 in Pikeville Methodist Hospital.

SPOUSE Walter Caudill (deceased)

D/O R.C. & Lola Gullett Lemaster m (deceased)

BURIAL Caudill Fork Cemetery in Oil Springs, Johnson Co Ky.

RELATIVES She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Caudill, and a son, Ralph Caudill. She is survived by a stepson, Walter Caudill Jr. of Salyersville; two stepdaughters, Loretta Crace of Dayton, Ohio, and Josephine Bradford of Las Vegas; seven grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren

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NAME (age)	McKENZIE, Leslie, 86
BIRTH-DATE	Dec.12 1913 - in Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Apr.29 2000 - at Mountain Manor Nursing Home, Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Helen McKenzie
S/O	Dennie & Virgie Alice Fitch McKenzie (deceased)
BURIAL	Highland Memorial Park, Staffordsville, Johnson Co. Ky.
RELATIVES	He was also preceded in death by his stepmother, Beechie Blevins McKenzie of Staffordsville. Surviving are his wife, Helen McKenzie of Williamson; two nephews, Larry McKenzie of Paintsville and Phillip Roger McKenzie of West Liberty; one sister, Louise Daniel of Mt. Carmel, Indiana; two sisters-in-law, Carol Thomas of Paintsville and Lillian McKenzie of Fairborn, Ohio; and well as several other nieces and nephews.

NAME (age)	BOWLING, Danny 56,
BIRTH-DATE	Jan. 15, 1944, in Johnson Co. Ky
DEATH-DATE	Apr. 29 2000 - at his residence in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Donna Bowling
S/O	Amos & Edna Sammons Bowling (deceased)
BURIAL	Patty Flat Cemetery, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are his wife, Donna Bowling of Staffordsville; two sons, Daniel Brett Bowling of Meally and Michael Willard Bowling of Staffordsville; one daughter-in-law, Mickie Lynn Bowling of Meally; one brother, Harold Bowling; and one grandson.

NAME (age)	GOBLE, Ella Jean, 62, of Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Aug. 9, 1937, in Johnson Co.
DEATH-DATE	Apr. 28 2000 - at Highlands Regional Medical Center, Floyd Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Frank G. Goble
D/O	James & Darkus Bowling Honeycutt. (deceased)
BURIAL	Goble Family Cemetery at Van Lear.
RELATIVES	Surviving are her husband, Frank G. Goble; one son, Michael Goble of Van Lear; two daughters, Wenona Gillispie and Toni Goble, both of Van Lear; two brothers, James Honeycutt of Sitka and Delmas Honeycutt of Auxier; two sisters, Willadean Wells and Maxine King, both of Van Lear; and eight grandchildren.

NAME (age)	TRAVIS, Bobby Joe, of Thelma, 72,
BIRTH-DATE	Aug. 8, 1927, in Johnson Co, Ky.
DEATH-DATE	April 25, at Mountain Manor Nursing Home, Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
SPOUSE
S/O	Lenzie & Delphia Johnson Travis (deceased)
BURIAL	Gambill Cemetery, Thelma, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are one brother, Roby J. Travis of Troy, Ohio; and two sisters, Ann Horne of Springfield, Ohio, and Hazel Charles of Arizona.

NAME (age)	McKENZIE, Brandon Ray, 23 months
BIRTH-DATE	June 4, 1998, in Johnson Co.Ky
DEATH-DATE	Apr. 28 2000 -
SPOUSE
S/O	David Ray & Teresa Keaton McKenzie
BURIAL	Red Bush Cemetery, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are his parents; one sister, Brooklyn Shelby McKenzie of Flat Gap; paternal grandparents, Melvin and Sue McKenzie of Red Bush; and maternal grandparents, Charles Keaton of Isonville and Barbara Keaton of Pikeville.

NAME (age)	SUBLETT, Anna Ruth, 74, of Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Dec. 15, 1925, in Boyd Co. Ky.
DEATH-DATE	May 3 2000 in Mountain Manor Nursing Home in Paintsville
SPOUSE	Elza Thomas Sublett, (deceased in 1996)
D/O	O.I. and Alta Daniels Williams. (deceased)
BURIAL	Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are two sons, Alan Sublett of Paintsville and Joe David Sublett of Oil Springs; two daughters, Rebecca Sublett of Allen and Joan Cantrell of Hager Hill; two sisters, Thelma Jewell Hamilton of Paintsville and Dordena DeRossett of Prestonsburg; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

NAME (age)	ROBERTS, Edra Wheeler, 98, of Ashland, Boyd Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	April 15, 1902, in Johnson Co.Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Apr.28 2000 in King's Daughters Medical Center, in Ashland Ky.
SPOUSE	Scott Roberts
D/O	Dr. Wylie and Rosa Williams Wheeler (deceased)
BURIAL	Ashland Cemetery, Boyd Co Ky.
RELATIVES	She was also preceded in death by her husband, Scott Roberts; and a son, Kent Earl Roberts

NAME (age)	VAUGHAN, Nolan Walter, 93, of Leander, Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Nov. 28, 1906, in Floyd Co.Ky.
DEATH-DATE	May 10 2000 - Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Alva Hackworth
S/O	Walter & Callie Conley Vaughan (deceased)
BURIAL	Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are his wife, Alva Hackworth Vaughan; two sons, Douglas Vaughan of Grafton, Wis., and Roger Vaughan of Russell; four daughters, Elaine Gregg of Fort Worth, Texas, Judy Vaughan of Leander, Linda Clouse of Cookeville, Tenn., and Wilma Vaughan Croley of Dayton, Ohio; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

NAME (age)	ROSIEK, Patsy Jean Spencer, 58, of Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	March 2, 1942, in Jackson Co.Ky.
DEATH-DATE	May 10 2000 - at her residence
SPOUSE	Leon Rosiek, died in 1999
D/O	Perry & Dorothy Shepard Spencer (deceased)
BURIAL	Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are a son, Tony Rosiek of Covington; two daughters, Mary Hackworth of Ivel and Kimberly Adams of Winchester; two brothers, Edwin Spencer of Bellville, Mich., and Kenneth Spencer of Mason, Ohio; a sister, Corrina Patrick of Winchester; and four grandchildren.

NAME (age)	TROSSKY, Marjorie Christine, 80, of Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Dec. 13, 1919, in Gypsie, W.Va
DEATH-DATE	May 9 2000 - at her Paintsville residence
SPOUSE	Samuel V. Trossky
D/O	Levi B. and Dollie Bethel Hayhurst Jobe. (deceased)
BURIAL	Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are her husband, Samuel V. Trossky; a daughter, Brenda Kammerling of Indianapolis, Ind.; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

NAME (age)	TACKETT, Hazel , 54, of Sitka, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Sept. 18, 1945, in Flat Gap, Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	May 8 2000 - in Sitka,
SPOUSE	Milton Tackett
D/O	Marion and Dorothy Shepherd Brown. (deceased)
BURIAL	Brown Cemetery in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are her husband, Milton Tackett; three sons, Jeff Tackett and Frankie Lee Tackett, both of Sitka and Anthony R. Tackett of Auxier; a daughter, Patricia Tackett of Sitka; three brothers, Dewey Brown, Jimmy Brown and Walter Brown, all of Staffordsville; two half brothers, Malcolm Brown of West Prestonsburg and Clinton Patrick of Staffordsville; and a sister, Elizabeth Crum of Boons Camp.

NAME (age)	DIXON, Garland, 84, of Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Mar.16, 1916, in Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	May 7 2000 in Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Aileen Frary Dixon
S/O	Ralla and Lillie Conley Dixon (deceased)
BURIAL	Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are his wife, Aileen Frary Dixon; two sons, Roger D. Dixon of Hopkins, Mich., and Kenneth R. Dixon of Loveland, Ohio; two sisters, Dorothy Schroyer of Paintsville and Annabelle Daniel of Allegan, Mich.; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

NAME (age)	SALYER, Dorothy Ruth, 73, of Louisa, Lawrence Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Feb. 18, 1927, in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	May 7 2000 in King's Daughters Medical Center
SPOUSE
D/O	Wayne and Cynthia Castle Salyer (deceased)
BURIAL	Greenlawn Cemetery in Louisa
RELATIVES	Surviving are a daughter, Fredia Cyrus of Lexington; two sons, Rick Cyrus of Louisa and James Barnett Potter of Toledo, Ohio; three sisters, Mary Lou Hampton of Louisa, Cynthia Potter of Toledo, and Florence Marco of Columbus, Ohio; a brother, James Salyer of Louisa; two grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

NAME (age)	STEPHENS, Chester, 84, of Salyersville Magoffin Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Jan. 25, 1916, in Magoffin County
DEATH-DATE	May 3 2000 in Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville
SPOUSE	Sadie Montgomery (deceased)
S/O	Jack & Clara Williams Stephens. (deceased)
BURIAL	Stephens Cemetery
RELATIVES	He also was preceded in death by a son, Louie Stephens; and a daughter, Vonnetta Watson. Surviving are three sons, James Stephens of Elsie, Chalmer Stephens of Gifford and Lance Stephens of Fritz; a sister, Ada McCarty of Salyersville; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

NAME (age)	MILLER, Andy, 70, of Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Apr. 18, 1930, in Carter Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	Apr.27 2000 in U.K. Medical Center at Lexington, Ky.
SPOUSE	(1) Mary Elizabeth Baker (deceased) (2) Julia Mollett
S/O	Lon & Alice Rena Tolliver Miller. (deceased)
BURIAL	East Carter County Memory Gardens Ky.
RELATIVES	Preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Baker; and a daughter, Joyce Arrington. Surviving are his wife, Julia Mollett Miller; a daughter, Betty Burke of Ashland; three stepsons, Jimmy Butcher of Kingman, Ariz., Roy Butcher of Williamsport, and Dwight David Butcher of Paintsville; three stepdaughters, Linda Smith of Kingman, Ariz., Patricia Stambaugh of Williamsport, and Lola Slone of West Van Lear; two brother, Cleotis Miller of Denton, and Jimmie D. Miller of Mansfield, Ohio; three sisters, Bessie Ratcliff of Jeriel, Elizabeth Cains of Denton, and F. Ruth Caudill of Mansfield, Ohio; three grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren.

NAME (age)	BOND, Guy Jefferson , 89 of Thelma
BIRTH-DATE	April 24, 1911, in Redbush, Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	May 14 2000 - in Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Helen Bond
S/O	Jeff & Finetta Cox Bond (deceased)
BURIAL	Bond Cemetery in Redbush
RELATIVES	Preceded in death by a son, J.D. Bond; and a daughter, Diana Bond Criner. Surviving are his wife, Helen Bond; and two grandchildren.

NAME (age)	PERKINS, Henderson , 66, of Salyersville, Magoffin Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Oct. 21, 1933, in Magoffin County
DEATH-DATE	May 12 2000 in Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville.
SPOUSE
S/O	Bennie & Reva Lykins Perkins (deceased)
BURIAL	Elzie Fletcher Cemetery
RELATIVES	Surviving are two brothers, Forest Perkins Jr. and Charlie D. Fletcher; and two sisters, Lucy Spradlin and Sally Jean Gibson.

NAME (age)	SCOTT, Helen, 74, of Georgetown
BIRTH-DATE	Feb. 2, 1926, in Floyd County
DEATH-DATE	May 12 2000 at her home
SPOUSE
D/O	Daniel B. and Hattie Gibson Hicks. (deceased)
BURIAL	Davidson Memorial Gardens in Ivel, Floyd Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are two sons, Keith Scott Jr. of Richmond and Hawley D. Scott of Georgetown; a daughter, Elizabeth ``Beth" Ferguson of Keaton; and six grandchildren.

NAME (age)	GREEN, James David, 44, of Lowmansville, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Oct. 4, 1955, in Johnson County
DEATH-DATE	May 11 2000 at his home.
SPOUSE
S/O	Charlie and Angie Belle Salyers Greene. (deceased)
BURIAL	Family Cemetery in Lowmansville
RELATIVES	Surviving are four sons, David Lowell Greene and Charles Russell Greene, both of Paintsville, and Johnathan Greene and Nathaniel Greene, both of Magoffin County; four brothers, Gary Greene, Alpha Greene, and Gene Greene, all of Lowmansville and Danny Greene of Springfield, Ohio; and four sisters, Margarett Preston of Springfield, Ohio, Goldie Castle of Lowmansville, and Sue Swann and Joyce Mills, both of Louisa.

NAME (age)	JONES, Jimmy Lee, 41, of Martha
BIRTH-DATE	Mar. 19, 1958, in Dayton, Ohio
DEATH-DATE	May 11 2000 at his home
SPOUSE
S/O	David and Geraldine Boshers Jones
BURIAL	Jones Family Cemetery in Keaton, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Survivors include two brothers, Franklin Dean Jones and Billy Ray Jones, both of Martha; and two sisters, Mary Ann Maxie of Martha and Tammy Lynn Jones of Lexington.

NAME (age)	PICKLESIMER, Lola , 84, of Lucasville, Ohio
BIRTH-DATE	Jan. 24, 1916, in Johnson County, Ky
DEATH-DATE	May 11 2000 - in Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, Ohio
SPOUSE	Paris Picklesimer, died in 1986
D/O	Callie and Alta Lemaster Blanton (deceased)
BURIAL	Bayes Cemetery in Swamp Branch, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are a son, Phillip Blanton of Waldo, Ohio; a daughter, Glenna Tackett of Lucasville; three brothers, Estill Blanton of Warsaw, Ind., Charlie Blanton of Marion, Ohio, and Bill Blanton of Swamp Branch; two sisters, Sola Ferguson of Xenia, Ohio, and Evelyn Blair of Leander; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and 21 great-great -grandchildren.

NAME (age)	PRATER, Mary , 87, of West Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Dec. 25, 1912, in Lawrence County, Ky.
DEATH-DATE	May 11 2000 in Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Clyde Prater, died in 1980
D/O	Moses and Rosella Preston Dutton (deceased)
BURIAL	Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are two sons, Ballard Ray Prater and Clyde S. Prater, both of West Van Lear; three daughters, Betty Lewis of Boons Camp and Jean Mulvhille and Connie Szafran, both of Chicago; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

NAME (age)	WARD, Benjamin J. 82, of Ashland, Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	July 20, 1917, in Van Lear, Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	May 13 2000 in Pattie A. Clay Hospital in Richmond
SPOUSE	Sara Smith
S/O	Ben and Margaret Sallee Ward (deceased)
BURIAL	Rose Hill Burial Park
RELATIVES	Surviving are his wife, Sara Smith Ward; a son, Dennis James Ward of Ashland; two daughters, Anna Lee Boyle of Ashland and Cheryl Sue Fields of Catlettsburg; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
MILITARY	World War II Army veteran

NAME (age)	MELVIN, Alta Mae, 76, of Paintsville
BIRTH-DATE	Jan. 6, 1924, in Johnson County
DEATH-DATE	May 11 2000 in Mountain Manor Nursing Home in Paintsville.
SPOUSE	Ray Melvin
D/O	Phonza & Malta Selvage Adams. (deceased)
BURIAL	Hall-Davis Cemetery in Paintsville
RELATIVES	Surviving are her husband, Ray Melvin; a son, Brian Melvin of Hagerhill; a daughter, Judy Melvin Montgomery of Dry Ridge; two sisters, Bessie Ward of West Van Lear and Anna Maude Robinson of Ashland; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild

NAME (age)	BURTON, Clara, 91, of Stambaugh, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Jun. 11, 1908, in Johnson Co.
DEATH-DATE	May 11 2000 in Mountain Manor Nursing Home in Paintsville...........................................
SPOUSE
D/O	Peter Albert and Flora Belle Davis Burton (deceased)
BURIAL	Burton Cemetery.
RELATIVES	Surviving are two nephews

NAME (age)	ADKINS, Wanda Mae, 46, of Lomansville, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Aug. 2, 1953, in Paintsville
DEATH-DATE	May 19 2000 at her home.
SPOUSE
D/O	Tollie Estill Williams of Lowmansville and the late Faye Ratliff Williams
BURIAL	Williams family cemetery in Lowmansville
RELATIVES	Survivors include a daughter, Jamie Ann Adkins of Lowmansville; a brother, Tollie Estill Williams Jr. of Rockvale, Tenn.; four sisters, Connie Jenkins of Millersville, Tenn., Nikkie Spradlin of Denver, Ruby Stephens of Lebanon, Tenn., and Pina Chandler for River; and a special friend, Garnet Armstrong of Paintsville

NAME (age)	MAY, Ruby, 72, of Royalton, Magoffin Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Jan. 17, 1928, in Magoffin County
DEATH-DATE	May 21 2000 in Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville., Johnson Co Ky.
SPOUSE	Darus May (deceased)
D/O	Robert & Dorothy Salyer Fletcher (deceased)
BURIAL	Whitaker Cemetery in Gun Creek
RELATIVES	She was preceded in death by her husband, Darus May; and two sons, Bob May and Haskel R. May. Surviving are two sons, Jack May and Mitchell May, both of Royalton; three daughters, Bonetta May and Debra Bailey, both of Royalton and Linda Patton of Indiana; three brothers, Buford Fletcher, Ricky Fletcher and Norman Fletcher, all of Royalton; seven sisters, Mollie Combs, Mandy Love, Teresa Whitaker, Elsie Arnett, Barbara Smith and Betty Bauer, all of Royalton and Ethel Lawrence of Illinois; eight grandchidlren; and five great-grandchildren.

NAME (age)	BOWLING, Margaret Sue, 60, of Paintsville, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Nov. 9, 1939, in Johnson County
DEATH-DATE	May 17 2000 at her home.
SPOUSE	Clyde Bowling
D/O	George Honeycutt (deceased) & Fannie Hyden Honeycutt of Van Lear
BURIAL	Highland Memorial Park in Staffordsville, Johnson Co Ky.
RELATIVES	Surviving are her husband, Clyde Bowling; a son, David W. Bowling of Hager Hill; a daughter, Carol Bowling of Fort Wayne, Ind.; a brother, Geroge Honeycutt Jr. of La Fontaine, Ind.; a sister, Shelby Harris of Largo, Ind.; and four grandchildren.

NAME (age)	STAMBAUGH, John Livingston , 66, of Oil Springs, Johnson Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Nov. 23, 1933, in Johnson County
DEATH-DATE	May 20 2000 in Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg, Floyd Co Ky.
SPOUSE
S/O	Eugene and Sarah Caudill Stambaugh. (deceased)
BURIAL	Stambaugh Cemetery
RELATIVES	Surviving are four sons, Douglas Eugene Stambaugh and Elvis Lee Stambaugh, both of Fallsburg, James Walter Stambaugh of Oil Springs and Larry Joe Stambaugh of Paintsville.

NAME (age)	FYFFE, Gale Dean, 61, of Louisa, Lawrence Co Ky.
BIRTH-DATE	Nov. 6, 1938, in Flatgap, Johnson Co Ky.
DEATH-DATE	May 19 2000 in Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa.
SPOUSE	Anna Jo Fyffe;
S/O	Fred Fyffe (deceased) & Martha Johnson Fyffe of Louisa
BURIAL	Fyffe family cemetery in Louisa
RELATIVES	Survivors include his wife, Anna Jo Fyffe; a daughter, Vivian Mattox of Louisa; a son, Jason Dean Fyffe of Louisa; and two brothers, Willis Fyffe of Carol, Ohio, and Charles Fyffe of Louisa.