Irene Judge Wiley
and her obituary scrapbook
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Lester Wiley

Funeral services for Lester Wiley, 88, of 148 Wallace Ave., will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Harrod Brothers Memorial Chapel.

He died 6:36 a.m. today at Bluegrass Regional Medical Center after a long illness. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. A native of Henry County, he was a retired farmer and a member of the North Benson Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Irene Judge Wiley, Frankfort; a daughter, Beulah Franks, Frankfort; a step-daughter, Henrietta Morrill, Illinois; two brothers, Ben T. Wiley and Estill Wiley, both of Frankfort; a sister, Elizabeth Brown, Woodford County; a grandson and step-granddaughter. He was the son of the late Benjamin Thomas and Annie Page Wiley.

The Rev. Mike Hamrick will officiate. Bearers will be David Glen Wright, Jed Wiley, Lonnie Brown, Harold Hensley, Estill Wiley, Jr. and Chuck Sallee.

The State Journal, Frankfort Ky, October 13, 1994

 Sunset Memorial Gardens, Woodford County, Ky
Lester Wiley, 18 Sep 1906-13 October 1994
Irene F. Wiley, 31 May 1906-

 Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Woodford County, Ky
Ann Elizabeth Wiley, 28 May 1936-15 Mar 1937

 Note: Lester Wiley is the father of Ann Elizabeth Wiley, and Beulah Wiley Franks owner of this scrapbook]


Harvey Johnson Dies Funeral Held Saturday

Harvey F. Johnson, 54, died Thursday morning at his home in Owen county. The funeral will take place Saturday afternoon at his residence. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Calla Johnson; a stepdaughter, Miss Geneva Webb, and several brothers and sisters, all of Morehead.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Ky, June 28, 1936


Mrs. Demaree's Funeral Will Be Held Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Demaree, who passed away at her home in Shelby county Wednesday afternoon, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist Church, Rev. L. D. Stucker officiating. Interment will be in the Frankfort Cemetery.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Ky, June 28, 1935


Mrs. Steger, Grandmother Mrs. Morris,
Mrs. Wright, Dies; Funeral Saturday

Relatives here received word of the death of Mrs. Emily C. Steger, 94, at Indianapolis yesterday morning. She was the mother of the late Alvin Stiger and the grandmother of Mrs. Chester Morris and Mrs. Leslie Wright, both of this city.

There will be services at the grave at Owenton Saturday at 1 p.m. Mrs. Steger lived here a number of years and made many friends who mourn her passing.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Ky, June 28, 1935


Chief Lee Completes Investigation of Death

Chief of Police Crawford Lee yesterday completed an investigation of the fatal shooting Wednesday of Garrett Vance. Chief Lee declared that in his opinion Vance died of a "self-inflicted bullet wound."

Chief Lee and his aides completed their investigation late yesterday afternoon and the chief informed newspaperman of the findings. The body of Vance was taken to Cynthiana, where funeral arrangements were to be completed.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Ky, June 28, 1935

 Raven Creek Cemetery, Harrison County, Ky
Garrett Vance, 1900-1935


Mrs. Hazel S. Kennady Dies

Word was received here yesterday by relatives of the death of Mrs. Hazel Saunders Kennady at her home in Chicago. Her death was caused by pneumonia. The body will arrive tomorrow. Arrangements for the funeral will be completed today.

Mrs. Kennady is survived by her husband, S. D. Kennady, of Chicago; her mother, Mrs. Mae Saunders; a sister, Miss Virginia Saunders, and two brothers, T. U. and William Saunders, all of this city. Mr. Kennady is a brother of Mrs. Isaac Locke and I. A. Kennady. Mrs. Kennady formerly lived here and had a large circle of friends in this city.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Ky, June 28, 1935

 Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky
Hazel Saunders Kennady, 14 Apr 1900-27 Jun 1935


Girl Dies Of Burns

Lexington, Ky. June 27--Miss Hilda Franklin, 18, daughter of J. W. Franklin, former member of the Rowan county fiscal court, died in the Good Samaritan Hospital here tonight at 11:20 o'clock from burns suffered today in an accident that destroyed the Franklin residence in Morehead.

Miss Franklin was brought to Lexington in an ambulance and taken to the hospital late this afternoon. According to information received here she poured gasoline into a stove while building a fire, and the flame ran into the can, causing it to explode. Miss Franklin ran from the house with her clothing afire.

Hospital attaches late tonight notified her parents in Morehead, and they were reported en route to Lexington. The body will be returned to Morehead for funeral services and interment.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Ky, June 28, 1935


C. E. Woolums

Charles E. Woolums, 41, of 716 Owenton Avenue, died Wednesday at 8 p.m. following a short illness. A native of Owen County, he was born Dec. 28, 1931. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, U.S. Army, a former employee of Lafontaines and an employee of H. K. Porter. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, Local AIW-AFL-CIO No. 208 and a member of the Beechwood Assembly of God Church.

Surviving him are his parents, James E. Woolums and Flavie Olds Woolums, of Franklin County; one son, James C. Woolums, one daughter, Charlotta Woolums, Franklin County; three brothers, Lillard Woolums, Owen County; Gene Woolums, Owen County and Terry Woolums, Franklin County; one sister Mrs. Douglas Barnes, Franklin County.

Services will be conducted at Harrod Bros. Memorial Chapel at 1 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. Thomas Lawhon. Burial will be in the family lot, Beechwood Cemetery, Owenton.

Bearers will be Walter Warfield, Raymond Tate, Jr., James Olds, Herbert C. Taylor, Charles Hatchell and George Smoot.


Simpson Miller

Services for Simpson Miller, 64, husband of Flora Harris Miller, Rt. 1, Owenton Road, who died at 11:20 Monday in the King's Daughter's Hospital, will be conducted in Rogers Chapel at 10:30 a.m. Thursday by Rev. Tom Barnes, Pastor of the Bellepoint Community Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the family lot in the Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Paul Webber, Ted Collins, Bob Blume, Earl Perry, Frank Kindell and James Banks Jr. will serve as bearers.


Robert J. Wiley

Robert J. Wiley, 51, 907 Cramer Avenue, passed away 6:45 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph Hospital. He was a Lieutenant in charge of security guards at St. Joseph Hospital.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gladys Hilton Wiley, three brothers, Estill, Arlester and Ben T. Wiley, all of Frankfort; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, Versailles, five step-children, Roger Hilton, Lexington, Lexington, Alvin Hilton, Louisville, Charles Hilton, Lexington, Donald Hilton, Versailles and Mrs. Pamela Sue Johnson, Louisville.

Funeral Monday 2 p.m. at Whitehall Funeral Chapel. Pallbearers: Jed Wiley, Estill Wiley, Jr., Jess Brown, Jr., Billy Brown, David Wright, Don Jividen.

 Bluegrass Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Jessamine County, Ky
Robert Joseph Wiley, 11 May 1921-15 Sep 1972

 Note: Robert Joseph is the son of Benjamin Thomas and Annie (Page) Wiley.


Death Claims Mrs. Parrott

Mrs. Edna Parrott, 55, the wife of Dr. Olson Parrott of Versailles, died Saturday, April 28, at Woodford Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Parrott was a native of Woodford County, a daughter of the late Charles and Alice Estes Dotson, and was a member of the Versailles Baptist Church.

Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Olson Parrott II and Mark Parrott, Versailles; two sisters, Mrs. A. B. Rumley and Mrs. Raymond Lewis Versailles, and two brothers, Bethel Dotson and Walter Dotson, Woodford County.

The funeral was held at 2:30 Monday at the Miller-Blackburn Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Kruschwitz and the Rev. Henry Johns officiating. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Casket bearers were Warren Lewis, Fred Lewis, Kenneth Dotson, Michael Dotson, Phillip Dotson and Bobby Dotson.


Clarence A. Blackburn

Clarence A. Blackburn, 83, a retired merchant, 151 Broadway, Versailles, died at 4:35 a.m. Friday at the Woodford Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was a native of Versailles, a veteran of World War I, member of the First Christian Church, the American Legion and the Woodford County Chamber of Commerce. Survivors are his wife: Mrs. Mabel R. Blackburn, one sister; Mrs. Jennings Borwn, Versailles, a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted 2:30 p.m. today at the Miller-Blackburn Funeral Home, Versailles. Rev. Robert Mallory will officiate with burial in Lexington Cemetery. The great-nephews will serve as pallbearers.


Roy Milton

Roy Milton, 58, of the Bridgeport Benson Road, Rout 3, died at the King's Daughter's Hospital at 12:10 a. m. Sunday following a long illness. A native of Shelby County, where he was born Feb. 15, 1913, he was the son of Mrs. Susie Gill Milton, Frankfort, and the late William B. Milton. He was a veteran of World War 2, a carpenter with the state garage here, a member of the North Benson Baptist Church, a member of Hiram Lodge No. 4 F&AM, Frankfort Council No. 5 R&SM, Frankfort Chapter No 3 R.A.M. and Frankfort Commandery No. 4 Knights Templar.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jeanette Moore Milton, Frankfort; mother, Mrs. Susie Gill Milton, Frankfort; five brothers, Thomas Milton, Frankfort; Olen Milton and Walter Milton, both of Louisville; Cecil Milton, Lawrenceburg, and Emmitt Milton, Phoenix, Ariz.

Services will be conducted at Harrod Bros. Memorial Chapel by the Rev. Homer Brewer, pastor of the North Benson Baptist Church. Burial will be in the family lot, Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Bearers will be Eugene Feagan, Perry Corbin, Albert Smith, Herman Horn, Gentry Lee and R. Truett Lee.


Mrs. Ruth Hughes

Mrs. Ruth Russell Jarvis Hughes, 66, died at 6:25 a.m. Tuesday at the Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, after a short illness.

She was a resident of the Huntertown Road, Woodford County, a native of Garrard County, and a member of the First Christian Church, Versailles.

Survivors are her husband, J. Stanley Hughes Sr.; one daughter, Mrs. R. C. Lynn, Stamping Ground; one son, James S. Hughes Jr., Danville; three sisters, Mrs. W. L. Perry, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mrs. H. Roe Bartle, Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Joe H. Dean, Lancaster; three brothers, Wilbur Jarvis, Danville; Harold Jarvis, Dayton, Ohio and James Jarvis, Englewood, Ohio, and three grandchildren.

Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at the First Christian Church by the Rev. Jack McCullough and the Rev. J. Hunter Jones. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Duell-Clark Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.


Robert Hamilton

Robert Hamilton, 52, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lew Hamilton Sr., Bald Knob Road, died Friday in Capitol Manor Nursing Home following a long illness. Born January 20, 1920 in Leslie County, he was a salesman for both the Raleigh Products Co., and the Blair Products Co., in and around Leslie County before moving to Frankfort in 1970. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Wooten, Ky.

Surviving, besides his parents, are two brothers, John C. Hamilton, Frankfort, and Lew Hamilton Jr., Hamilton, Ohio; and two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Morgan, Fredricksburg, Ind., and Mrs. Liza Kingery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Services will be conducted in Rogers Chapel at 2 p.m. Monday by the Rev. Benton P. Deaton of Auburn, Ky., assisted by the Rev. Herman Bowers, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the family lot, Frankfort Cemetery.

Charles Hosley, Lonnie Hockensmith, Don Duff, Eddie Goins, Billy Puckett, and Allen Hulette will be bearers.

 Frankfort Cemetery, Franklin County, Frankfort, Ky
Robert C. Hamilton, 20 Jan 1920-18 Aug 1972
Lew D. Hamilton, 18 Sep 1894-26 Aug 1974


Rex Hall

Rex Hall, 96, died 9:20 p.m. Thursday at Woodford Memorial Hospital. He is a member of the Christian Church. Survivors: his wife, Mrs. Florence Hall; two daughters, Sadie Hall, Versailles, Edith Graver, Chicago; two sons, Russell and Garvel Hall, both of Versailles; three grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Miller-Blackburn Funeral Home, Versailles. Burial will be in Versailles Cemetery.


D. M. Moore

Daniel M. Moore, 84, of Route 7, Lawrenceburg Road, died 8 p.m. Sunday in the King's Daughters' Hospital following a short illness.

A native of Franklin County, he had farmed all of his life and was a member of the North Benson Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Thomas and Nan Stevens Moore.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ethel Hulette Moore; a son, Alton Moore, Shelbyville; a daughter, Mrs. Irene Hulette, Frankfort, a foster-brother, Neville Stevens, Frankfort; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Harrod and Mrs. Annie Moore, Frankfort; 1 grandchild, 5 great-grandchildren, 1 step-grandchild and 1 step-great-grandchild.

Services will be conducted in Rogers Chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. Homer Brewer, pastor of the North Benson Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Sunset Memorial Gardens.


Eddie B. Cloyd

Eddie B. Cloyd, 57, died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at his residence on Douglas Avenue after a long illness. He was a native of Woodford County, a retired farmer and a member of South Elkhorn Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Katherine Osborne Cloyd; three sons, James A. and Jeffrey L. Cloyd, Versailles, and John Edwin Cloyd, U.S> Army; a brother, Estill Cloyd, Woodford County; two sisters, Mrs. WIlliam Hudgens, Scott County, and Mrs. Willie Purvis, Frankfort, and four grandchildren.

The body is at Duell-Clark Funeral Home where friends may call after 4 p.m. today.


Mrs. Della C. Tabscott

Midway--Mrs. Della C. Tabscott, 74, died at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in her home on Gratz Street here after a short illness. She was a member of the Methodist Church.

She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Manual Osborne, Mrs. Tom Crutchfield, Mrs. Alben Wood and Mrs. Groves Sherrod, all of Lexington, and Mrs. Thurmond Doolin, Scott County; three sons, Coy Tabscott, Midway, Woody Tabscott, Versailles, and Archie Tabscott, Lexington and three sisters, Mrs. Dove Woodrum, Stamping Ground, Mrs. Dave Hill, Missouri, and Miss Eva Cannon, Stamping Ground

Services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Duell-Clark Funeral Chapel in Versailles by the Rev. Raymond Eyer. Burial will be in the Lexington Cemetery.


Mrs. Minnie Whalen Sturgeon

Versailles--Mrs. Minnie Jane Whalen Sturgeon, 93, died at 10 a.m. Friday at the Capital Manor Nursing Home after a long illness. She was a native of Harrison County, and a member of the Versailles Baptist Church.

Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Lula Baxter, Mrs. Allen Perkins and Mrs. Jane E. Mitchell, Versailles; three sons, Tom Sturgeon and Charles O. Sturgeon, Versailles, and Lester Sturgeon, Frankfort; a sister, Mrs. Maggie Ramsey, Cynthiana; 26 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.

Services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Duell-Clark Funeral Chapel.


Raymond S. Sullivan

Midway--Raymond S. Sullivan, 64, died while at work Thursday on the W. W. Greathouse Farm in Scott County after suffering an apparent heart attack. A native of Woodford County, he was a thoroughbred horseman and a member of the Midway Methodist Church.

Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Patsy West, Georgetown, and Mrs. Charles Burruss, Lexington; two sons, Lewis Sullivan, Denver, Colo., and Townsend Sullivan, Lexington; three sisters, Miss Florence Sullivan and Miss Hazel Sullivan, Lexington, and Mrs. Arlie Teagarden, Georgetown; two brothers, Omer Sullivan, Georgetown, and William T. Sullivan, Ohio.

Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Duell-Clark Chapel, Versailles, by the Rev. John Underwood and the Rev. Terry Farris. Burial will be in the Midway Cemetery.


NY Attorney Is Shot To Death
Police Believe Man
Victim of Holdup Group

Detroit, June 27 -- Howard Carter Dickinson, New York's attorney and a nephew of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, was found shot to death in Rouge Park here today. Police said they believed Dickinson, here on a business trip had been slain by holdup men.

After Police Inspector John I. Navarre had completed identification of the body through a telephone conversation with Charles E. Hughes, Jr., two Detroit attorneys, Archibald Broomfield and George Krapfel viewed the body and verified the identification.

Detectives who searched Dickinson's room at the hotel said they found no trace of a large sum of money they said they were informed Dickinson carried. In a telegram sent his wife at Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, he had advised her he was carrying "a large amount of money."

The body had been thrown from a moving car into soft earth along a deserted park road, the officers said. It bore two bullet wounds, one in the head and another through the chest. Both had been fired at close range. There were powder marks on the clothing. Dickinson was fully clad except for coat and hat.

The police said they were certain the body had been placed in the park after 1 a.m., since the clothing was dry. It had rained heavily until after midnight, Park attendants found the body at 5:30 a.m.

Although members of Dickinson's office staff in New York declined to discuss his business here, Inspector Navarre said he determined that the attorney had been in Detroit frequently as attorney for the estate of the late William H. Yawkey, millionaire lumberman, in connection with a $40,000,000 claim made againt the estate by Arthur Carmichael, Detroit attorney, on behalf of his foster sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Carmichael Witherspoon. Carmichael declined to comment. Dickinson, the police said, had checked the claim in association with Charles E. Hughes, Jr.

The body was sent tonight to Hartford, Conn., for funeral services and burial.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Ky, June 28, 1935


Father and Son Die On Gallows
Were Convicted of Slaying Ontario Constable

St. Thomas, Ont. -- A father and son went quietly to the gallows early today for the murder of a constable who sought to arrest the son for stealing a bicycle.

Tarpaulins baffled 75 to 100 curious persons attracted to the second hanging in fifty years here, and kept lightly falling rain off Frank Temple, 52, and his son Fred, 21, as they paid with their lives for killing Constable Colin C. McGregor May 7, 1934.

The double execution was over shortly before 2 a.m. and four hours later the bodies were removed from the Elgin county jail to be buried in Holy Angel's cemetery. Members of the family and jail officials only attended the funeral.

One of Frank Temple's last acts was to send word to Sergeant Samuel McKeown, who accompanied McGregor to the Temple home to arrest Fred, that he bore him no grudge. He asked to see the officer yesterday, but this was denied him. Temple and McKeown both were wounded in the gun-play that killed McGregor.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Ky, June 28, 1935



Beulah Franks
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