OBITS: Denton, Sarah January Richards, 1938, Bath Co., Kentucky ----------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by: From: "Darrell Warner" Date: Thursday, October 25, 2001 6:02 PM ------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. **************************************************************************** Sarah January Richards Denton Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, September 15, 1938 Death Claims Mrs. Denton Funeral Services Here Wednesday Afternoon Mrs. Sarah Richards Denton, 72 years old, wife of A. N. Denton, judge of the Owingsville police court, passed away at her home on Slate avenue shortly after eight o'clock Monday night, September 12. Mrs. Denton had been an invalid for several years and had been critically ill for the past two weeks. Funeral services were held at the residence at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, September 14, conducted by the Rev. E. M. Armitage, pastor of the Sharpsburg Methodist church, and the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin. Interment was in the family lot in the Owingsville Cemetery. Sarah January Richards was a native of Fleming county, a daughter of the late Walter and Mary Ruth Kimbrough Richards, born at Hillsboro September 8, 1866. Her father was a prominent and widely known physician of Fleming and Bath counties. She was married to Andrew N. Denton April 11, 1888, and to this union were born six children, four of whom survive her. Moving to Owingsville soon after her marriage, she had spent the remainder of her days here and was one of the town's best beloved citizens. Since early youth she had been a member of the Methodist church and throughout her long life had been one of its most devoted supporters. On April 11th of this year Mr. and Mrs. Denton celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Frank Roberts, of Charleston, W. Va., and Mrs. Watson Thomas, of Owingsville; two sons, Edgar T. Denton And Andrew J. Denton, both of Owingsville; two brothers, Walter Richards, of Richmond, Ky., and T. Kelly Richards, of Owingsville, and one sister, Miss M. Ruth Richards, of this place. She is also survived by six grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Crooks, and a son, Faris Denton, preceded her to the grave several years ago. Pall bearers were: active, Ene Brother, Sam Owsley, W. C. Lacy, T. J. Anderson, J. L. Darnell, Frank Stamper, Adair Richards, Haden Lacy; honorary, Dr. F. P. Gudgell, Newt Shrout, George Boyd, Mark Donaldson, Lee Palmer, A. N. Crooks, Turner Perry, Dee Conner, Clyde Byron, Lawrence Kinbrough, Davis Sorrell and S. O. Crooks.