OBIT -- John H. Rankins

Submitted by Jane Rankin (jrankin@mrmicro.net)
Date: February 22, 2000
This article was in the Ashland, Ky. Newspaper page twelve. Date uncertain

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John H. Rankins Died Early Today
Funeral Service To Be Held Wednesday

John Henry Rankins, of 2352 South Thirteenth street, died at one o'clock this 
morning after a illness of about twelve days. Mr. Rankin was well known, having  
conducted a grocery store near his home for several years. Besides his wife, 
Mrs. Julia Rankins, he is survived by three daughters, Marie Rankins, of Lexington, 
Mrs. J. H. Havens, of the city and Mrs. B. C. Dowell, of Charleston W. Va., 
and by five sons, C.S. Rankins, of Catlettsburg, J. R. Rankins; J. W. Rankins, Joe Rankins 
and Bert Rankins of Ashland.

Funeral service will be conducted from the Grassland Church Wednesday morning at 
10 o' clock by Rev. J. O. Black and burial will follow in the Fannin cemetery. 

Notes: Certificate of Death file # 2974,Registered # 55, 
Place of Death: Boyd County, Ky. Birth: 14 June  1869 Ky., 
Death: 20 February 1928,  
Parents: Jas. P. Rankins, born Ohio and Harriett Powers, 
born Ohio, (Informant Mrs. Julia Rankins, Ashland, Ky)