Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....MITCHAM, Ralph G. October 8, 1961 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com October 7, 2017, 10:38 pm Breckinridge County Herald-News, Friday, October 20, 1961 DEATH NOTICE: CUSTER -- We were sorry to hear of the death of Ralph Mitcham, son of Reverend and Mrs. Guy MITCHAM. He was in the service of our country. We extend sympathy to the family. Breckinridge County Herald-News, Friday, October 20, 1961 Sp/4 Ralph G. MITCHAM, age 22, was killed Sunday, October 8, 1961 as a result of a car accident in Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County), while stationed in the U.S. Army at Ft. Benning, Georgia. He is survived by: his parents, Reverend and Mrs Guy O. MITCHAM of Irvington, Ky (Breckinridge County) one sister: Mrs. Edgar HUFF of Dupont, Indiana (Jefferson County) his grandmother: Mrs. Della PEARMAN of Dupont, Indiana Funeral services were held on Wednesday, October 11, 1961 from the Stinnettsville Community Church, and burial was in the Hensley Cemetery. Additional Comments: Breckinridge County Cemetery Book, volume 1, published in 1991: Hensley, Dowell Cemetery, located at Hensley, Ky at the junction of Highways 86 and 60. MITCHEM, Ralph G. 1939 -- 1961 HIS FATHER ALSO HERE: MITCHAM, Guy O. 1890 -- 1974 I found Reverend Guy O. Mitcham's death date in the Breckinridge County Cemetery Book, volume 2, published in 1997. I could not identify Reverend MITCHAM'S wife in either volume 1 or 2. Peggy Russell File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/m/mitcham6772gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/