OBIT: Bettis, 1905 - Crittenden Co, KY -------------------------------------------- From: Brenda Jerome Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 -------------------------------------------- Obituary of Jake Bettis, Crittenden Press 2 Mar 1905 Uncle Jake Bettis died at his home near Irma Tuesday, Feb. 28, 1905, of the la grippe, in the 83rd year of his age. He was a native of Tennessee, but early located in this county. One of his sisters was the wife of StantonPierce and the mother of J.P. Pierce, of this city, but she preceded him to the grave. Another sister was Aunt Frances Moore, the widow of Jesse Moore. He is survived by his wife, who is in very feeble health, and by 4 children: Mrs. J.W. Ainsworth, Mrs. R.A. Harrell, Henry Bettis, all of this county, and John E. Bettis, of College Park, Ga. He was a member of Deer Creek Baptist Church and was buried there Wed. with Masonic honors by the Sheridan lodge. ***************************************************************************** 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.