Subject: OBIT: Hood, 1896, Crittenden
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 01:10:46 -0500
From: young <bdyoung@corecomm.net>


        Among those who passed away during the holidays was Chastine Hood,
known for years as the oldest man in the county and at the time of his
death was probably the oldest man in this part of the state.  There is
not a reliable record of the time of his birth.  According to his
statement, he came from VA to this county 74 years ago and, according to
his recollections, he was then age 23, which would make him age 97.
Many people who knew him believed he had crossed the century line before
his death and some place the number of years as high as 107.  When he
settled in this county his next door neighbor was 40 miles away.  In his
latter years he has been helpless, both in body and mind.  His daughter
with whom he resided has watched over him and cared for him.  (From the
Crittenden County, KY Newspaper Abstracts 1896-1900, publised by Brenda
Joyce Jerome.)