Area Deaths, The Elliott County News, Jan 26, 2001
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Includes the surnames of Adkins, Skaggs, Whitt, Elliott, Dagnan, Salyer, Sparks, Wallace,
Burge, Greene, Nolen, McCarty, Williamson, Bryan, Steele, Maggard, Holbrook, Webb, Rucker,
Sparks, Johnson, Salyers and James.

Includes the KY birth counties of Elliott, Johnson, Carter, Lawrence and Boyd and one birth in
Vernal, Utah.

Gertrude Adkins Skaggs, 82, of Sandy Hook, Elliott Co, KY, born Aug 11, 1918 in Elliott Co,
dau of the late Randolph and Straucie Mayse Adkins, died Jan 20, 2001 at her home.  Preceded:
husband, Daniel "Dannie" Skaggs in 1996, brothers, Tom Adkins, Jack Adkins and Joe Adkins,
sister, Cleo Ison, infant son, Robert Daniel Skaggs.  Survived: sons, Dr. R. Wayne Skaggs and
wife, Judy, Dr. B. Lynn Skaggs and wife, Susan, and Rev. Roger B.Skaggs and wife, Debbie,
daus, Janet Trent and husband, Tilden, and Patricia Ison and husband, Larry Dale, sister, Wanda
Adkins Boggs, 11 gc, Becky Ramsey, Dr. Steven Skaggs, Tracy Deaton, Nancy Skaggs, Lynsey
Skaggs, John Paul Skaggs, Pammy Hutchinson, Steuart Trent, Patrick Trent, Adam Ison and
Jacob Ison, 8 g-gc.  Burial: Jan 23, 2001 in the Skaggs Cemetery. 

George Edgar Whitt, 73, born Jan 26, 1927 in Elliott Co, KY, son of the late Othie Donald and
Dovie Evelyn Robinson Whitt, died Jan 16, 2001 at the home of a sister on Smith's Branch Road
in Carter Co.  Preceded: sister, Julie Lee Smith.  Survived: brothers, James Whitt, Donald Whitt,
Elwood Whitt and Vinson Whitt, sisters, Mary Mauk, Myrtle Salyers, Sue Johnson, Kathleen
Waddell and Dixie Elam.  Burial: Jan 20, 2001 in the Whitt Cemetery, Horton Flat Road, Elliott
Co, KY.  Pallbearers: Donnie Whitt, Carl Smith, George Hayden Mauk, Charles Elam, Jimmy
Whitt, James Yates and George Yates.  Honorary pallbearers: Charles Johnson, Kenneth Mauk,
George Mauk, Rany Whitt, Jake Wells and Ethan Wells. 

Hazel Elliott Dagnan, 86, of Sandy Hook, Elliott Co, KY, born Nov 18, 1914 in Elliott Co, dau
of the late Frank and Sally Skaggs Elliott, died Jan 15, 2001 in Sandy Hook.  Preceded: husband,
Chester Grover Dagnan in 1969, brothers, Charlie Elliott and Jimmy, sisters, Dolly Elliott and
Mandy Webb.  Survived: sons, William F. Dagnan, Carl Ray Dagnan, Charles Lloyd Dagnan,
james Edward Dagnan, Everett Gail Dagnan, Raymond Lee Dagnan and John Wayne Dagnan,
daus, Barbara Louise Stevens, Linda Lou Miniard, Betty Fern Brown and Brenda Carol Ross,
brothers, Thomas Earl Elliott and Everett Elliott, sisters, Mary Adkins, Audrey Wagoner, Olvie
Fountain, Merle Banks and Dixie Elliott, 18 gc, several g-gc, 1 g-g-gc.  Burial: Jan 18, 2001 in
the Wilder Cemetery, Wells Creek, Elliott Co, KY.  Pallbearers: Tommy Miniard, Ray Brown
Jr., David Dagnan, Houston Adkins, Jim Dagnan Jr., John Dagnan Jr., Adam O'Neal and Junior
Adkins.  Honorary pallbearers: Roy Wagoner, Don Ross and Ray Brown Sr.

Madge Salyer Sparks, 97, of Flat Gap, KY, born June 13, 1903 in Johnson Co, KY, dau of the
late Jay Lee and Elizabeth Salyer, died Jan 19, 2001 in Paintsville, KY.  Preceded: husband,
Hobert Sparks.  Survived: sons, James Haston Sparks, Hobert Sparks Jr., Cecil Ray Sparks and
Marion Eugene Sparks, dau, Nancy Sue Wheeler, 15 gc, several g-gc and g-g-gc.  Burial: Jan 21,
2001 in the Sparks Cemetery, Flat Gap, KY.

Michael Wallace, 52, of Grayson, Carter Co, KY, born Apr 12, 2001 at Grayson, son of Midge
Elliott Wallace and the late Paul Clifford Wallace, died Jan 19, 2001 at his home.  Survived:
sons, Jessie Wallace and Christopher Paul Wallace, dau, Shelly Wallace Kelly, 4 gc. 
Entombment: Jan 21, 2001 in the East Carter Mausoleum, Grayson, KY.

Harry L Burge, 58, of Grayson, Carter Co, KY, born Feb 11, 1942 in Carter Co, KY, son of the
late Joseph and Ona Tomlin Burge, died Jan 19, 2001 at his home.  Survived: brothers, John
Burge, Harold Burge and Arthur Burge, sisters, Glenna Sauders and Helen Jarvis.  Burial: Jan 23,
2001 in the Horsley Cemetery.

Prebble Ray Greene, 64, of Horton Flat, Elliott Co, KY, born Sept 12, 1936 at Newcomb, Elliott
Co, son of the late Roy Prebble and Tennessee Mayse Greene, died Jan 18, 2001 in Huntington,
WV.  Preceded: son, Maverick Greene.  Survived: wife, Lois Leadingham Greene, sister, Lorene
Adkins, brothers, Billy Greene, Brascue Green and James Greene.  Burial: Jan 21, 2001 in the
East Carte Count Memory Gardens, Grayson, Carter Co, KY.

Cleo Nolen, 82, of Grayson, Carter Co, KY, born Apr 21, 1918 in Carter Co, dau of the late
James E. and Beulah Williams Nolen, died Jan 17, 2001 at her home.  Preceded: sons, Allan Ray
Lowe and Danny Lynn Lowe.  Survived: sons, Jack Colley, Grady O. Lowe, Ralph E. Lowe,
James Colley, Bobby Lee Colley and Douglas M. Colley, daus, Anna K. MacDonald and Patricia
L. Lowe, brother, Gene Nolen, sisters, Faye Bradshaw, Bertha Elkins and Beulah Ann Willis, 13
gc, 6 g-gc.  Burial: Jan 19, 2001 in the Newell Cemetery, Grahn, Carter Co, KY.

James F. McCarty, 70, of Springfield, OH, born July 17, 1930 in Johnson Co, KY, son of the late
Burley and Dora Salyer McCarty, died Jan 17, 2001.  Preceded: brothers, William <cCarty and
Paul McCarty, sisters, Margoret Ann McCarty and Jean Flack.  Survived: wife of 46 years,
Loraine Carter McCarty, sons, Rev. Gregory McCarty and wife, Karen, Jeffery McCarty and
wife, Diana, and Mark McCarty and wife, Marcia, brothers, Franklin McCarty and wife, Connie,
and Ray McCarty and wife, Rosemary, sisters, Esther Roach, Verna Dyer and husband, Forest
and Jessie Sloan and husband, Doug, gc, Jimmy McCarty, Melissa McCarty, Rachael McCarty,
Adam McCarty, Sarah McCarty, Curtis McCarty and Hannah McCarty, numerous nieces,
nephews and other family members.  Burial: Jan 20, 2001 in the Plattsburg Cemetery.

Evelyn Williamson Bryan, 80, of Lexington, Fayette Co, KY, formerly of Ashland, Boyd Co,
KY, born Jan 18, 1920 in Lawrence Co, KY, dau of the late Robert and Molly Beasley
Williamson, died Jan 16, 2001 in Lexington.  Preceded: husband, Homer Bryan.  Survived: son,
Bill Bryan, daus, Anita Baker and Judy Groves, brothers, Hark Williamson and Jack Williamson,
sisters, Doris Martin and Ruth Puckett, 6 gc, 2 g-gc.  Burial: Jan 18, 2001 in the Buchanan
Chapel Cemetery, Lawrence Co, KY. 

Willie "Bill" Steele, 68, of Blaine, Lawrence Co, KY, born Nov 5, 1932 in Cordell, son of the
late Jethro and Mollie Griffith Steele, died Jan 16, 2001 in Ashland, Boyd Co, KY.  Survived:
wife, Martha Cook Steele, son, Stacey Steele, sister, Audrey Hunley, 2 gc.  Burial: Jan 18, 2001
in the Yatesville Memorial Gardens, Louisa, Lawrence Co, KY.

Mary Opal Maggard Holbrook, 80, of Morehead, Rowan Co, KY, born Oct 12, 1920 in Carter
Co, KY, dau of John H. and Martha Debord Maggard, died Jan 16, 2001 in Morehead. 
Preceded: husband, Dennis Holbrook in 1993.  Survived: step-sons, Harold Holbrook, Hobert
Holbrook and Kenneth Holbrook, brother, Jerry Maggard, sisters, Mola Faye Robinson, Cloie
Stidham and Betty Millenbrock, 6 step-gc, 2 step-g-gc.  Burial: Jan 19, 2001 in the Maggard
Cemetery, Carter Co, KY.

Effie Webb Holbrook, 105, of Webbville, born Sept 19, 1895 at Jetty, dau of the late Wiley and
Jane Wright Webb, died Jan 16, 2001 at Grayson, Carter Co, KY.  Preceded: husband, Charles
Holbrook in 1972, sons, Woodrow Holbrook, Robert Holbrook and H. C. Holbrook, dau, Martha
Holbrook.  Survived: sons, Raymond Holbrook, Hober Blanchard Holbrook, Webb Holbrook and
Jay Holbrook, dau, Tina El Bentley, 24 gc, several g-gc, g-g-gc, g-g-g-gc.  Burial: jan 19, 2001 in
the Holbrook Cemetery, Webbville, KY.

Beulah Rucker Sparks, 87, of Chillicothe, OH, born Apr 14, 1913 in KY, to the late Kembert and
Elza Williams Rucker, died Jan 14, 2001 in Chillicothe, OH following an extended illness. 
Preceded: brothers, Perry Rucker and Clyde Rucker, sisters, Clefie Stapleton, Cora Stapleton and
Amanda Barker.  Survived: husband, W. Ottis Sparks whom she married Dec 22, 1940, sons,
Larry Ottis Sparks and wife, Katherine, and Marvin Sparks, dau, Katherine Myers, and husband,
Terry, sister, Delphia Gillum, brothers, Ollie J. Rucker and wife, Evelyn and Willis Rucker, gc,
Kelly Viduira, Peggy Osborne and Matthew Myers.  Burial: Jan 18, 2001 in the Londonderry
Cemetery.

Cousby Johnson Slayers, 95, born June 28, 1905 in Ashland, Boyd Co, KY, dau of the late Bill
and Sarah Johnson, died Jan 14, 2001 at the home of her daughter in Reynoldsburg, OH. 
Preceded: sons, Raymond Salyers and Elwood Salyers, dau, Hazel Coons.  Survived: sons,
Harold Slayers and wife, Loretta, Arthur Salyers and wife, Rose, and Darrell Salyers and wife,
Linda, dau, Sarah Porter, Cloma Lyons and husband, Elva, and Ida Marie Justice and husband,
Everett, dau-in-law, Doris Salyers, 30 gc, many g-gc, and g-g-gc.  Burial: Jan 16, 2001 in the
Sunset Cemetery.

Albert Richard James, 78, of Betsy Layne, formerly of Lawrence Co, KY, born Apr 10, 1922 at
Vernal, UT, son of the late Cecil Millard and Myrle Anabell Johnson James, died Jan 10, 2001
in Betsy Layne.  Preceded: wife, Sarah Elizabeth James in 2000.  Burial: Jan 11, 2001 in the
Marvin Sparks Cemetery in Blaine, Lawrence Co, KY.

Elliott Silas Maggard, 88, of Glade Springs, VA, formerly Olive Hill, Carter Co, KY, son of the
late James and Rosa Oakley Maggard, died Jan 9, 2001 in Bristol, TN.  Preceded: wife, Helen
Shumate Baker Maggard, sons, Elie Maggard and James Maggard.  Survived: son, Herbert
Maggard, daus, Katherine Fielding, Deborah Fisher, Linda Crawford, Nadene Easterling and
Deloris Canter, brothers, Orville Maggard and Earl Maggard, sisters, Thelma Frost and Laverne
Rebecca Haney, 5 step-children, 14 gc, 19 g-gc, 1 g-g-gc.  Burial: Jan 12, 2001 in the Oakland
Cemetery, Olive Hill, Carter Co, KY.
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