Mattie's Scrapbook of Obituaries, page 16 Esq. Clayton Dies Suddenly Marion Thomas Clayton, 51, former magistrate and member of the county board of education, was found dead in his bed Saturday morning when his family called him for breakfast. Death was attributed to a heart attack. M T Clayton was born October 3, 1878, in West Hanson, where he spent his life. He engaged in farming all of his mature years and made a pronounced success as an agriculturist. He was always interested in politics and was active for the democratic party in all campaigns. On December 9, 1900, he married Miss Birdie Veazey, of West Hanson, and to them ten children were born, five boys and five girls. All survive except one daughter, who died in infancy. The survivors are: Thurman and Jasper Clayton, of Madisonville; Fred and Rufus Clayton, of Hanson; the daughters, Misses Bonnie, Cleone, Geneva, Gladys and Agnes, who made their home with their father. Five brothers and five sisters survive. They are: Mrs John Clayton, Paris, Tenn.; Mrs I A Clayton, North Carolina; Mrs Brack Gammons, Madisonville; Mrs Homer Adams and Miss Nora Clayton, West Hanson; J T, G W, G L and J L Clayton of West Hanson, and Scott Clayton, of Richland. In his early life Esq. Clayton taught school. He was elected to the fiscal court in 1916 and served four years, and four years ago he was a candidate for the democratic nomination for county judge. Olive Branch Cemetery, Hopkins Co., Ky. Marion T Clayton, 1878-1930 Birtie V., 1881-1955 Simon, son of M T & B W Clayton, b & d - 1923 Myrtle G Clayton, 1889-1910 James L., 1885-19-- Ora C., 1886-19-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Providence Man Dies In Business Section Lem Potter Clayton, 64, Providence, dropped dead Monday morning in the business section of Pprovidence at 9 o'clock. He is survived by four sons, John T., Vance, Bidwell, of Chicago, and Woodrow of Providence; four daughters, Fleta, Chicago, Mrs James Brooks, Detroit, Mrs Arley Villines, Dixon, and Miss Dorothy Clayton, of Providence; two brothers, Proctor Clayton, of Dixon, and Wright Clayton, Providence; two sisters, Mrs W T Mitchell, of Paducah, and Mrs Sallie Duncan, of Louisville. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Tirza church at Liberty. Burial will be in church cemetery. Elder Shain, of Madisonville, will officiate. Tirza Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Lem P Clayton, 1877-1941 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Girl Killed By Train At Hanson Child En Route Home From School When Accident Occurred Being struck by a main line L & N passenger train which was running at a high rate of speed, so it is said, and meeting death under the wheels was the fate that befell the seven-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernice Campbell of Hanson, while she was en route home from school Thursday at noon. The child was crossing the railroad track with several companions when she was killed. The train was being detoured via the Henderson division because of the damage done to a bridge on the main line of the railroad. Matties note: _____ J sister. - Eileen Campbell. [Did not locate burial information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Former Slaughters Woman Dies In Va. Mrs Henry Smith, (Nee Miss Hallie Cosby) Passed Away At Christianburg, Va. Special to the Banner Slaughters, June 19.-- The citizens of our little city were greatly shocked and greived, when a telegram was received Sunday, June 15, announcing the death of Mrs Henry Smith of Christianburg, Va. Mrs Smith had been ill for ten weeks, but had begun to show improvement following an operation for gall stones and appendicitis. She suddenly grew worse Saturday afternoon and sank rapidly. She was about 26 or 27 years of age, and was the youngest daughter of Mrs Mary Ida Cosby, and the late Dr. W C Cosby who also died on June 15th nine years ago. Mrs Smith was married less than two years ago to Mr Henry A Smith of Christianburg, Va. She is survived by her mother Mrs W C Cosby; her husband Henry A Smith of Christianburg, Va., and three sisters: Mrs A M Charlton, of Christianburg, Va., Mrs J H Whitson and Mrs E L Kerney of this place. Funeral services were conducted at the Cosby residence Wednesday afternoon, by Rev. M J Dick, with interment in the Slaughters cemetery. The pallbearers were: Cornelious Coffman, Iley Nance, Hayden Prather, William Smith, Lucien Wells and Ellsworth Crowley. The flower girls were: Miss Annie Smith Whitson, Willie Mae Ogden, Annie Bell Weatherspoon, Ione Reynolds, Blanche Wells Linnie Couch, Ray Prather and cora Jones. The many floral offerings were beautiful. [Burial information not located.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coffman Rites To Be Monday Brief funeral services for James Chris Coffman, 80, retired Slaughters tobacconist who died Thursday in Nashville following a long period of ill health, will be conducted at 2:30 pm Monday at the Slaughters cemetery, burial site. Rev. J L Piercy, pastor of Slaughters Methodist church, will officiate at the last rites. Pallbearers will be James W Hammond, Richard Anderson, D C Whitaker, Ernest Hopgood, J T Hammond and Burl Dunkerson. The body is at S T Harris Funeral Home, 224 North Main street, until the funeral. Mr Coffman was married to Miss Isa B Hopgood, who died in 1901. He is survived by the following children: Holman Coffman, Bronx, NY; Baron Coffman, Billings, Montana; Mrs Effie Collison, Houston, Texas; Mrs Ivye Eccles, Corvallis, Oregon, Rands Zachery, Austin, Montana; Mrs Nannie Watson Hammond, Memphis, Tenn; and Mrs Grace Prather, Beaumon, Calif., seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs Mildred Vanonver, Evansville. Slaughters Cemetery, Webster Co, Ky James Christopher "Chris" Coffman, 20 Aug 1865 - [no date of death] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs Campbell, 85, Dies Here Mrs Arah Etta Campbell, 85, died at 3:10 pm Sunday in her home, 23 North Seminary street, from a heart ailment. She had been bedfast for seven years. Mrs Campbell, daughter of Paul and Margaret Gooch, was born September 20, 1862, in Granville county, NC. She came to Hopkins county with her parents in 1866 and had been a resident of Madisonville for the past thirty years. She married W R Campbell on February 4, 1884, and to this union two sons and four daughters were born. For twenty-five years she had been a member of the Madisonville First Baptist church. Rites 3 pm Tuesday Surviving are the husband; son, B H Campbell, Nebo rfd 2; four daughters, Mrs Pete Webb, Mrs Mattie Hancock, both of Madisonville; Mrs Jeff Oldham, Nortonville; Mrs Cladye Fears, Louisville; thirteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 pm Tuesday in the home. Rev. Harold D Tallant, pastor of Madisonville First Baptist church, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. C B Curtis. Burial will be in Grapevine cemetery. Grapevine Cemetery, Madisonville, Ky., Etter Campbell, 9/20/1862 - 5/16/1948 Will Campbell, 2/25/1865 - 5/8/1957 Paul Campbell, 6/26/1885 - 7/18/1935 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paralytic Stroke Proves Fatal Mrs Nola May Curneal, 61, died at 4:30 pm Thursday in her home in Browning street from the effects of a paralytic stroke a week before. Mrs Curneal, widow of Marion Curneal, who died ten years ago, is survived by six children; Wallace Curneal, Elvis Curneal, Madisonville; Otis Curneal, Obie Curneal, both of Detroit; Mrs Jesse Ramsey, Louisville; Mrs Wallace Clark, Madisonville, and two step-children, E L Curneal, Fairfield, Ill., and George A Curneal, Madisonville. Funeral was conducted at 2:30 pm today in the Madisonville Primitive Baptist Church, Elder J D Shain, officiating. Burial was in Olive Branch cemetery, near Hanson. Olive Branch Cemetery, Hopkins County, Ky. Did not locate burial site. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs John Clayton Dies, Funeral Tuesday At 2 Mrs Cannie Clayton, wife of Elder Johnnie Clayton, died at noon today at their home in Nashville, according to a message received by a nephew, Thurman Clayton. Funeral will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock in Olive Branch church. Olive Branch Cemetery, Hopkins County, Ky. Eld. J S Clayton, 1889 - Candis, 1890 - 1939 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- W H Cardwell Victim Of Heart Attack W H Cardwell, 74, farmer, who lived west of Manitou on highway 41, died at 2 pm today in his home from effects of a heart attack September 20. Surviving are the widow, Mrs Mattie Cardwell, two sons, Dr. R E Cardwell, Providence; J D Cardwell, Madisonville route 2; two brothers, Lawrence Cardwell, St Louis; D F Cardwell, Madisonville, and sister, Mrs Laura King, Eldorado, Ill. Funeral will be conducted at the Nebo Christian church at 2 pm Thursday. Burial will be in Union cemetery, Nebo. Union Cemetery, Nebo, Hopkins County, Ky. Mattie Lee Cardwell, May 7, 1866 - Feb. 12, 1963 Mother William Henry, 1864 - 1939 Father Vaiden Baker Cardwell, July 22, 1891 - June 17, 1963 - Husband Jesse David Cardwell, September 26, 1897 - August 30, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUNERALS Funeral for George Cates, 70, will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the home, 2822 Dennison st. Burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Additional survivors are: sons, Milan and James. [Burial information not located] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Memory Of Mrs James Curneal And Baby A darling child we loved is gone. Her voice so sweet is stilled; A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled. How we did hate to know she's gone, But shomehow God knew best. And took from us a precious one To her eternal rest. Oh, dear Frieda, how we miss you. It grieves us so to give you up. The heartaches and the sorrow It seems the'll never stop. How we long for the sound of your voice, And the smile of your dear sweet face; The years may come and go, But no one can take your place. It is so hard to give her up, In such a tragic death, But we feel sure that God was there. To own her and to bless. And our little baby Sandra, Her going was the same; Yes, we miss her too, But our loss is her gain. I will not say farewell I will not say goodbye, For I expect to meet you both Beyond the bluish sky. MOTHER. Olive Branch Cemetery, Hopkins County, Ky. James Curneal, 1915 - 19-- Frieda, 1917 - 1942 Sandra 1941 - 1942 Sharon Curneal, 5 months, 1938 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Esq. John T Clayton Dies Last Saturday John T Clayton, age 81 years, a former Magistrate of this county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs W T Mitchell at Fredonia Sunday afternoon of senility. Burial at Liberty cemetery Sunday afternoon, funeral by Rev. J N Wallace. A widow, three sons and two daughters survive. Formerly lived in the Providence section. Tirzah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery J T Clayton, 1840-1921 Sarah C Clayton, w/o J T, 1849-1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Bethel Compton Funeral services for the late Warren B Compton, 73 years old, of Hanson, who died at 4:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon after two weeks illness of paralysis, were held at Antioch church Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. J D Shain, of Madisonville, and Rev. Wallace , of Providence, officiated. Interment was in Veazey graveyard. The deceased was born April 15, 1948 (sic), in North Carolina and came to Hopkins County when a young man. He was a retired farmer and in politics was a Democrat. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist church. Mr Compton is survived by his widow; O T Compton, Dallas, Texas; Wattie, Louis, Misses Alice and Ira Compton, all of Hanson,a nd Mrs Jody Day, Madisonville, children; Andrew Compton, North Carolina, brother; and Mrs Mattie Vernon, and Mrs Maggie McDade, both of North Carolina, sisters. Veazey Cemetery, Hwy 630, near Oakley Home Cem., Hopkins County, Ky. James W son of Warren B & Mary J Compton May 15, 1869-Sept. 8, 1872 Warren Bethel Compton, April 25, 1848-March 23, 1922 Mary J his wife, January 6, 1846-Sept. 16, 1922 Netttie C, dau. of B & Mary J Compton, Oct. 11, 1873-October 1, 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manitou Woman Taken By Death Mrs Sarah Clayton, 63, widow of William Clayton, died at her home in the Manitou section Sunday morning of paralysis following a weeks illness. She is survived by several sons and daughters and a number of brothers and sisters. Funeral services were held at the Clayton cemetery, Manitou section Monday morning, Rev. Taylor officiating. Clayton Cemetery, Wolf Hollow Lane, in the Shake Rag Hills, Hopkins County, Ky. Sarah A Clayton, Jan, 1868 - August 1930 J William Clayton, March 1863 - January 1919 --------------------------------------------------------------------------