Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 02:00:20 GMT To: ky-footsteps@sirius.dsenter.com Subject: ky-footsteps V1 #4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nancy Trice Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 21:34:06 -0500 Subject: KY-F: KIRKWOOD: GA-KY-TN Estell E. Kirkwood, 79. of Rt. 1, Trion Ga. formerly of Hopkins Co., died 5:35 p.m. Tuesday in Park Ridge, Tenn. He was the son of the late Matthew Kirkwood and Cordelia Wyatt Kirkwood. He was a retired nursing home operator and a member of the Mountain View Baptist Church in Trion, and a former member of the Liberty Baptist Church in Madisonville. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Dovie Lee Kirkwood, Rt. 1 Trion, Ga.; two step daughters, Mrs Peggy Matthews, Trio Ga., and Mrs. Greta Jo Nicholson, Marietta Ga.; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Belle Kirkwood, Brown Rd; six step-grandchildren. Services will be held 11 a.m. Friday at Harris Funeral Chapel, with Rev. J.B. Wheeler and Rev. Archie Oliver officiating. Burial will be in Oddfellows Cemetery. Friends may call from 8:30 a.m. Friday morning until the funeral hour. The Messenger Madisonville, Ky., Thursday January 6, 1983 Obituary contributed by: James D Laffoon http://www.dsenter.com/~trice/ky/hopkins/obits/kirkwood004.html ------------------------------ From: Nancy Trice Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 21:34:07 -0500 Subject: KY-F: SHIPP: KY JOHN SHIPP, 78, DAWSON, DIES John Shipp, 78, retired Dawson Springs route 2 farmer, died in a Hopkinsville hospital Friday afternoon. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm Sunday at William L Barnett Funeral Service, East Center street, the Rev. R A Denton, Marion Ill, will officiate. Burial will be in Odd Fellows cemetery, Madisonville. The Messenger, Madisonville Ky, Sat Feb 15, 1955 http://www.dsenter.com/~trice/ky/hopkins/obits/shipp001.html ------------------------------ From: Nancy Trice Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 21:34:09 -0500 Subject: KY-F: STUM: KY-CA-MO-GA-TN ADAIR STUM IS DEAD IN CALIF. Edward Adair Stum, 34, son of F P Stum, 538 East Broadway, died early this morning of acute Bright's disease in Los Angeles, Calif., according to a telegram received by his father. Beyond the fact that his son would be brought to Madisonville for burial, Mr Stum could announce no arrangements for the funeral, pending arrival tomorrow of his daughter, Mrs Warren Thorpe, of Macon, Ga. Adair Stum left Madisonville several years ago, going to St. Louis, where he engaged in business for a time. Later he went to Los Angeles, where he has been about four years. He became critically ill yesterday, and his father was planning to leave last night to fly to his bedside, but later in the day, a sister, Mrs James Kennett, Louisville, advised her father she had received a message saying her brother could not live many hours. In addition to his father and sisters, Adair Stum is survived by his widow, Mrs Louise Stum and his mother, Mrs Emma Stum. The Messenger, Madisonville, Ky May 29, 1935 STUM FUNERAL HERE SUNDAY Funeral service for Edward Adair Stum, who died early Wednesday in St. Vincent's Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif., of uremia after being ill of acute nephritis one week, will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of his father, F P Stum, 538 East Broadway. The body will arrive at the L & N station Saturday afternoon at 3:17 o'clock and will be taken to Barnett Funeral Home to lie until one o'clock the following afternoon, when it will be taken to the Stum home. Brief funeral service was held in Los Angeles before the body was started to Madisonville inasmuch as Mrs. Stum, herself ill, was advised against making the long trip. The service here will be conducted by Dr. W C Frank, pastor of the First Methodist church, of which Mr. Stum was a member,who will be assisted by Rev. H S Summers, pastor of the First Baptish church. Morton McPherson will sing "Never Grow Old" and "Abide With Me." Mrs E P Claytor [Clayton?] will be accompanist. Pallbearers will be: Maurice Salmon, Jack Holt, Hilliard Jackson of Louisville, William Edward Moore, Beverly Waddill and A S Johnston. Flowerbearers will be: Mrs Jack Holt, Mrs A S Johnston, Mrs Elby Masoncup, Mrs J K Ramsey, Mrs E G Brownfield, Mrs L G Hayes, Mrs George Work, Miss Emma Alice Pate. Burial will be in Odd Fellows cemetery. Adair Stum was born in Sacramento on August 22, 1901. He received his early education in the Madisonville schools, and attended Battle Ground Academy, Franklin, Tenn., in 1919-20. The following three years he attended Castle Heights in Lebanon, Tenn. Returning to Madisonville, he entered the Farmers National Bank, of which his father was president. After a few years, he established the City Feed Store, which he operated successfully until he went to St. Louis, several years later, to become associated with the Washburn-Crosby Milling Co. Early in 1931, Washburn-Crosby transferred Mr. Stum to the Los Angeles division, and in August of that year he married Miss Louise Creasey, whom he had met in St Louis. Besides his widow and his parents, Mr Stum is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Warren Thorpe, Macon, Ga; and Mrs James Kennett, Louisville; and by one niece and one nephew, Katherine Stum Thorpe and James E Kennett, Jr., all of whom have arrived in Madisonville. The Messenger, Madisonville, Ky , May 31, 1935 BODY TO ARRIVE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY The body of Edward Adair Stum, 34, who died in Los Angeles, Claif., Wednesday will not arrive until tonight or Sunday morning because of train connections. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, as announced. The Messenger, Madisonville, Ky June 1, 1935. http://www.dsenter.com/~trice/ky/hopkins/obits/stum001.html ------------------------------ From: Nancy Trice Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 19:09:57 -0500 Subject: KY-F: KELLY: KY Railway Special Agent Is Killed In Paducah Paducah, May 31.-- (AP)-- Illinois Central Sprecial Agent Dick Kelly was shot to death and W H Perlew injured by a bullet in an affray here last night. A hobo who was believed to have escaped was blamed for the shooting. Officers started an investigation in the north yards of the railroad here. The Daily Messenger, Madisonville, Ky., Thursday, May 31, 1935 http://www.dsenter.com/~trice/ky/hopkins/obits/kelly001.html ------------------------------ From: Nancy Trice Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 19:09:55 -0500 Subject: KY-F: GARDINER: Ky-Ill Charles D Gardiner, 81, uncle of Frank G Bowmer and Miss Isabel Gardiner, Madisonville, Grand Tower, Ill., died there Wednesday night several days after being injured when a truck crashed into his automobile while he was motoring alone near Grand Tower. He is survived by his widow, two sons and two daughters. Funeral services will be conducted at Grand Tower Sunday and burial will be in a cemetery there. Mr Gardiner was the brother of the late Dr. T W Gardiner, city, and was the last survivor of four brothers and two sisters. Mr Bowmer, daughter, Arminta, and Miss Gardiner motored to Grand Tower when advised of Mr. Gardiner's injuries. The Daily Messenger, Madisonville, Ky, May 16, 1935. http:/www.dsenter.com/~trice/ky/hopkins/obits/gardiner001.html ------------------------------ From: Nancy Trice Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 19:09:54 -0500 Subject: KY-F: DeMoss: KY-IN-IL Timmons DeMoss, 75, of Sebree, died at 8:20am Sunday, Sept. 3,1995, at his residence. Born Aug. 2,1920 in Hopkins County, he was the son of the late Shirley Rivers DeMoss and Maude Jordan DeMoss. He was a heavy equipment operator and member of I.U.O.E Local 181. He was also a WWII Army Veteran, serving in the South Pacific. He is survived by his wife, Dolores Winstead DeMoss of Sebree; three daughters, Brenda Crafton of Zion, Judy Goodwin of Evansville, IN, and Mary Davis of Henderson; three sisters, Edna Isaac of Mt. Carmel, IL, Mary Chandler and Shirley Parker both of Sebree; seven grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. Services will be 2pm today at Tompkins Funeral Home Sebree-Poole Chapel with Rev. Selby Coomer officiating. Burial will be in Springdale Cemetery near Sebree. Friends may call until the service hour today at the funeral home. Obituary contributed by: Maria Troutman Obit sent to me (Maria Troutman) by Alice DeMoss (name of paper not given) http://www.dsenter.com/~trice/ky/hopkins/obits/demoss004.html ------------------------------ End of ky-footsteps V1 #4 *************************