KY-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest 30 Aug 2000 Volume 00 : Issue 267 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Message: #1 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:21:22 -0400 From: "Kelly Courtney-Blizzard" Subject: OBIT: Uhlah Catron, d. 1999, Bell Co November 17, 1999 UHLAH I. CATRON Age 79, of West Palm Beach, passed away on Monday, November 15, 1999. Mrs. Catron was born on July 26, 1920 in Pineville. Kentucky to Andrew and Ellen (Goodin) Hembree. She had lived in the Palm Beach area since 1958 coming from Indianapolis, Indiana. Mrs. Catron was a member of the Belvedere Baptist Church in West Palm Beach. Survivors include her husband: Frank B. Catron; one son, Frank B. Catron, Jr., of Wylie, TX; one daughter Christy Vanasse of Merrit Island, FL; 6 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her sisters: Charlene Titus of Cosby, TN, Zelma Conners of Valdosta, GA and Gene Caroll of Indianapolis, IN and one brother, Willard Hembree of Taylor, MI. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 18, 1999 at the Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Ray Henry officiating. Interment will follow at Royal Palm Gardens. Friends may call at the Funeral Home on Wednesday, (Today) from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. and from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of the MIZELL-FAVILLE-ZERN FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES, 4101 Parker Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida 33405. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:22:20 -0400 From: "Kelly Courtney-Blizzard" Subject: OBIT: Earl Lester, d. 1999, Harlan Co May 05, 1999 LESTER, MR. EARL WILLIAM - age 78, passed away Monday, May 3, 1999 at his home. The Lesters moved to Kentucky in 1957. He was employed as Chief Electrician with Morley Coal Company and later The Bennetts (GraysKnob) of Harlan, Kentucky. He was the Owner and Operator of Earl's Electrics of Middlesboro, Kentucky. He was a member of The Masonic Lodge #623 F & A.M., LaFollette, TN. He was born in Campbell County, Tennessee, the son of W.H. and Norah Hicks Lester who preceded him in death. He was a member of Praise Assembly of God Church. He was the beloved husband of Aileen Gibson Lester for 61 years. In addition to his parents and beloved step-mother, Nell Lester, he was preceded in death by his daughter Phyllis (Mrs. Richard V. Biscelgis); sister, Bernice Fox, Clara Mae Polson, Ronalda Benge, Lea Neal Russell Marlow and one brother, Lloyd Lester. Survivors: wife, Aileen Gibson Lester of Middlesboro, KY; sisters and brother-in-law, Faye and Bobby Wright and Orlene Roark; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bill Lester, Stanley and Norma Lester, Don and Vida Lester; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Dean and Carolyn Gibson, Everet and Martha Gibson Jean Jones; special friends, Judy Lewis and Charles Chaney, Sheila and John Smith. Funeral services 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at Cross Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Michael Smith officiating. Interment at Hurst Cemetery, Middlesboro, KY. The family will receive friends 12 noon until 2 p.m. Thursday prior to funeral service. Arrangements by Cross Funeral Home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Message: #3 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:23:53 -0400 From: "Kelly Courtney-Blizzard" Subject: OBIT: Linda Berry, d. 1999, Bell Co December 28, 1999 BERRY, LINDA LOU - age 72, of Knoxville, died on December 26, 1999 at her home. She was born November 9, 1927 in Pineville, Kentucky. She was a homemaker and a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Preceded in death by mother, Hester Slusher Taylor (2-4-99). Survivors include father, Ernest Henry Taylor, Sr. of Knoxville; sons, Dewey L. Berry and wife, Joan of Palm Desert, CA, R. Patrick Berry of Oak Ridge, G. Michael Berry of Oak Ridge, William Ernest Berry of Knoxville; brothers, Ernest Henry Taylor, Jr. and wife, Shirley, of Eatonton, GA, James Robert Taylor, Sr. of Powell; sisters, Geraldine S. Norton and husband, Bob, of Oak Ridge, Patricia Ann Ray and husband, Don, of Knoxville, Henrietta T. Elliott of Oak Ridge, Martha Lynn Litton and husband, Eddie, of Seffner, Fla.; seven grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Weatherford Mortuary on Wednesday, December 29, 1999 at 8 p.m. with Rev. Larry Webster officiating. Graveside service will be on Thursday, December 30, 1999 at 2 p.m. at McCarty Woodhaven Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Wednesday 6-8 p.m. at Weatherford Mortuary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Message: #4 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:25:12 -0400 From: "Kelly Courtney-Blizzard" Subject: OBIT: Ethel Sweezy, d. 1999, Bell Co May 14, 1999 SWEEZY, ETHEL VIRGINIA - age 78, of LaFollette, passed away Thursday, May 13, at LaFollette Medical Center. Preceded in death by parents, Andrew Scalf and Plumey Scalf Cooke; brothers, Edward, D.W. and Robert Scalf; brother-in-law, Todd Galusha. She was a member of Fordtown Baptist Church. Survivors: daughter and son-in-law, Pat and John Bond of LaFollette; son and daughter-in-law, Gerald and Charlotte Wilder of Speedwell; grandchildren, Kelly and Jeff Bond, Jonica Green, Kamille Brandenburg and Stephen Wilder; great-grandchildren, Shelby Wilder, Samantha and Johnathon Brandenburg, Hannah Bond and Kristi Owens; sisters and brother-in-law, Rosalyn and Porter Pearman of Arthur, TN and Louise Galusha of Napa, California. Funeral service 8:00 p.m. Saturday at Fordtown Baptist Church, Rev. David Hicks and Rev. Clyde Ellison officiating. Interment 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Pineville Cemetery, Pineville, Kentucky. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements by Cross Funeral Home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of ky-footsteps-digest V00 #267 ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. **********************************************************************