Scott County KyArchives Obituaries.....Thomas Raleigh Covington July 12 1941
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The Herald, New Castle, PA.  July 14, 1941
Thomps Rawlings Covington
   Thomps Rawlings Covington, aged 50, of 60 chestnut street, Wheatland, died 
suddenly Saturday evening at 9 o'clock at his home.  Mr. Covington, owner and 
operator of the Wheatland Pennzoil service station was engaged in his usual 
duties at the station about 8 o'clock when he was stricken with a heart attack. 
He was removed to his home and a physician summoned but he lived only an hour.
    Mr. Covington was born in Scott county, Kentucky, on Frebruary 5, 1891, and 
had been a resident of Wheatland for the past 29 years where he was widely and 
favorably known.  He was a member of the Protected Home Circle and of the 
Wheatland Methodist church.
     Survivors are his wife, Clara Jones Covington; the following children: 
Mrs. Florence Davis, Mrs. laverne Livingston, Lucille Covington at home, Robert 
and Thomas Covington, both at home; his father, J. W. Covington of Kentucky; 
two sisters, Mrs. Braddie Griffith of Kentucky and Mrs. Eunice Cunningham, of 
Kentucky, and one brother, R. L. Covington of Chicago.  He was preceded in 
death five months ago by his mother.
     Funeral services will be held from the late home Tuesday afternoon at 2 
o'clock (E.S.T.) with his pastor, Rev. C. C. Mohney, in charge.  Internment 
will be in Oakwood cemetery, Sharon.
     The body was removed from the Mahoning funeral home, West Madison avenue, 
to the residence Sunday evening.

Additional Comments:
Thomas name was mispelled in Obit.  It should have been Thomas Raleigh 
Covington.  He was born in Stamping Ground, Scott Co., KY.   His Father, James 
W. Covington was b. c1851 and died aft. July 12. 1941.  Eunice Cunningham,b. 
c1894, his sister, was married to Richard Cunningham,b. c1879, of Stamping 
Ground.  Their children were 1. Mary K. Cunningham, b. c1914; 2. Mildred 
Cunningham, b. c1916;  3. Delmer Cunningham, b. c1918, and 4. Leona Cunningham, 
b. c1921.


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