DEATHS: Area Deaths, Apr. 24, 1998 Elliott County News, KY ------------------------ From: Samone Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 ------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. Commercial entities must ask for and receive permission from submitter before downloading. ========================================================= Area Deaths, Elliott County News, April 24, 1998 Blanche Horn Marcum: 84, of Grayson, Carter County, KY, formerly of Crum, WV, born Aug 6, 1913 in Martin Co, KY, to late Ike and Francis Horn, died Apr 12, 1998 at Ashland, Boyd, KY. Preceded by husband: Earl Marcum. Surviving: son, Arval Marcum, sisters, Otetha Daughton and Helen Horn Mills, 4 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren. Burial: Mount View Memory Gardens. Bruce R. Stapelton: 63, of Deering, OH, born Apr 1, 1935 in Lawrence Co, KY to late Willis and Mary Kelley Stapleton, died Apr 15, 1998 at home. Preceded by: son, Lonnie Stapleton. Surviving: wife, Janet Lee Anderson, sons, Tim and Dwayne Stapleton, dau, Robin Gannon, sisters, Faye Darby, Ruth Bryant and Rose Hankins, brother: Larry Stapleton, 6 grandchildren. Burial: Mamare Cemetery, OH. Infant Lester James Archey: son of Duane and Cindy Flannery, stillborn Apr 11, 1998 in Ashland, Boyd Co, KY. Survived: maternal grandparents, James and Glenda Flannery, paternal grandparents, Lester and Sherry Archey, maternal great-grandparents, Walter and Cloetine Campbell, paternal great-grandparents, Dorothy and Emmitt Young. Burial: Crchey Cemetery, Greenup, Greenup Co, KY. John Henry Wilks: 60, of Webbville, KY, born Mar 15, 1938 to Albert and Shirley Mae Jordan Wilks, died Apr 16, 1998 in Webbville, KY. Survivors: wife, Phyllis Wilks, daus, Deborah Presley, Patricia Wright, Jonda Elkins, Kathy Britton, Tresa Crabtree, Angie Worstell,and Andy Caudill, sons, Jerry, Wayne, John Henry Jr., and Danny Wilks, sisters, Geneva Humphrey, Hazel Chaffins, Ruth Hatfield, and Ruby Leibee, bros: Charles, Donald, Noah, Elijah, and Albert Wilks Jr., 24 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild. Burial: Wilks Cemetery, Webbville, KY George William Cook: 68, of Louisa, born Aug 6, 1929 in Louisa, Lawrence Co, KY to late William and Rhoda Vinson Cook, died Apr 13, 1998 in Louisa, Lawrence Co, KY. Surviving: sons, George Kenneth and Tommy Ray, bros, Forest, Russell, and Tom. Burial: Fairchild-Lemaster Cemetery, Louisa, Lawrence Co, KY. Pansy Dillon Branham: 85, of Beauty, KY formerly of Louisa, Lawrence Co, KY, born Mar 20, 1913 in Buffalo Horn to late Riley and Elizabeth Dalton Dillon, died Apr 16, 1998 at sister home in Beauty. Preceded by: husband, Strother Branham in 1983. Surviving: sisters, Shirley McCoy, Maxie Branham, and Lorena Evans, bros, John Paul Dillon and Ottis Dillon. Burial: Branham Cemetery. Jerri D. Binion: 57, of Olive Hill, Carter Co, KY, born Oct 26, 1940 in Carter Co, KY, dau of Helen Ernestine Dickerson Dowdy and late Mike Dowdy, died Apr 14, 1998 in Ashland, Boyd Co, KY. Preceded by: son, Stephen Wayne Binion. Survivors: husband, Glen Binion, son, Michael Fox, 2 grandchildren. Burial: Carroll Cemetery. Cleo L. "Cody" Burke: 71, of Morehead, Rowan Co, KY, born May 15, 1926 in Fleming Co, KY, son of late William Leslie and Ruth Bryan Shearer Burke, died Apr 15, 1998 in Lexington, Fayette Co, KY. Preceded by: son, Berry Bryan Burke. Survived by: wife, Emma Pearl Kissick Burke, son, Larry Gale Burke, step-son, John David DeBord, step-daus, Lillian Fawns, Kay Kemp, and Linda Riner, sister, Patricia Porter, 10 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Burial: Fairview Cemetery. Ruby Marie Brown: 64, of Ironton, OH, born Sept 21, 1933 in Lawrence Co, dau of late William and Myrtle Shope Easterling, died Apr 12, 1998 in Ironton, OH. Preceded by: husband, James W. Brown in 1962. Survived by: children, Carolyn Sue Bradshaw, Joann Brown, James W. Brown Jr., Raymond Brown, Timothy Ashurst, bros, Everett Eugene Easterling, Johnny Franklin Easterling, and Robert Lee Easterling, sisters: Norma Dodson, Patricia West, Kay Vanhorn, Clara Mae Henry, and Marjorie Stewart, 9 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Burial: Mamre Cemetery, Kitts Hill, OH. Nana Lee Compton Bayes: 66, of Ashland, Boyd Co, KY, born May 1, 1931, in Paintville, Lawrence Co, KY, dau of late Lon and Eleanor Ferguson Compton, died Apr 18, 1998 in Lexington, Fayette Co, KY. Preceded by: dau, Sharon Lee Bayes in 1970. Surviving: daus, Vicki Smith and Cindy Bayes, sister, Eileen Fails, brothers, Roscoe and Phillip Compton. Burial: Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens. Mary Kathern Cecil Cox: 81, of Olive Hill, Carter Co, KY, born Mar 13, 1917 in Floyd Co, KY, dau of late Schular and Josie Stratton Cecil, died Apr 14, 1998 at home. Prededed by: husband, John C. Cox Jr. Survived by: son, Donald Gene Cox, bro, Hubert Cecil, sisters, Evelyn Cecil and Helen C. Morgan, 2 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Burial: Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Carter Co, KY. Mexie Miller Daniels: 87, of Lousia, Lawrence Co, KY, born Dec 15, 1910 at Norris, dau of late Hez and Julia Ann Thompson Miller, died Apr 13, at Louisa, Lawrence Co, KY. Preceded by: husband, Roy Daniels, dau, Doria Ann Primavera. Survived by: several cousins. Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, Louisa, Lawrence Co, KY. John Terry: 71, formerly of Grayson, Carter Co, KY, son of late Miles and Ida Sergent Terry Blevins, died Apr 12, 1998 in Indianapolis, IN. Surviving: son, John Terry Jr., bro, Elmer Terry, half-bros, James Crum, Tom Terry, Sherman Terry, and Woody Terry, half-sisters, Ethel Smith, Alice Sexton, Linda Pondall, Bonnie Meadows, and Gwen Hall. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN.