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Clipping from the Elliott County News gc=grandchildren g-gc=greatgrandchildren g-g-gc=great-great-grandchildren Jeff Crisp: 91, of Morehead, Rowan Co, KY, born Nov 4, 1904 in Elliott Co, KY, son of the late Charlie and Hovey Allen Crisp, died Dec 28, 1995 in Morehead, Rowan Co, KY. Preceded: 1st wife, Ella Dickerson Crisp, and 1 son, Lee Galyle Crisp. Survived: wife, Christine Brammell Pope Crisp, sons, John P. Crisp, Jeff Crisp Jr., Milford Bert Crisp and Connie Art Crisp, dau, Gloria Jean Buenovich, step-son, Robert G. Pope, sister, Mae Westfall, half- sister, Ruth Crisp, 9 gc, 6 g-gc. Burial: Dec 31, 1995 in the Elliott County Memory Gardens, Elliott Co, KY. Prudia Howard Fannin Adkins Hoker: 98, of Sandy Hook, Elliott Co, KY, born Mar 23, 1898 in Elliott Co, KY, dau of the late Jefferson Davis and Amanda Redwine Howard, died Feb 3, 1997 in Elliott Co, KY. Preceded: 1st husband, Lonnie E. Fannin, 2nd husband, N.L. Adkins, sons, J.D. and Talmadge Fannin, dau, Ruby Delene Fannin. Survived: step-sons, Elder Clavis Adkins and N.L. Adkins Jr., step-daus, Mabel Fannin, Irene Duvall, Faye Thornsberry, Delma Hager, Eula Vewer and Elizabeth Whitt, half-brother, John Howard, half-sister, Marie Mathis, a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. Burial: Feb 5, 1997 in the Elliott County Memory Gardens, Elliott Co, KY. Adryone Evans: 83, of Columbus, OH, formerly of Elliott Co, KY, born Mar 21, 1912 in Elliott Co, KY, dau of the late Tom Evans and Ira Mayse Evans, died Jun 16, 1995 in Columbus, OH. Survived: nieces and nephews. Burial: June 20, 1995 in the Elliott County Memory Gardens, Elliott Co, KY. Eldon T. Evans: 84, of Morehead, Rowan Co, KY, born May 3, 1910 in Clearfield, Rowan Co, KY, son of the late Drew and Lucy Thompson Evans, died Oct 26, 1994 in Morehead, Rowan Co, KY. Preceded: wife, Mary Lucille Hamilton on Mar 8, 1988, sister, Sidney Evans Lane, brother, Drew Evans Jr. Survived: daus, Lynn Schwyler Evans and Mary Drew Schmitt, sister, Gladys McCartney, grandchildren, Schwyler Hamilton Schmitt and Simone Pendleton Roe. Burial: Oct 30, 1994 in the Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan Co, KY. Hobert Skaggs: 74, of Blaine, Lawrence Co, KY, born July 25, 1922 in Redbush, Lawrence Co, KY, son of the late John M. and Pearlie Ferguson Skaggs, died Dec 13, 1996. Survived: wife, Dorothy May Thompson Skaggs, sons, Ricky Skaggs, Garold J. Skaggs and Gary Skaggs, dau, Linda Skaggs, brother, Homan Skaggs, 12 gc, 1 g-gc. Burial: Dec 15, 1996 in the Skaggs Family Cemetery, Blaine, Lawrence Co, KY. Ruth Ferguson Lohr: of Brookhaven, Miss., born in Elliott Co, KY, dau of Viola Sparks Ferguson and the late Isaac Ferguson, died Dec 5, 1996 at her home. Preceded: brothers, Maynard, Richard and Larry Ferguson. Survived: husband, Robert Lohr, sons, Ralph Lohr, Roscoe Mault Jr. and Richard Mault, daus, Deborah Rettig and Kathryn Bolander, brother, John W. Ferguson, sister, Doris Jean Rivers, 10 gc, 3 g-gc. Burial: Dec 9, 1996 in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Newte M. Ferguson: 77, of Isonville, Elliott Co, KY, born Dec 22, 1915 in Elliott Co, KY, son of the late John William and Annie Thornsberry Ferguson, died Oct 4, 1993 at home. Preceded: wife, Lura Williams Ferguson in 1985. Survived: son, Woody Ferguson, daus, Delma Greene, Wanda Mayse, Lois Stinson, Joyce Pope and Leona Stallard, sister, Myrtle Dickerson, 5 gc, 7 g-gc. Burial: Oct 7, 1993 in the Elliott County Memory Gardens, Elliott Co, KY. Roscoe Ferguson: 97, of Haldeman, Rowan Co, KY, born Oct 11, 1897 in Elliott Co, KY, son of the late Wilson and Pollie Barker Ferguson, died Oct 20, 1994 in Vanceburg, Lewis Co, KY. Preceded: 1st wife, Ollie Mabry Ferguson in 1964, 2nd wife, Dora Cassity in 1983. Survived: sons, Eugene Ferguson, Noah Ferguson, Clayton Ferguson and Daniel Ferguson, sister, Eddie Archer, 11 gc, 19, g-gc, 3 g-g-gc. Burial: Oct 23, 1994 in the Mabry Cemetery, Elliott Co, KY. Paul Eugene Ferguson: 55, of Palm Springs, Fla., formerly of Morehead, Rowan Co, KY, born Feb 24, 1940 in Rowan Co, KY, son of the late Aubra and Lula Ison Ferguson, died Sept 18, 1995 in Atlantis, Fla. Survived: wife, Bonnie Norris Ferguson, son, Aubra Ferguson, daus, Rhodesia Davis, Paula Kettell and Amanda Ferguson, step-son, Elgin Daugherty, step-dau, Stephanie Pratt, brother, Paris Ferguson, 4 gc, 2 step-gc. Burial: Sept 23, 1995 in the Brown Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan Co, KY.