Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Clarence DeMoss, 1979, Union/Hopkins Co.
Resent-Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 15:36:55 -0600
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Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 17:36:12 -0400
From: "Maria T." <kytroutman@daytonaccess.net>
To: KY-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com

Various newspaper clippings pertaining to my Granddaddy DeMoss.

Undergoes Surgery
        Clarence DeMoss, an employee of the Pittsburgh-Midway Coal Co. who
was
injured in the mines on September 17th, underwent major surgery for the
amputation of the little finger on his right hand Tuesday morning.
According to his family, he is resting comfortably.

(I wonder if this is the same time as when he was caught between 2 mining
cars and had his legs crushed, was in casts for months)

{Next article}
        I want to thak everyone for the kind deeds while Clarence was in the
hospital. Thanks to our family, to Mike and Sharon, Jim and Marie. No one
could be more thoughtful to a mother and father. Also thanks to Calvin Hemp
who provided transportation. Thanks to everyone. I wish you all a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
                                        Sarah DeMoss
(that should have been Jim and Anna. Marie is me, the granddaughter)

        To all my friends and neighbors, I want to thank everyone of you for
your
kind deeds and visits and many other thoughtful expressions while I was in
the Union County and Welborn Baptist Hospital. A special thanks to Bro.
Julius Carter for his special prayers. I wish to thank all of the many
nurses and doctors at both hospitals for their splendid care. May God bless
everyone of you. Merry Christmas to all.
                                        Clarence DeMoss

        Clarence DeMoss, 59, died Tuesday, May 22 at Welborn Baptist
Hospital in
Evansville.
        Surviving are his wife, Sarah; two sons, Michael and James, both of
Sturgis; two brothers, Raymond and Carl, both of Hopkinsville; and three
grandchildren.
        Services were Friday, May 25, at Whitsell Funeral in Sturgis, with
burial
in Pythian Ridge Cemetery.

In Memorian
        In memory of Bro. Clarence DeMoss, who died June 26, 1979. (date
should
have been May 22, 1979, June was the date of the paper)
        Once again a Brother Mason, having completed the designs written for
him
on life's Trestle Board, has passed through the portals of Eternity and
entered the Grand Lodge of the New Jerusalem and hath received as his
reward, the white stone with the new name written theron, and
        WHEREAS, The all-wise and merciful Master of the Universe has called
from
labor to refreshment our beloved and respected brother, and
        WHEREAS, That Kelsey Lodge No. 269, F& A.M., Sturgis, Ky, in
testimony of
her loss be draped in mourning for thirty days and that we tender to the
family of our deceased brother our sincere condolences in their deep
affliction, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family.
                                Committee,  Milton Carter,
                                Virgil Collins and Gary Bell

Card of Thanks, from The Sturgis News, dated June 6, 1979
        I would like to express my deepest thanks and apprectian to all of
our
friends who were so kind to me and my family during the death of my husband
and loving father of our sons, Jim and Mike. I have been unable to send all
of the cards of thanks to many of our friends who were so kind to me. To
those who brought delicious food and sent the beautiful flowers, all I know
to say is thanks. To the members of the Masonic Lodge, I appreciate the
final rites given to Clarence.  I was taken ill and could not be at the
funeral home, but was told you gave a beautiful service.  There were
friends from our own church, Dekoven Methodist  Church, as well as the
other churches of Sturgis who were so kind. God gave me the honor of being
his wife for nearly 35 years and the honor of being the mother of two
wonderful sons. We also have three darling grandchildren whom he loved
dearly.  I pray God  will guide their lives in the years to come. To our
daughters-in-law, Sharon and Anna, I couldn't have made it through these
past two weeks without them. So may God bless and keep you is my prayer. I
will never forget the kindness and sympathy shown me then and now. Please
accept my apology if I have failed to mention someone. Thanks again to
everyone.

                                        Mrs. Sarah E. DeMoss
                                        Jim, Mike and family

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