Walker Blackburn - Walker Blackburn, 66, of Drift, died Tuesday, July 21, at the McDowell Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. He was born September 26, 1920 at Emma, a son of the late Leck and Laura Boggs Blackburn. A retired miner and a member of the U.M.W.A. Local No. 5967, at McDowell, he was an Army veteran of World War II. He was also a memver of the D.A.V. at Garrett, the American Legion, and the Drift Pentecostal Church. He is survived by his wife, Alberta Conn Blackburn; five sons, Donald Ray Blackburn, of Covington, Ronald Walker Blackburn and Terry Dean Blackburn, both of Drift, Michael Blackburn, of Frankfort, Tony Blackburn, in Florida; six daughters, Brenda Ousley and Linda Shannon, both of Drift, Freda Sexton, of Martin, Sherry Jean Paige, of McDowell, Sheila Ann Hughes, in Michigan, Mary Constance Blackburn, in Florida; two step-sons, James Halbert, of Stroh, Ind., Jackie Conn, of Frankfort; three brothers, James Blackburn, in Michigan, Billy Blackburn, of Cleveland, Oh., Robert Blackburn, of Philadelphia, Pa.; one sister, Patsy Ruth Caine, of Cleveland, Oh., 27 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the Drift Pentecostal Church with Ted Shannon and Billy Conn officiating. Burial was made in the Drift cemetery, under direction of the Hall Funeral Home. Active pallbearers were Donnie Shannon, Virgil Paige, John Sexton, Dean Ousley, Cecil Blackburn, Mickey Blackburn.
Charles Cox- Funeral services for Charles Cox, 91, of Rt. 1, Louisa were conducted Tuesday Nov. 11 in Young Funeral Home by the Rev. Gallie Isaac and the Rev John Fraley. Burial was Wooten Cemetery. Mr. Cox died Nov. 8 in Louisa Community Hospital. Mr. Cox was born June 29, 1889 at Rt. 2, Louisa, a son of the late Bennett and Rebecca Shannon Cox. He was a retired coal miner and farmer and a member of the Free Baptist Church. His wife, Mrs. Arvina Childers Cox, died in 1977. Surviving are two foster daughters, Mrs. Garnet Roberts of Columbus and Mrs. Dixie Bates of Louisa; three step-daughters, Mrs. Ed Daniel and Mrs. Ed Miller, both of Rt 1, Louisa and Mrs. Jane Pigg of Columbus; a step-son, Ray Childers of Bypro; two sisters Mrs. France Ellen Gibson of Rt.1, Louisa and Mrs. Mariah Daniels of Chapmanville, W. Va. and nine step-grandchildren.
Published in the Big Sandy News, Louisa, Kentucky on November 12, 1980
Arthur Foster - Arthur Foster, of Drift, died Thursday at McDowell Appalachian Regional hospital after an extended illness. He was 84 years old. A teamster for the mines in the Drift area for 45 years, he was born in Yatesville, Lawrence county, a son of the late James and Marth Carter Foster. He was a member of the U.M.W.A. Local 7769. His wife, Emma Shannon Foster, survives. Also surviving are five sons, Jeff Foster of Akron, Ohio, Emmett Foster, Cleveland, Ohio, Billy Foster of Mississippi, and Sherman and Ray Foster, both of Drift, and two daughters, Mrs. Palmer Halbert, St. Mary’s, Ohio, and Mrs. Levi Jones, of Drift. Twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 11 a.m. in the Drift Free Will Baptist Church with ministers of that church officiating. Burial was made in Davidson Memorial Gardens under the direction of Hall Brothers Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Palmer Halbert, Eldon J. May, Levi Jones, Warren Lee Halbert, Douglas May, and Douglas Jones.
GIBSON- James Gibson, 82, died Saturday at Gallup after a long invalidism. Funeral was conducted Monday morning at the Burgess Chapel and interment made in the Compton cemetery. Mr. Gibson had been a member of the M.E. Church for many years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rose Gibson, six daughters, Mrs. A. J. Parker, Louisa; Mrs. Julas Short, Shelby, Ky.; Mrs. Martha Hughes, Prestonsburg, Ky.; Mrs. Fred Fraley, Catlettsburg, Ky.; Mrs. John Snyder, Gallup, Ky., and Miss Madge Gibson, at home; and by seven sons, W. M. and J. B. Gibson, of Louisa, R. 1; Mont Gibson, of Shelby, Ky.; Sam Gibson, of Columbus.
Big Sandy News, April 8, 1936 edition.
*contributed by Ken Thompson
John B. Gibson - Seventy-one years old, of 2505 West Fifth Ave., died last night in a local hospital. A resident of the city for the part 10 years, Mr. Gibson was a member of the Pentecostal Church of Kenove. Surviving are the widow, Ella Moore Gibson; one son, William, of Cleveland; two daughters, Mrs. Jack Kirby, of Beattysville, OH, and Mrs. John Canterbury, of Ft. Dix, NY; one brother, Mont Gibson, of Prestonsburg KY, and one sister, Mrs. Martha Hughes, of Prestonsburg. The body is at the Renger Funeral Home, where arrangements are incomplete. Buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, 1890-1960
Eva Blackburn Moore - Eva Blackburn Moore, 85, Rt. 2, Louisa, passed away Tuesday, November 7, at Humana Hospital - Lousia, following and extended illness. She was born August 19, 1904, daughter of the late Anthony and Melissa France Blackburn. She was preceded in death by her husband Jim Moore, who died in 1957. She was a housewife. Funeral services will be held Thurdsay, November 9, at 2:00 p.m. at the Mattie Methodist Church, by the Rev. Kay Thompson Jr. Burial will be in the Fraley and Moore Cemetery, Rt. 3, Louisa. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Bernette Caudill, and Mrs. Barbara Thompson, both of Columbus; four sons, Lawrence Moore, Rt. 3, Louisa, Randall Moore, Columbus, Ray Moore, and Herman Moore, both of Rt. 3, Louisa; seven sisters, Mrs. Ethel Miller, Mrs. Thelma Chapman, Mrs. Maxine Yenger, Mrs. Neva Elkins, Mrs. Phyllis Hayes, all of Columbus, Mrs. Mary Sowers, Oak Hill, West Virginia, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Singer of West Virginia; 29 grandchildren; and serveral great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 3:00 to 9:00 today (Wednesday) at Young Funeral Home. Young Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
James Moore - Sixty years old, of Adams, KY., died at his home at 7 p.m. Wednesday after suffering a heart attack. He was born at Adams on September 8, 1899, a son of the late William and Belle Carter Moore. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 am tomorrow at the Matlie Methodist Church by the Rev. Kay Thompson, Jr. Burial will be in the Fraley Cemetery. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Eva Blackburn Moore; two daughters, Mrs. Homer Caudill of Columbus and Mrs. Charles Thompson of Adams; five sons, Lawrence and Ronald Moore of Columbus, Homer and Ray Moore of Adams and Herman Moore at home; three sisters, Mrs. Bill Hale of Adams, Mrs. Lou Kise of Deleware, Oh, and Mrs. Zack Childress of Louisa Route 1; two brothers, Con Moore of Columbus and Willie Moore of Alexander, Oh; and 16 grandchildren. The body will be taken from the Young Funeral Home at Louisa to the residence this afternoon.
Willie B. Parker - Willie B. Parker, 62, of Prestonsburg, died February 7 at his home after a month illness. Born May 29, 1910 at Louisa, he was the son of Rev. Andrew J. and Millie Jane Gibson Parker. He was a former coal miner in Floyd county and a member of the Baptist church. Surviving are his wife, Kathleen Adkins Parker; one son, Sidney Allen Parker, of Prestonsburg; three daughters, Mrs. Betty Hatton, and Mrs. Peggy Hereford, both of Prestonsburg, Mrs. Joyce Staggs, of Pikeville, and one brother, Arnold Parker, of Williamson, West Virginia. Nine grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Irene Cold Memorial Baptist church, with the Rev. W.D. Jaggers officiating Burial was made at Davidson Memorial Gardens, Ivel, under the direction of the Carter Funeral Home. Active Pallbearers were Don Moore, Jack and Doug Hyden, Billie Ray Collins, J.W. McIntosh, Bill Calhoun, Rube Tackett, John Forest Brown and Tom Lafferty. Honorary Pallbearers were Woodrow Burchett, Curtis Clark, Henry Stumbo, Dr. George Archer, Russell Hagewood, J.B. Ford, Elmer Collins, Mark Reed, John N. Burchett, Perry Greene, Tome Lafferty, Pete Howard, Bob Allen and Dezil Whitten.
Shannon - Mrs. William M. (Molly) Shannon, 81, Rte. 1, Louisa, died Friday in a Louisa hospital shortly after suffering a stroke at her home. Mrs. Shannon was born Dec. 4, 1884, a daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Berry Parker and was the widow of William M. Shannon. Surviving are eight daughters, Mrs. Thomas Isaac and Mrs Bill Preece of Louisa, Mrs. Kinner Brown of Cyclone, W. Va., Mrs. Henry Cochran of Whitman, W. Va., Mrs. Kenneth Chapman of Mechanicsburg, Oh., Mrs. Homer Chapman of Woodstock, Oh., Mrs. Elwood Wallace of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Russell Barber of Dayton, Oh.; two sons, Clyde Shannon at home and General Shannon of Louisa; 15 grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday from Moore Chapel with the Riv. William W. Moore and the Rev. Gallie Isaac officiating. Burial was in the Shannon Cemetary. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Young Funeral Home.
SHANNON, Mrs., Sarah Cox Shannon, 83, widow of the late Harris J. Shannon, died Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dave Adams, on the Mayo Trail eight miles south of Louisa. Funeral was conducted Monday morning at 10 o'clock from the Adams home and interment made there. Mrs. Shannon had been a member of the Baptist church for a number of years. Surviving are five daughters; Mrs. Roscoe Peters, Steubenville, O.; Mrs. G.G. Peters, Sciotoville, O.; Mrs. Mart Isaac, Louisa, R. 2; Mrs. Arthur Foster, Drifet, Ky., and Mrs. Dave Adams, of Louisa, R. 1.; one son, Jeff Shannon, of Ashland, Ky.. three sisters, Mrs. Bob Compton, Matewan, W. Va.; Mrs. Wm. Cartmel, Garrett, Ky. and Mrs. Alice Ward, Vulcan, W. Va., and three brothers, Sam Cox, Rose Siding, W. Va.; William Cox, Thacker, W. Va., and Burrel Cox, of Louisa, R. 1.
Big Sandy News, March 27, 1936 edition.
*contributed by Ken Thompson
Ivory Pearl Short - Ivory Pearl Short, 67, Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Louisa, died Sunday, May 28, at the home of her son, after a long illness. She was born April 24, 1922, in Louisa, daughter of the late A.W. Blackburn and Ella Curnett Blackburn. She was a member of the Eloise United Baptist Church and worked at the Louisa Carpet Mills. Survivors include her husband Cecil Short; one son Denver Fraley, Columbus; one daughter, Linda Sue Moore, Columbus; two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; eight sisters, Mrs. Ethel Miller, Mrs. Thelma Chapman, Mrs. Mazine Yinger, Mrs. Nevelyn Elkins, Mrs. Phyllis Hayes, all of Columbus, Mrs. Mary Sowers and Mrs. Gwendlolyn Sanger, both of Oak Hill, West Virginia, and Eva Moore, Adams, Ky.; two brothers, Clinton and Payton Blackburn, Columbus. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, June 1, at 2:00 p.m. at Heston & Wilson Funeral Home by Rev. Rick Cordle and the Rev. Ronnie Childers. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery
* dates per tombstone are April 26, 1922 - May 28, 1989
Mrs. Cora Thompson - Eighty-four years old, of Louisa, Ky., Route 1, died yesterday at her home. She was born at Adams, Ky., a daughter of the late Kelly and Martha Robinette Fraley, and was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Herman Daniels of Sandusky, Oh., Mrs. Joe Prater of Kendallville, Ind., Mrs. Lena Robinette of Columbus and Mrs. Ogle Childers, Jr., of Louisa Route 3; five sons, Otha Thompson of Louisa, Cecil, Haskie, and Kelly Thompson, Jr., of Louisa Route 1, and Hershel Thompson of Adams; two sisters, Mrs. Lulu Baker of Columbus and Mrs. S.T. Gussler of Louisa; a brother, L.B. Fraley of Springfield, Oh., and 42 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Young Funeral Home at Louisa.
Annette Newsome Turner - Annette Newsome Turner, 65, of McDowell, died Tuesday at the McDowell Appalachian Regional Hospital following a short illness. She was born September 25, 1921 in Ligon, a daughter of the late Milford and Dona Hall Newsome. She was a member of the First Baptist Church at McDowell. Surviving are her husband, Arnold Turner; one son, Arnold Turner, Jr., of Allen; three daughters, Donise Turner, Joan Chaffins, Anita Gibson, all of McDowell; one brother, Elmer Newsome of Fairborn, Oh., one sister, Leviathan Jones of Prestonsburg, and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow (Thursday) at 1 p.m. at the Hall Funeral Home chapel with Ron Kinzel officiating. Burial will be made in the Lucy Hall cemetery at McDowell.
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