Irene Judge Wiley
and her obituary scrapbook
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Two Men Killed In Motor Crash

Mt. Vernon, Ky., July 23--A motor collision killed two men and badly injured a girl nine miles north of here tonight. One car rolled off the road and tumbled thirty feet down an embankment to the Louisville and Nashville railway tracks. The dead were Shorty Fowler, 40, fire chief at Corbin, Ky., and J. E. Strong, 30, of Corbin. Miss Artie Crider, 19, was badly injured.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Ky, July 24, 1935


Than Pelever's Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Than Peveler, 68, who died Monday night, will be held tomorrow afternoon at Montezuma, Ind., with interment in that city. A funeral cortege bearing the body will leave here this morning at 6 o'clock for Montezuma.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Ky, July 24, 1935


Mrs. Graves

Mrs. Eva Thompson Graves, 93, of Route 5, widow of James Graves, died at 3:40 a.m. Saturday in the King's Daughters' Hospital following a long illness.

A native of Anderson County, she was born April 18, 1897. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Graves, Frankfort; Mrs. Anna Crow, Willisburg, and Mrs. Letitia Meyerhofer, Tuscon, Ariz.; 5 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be conducted in Rogers Chapel at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday by the Rev. Phillip Ball. Burial will be in the family lot, Frankfort Cemetery.

Tommie Penn, Ray Snow, J. W. Thurmond, Jack Snow, Roxie Thompson, and James Hatfield will be bearers.

 Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky
James C. Graves, 09 Sep 1879-12 Apr 1925
Eva T. Graves, 18 Apr 1879-13 Jan 1973


Lillian Caswell

Miss Lillian Caswell, 20 years old, died late last Wednesday afternoon at the Johnson Memorial Hospital, where she had been seriously ill for three weeks. Miss Caswell was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Caswell, who reside on the Headquarters pike. Besides her parents she is survived by several brothers and sisters.

Funeral services were held at the Headquarters Methodist Church Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. C. A. Sweazy, paster of the Carlisle Methodist church, and burial followed in the Carlisle Cemetery.

The Carlisle Mercury, Carlisle, Ky, November 7, 1935.





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