Annie Wiley
and her
Obituary Scrapbook

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Miss Helen Holder

Services will be held this morning at 11:30 o'clock at the Frankfort Cemetery for Miss Helen Holder, 62, who died yesterday at Charlestown, Ind. Relatives here yesterday received word of Miss Holder's death. She was a cousin of Mrs. John W. Sacia, Neville Collins, Ernest Collins and Elliott Collins, all of this city.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Kentucky, June 29, 1935


Burnett Wallace, Shelby County Business Man
Is Taken By Death at Age 40

Burett Wallace, 40, a leading business man here and lineal descendant of Nathaniel Hart, a member of the Transylvania company which purchased from the Indians land now Kentucky, died of a heart attack early today. The stroke was the third he suffered in several weeks. Mr. Wallace was vice-president of the Deposit Bank, secretary-treasurer of the Shelby County Building and Loan Association; a past president of the Exchange Club here, and associated with his father, Hart Wallace, in insurance and real estate business.

Mr. Wallace's grandfather was Tom Wallace, an officer in Morgan's Cavalry and after the war a prominent breeder of thoroughbreds, and his great-grandfather was Arthur Hooe Wallace, of Louisville and New Orleans, whose country home in Crittenden county was part of a trace granted to James Wallace of Virginia for services in the revolution.

Survivors are his wife, the former Sunbeam Mason of Louisville; four daughters, Misses Mary Mason, Nell, Lillie and Elsie Wallace, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hart Wallace.

Funeral services were arranged for 4 p.m. Saturday at the residence with Canon John N. Nelson of the Episcopal Church in charge. Burial in Grove Hill Cemetery was planned.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Kentucky, June 29, 1935


Mrs. R. L. Crutcher Dies
Had Been Ill Only Short Time

Mrs. R. L. Crutcher, 73, died Friday afternoon at 1:45 at her residence on Campbell street after a brief illness. Her husband died only two months ago. Mrs. Crutcher was an active member of the First Christian Church and a most devoted mother.

Surviving her are one sister, Mrs. Lula Herndon of Washington, D.C., four sons, Louis C. Crutcher of this city, Edward V. Crutcher of Louisville, and Harold and Richard L. Crutcher Jr., of Kenosha, Wisconsin; four daughters, Mrs. Charles H. Morris, Mrs. Frank Heaton, and Mrs. George Stone, all of this city, and Mrs. Fred H. Simmons of Tampa, Fla. Eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive.

 Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky
Richard L. Crutcher, 25 Mar 1854-13 Apr 1935

Emma J. Crutcher, 08 Aug 1861-28 Jun 1935

Lillian Crutcher, 03 Jan 1884-01 Sep 1884
Daughter of R. L. and Emma Crutcher

Nellie Dixie Crutcher, 21 Mar 1881-31 Oct 1881
Daughter of R. L. and Emma Crutcher

Edward Vaughn Crutcher, 03 Dec 1887-16 Apr 1963

Nellie Leclere Crutcher, 30 Mar 1888-26 Jul 1984

Richard L. Crutcher, Jr., 25 Nov 1889-19 Jun 1952


Youth Kills Girl
Shoots Self On Lawn Of Church

Huntington, W. Va., -- Emma Lee Ronk, 16, was shot to death on a church lawn tonight by Franklin Petry, 19, who then killed himself. Officers said the slaying was witnessed by many persons en route to their home in the east end residential section.

They said young Petry grabbed the girl as she walked along the street with his 17-year-old brother, Harry, pulled her on the church lawn and shot her. Then he turned the pistol on himself. Police said the young girl had been keeping company with Franklin and expressed the opinion he was jealous of her friendship with his younger brother. They identified Petry as the president of the Christian Endeavor Society at the church where the shooting occurred.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Kentucky, June 29, 1935


Perfect School Child Murdered

Greenville, N.Y. -- The body of Greenville's "perfect school girl" - 9 year-old Helen Glenn - was found today in a nearby marsh, where it had been thrown after the girl had been attacked and slain. Two of the hundreds of towns-people who had searched for the child since she disappeared Wednesday night came across the body. It was turned over to Coroner M. E. Atkinson, who confirmed tonight the worst fears of the girl's father, the Rev. Ernest Glenn. "Somebody near Greenville is suspected of attacking and killing my child," he said late today.

Subdued excitement pervaded the town. Few residents ventured into the streets, and troopers in civilian clothes sat in tense circles in a downtown store, as if their quarry were nearby. But they wouldn't admit it in the face of muttering heard among the searchers earlier the day. One man was questioned and released.

Coroner Atkinson's verdict was that the child came to her death from a stab wound through the aorta, a main body blood vessel, and the liver. The single thrust caused death by internal hemorrhage. Dr. Atkinson said the child was perversely attacked. The little brown-haired girl was last seen walking proudly to commencement excerises at grammar school, where she had won a prize for perfect attendance during the winter term. A young man resident of the town told New York State's "Scotland Yard" he had seen her going down North Street at 7:45 p.m. Just before that she had stopped at two stores looking for her brothers.

Nothing more was seen of her until today. Under the impression the child was staying with friends, Mrs. Glenn did not report the absence of her daughter to police until yesterday morning. Their search fruitless, the police called in the State Scotland Yard, and welcomed townspeople in the hunt. This morning hundreds of men and boy scouts joined in the search. Just after noon John Zivell and Roy Lawyer found the body near a junk pike at the end of a lane near Basic creek. The clothing was torn almost off.

The men called troopers, who sent the body to Dr. Atkinson at Catskill. "This is a horrible case," he said after the autopsy. "I have information indicating that a suspect is under surveillance, but I do not think anything definite will develop until late tonight or early tomorrow". Mrs. Glenn collapsed late today, and tonight a physician was called to the home. Her condition is serious.

The State Journal, Frankfort, Kentucky, June 29, 1935


Mrs, Beulah A Franks