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Kennedy - Knight
Kennedy, Sam
Sam Kennedy, 68, of Greenville, Dies
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon for Sam Kennedy, 68, at his home in Greenville. Mr. died at the Illinois Central Hospital in Paducah, from complications following the amputation of an infected toe. He had been a section foreman on the Illinois Central for 40 odd years.
Surviving are his wife and ten children, seven sons and three daughters. Seven of the boys are in the Armed Forced, two being overseas. Two were home for the funeral.
Burial was in the Depoy Cemetery.
Note: Sam Kennedy died March 29, 1945.
Source Central City The Messenger April 1945
Kipling, Mrs. Cynthia Tunstill
Mrs. Cynthia Tunstill Kipling
Mrs. Cynthia Tunstill Kipling, age 70 years, died at her home near Drakesboro, March 13, [1943], at 8:30 a.m. after a lingering illness. She was married to George S. Kipling, February 14, 1893, who passed away five years ago. To this union two sons were born, Robert E. and Charles. Besides the sons, she leaves nine grandchildren and one great grandson; also two brothers, Sherman and Charlie Tunstill and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted March 15 at Paradise Baptist Church by Rev. O.L. Weir of Madisonville, assisted by Rev. M.V. Cotton of Greenville, with burial in Weir Cemetery. Mrs. Kipling
lived her entire life in the neighborhood in which she was born. She professed faith in Christ at an early age and was an active member of the Drakesboro Methodist Church as long as health permitted. She was kind and generous and loved by all her friends and neighbors.
Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam
Kipling, George S.
George S. Kipling, 73, Died at Home Wednesday, December 9, 1937
George S. Kipling, 73 years old, a life-long resident of Muhlenberg County, died at his home near Paradise at 5:55 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, December 8 after an illness of 13 days. He was a farmer and stock dealer. Mr. Kipling was a son
of Robert and Rhoda Kipling, who came from England and settled at Airdrie Hill. Surviving are his widow; two sons, Robert and Charles Kipling, Paradise; nine grandchildren; a brother, Henry Kipling, Paradise; two sisters, Miss Bettie Kipling, Paradise and Mrs. Maggie Conley, Rosedale, IN. Mr. Kipling professed Christ in early manhood and united with the Methodist church Drakesboro. In his passing the family has lost a devoted husband and father, the community one of
their most honorable citizens. Funeral services were conducted from the
residence on Friday, December 10, at 12 o'clock noon, by Rev. O.L. Wise (Weir), pastor of the Livermore Baptist Church. Burial was in the Weir Cemetery. Pallbearers were O.F. Buchanan, Roy Dennis, Sherman Tunstill, Andy Glenn, Edward
Casebier, and Mr. Hill.
Note: George S. Kipling died December 8, 1937.
Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam
Kittinger, Mrs. Edna
Mrs. Frank Kittinger, 79, Dies in California
Long Beach, Calif. - Mrs. Edna Kittinger, 82 [sic], widow of the late Frank Kittinger and a former resident of Central City, died March 19 in a hospital in Long Beach, Calif.
Surviving are a son, Melvin Kittinger of Long Beach; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Burial was in Golden Gate Cemetery, Long Beach, Friday, March 22.
Mrs. Gilbert Fleming of Powderly, Mrs. Mary Powell, of Greenville and Mrs. Ethel Hendricks of Bremen are her nieces. Roy and Denzil Noffsinger of Central City and Joe Noffsinger of Detroit, Mich. are nephews.
Source: Times Argus, Central City, March 28, 1968
Knight, Arthur L.
Beechmont - Arthur L. Knight, 80, of Beechmont, died Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at his residence.
Born April 17, 1923 in Muhlenberg County, he was a retired steel worker and coal miner. He was a member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Drakesboro and was also a member of the Masonic Lodge. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Sheila Faye Horne; his parents, Ethel and Will Knight and by nine brothers and sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Gladys Knight; two sons, William Roger Knight of Drakesboro and Michael Arthur Knight of Maryville, Tenn.; four daughters, Brenda May Guida of St. Louis, Shirley Knight of Hammond, Ind., Peggy Williams of Belton and Barbara Smith of London, Ky.; 17 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; three brothers, James Knight of Pontiac, Mich., Marion Knight of DeMont, Ind. and Royce Knight of Pontiac, Mich.; and one sister, Betty Steele of Beechcreek.
Funeral services were held Saturday, April 26, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Drakesboro. Burial followed in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery. Tucker Beechmont Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Source: Leader News, Greenville
Knight, Edward Ray
Beech Creek - Rev. Edward Ray Knight, 63, of Route 1, Beech Creek, died on Thursday, June 17, 1993 at 1:50 p.m. at the Regional Medical Center in Madisonville.
Rev. Knight was born in Muhlenberg County on November 6, 1929. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and retired from Union Tank Car.
Survivors include his wife, Stella Knight of Beech Creek; two sons, Paul Knight of Jeffersonville, IN, and Marvin Knight of Beech Creek; two daughters, Rita McQuady of Greenville and Ellen Buchanan of Browder; six grandchildren; three brothers, John Knight of Calhoun, William “Happy” Knight and Chester Knight, both of Beech Creek; and a sister Geneva Mae Joines of Beech Creek.
Funeral services were held Saturday, June 19 at 3:00 p.m. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church with the Rev. James Shutt officiating. Burial was in Wyatts Chapel Cemetery.
Ssource: Leader-New, Greenville, [no date]
Knight, Mrs. Ora Jane
Mrs. Skimehorn's Mother, 85, Dies
Mrs. Ora Jane Knight, 85, formerly of the Nortonville community, died in Ohio County Hospital in Hartford at 1:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7.
She was born in Salem on July 8, 1888 and had lived in Lake View Nursing Home in Morgantown for the past several years.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Eunice Skimehorn of Central City Route 2; son, James Edward Knight of Mannington; 10 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren; sister, Mrs. Anna Morton of Lola, Ky.
Funeral services were at 1 p.m. Thursday in Nortonville by the Rev. Dwight Small with burial in Good Hope Cemetery.
Source Central City Times Argus January 16, 1974