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Obituaries September 17, 2008  RSS feed
Funeral services held for Norman W. Preston Sr.
      Norman W. Preston Sr., 86, of Chapel Hill, Tenn., formerly of Jenkins, died September 11. A son of the late E.H. and Ivy Reed Preston, he was married to the late Opal Lester Preston. Preston was retired from Beth-Elkhorn Corp., where he was division shipping clerk. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and was the recipient of six Bronze Stars.
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Lora Riddle dies at 91
      Funeral services were held this week for Lora Estele Hale Riddle, 96, who died Sept. 12 in Waynesburg, Ky. Born Dec. 7, 1911 in Whitesburg to the late Lemuel and Hettie Back Hale, Ms. Riddle attended Berea College after graduating from Eubank High School.
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Service held here for Ruby Burkich
      Funeral services for Ruby Hogg Burkich, 84, of Whitesburg, were held September 15 at Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Green Acres Cemetery at Ermine. Born at Blackey, she was a daughter of the late Leslie and Annie Cornett Hogg. She was also preceded in death by eight brothers and four sisters.
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Services held for Francis Johnson
      Former Jenkins resident Francis Marion Fossil Johnson, 84, died September 10 at his home at Somerset. Born in Burdonsville, W.Va., he was a son of the late William S. and Lexie Walters Johnson and a stepson of Rosie Flannery Johnson.
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Services are held for Susan Cook
      Funeral services for Susan Cook, 69, were held September 10 at the Eolia Baptist Mission. Burial was in the Maggard Cemetery at Partridge. A daughter of the late Fess and Zola Halcomb Polly, she was born in Letcher County. She died September 8.
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