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Saturday, November 15, 2014

33rd Annual Kentucky Book Fair

Frankfort Convention Center
    Nearly 200 authors will participate in the 33rd annual Kentucky Book Fair on Nov. 15 at the Frankfort Convention Center, signing and talking about books as diverse as basketball, bourbon, and the Beatles.
    The book fair, Kentucky’s premier literary event, is one of the oldest of its kind in the nation. Since its inception in 1981, proceeds from the fair have resulted in more than $375,000 in grants awarded to school and public libraries to expand collections, replace old books or fund literacy-related causes.
    “The Frankfort Convention Center is the place to be for all things literary on Nov. 15,” said Carl West, president of the KBF. “There will be under one roof many of the top authors in the nation. Book lovers and authors know there's nothing like it, and that's why it's the place to be.”
    The book fair, which includes symposiums and readings, is free and open to the public. The hours are from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
    Chester Zoeller, of Louisville, will sign “Kentucky Bourbon Barons: Legendary Distillers from the Golden Age of Whiskey Making,” which is about the men who made Kentucky the “Bourbon Capital of the World.”
    Alan Sullivan and Joe Cox will sign “Voice of the Wildcats: Claude Sullivan and the Rise of Modern Sportscasting,” a biography about the University of Kentucky and Cincinnati Reds broadcaster. Some of the other basketball titles include Gary P. West’s “Better Than Gold: Olympian Kenny Davis and the Most Controversial Basketball Game in History,” Doug Brunk’s “Wildcat Memories: Inside Stories from Kentucky Basketball Greats,” Jeff Bridgeman’s “Kentucky High School Basketball Encyclopedia,” and former Harlem Globetrotter Kevin “Special K” Daley’s “I Never Stopped Smiling,” and his companion workbook, “Never Stop Your Goals.”
    Louise Harrison is the author of “My Brother’s Band a.k.a. The Beatles!” She writes about her brother, the late George Harrison, their childhood in Liverpool, England, and the Beatlemania that swept the world in the 1960s.
    Other headliners include internationally known food and culture writer Mark Kurlansky, who will sign “International Night,” “Frozen in Time” and “Ready for a Brand New Beat”; Gwyn Hyman Rubio with “Love & Ordinary Creatures,” Teeny Lemothe with “Teeny’s Tour of Pie,” Duffy Brown with “Pearls and Poison,” and Ann B. Ross with “Miss Julia’s Marvelous Makeover.”
    Some familiar Kentucky authors are Wendell Berry (“Distant Neighbors: The Selected Letters of Wendell Berry and Gary Snyder”), Bobbie Ann Mason (“The Girl in the Blue Beret”), Elizabeth Bevarly (“My Fair Billionaire”), Steve Demaree (“Murder at the Book Fair”), George Ella Lyon (“Voices from the March on Washington” and “What Forest Knows”), Bill Noel “Final Cut”), Tom Wallace (“The Fires of Heaven”), and Jan Watson “The Buttermilk Sky”).
    If you’re into paranormal and the supernatural, among the titles offered will be Madeleine’s Roux’s “Sanctum” and “Asylum,” Thomas Freese’s “Eerie Encounters in Everyday Life: Angels, Aliens, Ghosts and Haunts,” Ben Jeffries’s “Lost in the Darkness: Life Inside the World’s Most Haunted Prisons, Hospitals, and Asylums,” Lisa Piper’s “Secrets of the Asylum,” Lynwood Montell’s “Haunted Houses and Family Ghosts of Kentucky” and James Markert’s “A White Wind Blew.” The authors will also appear at a special presentation, “Haunted Places in Fact and Fiction,” at the Old State Capitol, at 1 p.m.
    Among the books about the Civil War are James Prichard’s “Embattled Capital: Frankfort Kentucky in the Civil War”; Maryjean Wall’s “Madam Belle: Sex, Money, and Influence in a Southern Brothel”; Berry Craig’s “Kentucky Confederates”; Betty Boles Ellison’s “The True Mary Todd Lincoln”; and Stuart W. Sanders’s “Maney’s Confederate Brigade at the Battle of Perryville.”
    Other titles for the sports-minded reader are Nathaniel Northington’s “Still Running,” Ryan Clark’s “Fightin’ Words: Kentucky vs. Louisville,” and Dale Due’s “You are a Louisville Cardinal” and “You are a Kentucky Wildcat.”
    The fair will also feature Kentucky poet laureate Frank X Walker (“Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers”) as well as past poet laureates Richard Taylor (“Rain Shadow”) and Joe Survant (“The Land We Dreamed”).
    For the fourth consecutive year, there will be a Children’s Day on Friday, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., also at the Frankfort Convention Center. More than 40 children’s, middle grade and young adult authors will have presentations and readings the students.
    “Purchasing a book at the Kentucky Book Fair is like putting a book in a child’s hands,” said KBF manager Connie Crowe. “The gift of reading is one that we all should cherish.”
    The book fair is sponsored by The State Journal, Frankfort’s daily newspaper, and co-sponsored by the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, the University Press of Kentucky, and Joseph-Beth Booksellers of Lexington. It also receives corporate, institutional, foundation and aid from a variety of citizens and businesses.
    For more information about the KBF, visit www.kybookfair.blogspot.com.

November, 2014

Two Estill County Bands Featured In Upcoming Film

"Manitoba Rock n Rolla" and "Ash Wednesday"
    There is a movie premiering in November that features St. Louis, called "Four Color Eulogy". It was filmed there as well and will be premiering at the St. Louis Film festival and will then be shown in various film festivals and conventions and hit DVD and digital in the spring. It will feature the music of two Estill County bands, Tony Carroll's band "Manitoba Rock n Rolla" as well as "Ash Wednesday". It also features the music of "All the Little Pieces" out of Lexington. These three bands are the only thing "non-St. Louis" about it. Here are some useful links.

Official Facebook page     Trailer for the film     Manitoba Rock n Rolla     Ash Wednesday

  Thursday, November 13, 2014

Katherine Casey Davis, 79

    Katherine Casey Davis, age 79, of Poosey Ridge, Richmond, Kentucky, the widow of Rondal Davis, passed away Sunday morning, November 16, 2014, at Baptist Health-Richmond.
    Mrs. Davis was born in Madison County on December 2, 1934, the daughter of the late Larue and Minnie Land Casey. She was a member of the Salem Christian Church, where she had served as Sunday School secretary and treasurer and Sunday School teacher. She also served as president of the Ladies Circle, was VBS director and was the church housekeeper for thirty-one years. She was a homemaker, loved cooking, sewing and gardening.
    Survivors include one brother, Stanley Casey of Lancaster; a half-sister, Marie Kimrey of Cincinnati, Ohio; several nieces and nephews including a special nephew: Bob Casey (Linda) of Waco, Kentucky; and a host of friends.
    In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers: Dean and Larue Casey Jr.; and two half-brothers: Alvin and Orville Casey.
    Funeral Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 19th at the Combs, Parsons & Collins Funeral Home, 328 West Main Street in Richmond, with Bro. John McCord, Bro. Bob Casey and Bro. Larry David Freeman officiating. Burial will follow in the Richmond Cemetery. Visitation was after 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 18th at the funeral home.
    Pallbearers will be Jeff Moore, Tim Casey, David Stipes, Steve Winkler, Gary Bryan and Jeff Gould.
    Honorary pallbearers will be the deacons and elders of Salem Christian Church.

Combs, Parsons & Collins Funeral Home

  Thursday, November 13, 2014

Kayma Joy McIntosh Wolfinbarger Hall, 87

    Kayma Joy McIntosh Wolfinbarger Hall departed this life on Thursday, November 13, 2014, at the age of 87.
    She was preceded in death by two husbands, E.A. "Peach Seed" Wolfinbarger and Hubert Hall; her parents, Herbert McIntosh and Fannie King McIntosh; two brothers: Mason McIntosh and Jennings McIntosh: two sisters, Eunice Mays and Barbara Wilkinson; and one grandson, Jeremy Wolfinbarger.
    Mrs. Hall is survived by her five children: Mia Wolfinbarger Newman (Bruce), Herbert Wolfinbarger, Duff Wolfinbarger, Eric Wolfinbarger (Rosemary), and Adair Wolfinbarger (Carol); six grandchildren: Elliott Newman, Luke Wolfinbarger (Kelly), Jessica Newman (Rob), Stephanie Wolfinbarger, Susan Wolfinbarger, and Matthew Wolfinbarger; and two great-grandchildren: Kayma Wolfinbarger and Silas Wolfinbarger.
    She was born November 2, 1927 in Hargett, Kentucky. She made her home in Estill County where she raised five children and was active in her community. She was an accomplished artist, devoted lifelong member of the Irvine United Methodist Church, a lover of life, and an amazing mother.
    A memorial service to honor Joy will be held at the Irvine United Methodist Church on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. All friends are invited to this celebration of life. She will be eternally missed.

  Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Donna Faye Fritz Isaacs, 71

    Donna Faye Fritz Isaacs, age 71, of Richmond, Kentucky, passed away early Wednesday morning, November 12, 2014, at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington.
    Donna was born on August 6, 1943 in Madison County, the daughter of Donald and Elizabeth Bucher Fritz. She was a licensed beautician and cosmetologist at the Fashions on Fifth Salon of Richmond. She loved flowers and loved to garden and was an avid UK Basketball fan.
    Survivors include her husband: Bert Isaacs; one daughter, Lisa Webb (Randal); two sons: Steve Short (Sherri) and David Short (Lynne); two step-children: Tony Isaacs (Mary) and Tonya Isaacs; two brothers: Darrel Fritz (Lois) and Jimmy Fritz (Betty); one sister, Joy Cormney; eleven grandchildren: Chasity Benton (Rick), Kyle Short (Mashea), Brandy Short, Zach Short, Taylor Short (Savannah), Mackenzie Short, Olivia Isaacs, Alexandra Short, Cameron Garrett, Michaela Isaacs and Benjamin Short; six great-grandchildren: Joe, Kade and Maddi-Jo Benton; Kaedon King, Abby Short and Cabella Short; as well as several nieces and nephews. She was awaiting the arrival of her seventh great-grandchild, Taven Short.
    Funeral Services were conducted at 1:00 p.m., Friday, November 14th at the Combs, Parsons & Collins Funeral Home, 328 West Main Street in Richmond. Burial followed at Madison Memorial Gardens. Visitation was from 5-9 p.m., Thursday evening, November 13th at the funeral home.
    Serving as pallbearers were Kyle Short, Zach Short, Taylor Short, Mackenzie Short, Cameron Garrett and Benjamin Short.
    Honorary pallbearers were Randal Webb, Rick Benton, Joe Benton, Kade Benton; and her co-workers of the Fashions on Fifth Salon.

Combs, Parsons & Collins Funeral Home

  Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Sallie Miller, 95

    Sallie Miller, age 95, of West Cedar Grove Road in Irvine, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at the Irvine Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a long illness.
    She was born April 30, 1919, in Hazard, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Joe and Poppie Whitaker Miller. She was a retired assembly line worker with R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and had lived in Estill County for most of her life. She was a member of the First Christian Church.
    Ms. Miller is survived by one sister, Doloris Combs, Hazard; and several nieces and nephews.
    She was preceded in death by six sisters: Nora Fugate, Della McIntosh, Annie McNeal, Ellen Miller, Dora Feltner, and Dosha Stacy; and two brothers: Kelly Miller and Homer Miller.
    Funeral services were conducted at 12:00 Noon, Saturday, November 15th at the Warren F. Toler Funeral Home Chapel by Bro. Greg Humpert burial followin in the West Irvine Cemetery. Friends called after 10 a.m., Saturday, until service time, at the funeral home.

Toler Funeral Home

  Saturday, November 8, 2014

Lynn Jackson “Jack” Howe, 86

    Lynn Jackson “Jack” Howe, age 86, of Elm Street in Ravenna, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, November 8, 2014, at his home following a long illness.
    He was born August 14, 1928 in Estill County and was the son of the late Harry and Nellie Ballard Howe. He was a United States Army veteran of the Korean Conflict and was a retired employee of the Bluegrass Army Depot. He had lived in Estill County most of his life.
    Mr. Howe is survived by his wife, Dorothy Mae Cole Howe; three sons: Michael Howe, Ohio; Darrell Howe, Indiana; and Jerry Howe, Estill County; two sisters: Betty Mansfield, Indiana; and Wilma Vaughn, Lexington; one brother, Ralph Howe, Estill County; and three grandchildren.
    He was preceded in death by one daughter, Denise Sapp; one sister, Mary Francis Hamilton; and three brothers: Ed, Don and Boyd Howe.
    Memorial services were held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 11th at the Warren F. Toler Funeral Home Chapel.

Toler Funeral Home

  Saturday, November 8, 2014

Lucille Hurley, 67

    Lucille Hurley, age 67, of Murphy’s Ford Road, Irvine, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, November 8, 2014 at her home.
    She was a native of Estill County, born February 14, 1947, a daughter of the late James “Jimmy” Hurley and the late Sue Ellen Marcum Hurley. She was a homemaker.
    Ms. Hurley was preceded in death by her brothers: Archie and Norman Hurley; and her sister, America Hurley.
    Survivors include her brothers: Arnold and Chester Hurley; her sister, Mayfra Hurley; her nephew, Glendon “Darrell” Hurley; her nieces: Lisa Barnes, Elizabeth Ayers, Rhonda Hurley, Patricia Hurley, and Mary Sue Hurley; her great nephews: Glendon Darrell Hurley Jr. and Hunter King; her great nieces: Darla Hurley, Savanna Barnes, Kylie King, and Maelee King.
    Services were held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 11th at the Lewis Funeral Home with Bro. Larry Gray and Bro. Dwight Nolan officiating. Burial will follow in the Marcum Cemetery. Friends may call anytime after 6:00 p.m., Monday, November 10th at the funeral home.
    Pallbearers were Sandy Barnes, Wallace Barnes, David Barnes, Marvin Hunt, Bill Mullins, J.J. Goodwin.

Lewis Funeral Home

  Friday evening, November 7, 2014

Malachi Dustin Wilson, 38

    Malachi Dustin Wilson, age 38, of Waco, Kentucky, died Friday evening, November 7, 2014, at Baptist Health-Richmond.
    Malachi was born in Lexington, Kentucky on June 7, 1976. He was an HVAC Technician and a member of the Flatwoods Christian Church.
    Survivors include his wife, Jamie M. Wilson; his parents: Billy and Pat Wilson; and three sons: Jacob, Micah and Elijah.
    He was preceded in death by a sister, Jessica Wilson and his grandparents: Elmer and Mildred Hensley and Cecil and Hazel Wilson.
    Funeral Services were held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, November 15th at the Flatwoods Christian Church with Bro. Tim Jones and Bro. Tim Webb officiating. Burial followed in the West Irvine Cemetery, Estill County. Friends called after 11:00 a.m., Saturday morning, at the church.
    The Combs, Parsons & Collins Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Combs, Parsons & Collins Funeral Home

  Thursday, November 6, 2014

Virgie McIntosh, 80

    Virgie McIntosh, age 80, of Doe Creek Road in Irvine, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2014, at her home following a long illness.
    She was born August 26, 1934 in Estill County and was the daughter of the late Hiram and Cynthia Ann Sparks Osborne. She was a homemaker and a member of the Ravenna Church of God. She had lived in Estill County all of her life.
    Mrs. McIntosh was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald McIntosh.
    She is survived by one sister: Shirley Stevens Crowe; Irvine; a sister-in-law, Shirley Richardson; 13 nieces & nephews: Carolyn Hoheboken (Carl), Prophetstown, Illinois; Jerry Brinegar (Barbara), Roger Brinegar, Ricky Brinegar (Karen), all of Winchester; Michael Brinegar (Thelma), Irvine; Brenda Crawford (Ollie Ray), Clay City; Kathy Smith (Phillip), Irvine; Andrew Brinegar, Winchester; Roy Brinegar (Annette), Jeffrey Brinegar (Trish), Marilyn Warner, all of Irvine; Sheila Oakley (Anthony) and Judy Caudill (Jim), both of Winchester; 16 great nieces & nephews, 15 great, great nieces & nephews, and a host of friends
    She was preceded in death by three sisters: Mattie Brinegar, Ruby Brinegar and Ella Marie Osborne; and two brothers: Herman D. Osborne and Bennie Ray Osborne.
    Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, November 9th at the Warren F. Toler Funeral Home Chapel by Bro. Jeffrey Brinegar and Bro. Phillip Smith. Burial was at the West Irvine Cemetery. Friends called between 6 and 9 p.m., Saturday, November 8th at the funeral home.
    Pallbearers were Jerry Brinegar, Ricky Brinegar, Michael Brinegar, Roy Brinegar, Jeffrey Brinegar, Brad Brinegar, Phillip Smith and Joe Smith.

Toler Funeral Home

  Thursday, November 6, 2014

JoAnn Patrick, 64

    JoAnn Patrick, age 64, of Lynn Road in Lexington, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2014, at the Baptist Health Lexington.
    She was born November 6, 1950 in Richmond and was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Modena Johnson Osborne. She was a retired cook with Meals on Wheels at the Trinity Hill Methodist Church. She was a member of the Southland Christian Church and had lived in Fayette County most of her life.
    Mrs. Patrick is survived by her husband, Willard Clay Patrick; one daughter, Pamela Jill Rogers, Lexington; three sisters: Lillie Sturgiss, Allie Fair Noland and Martha Flynn; one brother, Wade Osborne; two grandchildren: Matthew Childers Patrick and Jason Clay Rogers, a special Niece, Tiffany Patrick; and a special nephew, Billy Wayne Metcalf.
    She was preceded in death by her sister, Ina Metcalf and 16 half-brothers and sisters.
    Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 8th at the Warren F. Toler Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Dan R. Bishop. Burial were at the Cobb Hill Cemetery. Friends called between 6 and 9 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home.
    Pallbearers were Billy Metcalf, Scott Flynn, Ricky Flynn, Matthew Patrick, Nathan Arvin, Tim Osborne, James Patrick and Jason Rogers.

Toler Funeral Home

  Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Michael Earl Woosley, 61

    Michael Earl Woosley, age 61, of Kiddville Road in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at the St. Joseph Hospital in Mount Sterling, following a sudden illness.
    He was born October 6, 1953 in Madison County, and was the son of the late I.H. and Katherine Adams Woosley. He had been a Nacco employee and farmer and was a member of Ivory Hill Baptist Church. He had lived in Estill County most of his life.
    Mr. Woosley is survived by his wife, Jackie Denise Powell Woosley; three daughters: April Michelle Woosley, Jeffersonville; Sandra Dawn Barker, Clay City; and Susan Rae Woosley, Jeffersonville; two sisters: Karen Lois Woosley (Jerry Lykins), Campton; and Patsy Louise Newton (Raleigh), Estill County; one brother: Earnest Ray Woosley (Debra), Estill County; and six grandchildren: Alyssa Allen, Taylor Allen, Corlena Barker, Joshua Pelfrey, Matthew Pelfrey and Justin Tyler Means.
    He was preceded in death by one sister, Barbara Jean Woosley.
    Funeral services were conducted at 1:00 p.m., Friday, November 7th at the Warren F. Toler Funeral Home Chapel by Bro. Marvin Neal. Burial was at the Wills-Stevens Cemetery. Friends called after 10:30 a.m., Friday, at the funeral home.
    Pallbearers were Jeff Barker, Isaac Woosley, Chris Wells, Jeff Woosley, Ivan Woosley and Earnest Woosley.

Toler Funeral Home

  Monday, November 3, 2014

Thelma Watson, age 93

    Thelma Watson, age 93, passed away November 3, 2014 at the Lexington Country Place Nursing Home in Lexington, Kentucky.
    She was a native of Estill County, born September 18, 1921 the daughter of the late Herbert and Lela (Watson) Watson. She served in the United States Navy during World War II. She did factory work in Phoenix, Arizona; and was a member of the Baptist faith.
    Ms. Watson is survived by one sister, Opal Homan of Dayton, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
    In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters: Geneva Baker Watson, Mary Jane Moberly, Leona Valentine and Norma Peavler; and one brother, Harold Watson.
    No services are planned.

  Monday, November 3, 2014

Loretta Cox Scenters, 86

    Loretta Cox Scenters, age 86, of Evergreen Drive in Irvine, Kentucky, passed away Monday, November 3, 2014, at the Irvine Nursing & Rehabilitation Center following a long illness.
    She was born May 29, 1928 in Estill County and was the daughter of the late Coleman and Nannie Byrd Cox. She was a retired Carhartt Inc. employee and attended the Crystal Holiness Church. She had lived in Estill County all of her life.
    Mrs. Scenters was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Scenters.
    She is survived by two daughters: Joann Jones (Scott) and Betty Bishop (Paul), both of Irvine; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
    She was preceded in death by one sister, Carrie Isaacs; and two brothers: Ray Cox and Lloyd Byrd.
    Funeral services were conducted at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, November 6th at the Warren F. Toler Funeral Home Chapel by Bro. Jerry Rose. Burial was at the West Irvine Cemetery. Friends called after 11 a.m., Thursday, at the funeral home.
    Pallbearers were Anthony Bishop, Dalton Bishop, Trevor Venters, Tim Jones, Terry Melton and James Venters.

Toler Funeral Home

  Sunday, November 2, 2014

Robert Lamar Street, 89

    Robert Lamar Street, 89, of Winchester, husband for 63 years to Anna Ray Street, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014, at his home.
    A native of Irvine, Kentucky, he was born December 9, 1924, to the late Robert Bascom Street and Essye Scott Scrivner. He retired from East Kentucky Power as the manager of operations. He was a United States Navy veteran and a member of the First Christian Church – Disciples of Christ.
    In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Robert Scott Street (Linda); a daughter and son-in-law, Susan Kay Minter (Terry); four grandchildren: Robert Alan Ryan Jr., Chad Aaron Ryan, Robert Clay Street, and Lesley Ann Street.
    He was preceded in death by a daughter, Karen Raye; and a brother, Marion Scott Street.
    Funeral services were at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 5, at the First Christian Church in Winchester with Rev. Jerry Johns presiding. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. until the hour of service at the church. Burial was in the West Irvine Cemetery.
    Serving as pallbearers were Robert Scott Street, Terry Minter, Robert Alan Ryan Jr., Chad Aaron Ryan, Robert Clay Street, and Lesley Ann Street.
    Contributions may be made to the First Christian Church building fund, 24 E. Hickman St., Winchester, KY 40391.
    The Rolan G. Taylor Funeral Home of Winchester has been entrusted with arrangements.

Rolan G. Taylor Funeral Home

  Saturday, November 1, 2014

Jess D. Wilson, 96

    Jess D. Wilson of Possum Trot, Clay County, Kentucky, a former writer for Jackson Energy's "Rural Kentucky," died Saturday, November 1, 2014.
    He was born August 8, 1918, in Clay County, Kentucky, the first of six children of Pleas and Rebecca Pigg Wilson. He attended Foundation School at Berea College, graduated from Tyner High School in 1938, and continued his education at Eastern State Teachers' College (now EKU) in Richmond. During World War II, he worked for the United States Air Force as a master aircraft sheet-metal mechanic.
    He started his career at Jackson County Rural Electric Coop by cutting right-of-way, then moved up to wiring inspector, operations engineer and later into public relations. For 32 years, he was responsible for writing the monthly newsletter. His readers were most interested in stories about themselves and their ancestors. "It Happened Here" became something that folks reading The Rural Kentuckian in Estill, Lee, Owsley, Laurel, Rockcastle, Jackson, and Clay counties expected to see. Soon people from other places began to write him about their kinfolks. His books based on these columns received nationwide distribution and two are still in print. A few of his many organizational affiliations include The Council for the Southern Mountains, Kiwanis, Berea College, and the Clay County Genealogical and Historical Society, where his papers now reside. As a spokesman for the Appalachian area, he testified before the US Senate during the 1960's War on Poverty. In 1983, he and his wife, Ruth, retired to a Clay County farm, Possum Trot, which became, with the help and labor of many friends, a loved camp and retreat representing the best of local history and culture.
    He leaves his wife of 73 years, Ruth Hygema Wilson; three daughters: E. Gail Chandler, T. Sammie Wakefield, and Rebecca Joy Wilson; two son-in-laws, Curtis Chandler and Richard Wakefield; three granddaughters: Tana Allen, Tara Chandler and Esther Wakefield; two great grandsons; his brother, Raymond Wilson; and a wealth of friends, nieces and nephews; and not to be forgotten, those children of his spirit who know who they are.
    The funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 6, 2014 at Lakes Funeral Home with Bro. Sam Grigsby and Bro. Roger Williams officiating.
    Donations may be given to the Clay County Historical and Genealogical Society, Box 394, Manchester, KY.

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