Deaths and Funerals in Kentucky Community
Edgar Davenport 48 of Savoy died Friday at University of Kentucky Medical Center Lexington. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday Ellison Funeral Home Williamsburg Rev Bill Childress. Burial Jellico Creek Cemetery. Survived by parents Lawrence and Savoy. sisters Laura Davis Jewell Selvage Betty Williams Dayton Ohio. brothers Elmer Lexington Charles Savoy Ray Savoy. Clarence C Mullins 51 died Thursday in local hospital. Services 2 p.m. Sunday ONeil Funeral Home Chapel Rev C S Wilson. Burial Pine Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Naomi Sears Mullins Corbin. daughter Donald S Thompson Richmond Ky. parents John and Mullins Corbin. brothers Herschel Lebec Calif and Carson Corbin. Masons pallbearers. Body remains at funeral home for viewing.
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Edgar Davenport
Savoy
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington
Ellison Funeral Home
Williamsburg
Bill Childress
Jellico Creek
Lawrence Davenport
Laura Davis
Jewell Selvage
Betty Williams
Dayton
Ohio
Elmer Davenport
Charles Davenport
Ray Davenport
Clarence C. Mullins
O'Neil
C. S. Wilson
Pine Hill
Calif
Carson Mullins
Corbin
Whitley County Court News and Records Highlights
Suits filed in circuit court include Phoenix of Hartford Insurance Company versus Larry Moses for debt 5373 dated May 22. Lena M. Brassfield and others versus Eagle Motor Lines for accident damages 5374 dated May 26. Minnie Herren versus Frank Herren for divorce 5375 dated May 27. E L Ballou versus Elmer Alder for accident damages 5376 dated May 27.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kathyleen Bailey
Pineville
Phoenix of Hartford Insurance Company
Larry Moses
Lena M. Brassfield
Eight Killed In Car Crashes Since Thursday
The report notes eight deaths on Kentucky roads during Memorial Day Weekend. Joe Boone, 44, of Owensboro, died after his vehicle plunged about 90 feet into a strip mine pit following loss of control. The year’s toll reached 407, up from 366 a year earlier at this time.
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Joe Boone
Owensboro
Boone
Kentucky
Faculty Senate Debates Plan to Admit Black and Puerto Rican Students
The faculty senate voted tentatively to reject a plan to admit Black and Puerto Rican students under a fixed quota, while approving a recruitment based path admitting students without standard qualifications. The plan faces possible funding cutoff from Lindsay and may be formalized Monday before a Board of Higher Education vote by midweek.
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Board of Higher Education
Lindsay
Joseph J. Copeland
Curacao Turmoil as Dutch Marines Quell Island Riots
Royal Dutch Marines were brought in after 5000 striking Shell refinery workers burned and looted shops in Willemstad. Police fired on crowds, a labor leader was shot, and a dusk to dawn curfew was set as fires burned across Curacao. Tourism, barrages of looted stores, and cut telegraph lines marked a tense scene on the Caribbean island.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Royal Dutch Marines
Netherlands Antilles
Venezuela
the Hague
Royal Dutch Shell
Alumni Banquet Attendees Listed From Various States
Alumni group banquet drew attendees including Judy Jones Jane Marlette Carolyn Martin Marie Helene Pratt and Larry Stevens. Attendees included Revs John Modica Tyrrell Keller Jerome Stern and numerous local and out of state guests from Oneida Tenn Cincinnati Johnson City Bristol Va Louisville Goshen Elizabethtown Lexington and Corbin.
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John Modica
Tyrrell Keller
Jerome Stern
Hubert Vaughan
Oneida Tenn
Sidney Ellison
Cincinnati
Tom Rodefer
Johnson City
Tenn
Ethel Wood
Bristol
Allen
Louisville
Willman
Goshen
Ohio
Larry Hensley
Lexington
Walker
Fort Knox
Robert Watkins
Elizabethtown
James Stone
Corbin
Janice Miller
CIA Mae Rapier
Edith Phillips
Eva Mae Cobb
Betty Rose Gibson
Chola Not
Maxine Russell
Jennifer Borrer
Judy Ci
Warden claims offer to help Ray and fund trust
Former corrections commissioner Harry S Avery says he told James Earl Ray he would locate any money Ray had and deposit it in a trust for him as part of seeking the full truth about King’s assassination. Governor Ellington says he spoke with Ray and fired Avery after a critical penal system report and notes Avery’s involvement.
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Nashville, Tenn
Harry S. Avery
James Earl Ray
Ray
Avery
Martin Luther King Jr
Cookeville, Tenn
King
Ellington
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Community church events and club meetings this week
A sequence of local activities includes singing at Whetstone Christian Church Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and a Dudes and Dolls Square Dance Club practice at 8 p.m. Sunday observes Decoration Day at Brafford Cemetery and homecoming at Lynn Camp Cemetery.
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Whetstone Christian Church
Dudes and Dolls Square Dance Club
Brafford Cemetery
Lynn Camp Cemetery
Unity Council No. 77
Daughters of America
K. of P. Hall
Bell Avenue
Felts Homemakers Club
Herman Mullins
Felts School Road
Jerry Poynter
Church of God
Ladies Altar Society
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Oklahoma GI Escapes Reds
The U.S. Command said he would leave Sunday for the United States. Gregory is the second U.S. prisoner found alive in Tay Ninh Province in the past two months. On April 19, Spec. 5 Thomas Van Putten, 21, of Caledonia Michigan, was picked up by a helicopter crew 18 days after he escaped from enemy captivity. Van Putten had been reported missing since February 10, 1968.
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U.S
United States
Gregory
Tay Ninh
Thomas van Putten
Caledonia
Mich
van Putten
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Clarence Mullins
Rey Ae
Dieta
Rexall
RUG Store
Corbin, Ky
West Indies
Associated Press
New York
Caracas
Netherlands
Shell Oil
The
Federation of Petroleum Workers
Fort Amsterdam
Antilles
Warden
By John van Mol
Buford Ellington
Michigan
Great Lakes
Erie
Huron
Superior
Carlos Avery
Minneapolis, Minn
Kentucky Utilities Company
Democra
Tic
Whitley County
Tion
Frank Goins
Clifford Sharpe
84Th
Kentucky General Assembly
House of Representatives
Clifford M. Sharpe
Women's Society of Christian Service
Wesleyan Service Guild
First United Methodist Church
Mary E. Dunn
Oklahoma
Building Components, Inc
East Master Street
Helton Oil Co
Frank Woolum
Fice
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