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Portsmouth Times, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1963
Mrs. Sarah Messer
Mrs. Sarah Messer, 75 of 1826 Pershing Ave., West Portsmouth, died at 9:15 p.m., Monday at Portsmouth General Hospital. She had been ill four years.
Born Jan. 10, 1887, in Greenup County, she was a daughter of James Tolliver and Virginia Jamison Smith. She was a member of the Stoney Run Freewill Baptist Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Carpenter of the West Portsmouth address, Mrs. Margie Adams of Wheelersburg, Rt. 1, and Mrs. Anna Frye, 2208 Seventh St.; three sons, Richard, 1240 Rose St. Sciotoville, John of Springfield, and Isaac, 2208 Seventh St.; a sister, Mrs. Nancy McNeal of Lewis Creek, KY.; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two daughters, a brother and a sister.
Funeral services are to be a 2 p.m. at Harrison Funeral Home with Rev. Dennis Elmore officiating. Burial is to be in Scioto Burial Park.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 tonight.
Portsmouth Times, Saturday, Nov. 20, 1943
Homer Miller
Homer Miller, 53, farmer, of Load, Greenup co., passed away at 7:55 am. today in Portsmouth General Hospital, following a brief illness.
He was born February, 1890, in Greenup co., a son of Mrs. and Mrs. J. D. Miller.
Surviving are his wife, Edna and the following children: Evelyn and Rosemary, at home, and two sons and three daughter by a former marriage, Rufus Miller of Load, John Miller of Raceland, Mrs. Mae Bailey and Mrs. Faith Boyles of Load and Mrs. Dora Kessinger of Friendship; four brothers, Wm. Miller and Charles Miller of York, Edward Miller of Wurtland and Elbert Miller of Raceland; two sisters, Mrs. Mettie Quillen of York and Mrs. Flora Wolff of Baltimore, two half-brothers, James Miller of the U. S. army and Wayne Miller of York, and a half-sister, Miss Sylvia Miller of York.
Funeral arrangements are in charge of Roberson funeral home.
Portsmouth Times, Wednesday, Aug, 19 1970
Mrs. W. A. Montavon
Mrs. Elizabeth (Mayme) Montavon, 79, of Wheelersburg, Rt. 1, died Tuesday afternoon at Mercy Hospital where she had been a patient five weeks.
She was a member of Saint Peter’s Catholic Church in Wheelersburg and the Rosary Altar Society of the church.
Surviving are her husband, W. A. Montavon; five sons Carl of McDermott Rt. 2, Raymond of Hayport Rt., Wheelersburg, Robert and Harold of Wheelersburg, Rt. 1 and Edgar of Dayton; three daughters, Mrs. Norman Jean Myers of Dayton and Rosemary and Helen at home; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Feist, Mr. Nora Sherman and Rose Frische, all of Wheelersburg Rt. 1 and 30 grandchildren.
Services are to be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the church with Rev. T. Edward Hopping officiating. Burial is to be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at Brock Funeral Home in Wheelersburg from 7 to 9:30 tonight and from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9:30 Thursday.
Recitation of the rosary is to be 8:15 Thursday.
Portsmouth Times, Thursday, Oct. 25, 1973
Alex Ratliff
Funeral services for Alex Ratliff, 65, of South Shore, are to be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sunshine United Methodist Church.
He died at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday in Scioto Memorial Hospital after an extended illness.
He was a native of Portsmouth, a veteran of World War II, a retired millwright, and a member of Sunshine United Methodist Church, Harrison Fullerton Masonic Lodge, James Flannery Post American Legion and Millwright Local 1519 of Ironton.
Surviving are his wife Darlena Timberlake Ratliff; two sons, Denver and Boyd Ratliff of South Shore; a daughter, Mrs. Geneva Evans of South Shore; two brothers, Troy and Russel Ratliff of South Shore; four sisters, Mrs. Grace Stapleton of Oak Hill, Mrs. Roetta Sexton and Mrs. Dorothy Smith, both of Canton, and Mrs. Mondalee Bretz of West Portsmouth and 11 grandchildren.
Rev. Harley Johnson, Rev. Ron Masters and Rev. Claude Atkins are to officiate at services. Interment is to be in Mt. Zion cemetery under direction of Roberson Funeral Home of South Shore.
Military services are to be conducted at graveside. Masonic services are to be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 tonight.
Unknown Newspaper, Floyd Co., KY, November 13, 1941
There died: Emily May Ratliff, sister of Congressman A.J. May, Tuesday night at Warco; Elizabeth Akers Tackett, 87, Thursday night at McDowell; Catherine Hutsinpiller, 86, Monday, in Gallipolis, O.; W. M. Vanderpool, 73, well-known West Prestonsburg man, Sunday, at his home; Elizabeth Cynthia Harmon, 84, Wednesday, at Betsy Layne.
Olive Hill Times, Wednesday November 17, 1999
Daisy Rayburn 1897-1999
Ashland - Daisy Lee Rayburn, 102 of Ashland, died Wednesday, November 10 at her home.
Mrs. Rayburn was born May 8, 1897 in Lewis County, a daughter of the late Henry Lewis and Jo Ann Thompson Fannin.
Her husband, Roscoe Rayburn, died in 1962 and a son Lloyd Rayburn, died in 1998.
Surviving are six daughters, Virginia Williams of Ashland, Edieth Adkins of Paxton, ILL., Ardieth Winger of Little Rock, Ark., Audrey Taylor of Morehead, Jo Ann Kemper of Orlando, Fla., and Mary Jean McGuire of Lakeland, Fla.; two sisters, Jewell Tackett of Olive Hill and Ruby Jo Riley of Newcastle, Ind., 17 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday, November 13 at Miller Funeral Home, Burial was in Rose Hill Burial Park.
Portsmouth Daily Times, Wednesday, Mar. 10, 1982
Rayburn
Enoch Rayburn, 87, of 12 St. died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital.
An Olive Hill, Ky., native and a member and high priest of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he had retired after 44 years of service as a pipefitter with the Norfolk & Western Railway.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Poetker Rayburn; a son Lewis of Columbus; three daughters, Doris Rayburn and Edith Noel, both of Portsmouth and Nancy Carroll of Columbus; three brothers, Russell of Detroit, Mich., Merle of Jackson and John of Columbus; two sisters, Mrs. Lovell Dorhman and Margaret Wood, both of Columbus; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services are planned at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Windel-Howland & Brant Funeral Home, with interment in Scioto Burial Park.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 tonight, and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
The Carter County Herald, August 25, 1921
AGED CITIZEN DIES
Henry Willis Raybourn, aged 87 years, died at his home on Upper Tygart on Monday morning, August 22 at 4 o'clock after an extended illness of some time of infirmities of old age. Mr. Raybourn was probably the oldest man in this section of the county, and was well and favorably known. He was a member of the Methodist church and for many years preached the word of God to fallen humanity over this country to many of the pulpit, but several years ago he lost his eyesight and was compelled to quit the work.
He leaves besides a host of other relatives and friends, six children, three girls, Mrs. Lucinda Masters, of New Castle, Ind.; Mrs. Lillie Wright of Rowan county; Mrs. Bettie Patton of Upper Tygart; three sons, Elbert and Henry of Stausburg, Ohio; and Squire Raybourn of Upper Tygart. The body was laid to its final resting place near the old home in the Walnut Grove Cemetery, Tuesday after funeral services.
Unknown Newspaper, Unknown Date
Stanley Rayburn
1943-1999
Stanley Bruce Rayburn, 56, of Olive Hill, died today at his home.
Mr. Rayburn was born March 15, 1943, in Lewis County, a son of Edna Gilliam Rayburn of Olive Hill and the late Thomas J. "Tomo" Rayburn.
He was a farmer, a Mason, a Shriner and a member of Bald Point Church of Jesus Christ.
Additional survivors include his wife, Regina Karen Webb Rayburn; a daughter, Trenda Rayburn Dyer of Olive Hill; a son, Stanley Paul Rayburn of Olive Hill; four brothers, Larry Rayburn of Mansfield, and Johnny Rayburn, Randy Rayburn and Harley Rayburn, all of Olive Hill; eight sisters, Helen Masters of Mansfield, Ohio, Melva Henson of Pontiac, Mich., Vickie Rayburn of Marion, Ind., Betty Enix and Joann Jordan, both of Vanceburg, Peggy White of Emerson, and Sue Bond and Deana Isaac, both of Olive Hill; and two grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Globe Funeral Chapel in Olive Hill by Tom James and Bobby Easterling. Burial will be in Webb cemetery in Olive Hill.
Friends may call after 6 p.m. today and anytime Thursday at the funeral home.
A Masonic service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
[Stanley Bruce Rayburn died 10 Nov. 1999]
The Carter County Herald, August 21, 1924
In Memoriam
Mrs. G. H. Rabourn of Lawton passed away at her home at Lawton last Tuesday evening after an illness of some duration, at the age of 66 years. She had been ill for some time but with a nerve so strong and faith of the divine, she held her own so well that it was hoped for some time that she be as she was once, but that He had seen fit to call her home to her reward.
She leaves a family of five children, George W., and E. L. of this city; C. A. (Red) of Lawton; Mrs. Ballard Martin of Pawhuska, Oklahoma., and Miss Elizabeth, who is at home; besides a loving husband, she leaves three brothers, G. W. Stamper of Vanceburg, A. J. Stamper of this city and Marion Stamper of the Head of Grassy; five sisters, Mrs. Martha Owens of Smoky Valley; Mrs. Parthens [sic., Parthenia] Wilson, Manchester, Ohio; Mrs. L. N. Rabourn, Head of Grassy; Mrs. Faralene Kidwell, Mouth of Laurel; Mrs. Elizabeth McCleese of Laurel, Lewis County; besides a host of relatives and friends and other relatives to mourn the loss. It was quite a sight to be present and view the crowd at the funeral and witness the people who were gathered there to pay the last tribute to one of their people. The Stamper blood could be seen from many faces present, as well as the relative strength on the Rabourn side.
She was a woman dearly beloved by all who knew her, her home was a place where her neighbors often gathered to enjoy a conversation because she was entertaining as well as instructive in her conversation; her life was a path strewn with flowers and sunshine, not sorrow; her home instincts were strong; her affections for friends and kindred was tender and abiding.
The funeral was conducted at the beautiful home where she has been a wonderful helper throughout these many years on the hilltop overlooking the place of business at Lawton, Friday at 11:00 a. m. Thursday morning with a few short and brief remarks by Rev. Sid Jones, after which the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery near the home. The funeral was in charge of local undertaker Clarence W. Henderson and was well managed. The floral tributes were as fine as seen anywhere, and we venture to say they were so nice that remarks could be heard from along the line that they were as nice as seen anywhere. It was a most lovely sight to behold the lovely flowers that encircled the casket as it lay in the home.
[Note: This is Sylvania (Stamper) Rayburn; daughter of George Washington and Catherine (Dyer) Stamper and wife of George Henry Rayburn.]
Portsmouth Daily Times, Nov. 19, 2002
Mildred F. "Betty" Rabourn
Mrs. Mildred F. "Betty" Rabourn, 71 of South Shore, Kentucky, died Monday Nov. 18, 2002, at her residence. She was born in Carter Co., Kentucky, a daughter of the late Theodore Scott and Leatha Sammons Scott.
She was a retired receptionist and homemaker.
She was preceded in death by a son Charles Scott Blizard.
Surviving is her husband Dr. Tex R. Rabourn, a former South Shore chiropractor, they were married
in 1954. Also surviving are a daughter, Deborah "Polly" Blizzard, Parmenter of Crestview, Florida; two granddaughters and their husband Donna and Christopher John and Angelia and Paul Darrow; and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are under the direction of the Roberson Funeral Home in South Shore, Kentucky, where friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Graveside services will be held at the convenience of the family at the Rabourn cemetery at Olive Hill, Kentucky. ()
