Pike County Deaths 1999
As reported in the Floyd County Times
NOT Complete

Key to abbreviations
s/b = surveyed by ----- h/o = husband of-----w/o = wife of-----
p/d/h = preceded in death by husband-----p/d/w = preceded in death by wife

January 15, 1999

Jonah Taylor...73...Stopover...d.1-5-1999...h/o Edith Ferrell Taylor
Anis Marie Stanley Corins...65...McAndrews...d. 1-7-1999
James Everett Dean Slone...40...Douglas...d. 1-6-1999
Nancy Jane Elkins Tackett...63...Shelbiana...d. 1-6-1999
Phillis Robinson Billiter...56...Shelbiana...d. 1-7-1999
Patsy Ruth Maynard Ray...57...Pikeville...d. 1-6-1999
Floretta Casebolt Fleming...67...Virgie...d. 1-5-1999
Grace Jean Maynard Fields...63...Racoon...d. 1-8-1999
Goldie May May...70...McAndrews...d. 1-7-1999...w/o Harold May
Earl "Butch" Sizemore...51...Grapevine Road...d.1-8-1999...h/o Phillis Adams Sizemore
Ample Stifers Belcher...81...ElKorn City...d. 1-7-1999
Gladys Blackburn...79...Pikeville...d. 1-8-1999

January 22, 1999

Tommy DeMurray...78...Pikeville...d.1-10-1999
Johnny Atherton Goff...46...Racoon...d. 1-13-1999...h/o Emogene Justice Goff
Billie Louies Daniels...72...Pikeville...d. 1-13-1999 ...w/o Clifford Daniels
Lillian Stevens Kendrick...49...Pikeville...d. 1-13-1999...w/o Roger Dale Kendrik
Jane Irick...83...Pikeville...d. 1-12-1999
Mila Oneal Blankenship...89...Freeburn...d.1-12-1999
Anna Rae Proberts Sexton...73...Pikeville...d. 1-15-1999
Cellia May...75...McAndrews...d.1-14-1999
Henry Herbert Blackburn...87...Pikeville... d. 1-16-1999 h/o Olga M. Lowe Blackburn
Adam Bruce Dotson...32...Ransom...1-18-1999 h/o Tammy Tackett Dotson
Dorothy Maynard...92...Pikeville...d. 1-18-1999 w/o Richard Matnard
Elmer "Dale" Sturgell...52...Harold...d. 1-17-1999
Emma Oauley Oney...92...Regina...d. 1-18-1999
Darkes Anderson...84...d. 1-18-1999
Ethel Arthur Chase...94...Rolor...d. 1-16-1999
Aretta "Wee Wee" Jude...64...Freeburn...d. 1-17-1999
William Lee Isom...72...McCarr...d. 1-16-1999
George Roger Roberts...68...Pikeville...d. 1-17-1999
Cordelia Hopkins Compton...92...Robinson Creek...d. 1-18-1999

January 29, 1999

Elster Thacker...57...Raccoon...d. 1-22-1999
Janice Williamson...64...Sidney...d. 1-26-1999
Eula Mae Young Gillman...77...Hatfield...d. 1-21-1999
Phyllis Jean Chapman...64...Phyllis...d/ 1-21-1999
Hubert K. Meade...67...Pikeville...d. 1-22-1999...h/o Linda Howell Meade.. Davidson Memorial Gardens
Edna West Akers...73...Harold...d. 1-22-1999...w/o Charles Akers
Anthony Dotson...85...Phelps...d. 1-21-1999
Andrew Thacker...75...Pikeville...d.1-20-1999...h/o Ruby Mae Gibson Thacker
Rollie Jones...94...Pikeville...d. 1-19-1999
Grover Cleveland Shortridge Jr....77..Mouthcard...d.1-19-1999
Paul Edward Reynolds...58...Phyllis...d.1-20-1999

February 12, 1999

Elmer Ray...74...Pikevile...d. 2-5-1999...h/o Yvonia Thomas Ray
Flora Belle Ratliff Kerr...83...Belcher...d. 2-4-1999
Hula Coleman Looney...70...Millard...d. 2-3-1999
Nellie Studebaker...86...Phelps...d. 1-2-1999
Edna Jane Powers Evans...72...Pikeville...d. 2-5-1999
Billy Burton Sword...42...Pikeville...d. 2-5-1999
Johnny H. Abshire...61...Stone...d. 2-6-1999...h/o Barbara Jean O'Bryan Abshire
Ruth Joyce Ramey Adams...68...Raccoon...d. 2-8-1911
Orville Pigg...70...Hellier...d. 2-8-1999...h/o Anna Marie Stapleton Pigg

December 24, 1999

Mary Magoline Bartley Damron, 65, of Caney Highway, died Saturday, December 18. She is survived by her husband, Anthony Jackson Damron. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, December 21, under the. direction of the Justice Funeral Home.

Robiena Layne, 78, of Pikeville, died Saturday, December 18. She is survived by huer husband, R.C. Layne. Funeral services were conducted Monday, December 20, under the direction of J. VV. Call & Son Funeral Home.

Alton Eugene Atkins, 58, of Pinsonfork, died Sunday, December 12. He is survived by his wife, Juanita Bostic Adkins. Graveside services were conducted Wednesday, December 22, under the direction of Rogers Funeral Home of Belfry.

Jack Donald May, 73, of Lower Johns Creek, died Monday, December 20. He was employed by Ford Motor. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, December 22, under the direction of J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home.

Darrell Myron Anderson, 48, of Corbin, formerly of Shelby Gap. died Sunday, December 19. He is survived by his wife, Sharon McPeek Anderson. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, December 22, under the direction of R.S. Jones & Son Funeral Home.

Damin Scott Adkins, five months old, died Tuesday, December 21. Funeral services
were conducted Thursday, December 2,3, under the direction of Lucas & Hall Funeral Home.

Pauline. Ratliff, 79, of Ashcamp, died Monday, December 20. She is survived by her husband, Herman Ratliff. Funeral services were con- Thursday, December 23, under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home.

December 31, 1999

Bernice McCracken Antill, 93, of Robinson Creek, died Saturday, December 18. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, December 22, under the direction of Altmeyer Funeral Home, Moundsville, West Virginia.

James Donald Irick, 59, of Pikeville, died Sunday, December 26. He was a self-employed merchant. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, December 29, under the direction of J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home.

Roy Earnest Monk, 87, of Virgie, died Thursday, December 23, 1999. He was a clerk, retired from Great Lakes Steel. He is survived by his wife, Cornia Monk. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, December 28, under the direction of R.S. Jones & Son Funeral Home.

Thomas Jefferson Courtney, 81, of Pikeville, died Thursday, December 23, 1999. He is survived by his wife, Pearlie Mae Sword Courtney. Funeral services were conducted Monday, December 27, under the direction of J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home.

Tivis Hayse Newsom, 69, of Little Creek, died Friday, December 24. He was selfemployed, the owner of Bear Fork Gas Co. He is survived by his wife, Berniece Justice Newsom. Funeral services were conducted Monday, December 27, under the direction of Lucas & Hall Funeral Home.

Leon Hurley Belcher, 93, of Elkhorn City, died Thursday, December 23. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, December 26, under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home.

Ernestine "Sue" Spears, 58, of Jenkins, died Saturday, December 25. . Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, December 28, under the direction of R.S. Jones & Son Funeral Home.

Edith Collins Taylor, 71, of Pikeville, died Saturday, December 25, 1999. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, December 28, under the direction of Justice Funeral Services.

Anna Alexander Carter, 60, of Williamson, West Virginia, died Friday, December 24. She was health coordinator of the Mingo County Head Start. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, December 28, under direction of the Rogers Funeral Home.

Effia Dae Ratliff, 81, of McDonough, Georgia, died Sunday, December 26. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, December 30, under the direction of J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home.