396. James Richard Pierce
James Richard died in the VA hospital in Memphis of a heart attack. He was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Born at home.
From the GLEANER, Henderson Co KY 11-18-2008
Charles Thorpe Payne
SLAUGHTERS -- Charles Thorpe Payne, 71, Slaughters, died at 9:50 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at his residence.
He was a member of Slaughters Baptist Church and Slaughters Masonic Lodge. He was a Lab Analyst with TVA.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Thorpe and Virginia Ward Payne.
Survivors include his wife, Sue Payne; two sons, Michael Payne of Slaughters and Tony Payne of Decatur, Ill.; one sister, Carolyn Bellamy of Birmingham, Ala.; one brother, Danny Payne of Slaughters; five grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Slaughters Baptist Church. Bro. Bill Crabtree will officiate. Burial will be in Onton Cemetery.
Friends may call after 9 a.m. today at the church.
Pallbearers will be the Deacons of Slaughters Baptist Church.
Tomblinson Funeral Home Slaughters-Hanson Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
The Times Leader
Princeton, Ky.
Feb 14, 2007Woodrow Gray, 81, of the Lamasco Community in Lyon County, died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, at 10 p.m. at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, following a short illness.
A retired Kentucky State Penitentiary officer and farmer and member of Lamasco Baptist Church, he was born July 20, 1925, in Caldwell County, a son of the late John Virgil and Birdie Fowler Gray.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Ann Gray, and a daughter, Rhonda Delawson.
Survivors include a son, Ralph Gray of Lamasco; three grandchildren, Justin Gray, Skylar Gray and Kendra Craft; and two great-grandchildren, Kyra and Kerstin Craft.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, Feb. 15, at 1 p.m. at Morgan’s Funeral Home in Princeton. The Rev. Dean Ray, assisted by the Rev. Ronnie Fox, will conduct the services.
Burial will follow in Gray Cemetery in Lyon County.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Gray Cemetery Fund, 639 St. Rt. 1097, Eddyville, Ky. 42038
433. Donald Clifton Tabor
When Don was a small child he was involved in a terrible accident. His father Leonard was drunk and had Don in the car when the terrible wreck occured. Don was thrown through the windshield. He had a very large cut half way around his back. The Dr. said he was dead his mother Virgina said no he is not I see his finger moving. It is ironic that later in life he would be killed in an auto accident.
One time when Don was a small boy he climbed a tree to look at a hornets nest. The hornets began to sting him and he knew of no other way to keep them off of him so he jumped from the very tall tree. I remember him telling me (Emma Lou )how he had knots all over him from the hornets stings.In June 1955 Donald entered the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky for his basic training and later at Fort Campbell Kentucky. From 1956 to 1959 Don was stationed in Augsburg Germany. Emma Lou joined Don in Augsburg Germany after she graduated from Caldwell County High School in 1956. After his tour in Germany he was stationed at Fort Bragg North Carolina. There he began his training for theMarksmanship Rifle Team Unit at Fort Benning Georgia. Don later transferred to Fort Benning Georgia in 1961 and was attached to the Marksmanship Rifle Team Unit. In 1964 Don received the United States Army Distinguished Rifleman Badge for his super marksmanship abilities. In 1965 Don was featured on the cover of American Rifleman magazine. Except for two tours in Viet Nam in 1965 -1966 and 1968- 1969, Don was stationed at Fort Benning Georgia until his death.
He was killed on his way home to Buena Vesta from Ft. Benning. He turned his truck over. He was dead on arrival at Ft. Benning hospital. He was killed instantly from a broken neck and didn't have a scratch on him. Emma Lou was not notified until the next morning. They had moved and the Army didn't have their new address. She was up all night waiting for him to come home. Don only had two more months until retirement from the Army. At the time of the accident he had been getting his paperwork ready for retirement. He served two years in Vietnam.