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John Nelson Kays

Birth: 7 Apr 1889
Anderson County, Kentucky, USA
Death: 11 May 1962 (aged 73)
Washington County, Kentucky, USA
Burial: Willisburg Cemetery

Willisburg, Washington County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 119051095 View Source

John Kays Dies At Willisburg - Special to The Courler-Journal Springfield, Ky., May 12 - John N. Kays, 73, died Friday midnight at his home at Willisburg after a lengthy illness. He was a member of the general mercantile firm of Jenkins & Kays at Willisburg for 18 years. Before that he had operated a water-power flour mill at Tatham Springs, now the site of Bingham 4-H Camp.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ofie Carey Kays; two sons, Robert Kays, Willisburg, and Charles Kays, Louisville; a daughter, Mrs. Roy Steele, LaGrange, and two sisters, Mrs. D.P. Cheatham, Springfield, and Mrs. Bruner Carney, Bloomfield.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Willisburg , Christian Church. Burial will be in Willisburg Cemetery, The body is at Carey & Son Funeral Home here.

(Published in The Louisville Courier-Journal, Sunday, May 13, 1962)

John Kays married 21 Jan. 1909 in Washington Co. Ky., Ophie Carey.

John Kays Dies At Willisburg - Special to The Courler-Journal Springfield, Ky., May 12 - John N. Kays, 73, died Friday midnight at his home at Willisburg after a lengthy illness. He was a member of the general mercantile firm of Jenkins & Kays at Willisburg for 18 years. Before that he had operated a water-power flour mill at Tatham Springs, now the site of Bingham 4-H Camp.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ofie Carey Kays; two sons, Robert Kays, Willisburg, and Charles Kays, Louisville; a daughter, Mrs. Roy Steele, LaGrange, and two sisters, Mrs. D.P. Cheatham, Springfield, and Mrs. Bruner Carney, Bloomfield.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Willisburg , Christian Church. Burial will be in Willisburg Cemetery, The body is at Carey & Son Funeral Home here.

(Published in The Louisville Courier-Journal, Sunday, May 13, 1962)

John Kays married 21 Jan. 1909 in Washington Co. Ky., Ophie Carey.

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Maintained by: Bill Cheatham
Originally Created by: Bev Mundy
Added: Oct 20, 2013
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119051095/john_nelson-kays: accessed ), memorial page for John Nelson Kays (7 Apr 1889–11 May 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 119051095, citing Willisburg Cemetery, Willisburg, Washington County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Bill Cheatham (contributor 47076759).

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