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- [source4071152568] 9VGG-MQM
FamilySearch.org, (Publication Date: 25 JUN 2024
Media: Website / URL).
Birth: Dec. 9, 1914
Death: Aug. 13, 1979
TAYLOR COUNTY KENTUCKY OBITUARY – 1979
Mr. John B. Shofner, 64, of Finley, Route 1, son of the late Mr. Wes Shofner & Mrs. Lillie Hedgespeth Shofner, was born in Taylor County, December 9, 1914. He died at 10:40 p.m., Monday, August 13, 1979, at the Taylor County Hospital where he had been a patient for the past week. He had professed faith in Christ and was of the Separate Baptist faith. He was a retired farmer; he had worked as a timber cutter and for the 10 years before his retirement he worked for the Kentucky State Highway Department. He was a veteran of WW II having served in the US Army. He united in marriage to Miss Velma Underwood, February 14, 1946. Besides his wife, Mrs. Velma Underwood Shofner of Finley, Route 1, he is survived by 1 son and 2 daughters: Mrs. Maxine Durham of Campbellsville, Star Route, and Mr. J.C. Shofner and Mrs. Helen Sprowles, both of Finley, Route 1. He is also survived by 5 grandchildren; 2 brothers and 3 sisters: Mr. Herman Shofner of Campbellsville, Star Route; Mrs. Lucy Skaggs of Campbellsville, Route 6; Mr. Thomas Shofner of Fairdale, KY; and Mrs. Ruth Gunn and Mrs. Nora Sprowles, both of Louisville; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m., Wednesday, August 15, at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Chapel by Rev. Garlen Skaggs. Burial was in Zion Separate Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were David Skaggs, Virgil Shofner, Buddy Sprowles, Woodrow Price, Harden Hedgespeth and Edmon Miller.
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Parents:
Wesley S. Shofner (1890 - 1975)
Lillie M Hedgespeth Shofner (1896 - 1977)
Spouse:
Velma Underwood Shofner (1925 - 2004)
Children:
Maxine Shofner Durham (1943 - 2009)*
John Shofner (1947 - 2015)*
Siblings:
John B. Shofner (1914 - 1979)
Roscoe Shofner (1923 - 1973)*
Thomas Shofner (1926 - 2010)*
Nora C Shofner Sprowles (1928 - 2005)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
Campbellsville
Taylor County
Kentucky, USA
Created by: John and Kim Galloway
Record added: Mar 08, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 34594020
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- [source4071152578] John Bluford Shofner, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
marriage bond and certificate, (Publication Date: 14 FEB 1946
Media: Certificate).
Name John Bluford Shofner
Sex Male
Age 31
Birth Year (Estimated) 1915
Father's Name W S Shofner
Mother's Name Lillie Hedgesfeth
Spouse's Name Birdie Velma Underwood
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 21
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1925
Spouse's Father's Name Dee Underwood
Spouse's Mother's Name Nora Jones
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 14 Feb 1946
Event Place Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky, United States
John Bluford Shofner's Parents and Siblings
Lillie Hedgesfeth
Mother
F
Name Lillie Hedgesfeth
Sex F
W S Shofner
Father
M
Name W S Shofner
Sex M
John Bluford Shofner's Spouses and Children
Birdie Velma Underwood
Wife
F
21
Name John Bluford Shofner
Sex Male
Age 31
Birth Year (Estimated) 1915
Father's Name W S Shofner
Mother's Name Lillie Hedgesfeth
Spouse's Name Birdie Velma Underwood
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 21
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1925
Spouse's Father's Name Dee Underwood
Spouse's Mother's Name Nora Jones
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 14 Feb 1946
Event Place Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky, United States
Other People on This Record
Dee Underwood
M
Name Dee Underwood
Sex M
Nora Jones
F
Name Nora Jones
Sex F
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D6-292Y : Sat Feb 24 07:39:26 UTC 2024), Entry for John Bluford Shofner and W S Shofner, 14 Feb 1946.
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