John Edward Lively was the third child born to Johnny Logan and Mabel Susan Kelley Lively. Johnny Lively worked in the coal mines as a fuse setter and so the family traveled around from mine to mine, sometimes living in not much more than camps. Edward was born with a weak heart and from very early childhood was not able to work in or around the mines like his brothers or do anything strenuous. A month before he died, Edward and his brothers were in town at school when word came that their father had been killed in an explosion at the mine. Edward and his brothers Clifford and Carl set out running as fast as they could approximately 5 miles up the mountain to the mine, only to find out their father was fine. The fright and over exertion was simply too much for Edward's heart. He collapsed and died a month later.
John Edward Lively didn't live long, but in his short life, he showed a grown man's caring and love. Along with his sister Rosamae, he helped nurse his mother back to health after two miscarriages and on January 31, 1924, Edward and his father worked tirelessly around the clock to save his premature baby sister who weighed only 1 lb. 12 oz. Johnny and Edward turned their little cabin into an incubator, keeping the wood stove burning constantly. Edward fed his tiny baby sister with an eyedropper every hour until she could suckle and he hand sewed flannel into diapers and buntings as they had no clothes small enough for a preemie. His last efforts were to help his baby sister learn to walk before he passed away.
John Edward Lively didn't live long, but in his short life, he showed a grown man's caring and love. Along with his sister Rosamae, he helped nurse his mother back to health after two miscarriages and on January 31, 1924, Edward and his father worked tirelessly around the clock to save his premature baby sister who weighed only 1 lb. 12 oz. Johnny and Edward turned their little cabin into an incubator, keeping the wood stove burning constantly. Edward fed his tiny baby sister with an eyedropper every hour until she could suckle and he hand sewed flannel into diapers and buntings as they had no clothes small enough for a preemie. His last efforts were to help his baby sister learn to walk before he passed away.
John Edward Lively was the third child born to Johnny Logan and Mabel Susan Kelley Lively. Johnny Lively worked in the coal mines as a fuse setter and so the family traveled around from mine to mine, sometimes living in not much more than camps. Edward was born with a weak heart and from very early childhood was not able to work in or around the mines like his brothers or do anything strenuous. A month before he died, Edward and his brothers were in town at school when word came that their father had been killed in an explosion at the mine. Edward and his brothers Clifford and Carl set out running as fast as they could approximately 5 miles up the mountain to the mine, only to find out their father was fine. The fright and over exertion was simply too much for Edward's heart. He collapsed and died a month later.
John Edward Lively didn't live long, but in his short life, he showed a grown man's caring and love. Along with his sister Rosamae, he helped nurse his mother back to health after two miscarriages and on January 31, 1924, Edward and his father worked tirelessly around the clock to save his premature baby sister who weighed only 1 lb. 12 oz. Johnny and Edward turned their little cabin into an incubator, keeping the wood stove burning constantly. Edward fed his tiny baby sister with an eyedropper every hour until she could suckle and he hand sewed flannel into diapers and buntings as they had no clothes small enough for a preemie. His last efforts were to help his baby sister learn to walk before he passed away.
John Edward Lively didn't live long, but in his short life, he showed a grown man's caring and love. Along with his sister Rosamae, he helped nurse his mother back to health after two miscarriages and on January 31, 1924, Edward and his father worked tirelessly around the clock to save his premature baby sister who weighed only 1 lb. 12 oz. Johnny and Edward turned their little cabin into an incubator, keeping the wood stove burning constantly. Edward fed his tiny baby sister with an eyedropper every hour until she could suckle and he hand sewed flannel into diapers and buntings as they had no clothes small enough for a preemie. His last efforts were to help his baby sister learn to walk before he passed away.
Gravesite Details
Edward's grave was unmarked. Records show his burial but not a plot number, so the exact location of his grave is unknown.
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