Funeral services for Joe Green Knifley, 81, were held last Friday, March 12, at 2 p.m. at the Tabernacle Christian Church in Adair County. Burial was in the church cemetery. Rev. Luther Young of Russell Springs was in charge of the services. Stricken with a heart attack while feeding stock at his barn, Knifley died at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 10. He had been in ill health for sometime. Born November 26, 1872, in Adair County, between Roley and Knifley, the deceased was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Philip Knifley. His mother was the former Miss Charlotte Chelf. A member of the Tabernacle Christian Church, he was married to Miss Cora Lee Campbell on December 24, 1886. She survives. He lived in the same community where he died for 47 years. Besides his wife, he is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Bessie (Roland) White, Knifley; Mrs. Irene (Gordon) Cabbell, Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Audrey (Fred) Hareman, Buechol, Ky.; Mrs. Ina (Bob) Cave of Campbellsville; three sons, Charlie Knifley and Dallas Knifley, of Route 1, Knifley, and Willard Knifley, of Lexington, Kentucky. Also two brothers, W. R. Knifley, of Campbellsville, and Tom Knifley of Kansas. Pallbearers were: Billy Joe Knifley, Gordon Cabbell, Roland White, James Knifley, Bob Cave and Ronald Spires.
Kentucky Death Records Index, rootsweb
KNIFLEY, JOE G; age 81; death place ADAIR; residence ADAIR; death date 10 Mar 1954; Volume 008, Certificate 03752
Funeral services for Joe Green Knifley, 81, were held last Friday, March 12, at 2 p.m. at the Tabernacle Christian Church in Adair County. Burial was in the church cemetery. Rev. Luther Young of Russell Springs was in charge of the services. Stricken with a heart attack while feeding stock at his barn, Knifley died at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 10. He had been in ill health for sometime. Born November 26, 1872, in Adair County, between Roley and Knifley, the deceased was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Philip Knifley. His mother was the former Miss Charlotte Chelf. A member of the Tabernacle Christian Church, he was married to Miss Cora Lee Campbell on December 24, 1886. She survives. He lived in the same community where he died for 47 years. Besides his wife, he is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Bessie (Roland) White, Knifley; Mrs. Irene (Gordon) Cabbell, Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Audrey (Fred) Hareman, Buechol, Ky.; Mrs. Ina (Bob) Cave of Campbellsville; three sons, Charlie Knifley and Dallas Knifley, of Route 1, Knifley, and Willard Knifley, of Lexington, Kentucky. Also two brothers, W. R. Knifley, of Campbellsville, and Tom Knifley of Kansas. Pallbearers were: Billy Joe Knifley, Gordon Cabbell, Roland White, James Knifley, Bob Cave and Ronald Spires.
Kentucky Death Records Index, rootsweb
KNIFLEY, JOE G; age 81; death place ADAIR; residence ADAIR; death date 10 Mar 1954; Volume 008, Certificate 03752
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Eliza Ann Knifley Robinson
1854–1878
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John William Knifley
1858–1938
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Susan Josephine Knifley Hendrickson
1861–1943
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James A Knifley
1864–1932
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Willis Harvey Knifley
1867–1940
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DeRoy Sampson Knifley
1870–1951
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Thomas L. Knifley
1876–1960
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Lither W Knifley
1878–1887
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Welby R. Knifley
1882–1984
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Luther Knifley
1893–1893
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