BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY KENTUCKY OBITUARY – 1988
Mrs. Cova Frances Smiley, 88, died Thursday, March 31 [1988], at her SeRee residence. She was born November 26, 1899 in Breckinridge Co., KY, a daughter of the late Henry Thomas Basham & Celia Smiley Basham. Mrs. Smiley was a member of the Fairview United Methodist Church. Her husband, William Craven Smiley, and a daughter, Verda Nottingham, preceded her in death. Survivors include 3 daughters, Ms. Della Nottingham of Harned, Ms. Edna Wilson of El Paso, IL, and Ms. Frances Wheeler of Westview; 3 sons, Henry Smiley of Muncie, IN, Harlen Smiley of SeRee and Jesse Ray Smiley of Louisville; a brother, Jester Basham of Radcliff; 2 sisters, Mrs. Clara Graham of Leitchfield, and Mrs. Curva Horsley of Westview; 19 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, at the Fairview United Methodist Church with the Rev. George Allgood officiating. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery with Trent-Dowell Funeral Home, Hardinsburg, in charge of the arrangements.
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY KENTUCKY OBITUARY – 1988
Mrs. Cova Frances Smiley, 88, died Thursday, March 31 [1988], at her SeRee residence. She was born November 26, 1899 in Breckinridge Co., KY, a daughter of the late Henry Thomas Basham & Celia Smiley Basham. Mrs. Smiley was a member of the Fairview United Methodist Church. Her husband, William Craven Smiley, and a daughter, Verda Nottingham, preceded her in death. Survivors include 3 daughters, Ms. Della Nottingham of Harned, Ms. Edna Wilson of El Paso, IL, and Ms. Frances Wheeler of Westview; 3 sons, Henry Smiley of Muncie, IN, Harlen Smiley of SeRee and Jesse Ray Smiley of Louisville; a brother, Jester Basham of Radcliff; 2 sisters, Mrs. Clara Graham of Leitchfield, and Mrs. Curva Horsley of Westview; 19 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, at the Fairview United Methodist Church with the Rev. George Allgood officiating. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery with Trent-Dowell Funeral Home, Hardinsburg, in charge of the arrangements.
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