Miss Hermia Compton, 16 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Compton of Ashland, KY, died Wednesday evening, April 13, in King's Daughters' Hospital as the result of an operation to which she submitted for appendicitis on the preceding Saturday. The deceased had visited in Louisa on various occasions and had a number of relatives in this county. Her mother is a sister of Monroe Webb of Dennis. Miss Compton was a girl of exceptional graces of character. She was a member of the Christian Church and was quite active in church and school club work. She would have graduated from Ashland High School in May. Surviving are her parents, 2 sisters, Bertha Helen and Kathleen, and a brother, Ronald Compton, all at home. Burial was made Saturday in Ashland Cemetery.
(Obituary from "Big Sandy News," April 22, 1927.)
Miss Hermia Compton, 16 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Compton of Ashland, KY, died Wednesday evening, April 13, in King's Daughters' Hospital as the result of an operation to which she submitted for appendicitis on the preceding Saturday. The deceased had visited in Louisa on various occasions and had a number of relatives in this county. Her mother is a sister of Monroe Webb of Dennis. Miss Compton was a girl of exceptional graces of character. She was a member of the Christian Church and was quite active in church and school club work. She would have graduated from Ashland High School in May. Surviving are her parents, 2 sisters, Bertha Helen and Kathleen, and a brother, Ronald Compton, all at home. Burial was made Saturday in Ashland Cemetery.
(Obituary from "Big Sandy News," April 22, 1927.)
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