L. H. Kirkpatrick Of Ina Dies At Age 83 Years

Luther Hiram Kirkpatrick, 83, of Ina, died at 12:15 a.m. today at Good Samaritan Hospital.

He was a retired farmer.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Fry Funeral Home in Waltonville, with the Rev. Floyd Hartley officiating. Burial will be in the Old Baptist cemetery, south of Waltonville. The body will lie in state at the Fry Funeral Home in Waltonville, where friends may call after 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

Mr. Kirkpatrick was born November 6, 1885, in Jefferson county, the son of Hiram and Mary (Hartley) Kirkpatrick.

On November 7, 1908, in Mt. Vernon, he was married to Callie Fern Jones, who preceded him in death in 1965.

Survivors include two sons, Marion Kirkpatrick of Ina and Merritt Kirkpatrick of Mt. Vernon; four daughters, Mrs. Madeline Buchholz of Mt. Vernon, Mrs. Evelyn Fatheree of Xenia, Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan of Arlington, VA., and Mrs. Mona Greenhill of South Glens Falls, N.Y.; one sister, Mrs. Malissa Wells of Waltonville; one half-sister, Mrs. Lillie Lewis of Benton; two half-brothers, Howard Willis of Chicago and Russell Willis of Arizona, and ten grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, one brother, two sisters and one son.

Submitted by: Cindy Ford