Obituaries

September 14, 1952

Elsie Halcy Lawson Martin

BIRTH 28 Dec 1910 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA DEATH 14 Sep 1952 (aged 41) Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA BURIAL Oak Hill Cemetery Glendale, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA PLOT OL-Section 26-Lot 450-Space 4 MEMORIAL ID 128590703 · View Source

Interment Number: 4502 Interment Date: 09/17/1952 Location: OL-26-450-4 Name: ELSIE MARTIN...

June 3, 1948

Donald Ray Davis, age 67, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born June 3, 1948 in Montgomery, Ohio. Visitation is from 2:00 pm until 3:00 pm, on Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at the Walker- Findlay, 930 FIndlay Street, (45214). The funeral service will immediately follow the visitation beginning at 3:00 pm. You may express...

July 8, 1945

CONWAY, Edward M. Edward M. Conway Requiem High Mass will be sung at 9 a.m. tomorrow in St. Margaret Mary Church, North College Hill, for Edward M. Conway, cafe owner, who died suddenly at his home, 6827 Bake Avenue., North College Hill Friday. The Mt. Healthy Fraternal Order of Eagles, of which Mr. Conway was a member, will hold...

March 4, 1944

Wells Goodykoontz, age 71,  was born June 3, 1872 in Newbern, Pulaski County, Virginia.  He passed away March 2, 1944, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the son of William McKendree Goodykoontz (1842-1910) and Lucinda Katherine Wootwine Goodykoontz (1849-1931).

He was married to Irene Hooper Goodykoontz (1874-1959).

U.S. Congressman. He attended Oxford Academy, the law department...

May 22, 1943

Helen Louise Herron 'Nellie' Taft (June 2, 1861–May 22, 1943) As 'the only unusual incident' of her girlhood, 'Nellie' Herron Taft recalled her visit to the White House at 17 as the guest of President and Mrs.Hayes, intimate friends of her parents. Fourth child of Harriet Collins and John W. Herron, born in 1861, she had grown up in...

June 14, 1940

In Loving Memory Of Elbert Williams Elbert Williams is the first known member of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to be murdered for his civil rights activities. Williams was born on October 15, 1908 in rural Haywood County, Tennessee, the son of farmer Albert Williams and wife Mary Green Williams. In 1929 Williams married...

January 7, 1939

Beverly Ann Blye, age 57, passed away December 19, 1996 in Cincinnati.  She was born January 7, 1939 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Preston Sparks and Sarah E. Carter.

She was married to Kirby Blye.

Interment December 27, 1996 at  Vine Street Hill Cemetery.

January 3, 1939

Yvonne Rebecca Case Niece, age 80, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2019,  at St. Elizabeth Ft. Thomas, Kentucky.  She was born on January 3, 1939, in Chattanoga, Tennessee.

As an expression of sympathy, flowers are welcomed.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the family via US Bank account# 145812168055, or to the...

July 21, 1938

Bernard Henry 'Barney' Kroger, Sr Born Jan. 24, 1860 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Death: Jul. 21, 1938 Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Grocery Store Magnate. Kroger was born in Cincinnati, Ohio the fifth of ten children in a family of German immigrants. The family lived above a dry goods store that his parents owned, but Kroger was forced to...

July 16, 1936

Mary Frances Avery Creighton The media nicknamed her 'Borgia.' She married John Creighton and they had one child together, a daughter named Ruth. Mary and her husband John had been arrested for the death of her brother, Raymond Avery, who was poisened by a lethal dose of Arsenic. Mary had been named as a beneficiary in his insurance policy...

May 11, 1936

Alexander Mitchell Palmer (May 4, 1872 – May 11, 1936), best known as A. Mitchell Palmer, was Attorney General of the United States from 1919 to 1921.

January 12, 1936

John Francis Hylan was born April 20, 1868 in Hunter, New York. He passed away January 12, 1936. He was a graduate of New York Law School in Manhattan. He was a long-time resident of Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn . He was the former Mayor of New York He was a long-time resident of the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn....

September 11, 1935

CHARLES G. NORRIS, MD

Charles G. Norris, M.D. was the first Medical Examiner for the City of New York. Norris was born on December 4, 1867. He was first educated at Cutler's Private School in Manhattan, later entering Yale University and earning a bachelor of philosophy with emphasis on science. He then went to the Columbia University...

September 10, 1935

Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. A Democrat, he was an outspoken populist who denounced the rich and the...

September 8, 1935

Carl Austin Weiss, Sr. (December 6, 1906 – September 8, 1935), was an American physician from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who assassinated U.S. Senator Huey Pierce Long, Jr., at the Louisiana State Capitol on September 8, 1935. Baton Rouge doctor Weiss was born in Baton Rouge to Carl Adam Weiss, M.D., and the former Viola Maine. Weiss's father was a...

October 1, 1934

Pauline Elizabeth Thomas, age 81, passed away Thursday, October 1, 2015, in , . She was born June 27, 1934, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visitation is from 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm, on Thursday, October 8, 2015, at the First Baptist Church of Cumminsville, 3640 Roll Avenue, Cincinnati (45223). The funeral service will immediately follow the visitation beginning at 7:00...

April 1, 1934

Iola Miller, age 84, passed away Friday, September 21, 2018, in Cincinnati , Ohio. She was born April 1, 1934, in Birmingham, Alabama.

Visitation is from until 10:00 am, on September 29, 2018, at Allen Temple AME Church. The funeral service will immediately follow the visitation beginning at 11:00 am.

Interment will follow Vine Street...

November 18, 1933

In Memory of Lee Roberson November 18, 1933 - January 4, 2011 Visitation: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friday, January 14, 2011 Beulah Baptist Church, 1834 Section Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45237 Service: 7:00 p.m. Friday, January 14, 2011 Beulah Baptist Church, 1834 Section Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45237 Interment: Landmark Memorial Gardens

February 22, 1933

Michael Malloy was born 1873. He passed away February 22, 1933. Michael Malloy, also known as Mike the Durable and Iron Mike, was a homeless Irishman from County Donegal who lived in New York City during the 1920s and 30s. Although he was a former firefighter, he is most famous for surviving a number of attempts on his life...

September 16, 1932

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Millicent Lilian 'Peg' Entwistle (5 February 1908 – 16 September 1932) was a British stage and screen actress. She began her stage career in 1925, appearing in several Broadway productions. She appeared in only one film, Thirteen Women, which was released posthumously. Entwistle gained notoriety after she jumped to her death from atop the 'H' on...