Oscar Wayne Kirkwood

Oscar Wayne Kirkwood, 96, of 703 Westside Ave. Earlington, died at 6:10 p.m. Monday at Browns Rest Home in Madisonville where he had been a patient since Dec. 1971.

He was born Dec. 26, 1876 to the late Katherine Osbourne and Hiram Kirkood in Hopkins Co., He married Emma Pearl Adcock in 1902 and to this union 5 children were born with 4 surviving. she prceded him in death in Nov. 1972.

He was a retired farmer and had owned and operated a coal mine in the Richland area. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. He is survived by one daughter; Mrs. Katherine Shaffer of Mongomery, Ala., three sons, Rudolph Kirkwood of Earlington, Horace Wayne of White Plains and Fred of Madisonville, a half sister; Mrs. Telly Griffith of East St. Louis, Mo. 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at Reid-Walters Funeral Home at 2:oo Thyrsday with Dr. Harold Purdy officiating with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Madisonville. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4:00 p.m. Wednesday.

The Messenger Madisonville, Ky.
Tuesday April 24, 1973

Obituary contributed by: James D Laffoon
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