Charlie married Maude Steele, her father was Josiah Steele and her stepfather was Jed Borders.
COMPTON, Charley
Ulysses, KY - Charley Compton and wife and 2 children were brought from Logan County, WV by J.F.D. Borders and cared for by same until his death on March 25. Large crowd of people attended the burial. Charley died in a living faith. When the choir was called by Mr. Compton to sing, he shook hands with them and asked them to meet him in heaven. Mr. Compton was a first class blacksmith. On Friday, about 3 o'clock, 8 weeks previous to his death, he was stricken down with a pain in his right lung. Doctors said it was consumption set up in right lung. After the attack, he only lasted 8 weeks. He leaves a wife and 2 little girls, Roberta, 6 years old and Fanny, 18 months old, to mourn their loss. Also leaves 5 brothers and one sister. He was buried in the Anderson Borders Cemetery.
(Obituary from "Big Sandy News," Friday, April 7, 1922.)
COMPTON, Charley
Ulysses, KY - Charley Compton and wife and 2 children were brought from Logan County, WV by J.F.D. Borders and cared for by same until his death on March 25. Large crowd of people attended the burial. Charley died in a living faith. When the choir was called by Mr. Compton to sing, he shook hands with them and asked them to meet him in heaven. Mr. Compton was a first class blacksmith. On Friday, about 3 o'clock, 8 weeks previous to his death, he was stricken down with a pain in his right lung. Doctors said it was consumption set up in right lung. After the attack, he only lasted 8 weeks. He leaves a wife and 2 little girls, Roberta, 6 years old and Fanny, 18 months old, to mourn their loss. Also leaves 5 brothers and one sister. He was buried in the Anderson Borders Cemetery.
(Obituary from "Big Sandy News," Friday, April 7, 1922.)
Charlie married Maude Steele, her father was Josiah Steele and her stepfather was Jed Borders.
COMPTON, Charley
Ulysses, KY - Charley Compton and wife and 2 children were brought from Logan County, WV by J.F.D. Borders and cared for by same until his death on March 25. Large crowd of people attended the burial. Charley died in a living faith. When the choir was called by Mr. Compton to sing, he shook hands with them and asked them to meet him in heaven. Mr. Compton was a first class blacksmith. On Friday, about 3 o'clock, 8 weeks previous to his death, he was stricken down with a pain in his right lung. Doctors said it was consumption set up in right lung. After the attack, he only lasted 8 weeks. He leaves a wife and 2 little girls, Roberta, 6 years old and Fanny, 18 months old, to mourn their loss. Also leaves 5 brothers and one sister. He was buried in the Anderson Borders Cemetery.
(Obituary from "Big Sandy News," Friday, April 7, 1922.)
COMPTON, Charley
Ulysses, KY - Charley Compton and wife and 2 children were brought from Logan County, WV by J.F.D. Borders and cared for by same until his death on March 25. Large crowd of people attended the burial. Charley died in a living faith. When the choir was called by Mr. Compton to sing, he shook hands with them and asked them to meet him in heaven. Mr. Compton was a first class blacksmith. On Friday, about 3 o'clock, 8 weeks previous to his death, he was stricken down with a pain in his right lung. Doctors said it was consumption set up in right lung. After the attack, he only lasted 8 weeks. He leaves a wife and 2 little girls, Roberta, 6 years old and Fanny, 18 months old, to mourn their loss. Also leaves 5 brothers and one sister. He was buried in the Anderson Borders Cemetery.
(Obituary from "Big Sandy News," Friday, April 7, 1922.)
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