LaRue County Herald News, Oct 21, 1976
OBITUARY: Mrs. Mattie Ellen DeSpain, age seventy-nine years of Hodgenville, died Sunday morning at Sunrise Manor Nurshing Home here. She was the wife of the late Edward DeSpain. She is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Margaree Taylor and Mrs. Clara Mather, both of Hodgenville; Mrs. Beulah Polley, of Magnolia; Mrs. Luceda Flanders and Mrs. Doris Nunn, of Louisville, and Mrs. Mildred Thompson, of Fairborn, Ohio; three sons, Albert Despain of this city, and Orval and William DeSpain, both of Louisville; thirty-one grandchildren, 37 great grandchildren, one great, great grandchild and one step grandchild. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Maggie Howell, and one brother, Willie Loyall both of Hodgenville. The body was at Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home in this city until the funeral Tuesday at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, near Buffalo, with the Rev. S. C. Johnson officiating. Interment was in Pleasant Ridge Church cemetery.
LaRue County Herald News, Oct 21, 1976
OBITUARY: Mrs. Mattie Ellen DeSpain, age seventy-nine years of Hodgenville, died Sunday morning at Sunrise Manor Nurshing Home here. She was the wife of the late Edward DeSpain. She is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Margaree Taylor and Mrs. Clara Mather, both of Hodgenville; Mrs. Beulah Polley, of Magnolia; Mrs. Luceda Flanders and Mrs. Doris Nunn, of Louisville, and Mrs. Mildred Thompson, of Fairborn, Ohio; three sons, Albert Despain of this city, and Orval and William DeSpain, both of Louisville; thirty-one grandchildren, 37 great grandchildren, one great, great grandchild and one step grandchild. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Maggie Howell, and one brother, Willie Loyall both of Hodgenville. The body was at Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home in this city until the funeral Tuesday at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, near Buffalo, with the Rev. S. C. Johnson officiating. Interment was in Pleasant Ridge Church cemetery.
Family Members
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Albert Milton "Red" DeSpain
1914–1997
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Margaree DeSpain Taylor
1915–1997
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Beulah M. DeSpain Polley
1920–2015
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Clara Geneva DeSpain Mather
1922–2008
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Orval Melgar DeSpain
1925–2008
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Juanita DeSpain Davis
1928–1953
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Luceda DeSpain Flanders
1928–1989
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Leonard V DeSpain
1931–1932
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William Thomas DeSpain
1932–2005
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Mildred "Mickey" DeSpain Thompson
1934–2018
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