Obits: Gosney, James Jackson , died 1956
Oct. 2002
Wolfe County, KY 

Submitted by: http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000062 
Wolfe County Genealogy and Carole Bayes
************************************************************************
James Jackson Gosney, 74

Wolfe County News,  July 1956

WOLFE COUNTY NATIVE PASSES IN OKLAHOMA

Funeral service for James Jackson Gosney, 74 of Kiefer, Oklahoma were 
held Monday, July 23 at the Keifer Christian Chruch, of which he was a 
member.

Mr. Gosney, son of the late Charles H. and Malissa Tutt Gosney, was 
born at Spradling, Kentucky, February 4, 1882 and grew to young manhood in 
Wolfe county.

He was married to Miss Nettie R. Cope at McCormick, Kentucky, May 29, 
1907.  They moved to Oklahoma two years later.

Mr. Gosney was a charter member of the Kiefer Masonic Lodge No. 48, and 
a past master of the lodge.  He was a 32nd degree Mason, and a member 
of the McAlester Consistory.  He was a veteran of the Spanish-American 
War.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, six children, fourteen 
grandchildren and one great-grandchild, are three brothers, Woodford Gosney, 
Newport, KY; Charles S. Gosney, Drumright, Oklahoma; and Sullivan Gosney, 
Bakersfield, California; and three sisters, Maymee Lallathin, Rainer, 
Washington; and Mrs. Sarah Wright, Oneida, Tenn.  He was preceded in death 
by three children, two of whom died in infancy and a son who lost his 
life in World War II, two brothers, and two sisters.

Interment was in the family lot in South Heights Cemetery in Sapulpa.

Mr. Gosney had visited in Wolfe County last summer.



*************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced 
in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or 
persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must 
obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative 
of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of 
this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives 
to store the file permanently for free access.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb
**************************************************