Virgie Herrin Fuller, 87, of Somerset, Ky., passed away Nov. 3, 2009 at her residence. She was born on March 11, 1922 in Shopville, Ky. as the youngest daughter of the late Allen Custer and Ruth Alice Herrin.
Virgie taught at Pulaski County High School from 1950 to 1954, then at Somerset High School from 1954 to 1982. She taught college preparatory math classes: algebra, geometry, calculus and trigonometry. Virgie taught at Somerset Community College for two years. In 1959-1960 she went back to school at the University of Illinois and obtained her Master’s Degree. She came back to Somerset High School and introduced the pre-college math curriculum to the school system starting with the 8th grade class in 1960.
She was a member of the National Retired Teachers Assoc., Ky. Retired Teachers Assoc., Pulaski County Retired Teachers Assoc., National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Alpha Delta Kappa, Former Secretary of Ladies of the Lake Bowling Assoc., Teacher of Friendship Class of First Christian Church, Volunteer in AARP Tax Program for elderly, and Ky. Alpha Delta Kappa Hall of Fame.
Virgie is survived by her son, Hugh Kenneth (Leneda) Fuller of Paintsville, Ky.; and a daughter, Marilyn Fuller (Thomas) Burns of Somerset, Ky.; five grandchildren, Scott Lee Keeney, of Nancy, Ky., Martina (Monte) Keeney-Martinsen of Harrodsburg, Ky., Ginny Fuller of Paintsville, Ky., Toby (Tina) Burns of San Antonio, Texas, and Doug (Tammy) Burns of Somerset, Ky.; five great-grandchildren, Seth Keeney, Sarah Keeney, Kelli Burns, Abbey Burns, and Emily Burns; granddaughter-in-law, Melissa Keeney; and two special caregivers, Kathy Bundy and Mary Huckelby.
Preceding her in death are her parents; six brothers, Leslie, O. D., Floyd, Kentley, Lem, and Reno Herrin; and two sisters, Alma Whitaker and Beryl McKinney Noe.
Visitation for Virgie will be Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 after 5 p.m. at the chapel of Somerset Undertaking and Crematory. A celebration of Virgie’s life will be held Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Somerset Undertaking and Crematory with Rev. Doug Couch officiating. Interment will be in the Randall-Herrin Cemetery in Shopville, Ky. In lieu of flowers, the family request that contributions may be sent to Hospice of Lake Cumberland, the Building Fund of First Christian Church or the Randall-Herrin Cemetery Fund. Somerset Undertaking and Crematory is in charge of all arrangements. Condolences may be expressed to the Fuller family at http://www.somersetundertaking.com
Published in the Commonwealth Journal from 11/5/2009 – 11/7/2009
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VIDEO of the Clay County Board of Commissioners bestowing honor upon our James colleague & friend Charlies Broomfield. Recognition begins at 2:00 min. mark.
Congratulations Charlie!!
We have hints from the Clay County Archives in charge of James Farm in Kearney, Missouri, that a road leading to the farm will be renamed Charles Broomfield Rd. Charlie was a Clay County Commissioner who took an active role in arranging the sale and transfer of James Farm from the James family to Clay County.
Cant say that I understand the significance of this.
Do you have the address of Jesse & Frank James Cabin in Paseo Robles, California?
SLAVE TRADERS AMONG OUR JAMES FAMILY . . . For a decade Stray Leaves has been researching this most distressing discovery. Finally, it’s time to bring this story to light. There’s much to report. The entire story will take time to tell. As we begin, we are also compelled to reconcile what this history means for us. More specifically for those who are now known to descend from these slave traders, whom it can be assumed never knew of this element of their ancestry, but also for the James family as a whole. The resolution will not come easy.
Forks of the Road Slave Market – Violence In Silence
ericjames.org
“Just at the Forks, where the Washington and Kingston, or Palatine roads converge, stood a low squatty frame building used during the winter monthsI ran a DNA test on all the James names I could find in these stories and didn't get 1 DNA match. My DNA is closer to Jesse than that James line is. I am looking into it being through Robert Thomason (step grandfather of Jesse Woodson James) and Julia Ann Singleton (Aunt to Jesse Woodson James).
I am a descendant of Betty G Woodson.
Waterproof, La in Tensas Parish to be more exact.
Tensas Parish. J. G. James and M. Kerrigan.
The King family. Descendants of Viking slayers. archive.org/stream/Kingswood/Kingswood%20reduced_djvu.txt
"In the middle of 1864, Captain Jason W. James was on scouting duty in the southern part of Madison Parish. About eight o'clock one morning he and his company arrived at the Plantation home of Hr. Joshua James on Roundaway Bayou, who also owned the Ione Plantation in Tensas Parish." You will have to read the rest. I am not posting it here. 😲 😲 😲 sites.rootsweb.com/~lamadiso/articles/ward/chap05.htm
And I do believe this James line is connected to Lucille Ball.
And speaking of slave traders. Nicholas Trammell is mixed in with the Carrigans somehow. www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/trammell-nicholas
And I am a descendant of Elizabeth Woodson Thomas. Wife of Captain Edmund King.
I am also showing DNA matches to the James grandparents of Jesse Woodson James and all 8 of his great grandparents. This is what I need help figuring out. All of my James DNA matches will be in the replies to this comment. In this screenshot they are all the white ones
The sons of Colonial Edmund King.
I am a descendant of Mary Joicy who was widow Woodson, mother of Elizabeth Woodson Thomas.
By the way I am not a Kerrigan by DNA. I am a Carrigan. Civil War name change. Descendant of William Michael Carrigan and Nancy Holt. Nancy Holt was the daughter of Michael Holt III and Rachel Rainey. youtu.be/IsK2eSTVW8A
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When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it’s been deleted.Where does Lucille Ball fit?
FIND-A-GRAVE BLUNDERS LEAVE JAMES FAMILY HOWLING . . . Can you spot the errata in this Find a Grave post for the grandfather of Frank & Jesse James? The most glaring deception is the photograph!
History tells us the photograph was invented about the time John M. James was dying. Neither history, nor the administrator of this posting, Charlotte Raley McConaha, can tell us is how photographic technology made its way from France to the distant American frontier to take a photo of John M. James, months before his demise.
Another imprecise miscalculation in this post is the attribution of the middle name “Martin” to John M. James. The name never has been proved by evidence. To guess the name is unreliable and wrong.