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Clark, Lloyd S.

Lloyd S. Clark Died At Home Of Sister, Monday
Funeral Services Held at Home of Sister, Mrs. Linnie Clark Bailey, Wednesday

Lloyd S. Clark, 48, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Linnie Clark Bailey at 9:50 o'clock Monday morning after an illness of several weeks duration.

He was born in Greenville on September 25, 1897, was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church and Post 61 of the American Legion. He was well-known in Muhlenberg County his occupation being a coal miner.

Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harold Shrader, Wichita, Kan.; Mrs. Paul Dukes, Chicago, Ill.; one grandchild, Barry Shrader; four sisters, Miss Margaret Clark, San Jose, Costa Rica; Miss Beulah Clark, Fort Custer, Mich.; Mrs. Mary Lee, Greenville; Mrs. Linnie C. Bailey, Central City; one brother, Robert Clark, Owensboro, Ky.

Mr. Clark enlisted in the Army on June 5, 1917, at Madisonville, Ky., and served in France during the first World War. He was a corporal in Co. F., 103rd Engineers. He was discharged at Camp Taylor, Ky., May 24, 1919.

Funeral services were held at the residence of Mrs. Bailey Wednesday afternoon. Burial was with military honors in the Soldier Section at Rose Hill Memorial, War Veterans serving as pallbearers.

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Coche, John J.

Burial Saturday For John J. Coche

John J. Coche, 74, native of Central City, died while shopping in a Louisville grocery store Wednesday, Sept. 25. His body will arrive here Friday on the 3:24 P.M. train.

His funeral will be held in Louisville Friday at 10:00 A.M. and again here at 10:00 A.M. Saturday. Internment will be in the Fairmount Cemetery with the E. J. Anderson Funeral Home in charge. Father Victor Boarman will officiate at the local rites.

Mr. Coche was an employee of the Illinois Central Railroad for 57 years and had been an engineer since 1897 up to the time of his retirement several years ago.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella Dolan Coche, and three brothers and three sisters. They are: Mrs. W. T. Campbell, Mrs. John Magann, Mrs. V. C. Fortney, Messrs. Hugh E., William D. and Robert T. Coche.

Mr. Coche was born Nov. 8, 1871 in Dawson Springs but spent most of his early life in Central City. He started to work for the IC when only 16 as a hostler and rose to the position of engineer.

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Cornette, Roy

Roy Cornette, 70, Is Buried Monday

Greenville - Roy Cornette, 70, died at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, March 11 at the Muhlenberg Community Hospital after an illness of several months. He was a retired carpenter and a member of the First Baptist Church of Greenville.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella Mae Cornette; three brothers, Elmer of Pueblo, Calif.; Claude of Greenville and Ernest of Clewiston, Fla.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday with the Rev. H. Curtis Erwin officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery.

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Updated March 1, 2026.

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