Johnson County, Kentucky 1953 Deaths
Transcribed from Ky. death certificates. I've listed these in alphabetical order by surname because so many were marked as "Family Cemetery". If you know the current name or location of these cemeteries I would love to hear from you. Please email me.
| Adams | Robin Roice | Mayo Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 11/22/1949 | 7/6/1953 |
| Akers | Norma Hall | Family Cemetery | Van Lear, Ky. | 11/19/1910 | 9/25/1953 |
| Alexander | Allen | Family Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 6/3/1901 | 7/29/1953 |
| Arrowood | Lizzie Ward | Family Cemetery | Williamsport, Ky. | 9/19/1868 | 10/20/1953 |
| Austin | Kerry Dean | Daniels Creek Cem. | Odds, Ky. | 6/13/1953 | 6/14/1953 |
| Auxier | James S. | Family Cemetery | East Point, Ky. | 2/7/1870 | 3/31/1953 |
| Auxier | Jemima Wheeler | Auxier Cemetery | Manila, Ky. | 4/14/1865 | 10/31/1953 |
| Auxier | Link | Family Cemetery | Manila, Ky. | 11/19/1866 | 3/30/1953 |
| Auxier | Martha Ann Stafford | Mayo Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 5/9/1866 | 1/2/1953 |
| Baker | Dora Grimm | Family Cemetery | Sycamore, Ky. | 12/1/1898 | 9/23/1953 |
| Baldridge | Ellen Booth | Family Cemetery | Whitehouse, Ky. | 8/4/1871 | 1/17/1953 |
| Barker | Willie | Family Cemetery | Kenwood, Ky. | 2/15/1863 | 11/1/1953 |
| Blair | Cathrine | Blair Cem. | Barnetts Creek, Ky. | 5/20/1871 | 8/13/1953 |
| Blair | German | Family Cemetery | Colista, Ky. | 2/12/1867 | 7/15/1953 |
| Blair | Jim | Family Cemetery | Barnetts Creek, Ky. | 10/28/1872 | 9/13/1953 |
| Blair | Lewis | Family Cemetery | Oil Springs, Ky. | 1/8/1872 | 7/11/1953 |
| Blair | Patrick | Music Cemetery | Hager Hill, Ky. | 5/26/1875 | 5/25/1953 |
| Blanton | Dorcas Fairchild | Family Cemetery | Kenwood, Ky. | 9/14/1884 | 7/23/1953 |
| Blanton | Roscoe | Family Cemetery | Kenwood, Ky. | 6/2/1882 | 12/9/1953 |
| Blanton | William | Family Cemetery | Volga, Ky. | 2/24/1888 | 9/14/1953 |
| Borders | Jennie Miller Preston | Family Cemetery | Meally, Ky. | 12/25/1869 | 8/27/1953 |
| Branham | Margrett Wilmadean | Family Cemetery | Boonscamp, Ky. | 6/9/1951 | 2/5/1953 |
| Branham | Martha Alice Mollett | Family Cemetery | Boons Camp, Ky. | 1/30/1880 | 11/24/1953 |
| Brown | Geneva Aileen | Richmond Cemetery | Van Lear, Ky. | 11/2/1952 | 9/9/1953 |
| Bryant | Manford | Salyers Cemetery | Kerz, Ky. | 8/3/1882 | 5/25/1953 |
| Burchett | Julia Daniels | Family Cemetery | Stambaugh, Ky. | 12/3/1893 | 9/19/1953 |
| Burchett | Margrett Elizabeth | Burchett Cem. | Nippa, Ky. | 10/3/1876 | 11/2/1953 |
| Burchwell | Joseph Edwin | Family Cemetery | Wittensville, Ky. | 3/11/1943 | 8/2/1953 |
| Burchwell | Mary Adams | Family Cemetery | Flatgap, Ky. | 1/22/1877 | 4/15/1953 |
| Burke | Harrison | Cumbo Cemetery | West Van Lear, Ky. | 1/17/1889 | 2/17/1953 |
| Burke | Thomas Lincoln | Family Cemetery | East Point, Ky. | 11/15/1866 | 12/27/1953 |
| Cantrell | Amos Elmo | Cumbo Cemetery | West Van Lear, Ky. | 4/14/1935 | 7/2/1953 |
| Cantrell | Debra Lee | Family Cemetery | Keaton, Ky. | 9/2/1953 | 9/7/1953 |
| Carpenter | Christine | Family Cemetery | Riceville, Ky. | 3/13/1953 | 3/16/1953 |
| Castle | Erie Daniel | Sycamore Cemetery | Nippa, Ky. | 12/20/1879 | 1/15/1953 |
| Castle | John Fred | VanHoose Cem. | Tutor Key, Ky. | 12/15/1949 | 12/30/1953 |
| Castle | Kennith Leon | Dixon Cemetery | Sitka, Ky. | 1/6/1953 | 2/6/1953 |
| Castle | Sarah Daniel | Family Cemetery | Nippa, Ky. | 6/30/1869 | 10/7/1953 |
| Castle | Sherman | Family Cemetery | Hager Hill, Ky. | 1/28/1902 | 7/29/1953 |
| Castle | Virgie Belle Saddler | Sycamore Cemetery | Nippa, Ky. | 3/10/1888 | 1/28/1953 |
| Caudill | Jane Rice | Family Cemetery | Sitka, Ky. | 8/9/1872 | 2/24/1953 |
| Cole | Clifton Calaway | Wells Cem. | Paintsville, Ky. | 8/16/1908 | 9/13/1953 |
| Conley | Bernice | Town Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 9/7/1900 | 8/14/1953 |
| Conley | Elmer | Town Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 1/8/1904 | 3/29/1953 |
| Conley | George Leslie | Family Cemetery | Flatgap, Ky. | 5/10/1876 | 2/12/1953 |
| Conley | John Frank | Conley Cem. | Staffordsville, Ky. | 2/12/1881 | 9/30/1953 |
| Conley | Sarah Ellen Picklesimer | Family Cemetery | Oil Springs, Ky. | 11/19/1862 | 11/9/1953 |
| Daniel | James F. | Family Cemetery | Lowmansville, Ky. | 8/19/1870 | 10/4/1953 |
| Daniel | Mary Preston | Daniel Family Cem. | River, Ky. | 6/24/1862 | 7/25/1953 |
| Daniel | Matilda Preston | Family Cemetery | Boons Camp, Ky. | 9/5/1877 | 12/19/1953 |
| Daniel | Urchel | Family Cemetery | Thealka, Ky. | 9/1/1890 | 4/27/1953 |
| Daniels | Frona Lemaster | Richmond Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 9/18/1882 | 12/17/1953 |
| Daniels | Jayson | Sparks Cem. | Chandlerville, Ky. | 6/17/1904 | 10/17/1953 |
| Dixon | Ella Fox | Dixon Cemetery | Staffordsville, Ky. | 9/8/1873 | 5/10/1953 |
| Dixon | Guy | Dixon Cemetery | Wittensville, Ky. | 2/22/1877 | 1/2/1953 |
| Dutton | Christine | Town Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 8/10/1953 | 9/2/1953 |
| Estepp | James Arlin | Family Cemetery | Fuget, Ky. | 12/1/1938 | 6/2/1953 |
| Estepp | Scott B. | Family Cemetery | Flatgap, Ky. | 1/5/1878 | 3/7/1953 |
| Evans | Edward Irvin | Family Cemetery | Hager Hill, Ky. | 12/18/1875 | 8/30/1953 |
| Fairchild | Mary Ellen Johnson | Family Cemetery | Staffordsville, Ky. | 10/24/1879 | 8/12/1953 |
| Fairchilds | William | Family Cemetery | Nippa, Ky. | 10/9/1863 | 9/15/1953 |
| Flaugher | James | Family Cemetery | Thelma, Ky. | 9/20/1872 | 1/16/1953 |
| Fraley | Earl David | Family Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 8/29/1952 | 3/16/1953 |
| Franklin | Mack | Franklin Cem. | Thealka, Ky. | 9/5/1874 | 7/30/1953 |
| Frazier | Carl Ray | Frazier Cemetery | Elna, Ky. | 11/23/1953 | 11/24/1953 |
| Frazier | Nancy | Family Cemetery | Leander, Ky. | 8/30/1953 | 12/7/1953 |
| Fyffe | Lina Evans | Family Cemetery | Keaton, Ky. | 1/2/1870 | 1/8/1953 |
| Gamble | Elizabeth | Family Cemetery | River, Ky. | 5/28/1878 | 4/25/1953 |
| Gamble | Eugene | Davis Branch Cemetery | Davis Branch, Ky. | 12/13/1944 | 3/9/1953 |
| Grim | Glenvell | Family Cemetery | Kerz, Ky. | 9/23/1952 | 7/20/1953 |
| Grimm | Debra Ann | Family Cemetery | Lowmansville, Ky. | 4/23/1953 | 4/23/1953 |
| Haney | Ethel Goble | Goble Cemetery | West Van Lear, Ky. | 11/30/1920 | 4/3/1953 |
| Helton | Cynthia Ann Collins | Heton? Cemetery | Oil Springs, Ky. | 9/25/1866 | 1/15/1953 |
| Hill | Logan | Wells Collins Cemetery | Odds, Ky. | 2/9/1916 | 3/7/1953 |
| Holbrook | Lorenza | Family Cemetery | Red Bush, Ky. | 5/18/1854 | 1/23/1953 |
| Hyden | Margaret Hopson | Family Cemetery | Van Lear, Ky. | 4/27/1884 | 8/1/1953 |
| Johnson | Augustine "Micky" McCoy | Hager Hill Cem. | Hager Hill, Ky. | 8/11/1919 | 3/27/1953 |
| Johnson | Jennetia Evans | Family Cemetery | Denver, Ky. | 12/17/1881 | 5/27/1953 |
| Jones | John Alfred | Wells Buckingham | Paintsville, Ky. | 1/13/1885 | 1/18/1953 |
| Jones | Lexie Sims | Wells-Buckingham | Paintsville, Ky. | 10/11/1885 | 11/13/1953 |
| Keaton | John Will | Dixon Cemetery | Staffordsville, Ky. | 4/16/1888 | 11/20/1953 |
| Kestner | Alma Powers | Hager Hill Cem. | Hager Hill, Ky. | 8/24/1920 | 9/7/1953 |
| Kimbler | Thomas Albert | Hitchcock Cem. | Volga, Ky. | 3/21/1875 | 8/29/1953 |
| Lemaster | Sissie Pennington | Family Cemetery | Win, Ky. | Abt. 1882 | 8/17/1953 |
| Lemaster | William Henry | Family Cemetery | Manila, Ky. | 12/28/1865 | 4/30/1953 |
| Lemaster | William Jackson | Family Cemetery | Manila, Ky. | 3/1/1870 | 4/13/1953 |
| Lemasters | Leo Frank | Family Cemetery | Winfred, Ky. | 10/15/1879 | 8/11/1953 |
| Lemasters | Millard | Lemasters Cemetery | Winfred, Ky. | 10/22/1881 | 2/10/1953 |
| Lewis | Walter Monroe | Family Cemetery | Williamsport, Ky. | 7/9/1887 | 4/27/1953 |
| Lilly | Edmund | Family Cemetery | East Point, Ky. | 5/20/1870 | 3/24/1953 |
| Lyon | Sarah Ruth McBrayer | Family Cemetery | Keaton, Ky. | 5/27/1907 | 5/30/1953 |
| Lyons | Ukie | Lyons Cem. | Keaton, Ky. | 5/15/1883 | 10/8/1953 |
| Mahan | Daisy Spradlin | Family Cemetery | Barnetts Creek, Ky. | 12/1/1883 | 12/28/1953 |
| Marsh | Frank | Richmond Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 6/14/1886 | 1/31/1953 |
| May | Melvina Johnson | Family Cemetery | Hager Hill, Ky. | 3/6/1887 | 2/12/1953 |
| Mays | Robert Lee | W. Van Lear Cem. | West Van Lear | 5/2/1884 | 10/3/1953 |
| McCarty | Forrest Winson | Family Cemetery | Winfred, Ky. | 10/18/1880 | 4/14/1953 |
| McKenzie | Hereford | Family Cemetery | Sitka, Ky. | 3/10/1879 | 9/21/1953 |
| McKenzie | Olive Castle | Preston Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 9/17/1894 | 3/15/1953 |
| Meek | Cathrine Sammons | Family Cemetery | East Point, Ky. | 12/31/1880 | 7/12/1953 |
| Melvin | John | Mayo Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 9/14/1900 | 2/21/1953 |
| Mollett | Emma Cline | Family Cemetery | Boonscamp, Ky. | 5/18/1874 | 4/15/1953 |
| Moore | Aaron | Family Cemetery | Flatgap, Ky. | 5/10/1871 | 2/3/1953 |
| Morris | Green Lee | Preston Cemetery | Meally, Ky. | 8/19/1888 | 3/30/1953 |
| Necessary | Billie Ray | Family Cemetery | West Van Lear | 11/6/1953 | 11/6/1953 |
| Nelson | Malisa Caldonia Martin | VanHoose Cem. | Paintsville, Ky. | 2/22/1878 | 8/2/1953 |
| Parker | Clarienda Music | Offutt | Offutt, Kentucky | 12/11/1880 | 10/8/1953 |
| Patrick | Samuel McKee | Family Cemetery | Riceville, Ky. | 11/16/1866 | 8/10/1953 |
| Pee | Florence Haney | Town Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 4/13/1890 | 6/22/1953 |
| Pelphrey | Mollie Emaline Picklesimer | Pelphrey Cem. | Barnetts Creek, Ky. | 2/23/1869 | 10/21/1953 |
| Penix | Leonard | Preston Cemetery | Williamsport, Ky. | 7/25/1894 | 5/6/1953 |
| Powers | George W. | Family Cemetery | Meally, Ky. | 4/23/1863 | 11/22/1953 |
| Preston | Beatrice Jerrell | Mayo Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 1/25/1913 | 12/26/1953 |
| Preston | John Wesley | Mayo Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 10/12/1865 | 1/1/1953 |
| Preston | Marguette Daniel | Family Cemetery | River, Ky. | 8/12/1872 | 7/16/1953 |
| Preston | Robert Dorton | Preston Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 10/13/1953 | 12/19/1953 |
| Price | Hester Auxier | Family Cemetery | Thelma, Ky. | 10/27/1870 | 1/15/1953 |
| Ramey | Henry | Family Cemetery | Kerz, Ky. | 7/15/1871 | 9/11/1953 |
| Ramey | John William | Family Cemetery | East Point, Ky. | 6/4/1873 | 4/12/1953 |
| Ratliff | Dolly Trimble | Family Cemetery | River, Ky. | 5/22/1888 | 4/25/1953 |
| Ratliff | Rosa Lee Blair | Family Cemetery | Barnetts Creek, Ky. | 6/20/1875 | 11/9/1953 |
| Reed | John | Family Cemetery | Barnetts Creek, Ky. | 5/11/1871 | 10/28/1953 |
| Rice | Allie Webb | Family Cemetery | Colista, Ky. | 7/11/1875 | 2/24/1953 |
| Rice | Sola May | Family Cemetery | Sitka, Ky. | 3/2/1873 | 12/2/1953 |
| Rigsby | Druie P. | Family Cemetery | Keaton, Ky. | 10/13/1900 | 12/19/1953 |
| Rigsby | Martha Ann Perry | Family Cemetery | Keaton, Ky. | 4/28/1895 | 12/23/1953 |
| Ross | John F. | Family Cemetery | Red Bush, Ky. | 5/14/1890 | 2/23/1953 |
| Salyer | Allie Cantrell | Family Cemetery | Flatgap, Ky. | 10/27/1903 | 10/14/1953 |
| Salyer | Elizabeth | Auxier Cemetery | Manila, Ky. | 6/30/1864 | 1/10/1953 |
| Salyer | Nora Crider | Family Cemetery | Sitka, Ky. | 67y | 1/30/1953 |
| Salyer | Stella Helton | Helton Cemetery | Oil Springs, Ky. | 9/11/1884 | 11/29/1953 |
| Salyers | Sarah Pearlie Phillips | Fields Cemetery | Flatgap, Ky. | 6/28/1884 | 11/28/1953 |
| Saylor | Mathew | Family Cemetery | Ballot, Ky. | 8/4/1869 | 2/23/1953 |
| Scott | William Tazewell | Family Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 9/4/1881 | 7/24/1953 |
| Selvage | Drucilla Spradlin | Town Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 6/19/1876 | 1/29/1953 |
| Short | James | Preston Cemetery | Williamsport, Ky. | 6/28/1903 | 12/6/1953 |
| Skaggs | Alexander | Family Cemetery | Denver, Ky. | 10/14/1870 | 3/10/1953 |
| Spencer | Harold Denver | Dixon Cemetery | Staffordsville, Ky. | 11/23/1949 | 3/27/1953 |
| Spradlin | John | Town Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 3/1/1874 | 2/5/1953 |
| Stafford | Grace Hitchcock | Stafford Cem. | Staffordsville, Ky. | 2/3/1887 | 9/27/1953 |
| Stenson | Rissia Lyons | Family Cemetery | Flatgap, Ky. | 11/15/1878 | 8/30/1953 |
| Sublett | Dallas | Family Cemetery | Sitka, Ky. | 12/11/1890 | 3/14/1953 |
| Tackett | Delma | Family Cemetery | Whitehouse, Ky. | 12/7/1953 | 12/8/1953 |
| Tackett | Dewey | Family Cemetery | Staffordsville, Ky. | 8/23/1909 | 1/23/1953 |
| Tackett | Hiram Craig | Family Cemetery | Staffordsville, Ky. | 9/21/1893 | 12/16/1953 |
| Tackett | Jerry Lee | Family Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 5/4/1953 | 5/4/1953 |
| Taylor | Dave | Family Cemetery | Staffordsville, Ky. | 9/5/1889 | 3/28/1953 |
| Thompson | Rose Borders | Family Cemetery | Lowmansville, Ky. | 7/15/1875 | 1/28/1953 |
| Turner | Sarah Cheek | Family Cemetery | Oil Springs, Ky. | 6/18/1875 | 4/8/1953 |
| VanHoose | Alka Daniel | Family Cemetery | Nippa, Ky. | 6/13/1902 | 2/6/1953 |
| VanHoose | James | Sycamore Cemetery | Nippa, Ky. | 2/25/1870 | 11/29/1953 |
| VanHoose | John Zigler | Family Cemetery | Nippa, Ky. | 9/13/1861 | 1/12/1953 |
| Vaughan | Callie Conley | Conley Cem. | Riceville, Ky. | 11/19/1888 | 9/30/1953 |
| Ward | Hollis | Family Cemetery | Tutor Key, Ky. | 3/26/1884 | 12/6/1953 |
| Ward | Jamima Allen | Wells Cem. | Paintsville, Ky. | 7/11/1886 | 9/22/1953 |
| Ward | Jeptha | Family Cemetery | Williamsport, Ky. | 3/21/1884 | 12/14/1953 |
| Webb | Andrew | Family Cemetery | Van Lear, Ky. | 4/??/1889 | 12/12/1953 |
| Webb | Dave | Family Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 7/3/1889 | 2/13/1953 |
| Webb | Joyce | Family Cemetery | Van Lear, Ky. | 12/25/1953 | 12/27/1953 |
| Wells | George Moses | Wells Cem. | Odds, Ky. | 4/7/1878 | 10/25/1953 |
| Wells | Ruth L. Long | Wells Buckingham | Paintsville, Ky. | 12/30/1894 | 2/10/1953 |
| Wheatley | William Gladstone | Shell Trimble Cem. | Paintsville, Ky. | 3/7/1900 | 6/14/1953 |
| Wheeler | Ethel | Family Cemetery | Thelma, Ky. | 1/19/1952 | 2/8/1953 |
| White | Mary Ellen DeLancy | Salyers Cemetery | Oil Springs, Ky. | 42y9d | 1/5/1953 |
| Williams | James | Williams Cemetery | Williamsport, Ky. | 9/12/1870 | 12/6/1953 |
| Williams | Mary Ann | Family Cemetery | Colista, Ky. | 12/24/1947 | 5/28/1953 |
| Williams | Minnie McKenzie | Family Cemetery | Red Bush, Ky. | 5/15/1881 | 1/19/1953 |
| Woods | Arbadella | Bryant Cemetery | Staffordsville, Ky. | 3/4/1953 | 6/13/1953 |
| Workman | Larry M. | Family Cemetery | Paintsville, Ky. | 2/26/1953 | 3/1/1953 |
| Wright | Merida | Family Cemetery | Keaton, Ky. | 9/9/1887 | 8/13/1953 |
