Roscoe Stephens (1925 - 2009)

Born 13 Jan 1925 in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Delia Jane (Wireman) Stephens — married 27 Nov 1943 in Paintsville, Johnson, Kentucky, United States

Died 15 Oct 2009 at age 84 in Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Roscoe was born in 1925. He was married to Delia Jane Wireman. He passed away in 2009 in Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States. Roscoe was buried at the Buck Creek Cemetery in Fredville, Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States.

From FAG: STEPHENS,,Roscoe,eighty-four,of Gunlock,Ky.,Magoffin Co.,died Thursday,October 15,2009 at his residence,Waldo. Born January 13,1925 at Fredville,Ky.,son of Edgar Stephens and Lillie Allen Stephens whom preceded him in death. He was a retired coal miner,member of United Baptist Church,also Preacher of God. >>In addition to his parents,Roscoe was preceded in death by his first wife Delia Jane Wireman and two brothers,Callie Stephens and Claude Stephens.Survivors include his wife Ruby Shepherd Howard Stephens;three sons,Rayburn Stephens,Pau B. Stephens and Michael Stephens all of Salyersville,Ky.,;two daughters Brookie Coldiron of Lexington,KY.,and Debra Wireman of Salyersville,Ky.;one brother Raleigh Stephens of Rt 7,Magoffin Co.,Ky and one sister Lucy Dickerson of Michigan:sixteen grandchildren;twelve great grandchildren;one great great grandchild. >>Visition will begin at 6:00p.m.,Friday,October 16th at the Magoffin County Funeral Home,all day Saturday and Sunday morning prior to funeral services,church services will be conducted each night at 7:00 p.m.Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m.,Sunday,October 18,2009 from the Magoffin County Funeral Home Chapel,Ervin Allen and Randy Brown officiating.Burial will be in the Wireman-Stephens Cemetery on Buck Creek,Magoffin Co.,Ky.

• • NOTE** Elliott Wireman Cemetery.

Sources

• "The Allen Family of Eastern Kentucky" by the Magoffin County Historical Society. Page 180.

• "The Howards of Eastern Kentucky" by the Magoffin County Historical Society. Page 267.

• With family and 11 sources: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L21N-XKP

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMFS-BG4 : accessed 25 January 2023), Rosco Stephens in household of Edd Stephens, District 5, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 19A, line 19, family 316, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 767; FHL microfilm 2,340,502.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7YW-LFD : 9 January 2021), Roscoe Stephens in household of Edward Stephens, Magisterial District 5, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 77-12A, sheet 7B, line 62, family 96, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1337.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DX-V4VX : 22 July 2021), Roscoe Stephens and Delida Jane Wireman, 27 Nov 1943; citing Marriage, Paintsville, Johnson, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,912,963.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGTS-BWT : 12 January 2021), Roscoe Stephens, 15 Oct 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKLN-JML6 : accessed 25 January 2023), Roscoe Stephens, Ashland, Kentucky, United States, 17 Oct 2009; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily Independent, The, born-digital text.

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