| Name |
Clifford Allen Black, 2C2R |
| Birth |
16 Jun 1918, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
27 Jul 1990, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky |
| Burial |
Purvis Cemetery, Big Brushy, Rowan Co., Ky |
| Father |
Henry Clay Black (1871-1962) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Jane ("Lizzie") Jones (1877-1953) |
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| His obituary in the Morehead News of July 31, 1990, said "Clifford Allen Black, 72, of Rawcel Street, died Friday, July 27, [1990] at the VA Hospital in Lexington. Born in Rowan County, he was the son of the late Henry Clay and Elizabeth Jones Black. He was a veteran of World War II serving with the US Army and was a former Kentucky State Highway employee and City of Morehead employee. He is survived by his wife, Pearl Pennington Black; two sons, Gary Black and Charles Black, both of Morehead; six daughters, Venita Gail Kelly and Shelia Ferryman, both of Springfield, Ohio, Susan Wright and Tannie Black, both of Clearfield, and Beverly Black and Denise Ferguson, both of Morehead. Also surviving is one brother, Wales Black of Morehead; three sisters, Stella Felty, Flora Reynolds and Edna Curtis, all of Morehead; and 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted July 30 at the Northcutt and Son Home for Funerals Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Russell Reynolds and Dr. Ted Greene officiating. Burial was in the Purvis Cemetery with full military rites conducted by Morehead American Legion Post No. 126. Nephews and grandsons served as pallbearers." |
