Oconee County, SC - Keowee Courier Newspaper, Pg. 9, Column D. on July 23, 1902.

Obituaries from a South Carolina paper, where the families were living in Marion County at the time of their deaths and are buried in Marion County. These were sent in by Sandy Combs.

Kay, Robert

Young Robert Kay, of Jefferson, Texas
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Kay, formerly of Walhalla, Died Recently at Home

     There are many who will deeply regret to read the following announcement, taken from the Jefferson Jimplecute, of Jefferson, Texas, of Oct. 22. The young man whose death is chronicled was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Kay, formerly of Walhalla, and was quite a young, child when they left Oconee for Texas. Mrs. Kay is pleasantly remembered here as Miss Alloe Hicks, daughter of the late Prof. and Mrs. John O. Hicks: Robert Kay. J. Robert Kay, aged 23 years, died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Kay, Friday night, Oct 16, 1925, following an illness of more than a month. Robert Kay spent most of his life in Jefferson, and was a most exemplary youth and young man, and was highly respected and liked by everyone. He was rural route carrier on No. 5, at his death. The funeral was held at 10:30 Sunday morning, with services conducted by Rev. T.G. Alfred, pastor of Central Baptist Church, of which he was a member. The floral offerings were beautiful. The interment was made in Oakwood Cemetery. He is survived by his father, mother and two sisters, here, and one, Mrs. C. H. Heasley, of El Paso, Texas, who was here for the funeral.

November 03, 1939

Mr. and Mrs. C. Keese Found Dead

     A double funeral will be held here Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. for Mr. and Mrs. Clarence P. Keese, former residents of this city, for the past  several years, they have resided in Longview and Shreveport. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Jefferson.

     Mr. and Mrs. Keese were discovered Wednesday afternoon in their apartment at 1807 Line Avenue in Shreveport. Mrs. Keese was dead with four bullets in her chest and Mr. Keese was shot one time through the head. They are survived by one son, Clarence P. Keese, Jr.

September 19, 2002

Chloe Faith Keller

     JEFFERSON — Private services for Chloe Faith Keller, infant daughter of Philip and Tasha Keller, will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Haggard-Heaster Funeral Home.

Kelly, Mason

10 April 1913

Mason Kelly Dies

     Mason Kelly, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Kelly passed away at the home of his parents in Kellyville on April 6th, he was 27 years old. He was hurt sometime ago in a train wreck near Texarkana. He was buried at Kellyville.

Note: Mason Kelly was born 15 November 1885 and died 6 April 1913, he is buried in the Kellyville Cemetery.

Kennon, Mrs. W. R.

05 April 1917

Mrs. Kennon Dies After Long Illness

     Mrs. Pauline Kennon passed away Sunday morning, April 1st after a lingering illness. She is survived by her husband and a daughter, Miss Nettie, a son, W. B. Kennon and wife. The burial took place from the home on Broadway at 3 p.m. Monday afternoon and services were conducted by the Rev. L. F. Brothers.

Note: Pauline Barhame Kennon was born in 1862, she is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery by her husband, Walter Ralph Kennon.

Key, Hobart, Jr.

Hobart Key, Jr., businessman, author, and historical preservationist, was born on March 15, 1913, the son of Hobart and Dolly Bell (Rutherford) Key, in Marshall, Texas. A paternal ancestor had one of the state's first bookstores in the 1840s, and his maternal grandfather promoted adoption by the Apaches of their distinctive tribal plaid shirts. Key was educated at Marshall, the Severn School in Maryland, and the United States Naval Academy, where he took degrees in engineering and architecture. During World War IIqv he was an outfitting and ordnance officer in the United States Navy. In civilian life he was an oil operator and manufacturer. Key helped preserve the Harrison County courthouse, was one of the founders of the Harrison County museum, and with his wife restored the Ginocchio, an elaborate Victorian hotel that had served Marshall as a mecca for early railroad travel. The Keys also restored other structures in Marshall and nearby Jefferson and underwrote archeological projects. They led in the discovery and preservation east of Marshall of a large 1840s stone monument marking the international boundary between the Republic of Texasqv and the United States. Key was also instrumental in the designation of a small park astride the Texas-Louisiana boundary at the site of the marker. His book The International Boundary Park (1976) describes the entire process. Key was for several years a director of the Texas Historical Foundation and belonged also to historical societies in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. A journalist during his academic days, he continued writing as an alumnus for the United States Naval Institute. He edited an anthology, Over the Waves, in the 1940s. In the period 1955-76 he wrote and published many historical articles and books, including Archeology of Blue Lake Indian Village (a pamphlet), By My Strong Hand (1965), and, with Max Lale, Civil War Letters of David Garrett (1963) and Of Money and Men (1965). He also edited a book of folklore, Stealing Stick, in 1969. Patriotic, endowed with many talents, Key was a spellbinding raconteur. In childhood he had sat at the feet of old men reliving frontier and Civil Warqv days. He married Elizabeth Fisher Watkins; the couple had a son and a daughter. He was an Episcopalian and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He died in Shreveport, Louisiana, on November 16, 1986, and was buried in Marshall. (1913-1986).

Kindred, Mrs. Ardona

Jefferson Jimplecute, Friday, 15 February 1907

Mrs. Ardona Kindred

     On the January 29, after ten days of the most intense suffering, the spirit of Mrs. Ardona Kindred winged its way back to God. Mrs. Kindred was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mathews and had always lived near her childhood home, where she had many friends. She leaves a husband and seven children.

Note: Ardona C. MATTHEWS Kindred 12 October 1863 - 29 January 1907 She is buried in the Trinity Cemetery at Smithland beside her husband, James Franklin Kindred 25 July 1858 - 22 April 1934. She was the daughter of Joseph P. and Harriett FISHER Matthews. Kn/ch are Harriett Lucille, Ruby E., Eva Bessie, Mabel Clyde, Frank E., Joseph Matthew, George Dewey, Henry Ray and James Howard.

King, Mr. R. A.

12 October 1916

Sudden Death

     Last Saturday night, October 7th, Mr. R. A. King, who rooms at the Jefferson Hotel, was taken with an attack of acute indigestion and died about 11 p.m. The body was prepared by Haggard's Undertaking Parlor and shipped to Greenville for burial. Mr. King was 63 years old, he was a cotton buyer and had bought cotton in Jefferson for several seasons. He had made the produce store of J. S. Duff, his headquarters. He is survived by a wife, son and two daughters who all reside in Greenville.

King, Mrs. Jane A.

February 5, 1890

Died – In Cedartown, Georgia – January 7th, 1890

     Mrs. Jane A. King, being at her death about 80 years of age and having been a member of the Methodist Church and a devoted Christian from early life. Mrs. King was the mother-in-law of our own townsman, Mr. W. C. Hill, at whose house she made her home for seven years. The last years of her life were spent with her son in Cedartown, Georgia where she died on the 7th inst.

Kirkland, James B.

Kirkland, Mary

30 November 1916

Miss Mary Kirkland Passes Away

     Miss Mary Kirkland passed away at the home of her niece, Mrs. J. T. Smith on Bonham Street Wednesday morning, November 29th, she was 84. Miss Kirkland was born in Alabama and came to Jefferson with her parents some 40 years ago. She was the sister of Willis Kirkland. She made her home with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Smith for the last 15 years, the last three she has been an invalid. The burial took place at the New Prospect Cemetery six miles north of this city, Thursday at 10:30 a.m. with the services conducted by Rev. Jolly.

Note: Mary Kirkland was born 10 October 1840, her tombstone has the death date as November 22nd.

Kirkland, Mrs. J. W.

September 8, 1900

Mrs. Kirkland Dies

     At the family home near Comet, this county, Mrs. J. W. Kirkland died Monday evening after a lingering illness, aged 71 years. Mrs. Kirkland had been a resident of Marion County since 1854. She leaves besides a devoted husband and a number of children, a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn her death. The funeral took place Wednesday with interment at New Prospect.

Note: Sarah Ann Kirkland 11 August 1830 – 3 September 1900.

Kitchen, Captain J. D.