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Spouse #1 - W. W. Stafford, #2 - Unknown Staton?Mrs. Martha J. Staten, 82 years old, died at the Paintsville Hospital last Saturday at noon, following an illness of two months from complications arising from an attack of influenza. Mrs. Staten was formerly Miss Martha Jane Spradlin, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spradlin, prominent citizens of the county, who were the former owners of Mayo Farm. Mrs. Staten's first husband was w. W. Stafford, wealthy merchant of Paintsville, who died about twenty-five years ago. To this union were born two children, Leona and Sibyl, one of whom, Mrs. Leona Patrick, survives. Sibyl who was married to Dr. Pleasant H. Williams of Ashland, preceded her mother in death several years ago. Besides Mrs. Patrick, Mrs. Staten is survived by two grandchildren, Dr. Richard Webb, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Pleasant H. Williams, Ashland. She is also survived by one brother, Ben J. Spradlin, of Paintsville, and her husband who is a resident of Texas. Mrs. Staten had long been an member of the Church of Christ of Paintsville.
Funeral services were held at the church Monday afternoon. Rev. Cecil Platt, pastor of the church, conducting the services.
Burial was in the old Spradlin Cemetery on the Mayo Farm, overlooking the old Spradlin homestead where she was born more than 80 years ago. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY 4-27-1939
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Note: This burial was moved from the Mayo Farm Cemetery in the early 1990s
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1858 - 1939 (81 years)
