William Jennings Gover, Sr.

William Jennings Gover Sr.
BIRTH
4 Dec 1896
Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
DEATH
26 May 1978 (aged 81)
Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
BURIAL
Whitus Cemetery
Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
MEMORIAL ID
135481403 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 1
FLOWERS 3
William J. Gover, 81, of West Limestone Street in Somerset, died this morning, May 26, at the Sunrise Manor Nursing Home in Somerset following an illness of three years.

Born in Pulaski County on December 4, 1896, he was the son of the former Martha Garner and John Gover, both of whom preceded him in death.

He married Mayme Gover on October 12, 1922, and she survives.

Other survivors include six children, William J. Gover, Jr., Dayton, Ohio, Luid J. Gover, Science Hill, Pauline Ruttenburg, Lexington, and Geraldine Redmon, Ruby Bickers, and Judy Meece, all of Somerset; three brothers, George W. Gover, Nancy, Clifford Gover, Somerset, and Clarence D. Gover, Frazer, Kentucky; three sisters, Ada Smith, Cynthiana, Kentucky, and Eva Gillespie and Olena Rice, both of Somerset; 21 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Gover was a farmer and a Pulaski County native. He belonged to the First Methodist Church of Somerset.

Funeral will be Sunday, May 28, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with Bro. Charles Hall and Rev. Walton Gardner officiating.

Burial will be in the Whitus Cemetery.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. Saturday, May 27, at the Pulaski Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.

From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Friday, May 26, 1978.

Family Members
Parents

John Samuel Gover
1865–1949

Martha Emaline Garner Gover
1864–1939

Spouse

Mayme Lee Rogers Gover
1905–1978

Siblings

George Wythe Gover
1888–1982

John Worth Gover
1894–1918

Woodie Marion Gover
1899–1958

Clarence Gover
1901–1984

Olena Gover Rice
1903–1990

Ada Mary Gover Smith
1905–1999

Clifford Orwin Gover
1907–1998

Children

Pauline Gover Ruttenberg
1923–2010

William Jennings Gover
1925–2015

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