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Bath County News-Outlook Owingsville, Kentucky, Thursday, July 15, 1937 Colored Citizen Passes Will (Brady) Warner, 64 years old, well-known and respected Owingsville colored man, died at his home here shortly before 10 o'clock Monday morning, July 12, following a long illness of tuberculosis and complicating diseases. Will was a descendent of one of Owingsville's old colored families. He was a son of "Uncle Jack" and "Aunt Eva" Warner and was born and reared here. During his younger days he was considered one of the best tobacco handlers in this part of the county and worked in the warehouses here prizing tobacco before the days of the loose-leaf markets. Besides his wife, Tansey Warner, he is survived by four children and four sisters, two of whom, Martha Copher and Watt Warner, still mantain their homes here. Funeral services were held at his residence Wednesday afternoon conducted by the Rev. Sarver, pastor of the Colofred Methodist Church. Burial was in the warner Graveyard. |