Kennedy
Father
W.L.
Kennedy
June 2, 1864
Jan. 8, 1933
Mother
Willie M.
Kennedy
Apr. 28, 1877
Oct. 1, 1948
"All things work together for good to them that love
God."
Buried Lola Pentecostal
Cemetery, Lola, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 25 January 2018.
According to
his death certificate,[1]
Wilkes Lee Kennedy was born near Lola to B.S. Kennedy and Martha Utz. His
father was born in Crittenden County, Kentucky and his mother was born in Boone
County, Kentucky. Byron S. Kennedy was listed as the informant on W.L.
Kennedy's death certificate.
The 1880
Livingston County census shows Wilkes L. Kennedy as a family member in the
household of Bayless S. and Martha Kennedy.[2]
Bayless S. Kennedy (born 1823; died 1913) and Martha Utz Kennedy (born 1829;
died 1912) are both buried in Hopewell Cemetery.[3]
Willie May
Kennedy, a widow, was age 71 years, 5
months and 3 days when she died on Oct. 1, 1948. Her parents were John Fowler
and Sue Stephens, both of whom were born in Kentucky. Mrs. C.E. Babb was the
informant on Willie May Kennedy's death certificate. [4]
[1]
Kentucky Death Certificate #2130, Wilkes Lee Kennedy, Kentucky Death Records
1852-1965, Ancestry.com.
[2]
1880 Livingston County, Kentucky census, Salem, Roll 429, page 343C, E.D. 81,
Ancestry.com.
[3]
Kentucky Death Certificate #8942, Bayless S. Kennedy, and Kentucky Death
Certificate #13293, Martha Utz Kennedy, Kentucky Death Records 1852-1965,
Ancestry.com.
[4]
Kentucky Death Certificate #27929, Willie May Kennedy, Kentucky Death Records
1852-1965, Ancestry.com.
Published 21 August 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
