Edwin Carter Raffety (1918 - 1974)

Born 28 Dec 1918 in Taylor, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Gertrude (Overton) Raffety — married 2 Jul 1941 in Taylor, Kentucky, United States

Died 23 Nov 1974 at age 55 in Taylor, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Edwin was born in 1918. He was the son of Alvin Raffety and Lettie Colvin. He passed away in 1974.

Obituary ^[1]

Mr. Edwin (Ed) Rafferty, a farmer of the Palestine Community in Taylor County, Campbellsville, Route 6, son of Mrs. Lettie Colvin Rafferty and the late Mr. Alvin Rafferty, was born in Taylor County December 28, 1918. He died suddenly at 7:10 p.m., Saturday, November 23, 1974, enroute to the Taylor County Hospital.

He was 55 years of age. He had professed faith in Christ early in life and was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Mr. Rafferty was employed at the Taylor County Wholesale Electric Company. He united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Overton July 2, 1941. To this union two daughters and one son were born.

Besides his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Rafferty of Campbellsville, Route 6, surviving are: Mr. Gary Rafferty of Campbellsville, Mrs. Brenda Thompson of Campbellsville, Route 2, Mrs. Faye Osborne of Louisville; and one granddaughter: Miss Kellie Jo Osborne. He is also survived by his mother: Mrs. Lettie Colvin Rafferty of Finley; two brothers: Mr. Lawrence Rafferty of Campbellsville, and Mr. Fred Rafferty of Finley; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 25, at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Thurman Eaton, Rev. H. C. Crabtree, and Rev. Richard Shields. Burial was in Campbellsville Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers: Carl Smith, Kenneth Smith, Herbert Graybeal, Merlin Caffee, Floyd Wise, and Frank Rice.

Sources

1. ↑ Obituaries of Taylor County, Kentucky, Volume III, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 134

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPN-GVB : 1 February 2021), Edwin C Raffety in entry for Alvin Raffety, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMFY-2V7 : accessed 12 May 2021), Edwin C Raffety in household of Alvin Raffety, Saloma, Taylor, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 3B, line 52, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 778; FHL microfilm 2,340,513.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7Y1-G73 : 9 January 2021), Edwin C Raffety in household of Alvin Raffety, Magisterial District 6, Taylor, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 109-12, sheet 18A, line 8, family 331, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1357.

Death & Burial

• "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHB-TVM9 : 11 February 2018), Ed C Raffety, 23 Nov 1974; citing Death, Taylor, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/103456015/edwin-carter-raffety : accessed 12 May 2021), memorial page for Edwin Carter Raffety (28 Dec 1918–23 Nov 1974), Find A Grave: Memorial #103456015, citing Campbellsville Memorial Gardens, Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Judy Lynn (contributor 47402250) .