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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Pike County

Index to Locations Ashcamp Potter Cemetery Pikeville Johnson Memorial Cemetery Yeager Potter Cemetery Potter Cemetery Ashcamp, Pike County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   James Bernard Cochran (1901-1989) — also known as James B. Cochran — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Woolwine, Patrick County, Va., February 8, 1901. Inspector; bus driver; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1947-48; defeated, 1940 (Democratic primary), 1942 (Democratic primary), 1944 (Democratic primary), 1948 (Republican), 1950 (Republican primary), 1954 (Democratic primary), 1960 (Democratic primary). Member, Freemasons. Died, in Appalachian Regional Hospital, Whitesburg, Letcher County, Ky., June 7, 1989 (age 88 years, 119 days). Interment at Potter Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James David Cochran and Mary Ellen (Wood) Cochran; married, July 4, 1920, to Ruth J. Watson; married, March 18, 1946, to Josephine Janules; married, December 22, 1951, to Bernice Mae (Lackey) Johnson; married, February 1, 1984, to Goldie (Potter) Childress. Johnson Memorial Cemetery Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Katherine Gudger Langley (1888-1948) — also known as Kate G. Langley; Katherine Gudger; Mrs. John W. Langley — of Pikeville, Pike County, Ky. Born near Marshall, Madison County, N.C., February 14, 1888. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1920 (alternate), 1924, 1928, 1944 (alternate); vice-chair of Kentucky Republican Party, 1920-22; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1927-31; defeated, 1930; Kentucky railroad commissioner 3rd District, 1939-42. Female. Member, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Died in Pikeville, Pike County, Ky., August 15, 1948 (age 60 years, 183 days). Interment at Johnson Memorial Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of James Madison Gudger Jr.; married to John Wesley Langley; niece of Hezekiah Alexander Gudger.   Political family: Gudger-Langley family of Asheville, North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Edward Jackson Picklesimer, Sr. (1874-1955) — also known as Eddie Picklesimer — of Pikeville, Pike County, Ky.; Shelby Creek, Pike County, Ky. Born in Johnson County, Ky., March 30, 1874. Republican. Lawyer; Pike County Attorney, 1911-17; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1936. Baptist. Member, Odd Fellows. Died, from a heart ailment, in Robinson Creek, Pike County, Ky., March 1, 1955 (age 80 years, 336 days). Interment at Johnson Memorial Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Rev. John Milton Picklesimer and Cynthia (Long) Picklesimer; married, October 29, 1896, to Polly Anna 'Annie' Marrs; first cousin once removed of Paris Roscoe Vanover Sr.. Potter Cemetery Yeager, Pike County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Nathan Thomas Hopkins (1852-1927) — also known as Nathan T. Hopkins — of Floyd County, Ky.; Yeager, Pike County, Ky. Born in Ashe County, N.C., October 27, 1852. Republican. Ordained minister; merchant; lumberman; farmer; Floyd County Assessor, 1878-90; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1893-94, 1923-24; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1895-97; defeated, 1894. Baptist. Died in Piketon (now Pikeville), Pike County, Ky., February 11, 1927 (age 74 years, 107 days). Interment at Potter Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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