Elihu Benjamin Addington, Isabell Belle Hall, Pricy Cook and Sammy Taylor

Elihu Benjamin Addington
and Isabelle "Belle" Hall

Elihu Benjamin Addington (see also Elihu B Addington) b 24 May 1891 Letcher Co KY d 4 Sept 1960 OH; s/o James Taylor Addington and Cecelia Adams. Elihu Benjamin Addington m. 14 Jun 1907 to (1) Isabelle "Belle" Hall b 30 Jul 1885 d 28 Feb 1923; d/o Joseph Leonard Hall and Sarah Caudill. Children of Elihu Benjamin Addington and Isabelle "Belle" Hall;

Sallie Ellen Addington b 11 Apr 1908 m. 1925 to Arthur Cook.

Rebecca Victoria Addington b 7 Oct 1909 d 25 Jan 1978 Orlando, FL m. (1) Archie Adams; m. (2) Robert Barnhart.

Joseph Edgar Addington (twin) b 28 Jan 1912 d 26 Dec 1992 Letcher Co KY m. 1933 to Nellie Hoskins.

Edna Cecelia Addington (twin) b 28 Jan 1912 d 19 Oct 1992 m. 12 Dec 1930 to Print Maggard.

James Lundy Addington b 5 Jul 1913 d 21 Mar 1988 Letcher Co KY m. (1) to Cosby McFall and (2) to Leona Webb.

Enoch Langley Addington b 23 Dec 1916 d 7 Aug 1969 Harlan Co KY m. Louise Webb.

Elsie Addington b 20 Oct 1918 d 16 Jun 1944 Letcher Co KY m. Caleb Webb b 16 Feb 1916 Mayking, Letcher Co KY d 16 Jan 1990 MO s/o Isom Bert Webb and Martha Haynes. Child of Elsie Addington and Caleb Webb;

1. Isabell Webb m. Unknown Hale.

Leonard Ezra Addington b 25 Oct 1920 d 1 Sept 1993 Letcher Co KY m. Irene Haynes d/o James "Jim" Haynes and Mary Elizabeth Hart.

Earl Owen Addington b 25 Feb 1923 d 20 Jun 1923 Letcher Co KY.

Elihu Benjamin Addington
and Pricy Cook

Elihu Benjamin Addington (see also Elihu B Addington) b 24 May 1891 Letcher Co KY d 4 Sept 1960 OH; s/o James Taylor Addington and Cecelia Adams. Elihu Benjamin Addington m. 31 Mar 1924 Wise Co VA to (2) Pricy Cook b 30 May 1900 Rockhouse, Letcher Co KY d 5 Feb 1991 Letcher Co KY, d/o Martin Cook and Elizabeth Sergent. Children of Elihu Benjamin Addington and Pricy Cook;

Goldie Geneva Addington b 15 May 1925 d 31 Oct 1983; m. (1) Stephen Estill Blair; m. (2) Delbert Riffe.

Elihu Benjamin Addington Jr b 6 Jul 1927 d 7 Aug 2007 Ermine, Letcher Co KY; buried Evergreen Cemetery, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; m. Margaret Franklin b 30 Jan 1930 d 2 Mar 2002; buried Evergreen Cemetery, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; d/o James Monroe "Jimmy" Franklin and Ida Haynes. Children of Elihu Benjamin Addington and Margaret Franklin;

I. Zandra Addington m. Willie Perry

II. Linda Addington m. David Clark

Obituary - Addington, Elihu Benjamin "E.B.":
Funeral services for E.B. Addington Jr., 80, were held August 9, 2007 at Letcher Funeral Home. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery in Whitesburg, KY. A son of the late Elihu B. and Pricy Cook Taylor Addington, he died August 7, 2007 at his home at Ermine, KY. Addington had been employed by the Letcher County Board of Education where he was the school bus maintenance supervisor. He was married to the late Margaret Franklin Addington, and was a brother of the late Golda Blair Riffe, Martha Stamper, Sallie Cook, Edna Maggard, Rebecca Barnhart, Elsie Webb, Henry Taylor, Edgar Addington, Lundy Addington, Langley Addington, Leonard Addington, and Earl Owen Addington. Surviving are two daughters, Zandra Perry and husband Willie, Ermine, and Linda Clark and husband David, Whitesburg; a sister, Jean Adams and husband Melvin, Huntington, W.Va.; two grandchildren, Sherry Howard and husband Michael, and Steven Perry and wife Jessie, all of Ermine, KY; two great-grandchildren, Jacob Sexton and Jared Sexton; and a friend, Rachel Sturgill. Posted in the Mountain Eagle Newspaper, Whitesburg, Kentucky, August 15, 2007

Lena Jean Addington b 24 Oct 1929 d 13 Jun 2010, Jupiter, FL; m. William Melvin Adams. Children of William Melvin Adams and Lena Jean Addington;

I. Gary William Adams; m. Alicia Unknown. Children of Gary William Adams and Alicia Unknown;

1. Bonner William Adams; m. Sarah Unknown. Child of Bonner William Adams and Sarah Unknown; i. Eloise Gregory Adams

2. Taylor Gordon Adams; m. Jennifer Unknown. Child of Taylor Gordon Adams and Jennifer Unknown; i. Davis Robert Adams

II. Deborah Adams; m. J Gregory Cooper. Children of J Gregory Cooper and Deborah Adams;

1. James Curtis Matthew Cooper

2. Anna Gayle Cooper

III. Kimberly Adams; m. C. E. Wilson Jr. Children of C. E. Wilson Jr and Kimberly Adams;

1. Lindsay Wilson; m. Jarrod Taylor. Child of Jarrod Taylor and Lindsay Wilson; i. Jarrod Stewart Spencer Taylor II

2. Clinton Earl Wilson III

Obituary: Lena Jean Addington Adams, 80, of Jupiter, Fla., died June 13, 2010. A daughter of the late Pricey Cook and Elihu Benjamin Addington, she was born at Ermine, Letcher County, Kentucky. She was preceded in death by a brother, the late Elihu Benjamin Addington Jr., a sister, Goldie Addington Blair Rife, and 11 half brothers and half sisters. She was a member of The Loxahatchee Club in Jupiter, Fla., and a past member of Guyan Golf & Country Club in Huntington, W.Va., where she served one year as President of the Ladies 18 Hole Group. She attended the First Presbyterian Church of Jupiter/Tequesta in Florida and First Presbyterian Church in Huntington. Surviving is her husband of 62 years, William Melvin Adams. She is also survived by three children, Gary William Adams and wife Alicia of Huntington, W.Va., Deborah Adams Cooper and husband J. Gregory of Cynthiana, and Kimberly Adams Wilson and husband C.E. Wilson Jr. of Huntington, W.Va.; grandchildren Bonner William Adams and wife Sarah, and their daughter Eloise Gregory Adams of Huntington, W.Va., Taylor Gordon Adams and wife Jennifer and their son Davis Robert Adams of Redondo Beach, Calif., James Curtis Matthew Cooper and fiancé Erin Lindsey Galasso of Lexington, Lindsay Wilson Taylor and husband Jarrod, and their son Jarrod Stewart Spencer Taylor II of University City, Mo., Anna Gayle Cooper of Oak Park, Ill., and Clinton Earl Wilson III of Huntington, W.Va.

Pricy Cook
and Sammy Taylor

Pricy Cook Taylor b 30 May 1900 Rockhouse, Letcher Co KY d 5 Feb 1991 Letcher Co KY, d/o Martin Cook and Elizabeth Sergent. Pricy Cook m. to (1) Sammy Taylor. Children of Pricy Cook and Sammy Taylor;

Henry Taylor