Jolly "Dock" Short and Clerinda Amburgey

Jolly "Dock" Short and Wife, Clerinda Amburgey Short

Clarinda and Dock with a Large Squash from their Garden

Clarinda Amburgey Short

Jolly "Doc" Short b 4 Feb 1905 Mallie, Knott Co KY 14 Mar 1973 Austin, Scott Co IN of heart trouble complicated by diabetes; buried Scottsburg Cemetery, Scottsburg, Scott Co IN, occupation coal miner; s/o Alexander "Alex" Short and Jemima "Mimi" Sturgill Hall. Jolly "Doc" Short chewed tobacco and in his early years in Kentucky, he made moonshine. Jolly "Doc" Short m. 5 May 1930 Litt Carr, Knott Co KY to

Clarinda Amburgey b 24 DEC 1905 Knott Co KY d 28 Jan 1976 Scottsburg, Scott Co IN of organic brain syndrome buried Scottsburg, Cemetery, Scottsburg, Scott Co IN d/o William Riley "Champion" Amburgey and Harriet "Ritter" Whitaker.

Clarinda and Doc loved to raise a garden every year, and most of the time had a fine looking garden if the season was not too dry. In there later years they would walk each day, about a mile to their daughter Dora Lee's house to work in the garden. She would can the vegetables that they had raised in preparation for winter. She knew how to shoot a shot gun. A skill she learned as a young girl from down in Kentucky. Clarinda always wore a dress. She was very good at sewing and made clothes and blankets. She loved to cook, especially breakfast in which biscuits and gravy, eggs, and bacon or sausage added in. She and Jolly where members of the Old Regular Baptist Church. They resided in Austin, Scott County, Indiana until their deaths. Children of Clarinda Amburgey and Jolly "Doc" Short;

i. Jewel Dean Short
ii. Armina Short b 2 Jun 1931 Ivis, KY d Jul 1989 IN m. Wesley Reynolds
iii. Emagene Short
iv. Dora Lee Short b 20 Feb 1935 Hazard, Perry Co KY d 3 Dec 1992 Austin, IN of cancer; occupation, worked at Charleston Ammunition plant; buried Scottsburg Cemetery, Scottsburg, IN, m. 7 Dec 1951 Smithsboro, Knott Co KY to Willis "Catfish" Back b 1 Mar 1928 Blackey, Knott Co KY d 4 Jan 1995 Clark's Memorial Hospital, Clark Co IN of cancer s/o Dishman Back and Cora Frazier. Children of Dora Lee Short and Willis "Catfish" Back;

Obituary Willis Back: SOUTHERN INDIANA DEATHS PUBLICATION DATE: JANUARY 06, 1995
SOURCE: THE COURIER-JOURNAL LOUISVILLE, KY
PAGE: 04B SUBJECTS: DEATHS REGION: KENTUCKY OBITUARY: AUSTIN-- WILLIS BACK, 66 DIED WEDNESDAY AT CLARK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN JEFFERSONVILLE. HE WAS A NATIVE OF BLACKEY, KY., AND A RETIRED TRUCK DRIVER FOR SCOTT COUNTY STONE CO. IN LEXINGTON, INDIANA. HE ATTENDED THE OLD REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCH IN MEMPHIS. SURVIVORS: TWO DAUGHTERS, PEGGY TAYLOR OF SCOTTSBURG AND LAVERNE MUSE; A SON LARRY BACK OF STURGIS, MICHIGAN.; A BROTHER, JOHN L. BACK OF WOLCOTTVILLE; TWO SISTERS, MINNIE BACK OF SCOTTSBURG, INDIANA, AND MAE HOLTZWORTH OF MORROW, GA. AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL: 2 P.M. SATURDAY, COLLINS FUNERAL HOME, SCOTTSBURG. BURIAL: SCOTTSBURG CEMETERY. VISITATION: 4-8 P.M. FRIDAY AND AFTER 10 A.M. SATURDAY

Obituary: Dora Lee Back: HEADLINE: SOUTHERN INDIANA DEATHS PUBLICATION DATE: DECEMBER 04, 1992
SOURCE: THE COURIER-JOURNAL LOUISVILLE, KY. PAGE:03B SUBJECTS: DEATHS REGION: KENTUCKY OBITUARY: AUSTIN -- DORA LEE BACK, 57, ROUTE 1, DIED THURSDAY AT KING'S DAUGHTERS' HOSPITAL, MADISON, INDIANA. SHE WAS A NATIVE OF HAZARD, KY., AND ATTENDED OLD REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCH, MEMPHIS. SURVIVORS: HER HUSBAND, WILLIS BACK; A SON, LARRY BACK OF STURGIS, MICH.; TWO DAUGHTERS, PEGGY ROBBINS OF SCOTTSBURG AND LAVERNE MUSE; TWO BROTHERS, KENNETH J. SHORT OF CELINA, OHIO AND HAROLD SHORT OF LYNCH, KY.; FOUR SISTERS EMAGENE COLLINS OF SIDNEY, OHIO, INA MAE WYNN OF PIQUA, OHIO, JEWELL BAKER OF STANTON, KY., RENA MAE AMBURGEY OF AVILLA; AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN.
FUNERAL: 1 P.M. SUNDAY, COLLINS FUNERAL HOME, SCOTTSBURG. BURIAL: SCOTTSBURG CEMETERY. VISITATION: 4-8 P.M. FRIDAY AND AFTER 10 A.M. SATURDAY.

Written by Michael L. Wynn (Nephew) 11/22/01
Daughter of Jolly and Clarinda "Amburgey" Short. Granddaughter of Alexander "Alex" and Jemima 'Mimi' "Sturgill Hall" Short and William Riley "Champion" and Harriet Ritter "Whitaker" Amburgey. Wife of Willis back. Mother of daughter's Laverne, Peggy, and one son Larry Back.

Dora Lee was a small built lady, but full of spunk, not to mention my favorite Aunt. Dora was proud to have come from a Kentucky family, and loved county music. I remember a couple of times when the Grand Ole Opra was on the tv, and she would start to dancing with the music. She had a low toned voice, but did not need to raise it too much as her eyes would open wide with that look that said it all. Dora Lee and Willis lived on the outside town limits of Austin, Indiana heading toward Scottsburg. There home was a small two bedroom home. They raised a garden every years up on the hill above the house. My Grandparents Clarinda and Dock also worked in the same garden with them when they where living. Once as a kid of about 13 -14 years old, I was playing with my Aunt Dora Lee and made a bet with her that she could not catch me to give me a playful spanking. I went running around the house, but little did I realize it but Dora Lee reversed on me and came around the the opposite side of the house. She caught me! She and I laughed about that the last time I was with her and Willis. Dora Lee was know for her brown gravy which everyone enjoyed. Her gravy was always made thin as she liked it that way. My mother always told Dora Lee that it was good, but you have to run to catch it. Both Dora Lee and Willis are missed by all the family and friends.

v. Kenneth J Short
vi. Rena Mae Short m. 10 Oct 1954 Knott Co KY to Isaac Earl Amburgey b 23 Sept 1934 Kodak, Perry Co KY d 5/8 Mar 1995 Avilla, Noble Co IN, of kidney failure/ s/o William Albert Amburgey and Flossie Click. Children of Rena Mae Short and Isaac Earl Amburgey;

II. John Edward Amburgey b 3 May 1957 Hazard, Perry Co KY d 5 Jun 1976 Kendalville, Noble Co IN in an automobile accident, buried Orange Cemetery, Rome City, Noble Co IN John is the son of Isaac Earl and Rena Mae "Short" Amburgey. Grandson of William Albert and Flossie "Click" Amburgey and Jolly and Clarinda "Amburgey" Short. Having just dropped his girlfriend off at her home, was himself heading home when a drunk driver hit him head on. Killed instantly. John was very mechanically inclined working on motors. Worked in a lawn mower shop in his early teens. Never married. One brother is Kenneth Ray, three sisters Phillis Lee, Deloris Ann, and Robin Renee Amburgey.

Clarinda AMBURGEY b: 24 DEC 1905 Knott Co KY d 28 Jan 1976 Scottsburg, Scott Co IN of organic brain syndrome buried Scottsburg, Cemetery, Scottsburg, Scott Co IN d/o William Riley "Champion" Amburgey and Harriet "Ritter" Whitaker. Clerinda Amburgey m. 25 Mar 1925 to Elcaney "Eli" Newsome
b 1891 d 30 Jan 1930 Letcher Co KY s/o Elainie "Cain" Newsome and Mary Polly Anderson. Children of Clarinda Amburgey and Elcaney "Eli" Newsome;

ii). Jewel Dean Newsome b 25 Apr 1927 Wheelersburg, OH m. 27 Jan 1945 Stanton, KY to Samuel Lawson "Sam" Baker b 2 Mar 1921 Stanton KY; (3 children).

Elcaney "Eli" Newsome b 1891 d 30 Jan 1930 Letcher Co KY s/o Elainie "Cain" Newsome and Mary Polly Anderson. Elcanie "Eli" Newsome m. 1st Sally Yonts