hmtl5 Forrest Lee Hedges b. 20 Feb 1914 Tilton, Fleming County, Kentucky d. 27 Jul 1965 Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky: Hedges Genealogy
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Forrest Lee Hedges

Male 1914 - 1965  (51 years)

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  • Name Forrest Lee Hedges 
    Birth 20 Feb 1914  Tilton, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1940  Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 20 Jul 1965  Wallingford Cemetery, Wallingford, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Death 27 Jul 1965  Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6, 7] 
    Person ID I1550  Hedges
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2023 

    Father Lloyd Hayes Lockart "Doe" Hedges,   b. 25 Aug 1880, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1951, Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Sophia M. Jones,   b. 1 May 1890, Wallingford, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1920, Poplar Plains, Rushville, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Marriage 8 May 1908  Wallingford, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F407  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edith Carol Wagner,   b. 11 Sep 1915, Wallingford, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1995, Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 28 Feb 1940  Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Otha Lloyd Hedges,   b. 7 Dec 1940, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 2003, Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     2. Hester E. Hedges,   b. 5 Nov 1942, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1994, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     3. Paul Monroe Hedges,   b. 4 Jul 1951, Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 2010, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F832  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Feb 1914 - Tilton, Fleming County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Fleming County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Feb 1940 - Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 20 Jul 1965 - Wallingford Cemetery, Wallingford, Fleming County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Jul 1965 - Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • MHR note: I went to see them 8 April 1959. He preaches for Hickory Grove Christian Holiness Church. He had a hesitation of speech as has one of his daughters. He worked for a man named Whissen not far from Martin "Luther" Gilkison. Marriages, 23, p.51, Flemming County. n.b.13, p.76.
      [1]
    • Rev. Forrest Lee Hedges
      Flemingsburg – The Rev. Forrest Lee Hedges, 51, died at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington. A native of Fleming County, he was an evangelist.
      Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Edith Carroll Hedges; four sons, Otha Lloyd Hedges, Ft. Lewis, Wash; Forrest Reed Hedges Jr., Chester Hedges and Paul Hedges, at home; two daughters, Misses Hazel and Hester Hedges, at home, and a sister, Mrs. Ella Carpenter, Fairborne, Ohio.
      The body is at the McClure Funeral Home.
      The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky. Wednesday, 28 July 1965.
      [7, 8]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.

    2. [S36] Kentucky birth index, 1911-1999.

    3. [S7] Death certificate.

    4. [S6] Find a Grave.

    5. [S14] Social Security Death Index.

    6. [S29] Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000.

    7. [S9] Obituary.

    8. [S87] Newspaper article.


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