Oil Springs resident Mrs. Ethel Hitchcock, 72, died Saturday, November 21, 1981, in Paintsville Hospital after an extended illness. Born Monday, January 11, 1909, in Morgan County, Mrs. Hitchcock was the daughter of Stone and Dena Elwick Cantrell. She was a member of Caudill Fork United Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Estill Hitchcock, Staffordsville, and Paul R. Hitchcock, Lewiston, Idaho; two daughters, Lina Mahan, Barnetts Creek, and Madge Blair, Lucasville, Ohio; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Survivors also include two brothers, Cas and Bill Cantrell, both of Columbus, Ohio, and three sisters, Katherine Clark, also of Columbus, Nellie Leggs, Jeopardy, Ky., and Millie Cantrell, Florida. Funeral services were held Tuesday, November 24, 1981, at Caudill Fork United Baptist Church, Oil Springs, with Elders J. T. Bailey and Wayne Blair and Rev. James K. Caudill officiating. Burial was in the family cemetery on Blanton Branch, Oil Springs. Paintsville Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 
Paintsville Herald
11-25-1981