The Carter County HeraldSeptember 12, 1929"On September 1st, a dinner was given at the home of Mr. G. M. Masters on the Flat Fork of Tygart in honor of his 76th birthday anniversary. Among those present were his daughter, Mrs. Flora Reeder, husband and son of Braddock, Penn.; his sons, Mr. Harvey Masters, wife and two children of Fleming county; Isaiah Masters, wife and three children of Rowan county; daughters, Mrs. Lona Day, husband and four children of Hayward, Ky.; Mrs. Ella Reeder and husband of Upper Tyrart and two grandsons of Knightstown, Ind.; his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hannah Masters and daughter of Braddock, Penn.; his granddaughter, Mrs. Earl Masters and four children of Olive Hill; Mrs Maud Salyers and sons of Upper Tygart, and all reported a fine time and plenty to eat. Late in the afternoon his granddaughter, Mrs. Gustafson, husband and three children of Pittsburg, Pa., arrived and all were delighted to see them, but very sorry that they were too late for the fine dinner. Mr. Masters is one of our best citizens and we sincerely hope that he will live for many like occasions during the years to come."The Carter County HeraldSeptember 11, 1930"G. M. Masters, a well known citizen of the west end of Carter County has retired from work on account of bad health. His health has been bad for the past two years. Mr. Masters was the youngest child of John and Amadilla Masters. They lived in Noble County Ohio. His father died when he was a small boy. There were five children of this family, Samantha, Isaiah, Rachel, Thomas and George. In 1867, his mother sold her home in Ohio and came to Kentucky and bought the farm where Mr. Masters now lives on Flat Fork of Tygart in Carter County. On August 29, 1930, a dinner was given at the home of Mr. Masters, in honor of his 78th birthday anniversary. A large group of his friends and relatives were present. Surrounding the dinner table were five daughters, one son, three sons-in-law, nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, one niece and her daughter, a total of twenty-seven at the table. Mr. Masters is the father of 12 children, of which eleven are living. He has thirty-seven grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren. All reported a fine time and plenty to eat. Mr. Masters is one of our best citizens and we sincerely hope he will live for many like occasions during the years to come."The Carter County HeraldNovember 12, 1931"George M. Masters of Upper Tygart, Kentucky, passed peacefully away to his reward at his home Friday November 6, 1931, at the age of 79 years, 2 months and 5 days. He was born in Ohio but moved to this county with his mother in early life, where he has lived since, with two other brothers, Isaiah and Thomas, 65 years ago. A citizen of this county he has been both in spirit and in words because his life was lived among us and we knew of which we speak. He was the father of twelve children, ten of whom are yet living. He had 39 grandchildren, and 26 great-grandchildren. Some men live and die and are yet good men, but this man planned to do something always and not only did he plan but he did them. He was always helpful to the community in which he lived and left the proof of this work in his community by the improvements he made while living. It was he and his brother Thomas J. Masters, that started the move that caused the building of the Flat Fork Christian Church. They owned a saw mill and sawed the lumber, Edward Evans, A. J. Locher and Shelton Hamm furnished the timber. This timber being sawed and furnished, William Kidwell and others hauling the logs to the mill. M. J. Orcutt and others did the carpenter work, but back of all this movement for a better community and a better environment for the children coming up. He was going about doing good. He had been a member of the Church of Christ since early in life, and not in name only, but in work and sincerity as well. In a conversation with Mr. E. A. Evans (son of Edward Huston Evans, mentioned below), one who attended the funeral in a country village, where there was more people present than this and not more kind expressions made, as well as good things said about a man, which all goes to show just how he was appreciated and loved by his neighbors. The funeral was in charge of Mr. Kell, undertaker, with Rev. W. L. Huffman preaching, assisted by Rev. H. M. Reeder of Hillsboro, Ky., with burial in the family cemetery by the side of his good wife who had gone on before him."