Vernon CORNETT

1924 - 1997  (73 years)

• Name	Vernon CORNETT  [1, 2]
  Born	9 Feb 1924	Hazard, Perry, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Nov 1997	Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
  Buried	Indian Creek Baptist Cemetery
  Person ID	I4102	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Boyd CORNETT,   b. 21 Mar 1889, Diablock, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 1947  (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary MCLEMORE,   b. 1 Nov 1893, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 29 Jul 1973  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Abt 1910  [1]
  Family ID	F1203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Barbara REYNOLDS
  Married	1967
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F1291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Phyllis WRIGHT,   d. 1966
  Married	1951
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F1292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Feb 1924 - Hazard, Perry, Kentucky, USA Died - 6 Nov 1997 - Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Cornett - Vernon Cornett of Williams died Thursday, November 6, 1997, at Dunn Memorial Hospital in Bedford. Born in Hazard, KY, on February 9, 1924, he was the son of Boyd and Mary (McLemore) Cornett. He married Phyllis Wright in 1951, and she preceded him in death in 1966. He married Barbara Reynolds in 1967, and she survives. Also surviving are two step-sons: Tom Reynolds of Williams, IN, and Rick Reynolds of Bedford; five step-grandchildren; two step great grandchildren; four brothers: John Cornett of Williams, Fred Cornett, Walter Cornett, all of Williams, and Leonard Cornett of Shoals, IN; three sisters: Georgia Plummer of Williams, Sally Davies of Talladega, AL, and Hattie Bowman of Montgomery, AL; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by four brothers: Lawrence, Robert, Bill, and Troy Cornett; and one sister, Bertie Keith. An Army veteran of World War II, he was retired in 1973 from NAD Crane and was a heavy equipment operator. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Williams. Services for Vernon Cornett will be Monday, November 10th, at 1:00 p.m. at Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home with Pastor Dana Adams officiating. Burial will be in Indian Creek Baptist Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday, November 9th, from 2-8 p.m. at Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home.

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002.Original data - Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930, T626, 2,667 rolls.Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the Uni;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Hazard, Perry, Kentucky; Roll: 774; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 2340509. [S23] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Perry, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01349; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 97-23.