Forrest Lee Hedges
1914 - 1965 (51 years)-
Name Forrest Lee Hedges Born 20 Feb 1914 Tilton, Fleming County, Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1940 Fleming County, Kentucky Buried 20 Jul 1965 Wallingford Cemetery, Wallingford, Fleming County, Kentucky [3, 4] Died 27 Jul 1965 Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky [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 , d. 17 Dec 1951, Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky (Age 71 years) Mother Sophia M. Jones, b. 1 May 1890, Wallingford, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 24 May 1920, Poplar Plains, Rushville, Fleming County, Kentucky (Age 30 years) Married 8 May 1908 Wallingford, Fleming County, Kentucky [1] Family ID F407 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Edith Carol Wagner, b. 11 Sep 1915, Wallingford, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 3 Mar 1995, Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky (Age 79 years) Married 28 Feb 1940 Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky [1] Children 1. Otha Lloyd Hedges, b. 7 Dec 1940, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 11 Sep 2003, Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky (Age 62 years)2. Hester E. Hedges, b. 5 Nov 1942, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 12 Apr 1994, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky (Age 51 years)3. Paul Monroe Hedges, b. 4 Jul 1951, Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 9 Mar 2010, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky (Age 58 years)Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F832 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 20 Feb 1914 - Tilton, Fleming County, Kentucky 
Census - 1940 - Fleming County, Kentucky 
Married - 28 Feb 1940 - Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky 
Buried - 20 Jul 1965 - Wallingford Cemetery, Wallingford, Fleming County, Kentucky 
Died - 27 Jul 1965 - Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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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.
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- 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.
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