Seventh Generation

6433. Pearl Coffey was born in March 1898 in Kentucky. Pearl died in Nelson Co., KY on 13 December 1982 and was buried at Kerns Cemetery in Jamestown, Russell Co., KY in December 1982 .^21248,21249

Pearl Coffey and James Hobart Kerns were married on 27 February 1919 in Adair Co., KY.²¹²⁵⁰ They^²¹²⁵⁰ appeared in the census on 10 January 1920 on the Sano & Reames Road in White Oak Pct., Adair Co., KY.²¹²⁵¹ They^²¹²⁵¹ appeared in the census on 28 April 1930 at McGaha-Sano Road in White Oak Pct., Adair Co., KY.²¹²⁵² Pearl and James^²¹²⁵² appeared in the census on 13 April 1940 in Adair Co., KY.²¹²⁵³ James Hobart Kerns, son of Isham Kerns and Ann E. Montgomery, was born on 15 October 1896 in Adair Co., KY. He served with the US Army, Co. 1, 158th Depot Brigade, during WW1. James died in Columbia, Adair Co., KY on 19 April 1967 and was buried at Kerns Cemetery in Sano, Russell Co., KY in April 1967 .^{21254,21255,21256}

Pearl Coffey and James Hobart Kerns had the following children:

13166	i.	Glenn Kerns was born on 5 December 1919 in Kentucky. Glenn died in Christine, Adair Co., KY on 21 March 1942 in an automobile accident and was buried at Kerns Cemetery in Sano, Russell Co., KY in March 1942 .^{21257,21258,21259}
+13167	ii.	Alleen Kerns.
13168	iii.	Alta Kerns was born circa 1924 in Adair Co., KY.
13169	iv.	Lee Roy Kerns was born in 1926 in Adair Co., KY. Lee died at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY on 10 May 2003 and was buried at Haven Hill Cemetery in Columbia, Adair Co., KY on 13 May 2003 .^21260,21261 Bro. Lee Roy Kerns, 77, Columbia, Ky passed away Saturday, May 10, 2003 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY. He was retired from General Electric in Louisville, KY and a member of Purdy Separate Baptist Church, a Separate Baptist minister and the Pastor of Christian Church Home in Jabez, KY. He was also a Veteran of the U.S. Army. He was the son of the late Hobert and Pearl Coffey Kerns of Adair County. Survivors include his wife, Renea Coomer Kerns, Columbia, KY; one son, Roy David (Nancy) Kerns, Shepherdsville, KY; four daughters, Diann (James) Elliott, Shepherdsville, KY, Patsy (Paul) Young, Baytown, TX, June (Roy) Moore, Hustonville, KY and Rebecca (Terry) Ashbaugh, Shepherdsville, KY; two brothers, Joe Kerns, Columbia, KY and Dallas Kerns, Bardstown, KY; four sisters, Allene Burton and Dorothy Kerns, both of Columbia, KY, Alta Burnett, Taylorsville, KY and Mabel Barnes, Bardstown, KY; eight grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends survive. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Glenn, James, and Charlie Kerns. Funeral services were Tuesday, May 13, 2003 in the chapel of the Stotts-Phelps- McQueary Funeral Home with Rev. James Hale, Bro. Donnie Smith and Bro. Junior Holmes officiating. Interment was in the Haven Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Matthew Kerns, Andrew Kile, Daniel Moore, Thomas Etherton, Richard Lewis, Jr., and Todd Akin. Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. [Obituary contributed by Judy Lynn]
13170	v.	Dorothy Kerns was born circa 1928 in Adair Co., KY.
13171	vi.	Living was born circa 1931 in Adair Co., KY.
13172	vii.	James Isham Kerns was born on 29 July 1933 in Adair Co., KY. James died in Kentucky on 16 May 1944 and was buried at Kerns Cemetery in Sano, Russell Co., KY in May 1944 .²¹²⁶²
13173	viii.	Living was born circa 1936 in Adair Co., KY.
13174	ix.	Charlie Kerns was born on 15 May 1938 in Adair Co., KY. Charlie died in Jefferson Co., KY on 22 March 1989 and was buried at Kerns Cemetery in Sano, Russell Co., KY in March 1989 .²¹²⁶³