JAMES ARTHUR KITCHEN SR. 71 OF BLAINE, KY. PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY MAY 20, 2006 AT HIS HOME FOLLOWING A BRIEF ILLNESS.
JAMES WAS BORN MARCH 7, 1935 IN LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY THE SON OF THE LATE JOHN AND LORA HUGHES KITCHEN. HE WAS RETIRED FROM LOCAL 413 TEAMSTERS AND YELLOW FREIGHT. HE ALSO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE:
FORMER WIFE: SHIRLEY R. WOODS TURNER
3 DAUGHTERS: JAMIE KITCHEN, KATHRYN A. JOHNSON, CAROLYNN S. BOSTIC
2 SONS: JAMES ARTHUR KITCHEN JR. AND KENNETH M. KITCHEN
3 SISTERS: SYRILDA DIXON, ICEBELL CRANK, AND BETTY LOU PORTER
4 BROTHERS: LUKE KITCHEN, BILLY KITCHEN, WILLIE KITCHEN, AND JOHN KITCHEN
4 GRANDCHILDREN 4 STEP GRANDCHILDREN
5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHERS: TOMMY KITCHEN AND WENDELL KITCHEN
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED ON WEDNESDAY MAY 24TH AT 11:00 AM AT WILSON FUNERAL HOME BY REV. BOBBY WORKMAN. BURIAL FOLLOWED IN THE KITCHEN CEMETERY AT FALLSBURG, KENTUCKY.