Cleve Joseph

THE OBITUARY FOR CLEVE JOSEPH, JR. OFFICIATING MINSTERS: REV. CLEMMIE JOSEPH REV. ROGER WOLFE CLEVE JOSEPH, JR. WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1947 IN HARLAN, KENTUCKY, THE SON OF THE LATE JOHN JOSEPH & OPHIE JACKSON JOSEPH, PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2008 AT THE MANCHESTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MANCHESTER, KY., AT THE AGE OF 60 YEARS, 4 MONTHS & 19 DAYS. CLEVE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF LESLIE CO., FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS, PRIOR TO LIVING IN HARLAN, KY. BY OCCUPATION HE WAS A SELF-EMPLOYED CARPENTER & WORKED FOR THE CITY OF HARLAN 10 YEARS IN MAINTENANCE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BIG FORK CHURCH OF GOD AT YEADDISS, KY. CLEVE ENJOYED GARDENING, FISHING, SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY & TRAVELING. CLEVE JOSEPH, JR. WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS: JOHN & OPHIE JOSEPH HE LEAVES THE FOLLOWING RELATIVES SURVIVING: 2 SONS: JAMES JOSEPH & RENEE-----------HOSKINSTON, KY. JOHN JOSEPH & JOANN---------HARLAN, KY. 4 BROTHERS: RUFUS JOSEPH--------------RADCLIFF, KY. GEORGE JOSEPH & MARY---------HARLAN, KY. HIRAM JOSEPH & RENNIE-----HARLAN, KY. PAUL JOSEPH & PAT---HARLAN, KY. 4 SISTERS: ETHEL ARWOOD-----------HARLAN, KY. MAE HENSLEY & OTIS-----HARLAN, KY. KATIE SAYLOR & JASON-----HARLAN, KY. MARY MARTIN & ROY---PENNINGTON GAP, VA. 2 AUNTS: DELLA MAE LUMPKIN---------CORBIN, KY. ETHEL CURRY---YEADDISS, KY. 1 UNCLE: COVA JACKSON----BIG LAUREL, KY. 1 GRAND-DAUGHTER: JOSIE JOSEPH 3 GRANDSON: JOHN DANIEL JOSEPH, JEREMIAH JOSEPH & JOHNATHON JOSEPH SPECIAL FRIENDS: VERNADINE HUFF, LLOYD STIDHAM, WOODROW BENTLEY FAMILY, RED BUD CLINIC STAFF & HORIZON HEALTH CARE STAFF ALSO A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES & FRIENDS SURVIVE. FUNERAL SERVICE FOR CLEVE JOSEPH,JR. WAS CONDUCTED BY THE DWAYNE WALKER FUNERAL HOME ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008 AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE DWAYNE WALKER FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, HYDEN, KY., WITH REV. CLEMMIIE JOSEPH & REV. ROGER WOLFE OFFICIATING. BURIAL FOLLOWED IN THE JACKSON FAMILY CEMETERY AT BIG LAUREL, KY. THE FOLLOWING SERVED AS PALLBEARERS: JOHN JOSEPH, JAMES JOSEPH, HIRAM JOSEPH, PAUL JOSEPH, SYDNEY JOSEPH & BILLY RAY BENTLEY.