Turpin Funeral Home Records
Collection
Identifier: 2023A012
Scope and Contents
These papers include account ledgers, burial records, death verification, insurance claims, and veterans status of individuals buried by Turpin Funeral Home. In some cases there are gaps in the records, but the burial records which include information for the obituary are complete from 1961 until 2005 when the funeral home closed.
Dates
- Creation: 1924 - 2005
- Acquisition: 2022-10-26
Creator
- Turpin Funeral Home (Organization)
Full Extent
2.80 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection documents burials conducted by the Turpin Funeral Home in Richmond, KY. It also documents insurance claims and paperwork for veterans.
Source of Acquisition
Graves, Sharon
Topical
- Title
- Turpin Funeral Home Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Susie Rickert
- Date
- 08/30/2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository