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September 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener The column below *probably* first appeared in one of the September, 1977 issues of the Daily Statesman. Topics included the tiny community of Keltner, KY, a visit from a genealogist, the law career of Cousin Billy Willis, and one-year anniversaries for Convenient Food Mart and Burger Queen. --Pen By Ed Waggener There is nary a Keltner in Keltner anymore, although some quite famous ones, including former Columbia Mayor John Hollis Keltner, are from there. Keltner is the main metropolis along Highway 768, after Milltown, so far on the edge of Adair County that it is almost in Metcalfe--or Green. According to the sign by Elroy Coffey's house on the eastern approach of Keltner, the population is nine. "But that isn't so," Clarice Coffey, who runs the Kellner general store, Ural Coffey General Merchandise, with her husband, says. "There's Elroy (Coffey) and his wife Vinnle, and their son Phillip, that's three," she says. "Then there is Ural and me. That's five. And Amos Willis and his wife Tina. That's seven. And then there's the Bennetts-Bobby and Geraldine, and their children, Mike and Gail. That's 11," Mrs. Coffey calculates. There is just the one store in Keltner. Coffey's serves the western tip of Adair County, from over around Morris Chapel, the Metcalfe County area around Bridgeport, and a little of Green County up around Mell. The store carries everything, from food and drinks to clothes, shoes, and hardware. It's a good thing, too, because it is 16 miles into Columbia, and that 16 miles is among the crookedest road in Adair County, whether one travels along Weed Ridge or comes down through Milltown. Either way, the fall scenery makes the trip worthwhile. Mail for Keltner now comes addressed to Milltown. Mrs. Ural Coffey was the postmaster when the office was at Keltner, but that post office was closed two years ago this December, "I was postmaster for 32 years," Mrs. Coffey remembers. Two major characteristics There are two standout traits about Keltner: One, it is Republican. The voting precinct has 45 Republicans and only seven Democrats. And, secondly, most of the people in Keltner are members of the Methodist Church. The church for Keltner is actually in the suburbs, down 768 about one mile toward Metcalfe County. It's Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church, where Rev. Pat Humphrey holds services every other Sunday, although Sunday School is held each week. More famous people from Keltner
Interested in genealogy? Ernest England, of Cape Coral, Florida, has been in Columbia visiting his mother, Mrs. Cordie England, and doing some genealogical research. England is president of the Lee County, Florida, Genealogical Society. He is a retired school administrator. His major interest is in the England, Janes, Jessie, Roach, and Reece families of Adair County. Mr. England plans to send some articles to the Statesman in the future. For now, he's visiting his uncles, Joe and Autry Janes, and then he's off for a month to Philadelphia and Boston for visiting and research. [edit: Mr. England's address was included in the original article.] W.L. Willis is practicing and well I am frequently asked whatever happened to Cousin Billy Logan Willis. When he left Columbia in 1955 to go to Louisville, he was just another kid with a headful of wisdom from the freshman year at Adair County High School. But, since that time, he completed law school at the University of Louisville, practiced a while in Bowling Green, and rose to head the legal department in the Department of Highways in the Charlie Pryor-Elijah Hogge days, while Wendell Ford was governor He liked to say then that, because of his 28-man staff of lawyers, "I head the biggest law firm in the state." Now he is in private practice, specializing in transportation law, the kind that made Joe Leary famous. Up in Frankfort, they call Cousin Billy Logan, "Bill," or "William L." Willis. He's a right slender fellow now, with a bit of gray around the temples and would make a right good Governor or Supreme Court Justice some day. A big year has passed for two firms It's hard to believe that the Columbia Convenient Food Mart, owned by Jerry Pyles and Larry Bryant, is now one year old, but it's so. They're celebrating the fact this coming week. In the middle of October, Burger Queen of Columbia will be one year old. That business is owned by MCBY Corporation, whose directors are President James Brock, Gaylon Yarberry, and Clifton McGaha. This story was posted on 2020-06-28 10:05:42
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