In Memory of the Victims of the 1939 Flood

Photographed by Craig Doda, January 7, 2021

1. The Victims of the 1939 Flood Marker

Geneva Amburgey, age 47 • Margie Amburgey, age 13 • Orma Rae Amburgey, age 6 • Junior Leon Bays, age 11 • Minerva Boggess, age 77 • Minnie Carter, age 38 • Lula Mae Collins, age 32 • Maggie Frances Collins, age 12 • Ruby Gladys McRoberts, age 24 • Walter H. McRoberts, jr., age 4 • Millie Ann McRoberts, age 65 • Sylvia Lee Rerry, age 17 • Albert Porter, age 47 • Nora Belle Porter, age 45 • Mahala Mae Ratliff, age 49 • Loren Ratliff, age 8 • Mary F. Salyers, age 23 • Ivan Eugene Salyers, age 8 • Bobby Carl Salyers, age 6 • Alberta Mae Salyers, age 3 • James Elmer Sparkman, age 8 • Paul Edwin Sparkman, age 6 • Thelma Lee Sparkman, age 3 • Bobby E. Sparkman, age 7 mo. • Emma J. Tolliver, age 77

This memorial dedicated July 5, 2014, the 75th anniversary of the tragedy.
 
Erected 2014.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Disasters. A significant historical date for this entry is July 5, 1939.
 
Location. 38° 10.917′ N, 83° 25.983′ W. Marker is in Morehead, Kentucky, in Rowan County. It is on East First Street just south of Carey Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 150 E First St, Morehead KY 40351, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Outer Bluegrass and in the Cumberland Plateau. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.

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Photographed by Craig Doda, January 7, 2021

2. The Victims of the 1939 Flood Marker