Sophia Gladys Musgrove

Sophia Gladys Musgrove, age 93, of Pine Knot, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, October 8, 2014, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset Ky.

Funeral Service were held Saturday, October 11, 2014, at 1:00 pm in the Chapel of the Pine Knot Funeral Home with Rev. Cyrus Byrd and Karen Musgrove officiating.  Burial was at the Musgrove Cemetery in Pine Knot, Ky. 

Sophia was a member of South Pine Knot Baptist Church. Sophia worked at Conasters in Williamsburg during the war. She had been a Sunday school secretary clerk in 1966-1970, and has taught Sunday school and was a member of the Eastern  Star.  Sophia was the most loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She also loved family outings. Sophia loved gardening and she had a love for plants and was a great cook. She loved her family and friends, had a big heart and never met a stranger. She was a silent partner for everything Eldred did in McCreary County. She helped get the Pine Knot Fire Dept. started and water in McCreary County.

Born August 21, 1921, in McCreary County, Kentucky, Sophia was the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary (Ray) Meadows. She is preceded in death by her father and mother Thomas and Mary Meadows, and her husband, Eldred Musgrove and three brothers; Leonard Meadows, Ralph Meadows, and Edward (Ed) Meadows, and also two sisters; Opal Meadows, and Audrey Morrow.

Surviving family includes her two sons; Richard (and Beverly) Musgrove, Edwin (and Karen) Musgrove and two daughters; Doris (and Costello) Wilson, and Mary Alice Musgrove all of Pine Knot. She has one living sister; Imogene Long of Columbus, Ohio.

Sophia has twelve grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, and two unborn great grandchildren, and five great- great grandchildren. She has two great grandchildren preceding her in death.