Obituaries May 1, 1998
Mary F. Lay
HARRODSBURG - Mary Frances Lay, 78, of Mackville Road, died Thursday
at James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital.
Born Feb. 29, 1920, in Washington County, she was a daughter of the
late Oscar and Ethel Curry Sallee. She was a homemaker and a retired clerk
for the
Louisville Store and Lay's OK Tire. She was a member of Bruners Chapel
Baptist Church where she was active in WMU and Live Wires. She was a member
of
Town and Country Homemaker Club and Gideons Auxiliary, and was a volunteer
at Haggin Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, J.C. Lay; two daughters, Wanda Hahn
of Brandenburg and Janet Sims of Harrodsburg; five grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Ransdell Funeral Chapel by the Revs.
Larry Redding and Don Reed. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Christopher and Michael Sims, David and Jim Andy
Hahn, Eddie Lay and Dennis, Donnie and Ronnie Sallee.
Visitation will be after 3 p.m. Saturday.
Memorials may go to Heritage Hospice, American Cancer Society or Gideon
Bible Fund.
Donald McGinnis
Services for Donald Aubrey McGinnis, 76, of Shakertown Road, will be
11 a.m. Saturday at Stith Funeral Home by the Rev. Paul Stauffer. Burial
will be in Spring
Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg.
He died Wednesday at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center.
Born July 24, 1921, in Nevada, Ky., he was a son of the late Clarence
A. and Virgie Tewmey McGinnis. He was a retired employee of the former
Whitehoue-Humphrey auto dealership where he was foreman of the body
shop. He was a World War II Navy veteran having received a purple heart.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Brown McGinnis; a son, Robert McGinnis
of Butler; two daughters, Peggy Hummer of Danville, Donna Chaney of Middletown,
Ohio; and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Brent
A. McGinnis.
Pallbearers will be Claude Russell, Bob McGinnis, Don Wilson, Monte
Wilkerson, Brent Porter, Anthony, Bradley and Matthew Chaney.
Visitation is after 6 p.m. today.
Eliza B. Logan
FOREST PARK, Ohio - Services for Eliza Gladys Beasley Logan, 67, will
be noon Saturday at Corinthian Baptist Church by the Rev. Henry Hill. Burial
will be in
Spring Grove Cemetery. She was the widow of Turrell J. Logan.
She died Wednesday.
Survivors include five daughters, Betty Olinger, Dorothy Wilson, Revella
Logan-Love, Dellena Sloan and Cathy R. Logan; and two sons, Turrell J.
Logan Jr. and
Eugene Logan; and a brother, Benjamin Garr; locally, a cousin, Robert
Trumbo of Danville; 14 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 11 a.m. Saturday until time of service.
Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Verdie Moore
HARRODSBURG - Services for Verdie Moore, 78, of Harrodsburg, will be
2 p.m. Saturday at Alexander and Royalty Funeral Home by the Revs. Robert
DeFoor and Larry Redding. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery.
She died Wednesday at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington.
Born Jan. 12, 1920, in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late
Victor and Mary Devine Gibson. She was a homemaker and a member of Harrodsburg
Baptist Church. She was the widow of William Moore.
Survivors include a daughter; Violet Phillips of Harrodsburg; a grandson;
and a great-grandson. She was preceded in death by a son, Dallas Moore.
Pallbearers will be J.C. and Johnny Warner, Granville Moore, Paul Devine,
Kenneth Kirkland and Mike Barnett.
Visitation is 5-9 p.m. today and after 7 a.m. Saturday.
Obituaries May 3, 1998
Olga L.W. Martin
Olga Lugine Wilson Martin, 65, of Johnson Springs Road, Parksville,
died Friday at Charleston Health Care Center.
Born Nov. 1, 1932, in Casey County, she was a daughter of the late
Elvie Lee and Lura Ellen Wilson. She was a former waitress and sewing machine
operator in
Mackinaw, Ill.
She was the widow of Clarence Alvin Martin. She was a member of First
Apostolic Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Freda D. DeGeorge of Orland Park, Ill.;
two sisters, Emma Taylor of Danville and Jewell Mills of Gravel Switch;
and three grandsons.
Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Stith Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert
Ison. Burial will be Parksville Cemetery.
Visitation is 6-9 p.m. today.
Memorials may be made to First Apostolic Church on Perryville Road
or the American Cancer Society.
Opal Denney
STANFORD - Opal Denney, 65, of East Main Street, died Friday at St.
Joseph Hospital's Hospice Unit in Lexington.
Born May 15, 1932, in Harlan, she was a daughter of the late Sam and
Lillie Jones Gilbert. She was a homemaker and a member of Stanford Baptist
Church.
Survivors include her husband, Charles Denney; two brothers, Ray Gilbert
of Richmond and Shirley Gilbert of Stanford; and a sister, Wilma Sharp
of Kokamo, Ind.
Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Fox Funeral Home by the Rev. Billy
Sharp. Burial will be Mount Zion Cemetery.
Visitation is noon-2 p.m. Monday.
Ola E. Luttrell
LIBERTY - Ola Emerson Luttrell, 85, of Thomas Ridge Road died Friday
at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, Somerset.
Born Feb. 4, 1913, in Russell County, she was a daughter of the late
W.N. and Hester Wade Emerson. She was a homemaker and a member of Mount
Eden
Baptist Church.
She was the widow of Dewell Luttrell. She also was preceded in death
by a daughter, Mildred Hart.
Survivors include two sons, Durward Luttrell of Dunnville and Lloyd
Luttrell of Liberty; one daughter, Bonnie Tucker of Dunnville; seven grandchildren;
and two
great-grandchildren.
Services are 2 p.m. today at McKinney-Brown Funeral Home by Danny Hart
and James M. Lynn. Burial will be in Wilkerson Cemetery.
Visitation is after 8 a.m. today
Thelma F.C. May
Services for Thelma Florence Culton May, 92, of Lancaster Road will
be 11 a.m. Monday at First Christian Church by the Rev. Norman Hagley.
Burial will be in
Bellevue Cemetery.
She died Friday in Lexington.
Born July 11, 1905, in Hartford City, Ind., she was a daughter of the
late Eugene and Maggie Johnson Culton. She was a homemaker and a former
teacher in
Parksville. She was a noted grower of day lilies. She was an elder
emeritus at First Christian Church and a former president of the Boyle
County Homemakers and
Danville Garden Club.
She was the widow of Luther Edwards May. She also was predeceased by
a son, David Bernard May.
Survivors include a daughter, Margaret May Ross of Pensacola, Fla.;
two brothers, Daniel Culton of Harrodsburg and Robert Culton of Maitland,
Fla.; four sisters,
Ann Culton Thompson and Catherine Thompson, both of Fulton, Helen Louise
Price of Maitland, Fla., and Geneva Glasscock of Gravel Switch; six grandchildren;
and eight great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be David May, Ronald Beckman, Michael May, Keith Ross,
William Coyner and Daniel Resmondo. Honorary pallbearers will be Joseph
Beckman,
Sarah Beckman, Cody Wayne Resmondo, Jody James Resmondo, Brittany L.
Coyner, Maria Coyner, Rachel May and Michael B. May.
Memorials may be made to the ``love fund'' at First Christian Church,
Lexington Road, Danville, 40422.
Visitation is 3-7 p.m. today.
Obituaries May 4, 1998
Frances Lee Montgomery
PERRYVILLE - Hazel Frances Lee Montgomery, 66, of Swope Drive, Danville,
died Sunday at home of natural causes.
Born April 29, 1932 in Boyle County, she was a daughter of the late
Marion H. and Nancy Baugh Lee. She was a homemaker and widow of Oscar Montgomery.
She was a member of Mitchellsburg Church of God.
Survivors include two daughters, Pearl Waters and Brenda Peters, both
of Danville; two sons, Jerry W. Montgomery of Nashville and Jeffery Montgomery
of
Danville; a sister, Juanita Mills of Gravel Switch; two brothers, Garnett
Lee of Cave City and Morris Lee of Perryville; and six grandchildren.
Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Wilder Funeral Home by Keith Weldon.
Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.
Visitation is 5-9 p.m. today.
John B. Berry
STANFORD - John Bryan Berry, 19, of Doty Lane, Lancaster, died Sunday
at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, as the result of
an auto
accident. He was the husband of Shannon Crawley Berry and the son of
Johnny Berry and Martha Edwards Brock, both of Stanford. Arrangements are
incomplete
at Fox Funeral Home.
Thomas A. Chappell
LANCASTER - Thomas A. Chappell, 85, of Herring Heights, died Sunday
at Garrard County Memorial Hospital.
Born June 30, 1912, in Garrard County, he was a son of Thomas and Nannie
B. Smith Chappell. He was a retired State Highway Department engineer,
a World
War II Army veteran and a member of Lancaster Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Patricia Chappell of Lexington; two sons,
Tom Chappell of Midway and Gary Chappell of Lexington; and four grandchildren.
Services will be 4 p.m. Tuesday at Lancaster Baptist Church by the
Rev. Bob Rush. Burial will be in Lancaster Cemetery.
Visitation is 6-9 p.m. Monday at the church.
Ramsey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Carl N. Howard
LANCASTER - Carl Newton Howard, 81, of Danville Street, died Sunday
at Garrard County Memorial Hospital.
Born June 16, 1916, in Madison County, he was a son of the late Alvin
and Sally Carpenter Howard. He was a retired farmer and a member, elder
and former song
leader at Scott's Fork Christian Church. He was the widower of Katherine
Preston Howard.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Simpson Howard; a son, Harry D.
Howard of Lancaster; a daughter, Carlletta Carpenter of Lexington; a stepson,
David
Simpson of Garrard County; a sister, Goldie H. McCulley of Ashville,
N.C.; four grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and two step grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ramsey Funeral Home by the Revs.
Ralph Sallee and Walley Rendel. Burial will be in Lancaster Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Josh and Ronald Howard, Darren Carpenter, Bobby
Wall, Kevin and Mike Preston and Clyde Merida Jr.
Visitation is 5-9 p.m. today.
Rose O. Roy
WAYNESBURG - Rose Osborne Roy, 84, of Hustonville, died Saturday at
University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center.
Born March 15, 1914, in Pike County, she was a daughter of Henry and
Frankie Tackett Osborne. She was a homemaker and the widow of Donald Roy.
Survivors include a son, Bearl D. Roy of Hustonville; four daughters,
Violet McWhorter of Hustonville, Ruby Ingram of Eubank, Norma Hedrick of
Morrow, Ohio,
and Tillie Chenault of Fairfield, Ohio; a brother, Maryland Osborne
of Hustonville; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Delton B. Roy; and a daughter,
Beulah E. Roy.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Eubank Baptist Church by the Revs.
Noel Dodson and Terry Morrison. Burial will be in Eubank Cemetery.
Visitation is 6-9 p.m. today at Barnett and Demrow Funeral Home and
noon-2 p.m. Tuesday at Eubank Baptist Church.
Olga W. Martin
Services for Olga Lugine Wilson Martin, 65, of Johnson Springs Road,
Parksville, were scheduled for 11 a.m. today at Stith Funeral Home by the
Rev. Robert Ison,
with burial in Parksville Cemetery.
She died Friday at Charleston Health Care Center.
Pallbearers will be Phillip Taylor, Fox Caldwell, Vaughn Jones, Douglas
Tharp, Glen and Ronald Wilson.
Memorials may be made to First Apostolic Church on Perryville Road
or the American Cancer Society.
Obituaries May 5, 1998
Janie E. Key
Services for Janie Elizabeth Key, 85, of Nichols Terrace, will be 11
a.m. Wednesday at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church by the Rev. Paul Prabell.
Burial will be
in Hilldale Cemetery.
She died Sunday at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center after a
short illness.
Born April 9, 1913, in Washington County, she was a daughter of the
late William and Georgie Triggs. She was a retired employee of Centre College
and a member
of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Martha Masterson of Stanford; six sons,
James H. Key Jr. and William E. Key, both of Danville, Joseph Key of Crab
Orchard,
Robert Key of Florida, John Key of Olatha, Kan., and Henry A. Key of
Louisville; four brothers, Marvin, Henry, Howard and James Trigg, all of
Springfield; a
sister, Edith Weathers, of Springfield; 24 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren;
and two great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be grandsons.
Visitation is 6-8 p.m. today at the church.
Smith-Jackson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Frances Lee Montgomery
PERRYVILLE - Services for Hazel Frances Lee Montgomery, 66, of Swope
Drive, Danville, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Wilder Funeral Home by Keith
Weldon.
Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.
He died Sunday at home of natural causes.
Pallbearers will be Kevin and Ricky King, Garnett Lee Jr., Chuck Johnson,
Chris Renner and Tim Webb.
Honorary pallbearers are Curtis Bright, Scott Taylor, Neal Lenington,
Paul Wilkerson, Charles Hurt and Wally LeClair.
John B. Berry
STANFORD - Services for John Bryan Berry, 19, of Doty Lane, Lancaster,
will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Fox Funeral Home by the Rev. James Humphrey.
Burial
will be in Berry Cemetery.
He died Sunday at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center
from injuries in an accident.
Born Dec. 4, 1978, in Lincoln County, he was a son of Johnny Berry
Jr. and Martha Brock Edwards, both of Stanford. He was a drywall contractor.
Other survivors include his wife, Shannon Crawley Berry; a daughter,
Samantha Cheyenne Berry, at home; a stepmother, Sylvia M. Berry of Stanford;
four
stepsisters, Theresa Prather of Frankfort, Bobbie J. Roberts of McKinney,
Wanda F. Dyer of Stanford and Christina Kidd of Liberty; a stepbrother,
Carlos R.
Kidd of Stanford; two brothers, Thomas Durham of Crab Orchard and Chris
Brock of Stanford; two sisters, Connier Cordier and Kathy Berry, both of
Stanford.
Pallbearers will be Sammy Bass, Ed Sears, Elvin Spears, Richie Moore,
Greg Gaines, Michael Moore and Chris Lamb.
Visitation is 6-9 p.m. today.
Martha R. Brown
CRAB ORCHARD - Services for Martha Rogers Brown, 78, of Charleston
Health Care Center, Danville, formerly of Lancaster, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday
at
McKnight-Martin Funeral Home by the Rev. Thaddeus Eubank. Burial will
be in Mount Zion Church of Christ Cemetery.
She died Monday at Charleston Health Care Center.
Born July 8, 1919, in Lincoln County, she was a daughter of the late
George and Vestie Delaney Rogers. She was a member of Mount Zion Church
of Christ.
Survivors include her husband, Haskell Brown of Lancaster; a daughter,
Rose Y. Adams of Hustonville; a sister, Maude Jackson of Brodhead; two
brothers, Cecil
Rogers of Danville and Everett Rogers of Junction City; three grandchildren;
and four great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Jack, Steven and Patrick Adams, Larry and David
Johnson and Andy Baker.
Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Tuesday and after 8 a.m. Wednesday
until time of services.
Memorials may go to Mount Zion Church of Christ Cemetery Fund.
Thomas A. Chappell
LANCASTER - Services for Thomas A. Chappell, 85, of Herring Heights,
will be 4 p.m. today at Lancaster Baptist Church by the Rev. Bob Rush.
Burial will be in
Lancaster Cemetery.
He died Sunday at Garrard County Memorial Hospital.
Pallbearers are Dwight and Alando Chappell, Jason, Keith and Anthony
Terry and Nathan Pope.
Ramsey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Obituaries May 6, 1998
Danny R. Baker
HARRODSBURG - Danny Rece Baker, 53, of Washington Courthouse, Ohio,
formerly of Harrodsburg, died Monday at Fayette County Memorial Hospital,
Washington Courthouse.
Born Feb. 22, 1945, in Estill County, he was a son of the late Samuel
and Kathleen Dickerson Baker.
Survivors include a son, James D. Baker of Harrodsburg; a daughter,
Tammy Jenkins of Mercer County; a sister, Virginia Reeder of Galion, Ohio;
and two
grandchildren.
Services were scheduled for 10 a.m. today at Alexander and Royalty
Funeral Home by the Rev. Lester Tirey with burial in Cob Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Charles Reeder, Steve Williams, Jeff Grubbs and Sam
Smith.
Susan N. Rice
MORELAND - Services for Susan ``Susie'' N. Rice, 91, of Junction City,
will be 1 p.m. Thursday at W.L. Pruitt Funeral Home by the Rev. Jerry Perry.
Burial will
be in Bellevue Cemetery, Danville.
She died Monday at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center.
Born April 15, 1907, in Casey County, she was a daughter of James and
Cynthia King Upthegrove. She was a homemaker, a member of Harris Creek
Baptist
Church and the widow of Chester Rice.
Survivors include four daughters, Frances Coleman of Stanford, Vyvyan
Wilson and Shirley Rice, both of Danville, and Lora ``Bonnie'' Art of Paint
Lick; a son,
James ``Jack'' Rice of Junction City; 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren;
a great-great-grandchild; and five step great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Mark, Hugh R. and Steven Long, Doug Art, Jeff Vires,
Mike Gilliam, Monty Atwood and Ronnie Cooper.
Honorary pallbearers are Sinda Horn, Veronica Neal, Judy McAninch,
Bonnie McCarty and granddaughters.
Visitation after 4 p.m. today.
Obituaries May 7, 1998
Agnes A. Simpson
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Agnes A. Simpson, 88, of Bloomington, died April
19 at her home.
Born Oct. 1, 1909, in Hustonville, she was a daughter of Lue B. and
Virginia Bolin Russell, and the widow of Jolly Simpson. She was a homemaker
and a member
of West Olive United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Virginia A. Burchett of Bloomington,
and Shirley L. Roberts of Waukesha, Ill.; a sister, Ruth Shoopman of Liberty;
six
grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death
by a son, Glenn Simpson.
Services were April 22 at Beck Memorial Home by the Revs. Bradley Watkins
and Rodney Herrick. Burial was in Park Hill Cemetery.
William Bailey
Services for William Bailey, 77, formerly of South Second Street, will
be noon Friday at Stith Funeral Home by the Rev. Dave Chenault. Burial
will be in Camp
Nelson National Cemetery.
He died Monday at Veterans Administration Medical Center, Lexington.
Born July 10, 1920, in Moreland, he was a son of the late Thomas and
Nancy Carpenter Bailey. He was a janitor at Danville High School for 19
years, a World
War II Army veteran and a former member of Moreland United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include a brother, Robert Bailey of Cincinnati, Ohio; two
sisters, Anna Bailey of Moreland and Ella Gooch of Stanford.
Pallbearers will be Jones Coffman, Robert Bailey Jr., Ernest Gooch
Sr., Ernest Gooch Jr., Kevin Bailey and Luther Gilbert.
Visitation is 11 a.m. Friday until time of service.
Reuel Morse
HARRODSBURG - Services for Reuel Morse, 73, of Riverside Drive, will
be 11 a.m. Friday at St. Andrew Catholic Church by the Revs. Joseph Muench
and
Gary Story. Burial will be in St. Nicholas Cemetery.
He died Wednesday at home.
Born March 24, 1925, in Hornby, N.Y., he was a son of the late Reuel
S. and Ruby Cotter Morse. He was a retired employee of Corning Glass, a
member of St.
Andrew Catholic Church and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia A. Daggett Morse; six sons, Gary
M. Morse of Rome, Ga., Reuel R. Morse of Lexington, John Paul Morse of
Lawrenceburg,
William P. Morse of Harrodsburg, Phillip C. Morse and Aaron J. Morse,
both of Louisville; a daughter, Linda Burgess of Richmond, Va.; four brothers,
Seymore
Morse of Almora, N.Y., Robert Morse of Odessa, N.Y., Reginald Morse
of Camp Bell, N.Y., and Alton Morse of Hemrod, N.Y.; a sister, Carol Gallagher
of
Fort Myers Fla.; and 10 grandchildren.
Sons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Doc McKinney,
Wade Hemphill, Preston Hurlbert, George Rogers and Robert Schuster.
Visitation is after 5 p.m. today at Ransdell Funeral Chapel.
Memorials may go to Heritage Hospice or St. Andrew Church building
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