6 Friday, May 5, Herald-Leader 2000 Obituaries Compiled By Jennifer Hewlett Lexington Marlene B. Chafin, 61, former! Stanley Demos Coach House, Campbell House Inn and Marriott waitress, wife of Gene Chafin, died Wednesday. Services 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Kerr Brothers Funeral Home. Visitation 4-8 p.m.
today. Willard S. Combs, 410 Queensway, Drive, retired' U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, father of Carolyn Combs Figg, died May 3. Services 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 10, W.R. Milward Mortuary Southland. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Tuesday. Contributions suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass.
Martha Crain Davis, 83, widow of E.J. Davis, died yesterday. Services noon Saturday, Lexington Cemetery. Visitation 7-9 p.m. today, Kerr Brothers Funeral Home.
Contributions suggested to Christian Health Care Center. Keller J. Dunn 82, Spring Hill, formerly of Lexington, former University of Kentucky associate dean of admissions, World War II veteran, 1 husband of Hilda Bolet Dunn, died Tuesday. Services 11 a.m. Monday, Hillcrest Memorial Park.
No visitation. Arrangements, W.R. Milward Mortuary Broadway. Contributions suggested to Hernando Pasco Hospice, 12107 Majestic Boulevard, Hudson, Fla. 34667.
Archie H. Mitchell, 67, Engle Construction Co. painter and construction worker, Korean War veteran, husband of Billie Kay Throckmorton Mitchell, died Wednesday. Services 1 p.m. Saturday, Kerr Brothers Funeral Home.
Visitation 6-9 p.m. today. Contributions suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass. Donald Mulberry, 64, 239 East High Street, died April 28. Services 10 a.m.
today, Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Jessamine County. No visitation. Arrangements, O.L. Hughes Mortuary. Charles Sternberg, 82, died Wednesday.
Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Kerr Brothers Funeral Home. Visitation 5-8 p.m. today. Contributions suggested to Cornerstone Baptist Church.
Kentucky ASHLAND Fred Hamilton Mann, 76, Westwood, retired truck driver, World War II veteran, husband of Hilda Mann, died Wednesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Miller Funeral Home. Visitation 6-9 p.m. today.
Contributions suggested to Ashland Community Hospice. ASHLAND Norida Walter Nipp, 60, retired sales clerk, wife of Bob Nipp, died Tuesday. Services 1 p.m. today, Miller Funeral Home. Visitation noon today.
Contributions suggested to Rusty Burke Scholarship Fund, in care of Tim Walter. ASHLAND Madge Hay Ross, 90, who had been a homemaker, mother of Willis Ross, Russell, died yesterday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Marshall Steen Funeral Home. Visitation 6-9 p.m.
today. Contributions suggested to Funeral Notices Information furnished to Herald-Leader advertising department by mortuaries. State EARLY DEADLINE DERBY DAY All paid obituaries must be received before 4:00 p.m. on "Derby Day" Saturday, May 6. No paid obituaries will be accepted after 4:00 p.m.
HUGHES Sally Haddox Hughes, 65, Chestnut St. Georgetown, KY, and the wife of Robert "Bobby" Hughes, died Wednesday May 3, 2000 at her home. She was born in Fayette KY, on March 12, 1935 and was the daughter of the late Louis Stewart and Lydia Molen Haddox. She was a member of Georgetown Baptist Church. Survivors in addition to her husband include a daughter, Alma Darlene Hughes; son and daughter Stewart and Donzetta Hughes, all Georgetown, KY: grandchildren, Jeremy Hughes, Jared Hughes, Jessica Hughes; aunt and uncle, Betty and Howard Green, Cincinnati, OH; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ben and Jane Hughes; brothers-in-law, Roy Thomas Hughes and Arthur Hughes, sisters-inlaw, Mary Belle Hughes and Dorothy Mae Rodgers.
Survived by cousins, nieces, nephews, many friends and those who called and loved her as Granny. Services will be 10 Saturday at Tucker, Yo- Ashland Community Hospice. AUGUSTA David Allen "Jonsie" Jones, 29, Foster, employee of Kahn's meat packaging in Alexandria, son of Evelyn Marie Pettit Jones Lawson, Rome, Ohio, died Saturday of injuries received in a traffic accident. Services 11 a.m. today, Moore Parker Funeral Home.
Visitation 9 a.m. today. BROOKSVILLE Mabel Louise Tilton Workman, 82, Cynthiana, formerly of Bracken County, former homemaker, widow of Carlyn King Workman, died yesterday. Services 1 p.m. Saturday, Moore Parker Funeral Home.
Visitation 10 a.m. Saturday. CAMPTON Fred Terrill, 82, 520 Main Street, former grocery and hardware store operator and car dealer, World War II veteran, husband of Eleanor Center Terrill, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Campton First Church of God.
Visitation 2-9 p.m. today, Porter Son Funeral Directors. CRAB ORCHARD- John Maurice Brown, 64, Stanford, farmer, retired construction superintendent for R.R. Dawson Bridge Co. in Lexington, husband of Freda Crissen Brown, died Wednesday, apparently of a heart ailment.
Services 11 a.m. Saturday, McKnight-Martin Funeral Home. Visitation Funeral Home. Visitation 5 p.m. today.
Contributions suggested to East End Ambulance Service or American Heart Association. CRAB ORCHARD Sally Singleton, 92, Stanford, who had been a homemaker, widow John Will Singleton, died yesterday. Arrangements incomplete, McKnight-Martin Funeral Home. CUMBERLAND Willie Jewell Vazanna, 66, Greenwood, formerly of Cumberland, homemaker, wife of Frank Vazanna, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m.
Saturday, Tri City Funeral Home, Benham. Visitation 6-9 p.m. today. CYNTHIANA Robert E. Tussey 72, Falmouth Pike, co-owner of Tussey Furniture Korean War veteran, husband of Pat Colvin Tussey, died yesterday.
Services 1 p.m. Saturday, Ware Funeral Home. Visitation 11 a.m. Saturday. Contributions suggested to God's Pantry Food Bank, 1685 Jaggie Fox Way, Lexington, Ky.
40511, or American Heart Association. DANVILLE Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Viohl, 76, Heather Hill Apartments, died Tuesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Stith Funeral Home. Visitation 10 a.m.
Saturday. FLATWOODS Patterson "Pat" McKenzie, 69, Sun City, formerly of Flatwoods, who had been a CSX Railroad car inspector, Korean War veteran, husband of Ruth Irene Caudill McKenzie, died May 1. Services 11 a.m. Monday, Bellefonte Memorial Gardens. Visitation 6-9 p.m.
Sunday, Carman Funeral Home. FLEMINGSBURG Geneva Faris Brown, 83, Greenway Road, retired Pioneer Trace Nursing Home housekeeper, mother of Charles Brown, died Wednesday. Services 1 p.m. Saturday, DentonWorkman Funeral Home. Visitation 6-9 p.m.
today. FLEMINGSBURG Mildred Royse Schwartz, 82, Mount Sterling Avenue, retired factory worker, widow of Charles Schwartz, died Wednesday. Services 1 p.m. Saturday, Boone- cum Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth Holden officiating.
Burial in Georgetown Cemetery. Casketbearers will be Tommy Gorham, Jerry Teegarden, Wayne Conner, Gerald Williams, Luther Fritts, and Chuck Tackett. Honorary casketbearers Arthur Hughes, Roy Thomas Hughes, Ben Edward Hughes, Homer Otten and George Sallee. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials may made to Hospice of the Bluegrass. LEDRIDGE Paul Walton Ledridge, 84. Graveside services 11 a.m. Saturday at the family plot in the Lexington Cemetery with Rev. Danny Haynes and Dr.
Edward Mesta officiating. CRAVENS Ray Cravens, 91, 2020 Cambridge Lexington, widower of Frances May Cravens, died May 4, 2000. He was a son of the late Calvin and Dora Cravens and was a retired carpenter. He is survived by four daughters, Martha Brown, Phyllis Hartley, and Pamela Hartley, all of Versailles, Carolyn Hobbs, Lexington; one son, Kenneth R. Cravens, Lexington; several grandchildren and several great grandchildren, also survive.
He was preceded in death by two sons, Luther Wesley and Edgar Carl Cravens. Funeral services 11 a.m. Saturday at Duell-Clark Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Arley Cravens. Burial will follow in Clintonville Cemetery.
Casket- John Joseph Wordeman, pastor in Ashland, dies HERALDLEADER STAFF REPORT The Rev. John Joseph Wordeman, pastor of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Ashland, died Wednesday at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Ashland, after hip surgery. He was 68. The Rev. Wordeman had pastored the church since 1986.
He was a former regional councilor of the Catholic Church's Big River Region and a former College of Consultors member. A Covington native, he was former pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Newport and had held positions at churches in Ludlow, Covington and Fort Mitchell. He also had held positions at Villa Madonna College, Thomas More College and Northern Kentucky University. The Rev.
Wordeman is survived by his mother, Mildred Arthur Wordeman of Covington, and a brother, James Wordeman of Atlanta. Funeral services will be at noon Monday at Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington. A scripture service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Holy Family Catholic Church. Visitation will begin at 10:45 a.m.
Monday at Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption. Lazear Funeral Home in Ashland is in charge of arrangements. George Cecil Brown, president of Brown Food Service, dies HERALD LEADER STAFF REPORT George Cecil Brown, who worked in his family's Brown Food Service for more than 50 years, died of complications from heart disease and diabetes yesterday at Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg. He was 71 and lived in Prestonsburg. Mr.
Brown was president of the Louisa firm, which sells food and food service equipment in six states, including Kentucky, and employs more than 100 people. Mr. Brown worked for the company, which was started in Lawrence County about 1939 by his father, the late George Brown, since he was a teen-ager. The company, initially a produce business called Brown Produce was based in Prestonsburg for many Nickell Funeral Home. Visitation 11 a.m.
Saturday. FRANKFORT Lillian Duncan Simmons, 97, 724 Cline Street, retired elementary school teacher, widow of Daniel Winston Simmons, died Wednesday. Services 10 a.m. today, Duell-Clark Funeral Chapel, Versailles. Visitation 9 a.m.
today. FRENCHBURG Wayne F. Brown, 78, retired farmer, died Wednesday of injuries received in a traffic accident. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Taul Funeral Home.
Visitation 7-9 p.m. today. GEORGETOWN Sally Haddox Hughes, 65, Chestnut Street, wife of Robert "Bobby" Hughes, died Wednesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Tucker, Yocum Wilson Funeral Home.
Visitation 5-8 p.m. today. Contributions suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass. GREENSBURG Rollin T. Lewis, 85, retired farmer, husband of Bettie Lewis, died yesterday.
Services 1 p.m. Saturday, Cowherd Parrott Funeral Home. Visitation 3 p.m. today. Contributions suggested to Hospice of Central Kentucky.
HARLAN Taylor Whitehead 93, Stoney Fork, retired coal miner, widower of Cathern Whitehead, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Laurel Branch Pentecostal Church, Stoney Fork. Visitation any time, church. Arrangements, Mount bearers will be Thomas and James Hartley, Kenneth Scott Cravens, Donavan Himes, LeHartley, Kevin Hobbs, DeWayne Hobbs, and John Cheeke.
Friends may call at the funeral chapel 5-8 p.m. today. TUSSEY. Robert E. Tussey, 72, Falmouth Pike, died Thursday, May 4, 2000.
Born in Cleveland, OH, March 25, 1928 to Edith Pearl Chappel Tussey, Cynthiana and the late Freeman Ottis Tussey, he was a coowner of Tussey Furniture Cynthiana, a member of the Cynthiana First Church of God, a Georgetown College graduate and a Korean Conflict Army veteran. He is survived by his wife, Pat Colvin Tussey; two sons. Robert E. (Susan) Tussey, Harrison and James Kyle (Danielle) Tussey, Lexington; two daughters, Layne Tussey, Harrison Co. and LeAnn (David Vernon, Perryville; a brother, Freeman Tussey, Lake Carnico and a sister, Bernice (Clyde) co*ckrell, Cynthiana; and five grandchildren, Elizabeth Tussey, Lynne Vernon, Eva Joy Vernon, Alex Kylee Tussey and Zachary Tussey.
Funeral services will conducted 1 p.m. Saturday at Ware Funeral Home with visitation after 11 a.m. Burial in Battle Grove Cemetery by Pastor Gary McQuain. Contributions are suggested to God's Pantry Food Bank, 1685 Jaggie Fox Way, Lexington, KY. 40511 or the American Heart Assoc.
Gregory and Angela Senters Hoskins of Slate Lick Road, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, House-Rawlings Funeral Home. Visitation p.m. today.
LONDON Ervin Hubbard, 72, Laurel Mobile Home Park, retired employee of Mosler Safe Co. in Hamilton, Ohio, husband of Esther Hubbard, died yesterday. Services 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Bowling Funeral Home. Visitation 6 p.m.
Saturday. MANCHESTER Albert Bishop, 73, Covington, formerly of Clay County, retired General Electric Co. inspector, World War II veteran, husband of Cleda op, died of a heart attack Wednesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Booneville Funeral Home, Booneville.
Visitation 5-9 p.m. today. MARTIN Grace Braddock, 80, Prestonsburg, retired nurse, widow of William Braddock, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Sunday, Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
Visitation 5 p.m. Sat- urday. MARTIN Charles Ray Clark, 71, Nicholasville, formerly of Wheelwright, retired member of the Army who served in World War II and the Korean War, husband of Opal Johnson Clark, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Sunday, Joppa Old Regular Baptist Church, Melvin.
Visitation 5 p.m. today, church. Arrangements, Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home. MARTIN William Michael "Billy" Rogers, 19, Grethel, son of Rick and Dorothy Hall Rogers, Grethel, died of a gunshot wound Wednesday. The death apparently was a suicide, Floyd County Coroner Roger Nelson said.
Services 1 p.m. Sunday, First Baptist Church, Jacks Creek. Visitation 6 p.m. today, church. Arrangements, Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
MCKEE Odell Flannery, 57, died yesterday. Services 2 p.m. today, New Zion Cemetery. No visitation. Arrangements, Justice Funeral Home.
MOUNT STERLING Alberta Mae Sexton White, 66, Means, retired Hobart Manufac- turing Co. employee, wife of Hubert White, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Herald Stewart Home for Funerals. Visitation 5-9 p.m.
today. MOUNT VERNON Rudell O'Mara, 78, Roanoke, formerly of Rockcastle County, homemaker, wife of Thomas C. O'Mara, died yesterday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Cox Funeral Home.
Visitation 7-9 p.m. today. MOUNT VERNON Frances Thompson, 89, Maretburg, homemaker, widow of George Neal Thompson, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Maretburg Baptist Church.
Visitation 6-9 p.m. today, Marvin E. Owens Home for Funerals, Brodhead; 9 a.m. Saturday, church. NICHOLASVILLE William L.
"Bill" Hurt, 58, Holloway Lane, farmer, husband of Carolyn McCullough Hurt, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Betts West Funeral Home. Visitation 3-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m.
today; noon Saturday. OWENTON The Rev. Buford Dunavent, 78, Route 1, Sparta, retired Baptist minister and missionary, widower of Virginia Glore Dunavent, was found dead yesterday, apparently of complications from cancer. Ser- native of Jackson, she was a daughter of the late Jackson Porter and Bess Hoskins Crain. Survivors include two sons, William Emerys Davis, Half Moon, CA and Jack Crain Davis, Atlanta, GA; several grandchildren and several nieces.
Graveside services 12 noon Saturday at Lexington Cemetery by the Rev. George Maynard. Friends may call p.m. today at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home. Contributions suggested to Christian Healthy Care Nursing Home, 1500 Trent Lexington, KY 40515.
DOUGLAS Charles Robert Douglas, 59. Funeral services 10 a.m. today at W.R. Milward MortuarySouthland conducted by Rev. Early deadlines Because of early deadlines for the Kentucky Derby, obituaries will be taken from from 1-5 p.m.
Saturday. vices 11 a.m. Monday, McDonald Funeral Home Main Street. Visitation 4-9 p.m. Sunday.
Contributions suggested to Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. PERRYVILLE Charles Smothers, 77, Danville, retired truck driver, husband of Rena Hardin Smothers, died yesterday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Wilder Funeral Home. Visitation 5-9 p.m.
today. PINEVILLE John Patterson, 87, Thomasville, N.C., formerly of Pineville, retired Bell County Court House maintenance worker, World War II veteran, widower of Dora Taylor Patterson, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Arnett Steele Funeral Home. Visitation 6-9 p.m.
today. RUSSELL SPRINGS Joe Barnes, 90, Freeman Avenue, re- years before moving back to Lawrence County in the 1980s. Mr. Brown was born in Lawrence County, graduated from Prestonsburg High School in Floyd County and served in the Army during the Korean War. He served several terms on the Prestonsburg City Council.
He is survived by his wife, Bertha Mae Cooksey Brown; twin sons, Dr. Gary Brown and Larry Brown; a daughter, Georganne Brown Taylor; two brothers; and four grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Wilson Funeral Home in Louisa. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m.
today at Carter Funeral Home in Prestonsburg, and after 10 a.m. Saturday at Wilson Funeral Home. Pleasant Funeral Home. IRVINE Fred Reynolds, 90, Winston, retired Morehead Tobacco Warehouse employee, husband of Della Turner Reynolds, died Wednesday. Services 1 p.m.
Saturday, Warren F. Toler Funeral Home. Visitation 6- 9 p.m. today. JACKSON Virginia Goff King, 86, former homemaker, mother of Shirley King, died Wednesday.
Services 1 p.m. Saturday, Deaton Funeral Home. Visitation any time. LAWRENCEBURG Nancy Shouse Hutcherson, 65, Frankfort, formerly of Lawrenceburg, retired care giver, wife of Robert Hutcherson, died yesterday. Arrangements incomplete, Gash Memorial Chapel.
LAWRENCEBURG W.S.T. "Dub" Johnson, 89, North Main Street, retired Lawrenceburg postmaster, husband of Virginia Bates Johnson, died Wednesday. Arrangements incomplete, Ritchie-Peach-Todd Funeral Home. LEBANON John Frank "Johnny" Followell, 76, St. Rose Road, retired lineman for Salt River Rural Electric Cooperative Corp.
in Bardstown, husband of Dorothy Stumph Followell, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. today, Bosley Funeral Home. Visita-. tion 8 a.m.
today. LONDON Kaitlin Senters Hoskins, 17 days, daughter of Church of God, a member of Cox Lodge 464 AM, Campton, a Navy veteran of WWII, and was the son of the late Jesse and Mae Cable Terrill. Besides his wife, he is survived by one special nephew, Edward Terrill and his wife, Betsey; and a number of other nieces and nephews. Funeral services 11 a.m. Saturday at the Campton First Church of God with Rev.
Doyle Thomas and Father Richard Edelan officiating. Burial will be in Hazel Green Cemetery. Friends and relatives may call 1-9 p.m. at Porter Son Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Frank Yeager, Robert Rose, Scott Rose, Bob Miller, Billy Lockard, G.T.
Sewell, Darrell Halsey, and Douglas Terrill. Honorary bearers will be Woodrow Stamper, Richard Newman, Donald Smyth, Albert Large, Bill Fugate, Steve Tutt, and Steve Tutt. TERRILL A Fred Terrill, 82, beloved husband of Eleanor Center Terrill, passed away Wednesday, May 3, 2000 at Clark Co. Medical Center, Winchester. He was a native of Wolfe a merchant in Campton from 1950 1970, owned a car lot from 1970 1980 when he retired.
He was a member of the Campton First C. Local DAVIS Local DAVIS Martha Crain Davis, 83, 2101 Coburn widow of E.J. Davis, died May 4, 2000 at the Christian Health Care Center. tired miller, widower of Barnes, died Wednesday. Services 1 p.m.
Saturday, Bernard Funeral Home. Visitation 4 p.m. today. SALYERSVILLE Chester Stephens, 84, farmer, widower of Sadie Montgomery Stephens, died Wednesday. Services 11 Saturday, Dunn Funeral Home.
Visitation a.m. today. SHELBYVILLE Patti retto, 47, cosmetologist, wife Angelo Segretto, died of a shot wound Wednesday. death apparently was a suicide, Shelby County Coroner Tommy Sampson said. Services 10 Monday, Shannon Funeral Home.
Visitation 4-9 p.m. Sunday. SOMERSET Roy Wilbert Parker, 66, Bronston, retired penter, Korean War veteran, husband of Sarah Parker, died Wednesday, apparently of a liver ailment. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Pulaski Funeral Home.
Visitation 5 p.m. today. VERSAILLES Ray Cravens, 91, 2020 Cambridge Drive in Lexington, formerly Versailles, retired carpenter, widower of Frances May Cravens, died yesterday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Duell-Clark Funeral Chapel.
Visitation 5-8 p.m. today. WHITESBURG Vernon Smith, 78, Blackey, retired furniture manufacturer, World War veteran, died Monday. Services a.m. Saturday, Letcher Funeral Home.
Visitation 6 p.m. today. WILLIAMSBURG Mary Stark, 68, homemaker, wife Arnold Stark, died Tuesday. Services 1 p.m. today, Croley Funeral Home.
Visitation 9 a.m. today. WILLIAMSBURG Lonzo Sulfridge, 74, Log Cabin Road, retired carpenter, brother of Katie Meadors, Louisville, died of a heart attack Monday. Services were yesterday at Croley Funeral Home. WINCHESTER Elizabeth Shrout, 81, 6814 Paris Road, retired Avon cosmetics representative, wife of Clay Shrout, died Wednesday.
Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Visitation 6-8 p.m. today, Scobee Funeral Home. Contributions suggested to Hospice East.
Gilbert Tucker with burial follow at 1 p.m. in Aberdeen Charter Oak Cemetery, AberOH. IN MEMORY Ruth Coppler Memorial Services of Thanksgiving Sunday, May 7 at 1:30 p.m. Southern Acres Christian Church A tribute to her love for teaching and an endowment for the Ruth Coppler Outstanding Teacher Award will be established. IN MEMORY Otis Pierce Childers, died March 18, 2000.
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