Howard
Lindel Elmore
Howard
Lindel Elmore, 87, of Beaver Dam, died Sunday, January 21, 2007, at Beaver
Dam Nursing and Rehab Center in Beaver Dam.
He
was the son of the late Alford and Lula Elmore.
He
was employed by Peabody Coal Company and a member of Independence Baptist
Church.
He
also served in the Army during World War II.
He
was preceded in death by his first wife, Edith Ellen Elmore.
He
is survived by his wife, Ruby (King) Elmore; a daughter, Linda Mae Crawford
of Louisville; a son, Michael Joe Elmore of Louisville; a brother, Alfred
Elmore of Indianapolis, Indiana; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral
services will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, January 26, 2007, at William L. Danks
Funeral Home.
Burial
will be in Render Memorial Cemetery in McHenry.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 25, 2007, and from 9 a.m. until
the time of service of Friday.
Suzanne
Bilbro Wallace
Suzanne
Bilbro Wallace of Hartford died Monday, January 22, 2007, at Ridgewood Terrace
Nursing Home in Madisonville, Kentucky.
She
was the fourth of seven children born to the late Noel and Sue Morris Bilbro
in Ohio County on January 24, 1947.
She
was a cashier at Charlie’s Family Market, a member of Hartford Baptist Church
and attended the Southside Baptist Church in Princeton, Kentucky, where she
resided until entering Ridgewood Terrace.
She
was preceded in death by her husband, Ronnie Wallace, Sr., on April 5, 2003;
and two brothers, Sammy Bilbro on March 23, 2000, and J. T. Bilbro on November
21, 1994.
She
is survived by a son, Ronnie Wallace, Jr., and his wife Nicole of Hartford;
grandchildren, Ronnie Tyler Wallace, Emily Grace Wallace and Nicholas Edward
Lee Wallace; a brother, Noel Wilson (Billy) Bilbro of Hartford; sisters, Dorothy
Root of Eddyville, Kentucky, Naomi Bilbro of Apollo Beach, Florida, and Annette
Carter of Portland, Tennessee; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral
services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, January 25, 2007, at Miller-Schapmire
Funeral Home in Hartford with services conducted by the Rev. Ralph Carter.
Visitation
will be from noon on Thursday until the funeral hour.
Burial
will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Hartford.
Patty
Gregory
Patty
Gregory, 66, of Central City, died Monday, January 22, 2007, at Muhlenberg
Community Hospital in Greenville.
She
was born on January 13, 1941 in Muhlenberg County.
She
was a homemaker and a member of Temple Baptist Church in Central City.
Survivors
include her husband, Bobby Joe Gregory of Central City; a son, Brian Gregory
of Elkton, Kentucky; her mother, Jewel Tunstill of Greenville; her brother,
Charles Tunstill of Beaver Dam; and a grandson.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday, January 24, 2007, at Tucker Funeral Home in
Central City.
Burial
was in Rose Hill Cemetery in Central City.
Online
messages of condolence may be left at www.tuckerfuneralhomes.
com.
James
Mike Maiden
James
Mike Maiden, 60, of Horse Branch, died Sunday, January 21, 2007, at his residence.
He
was the son of the late Blimmer Maiden and Della (Merker) Maiden.
He
was employed by Schoate Mining and was a member of Horse Branch General Baptist
Church.
He
served in the Marines during the Vietnam War.
He
is survived by his wife, Patricia (Heath) Maiden; a daughter, Michele Lee
Panchisian of Gallatin, Tennessee; three sisters, Donna Harvey, Debby Renfrow
of Horse Branch, and Phyliss Renfrow of Central City; two brothers, Charles
Maiden and Walter “Tadpole” Maiden, both of Horse Branch; and three grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held on Wednesday, January 24, 2007, at William L. Danks Funeral
Home in Beaver Dam.
Burial
was in Wilson Cemetery in Horse Branch.
Online
messages of condolence may be left at www.danksfuneralhome.com.
Autumn
Jo Simpson
Autumn
Jo Simpson, 19, of Decatur, Indiana, formerly of North Webster, Indiana, died
Saturday, January 20, 2007, at her residence.
She
was born on October 31, 1987, in Goshen, Indiana, to Robert D. Linderman and
Teresa Jo Simpson-Hall.
She
was a student, attended Wawasee High School and had lived in Centertown, Kentucky.
She
was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, John and Billie Simpson,
and her paternal grandfather, Duane Linderman.
Survivors
include her father, Robert D. Linderman of Decatur; her mother, Teresa Jo
Simpson-Hall of Ft. Wayne; her grandmother, Beverly Linderman of Decatur;
a brother, Jeremy Simpson of Ft. Wayne; and a sister, Amber Booher of Warsaw.
Funeral
services were held on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at Mishler-Eastlund Funeral
Home, Harris Chapel in Syracuse.
A
visitation will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursday, January 25, 2007, at
Bevil Brothers Funeral Home in Centertown.
Burial
will be in Daugherty Cemetery in Centertown.
Memorials
may be made to the family of Autumn Simpson.
Online
messages of condolence may be left at www.mishlerfuneralhomes.
com.
Roy
Havard Payton
Roy
Havard Payton, 77, of Fordsville, died Friday, January 19, 2007, at his home.
He
was born in Falls of Rough, was a retired farmer and an Army veteran.
He
was preceded in death by his wife, Mazie Bell Payton.
Survivors
include a son, Ronald Wayne Payton of Streator, Illinois; a daughter, Barbara
Kridner of Manville, Illinois; two brothers, Dwight Payton of Olaton and Doyle
Payton of Fordsville; three sisters, Ann Renfrow of Elizabethtown, Gladys
Pierce of Beaver Dam and Geraldine Hendrix of Owensboro; five grandchildren;
and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held Monday, January 22, 2007, at Geary Funeral Home in Fordsville.
Burial
was in Shady Grove Cemetery in Grayson County with military honors.
Paul
David Woods
Paul
David “Tex” Woods, 54, of Fordsville, died Thursday, January 18, 2007, at
Owensboro Medical Health System.
He
was retired from construction and a veteran of the Marines.
Survivors
include a daughter, Wendy Woods Heath; his mother, Mary Ruth Johnson; a grandmother,
Jessie V. Patty; five brothers, James, Bert, Charles, Danny and Joe Woods;
one sister, Mary Alice Woods McIntyre; and two grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held on Sunday, January 21, 2007, at Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church in Pattiville with burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Geary
Funeral Home in Fordsville was in charge of arrangements.
Maymie
Ree Decker
Maymie
Ree Decker, 85, of Henderson, formerly of Central City, died on Wednesday,
January 17, 2006, at Methodist Hospital in Henderson.
She
was born on February 3, 1921, in Ohio County.
She
was a homemaker and a member of Haven Pentecostal Church in Henderson.
She
was preceded in death by her husband, William Decker, and a son, Wendell Decker.
Survivors
include a son, William E. Decker, Jr., of Greenville; daughters, Ruby Uzzle
of Henderson, Joyce Brown of Central City and Helen Murphy of Madisonville;
sisters, Viola Everett of Hartford and Dorothy Geary of Louisville; eight
grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral
services were held on Saturday, January 20, 2007, at Tucker Funeral Home in
Central City with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery in Central City.
Online
messages of condolence may be left at www.tuckerfuneralhome.com.
Edith
Gerould Whittaker
Edith
“Edie” Gerould Whittaker, 63,
of
Hartford,
died
Wednesday, January 17, 2006, at her home.
She
was born on December 4, 1943, in Hoboken, New Jersey,
the
daughter of the late Kenneth and Viola Kirsch Gerould.
She
retired after 27 years of service as office manager for Larry Robinson &
Co., CPA in Hartford.
She
attended Hartford Christian Church.
Survivors
include her husband, Billy Clayton Whittaker of Hartford; three daughters,
Laura Brown and her husband Michael and Pamela Whittaker Payne, both of Hartford,
and Linda Roysdon and her husband Jeff of Bowling Green; four grandchildren,
Brittany Brown, Monnie Brown, Tyler Payne and Hope Roysdon; and a sister,
Viola Welch of Piscataway, New Jersey.
Funeral
services were held on Friday, January 19, 2007,
at
Miller-Schapmire Funeral Home in Hartford with Brother Darrell Cordrey officiating.
Burial was in Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery, Ohio County.
Portia
J. Gregory
Portia
J. Gregory, 56, of Beaver Dam, passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at Beaver
Dam Nursing and Rehab Center in Beaver Dam.
She
was born on November 13, 1950, in Louisville to the late Arthur and Josephene
Coy Oller.
She
was a Pentecostal by faith and worked at Tamarlane Industries.
She
was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Gregory.
Survivors
include her companion, Ronnie Dowell of Beaver Dam; four sons, Jimmy Gregory,
Jr.,
of
Henderson, Joseph Gregory of Hartford, and Bryan Dowell and Brent Dowell,
both of Centertown; two brothers, Arther Oller of Columbia, Kentucky, and
James Oller; eight sisters, Judy Minton of Louisville, Mary Catherine Cantrell
of Bullitt County, Nancy Smith and Vicki Fields, both of Rockport, Penny Chinn
of Hartford, Holly Fields of Morgantown, and Kathy Staton and Sue Overstreet,
both of Columbia, Kentucky; and five grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held on Friday, January 18, 2007, at William L. Danks Funeral
Home in Beaver Dam with Rev. Barry Black and Rev. Richard Goodall officiating.
Burial
was in Echols Cemetery.
Arbutis Juanita
James
Arbutis
Juanita James passed away on January 12, 2007.
She
was born in Pike County, Indiana.
She
was a past member of the Beaver Dam Woman’s Club and the Order of Eastern
Star.
She
was preceded in death by her husband, Simon James, and youngest daughter,
Tonja Shields.
She
is survived by a daughter, Treia Ann Ford of Beaver Dam; a son, Sammy K. Curtis
of Evansville, Indiana; three grandsons, Jamie Ford of Evansville, and Joe
and Jason Shields of Horse Branch; and a granddaughter, Dawn Ford Lathrop
of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee; and two great-grandsons, Nathan and Nicholas Lathrop
of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee.
Private
services were held.
Bevil
Brothers Funeral Home in Beaver Dam was in charge of arrangements.
