Hartford / Beaver Dam, Kentucky

May 03, 2007


Idia Fay Westerfield

Idia Fay Westerfield, 69, of Beaver Dam, passed away Sunday, April 29, 2007, at her residence.
Mrs. Westerfield was born on January 10, 1938, in Ohio County to the late David Scott and Jane Pharris Hayse.  She was a member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church.  She worked for 27 years in food service for the Ohio County School System and was a volunteer at Rosine Community Park for many years.
Survivors include her husband, William B. Westerfield of Beaver Dam; three sons, David Reathel McCoy of Pennesboro, West Virginia, and Brian Keith Westerfield and William Cecil Westerfield, both of Horse Branch; a daughter, Lora Jane Westerfield of Horse Branch; four sisters, Christine Stewart of Rosine, Reba Duran of Tucson, Arizona, Agnes Phelps of Horse Branch and Nita Newman of Barling, Arkansas; ten grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 3, 2007, at 1 p.m. at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Rev. Mike Taylor officiating.  Burial will be in Rosine Cemetery in Rosine.  Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, and from 9 a.m. until the time of service on Thursday.
Online messages of condolence may be left at www.danksfuneralhome.com.

Randall J. Belcher
Randall J. (Joe) Belcher, 72, of Owensboro, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2007, at Owensboro Medical Health System.  
The Ohio County native was the son of the late Hazel (Prater) and Hubert Belcher.  He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, retired from Big Rivers Electric Corp. where he was a security guard and was a member of Barnett's Creek Baptist Church.  Joe enjoyed doing mechanic work on old machinery and trucks.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Wendell, and a sister, Betty Jewell Bristow.
He is survived by his wife of 16 years, Frances "Sue" Terry Belcher; a son, Randall Joe Belcher, Jr., and his wife Gail of Lewisburg; step-sons,  Mark Haire of Taylorsville, Illinois, and James Haire and his wife Linda of Owensboro; a step-daughter, Darlene Higdon and her husband Jason of Louisville; four grandchildren, Ethan and Cynthia Belcher of Lewisburg and Nate and Brooke Higdon of Louisville; brothers, Kenneth and his wife Bernice and Harold and his wife Barbara, all of Pleasant Ridge and James and his wife Barbara of Owensboro; a sister-in-law, Wanda Belcher of Hartford; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held on Monday, April 30, 2007, at James H. Davis Funeral Chapel. Burial was in Barnett's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.  
Online messages of condolence may be left at www.davisfuneralhome.com.

Betty Nall
Betty (Bell) Nall, 81, of Matanzas, died April 27, 2007.
She was the daughter of Silas N. Bell and Elizabeth (Lizzie) K. Bell.  Betty Jo was an active member of the Cadet Nursing Corps at Kentucky Baptist Hospital School of Nursing.  She graduated in 1947 as a RN and worked as an Orthopedic Nurse at Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville.  
She was preceded in death by her parents, "Ms. Lizzie" and "Mr. Silas," her husband, Lovell Nall, and a sister, Marthalene.
She is survived by two daughters, Jo Caroline and husband Jonathan of Mason, Ohio, and Linda and husband Lawrence of Sacramento, California; granddaughters, Elizabeth and Catherine of Sacramento, California; and a sister, Mertigene Bell of Matanzas.
A private family funeral is planned.  Duke-Bevil Brothers Funeral Homes, Inc. in Hartford is in charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to either the West Point Baptist Church or the Bell Family Cemetery.


Charles L. Baggarly
Charles L. "Chuck" Baggarly, 59, of Maceo, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, April 18, 2007,  at his residence after a valiant four-year struggle with cancer.
He was born on January 16, 1948, in Ohio County to the late Floyd Ree and Mary Elizabeth Benton Baggarly.  He was a member of Masonville United Methodist Church and a past member of the Dundee Masonic Lodge.  He was a Marine veteran of Vietnam, stationed in Okinawa, Japan, where he was a metalsmith/maintenance man on the C-130 Hercules.  He worked for 13 years for Peabody Coal Company at Alston Surface Mine and for General Electric for about eight years.  
Music had been a big part of his life.  He played in many different bands locally and while in the service.  He was an original member of the rock and roll band called the "Chevelles" and also was a bass guitar player with the original members at Goldie's Opryhouse.  He loved all types of motorsports, UK basketball and loved riding motorcycles.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Belinda Ann Mangum, in February 1996.
Survivors include his wife, Sue Whitworth Baggarly; his children, Becky Callaway and her husband Eric of Powhatan, Virginia, Angela Oliva and her husband Dan of Antioch, California, Debra Baggarly Reynolds of Powhatan, Virginia, and Jerry Cecil Baggarly; seven grandchildren, Stevie Rae Mangum, Meghan Gilstrap, Xan and Victoria Callaway, and Clara, Elizabeth and Mollie Oliva; four sisters, Kay Black of Echols, Wilma Faye Baker Smith of Owensboro, Frannie Ward and her husband Roger of Hartford and Linda Goff and her husband Eddie of McHenry; and a brother, Glenn Benton of Louisville.
Funeral services were held on Monday, April 23, 2007, at Glenn Funeral Home with burial in Owensboro Memorial Gardens.  
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Association, 723 Harvard Drive, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, or St. Jude's Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 300, Memphis, Tennessee 38148

 

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