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William Dobies Jr.
William Dobies Jr., 61, of Fox Run Trail died Sunday at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington.
Born Nov. 1, 1941, in Wilmington, Dela., he was the son of Helen Davis Dobies of Wilmington and the late William Dobies Sr.
He was a retail grocery store director for Red Apple Grocers in New York. He was a graduate of Brown Vocational High School in Wilmington and member of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Clementine Dobies; two daughters, Andrea M. Galloway of Hustonville and Donna M. Dobies of Fairbanks, Alaska; six brothers, John, James, David, Anthony, Michael and Richard Dobies, all of Wilmington; and two grandchildren.
Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church by the Rev. Lynh Nguyen. Burial will be in Danville Memorial Gardens.
Visitation is after 5 p.m. today at Stith Funeral Home.
[Obit dated 12/23/2002]
Norma H. Farris
Norma Hampton Farris, 58, of Lincoln Avenue died Saturday at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center.
Born March 20, 1944, in Bowling Green, she was the daughter of the late Doc W. and Media Addaline Embry Hampton. She was an interpreter for the Kentucky School for the Deaf and a member of the Kentucky Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, KSD Booster Club and the KSD Parent-Teacher Cottage Association. She belonged to Willow Grove Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Alfred Lee Farris; a daughter, Lisa Ducker of Danville; a son, Richard Farris of Danville; and a granddaughter.
Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Willow Grove Baptist Church by the Revs. David Fralix, Dale Denton, Kevin Kruetzer and Eddie Johnson. Burial will be in Danville Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Trent and Butch Farris, Charles Thompson, B.D. Lynch, Harold Lawson, Scott Ducker, Ronnie Jones and Jim Brock.
Memorials may go to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Charitable Foundation, 202 S. Second St., Danville.
Visitation is 3-9 p.m. today at the church.
Preston-Pruitt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
[Obit dated 12/23/2002]
William "Bill" F. Stearman
William "Bill" F. Stearman, 79, of Lisa Avenue died Sunday at Thompson-Hood Veterans Center in Wilmore.
Born May 18, 1923, in Greensburg, he was the son of the late Foster Ray and Myrtle Marcum Stearman. He was a grocer and antique dealer. He was a charter member and elder emeritus at Indian Hills Christian Church. He also was chairman of the church board and mission committee, a Sunday school teacher and charter member of Men for Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma Douglas Stearman; two daughters, Cheryl J. Stearman and Beverly K. Wolfe, both of Danville; a son, William Douglas Stearman of Lebanon, Tenn.; four brothers, David and Eudell Stearman, both of Hodgensville, Lee Stearman of Elizabethtown and James Stearman of Greensburg; a sister, Rachel Conrad of Butler; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Indian Hills Christian Church.
Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Thursday at the church. Stith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
[Obit dated 12/23/2002]
Frances C. VanArsdale
PERRYVILLE -- Frances Cox VanArsdale of Hardee Street died today at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center. She was the widow of Edwin VanArsdale. Arrangements are incomplete at Wilder Funeral Home.
[Obit dated 12/23/2002]
Hester M. Allen
LIBERTY -- Hester Elizabeth Marple Allen, 89, of Butcher Street died Sunday at Liberty Care Center.
Born Jan. 28, 1913, in Atterson, she was the daughter of the late B. Roy and Nancy Belton Marple. She was the widow of Ubert Allen. She was a homemaker and member of Gum Lick Christian Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Datha Eubanks of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Nelda Harlow of Liberty; a brother, Kermit Marple of Cincinnati; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a son, Edris Allen.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Bartle Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Stephen Martin. Burial will be in Whited Cemetery.
Visitation is after 6 p.m. today.
[Obit dated 12/23/2002]
Ida A. Godbey
STANFORD -- Services for Ida M. Adams Godbey, 93, of Miller Street will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Stanford First Church of God by Paul Bastin. Burial will be in Buffalo Springs Cemetery.
She died Saturday at Fort Logan Hospital.
Born June 5, 1909, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late Nathan and Easter Peck Trent. She was a homemaker, member of Stanford First Church of God and a Kentucky Colonel. She was the widow of Charlie Adams and Vernon Godbey.
Survivors include two daughters, Edith Tarter of Batavia, Ohio, and Geneva Brier of Lebanon, Ohio; a son, Charles Adams of Melbourne; a sister, Myrtle Dyehouse of Stanford; six grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Virginia Stinnett.
Visitation is 6:30-9 p.m. today at Fox Funeral Home and after 9 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
[Obit dated 12/23/2002]
Henry C. Smith
WAYNESBURG -- Services for Henry Clay "Smitty" Smith, 72, of U.S. 27 South were today at Somerset Baptist Temple by David Carr. Burial was in Double Springs Cemetery with military rites by Caswell-Saufley Post 18, American Legion, and Masonic rites by Lincoln Masonic Lodge 60.
Pallbearers were Roger Adams, David Gambrel, Madison Edwards, Donald Miller, Bill Frazier, and Tony Newsome.
Barnett & Demrow Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
[Obit dated 12/23/2002]
Hazel Strevels
Services for Hazel Frances Bandy Strevels, 87, of East Walnut Street were today at Stith Funeral Home by the Revs. Dennis Hisle and Clelland Hays. Burial was in Parksville Cemetery.
She died Friday at Spring View Hospital in Lebanon.
Pallbearers were Clelland Hays, Thomas Burger, Pat Overstreet, Eddie Lanham, Darrell Taylor, Jackie Wilson, Hudson Belcher. Honorary pallbearers were the adult Sunday school class of Parksville Baptist Church, Geneva Robertson, Geraldine Dietrich and Mary Beth Wilson.
[Obit dated 12/23/2002]
Hazel Strevels
Hazel Frances Bandy Strevels, 87, of East Walnut Street died Friday at Spring View Hospital in Lebanon.
Born Sept. 5, 1915, in Mitchellsburg, she was the daughter of the late Everett and Bertha Margaret Lamb Bandy. She was a homemaker and seamstress and a member of the Parksville Baptist Church. She was the widow of Freeman Clinton Strevels.
Survivors include one daughter, Sarah Strevels of Danville.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Stith Funeral Home by the Revs. Dennis Hisle and Clelland Hays. Burial will be in Parksville Cemetery.
Visitation is after 3 p.m. today at Stith Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Clelland Hays, Thomas Burger, Pat Overstreet, Eddie Lanham, Darrell Taylor, Jackie Wilson, Hudson Belcher.
Honorary Pallbearers are the adult Sunday school class of Parksville Baptist Church, Geneva Robertson, Geraldine Dietrich and Mary Beth Wilson.
Memorials may go to Parksville Baptist Church.
[Obit dated 12/22/2002]
Lewis Carrier
LANCASTER -- Lewis Carrier, 80, of Price Court died Thursday at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington.
Born Nov. 26, 1922, in Garrard County, he was the son of the late George and Nannie Shearer Carrier. He was a retired foreman at Vogue Rattan in Lexington.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby McCane Carrier; a brother, Otis Carrier of Lancaster; and three sisters, Lennie Ray of Statesville, N.C., and Sallie B. Ray and Willie Underwood, both of Lancaster.
Services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Ramsey Funeral Home by the Revs. Bob Brooks and Jerry Browning. Burial will be in the Lancaster Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Brad Hensley, Harlan McCane, Kendall McCane, Bobby Carrier, Jerry Underwood, Ronnie Johnson and Royce Anderson.
Honorary pallbearers will be E.J. Hasty, Cecil Sanders, Ted Bolton, Buddy Hensley and Dr. Steve Green.
Visitation will be 2-9 p.m. today at Ramsey Funeral Home.
[Obit dated 12/22/2002]
Ida M. Godbey
STANFORD -- Ida M. Adams Godbey, 93, of Miller Street died Saturday at Fort Logan Hospital in Stanford.
Arrangements are incomplete at Fox Funeral Home.
[Obit dated 12/22/2002]
Phyllis Patterson
LIBERTY -- Phyllis Patterson, 67, of Indian Creek in Middleburg died Friday at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center.
Born Aug. 15, 1926, in Bethelridge, she was the daughter of the late William Wesley and Anna Lee Wardrip. She was a housewife and a member of the Middleburg Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, W.C. Patterson; three daughters, Virginia Morgan of DePauw, Ind., and Becky Douglas and Kathy Morgan, both of Middleburg; two sons, Eddie and Joe Patterson, both of Middleburg; one brother, Bob Wardrip of Lancaster; two sisters, Sarah Brown of Russell Springs and Virginia Reed of Highland; 11 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. today at Bartle Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. G.W. Smith. Burial will be in Middleburg Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Russell Douglas, Jody Douglas, Arnold Morgan, James Morgan, Chris Morgan, Randy Morgan, Robbie Patterson and Marcus Patterson.
Visitation is after 8 a.m. today at Bartle Funeral Home Chapel.
[Obit dated 12/22/2002]
Henry Smith
WAYNESBURG -- Henry Clay "Smitty" Smith, 72, of U.S. 27 South in Waynesburg died Friday at Fort Logan Hospital in Stanford.
Born Aug. 1, 1930, in Waynesburg, he was the son of the late Dean and Nina Diamond Smith. He was a past master of Lincoln Masonic Lodge No. 60 F&AM;, a member of Lincoln Chapter No. 486 Order of the Eastern Star, Lexington Scottish Rite, a Kentucky Colonel, former District Deputy for Grand Lodge No. 21, York Rite, Gideons International and the Somerset Odd Fellows Lodge No. 238. He was a U.S. Air Force sergeant during the Korean Conflict. He retired after 44 years in the propane bottled gas business and was a member of the Somerset Baptist Temple.
Survivors include a son, Henry "Hank" Smith II of Berglangenbach, Germany; two daughters, Cindy Fields of Nicholasville and Sherry Carrender of Burnside; one stepdaughter, Gail Gastineau of Stanford; two brothers, Thomas Smith of Palm Bay, Fla., and Charles Smith of Fort Wayne, Ind.; two sisters, Kathleen Sassman of Delavin, Ill., and Ellen Lawson of Covington; three grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and two step great-grandchildren.
Services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Somerset Baptist Temple by David Carr. Burial will be at Double Springs Cemetery in Waynesburg with military rites by Caswell-Saufley Post No. 18 of the American Legion and Masonic Rites by Lincoln Lodge No. 60.
Visitation is 6-9 p.m. today and after 10 a.m. Monday at Somerset Baptist Temple. Scottish Rites Rose Croix services are 7:30 tonight at the church.
Pallbearers are members of Lincoln Lodge No. 60 F&AM.;
Arrangements are by Barnett and Demrow Funeral Home.
[Obit dated 12/22/2002]
