Kentucky Marriage Records by CountyMAYMIE BROCE
Maymie Broce, 77, of 346 Oregon Road, Salvisa, died Monday, April 17, 2000 at Haggin Memorial Hospital.
Born January 13, 1923 in Mercer County, she was the daughter of the late Henry D. and Maudie Holman Moore.
She worked as a homemaker and was a member of the Oregon Church of Christ.
Survivors include: her husband, Harrison Broce, Salvisa; one son, Ronnie Broce, Salvisa; three grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Ora Preston and Virginia Preston.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, April 19, at the Ransdell Funeral Chapel, with Bro. Ken Calia officiating. Burial was in the Ebenezer Cemetery, Salvisa.
Pallbearers were Winston Preston, Paul Preston, Danny Broce, Charlie Harley, Douglas Harley, Jackie Harley, Honorary bearers were Charles Burke, Jimmy Baker, Lonnie Hayden, George O. Moore, Hugh and William Otis, William Leonard Currens, Vincent Broce and Hubert Peavler.
LOIS GOODLETT
Lois Mae Goodlett, of 441 West Office Street, died Monday, April 17, 2000 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington.
Born in Mercer County, she was the daughter of the late Vernon and Eula Hazel "Hart" Woods Gorham.
She worked as a personal caregiver and was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church.
Survivors include: her husband, Carl Goodlett, Harrodsburg; one daughter, Lynn Schlatter, Louisville; two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at the Ransdell Funeral Chapel with Randy McPheron officiating. Burial will be in the Bethel Cumberland Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be David Ransdell, Sonny Ransdell, Matthew White, Don Schlatter, Tim Murphy and Bob Martin.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the funeral chapel.
FLORA KELLER
Flora Hogue Keller, 95, of 768 Allen Drive, died Wednesday, April 19, 2000 at Haggin Memorial Hospital.
Born September 21, 1904 in Mercer County, she was the daughter of the late Holman Perry and Ella Thomas Gritton Hogue. She was the widow of Phillip Frances Keller.
She worked as a homemaker and was a member of the Harrodsburg Christian Church.
She was a member of the Friendship Sunday School Class and a former Sunday School Teacher.
She was a member of the June Stanley Circle, Progressive Homemakers and the Mercer County Homemakers.
Survivors include: one son, Joe (Patsy) Keller, Harrodsburg; three daughters, Hazel Burgin, Mrs. Garland (Francis) Yankey, and Norma Jean Nelson, all of Harrodsburg; one sister, Doris Haddox, Hopkinsville; six grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Norris Keller; a daughter, Violet Proffitt; two brothers, Forrest and Thomas Hogue; one sister, Doris Haddox, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 21, at the Ransdell Funeral Chapel with Dr. David Hartman officiating. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Bill Burgin, Terry Montgomery, Charlie Terry, Jeff Noel, Greg Hydes and Preston Burgin IV.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral chapel.
CHARLES DAWSON
Charles Coslow (C. C.) Dawson, 93, of 955 Claylick Road, Salvisa, died Thursday, April 20, 2000 at his residence.
He was a native of Anderson County, husband of the late Ada Mizner Dawson and son of the late Allen and Fanny Short Dawson, a retired farmer, a member of the Sand Spring Baptist Church and attended Kavanaugh High School.
Survivors include a son: Allen (Barbara) Dawson, Greenville, TN; two daughters, Ann (Ralph) Morris, Wilna (Lonnie) Thompson, both of Salvisa; two brothers, Coleman Dawson, Atlanta, GA and Lillard Dawson, Lawrenceburg; one sister Nancy Dawson Jones, Springfield; six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. He was preceded in death by: a sister, Allie Dudley Moore; a brother, J. W. Dawson; and a grandson, Carroll Gene Thompson.
Funeral services were held Sunday, April 23, at Gash Memorial Chapel, Lawrenceburg, with Dr. Mike Hamrick officiating. Burial was in Lawrenceburg Cemetery.
Pallbearers were William L. Currens, Curtis Currens, Lois Vaughn Chilton, John A. Goodlett, C. W. Cecil, Jr., and Lynn Royalty. Honorary bearers were Earl Chilton, Edwin King, John P. Tuggle, Bob Shade, Jack Freeman, Julian Birdwhistell, and William E. Birdwhistell.
Memorial contributions are suggested to Sand Spring Baptist Church Building Fund, 1616 Harrodsburg Road, Lawrenceburg, KY 40342, or Heritage Hospice, PO Box 1213, Danville, KY 40423.
LILLIAN DISMUKES
Lillian P. Dismukes, 75, of 337 Main Street, Salvisa, died Saturday, April 22, 2000 at her residence.
Born September 11, 1924 in Harrodsburg, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Jackson and Fannie Beasley Poulter. She was the widow of James G. Dismukes.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Salvisa Baptist Church.
Survivors include: one daughter, Mrs. John (Jackie) Sims, Salvisa; two grandchildren, John and Jeremy Sims.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 25, at the Ransdell Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Johnny Hockersmith and Rev. Ray Coates officiating. Burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Winston Preston, Ronnie Broce, Rodney Harlow, Bobby Hardin, Rusty Johnson and Tony Bast.
Memorials are suggested to Heritage Hospice.
MARAGARET RICHARDSON
Margaret Richardson, 90, of 557 Shenandoah Drive, died Saturday, April 22, 2000 at her residence.
Born October 8, 1909 in Nashville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Edwin A. and Mary W. Smith. She was the widow of Paul Y. Richardson.
She was a homemaker, a member of the Harrodsburg Christian Church and the CWF.
Survivors include: one daughter, Jane (Phil) Williams, Harrodsburg; two grandchildren, Meg (Scott) Moseley, Harrodsburg; and Caroline (Jack) Williams, New Orleans, LA; four great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Monday, April 24, at the Ransdell Funeral Chapel with Dr. David Hartman officiating. Burial was in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Nashville.
ESTELLE STINE
Estelle Drury Stine, 95, of the Sharpsville Community of Washington County, died Wednesday, April 19, 2000 at the Frankfort Regional Medical Center in Frankfort.
Born March 26, 1905 in Anderson County, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Mahalia Riley Drury.
She was a member of the Mt. Freedom Baptist Church.
Survivors include: one daughter, Mrs. Harold (Annelle) Stockton, Lawrenceburg; three sons, J. C. Stine, Lawrenceburg, Joseph Buford Stine, Harrodsburg, and Phillip Stine, Louisville; one brother, Ottis Drury, Lawrenceburg; 22 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren and several great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Stine; one daughter, Dorothy Cornish; one son, Jack Stine, a grandson, Dennis Keith Stine; a granddaughter, Freda Karen Stine, a great grandson, Charles Patrick Hamilton; three sisters, Alpha Goodlett, Vernida Stopher and Ethel May; six brothers, Wallace, Everett, Vernice, Otis, Ralph and Taff Drury.
Funeral services were held Saturday, April 22, at the Carey and Son Funeral Home with Rev. John McDaniel officiating. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery at Willisburg.
Pallbearers were Wayne Stockton, Jimmy Stine, Matthew Goetsch, Jerry Cornish, Dwight Stine and Scott Stine.
LEONARD MARTIN
Leonard S. Martin, 72, Sacramento, KY, formerly of Burgin, died Sunday, April 9, 2000, at the Regional Medical Center in Madisonville.
He was born in Lincoln County and was a retired diesel mechanic from the coal mines.
He was a member of Dixon Baptist Church in Dixon and was an army veteran.
Survivors include: four sons, Leonard Martin, Jr., Jerry Edwin Martin and Freddy Eugene Martin, all of Hanson, and Tony Lee Martin of Dawson Springs; four daughters, Carolyn Stobaugh, Dawson Springs, Rebecca Ann Nelson, Island, and Lisa Gail Rich and Mary Alice Nelson, both of Hanson; two sister, Ella Mae Long, Harrodsburg and Elizabeth Wray; 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, James Martin.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, April 12, at the Tucker Memorial Chapel in Sacramento. Burial was in Island Cemetery.
WILLIAM GRITTON
William M. (Willie) Gritton Jr., 76, of 1022 Macland Dr., Lawrenceburg, died Monday, April 24, 2000 at Frankfort Regional Medical Center in Frankfort.
Born August 30, 1923 in Mercer County, he was the son of the late William Maxwell and Etha Sanford Gritton.
He was a retired PVA administrator and a member of Claylick Methodist Church.
He was a charter member of the Salvisa Ruritan Club, a member of the American Legion and VFW, Mercer County School Board member for 15 years, and a member of the 40 & 8 Club. He was an Army Air Corps veteran, serving from 1946-1952.
Survivors include: his wife, Elsie Gritton, Lawrenceburg; one son, Billy Mac Gritton, Harrodsburg; one daughter, Lisa Klingerfus, Forest, VA; one step son, Ricky Robinson, Lawrenceburg; one sister, Lucille (Marshall) Sanders, Louisville; five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Adeline Lyen.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, April 26, at the Ransdell Funeral Chapel, with Terry Cornish, James Harley and Steve Buotell officiating. Burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Rusty Johnson, Carroll Sanford, Ronnie Baker, Bobby Gritton, Jimmy Robinson, Bobby Carter and Billy Lyen.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass.
JASON BUGG
Jason Bugg, 77, 747 Fairview Court, died Monday, April 24, 2000, of an apparent heart attack. He was pronounced dead by Mercer County Coroner Sonny Ransdell when he was found in his vehicle in the back of Beaumont Plaza.
According to a Harrodsburg Police report, Bugg was operating the vehicle when he apparently suffered a fatal heart attack. The car traveled uncontrolled heading north in the back of the parking lot and struck a concrete pole.
Born November 5, 1922 in Washington County, Bugg was the son of the late Thomas Allen and Zanie Lowe Bugg.
He was a former owner of the Redwood Restaurant and he attended the University of Cincinnati as an engineering major.
He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, where he received an EAME ribbon with three bronze stars and an Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.
At age 21, while a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Bugg was shot down in May of 1944 and his family was notified he was missing in action, and a few weeks later, told he had been killed. He was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously and his parents received a personal commendation from President Franklin D. Roosevelt praising his death in service to his country.
About six months later, his family learned he was alive and being held a prisoner of war by the Germans, first in Germany and then in Poland. In February 1945, he and nearly 10,000 fellow POWs were forced to march 56 days over 700 miles out of Poland into Germany to avoid the advancing Russian front.
Bugg endured the march and 18 months of being a prisoner of war. He returned home to his family in Harrodsburg and for nearly 40 years, he did not speak of his war experiences. Finally, in 1983, he began to reminisce with other veterans about his experiences and his story was shared in a book about the 409th Bomb Group of World War II. He also learned that the Army still had him listed as killed in action. The mistake was corrected.
After returning to Harrodsburg, Bugg had a career as a successful business man and was involved in many areas of local civic life. He was a partner in the White Cottage Restaurant and owned the Redwood Restaurant. He was on the founding board of directors of the Fort Harrod Drama, served three terms as president of the Mercer Chamber of Commerce, was president of the Harrodsburg Rotary Club and treasurer of the Jaycees.
He is survived by four sons, Allen and Edward Lynn Bugg, both of Lexington; David Thomas Bugg, Hopkinsville; Everett Lawrence Bugg, Richmond; one daughter, Brenda Marie Elkins, New Albany, IN; three brothers, Marvin Bugg, Henderson; Sterling Bugg, Oxnard, CA, and Warren Bugg, Danville, and seven grandchildren.
Graveside services were held Wednesday, April 26, at the Camp Nelson National Cemetery with Dr. Robert DeFoor officiating.
Pallbearers were Kim Knight, Barry Elkins, Byron Bugg, Brice Long, Mike Calhoun and Wayne Bugg.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to the Disabled American Veterans, Harrodsburg, KY 40330.
Alexander and Royalty Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
