Kentucky Marriage Records by CountyMarie Holt Kilpatrick
Marie Holt Kilpatrick, 80, died Sunday, January 16, 2000 at Russell County Hospital.
She was the widow of Bill Kilpatrick.
She is survived by four daughters, Barbra Bradshaw, Joyce Barnes, Doris Jean Hadley, all of Russell Springs and Janice Snow, Jamestown; four grandchildren; Ricky Barnes, Glenna Hubbard, Sherrie Malone and Darrin Hadley; seven great grandchildren; one brother Bobby Holt; two sisters, Helen Richards, Russell Springs and Margaret Walls, Shepherdsville, Kentucky.
Services were held Wednesday, January 19, 2000 at the Chapel of Rippetoe Funeral Home, with Bros. Carroll Egnew, Brian Janes and Bobby Sexton.
Special music was provided by Bobby and Ida Holt.
Burial was in Russell Springs Cemetery.
Millard McGaha
Millard McGaha, 87, Franklin, Indiana, formerly of Adair County, passed away Saturday, January 15, 2000 at Vencor Indianapolis South Hospital in Greenwood, Indiana, after an illness.
He was the son of the late Allen and Alta Bryant McGaha and was preceded in death by his wife Rettie Francis Bryant McGaha on August 24, 1985.
He is survived by one daughter, Della Fay Bryant, Franklin, Indiana; one son, Charles W. McGaha, Greenwood, Indiana; three brothers, Loren McGaha, Covington, Kentucky, Elbert McGaha, Florence, Kentucky and Leonard Waymon McGaha, Cincinnati, Ohio; one sister, Elnora Rogers, Cincinnati, Ohio; four grandchildren, Brenda Jean Burton, Angie Sue McGaha, Michael Bryant and Barbara Hancock; three great grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends survives.
He was preceded in death by five brothers and one sister: Alfred B. McGaha, Thera McGaha, Leslie McGaha, Asa McGaha, Dewey McGaha and Hattie McGaha.
Mr. McGaha was a member of the Free Union Separate Baptist Church, a retired farmer and a saw mill worker.
Services were held Tuesday, January 18, 2000, 10:00 a.m. at Free Union Separate Baptist Church with Rev. Clifton Cowan, Rev. Jim Goff and Bro. Homer Whited.
Burial was in Free Union Cemetery.
Stotts, Phelp, McQueary Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Laura Lou Foley
Laura Lou Foley, 81, Columbia (formerly of Russell Springs) died Sunday, January 16 at Melrose Manor Health Care Center in Louisville.
She was born March 26, 1918 in Adair County to the late Lillie Mae Shaw Simpson and the late Lawrence Simpson.
She was preceded in death by her husband Ernest W. Foley.
She is survived by three sons, Elwood Foley, Russell Springs; Roger David Foley and Ronald Lee Foley both of Louisville; one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Morgan of Russell Springs; twelve grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
Services were held Wednesday, January 19, 2000, 10:00 a.m. at Bernard Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Cleveland Johnson officiating.
Burial will be in the Bethlehem Cemetery.
Bernard Funeral Home Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
Lonnie Wayne Richards
Lonnie Wayne Richards, 49, died Thursday, February 24, at Russell County Hospital.
He was the son of the late Titus and Josephine Wooten Richards.
He is survived by one daughter Tammi McCarrel, Greenwood, Indiana; two sisters, Mary Guffey and Beverly Hendricks, both of Russell Springs; two brothers, Jack Richards, Jamestown and Marvin Richards, Lexington, Kentucky; and one grandchild.
Services were held Sunday, February 27, 2000, 1:00 p.m. at the chapel of Rippetoe Funeral Home with Bros. Billy Dunbar and Bobby Dunbar officiating.
Burial was in Russell Springs Cemetery.
Rippetoe Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Carrie Bottom Black
Carrie Bottom Black, 86, Russell Springs, died Thursday, February 24, 2000 at Summit Manor Nursing Home in Columbia, Kentucky.
She was born in Russell County June 2, 1913 to the late Mattie Tarter Bottom and the late Claude O. Bottom.
She was preceded in death by her husband Gillum Black; one sister Effie Womack; and five brothers Bert Bottom, Homer Bottom, Velmer Ray Bottom, Phillip Bottom, Jack Bottom.
She was a homemaker and a member of Russell Springs First Baptist Church.
She is survived by two daughters Patricia Combest (Paul), Albany, Kentucky and Harriet Buchanan (Danny), Russell Springs; and one step grandchild, James Buchanan, Russell Springs.
Services were held Sunday, February 27, 2000, 2:00 p.m. at Bernard Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bill Ramage officiating.
Burial was in Russell Springs Cemetery.
Special music was provided by Jo Nell Smith and Wes Bottom.
Pallbearers were H.M. Bottom, Jerry Holt, Garnet Womack, Paul Womack, Bocky Bottom and Lymon Bottom.
Bernard Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Alfred C. "Al" Holt
Alfred C. "Al" Holt, Parkersburg, West Virginia, formerly Jamestown, Kentucky, died Saturday, February 19, 2000 at his home after an illness of cancer.
He was born October 19, 1920 in Milford, Illinois. He was retired from General Motors Corporation of Parma, Ohio as a job setter. He was a member of the United Auto Workers of Parma.
He was a veteran of World War II and Korea with the United States Army. His hobby was restoring classic cars.
Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Bonnie E. Martin Holt; three brothers, Owen Holt, Jr., Coal City, Illinois, Arvis Holt and Marshall Holt, Indianapolis, Indiana; one sister, Wanda Holt Miner, Indianapolis, Indiana; several nieces and nephews; and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents Owen Sarah Marcum Holt; his stepmother, Pearl Lawless Holt; one brother Alton Holt; four sisters, Beulah Heidelman Starkey, Beatrice Hayes, Tina Cooper and Jo Nell Roy.
Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 22, 2000 at the McCullough-Rogers Funeral Home in Pennsboro, West Virginia with Clergyman Robert A. Choiniere officiating.
Burial was in Coleman-Freeman Cemetery at Crystal Lake near West Union, West Virginia.
Allan Ballenger
Allan Ballenger, 52, Vienna, Virginia, formerly of Russell County, died suddenly, Saturday, February 26, 2000 in Fairfax, Virginia.
He was born in Columbia, Kentucky May 6, 1947 to Margaret Elizabeth Aaron Ballenger and Randy Ballenger who survives.
He was a computer technician, a member of Russell Springs Christian Church, a member of Russell Springs VFW and a veteran of US Army serving in Vietnam War.
Besides his parents he is survived by one son Tony (Angela Kay) Ballenger, Shelbyville, Indiana; one granddaughter, Mariah Ballenger, Shelbyville, Indiana; four brothers Glen (Clara) Ballenger, Bro. Curtis (Marcella) Ballenger and Dennis Ballenger, all of Russell Springs and Rodney (Vicki) Ballenger, Somerset, Kentucky.
Services will be held Thursday, March 2, 2000, 10:00 a.m. at Bernard Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Carroll Egnew officiating.
Burial was in Russell County Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers were Dick Kolb, J.J. Hunter, Glen Ballenger, Rodney Ballenger, Curtis Ballenger and Dennis Ballenger.
Bernard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
