Kentucky Marriage Records by CountyBenjamin, Harrison Dunbar, 86, Russell Springs, KY passed away on May 31, 2003 at the Russell County Hospital. Survivors include a sister, Ella B. Dunbar and two sisters-in-law and several nieces and nephews. He was the widower of Cecil Pendleton Dunbar. Graveside services were held on Monday, June 2, 2003 at the Lucinda Cemetery. Rippetoe Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Hatsue N. Dunbar, 71, Tallahoma, TN passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at the Harton Hospital in Tullahoma, TN. She was retired from Tennessee Apparel in Tullahoma, TN.
Survivors include her husband, Orvis G. Dunbar, Tullahoma, TN; one son, Bobby J. Dunbar, Estill Springs, TN; one daughter, Betty Stacy, Tullahoma, TN; her mother, Toyo Nakamura, Tokyo, Japan; three brothers, Tetsuya Nakamura, Osamu Nakamura, and Ryuji Karasu, all of Tokyo, Japan; three sisters, Misako Yokoi, Tokyo, Japan, Junko Gonzalez, Michoscan, Mexico; one grandson, Chris Stacy, Hilham, TN; two granddaughters, Heather Roberts, Nashville, TN and Jennifer Stacy, Cookeville, TN and five great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were Friday, August 1, 2003 in the chapel of The Tullahoma Funeral Home with the Rev. Jack Hice officiating. Interment was in the Flanagan Cemetery in Jamestown, KY. H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapel was in charge of local arrangements.
Murrell Brown, 60, Jamestown, KY passed away Saturday, August 23, 2003 at the Russell County Hospital. He was a Jamestown City employee. Survivors include his wife, Mary Bell Brown; his mother, Opal Brown; five sons, Jerry Brown, Wayne Brown, Barry Brown, Randy Brown, all of Jamestown, KY and Mark Brown, Russell Springs, KY; four daughters, Sharonq Logan, Sherry Miller, Marilyn Burchett, Joanna Burchett, all of Jamestown, KY; one brother, Glen Hall, Russell Springs, KY; a sister, Lorene Pierce, Russell Springs, KY; 23 grandchildren and one great grandchild.also survives. Funeral services were Monday, August 25, 2003 in the chapel of H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapel with Bro. Dale Brown officiating. Interment was in the Jamestown Cemetery. H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapel was in charge of the arrangements.
Velma Annie Brown, 76, Formerly of Pioneer Village, Ky was born September 17, 1926 to the late Thomas Elmer and Estella Willis Foley Rexroat in Russell County, Kentucky. She returned to her Heavenly Father on Sunday, March 2, 2003 in Liberty, Ky with her daughters by her side. She was a faithful member of Blue Lick United Baptist Church. She leaves to cherish her memory her beloved daughters, Diana C. Ray, Jefferson Co., Sherry L. Smith, Russell Springs, KY and Kimberly J. Grimestaff, Bullit Co.; eight children; sixteen grandchildren and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband Chester “Ted” Brown in March of 1996. Funeral services were Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at the Blue Lick United Baptist Church with Bro. Roy Wilson officiating and Bro. Joey Hall leading the singing. Interment was in the Highland Memory Gardens. Pallbearers were Freddie West, Gregory West, Bradley West, Randy Walters, Rex Wilson, and Danny Stamboro. Schoppenhurst, Underwood & Brooks Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Lillian Burgess, 77, Russell Springs, KY passed away Friday, July 18, 2003 at her residence. She was a retired inspector for Russell Sportswear and a member of the Russell Springs Church of God. Survivors include her husband, Ralph Burgess, Russell Springs, KY; one daughter, Cletta McKinney, Russell Springs, KY; her mother, Geneva George, Windsor, KY; one granddaughter, Kelly Adcock, Nashville, TN; two great grandchildren; one sister, Shirley Holland, Kent, OH; and six step-children, Sandra Loehle, Tullahoma, TN, Pamela Kay Proctor, Elizabethtown, KY, Bill Burgess and Jimmy Burgess, both of Creelsboro, KY, Gary Burgess, Russell Springs, KY and Joe Burgess, Wilmore, KY; 14 step grandchildren and three step great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Wendell Dabney, two brothers and one sister. Funeral services were Sunday, July 20, 2003 in the chapel of Bernard Funeral Home with Bro. Chester Hatton officiating. Special music was provided by Dean McKinley. Interment was in the Clear Springs Cemetery. Pallbearers were Gary Burgess, Joe Burgess, Bryan Burgess, David Proctor, Bob Kanter and Brad Kanter. Bernard Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Pauline Stapp Chapman, 83, Columbia, KY, formerly of Russell County, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2003 at the North Point of Lexington Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late Lawrence E. and Willie Pearl Carnes Stapp and she was a homemaker and a member of the Hayes Chapel United Methodist Church. Survivors include three sons, Joe Bruce Chapman, Bardstown, KY, Eugene Chapman, Columbia, KY and Roger Chapman, Elizabethtown, KY; three daughters, Lacona Haggan, Elizabethtown, KY, Margaret McKeon, Radcliff, KY, Helen Ballenger, Elizabethtown, KY; one brother, Adrian “Dee” Stapp, Edinburgh, IN; one sister, Mary White, North Vernon, IN; 15 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were Friday, August 8, 2003 in the chapel of the Bernard Funeral Home with Bro. Vernon Blakey officiating. Interment was in the Hayes Chapel Cemetery. Bernard Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Linda Rae Coe, 60, Jamestown, KY passed away Saturday, June 21, 2003. She was a Chief Deputy Circuit Clerk of Russell County and District Courts from 1975 -1987 and 1994 to present. Survivors include one son, Jeffrey Scott Coe, Jamestown, KY; one daughter, Shiela Lynn Longbauer, Jamestown, KY; one sister, Barbara Frueghtenicht, Birmingham, AL; and one grandson, Jeremy Coe; also surviving are the The Special Girls. Funeral services were Tuesday, June 24, 2003 in the chapel of H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapel with Bro. Tony Stephens and Bro. Monroe Robertson officiating. Interment was in the Jamestown Cemetery. Pallbearers were Tony Kerr, Jeff Hoover, Gary C. Robertson, Larry Gadberry, Charles Shepherd, Don Byrom, and Bruce Johnson. The family requests that expressions of sympathy be made to the American Cancer Society or Hospice of Lake Cumberland.
H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapel was in charge of the arrangements.
