Kentucky Marriage Records by CountyAlfred Lawless, 80, Russell Springs, KY passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Hayes Chapel United Methodist Church.
He was the son of the late Owen and Lura (Chapman) Lawless. Survivors include a special niece-in-law, Janet Lawless and a special great nephew, Garrett Lawless, and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were Friday, June 6th in the chapel of H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapel with Bro. Mike Coppersmith officiating. Special music was provided by the Hayes Chapel United Methodist Church Choir. Interment was in the Russell Springs Cemetery. Pallbearers were Leonard Gaskins. Jeremy Coffey, Michael Robertson, Martie Robertson, Darren Roy and Terry Bailey. H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapel was in charge of the arrangements.
Herlen Ray Lawless, 67, Jamestown, KY passed away Friday, October 24, 2003 at Westlake Regional Hospital in Columbia, KY. He was a longtime magistrate for Russell County and had only recently resigned his seat and a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in the Korean War. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis A. Lawless, Jamestown, KY; four sons, Danny (Glenda) Lawless, Monticello, KY, Ranny and Gene Lawless, both of Russell Springs, KY, and Steve (Angie) Lawless, Jamestown, KY; three aughters, Judy (Daryl) Smith, Jamestown, KY, Janet Collins, London, KY and Sherri (Mark) Loy, Jamestown, KY; two brothers, R.J. Lawless, Jamestown, KY and Edwin Lawless, Russell Springs, KY; one sister, Geneva Blair, Russell Springs, KY; 17 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral services were Sunday, October 26, 2003 in the chapel of H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapel with Bro. Bobby Conner officiaiting. Interment was in the Jamestown Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ronnie McFall, Charles Smith, Mickey Garner, Brad Redmon, Larry Holt, and Ronald W. Johnson. H. E. Pruitt Memory Chapel was in charge of the arrangements.
Waldo Luttrell, 78, Russell Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Hospital. He was a retired bus driver and a member of the Mt. Eden United Baptist Church. He is survived by one son, Gary Luttrell, and one daughter, Patricia Smith; both of Russell Springs, KY; one brother, Edward Luttrell, Russell Springs, KY;and three sisters, Cletta Aaron, Russell Springs, KY, Dorothy Roy and Lacona Lewis, both of Champaign, IL; four grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lola Johnson Luttrell, his parents, John A. Luttrell and Bertha Gosser Luttrell, three brothers and one sister. Funeral services were Thursday, January 23, 2003 in the chapel of the Bernard Funeral Home with Bro. Paul Roy and Bro. Elvis Tucker officiating. Interment was in the Union Cemetery. Pallbearers were John Luttrell, Roger Collins, Tommy Holt, Avalee Smith, Paul Aaron, and Joe Aaron. Bernard Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Bessie Johnson Karney, 93, Russell Springs, KY, passed away Sunday, June 29, 2003 at the Fair Oaks Nursing Home in Jamestown, KY. She was a homemaker and a member of the High Street Baptist Church, in Somerset, KY. Survivors include one brother, Herman (Earlene) Johnson, Russell Springs, KY; Two sisters, Opal Gaskin, Somerset, KY and Lucille Sumner, Le Roy, IL; along with several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were Wednesday, July 2, 2003 in the chapel of the Bernard Funeral Home with Bro. Sammie Adkins officiating.
Interment was in the Hatfield Cemetery in Jabez, KY. Pallbearers were Quentin Gaskin, Eli Stephens, Bobby Johnson, Steven DeBord, Steve DeBord and James Kennett. Bernard Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Bonnie Pelly Kean, 91, Louisville, Ky, formerly of Adair County passed away Friday, August 22, 2003 at her home. She was a former Adair County teacher and Head of housekeeping at the Courier Journal in Louisville. She was a member of the St. Stephens Church of Christ. Survivors include one son, Charles (Peggy) Kean; two daughters, Marilyn Werner and Carolyn (Bill) Pierce; one brother, Samuel Pelly; three sisters, Catherine Cundiff, Russell Springs, KY, Frances Fultz and Wilma Ballou; seven grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral services were Monday, August 25, 2003 in the chapel of O.D. White & Sons Funeral Home in Louisville, KY. Interment will be in the Cave Hill Cemetery. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of a donation to Hospice of Louisville. These can be made at Bernard Funeral Home in Russell Springs, KY. This obituary courtesy of the Bernard Funeral Home.
Bro. Lee Roy Kerns, 77, Columbia, Ky passed away Saturday, May 10, 2003 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY. He was retired from General Electric in Louisville, KY and a member of Purdy Separate Baptist Church, a Separate Baptist minister and the Pastor of Christian Church Home in Jabez, KY. He was also a Veteran of the U.S. Army. He was the son of the late Hobert and Pearl Coffey Kerns of Adair County. Survivors include his wife, Renea Coomer Kerns, Columbia, KY; one son, Roy David (Nancy) Kerns, Shepherdsville, KY; four daughters, Diann (James) Elliott, Shepherdsville, KY, Patsy (Paul) Young, Baytown, TX, June (Roy) Moore, Hustonville, KY and Rebecca (Terry) Ashbaugh, Shepherdsville, KY; two brothers, Joe Kerns, Columbia, KY and Dallas Kerns, Bardstown, KY; four sisters, Allene Burton and Dorothy Kerns, both of Columbia, KY, Alta Burnett, Taylorsville, KY and Mabel Barnes, Bardstown, KY; eight grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends survive. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Glenn, James, and Charlie Kerns. Funeral services were Tuesday, May 13, 2003 in the chapel of the Stotts-Phelps- McQueary Funeral Home with Rev. James Hale, Bro. Donnie Smith and Bro. Junior Holmes officiating. Interment was in the Haven Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Matthew Kerns, Andrew Kile, Daniel Moore, Thomas Etherton, Richard Lewis, Jr., and Todd Akin. Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
