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Date of these obituaries: 06-04-1999
Martha Hamilton, owned restaurants
Martha "Madeline" Zaring Hamilton, owner of a Florence trailer park and the former owner of Southern Trails and Betsy Anne restaurants, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
She was 83.
Ms. Hamilton owned several night clubs and restaurants in her lifetime. Her first establishment was the Little Apple, a restaurant and bar she operated in her hometown of Little York, Ind.
After she moved to Alexandria in the 1950s, she opened another restaurant and dance hall called the Alps Club. She also owned an Alexandria restaurant called the Betsy Anne.
Her other restaurant, Southern Trails, was in Florence, where she lived for the last 40 years.
Ms. Hamilton enjoyed cooking for her restaurants, as well as managing them, said her brother, George Zaring of Salem, Ind.
She had enormous amounts of energy, he said, and she was very generous with her customers, staff and family.
"If she had been given the money that everybody owes her, she would have been very wealthy," Zaring said. "She did a lot of favors for a lot of people, and she really didn't ask for any of it in return."
Ms. Hamilton's other business, the Hamilton Trailer Court in Florence, is her only remaining establishment today. The 20-lot trailer park sits on four acres that she purchased about 40 years ago.
Ms. Hamilton was devoted to her
seven grandchildren, her brother said. She also loved music and traveling.
She was a member of Little York, Ind., Christian Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Her husbands, Edwards Rimkus and James Hamilton, both preceded her in death. A daughter, Geraldine Waldman, died in 1994.
Other survivors include a sister, Eileen Hunsucker of Nashville, Tenn., and a brother, John Zaring of Las Vegas.
Services will be at 5 p.m. Sunday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 2 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Little York, Ind., Cemetery.
Minnie Earl Gary, 48, of Covington, died Saturday at University Medical Center, Lexington. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, James Gary of Covington; sisters, Jessie Mae Gary and Deborah Ann Gary-Eatmons, both of Covington; brothers, John Henry, William James Henry and Bennie Lee Gary, all of Covington; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 7 tonight at United Community Christian Church, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Mary Smith Memorial Cemetery, Elsmere. Joseph R. Garr Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Geneva Cooper Gordley, 67, of Maysville, died Wednesday at her home. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Donald Everett Gordley; a son, Donald G. Gordley of Winchester; daughters, Vicki Ledford and Robin Gordley Tester, both of Maysville; sisters, Mae Purdy and Nancy Wolfe, both of Falmouth, Pearl England and Eloise Moorhead, both of Brooksville; brothers, Ronnie Cooper of Brooksville and Ralph Dale Cooper of Augusta; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Augusta. Visitation will begin there at noon Saturday. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery, Augusta.
Glenn Knight, 39, of Falmouth, died Thursday at his home after an extended illness. He was owner of B&G; Upholstery, and a member of Falmouth Christian Church and American Legion Post 109, Falmouth. He was an Air Force veteran.
Survivors include his parents, Carl and June McGraw of Falmouth; and a brother, Bobby McGraw of El Paso, Texas.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will begin there at noon Saturday. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth.
Betty Jane Lloyd, 64, of Owenton, died Thursday at Owen County Memorial Hospital, Owenton. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, William Howard Lloyd; a son, Darrell Lloyd of Sanders; daughters, Mary Lou Robinson of Sanders and Lynn Skirvin of Warsaw; a brother, Frank Gordy of Sparta; sisters, Peggy Perkins, Bonnie Sullivan and Zeda Hayes, all of Owenton, Billie Jewell of Willisburg, Christine Burton of Paris and Lucille Covey of Sparta; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home, Main Street, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Paul Wayne Longworth, 43, of Arlington, Texas, died May 21 at his home. He was a real estate investor.
Survivors include a son, Joshua Wayne Longworth of Arlington; his parents, Rosa Metz of Arlington and Charles Longworth of Paris; brothers, Michael Longworth of Huntington, Ind., Phillip Longworth of Cincinnati and Peter Longworth of Arlington; and sisters, Linda Powell of Englewood, Fla., Rhonda Napier of Mason, Ohio, Myra Longworth-Palazio of Independence and Portia Koehlke of West Chester, Ohio.
Services were May 25 in Arlington. Burial was in Moore Memorial Cemetery, Arlington. Memorials are suggested to Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, 2222 Welborn St., Dallas, Texas, 75219. Moore Funeral Home, Arlington, handled arrangements.
James Norris, 87, of Newport, died Tuesday at Harmony Court Nursing Home, Cincinnati.
Survivors include a daughter, Willa Caldwell of Cincinnati; brothers, Pledge Norris of Comer, Ga., and Cornelius Norris of Athens, Ga.; a sister, Anna Ruth Daniels of Monroe, Ga.; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 3 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington.
Gordon L. Smith, 83, of Burlington, died Thursday at his home. He was a sheet metal worker with Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 24, Cincinnati, and was a member of Shriners and the Scottish Rite. He was a 32nd degree Mason. His wife, Isma Smith, preceded him in death.
Survivors include daughters, Shirley Grebe of Williamsburg, Ohio, Virginia Maines of Covington and Audrey Moeller of Alexandria; sons, Fred D. Smith of Batavia, Ohio, and Lee G. Smith of Cincinnati; a brother, Burl Smith of Hamilton, Ohio; 16 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky., 41042.
Joseph Elmo Workman Jr., 72, of Foster, died Saturday, May 29, at his home. He was a retired carpenter.
He leaves his wife, Susan Ashcraft Workman; sons: Derrick Workman of Foster and Joseph Workman of Butler; daughters: Clara Workman and Sarah Workman of Foster, Rajeanna Johnson of Brookville, Ohio, Philis Rice of Butler, and Nancy Collins of Fort Thomas; sisters, Doris West of Cold Springs, Joyce Jaquay of Union, Brenda Stone of Carlisle, and Connie Wood of Burlington; seven grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Neave United Methodist Church, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in Neave Cemetery, Falmouth.
