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These notices are dated: 05-05-2004
G. Gordon Hue, 84, Cork 'N Bottle founder
G. Gordon Hue was a man who had a constant eye on the future, a visionary always trying to discern the next wave or trend.
Mr. Hue, 84, of Lakeside Park, who died Saturday at his home, successfully operated the Goodtimers Caf� in Latonia during the 1940s and '50s. But early in the 1960s he perceived that the business had passed its prime, so he began looking for a new venture.
He concocted a new kind of liquor store, one in which customers would make their own selections and that would offer a line of fine imported table wines. In 1964 he launched it in Covington, naming it the Cork 'N Bottle.
"There was nothing else around here like it at the time, " said a daughter, Nadine Hellings of Lakeside Park. "It was revolutionary."
Mr. Hue built the business into one of the largest liquor retailers in Kentucky. He was constantly looking for ways to keep it ahead of its competition, so over the years added cheeses and other gourmet food. Illness -- he suffered from emphysema -- reduced his role at the store in recent years, but he still kept in touch by phone with two sons who took over the business.
"The day before he died he was talking on the phone with people at the store, " said son, Brian Hue of Montgomery, Ohio.
While Mr. Hellings always had an eye to the future, he never forgot his past. He was appreciative of the opportunity he had to attend Xavier University during the tail end of the Great Depression and never passed an opportunity to help his alma mater later in life.
He gave money to the school himself, organized many fund-raisers, including annual golf tournaments, and was believed to be the Musketeer basketball team's longest-running season ticket holder.
"I can remember being carried into Schmidt Field House in the 1950s as a young child, " said Hellings.
In the midst of his final illness in March, he rallied briefly during Xavier's unprecedented run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
"He gave back to the Jesuits any chance he had, " Hellings said. "He was very appreciative of the opportunity they gave him for an education."
His giving to the Jesuits will continue after his death. He asked that memorials in his name go to Xavier University, 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45207, or St. Xavier High School, 600 North Bend Road, Finneytown, Ohio, 45224.
Mr. Hue was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors in addition to his daughter and son include his wife, Mary Jane Nieman Hue; daughters, Michelle Arling of Cincinnati and Stefanie Hacker of Hamilton, Ohio; sons, Gordon Hue and Timothy Hue, both of Cincinnati, and Barry Hue of Chicago; a sister, Mary K. Coulson of Park Hills; a brother, Donald Hue of Covington; and 21 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Xavier Church, Cincinnati. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Edward M. Barber Jr., 71, of Union, died at 6:05 a.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a bacteriologist with the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and X-10 Medical Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and retired from Difco Laboratory, Detroit, as a senior technical representative. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Alice Ann Franklin Barber; daughters, Cynthia Ann Barber of Union and Christina Moorehead of Bright, Ind.; and two granddaughters.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Lakeside Park. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Lakeside Presbyterian Church, 2690 Dixie Highway, Lakeside Park, Ky. 41017.
Mason Kieler Darnell, 4, of Augusta, died Monday at Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati.
Survivors include his parents, Bill Darnell and Christie Gordley of Augusta; a sister, Sonia Carpenter of Augusta; grandparents, David and Verna Gordley of Augusta and Kenneth Darnell of West Union, Ohio; and great-grandmother, Clevie Bruin of Falmouth.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Augusta. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery, Augusta. Memorials are suggested to Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3130 Highland Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
Mary Jo Hall, 46, of Newport, died Friday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a receptionist.
Survivors include sons, Lamar Johnson of Lexington, Raymond Johnson and Raeshawn Johnson, both of Newport; daughters, Jolysia Johnson of Cincinnati and Allisha Johnson of Newport; her mother, Silver Johnson of Newport; brothers, John Hall Jr., Antonio Hall and Recardo Hall, all of Newport, and Philip Hall and Golden Hall, both of Sadieville; sisters, Johnda Parsons and Regina Hall, both of Covington, Tawana Ward of Cincinnati and Kelly Johnson of Newport; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Second Baptist Church, Newport. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Michael R. Hawkins, 45, of Florence, died at 1:45 a.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. He was the former owner of Hawkins Insurance Agency in Florence and a former agent with Commonwealth Life Insurance Co. He was a member of Sherman Full Gospel Assembly, Dry Ridge.
Survivors include a daughter, Fallon Maris Hawkins of Latonia; stepdaughters, Marissa Lovins of Hebron and Stephanie Glass of Dry Ridge; his mother, Joyce Hamilton Hawkins of Fort Thomas; a brother, Steve Hawkins of Fort Thomas; a sister, Donna Sevier of Highland Heights; grandmother, Jewell Cantrell of Covington; fianc�e, Irma Jones of Florence; and two grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Sherman Full Gospel Assembly. Visitation will begin there at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Sherman Full Gospel Assembly, 3185 Dixie Highway, Dry Ridge, Ky. 41030. Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown, is handling arrangements.
Mary Ruth Johnson, 81, of Ozark, Ala., formerly of Crescent Springs, died Sunday in Ozark. She was a retired manager with Palm Beach Co., Newport, a member of Licking Valley Girl Scouts and a past vice president of the Sixth District School PTA, Covington. A son, W. Scott Johnson, died in 1983.
Survivors include sons, Gary K. Johnson of Ozark and Charles Blu of Erlanger; a brother, William K. Stubbs of Grand Rapids, Mich.; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 21021 Ventura Blvd., Suite 321, Woodland Hills, Calif. 91364.
Sybil Duvall Lusby, 85, of Owenton, died Monday at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington. She was a former restaurant owner and a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church. Her husband, Bennie F. Lusby, and a son, Larry Lusby, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters, Janice Bickers of Park Hills, Dorothy Miller of Frankfort and Bonnie Hedrick of Alexandria; brothers, Hugh Duvall and Melvin Duvall, both of Owenton, and John P. Duvall of Covington; sisters, Thelma Spaulding of Sparta, and Adelle Bower and Grace Stonestreet, both of Bedford, Ind.; nine grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at McDonald and New Funeral Home, Main Street location, Owenton. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Owenton.
Nathaniel Henry Mains, 7 weeks, the son of Sgt. Jason L. and Laura Mains of Waldorf, Md., died April 24 at Children's Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Other survivors include a brother, Ronald Owens Mains, at home; grandparents, Anna F. Mains of Augusta, and Joanna Kaye and Robert Greenwood of Yorkshire, England.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Augustine Cemetery, Augusta. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Metcalfe-Hennessey Funeral Home, Augusta, is handling arrangements.
Penny Elaine Palmer, 41, of Covington, died Friday at Highland Heights Rehabilitation Center. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include daughters, Barbara A. Palmer and Jonda E. Palmer, both of Covington; her father, Sanfer Chaney of Covington; a sister, Peggy Palmer of Covington; brothers, Robert Palmer, Jim Palmer, James Palmer and Anthony Palmer, all of Covington, Jerry Palmer of Dallas and John Palmer of South Carolina; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Jones, Simpson and Gee Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Mary E. Smith Cemetery, Elsmere.
Fred Thomas Roberts Sr., 63, of Independence, died Sunday at his home. He was a retired maintenance worker with Bob Sumerel Tire and an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Smith Calloway Roberts; a daughter, Debbie Krug of Independence; sons, Daniel Calloway of Covington, Fred Roberts Jr. of Williamstown and Todd Roberts Sr. of Crittenden; sisters, Elizabeth Ragle of Loveland, Ohio, Mary Jones of Elsmere, and Nicki Roberts, Louise Roberts and Gale Roberts, all of Kenton County; brothers, Lowell Roberts of Norwood, Ohio, Fulton Roberts Jr., Glenn Roberts and Gary Roberts, all of Kenton County; 12 grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Hickory Grove Baptist Church, 11969 Taylor Mill Road, Independence, Ky. 41051.
Helen Ann Schultz, 90, of Covington, died at 10:07 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a retired cafeteria manager with St. Mary School, Alexandria, and a member of St. Mary Church. She was a former member of St. Mary Senior Citizens, St. Mary Boosters, the church Altar Society, Catholic Women of Northern Kentucky and the Cavalier Club. Her husband, Adolph John Schultz, preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters, Elaine Helmick of Paradise, Calif., Audrey Ann Six of Alexandria and Mary Jean Moore of Highland Heights; a son, Larry Schultz of Cold Spring; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7 p.m. Friday at St. Mary Church, Alexandria. Visitation will be from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Alexandria. Memorials are suggested to St. Mary Adopt-a-Student Program, 121 W. Main St., Alexandria, Ky. 41001; or the charity of the donor's choice. Alexandria Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Virgil W. Shobe, 93, of Florence, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence.
Anna Lee Smith, 70, of Springboro, Ohio, formerly of Covington, died April 21 at Kettering, Ohio, Hospital. She was a former literacy teacher at the Lebanon, Ohio, Correctional Institution and a member of St. Francis Episcopal Church, Springboro. Her husband, Wallace Edward Smith, died in 1999.
Survivors include sons, Michael Edward Smith of Milford, Conn., Stephen Bradley Smith of Dublin, Ohio, and Christopher Douglas Smith of Columbus, Ohio; sisters, Grace Fedelle Baute of Petersburg and Jacqueline Josephine Smith of Aurora, Ind.; and five grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Francis Episcopal Church. A reception will follow the service.
Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219; or St. Francis Episcopal Church, 225 N. Main St., Springboro, Ohio 45066. Anderson Funeral Home, Springboro, is handling arrangements.
Claude Elmo Wallingford, 79, of Aberdeen, Ohio, died Monday at Veterans Hospital, Lexington. He was a retired farmer and a security guard with East Kentucky Power, a former employee of the Kentucky Highway Department and the Independent Warehouse. He was an Army veteran of World War II. His first wife, Mae Wallingford, and a daughter, Diana Lynn Wallingford, both preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Wallingford; daughters, Bonnie Eachus of Tollesboro, Sharon Wallingford of Lewisburg and Patricia Clos of Foster; sons, William "Tucker" Wallingford of Aberdeen and Charles "Bubby" Wallingford of Brooksville; a stepdaughter, Linda Allen of Lynchburg, Ohio; stepsons, Bob Fawley of Batavia, Ohio, Michael Fawley of Hillsboro, Ohio, Charles Fawley of Manchester, Ohio, and Ronnie Fawley of Germantown; 11 grandchildren, 13 step-grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and 16 step-great-grandchildren Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Brell and Son Funeral Home, Maysville. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. today. Burial will be in Canaan Church Cemetery, Tollesboro.
