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Date of these obituaries: 10-28-2003
Lee Lanter, long-time Grant County attorney
Lee B. Lanter was well-thought of enough in Grant County that he won his first race for county attorney in 1942 while he was away serving with the U.S. Army during World War II.
The job he did in that office was received well enough by his constituents that he was re-elected eight times.
By the time he retired from the office in 1978, he was the longest-serving county attorney in the state of Kentucky.
There were several keys to his popularity, said his daughter, Marylee L. Willoby, of Dry Ridge.
"He was always fair, " she said. "He genuinely liked people, and he genuinely liked to help people."
Mr. Lanter, of Williamstown, died at 4:45 a.m. Monday at St. Charles Care Center, Covington. He was 94.
He was very progressive in his outlook for the county, Willoby said, and he used his influence with the fiscal court to help steer the county in the direction it needed to go.
He was instrumental in getting the Grant County Hospital and Grant County High School built, and in improving water service. He persuaded the court to buy property close to the courthouse so the county could use it later for parking.
He helped his first wife, Blanche Brandenburg Lanter, who died in a 1968 accident, to establish the county's first library. Late in his life, he donated land for a new library building in Williamstown. It was named the Lee B. Lanter Public Library.
Her father was a generous man who tried to treat everyone the same, regardless of social or economic status, said Willoby, a former Grant County school board member who is now Grant County coroner.
The only people he discriminated against were those accused of breaking the law whom he wound up prosecuting as county attorney.
"If you broke the law, he could come down hard on you, " Willoby said.
He was a past president of the Kentucky Bar Association, was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and served on the Northern Kentucky Board of Regents in the latter half of the 1970s.
He was a deacon and lifelong member of Dry Ridge Christian Church; a member of Grant Lodge No. 85 F&AM, Williamstown Order of the Eastern Star No. 301 and Indra Consistory of the Scottish Rite.
He was active in the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts of America and earned the Silver Beaver Award for service to the organization.
Other survivors are his wife, Louise Browning Lanter; a stepdaughter, Phyllis Reed of Edgewood; a stepson, Mark Browning of LaCentre, Wash.; brothers, Ottie P. Lanter of Williamstown and Dr. Kenneth E. Lanter of Union; sisters, Opal Norton Gruen of Dry Ridge and Emma Gene Biggs of Florence; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Memorials are suggested to Dry Ridge Christian Church Building Fund, 13 School St., Dry Ridge, Ky. 41035; or Grant County Public Library, Williamstown, Ky. 41097.
Anna Louise Carlton Alexander, 78, of Euless, Texas, formerly of Gallatin County, died Saturday at Huguley Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas. She was a homemaker and a volunteer at the hospital. Her husband, Ed Alexander, died in 1978.
Survivors include daughters, Debra Richardson of Euless and Dona Rose Orr of Boise, Idaho; sons, Ron Alexander of Alexandria, Va., and Randy Alexander of Burleson, Texas; a brother, Gillie Dan Carlton of Alexandria, Va.; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Carlton-Lowder Funeral Home, Warsaw. Visitation will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Glencoe Cemetery.
Edna Lofton Bolden, 93, of Mays Lick, died at 12:50 p.m. Sunday at Maysville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was a member of Second Baptist Church, Mays Lick. Her husband, William Bolden; a daughter, Geneva Bolden; and sons, Marvin Bolden and Edward Bolden, all preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, William Bolden Jr., Nathaniel Bolden, Elmer Bolden, Richard Bolden and Roy Bolden; daughters, Betty Rose and Peggy Jackson; a brother, Charles Lofton; 44 grandchildren; and 54 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Second Baptist Church, Mays Lick. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be in Mays Lick Cemetery.
Palmer Funeral Home, Mays Lick, is handling arrangements.
Stuart Joseph Cox Sr., 67, of Covington, died at 10 a.m. Sunday at his home. He was a tool and die maker with CCDI, Cincinnati, and attended Amelia (Ohio) Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, June Elaine Keitz Cox; a son, Stewart Joseph Cox Jr. of Florence; daughters, Audrey Gaddy of Erlanger, Theresa Rose of Cincinnati and Regina Haley of Covington; a brother, Elmer Cox; sisters, Juliet Anderson, JoAnn Cox and Margaret Woodward; 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
No services are planned.
Memorials are suggested to Change of Heart Support Group, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219. Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Rose E. Henry, 94, of Burlington, died at 9:05 a.m. Sunday at Greystone Nursing Home, Cincinnati. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Jessie W. Henry, and a daughter, Betty Eagle, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include a great-grandson, Brian Hendricks of Hebron; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Private services will be at the convenience of the family. Entombment will be in Memorial Park Mausoleum, St. Petersburg, Fla. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron, is handling arrangements.
Carla Ann Lindsay, 50, of Southgate, died Friday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a certified nurses aide with Northern Kentucky Care and Rehabilitation Center, Highland Heights, and a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Maysville.
Survivors include daughters, Rachel Meyer of Fayetteville, Ohio, Angela Foley of Maysville and Kim Foley of Flemingsburg; a son, Michael Foley of Louisville; sisters, Margaret Bloomfield of Aberdeen, Ohio, and Iantha Emmons of Lexington; brothers, Marvin Eachus and Joel Eachus, both of Maysville, Edward Eachus of Brooksville and Charles Eachus of Tollesboro; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Calvary Baptist Church, Maysville. Visitation will begin there at 2 p.m. Knox and Brothers Funeral Home, Maysville, is handling arrangements.
Rebecca Ann Loomis, 59, of Independence, died at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a master gardener with the Kenton County Golf Course.
Survivors include her husband, Kenneth Loomis; sons, Kenneth Loomis Jr. of Covington and Scott C. Loomis of Southgate; daughters, Jennifer Loomis of Independence and Melissa Phelps of Erlanger; sisters, Charlene Ehret of Richmond, Va., and Kathleen Schreiber of Covington; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will begin there at noon Thursday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Ralph Harrison Mann, 82, of Florence, died Friday at his home. He was a coordinator with Delta Airlines and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, LaVonne R. Mann; sons, James Michael Mann of Florence, Joel Douglas Mann of Costa Mesa, Calif., and Ralph Stephen Mann of Naples, N.Y.; a sister, Montez Corey of Atlanta; a brother, Elmo L. Mann of Easley, S.C.; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075. Stith Funeral Home, Florence, is handling arrangements.
Lawrence J. O'Brien, 78, of Bellevue, died Saturday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a retired buyer with Richards Electric Co. and a member of St. Anthony Church, Bellevue. He was a former member of the Knights of Columbus.
Survivors include a brother, Edward O'Brien, and a sister, Mary Zier, both of Bellevue.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Divine Mercy Parish, Bellevue. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Austin Ray Ollier, 5, the son of Thomas Rob and Bobbiann Nichols Horton Ollier of Dry Ridge, died Thursday at his home. He was a kindergartner at Dry Ridge Elementary School.
Other survivors include a brother, Cory Gray of Burlington; grandparents, Ivan Ray and Raetta Horton of Independence, and Thomas Edward and Jo Ann Ollier of Union; and great-grandparents, Evelyn Sewell of Williamstown, Ivan Horton of Erlanger, Thomas and Mildred Puckett of Somerset and Laverne Ollier of Florence.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Austin Ollier Fund, P.O. Box 130, Williamstown, Ky. 41097.
Alta Mae Rouse, 93, of Florence, died Sunday at Woodspoint Care Center, Florence. She was a retired registered nurse with Bethesda Hospital, Cincinnati.
Survivors include a niece, Detria Morris of Verona, and a nephew, Larry Rouse of Walton.
Private services will be at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Burlington Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice. Linnemann Funeral Home, Burlington, is handling arrangements.
Dona Combs Abner Rupard, 91, of Fort Thomas, died at 10:05 a.m. Sunday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. She was a homemaker, a member of Taylor Mill Pentecostal Church and a former president of the Arnold School PTA, Newport. Her husband, Clarence Combs, and daughters, Fannie Lee Hamilton and Carlene Combs, all preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons, Jack Combs of Bellevue and James Combs of Kettering, Ohio; daughters, Ruth Ziegler of Alexandria and Beulah Jean Combs of Orlando, Fla.; a brother, Jack Runion of Las Vegas; sisters, Georgia Wood of Cincinnati, Alice Mooneyham of Barboursville, Eula Powell of Taylor Mill, Novella Hatfield of Taylor Mill, Wilma Green of Denver and Helen Hatfield of Piney Flats, Tenn.; 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to Taylor Mill Pentecostal Church, 5336 Taylor Mill Road, Taylor Mill, Ky. 41015 or to American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., Suite 102, West Chester, Ohio 45069.
Lucille B. Turner, 78, of Florence, died Florence, died Saturday at Florence Park Care Center. She was a nurse and a member of Seventh Day Adventist Church, Taylor Mill.
Survivors include her brother, John Turner of Union, nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery.
