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Date of these obituaries: 07-04-2003
Charles L. Dunn, 88, mechanic, truck driver
Charles L. Dunn was the kind of person you wanted to grow up and be like, said his son, Michael Dunn of Dry Ridge.
"He was a jolly fellow. You never heard him say a cross word against anybody, " his son said. "He was a kind-hearted person. He would give you the shirt off his back. He worked hard all his life.
"I know that probably sounds like everybody's dad, but that's the way he was, " Michael said.
Mr. Dunn, a Williamstown resident, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood. He was 88.
His wife of 50 years, Maggie Cook Dunn, preceded him in death on March 20, 1994.
The retired mechanic and truck driver went through a tough time after that. "They worshipped each other, " Michael said, and added that where you saw one, you saw the other.
They grew up "across the hill" from each other in Grant County, Michael said, and had known each other since they were children. She actually proposed to Mr. Dunn, who was "kind of a shy person when it came around to that, " Michael said.
During World War II, when Mr. Dunn fought for the Army Air Corps, he sent all his pay home to her to buy furniture with. He contracted malaria in the Pacific and also injured his legs during a rough plane landing.
Mr. Dunn always had a story about growing up in rural Kentucky. He talked of working for 50 cents a day with his brothers and father, and of pooling their money to buy groceries.
If Mr. Dunn had any left over, he would slip it to his mother, who told his father, a proud man, it was "egg money" -- even though the family never had any chickens.
In addition to his son, Mr. Dunn is also survived by three grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Elliston-Stanley funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45229.
Maude M. Bowling, 78, of Florence, died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a teacher with Kenton County Schools, having taught for 21 years at Ryland Heights Elementary School, and was a member of the Kentucky Educational Association.
Survivors include her husband, Peter Bowling; a stepson, Larry Bowling of Cocoa Beach, Fla.; a daughter, Brenda McMillen of McKinney, Texas; a stepdaughter, Janet Mobley of Manchester; sisters, Wilma Jean Hughes of Florence and Joan Brigmon of Manchester; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church of Ludlow. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church, 400 Linden St., Ludlow, Ky. 41016. Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, is handling arrangements.
Arthur Brown, 80, of Butler, died Thursday at Veterans Administration Nursing Home, Fort Thomas. Arrangements are pending at Peoples Funeral Home, Butler.
Mitchell Lee Deaton, 70, of Alexandria, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a retired boiler operator with Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. and a member of First Twelve Mile Baptist Church, California.
Survivors include his wife, Imogene Deaton; sons, Mitchell Lee Deaton, Anthony Griffith and Arnold Harold Griffith, all of Alexandria; a brother, Manuel "Bud" Deaton of Newport; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First Twelve Mile Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery.
Chester "Chet" Gray, 69, of Alexandria, died Thursday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a retired engineer with CSX Corp.
Survivors include his wife, Joan C. Froelich Gray; a brother, James Gray of Fort Myers, Fla.; and a stepbrother, Greg Kroth of Florence.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
Robert "Poppy" Landrum, 71, of Covington, died Tuesday at Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cincinnati. Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Claudia Ray, 77, of Falmouth, died Thursday at her home. Daughters, Barbara Hawthorne and Carolyn Minnie, and a son, Bubby Ray, all preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters, Wanda Jean Hart of Florence, Cheryl Teegarden and Jeanette Brock, both of Falmouth, and Patricia Williams of Union; sons, Robert Minnie of Newport and Richard Ray of Falmouth; 17 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth.
Jerry "J.R." Roberts, 73, of Independence, died at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a parts manager with Jake Sweeney Auto Dealerships, a volunteer with St. Rita's Festival and a member of Sertoms Service to Mankind and Moose Lodge, Taylor Mill.
Survivors include his wife, Kay Redman Roberts; sons, Richard Lee Roberts of Galveston, Texas, David Roberts of Park Hills and Eric Pierson of Kentucky; daughters, Beckie Jo Roberts of Loveland, Ohio, and Connie Sams of Morning View; a brother, Russell Gene Roberts of Independence; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Pythian Grove Cemetery, Berry. Memorials are suggested to American Lung Association, 1638 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, Ky. 40503.
Vida VanHook, 84, of Williamstown, died at 2:25 a.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was a homemaker. Sons, Dell Wilson and Fair Wilson, both preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Clarence VanHook; a daughter, Dorothy McMillen of Fulton, Miss.; sons, Robert Rainwater and Herschel Rainwater, both of Cincinnati; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 6 p.m. today at Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home, Dry Ridge. Visitation will begin there at 3 p.m. Burial will be in Piney Grove Cemetery, Somerset.
