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Date of these obituaries: 07-24-2002
Ledford Herald, retired from Reliable Castings
When he was growing up in Breathitt County, Ledford Herald knew the girl who would become his wife, but he didn't like her.
Mr. Herald, who died Tuesday at age 75 in St. Luke Hospital, Fort Thomas, worked in his father's grocery in Jackson, where Dorcas Turner sometimes came to shop.
"She would ask for flour, or sugar, and he would say, 'You know where it is, go and get it, ' " said their son, Lonnie Herald, who lives in Erlanger.
At 17, Mr. Herald left Breathitt County to take a job with the Reliable Castings Co. in Cincinnati, and settled in Newport.
His wife-to-be also found work in Cincinnati, and, by coincidence, the girl who had lived a mountain away from him in Breathitt County moved a block away.
When they found each other in Newport, the former animosity was forgotten.
They fell in love and got married, forming a union that would last 54 years.
"I guess it was meant to be, " Lonnie Herald said.
Mr. Herald retired after working for Reliable for 32 years.
He, his wife and her brother, Cle tus Turner, would spend every Thursday bargain-hunting at antique stores and flea markets.
"If it was a deal, he would buy it, " Lonnie Herald said. "He's probably got 25 pairs of shoes."
Other survivors include a son, David Herald of Independence; two daughters, Barbara Sheffel of Alexandria and Pam Price of Lexington; nine grandchildren and three great- grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Friday at Cooper Funeral Home in Grants Lick.
Visitation will be Fri day from 10 a.m. until noon.
Burial will be in Oakland cemetery in Grants Lick.
Paula Ayter, 77, of Covington, died Tuesday at Rosedale Manor, Latonia.
Arrangements are pending at Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere.
Stephanie Kay Catron Murphy Brewer, 30, of Glencoe, died Saturday in an auto acciden t in Hebron.
She was a material handler with the Discovery Chanel and a member of All Saints Church, Walton.
Her husband, Gary Lee "Junior" Brewer, also died in the accident.
Survivors include a son, Jordan Murphy; a daughter, Cheyenne Murphy; a stepson, August Brewer; stepdaughters, Kerry Brewer and Torey Brewer; her parents, Stephen Allen Catron of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Charlene Kay Catron Sizemore of Glencoe; and grandparents, Fenton and Betty Clifford of Perry Park, and Patricia Mae Riley of Erlanger.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge.
Memorials are suggested to the Gary "Junior" and Stephanie Brewer Memorial Fund, in care of Debbie Tomlin, 3549 Mills Road, Covington, Ky. 41015.
Mary M. Crouch, 78, of Fort Mitchell, died at 11:21 a.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
She was a retired bookkeeper and a member of Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell.
Her husband, Walter H. Crouch, died in 1985.
There are no immediate survivors.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today at Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Connley Br others Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Brigid Donna Jean Kyle Murray, 49, of Bellevue, was found dead Sunday at Kaldi's Coffee House in Cincinnati.
She was an employment service counselor and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Survivors include daughters, Katrina Campbell of Elsmere and Molly Murray of Bellevue; sons, Robert Campbell of San Francisco and Tim McCraken of Cincinnati; her father, Donald Lee Kyle of Indiana; a brother, Robert Kyle of San Diego; sisters, Sandra Lynn Hill of Cincinnati and Lisa Groene of Independence; and two grandchildren.
No services are planned. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger.
Cremation will be at Southwest Ohio Crematory, Milford, Ohio.
Memorials are suggested to Brigid Murray Memorial Fund, in care of any Fifth Third Bank.
Mary Webster Wilson, 67, of Carrollton, died Monday at Carroll County Memorial Hospital, Carrollton.
She was a homemaker and a member of Carrollton Wesleyan Church.
Her husband, Hershal Wilson, died in 1990.
Survivors include a son, James H. "Chuck" Wilson of Carrollton; and sisters, Virginia Thompson and Wilma Skaggs, both of Carrollton, and Ethel Goff of Verona.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton.
