Imogene Grider Bennett
Imogene Grider Bennett, 69, Beech Grove, Indiana, formerly of Russell County, died Wednesday [Aug. 11, 1999] at Windsor Manor Nursing Home.
She is survived by her mother Hadie Grider of Russell Springs; three sons, Dwight, David and Dennis Bennett, all of Beech Grove, Indiana, two daughters, Tina Malone, Beech Grove, Indiana and Cindy Simpson, Jamestown; one sister, Uldene Cross, Albany; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be Saturday morning, 11:00 a.m. at Little and Son Funeral Home in Beech Grove with interment
in Foster Lawn Cemetery.
Obituary information provided by Wilson Funeral Home in Russell Springs.
Michael G. Olsen
Michael G. Olsen, 56, Cincinnati, Ohio and a 15-year resident of Pleasant Hill Community, died Monday, August 9, 1999 from complications after a wasp sting at his Lake Cumberland home.
He is survived by his wife, Lynn and a son Andy.
He was preceded in death by his son, Todd.
Mike was a avid boater and lover of Lake Cumberland. His family asks that memorial contributions be made to International Association of Lions Ctlub of Jamestown, Kentucky, c/o David A. Braun, 1120 Lily Creek Lane, Jamestown, Kentucky 42629.
Grady Meece
Grady Meece, 93, Fair Oaks Nursing Home, Jamestown, died Sunday, August 15, 1999 at Fair Oaks Nursing Home.
He was born in Russell County, November 29,1905 to the late Dollie Meeks Meece and the late Dock Meece.
He was a retired carpenter and a member of Poplar Grove Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife Alma Violet Rainwater Meece; one son James Meece; one brother Adria Meece; and one sister Chloe Cooper Lacy.
He is survived by two daughters Glenna Emerson, Loveland, Ohio and Genova Vaught, Science Hill, Kentucky; a daughter-in-law, Ardeth Meece, Dunnville, Kentucky; one sister Stella Blakey, Russell Springs; twelve grandchildren; twenty great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild.
Services were held Wednesday, August 18, 1999, 10:00 a.m. at Bernard Funeral Home Chapel, with Bros. Monroe Robertson and Don Arthur officiating.
Burial was in Poplar Grove Cemetery.
Bernard Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
John R. Grider
John R. Grider, 89, Russell Springs, died Tuesday, August 27 at Russell County Hospital.
He was born in Jamestown, Kentucky to the late Rosa L. Blankenship and the late Otha B. Grider.
He was a logger and farmer and Army Veteran of World War II.
He was preceded in death by his wife Haidee Blankenship Grider and an infant son, J.R. Grider.
He is survived by three sons, Phillip Grider, Greensburg, Indiana, Gilbert Grider and Lindon Grider, both of Russell Springs; three daughters, Pauline Mann and Mary Kaye Grider, both of Jamestown, and "Peaches" Ilene Carter, Scottsville, Kentucky; two brothers, Robert Grider, Jamestown, Kentucky and Everett Grider, Franklin, Indiana; four sisters, Lola Ballenger, Russell Springs, Dorothy Ballenger, Jamestown, Agnes Kean and Tina Conner, both of Franklin, Indiana; twelve grandchildren; and eighteen great grandchildren.
Services were held Friday, July 30, 1999 at Jamestown Christian Church with Bro. James Goodin and Chris Halloway officiating.
Burial was in Ridge Crest Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Phillip Grider, Jr., Richard Wooldridge, Shayne Wooldridge, John Wooldridge, Richard Matherson, Coy Mann, Jay Grider.
Military rites by Casey, Russell Funeral Squad.
H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapels was in charge of arrangements.
Timothy "Tim" Leigh Parker
Timothy "Tim" Leigh Parker, 32, Brooksville, Florida died Tuesday, August 3, 1999 at his residence after a long illness. Born in Lexington, Kentucky, he came to the area three years ago from Russell Springs. He was a auto mechanic and a Protestant.
Survivors include three sons, Jessie, Brandon and Cody Parker, all of Brooksville; his mother Fredricka "Susan" Parker, Brooksville; his father and step-mother Howard and Annette Parker, Russell Springs; two brothers Brian Parker, Sarasota, Florida and Chad Parker, Russell Springs; and one step sister Melanie Corman, Nicholasville, Kentucky.
Arrangements by Turner Funeral Homes Brooksville Chapel.
Marvin Winston Catron
Marvin Winston Catron, 64, Columbia, died Saturday, August 7, at the Veteran's Hospital in Louisville.
He was the son of the late Proctor and Ivona Brown Catron of Webbs Crossroads in Russell County.
He is survived by two sons, Tony and Todd Catron; three daughters, Tammy Cook, Carrie Estes, and Tonya Grant all of Columbia; five grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph Catron, Monticello, Indiana and Welby Catron, Glensfork; and four sisters Marie Brown and Merlin Dickerson, both of Louisville, Mavis Delk, Cincinnati, Ohio and Janice Patterson, Franklin, Indiana.
Funeral services for Marvin Catron were held Tuesday, August 10 at 1:00 p.m. at the Chapel of the Rippetoe Funeral Home in Russell Springs, with Bro. Billy Dunbar officiating.
Burial was in Mill Springs National Cemetery in Nancy, Kentucky.
Rippetoe Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Oral Blakey
Oral Blakey, 78, formerly of Russell County died Saturday, August 7 [1999], in Horse Cave.
He was the son of the late William C. and Bertha Coffey Blakey.
He was a US Army Veteran during WWII.
He was preceded in death by his first wife Oma Lawless Blakey.
He is survived by his second wife, Wilma Jean Blakey, Horse Cave, Kentucky; one son Marvin Lee Blakey, Magnolia, Kentucky; one grandson; and two sisters, Irene Miller and Helen Lawless, both of Russell Springs.
Services were held Wednesday, August 11, 1:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Rippetoe Funeral Home, with Bro. Wayne Hatcher officiating.
Burial was in Dixon Cemetery.
Rippetoe Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
James "Jim B"Dunbar
James, "Jim B" Dunbar, 83, Russell Springs, died Wednesday, August 4, 1999 at Russell County Hospital after a long illness.
He was born in Russell County September 19, 1915 to the late Lula Wilson Dunbar and the late John Marcus Dunbar.
He was a former Russell County Jailer, from 1965-1969 and 1973-1981, a member of the Bernard Ridge church of God, and a US Army Veteran.
He was preceded in death by his wife Malzora Bernard Dunbar.
He is survived by four sons, Jimmy Dunbar and his wife Jean, Bro. Billy Dunbar and his wife Ann, and Bobby Dunbar and his wife Debbie, all of Russell Springs and Bro. Johnny Dunbar and his wife Marlene, Somerset; three daughters Nora Lene Fryman and her husband Jack, Lexington, Diana Hughes and her husband Ronnie and Brenda Hudson and her husband Bobby, both of Russell Springs; one sister Lura Coulter, Mooresville, Indiana; and fourteen grandchildren.
Services were held Saturday, August 7, 1999, 11:00 a.m. at Bernard Ridge Church of God with Bros. James Small, Johnny Dunbar and Billy Dunbar officiating.
Burial was Lucenda Cemetery.
Special music was provided by Bobby Dunbar, Linda McGowan and Shane Russell.
Honorary pallbearers were Daryl McQueary, David Bernard, Ronnie Whittle, Kenneth Hadley and Steve Bledsoe.
Active pallbearers were Scott Hughes, Jamey Hillock, Shawn Coffey, Derick Foley, Todd Dunbar and Jeron Dunbar.
Bernard Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Leonard Roy Hudson
Leonard Roy Hudson, 49, Jamestown, passed away Wednesday, August 25 at Russell County Hospital.
He was a veteran of the United States Air Force.
He was the son of the late Raymond Hudson and Ollie Lawless Hudson.
He is survived by three sisters, Cola Faye Hudson, Russell Springs, Nancy Carolyn Polston and Cleda Simpson, both of Jamestown; three brothers, Lilburn Hudson, Nancy, Lannie and Ronnie Hudson, both of Jamestown; two special great nieces Cheyenne and Brittany Simpson; and nine nieces and nephews.
Services were held Friday, August 27, 1:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Rippetoe Funeral Home with military rites and Bro. Leon Simpson officiating.
Burial was in Lawless Cemetery off the Moores School House Road.
Rippetoe Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements.
Wade G. Ensminger
Wade G. Ensminger, 76, Shelbyville, Indiana, died August 24 at Major Hospital in Shelbyville, Indiana.
He was born March 16, 1923 in Fairland, Indiana to the late Floyd Ensminger and the late Mamie Purcell.
He had lived in Shelby County the last 52 years. He had lived in Moscow (Rush County) his early life and attended Milroy Schools. He married Virginia Mohler June 29, 1941 and she survives. He retired from Chrysler in Indianapolis in 1985 after 30 years - having served as a Union Representative #1226) the last 20 years. He was also a horse trainer (of standard breds) the last twenty years. He was a 50 year member of the Milroy Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite in Indianapolis, and a past member of the Shriners.
Besides his wife, he is survived by one son Budd Ensminger, Shelbyville, Indiana; two daughters, Janice (Chuck) Daffron, Jamestown and Mary Margaret (Dennis) Garnett, Florence, Kentucky; two grandsons, Wade Daffron, Jamestown and Wade Haney, Indianapolis, Indiana; one granddaughter, Amanda Posz, Florence, Kentucky; and three great grandchildren.
Services were held Saturday, August 28, 1999, 10:00 a.m. at Moster and Cox Mortuary in Rushville, with Rev. Corlis Dees officiating.
Burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery in Shelbyville, Indiana.
Moster and Cox Mortuary, Rushville, Indiana was in charge of arrangements.
Elmer Bray
Elmer Bray, 75, Columbia, KY, passed away Friday, August 27, 1999 at Westlake Regional Hospital.
He was the son of the late Kie and Nancy Clinton Bray.
He was preceded in death by his wife Lydia Carter Bray on June 14, 1979; two brothers Elvin Bray and Delmar Bray.
He is survived by one daughter Fayrene Denton and her husband Billy, Columbia; one son Coy Bray and his wife Kathy, Russell Springs; two brothers, Velmer Bray and his wife Mary and Eldred Bray, both of Clinton, Illinois; three grandchildren, Troy Denton, Tony Denton and Kevin Bray; two great grandchildren, Jared Denton and Evan Bray; four sisters-in-law, Beatrice Bray and Mary Carter, both of Columbia, Kentucky; Sally Bray and Minnie Sullivan, both of Russell Springs; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Elmer was a member of the Free Union Separate Baptist Church, a retired farmer, sawmill worker, and a Veteran of WW II.
Services were held Sunday, August 29 at 2:00 p.m. at Free Union Separate Baptist Church, with Bros. Ritchie Curtis and Jim Goff officiating.
Interment
was in Freedom Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Kevin Bray, Troy Denton, Tony Denton, Jerry Kerr, Robert Knight and Willard Bryant.
Honorary pallbearers were Timmy Hudson, Ronnie Hudson, David Johnson, Bill Wilson, Walter Thomas, Ed Shaw and Adrian Conover.
Stotts-Phelps-McQue ary Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Earl Holt
Earl Holt, 73, died Friday at the University of Louisville Hospital.
He was a retired businessman and farmer, well known in both Russell and Adair County. He was very active in Republic politics - former bulldozer owner and operator - started A & R Stone in Adair County - developed Holt Cattle Company and Holt Ford Tractor Sales in Columbia. He was a Veteran of WWII.
He is survived by two children, Linda Story, Roseville, California and Timmy Holt, Russell Springs; one grandchild; one brother, Eris Holt, Bloomington, Indiana.
Funeral services were held Monday at the Chapel of the Rippetoe Funeral Home, with Bro. Mark Hale officiating.
The organist was Steve Stapp.
Burial was in Russell Springs Cemetery.
Rippetoe Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Recie Edith Franklin
Recie Edith Franklin, 29, Russell Springs, died Friday, August 27, 1999 at Russell County Hospital.
She was born June 30, 1970 in Hamilton County, Ohio to Linda Lawless Ashbrook and Estus Wayne Ashbrook, who survive.
She was a homemaker.
Besides her parents, she is survived by one daughter Linda Michelle Ashbrook, Russell Springs; one son Matthew Lee Cape, Russell Springs; her step-mother, Betty Ashbrook, Russell Springs; five step brother; two step sisters; three brothers Phillip Ashbrook, Columbia, Dennis McWhorter, Jamestown and Ricky McWhorter, Russell Springs; and two sisters, Rita Campbell, Columbia and Pam Lawless, Jamestown.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 31, 1999, 10:00 a.m. at Bernard Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jeff Aaron officiating.
Burial was in Whites Chapel Cemetery.
Special singing was provided by The Singing Rexroats.
Pallbearers were: Phillip Ashbrook, Dennis McWhorter, Ricky McWhorter, Timmy George, Greg George and Randy George.
Bernard Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Olza Thomas
Olza Thomas, 71, Russell Springs, died Monday. August 30, 1999 at the home of her daughter.
She was born in Russell County November 22, 1927 to the late Naomi Ruth Rexroat Shepard and the late Grover Franklin Shepard.
She was a homemaker and member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband Ellebree Thomas and one brother Woodrow Shepard.
She is survived by two sons, Lewis Thomas and Garry Moore Thomas and his wife Patricia, both of Russell Springs; one daughter, Thelma Jean Hall and her husband Morris, Russell Springs; one brother Ollie Shepard, Cincinnati, Ohio; one sister, Naomi Thomas, Windsor, Kentucky; five grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.
Services were held Thursday, September 2, 1999, 10:00 a.m .at Bernard Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Monroe Robertson officiating.
Burial was in Wilkerson Cemetery.
Bernard Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Ensley Wright
Ensley Wright, Sr., 84 of Russell Springs, died Tuesday, August 1, 2000 at Fair Oaks Nursing Home in Jamestown.
He was born in Cowgill, Illinois May 17, 1916 to the late Charlie and Mary Martha Stevenson Wright.
He was a retired highway department engineer, a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of the Mt. Hope Separate Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Caylor Wright (Feb. 18, 1970), and two brothers, Homer and Arthur Wright.
He is survived by his wife, Lena Wright of Russell Springs; two sons, Charley Wright of Portage, Indiana and Ensley Wright, Jr. of Bowling Green; two daughters; Alene Ashbrook of Mt. Orab, Ohio and Jewell Hogan of Lawton, Oklahoma; seven stepchildren; Gaye Goodin, Judy York, Rita Smith, Cathy Smith and Alva Smith, all of Russell Springs, James Smith of Louisville, and Zula Coomer of Berea.
28 grandchildren, 49 great grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held Friday, August 4, 2000, 10:00 a.m. at Bernard Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bobby Conner and Bro. Danny Bailey officiating.
Burial was in Slate Branch Cemetery in Somerset
Special music was provided by Mt. Hope Church Choir.
Pallbearers were Jeff Womack, Mike Gadberry, Lee Eric Wright, Tony York, Clay Ashbrook and Kenneth Wright.
Bernard Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
