W. I. Rucker

Posted by on Dec 4, 2013

W. I. Rucker of Campbellsville, son of the late Eugene D. Rucker and Alston Atchley Rucker, was born in Taylor County, Kentucky, January 15, 1920.   He died at 6:15 A.M., Wednesday, December 4, 2013, in Campbellsville.     Age:   93

He professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Kellyville Community Church.

He was a veteran of World War II, having served his country honorably in the United States Army and achieving the rank of Sergeant.  He served in New Guinea, Southern Philipines and Luzon and was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with three Bronze Stars, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two Bronze Stars; the Good Conduct Ribbon and the Victory Medal.

He was a retired employee of McMahan Furniture in Campbellsville.

He united in marriage to Helen Williams October 16, 1948.   She preceded him in death November 17, 1990.

He is survived by two sons:  Greg Rucker and wife, Sheila of Campbellsville and Sherman Rucker and wife, Mary of Louisville; six grandchildren:  Shae South and husband, Scott of Bowling Green, Jonathan Rucker and Daniel Rucker of Louisville, Brandon Rucker and wife, Bridgette, Marcus Rucker and wife, Adria and Cayla Rucker of Campbellsville; fifteen great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by three brothers and four sisters:  Ralph Rucker, Vernon Leach, Gillespie Leach, Maxine Kraha, Doris Skaggs, Jane McMahan and O’Neal Tipton.

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 VISITATION:  5:00 – 8:00 P.M., Thursday, December 5, 2013 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home 

FUNERAL SERVICE:    11:00 A.M., Friday, December 6, 2013 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Bro. Stanley Watson

ENTOMBMENT:            Brookside Mausoleum with full Military Honors by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard

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Charlene Woodrum Hoosier

Posted by on Dec 3, 2013

Lyon- DeWitt Funeral Home
503 East Main Street
Campbellsville, Ky 42718
270-465-4141 Phone
270-789-4424 Fax
Larry R. DeWitt (Owner)
Phillip DeSpain (Director)

Charlene Woodrum Hoosier, age 56 of Elliotsville, Ind., formerly of Taylor County, died Monday, December 2, 2013 in Indiana.
Charlene was the daughter to the late Ernest Woodrum and Doris Perkins Woodrum, she was also preceded in death by one grandson; Jared Debro.
She is survived by her husband Robert Hoosier of Elliotsville, Indiana, one daughter; Stacy Debro of Campbellsville, one son and daughter-in-law; Robbie and Gina Hoosier of Spencer, Indiana, two granddaughters of Campbellsville, one grandson on Indiana, four step grandchildren and three step great grandchildren, two sisters and brother-in-laws; Kathleen and Dalton Cox, Pauline and Gary Ford both of Campbellsville, two brothers; Ronald Woodrum and Steve Woodrum both of Campbellsville along with a host of family and friends.
Memorial services will be held for Charlene Woodrum at Bedford First Nazarene Church in Bedford, Indiana on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. all local arrangements by Lyon-DeWitt Funeral Home.

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Exie Wise Shively

Posted by on Dec 2, 2013

 

Exie Wise Shively of Finley, daughter of the late Kelly Wise and Minnie Wise,  was born July 18, 1910, in Taylor County, Kentucky.  She died at 8:35 P.M., Sunday, December 1, 2013, in Lebanon.    Age: 103

She professed faith in Christ and was the oldest member of the Muldraugh Hill Baptist Church.

She united in marriage to Gilbert Shively October 31, 1930.  He preceded her in death August 23, 1978.

She is survived by three daughters:  Barbara Jean Benningfield and husband, Edward “Boss” of Campbellsville, Mary Frances Veatch and husband, David of Finley and Judy Benningfield and husband, Carroll of Campbellsville; five grandchildren:  Glenn Benningfield, Keith Benningfield, Kelly Carney and husband, Mark of Campbellsville and Donnie Veatch and wife, Beth and Jean Sallee of Finley; one granddaughter-in-law, Judy Benningfield of Campbellsville; sixteen great-grandchildren; eleven great-great-grandchildren; special caregiver, Pat Simpson of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by a son, William Paul Shively in 1934 in infancy; a grandson, Gary Wayne Benningfield April 20, 2013, one great-grandson, Russell Veatch; and three brothers and two sisters:  Omer Wise, Charlie Wise, Lawrence Wise, Alma Brockman and Josie Caulk and one step-brother, Jake Wise.

VISITATION:                4:00 – 8:00 P.M. Tuesday

FUNERAL SERVICE:    1:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the

Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by

Rev. Steve Skaggs

 

BURIAL:                       Campbellsville Memorial Gardens

 

PALLBEARERS:                              HONORARY PALLBEARERS:

 

Drew Benningfield                                      Grandchildren & In-laws

Joey Benningfield                              Great-grandchildren & In-Laws

Keith Benningfield                                      Great-great-grandchildren

Travis Benningfield

Brandon Sallee

Josh Veatch

 

FAMILY REQUESTS EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY BE DONATIONS

TO BROCKMAN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION AND MAY BE MADE AT

PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME

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Donna Catherine Collette

Posted by on Dec 2, 2013

Donna Catherine “Cathy” Collette of Campbellsville, daughter of Vicki Self Collette and Don Moore, was born August 15, 1979, in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died on Wednesday, November 26, 2013 in Campbellsville.   Age:  34

She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church.

She is survived by one son, Connor Collette of Campbellsville; her mother, Vicki Self Collette of Campbellsville; her father, Don Moore of Campbellsville; special friend, Wendell B. Cox of Campbellsville; and many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Jinger Renee Collette March 20, 2010.

 

NO VISITATION

 

GRAVESIDE SERVICE:        1:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at

the Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Campbellsville by Dr. James Jones

 

FAMILY REQUESTS EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY BE

DONATIONS TO FUNERAL EXPENSES AND MAY BE MADE AT

PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME

 

 

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Walter Merl Guess

Posted by on Dec 2, 2013

Veteran Appreciation
Mr. Walter Merl Guess, age 97, of Campbellsville, passed away on December 1, 2013, at his residence. He was born to the late Charles and Hattie Guess in Union Furnace, Ohio. Mr. Guess served his country honorably as an electrician on the temporary landing fields in the Army Air Force during World War II. After the war, he returned stateside and began a career as a typesetter and printer at McCall’s Printing in Dayton, OH.

Mr. Walter Merl Guess helped raise, and is survived by, a special nephew and caretaker – Roger Emerick and wife Kay, of Campbellsville, and a host of other nieces, nephews, and friends.

He was preceded in death by:
His parents – Charles Wesley and Hattie Florence (Sanner) Guess
His wife – Mary Martha (Schafer) Guess
One daughter – Cecelia Sue Guess
Five brothers and sisters – Mae Guess Emerick, Della Rhore, John Guess, Hubert Guess, and Oscar Sanner

Funeral services will be private, with interment in the Calvary Cemetery in Bellefontaine, OH.
L.R. Petty Funeral Home in Campbellsville in charge of arrangements.

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Hortense McMahan

Posted by on Dec 2, 2013

Lyon- DeWitt Funeral Home
503 East Main Street
Campbellsville, Ky 42718
270-465-4141 Phone
270-789-4424 Fax
Larry R. DeWitt (Owner)
Phillip DeSpain (Director)

Helen Hortense McMahan, age 93, died Sunday, December 1, 2013 at Grandview Nursing and Rehab in Campbellsville, Ky.
Hortense was the daughter of the late Talmage Sherrill and Richard Mitchell, she was also preceded in death by her son Larry McMahan, one brother; Shively R. Mitchell and one sister; Georgia M. Paxton.
Hortense was a member of Campbellsville First Methodist Church, she and her late husband were owners of Cherry Furniture Display. Hortense was a kind and loving woman and friend to many.
She is survived by one sister Louella Ronald Chaney of Greensburg, one brother-in-law; Richard McMahan of Campbellsville, two nieces; Patricia R Davenport of Louisville and Jeannie Ronald Squires of Greensburg, one nephew; Mike Mitchell of Flatwood, KY, Special Friends; Bob and Pam Wilson along with a host of family and friends.
Services for Ms. Hortense McMahan were conducted 2:30 P.M. Monday, December 9, 2013 at Lyon-DeWitt Funeral Home with burial in the Campbellsville Memorial Gardens.
Officiating: Ed Loy and Deb Straley
Pallbearers: Bob McMahan, Mitchell Squires, Rich Vonnshane, Jamie McCubbins, Thomas R. McMahan, Mike Mitchell and Bobby McMahan

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Charles Brockman

Posted by on Nov 30, 2013

 

Charles Brockman, a retired farmer, of Campbellsville, son of the late Owen Brockman and Cora Holmes Brockman, was born in Taylor County, Kentucky, September 15, 1919. He died at 4:55 A.M., Saturday, November 30, 2013 in Campbellsville.                  Age:   94

He professed faith in Christ and was a member of Bible Baptist Tabernacle.

He served his country honorably in the United States Army and was a veteran of World War II.

He united in marriage to Lucille Franklin April 3, 1945.

Besides his wife, Lucille Brockman, he is survived by one son and one daughter: Charles E. Brockman and Sharon Sue Brockman of Campbellsville; five grandchildren: John Brockman, Robbie Brockman, Jessica Brockman, and Jeremy Brockman of Campbellsville and Denise Brockman of Houston, Texas; eleven great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by five sisters and five brothers: Nell Shipp, Betty Lemmon, Arlie Martin, two infant sisters, Ray Brockman, Tommy Brockman,John Brockman, Herbert Brockman, and Abner Brockman.

 

VISITATION: 5:00 – 8:00 P.M., Monday

CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE: 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Pastor Bob Cutler

 BURIAL: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens

 

 

 

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Janice Rae Gribbin – Obit

Posted by on Nov 30, 2013

Lyon- DeWitt Funeral Home
503 East Main Street
Campbellsville, Ky 42718
270-465-4141 Phone
270-789-4424 Fax
Larry R. DeWitt (Owner)
Phillip DeSpain (Director)

Janice Rae Gribbin, age 88, died Friday, November 29, 2013 at Cedars of Lebanon in Marion County.
Janice was the daughter of the late Lillian Eva Martin of Enosburg Falls, Va. and Arthur Howard Bocash of Vermont, she was also preceded in death by her husband Thomas Gribbin.
Janice was a member of Tallow Creek Methodist Church, she was a housewife and a loving mother and grandmother.
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law; George Ray and Rosa Gribbin, one daughter; Hettie Aee Jacobs both of Merrimac Rd, Taylor County, one grandson; Jonathan Andrew Jacobs, two nieces, two nephews and a host of family and friends.
Services for Ms. Janice Gribbin were conducted 11:00 AM Monday at the Lyon-
DeWitt Funeral Home with burial in the Tallow Creek Cemetery.
Officiating: Brother Charlie Warren
Pallbearers: Kalap Foster, Jerry Lee Bland, Milford Lowe, Tim Graham, Gerald Bland and Donald Deese

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Sherrill Randall Baldwin

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013

Dad Baldwin
Mr. Sherrill Randall Baldwin, age 50, of Mt. Washington, formerly of Campbellsville, passed away on November 28, 2013, at the Taylor Regional Hospital after a brief illness. He was the son of Lula and the late Bradley Ancil Baldwin. He was employed as an assemblyman at the Ford Motor Company in Louisville. Mr. Baldwin was a loving family man and an avid outdoorsman with an ever-ready helping hand. He was a member of the East Campbellsville Church of God.

Mr. Baldwin is survived by:
His mother – Lula Candis (Bolt) Baldwin of Campbellsville
His wife – Tammy (Herron) Baldwin of Mt. Washington
One son – Ryan Baldwin and Lauren Russman of Mt. Washington
One daughter – Magan Baldwin of Mt. Washington
Seven siblings – Ann Nunn and husband Steve, of Greensburg, Jimmy Baldwin and wife Marion, Mike Baldwin and wife Lisa, Jennifer Graham and husband Frankie, Shirley Burress, Denise Graham and husband Marshall, and Judy Sparks and husband Donnie, all of Campbellsville
One granddaughter – Adyson Brooke
His father-in-law and mother-in-law – Jack and Linda Herron of Campbellsville
Two sisters-in-law – Renee Sappenfield and husband Mark, of Mt. Washington, and Stephanie Moss and husband Lee, of Campbellsville
And a host of other uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends, including Tara Nemeth and fiancee Kenny Holthouser of Mt. Washington.

Visitation for Mr. Sherrill Randall Baldwin will be after 5:00 PM on Saturday, November 30, and after 7:00 AM on Sunday, Dec. 1, at the L.R. Petty Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Campbellsville. The funeral service will be conducted on Sunday, Dec. 1, at 2:00 PM at the funeral home, with interment to follow in the Campbellsville Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

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Nell Shipp

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013

 

Nell Shipp, of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Owen Brockman and Cora Holmes Brockman was born August 27, 1921in Adair County, Kentucky. She died at 6:00 A.M., Thursday, November 28, 2013 in Campbellsville.                 Age: 92

She professed faith in Christ and was a member of St. Andrew United Methodist Church.

She was a caregiver and former owner and operator of a Mini Nursing Home.

She united in marriage to Gilbert K. Shipp May 18, 1940. He preceded her in death January 1, 1992.

She is survived by two grandchildren, Beth Sanders and Chris Ferguson of Campbellsville; five great-grandchildren: Aaron Bottoms and wife, Antonia, Jason Sanders and wife, Monica, Dalton Beams, Darlene Ferguson and Naomi Ferguson; three great-grandchildren:  Savannah Sanders, Deven Sanders and Lararus Bottoms; one brother and sister-in-law, Charles and Lucille Brockman of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

She was also preceded in death by one son and one daughter, Darrell Shipp July 16, 2011 and Darlene Ferguson June 11, 1979 and five brothers and four sisters: Ray Brockman, Tommy Brockman, John Brockman, Betty Lemmon, Arlie Martin, Herbert Brockman, Abner Brockman and two sisters in infancy.

VISITATION:  5:00 – 8:00 P.M., Monday

FUNERAL SERVICE:  11:00 A.M., Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Rob Hughes

 BURIAL:  Bethel Cemetery

 

PALLBEARERS:

Ronnie Lemmon

Troy Lemmon

Welby Martin

Duane Reynolds

Michael Reynolds

Steven Reynolds

Terry Reynolds

Todd Reynolds

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