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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jun 9, 2011
Willie Robert Beard, known by his many friends as “W. R.” or his nickname “Dutton”, was born on October 24, 1922 in Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky at the home of his paternal grandparents. His parents, Winfrey and Edith Chelf Beard, had three children, W. R. who was the oldest, Dean Clayton, who currently lives in Brentwood, TN and a younger brother, Louis Beard, who preceded him in death April 7, 1970. His paternal grandparents were Joseph and Lucy Russell Beard who were farmers in Taylor County. His maternal grandparents were Lee Roy and Nettie Spurling Chelf who lived in the Knifley community of Adair County, Kentucky where Lee was the postmaster and owned the general store. W. R. was a life long resident of Campbellsville, Kentucky until the last few years of his convalescence when he lived in Lexington, Kentucky.
W. R. had a happy childhood growing up on Lebanon Avenue in Campbellsville. He attended grade school at Russell Creek Academy in Campbellsville which was located at the present site of Campbellsville University. He graduated from Campbellsville High School in 1941 where he played guard on the basketball team which named him captain and he was the quarterback on the football team where he was also captain of the team. He attended Campbellsville College for one year where he played on the basketball team. In December, 1942 he enlisted in the U. S. Army where he served his country until he received an honorable medical discharge. He then returned to Campbellsville, where he went to work with his Father, and later his brother joined them in his family business, Lyon-Beard Chevrolet Company, which was started by his Father and his maternal Grandfather in 1924 when they bought a Chevrolet car dealership for $125.00. He worked as a car dealer his entire working career, selling Chevrolet and Oldsmobile brand vehicles, until his retirement in 1980 when he sold the business.
On September 13, 1947, he married Juanita Campbell, who was also a life long resident of Campbellsville, and whom he met on the day she was born! As the story goes, W. R., who was almost five years old at the time, was in the car with his parents taking a drive when they saw Mr. Campbell standing in front of his house. They stopped to say hello, and Mr. Campbell told them that he had a new baby girl born that day, Juanita, and he invited them inside to see the new baby who would later become W.R.’s wife. They were married for over 59 years until she passed away on February 22, 2007. They had three children, the oldest Kaye Beard Potter and her husband Steve, who live in Louisville; Diana Beard Cowden and her husband Bruce, who live in Lexington, and the youngest, Darrell Beard who currently lives in Campbellsville. W. R. has two grandchildren, Steve Potter, Jr. and his wife Heather who live in Winston Salem, North Carolina and Natalie Pierce and her husband Mark who live in Alpharetta, Georgia who have given him three great-grandchildren, Emma and Will Potter and Miller Pierce.
W. R. was always athletically inclined, competitive, and he excelled in many sports. When he was younger, he spent a lot of time fishing and hunting, especially quail and ducks, with the aid of his birddog, Don. After returning home from the Army, he played for several years on a baseball team for Campbellsville which was in a statewide league, playing other teams around Kentucky. As he got older, he took up tennis and he bowled in a bowling league for many years. He took flying lessons and obtained his pilots license and enjoyed taking his family on site seeing flying trips on Sunday afternoons. He was one of the original organizing members of the Campbellsville Country Club which was started around 1955, and began his lifelong love for the game of golf. He quickly became an avid and accomplished golfer winning the club championship in 1961. He taught all his children to play golf and he was instrumental in helping his daughter, Kaye, become a championship golfer in the 1960s and 1970s which he so enjoyed. The whole golfing community is greater because of him and it’s great to see him credited like that. Today, for those who want to conveniently learn golf, they can check out gadgets like the Trackman at The Indoor Golf Shop.
After Green River Lake was built near Campbellsville in the 1960s, he enjoyed many days there boating on the lake, swimming, water skiing, fishing, and staying on the houseboat. He was an avid UK sports fan, and he regularly attended basketball and football games to watch the Cats play ball. He enjoyed going to the horse races and he and Juanita never missed the Kentucky Derby until recent years. He loved to travel and be on the go, and he and Juanita got to take many nice trips, some of which he won selling cars, to Spain, Switzerland, Rome, Mexico, and Hawaii. When he got older, he enjoyed going to Naples, Florida in the winter, to Las Vegas, and he loved to go on cruises! For their 50th wedding anniversary, he and Juanita enjoyed a memorable cruise to the Mediterranean where they visited Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Turkey. He was always a little shy, probably because an operation which he had as a child left him hard of hearing all his life.
In addition to athletics, he loved his family and he was a dedicated Husband, Son and Father. After his Father passed away in 1962, he and Juanita took wonderful care of his Mother, Edith, who lived just down the road from them, for the next 34 years until she died at the age of 98. He and Juanita were life long members of the First United Methodist Church in Campbellsville, Kentucky and they have many friends and family members in the Campbellsville area and throughout the state.
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VISITATION: From 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., Friday, June 10, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 12:00 Noon, Saturday, June 11, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Ron Young
ENTOMBMENT: Brookside Mausoleum
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jun 8, 2011
Joseph Kenneth Wise of Campbellsville, son of the late Earl Wise and Alberta
Drury Wise, was born in Marion County, Kentucky, December 18, 1939. He died
at 6:00 A.M., Wednesday, June 8, 2011, in Campbellsville. Age: 71
He was a member of Our Lady of the Hills Catholic Church.
He served his country honorably in the United States Army.
Besides his wife, Kathleen Hibbard Wise, he is survived by two sons and one daughter: Greg Wise and wife, Susan of Campbellsville, Keith Wise and wife, Hollie of Lebanon and Kristi Wise of Elizabethtown; one step-son, Kevin Hibbard and wife, Jennifer of Greensburg; seven grandchildren: Olivia Wise, Preston Wise, Zach Wise, Seth Wise, Sarah Conner, Tyler Marsh and Mackenzie Marsh; two brothers and six sisters: David Wise and wife, Evelyn, Norma Jean Wise and Jane Lee and husband, David of Lebanon, Deveral Sexton, Opal Porter Nally and husband, C. L., Bernetta Bland and husband, Greg and Omer Darrell Wise and wife, Erin of Campbellsville, Nadine Cambron and husband, Dennis of Raywick; father-in-law, Charles Walter Hibbard of Greensburg; brother-in-law, Homer Lee Hibbard and wife, Lynn of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
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VISITATION: After 5:00 P.M. Thursday, June 9, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 10:00 A.M. Friday, June 10, 2011 at Our Lady of
the Hills Catholic Church in Campbellsville by
Rev. James Bromwich
BURIAL: Our Lady of the Hills Catholic Church Cemetery
PALLBEARERS:
Timmy Bland
Jason Cambron
Jeremy Lee
Gary Porter
Kenny Sexton
Austin Wise
Curtis Wise
Joe Darrell Wise
HONORARY PALLBEARERS:
Bobby Chappel
Jerry Craig
Sarah Conner
Ronnie Farmer
Steve Gabehart
Mackenzie Marsh
Tyler Marsh
G.L. Wise
Jerry Wise
Olivia Wise
Preston Wise
Seth Wise
Zach Wise
PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME OF CAMPBELLSVILLE IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jun 6, 2011
Sharon Lee Meek Wilson of Richmond, formerly of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Bryan Meek and Edith J. Bell Meek, was born in Brown County, Indiana, July 28, 1935. She died at 2:38 A.M., Friday, June 3, 2011, in Lexington. Age: 75
She was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville.
She united in marriage to Foster T. Wilson December 23, 1953. He preceded her in death October 17, 1971.
She is survived by one daughter and one son: Brenda Kay Wright (Tony) of Campbellsville and Michael E. Wilson of Richmond; three grandchildren: Shannon Wilson (Susie), Jennifer Rogers (Robbie) and Tonya Benningfield (Jan) of Campbellsville; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; two brothers: Max Bryan Meek (Glenda) of Lebanon and Terry Eugene Meek (Donna) of Richmond; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
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No services will be conducted.
Interment was at Campbellsville Memorial Gardens
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The family would especially like to thank Hospice of the Bluegrass and the Markey Cancer Center.
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jun 4, 2011
Willard Brown, of Campbellsville, son of the late George Brown and Pearl Stanton Brown was born December 19, 1934 in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 8:31 A.M., Saturday, June 4, 2011 in Campbellsville. Age: 76
He professed faith in Christ and attended New Life Christian Church.
He was a retired logger and trucking.
He united in marriage to Edith Sams June 1, 1978. Besides his wife, Edith Brown of Campbellsville he is survived by two daughters and one son: Kathy Wiser and husband Ray of Bradfordsville, Donna Lile and husband Ricky of Campbellsville and George Brown of Edmonton; three grandchildren: Jennifer Browning and Brandy Shively of Lebanon and Brent Lile of Campbellsville; two great-grandsons, Clay Rodgers and Landon Browning; one sister, Frances Dudgeon of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was also preceded in death by one granddaughter, Tammy Wiser in 1992, and one brother, Thomas Brown in 1981.
VISITATION: After 5:00 P.M., Monday
FUNERAL SERVICE: 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, June 7, 2001 at the
Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville
by Bro. Herbie Goff
BURIAL: Mt. Zion Cemetery
PALLBEARERS: HONORARY PALLBEARERS:
Frank Browning Joe Huddleston
Brent Lile Ricky Lile
Clay Rodgers Herbert Veatch
James Shively Ray Wiser
Rob Wilson
Steve Wilson
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jun 4, 2011
Eva Allen of Raywick, daughter of the late Turner Skaggs and Rosettie Warren Skaggs was born August 30, 1927 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died Friday, June 3, 2011 in Lebanon. Age: 83
She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Mt. Washington Baptist Church.
She united in marriage to J.C. Allen who preceded her in death March 12, 1989.
She is survived by one daughter and two sons: Judy Huber and husband Finis of Mt. Washington, Nicky Allen and wife Loretta and Don Allen of Raywick; nine grandchildren: Kim Wheeler, Jennifer Dooley, Dana Chissom, Johnny Allen, Kathy Smith, Michael Allen, Todd Allen, Jamie Knopp and John Knopp; fifteen great-grandchildren; one brother and one sister, Otis Skaggs of Earlville, Illinois and Estleen Wright of Greensburg and nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
She was also preceded in death by one son and one daughter, Gary Allen and Pat Knopp and five brothers and two sisters: Robert Skaggs, Leslie Skaggs, Bill Skaggs, Floyd Skaggs, Walter Ray Skaggs, Marie Thompson and Alice Sprowles.
VISITATION: After 5:00 P.M., Sunday
FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 A.M., Monday, June 6, 2011 at the Parrott &
Ramsey Funeral Home by Rev. Jimmy York and
Rev. Otis C. Skaggs
BURIAL: Mt. Washington Baptist Church Cemetery
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jun 3, 2011
Geary E. Newcomb of Campbellsville, son of the late Robert Newcomb and Irene Rafferty Newcomb, was born in Marion County, Kentucky, April 18, 1932. He died at 5:30 A.M., Friday, June 3, 2011, in Campbellsville. Age: 79
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Green River Memorial Baptist Church.
He was a retired elevator mechanic with Powers Elevator Company in Lexington.
He was a member of the Pitman Masonic Lodge #124 F & AM.
He united in marriage to Lottie Akridge December 24, 1954.
Beside his wife, Lottie Newcomb, he is survived by six half-brothers and two half-sisters: Robert Eugene Newcomb, Kathleen Raffety, Sue Yates and Jerry Newcomb of Campbellsville, Johnnie Newcomb, L. C. Newcomb and Billy Newcomb of Louisville and Jim Newcomb of Texas; aunt, Nettie Newton of Louisville; special cousin, Sue Amick of Scottsburg, Indiana; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
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VISITATION: After 5:00 P.M., Saturday, June 4, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 2:00 P.M. Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Don Gowin & Rev. Ron Young
BURIAL: Green River Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jun 1, 2011
Dorothy Claycomb of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Roy Walter Sexton and Pearl Elizabeth Dixon Sexton, was born in Taylor County, Kentucky, July 21, 1925. She died at 2:26 P.M., Tuesday, May 31, 2011 in Campbellsville. Age: 85
She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
She worked in several factories in 1943 to promote the war efforts while waiting on her husband, Conrad, to return home from World War II.
She worked at Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville for over twenty-six years until she retired in 1988.
She was also a homemaker, a loving wife and mother.
She united in marriage to William Conrad Claycomb September 17, 1943.
Besides her husband, William Conrad Claycomb, she is survived by three sons and one daughter: Billy Claycomb and wife, Debbie of Campbellsville, Connie Jo Wright and husband, Bill of Greensburg; Thomas A. Claycomb and wife, Darlene and Jackie Claycomb and wife, Ruth of Harrodsburg; four grandsons: Ricky Claycomb and wife, Lisa of Campbellsville, Troy Wright and wife, Elizabeth of Greensburg, Scott Claycomb and wife, Heather of Lexington and Jeff Claycomb and wife, Crimson of Harrodsburg; four great-granddaughters; five sisters: Wilma Jean Farmer and husband, Gerald, Sue Burriss and husband, Jackie L., Jewell Beard and Kaye Harrison of Campbellsville, Linda O. Castillo and husband, Pepi of Birmingham, Alabama; one sister-in-law, Faye Sexton of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Peggy Dianne Claycomb in infancy and two brothers and two sisters: Roy O. “Tom” Sexton, Billy Frank Sexton, Deloris Graham and Geneva Mattingly.
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VISITATION: After 5:00 P.M., Thursday, June 2, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICES: 11:00 A.M., Friday, June 3, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Pastor Wayne Brooks & Rev. Ron Ferree
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on May 29, 2011
Walter Logan “Corky” ScottIII
(1938 – 2011)
Walter Logan “Corky” Scott III of Campbellsville, son of the late Walter Logan Scott Jr. and Mildred Cole Scott Dohoney was born July 8, 1938 in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 2:56 A.M., Sunday, May 29, 2011 in Lexington. Age: 72
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
He attended Campbellsville College and graduated from Western Kentucky University.
He was the current owner and operator of Scott’s Ladies Apparel having worked in the store for some 58 years.
He united in marriage to Janet Nelson September 22, 1969.
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on May 26, 2011
Duluth Glenn Parson of Greensburg, son of the late Edgar Parson and Della Keltner Parson, was born in Adair County, Kentucky, October 25, 1935. He died at 7:25 P.M., Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Greensburg. Age: 75
He was of the Methodist faith.
He served his country honorably in the United States Navy, having retired as a Boiler Technician First Class with the Navy.
He is survived by one sister, Mitchelyn Parson Squires and husband, Floyd of Campbellsville; three nieces and one nephew: Diane Squires Bruner and husband, Ross of Scottsdale, Arizona, Tammy Squires and husband, Jeff Derringer of Cary, North Carolina, Toni Parson and Terry Parson of Chicago, Illinois.
He was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister, Roy L. Parson, Junior Parson and Thomazine Bensheimer.
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on May 25, 2011
George L. “Jiggs” White of Campbellsville, son of the late George W. White and Grace Hosmer White, was born in Bell County, Kentucky, March 24, 1925. He died at 11:29 A.M., Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Campbellsville. Age: 86
He professed faith in Christ and is a member of the Soule Chapel United Methodist Church.
He was a retired Navy Chief in Aviation Electronics and was a veteran of World War II and Vietnam, having served his country honorably in the United States Navy.
He united in marriage to Nellie Anne Reid October 5, 1954. She preceded him in death May 17, 1987.
He united in marriage to Kathryn Hill Gilpin September 15, 1990. She preceded him in death January 7, 2011.
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