Norma J. Walters of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Ernest Williams and Vela Clark Williams, was born May 25, 1933 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at 3:12 P.M., Tuesday, August 18, 2020 in Elizabethtown. Age: 87
She
professed faith in Christ and was of the Pentecostal faith.
Norma
was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville.
She
united in marriage to David E. Walters December 29, 1951 and he preceded her in
death September 29, 2017.
Norma
is survived by two daughters: Connie
Bland and husband, J. T. and Judy Humphress and husband, Mike of
Campbellsville; five grandchildren:
Jenny Powell and husband, Richard of Elizabethtown, David Anderson and
wife, Karen of Leitchfield, Kristy Nelson of Campbellsville, Jessica Kembler of
Columbia and Ashley Hunt and
husband, Matt of Calvary; sixteen
great-grandchildren; twelve great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Mae Dean of
Indiana; two sisters-in-law: Barbara
Pike and Lois Richardson of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many
other relatives and friends.
She was also preceded in death by a grandson, Michael David Humphress and four brothers and four sisters: Ernest Williams, Jr., Richard Williams, James “Sonny” Williams, Kenneth Williams, Marie Murrell, Dorothy Burress, Velma Lois Myers and Helen Rucker.
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VISITATION: 12:00 Noon – 1:00 P.M., Thursday, August 20, 2020 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 1:00 P.M. Thursday, August 20, 2020 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Daniel Cook
BURIAL: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY ARE REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME
In his book Outliers,
the researcher and author Malcom Gladwell reports that in terms of career
opportunities, the best year to be born in the 20th century was
1935. Kenneth Harden Pope had the good
sense and foresight to come in to this world on May 9th of that year
in Shubuta, Mississippi. He was the
first child of Matt and Roma Ree Pope.
He was soon joined by his sister Roma Jean and then his brother
Bernard. Some years later, the baby
brother, Jimmy Lee rounded out these Mississippi siblings.
Due to the
depression and then WWII, the family moved numerous times between Mississippi
and Baton Rouge, Louisiana while Ken was a boy.
When he was in 9th grade the family landed in Jackson,
Mississippi where they remained. It was
in high school in Jackson that he met his first love, Fay Touchstone. They married on April 22, 1956 and were
together until her death in 2012.
Dr. Pope attended
Mississippi College along with Fay. He put himself through school by delivering
mail for the US Post Office. In 1959,
their daughter, Robin, was born. After
graduating with his BS in Mathematics, Dr. Pope then earned a MS in Mathematics
from the University of Mississippi.
During this time he also served in the Mississippi National Guard. At
some point during his early 20s he felt the call to ministry. More on that in a moment.
He graduated from
Ole Miss in the Spring of 1962. Dr. Pope
sometimes liked to point out that James Meredith, the first African American
student at the University of Mississippi began classes in the Fall of that
year. Upon graduating Dr. Pope had
several job opportunities. One would
have taken the young family to California to work for Boeing, but this seemed
way to far away from home for them. He settled instead to venture part way into
the “North” and accepted a faculty position at Hannibal La Grange College
Extension Center in St. Louis. While
the family was in St. Louis, John Pope was born.
In 1964, Dr. Pope
began a PhD program in math at the University of Missouri in Columbia. The following year he was offered a faculty
position in Mathematics at Hannibal La Grange College in Hannibal Missouri. There he remained until 1982 serving as Math
professor, Dean and eventually Vice President of Financial Development. During
those years he was continually seeking out more knowledge, eventually earning
his PhD in Higher Adult Education at the University of Missouri.
While working full time
and taking courses at the University of Missouri during some summers and in
Chicago at other times, he followed his call to the ministry and served as
interim pastor in rural churches in North East Missouri and Western Illinois. His children have fond memories of playing in
church graveyards and marveling at the outhouses in use in many of these
churches. They have less fond memories
of sitting on pews in unairconditioned buildings trying to get a breeze going with
the funeral fans.
Not to be content
with a full-time job, a rural pastorship, and traveling to attend university
classes, Dr. Pope earned his private pilot’s license in his “spare” time. He could rarely persuade Fay to get in a
plane but he certainly enjoyed being in the air. At least one time he and his friend had to
land their plane in a convenient field rather than on an airstrip.
In 1982 with a partially empty nest, Dr. Pope accepted a Vice President position at Campbellsville College (Now University). He kept that position until “retirement” when he launched a career as a Certified Financial Planner with New York Life Insurance. He also stepped in to preach when needed at churches in the Campbellsville area. Because apparently he was not busy enough, he was a member of and held office in the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs. He also was a 32nd degree Mason. Ken and Fay enjoyed their retirement by traveling and taking care of their grandchildren, Christopher Hackett, Lydia Pope-Clark, and Gabriel Pope.
After
the death of Fay in 2012, Dr. Pope surprised himself by falling head over heels
in love with Susan Tesseneer. They had a
joyous wedding on June 20, 2014. They
were truly soulmates and enjoyed every moment of their too short time
together. Dr. Pope took his last breathe
with his dear Susan at his side.
Besides his wife, Susan Lee Tesseneer-Street-Pope of Campbellsville, he is survived by one son and one daughter: John Harden Pope and his sweetheart, Erica Ullman of Lexington and Dr. Robin Pope Santa-Teresa and husband, Ben of Silver City, New Mexico; two step-sons: Robert Beni Street, II and wife, Holly and Ralph Calvin Street, Sr. and wife, Shelly; one daughter-in-law of the heart, Susan Pope; three grandchildren: Christopher Hackett and wife, Amanda Brusich-Hackett of Milwaukie, Oregon, Lydia Pope Clark and husband, Matthew of Seoul, Korea and Gabriel Pope of Milwaukie, Oregon; seven step-grandchildren; one brother, Jimmy Lee Pope and wife, Glenda of Metairie, Louisiana; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was also preceded in
death by one brother and one sister:
Bernard Pope and Roma Jean Dykes.
VISITATION: 12:00 Noon – 1:30 P.M., Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 2:00 P.M., Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Earl West
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO GIDEON BIBLES AND MAY
BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME
Amy
Harrison Jessie of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Tommie Wright and Betty
Wright, was born April 19, 1938 in Donansburg, Kentucky. She died at
5:17 A.M., Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in Louisville. Age: 82
She
professed faith in Christ and was a member of South Campbellsville Baptist
Church.
Amy
was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville.
She
united in marriage to Johnny Harrison October 13, 1956 and he preceded her in
death May 26, 2005.
She
later united in marriage to Titus Jessie March 7, 2009 and he preceded her in
death May 24, 2016.
Amy
loved Jesus, people and cooking.
She is survived by four daughters and one son: Tresea Phillips and husband, Paul of Elk Horn, Alan Harrison and wife, Mary Margaret of Lexington, Libbi Cox and husband, Keith of Elk Horn, Rhonda Hughes and husband, Danny of Frankfort, Jonetta Knight and husband, Tom of Ninevah, Indiana; one daughter-in-law, Julie Jessie of Campbellsville; twenty-two grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; one sister and brother-in-law, Tena and Ed Taylor of Port Charlotte, Florida; one brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Richard and Myra Harrison of Lakeland, Florida; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
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VISITATION: 5:00 – 8:00 P.M., Friday, August 21, 2020 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 4:00 P.M. Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Jim Durham
BURIAL: Elk Horn Cemetery
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY ARE REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO GIDEON BIBLES AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME
