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2012 Obituaries
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IN MEMORY OF
Mary Lou Lingle
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Mrs. Mary Lou Lingle was born June 9, 1928 in Green County, KY to the late
Dr. James C. Graham and Josie Lee Settle Graham. She departed this life Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at her home in Green
County, KY, having attained the age of eighty-four years, six months and two days.
Mrs. Lingle had made a profession
of faith in Christ and was a member of the Greensburg United Methodist Church. She was a retired teacher and she had
been a member of the Greensburg Chapter 232 Order of the Eastern Star for 70 years, making her be the longest member of the
chapter. She was an accomplished artist and a member of the Greensburg Arts Council.
She was united in marriage
to James I. Locklear, Jr., who preceded her in death. She was also united in marriage to William Lingle, who survives.
Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by one sister: Jessie Graham Vodopich.
She is survived by two
stepsons: Keith Lingle of Illinois and Todd Lingle of Louisville, six grandchildren, one great grandchild, plus a host
of other relatives and friends.
Place and time of service: Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home
- 11 a.m. Friday, December 14, 2012 Visitation: after 4 p.m. central time Thursday, December 13,
2012 Minister: Rev. Dale Curry Entombment: Greensburg Mausoleum Pallbearers: Ray Workman, Keith Lingle, Anthony Workman, Matthew Byron Lingle, Ronnie Bell and Todd
Lingle
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IN MEMORY OF
AE2 Stuart Tyler Utley
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AE2 Stuart Tyler Utley, age 25 of Fallon, Nevada, formerly of Somerset, KY
passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012.
He was born in Somerset, KY on November 14, 1987, son of Vanessa Barrett
Downey and Powell P. Utley. He attended Victory Christian School and was a Pulaski County High School Graduate of 2006.
He was an Aviation Electrician's Mate for the U.S. Navy. He is survived by his mother Vanessa B. Downey
of Richmond, KY, his father, Powell P. Utley of Greensburg, one brother Matthew P. & Rebecca Utley of Louisville, grandmother,
Evelyn B. Mitchell of Mt. Vernon, KY, grandfather: Harold K. Barrett of Booneville, KY and stepfather, Charles H. Downey
of Lexington, Virginia.
Funeral services for Stuart Tyler Utley will be conducted 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012
at the Morris & Hislope Funeral Home in Science Hill, KY with Chaplain Guy Crubaugh officiating. Burial
will follow in the Mill Springs National Cemetery with Military Honors by the U.S. Navy Honor Guard.
The family
has requested that donations be made in Stuart's name to Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund. These can be made
locally by contacting Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home in Greensburg.
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IN MEMORY OF Kennith Russell Wright
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Kennith Russell Wright was born July 20, 1933 in Green County, KY to the
late Sam and Virgie Berry Wright. He departed this life Friday, December 7, 2012 at the Campbellsville Retirement Home,
Campbellsville, KY, having attained the age of seventy-nine years, four months and seventeen days.
Mr. Wright had
made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. He was a farmer. Besides
his parents, he was preceded in death July 30, 2008 by his wife Norma Jean Hord Wright. Also preceding him in death
are two brothers and two sisters: Rollin and Robert Wright, Margie Perry and Mell Bibb.
He is survived by
two daughters and sons-in-law: Phyllis and Gary Smith and Donna and Darrell Smith of Greensburg, four sisters:
Mae Nunn Noe, Betty Reynolds and Mildred Milby, all of Greensburg and Mamie Beard of Knifley, three grandchildren: Justin
Smith, Jennifer and Sam Thompson and Liz and Chris Taylor, two great grandchildren, Carsen and Eli Thompson, plus a host of
other relatives and friends.
Place and Time of Service: Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home
- 12 Noon Central Time Monday, December 10, 2012 Visitation: After 5 p.m. Sunday, December 9,
2012 and after 7 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 Minister: Rev. Wilburn Bonta Interment
In: Campbellsville Memorial Garden, Campbellsville, KY Pallbearers: Justin Smith,
Troy Davis, Jeff Davis, Archie Akin, Randy Milby, Heizer Durrett, Eddie Durham Honorary Pallbearers:
Campbellsville Retirement Home Associates, Nieces and Nephews, Morris Goff, Doug Despain, Billy Walker, Leslie Walker, Mitch
Lewis, Tom Griffiths
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IN MEMORY OF Betty Jo Kerzan Wright
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Mrs. Betty Jo Kerzan Wright was born November 13, 1926 in Becknell, Indiana
to the late Anton and Grace Tate Kerzan. She departed this life Saturday, November 17, 2012 at the Heritage Hall Nursing
Home in Lawrenceburg, KY, having attained the age of eighty-six years and four days.
She had made a profession
of faith and was a member of the Greensburg Church of the Holy Redeemer. She retired from Fruit of the Loom. She
was united in marriage to John "Wish" Wright, who preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death by
one brother: Leo Kerzan and two sisters: Mary Thomas and Clella Hepp.
She is survived by three daughters
and sons-in-law: Peggy and Davis Rose and Nancy and Robert Price of Greensburg and Debbie and Tom Edwards of Harrodsburg.
She is also survived by one sister: Georgia Schaack of Marion, Illinois, six grandchildren: Amy and Mark
Milby, Lisa and Ricky Moran, Tommy and Amy Edwards, Robbie and Christy Price, John Paul Price and Ashley Edwards and
fourteen great grandchildren.
Place and time of service: Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home
- 1 p.m. Wednesday, November 21, 2012 Visitation: after 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 20, 2012 Clergy:
Father Christopher Catesby Clay Interment In: Bethlehem Cemetery
The family
has requested in lieu of flowers that donations be made to the March of Dimes, the local food pantry, Greensburg Church of
the Holy Redeemer.
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IN MEMORY
OF Betty Carol Bethune
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Betty Carol Bethune was born on June 18, 1954 in Campbellsville, KY to Georgetta
Barnett. She departed this life on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at the St. Joseph Catholic Hospital in Lexington, KY.
She was fifty-eight years old.
Betty was preceded in death by one brother, Henry Lee Bethune.
She leaves
to cherish her memory, mother, Georgetta Bethune and step father, Richard Bethune of Louisville, KY, one daughter, Michelle
Lynn Bethune of Coppell, Texas, one son, Jason Richard Bethune of Lexington, KY; three grandchildren, Kelsi Marchelle Thompson,
Tremayne DeJuan Kilgore, Jr. and Brianna Marie Bethune, and a host of cousins, relatives and friends. She loved to play
Bingo, go fishing and was always humble and young at heart.
Place and time of service: Jacob
Grove Baptist Church, Summersville, KY - 11 a.m. Saturday, November 24, 2012 Visitation:
5 - 8 p.m. Friday, November 23, 2012 and after 7 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012 Minister: Rev. Henry
Nelson Interment In: Green County Memory Garden, Summersville, KY Pallbearers:
Earl Barnett, Billy Jean Mitchell, Donnie Williams, DeWayne Thornton, Greg Thornton, Tyrone Miller Honorary
Pallbearers: Junior Barnett, Udell Thornton, James "Mann" Thornton Flower Girls: Tracy
Thornton, Candace Thornton, Pam Miller
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IN MEMORY
OF
Lucille
Edwards Stitzel
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Mrs. Lucille Edwards Stitzel was born May 8, 1919 in Green County, KY to
the late Clarence and Cora Squires Edwards. She departed this life Sunday, November 4, 2012 in Louisville, KY, having
attained the age of ninety-three years, five months and twenty-six days.
Mrs. Edwards retired as an accounting
clerk from Brown and Williamson in Louisville, KY. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by her husband Paul
Stitzel, one brother: O.C. "Buck" Edwards and two sisters: Elizabeth Shaffner and Carolyn Crookshank.
She is survived by one sister-in-law: Loretta Edwards of Greensburg, one brother-in-law: Bob Shaffner
of Elizabethtown, KY, three nephews and their wives: Steve and Camellia Edwards, Rick and Savonna Edwards of Greensburg
and Tony and Sharon Edwards of Lawrenceburg and two nieces: Janet Spalding and Marcia Cowart.
There will
be a graveside service 1 p.m. Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at the Summer Shade Cemetery in the Bramlett Community of Green
County. Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home is in charge of the local arrangements.
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IN MEMORY
OF Kimberly Sue Elmore
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Kimberly Sue Erickson Elmore was born December 2, 1961 in San Gabriel, California
to Raymond Childress and Phyllis Sue Erickson Tomes. She departed this life October 27, 2012 at her home in Green County,
KY, having attained the age of fifty years, ten months and twenty-five days.
Kim had made a profession of faith
in Christ and was a member of the Living Grace Church, Campbellsville, KY. She was a housewife.
She was united
in marriage to Patrick "Pat" Elmore, who survives. She is survived by one son: Nick Elmore of Glasgow,
KY, two daughters and sons-in-law: Kyndra and Paul Martinez of California and Kara and Joel Costello of Summersville,
KY and five grandchildren: She is also survived by two brothers: Tony Erickson of Arizona and Bill Childress of
Illinois and three sisters: Candice Classen of Georgia, Christeena Erickson and Kristianna Laam of California, plus
a host of other relatives and friends.
Place and Time of Memorial Service: Home of Pat and
Kim Elmore, 53 Tunnel Lane, Greensburg, KY 3 p.m. Central Time, Saturday, Nov., 3, 2012
Minister:
Henry Martinez
Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home in Greensburg is in charge if the arrangements.
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IN MEMORY
OF Calvin Puckett, Jr.
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Calvin Puckett, Jr. was born February 18, 1924 in Sonora, KY to the late
Calvin Puckett, Sr. and Sarah Anna Geralds Puckett. He departed this life Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at the Woodlawn Terrace
Health Care Facility in Elizabethtown, KY, having attained the age of eighty-eight years, seven months and twenty-one days.
Mr. Puckett had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Greensburg Methodist Church. In
1988 he retired as a General Manager of T.C.R. Inc., a subsidiary of Texas City Refining. He was a United States
Army Veteran, serving during World War II. He was a Kentucky Colonel, a member of the Greensburg Masonic Lodge #54 F
& A.M., the Central KY Amateur Radio Club, American Radio Relay League, Quarter Century Wireless Association, a lifetime
member of the Disabled American Veterans and James L. Pruitt VFW Post 5813, Greensburg, KY. He was also a member of
the Rob Lowe American Legion Post 124 Greensburg, KY and a charter member of the Green County Golf Club. Besides his
parents, he was preceded in death in 2002 by one daughter: Geraldine Wilson. He is also preceded in death by four
brothers and four sisters.
On September 23, 1945 Mr. Puckett was united in marriage to Doris E. Boyd Puckett, who
survives. He is survived by one son and daughter-in-law: Richard Tyra "Ty" and Mary M. Puckett of Greensburg,
six grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
The family chose cremation.
There will be no services.
The family has requested that donations be made to the Disabled American Veterans.
These can be made by contacting Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home in Greensburg.
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IN MEMORY OF
Wanda Akin Estes
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Mrs. Wanda Akin Estes was born March 3, 1948 in Green County, KY to Robert
O. Akin of Greensburg and the late Claris Henderson Akin. She departed this life Saturday, October 6, 2012 at the Golden
Living Center/Green Hill Manor in Greensburg, having attained the age of sixty-four years, seven months and three days.
Wanda had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church. She was a sewing
machine operator at Campbellsville Apparel. Besides her mother she is preceded in death by one brother: Phillip
Darrell Akin.
She is survived by her husband, Jerry Estes, one daughter: Mashonnda Renee Lanier of Greensburg,
two stepsons: Anthony Wayne and Carrie Estes of Columbia and Jerry Dale and Erin Beth Estes of Campbellsville, one step
daughter: Patricia Gail Bradley of Campbellsville, and five grandchildren: Jacob, Autumn, Cameron, Alex
and Eric.
Place and time of service: Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home - 11 a.m. Central
Time, Monday, October 8, 2012 Visitation: After 5 p.m. central time Sunday, October 7, 2012 and
after 7 a.m., Monday, October 8, 2012 Minister: Dr. Gary Ervin Interment In:
Bethlehem Cemetery, Green County, KY Pallbearers: Andy Estes, Dale Estes, Jacob Estes, Roger Neagle,
Terry Paxton, Brian Akin Honorary Pallbearers: Terry Neagle, Jamie Russell, Nick Paxton, John
Aaron, Rudy Rucker, Bobby Estes, Donna Estes, Barbara Neagle, Lottie Curtis, Reba Witty, Debra Sprowles
Donations
are requested to Bethlehem Baptist Church Youth Department, Choir or TV Ministries. These can be made at the funeral
home.
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IN MEMORY OF
Laverne Blakeman VanArsdale
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Laverne Blakeman VanArsdale, 91 of Franklin, KY and formerly of Greensburg,
KY died Monday, October 1, 2012 at Hospice of So. KY in Bowling Green, KY.
The Green Co. native was a devoted wife,
a loving mother and grandmother, a homemaker, and a loyal friend to many special people. She was an avid gardener and
an accomplished seamstress. She was an employee at "Fruit of the Loom" in Campbellsville, KY for
30 years. Mt. Lebanon Methodist was her longtime church home. Her Christian example was a shining star to everyone
around her.
She was the daughter of the late Myrtie Jeffries Blakeman and Lallie Blakeman. She was preceded
in death by two sisters: Hazel Pickett and Ola Faye Elliott.
Visitation is from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on
Saturday, October 6 at Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home in Greensburg, followed by the Funeral Service at 1:00 p.m. at the
funeral home. Burial will be at Neagle Cemetery.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions
to Hospice of Southern Kentucky, 5872 Scottsville Road, Bowling Green, KY 42104, Mt. Lebanon Methodist Church, 10618 Edmonton
Road, Greensburg, KY 42743, or Neagle Cemetery, 2188 Mt. Lebanon Church Road, Greensburg, KY 42743 or they can be made at
the Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home in Greensburg.
Survivors include her husband of 72 years, Otha VanArsdale;
a son, Dennye VanArsdale and his wife, Elizabeth of Bowling Green, KY; three grandchildren: Dr. Nancy V. Morris
and her husband, Robb of London, KY; Susan Jackson and her husband, Gregory of Bowling Green, KY; and Jeff VanArsdale and
his wife Melissa of Louisville, KY; four great-grandchildren: Taylor Morris, Alexandra Morris, Hannah Jackson, and Wyatt
VanArsdale; three nephews: Joe Elliott, Gayle Pickett, and Roger Pickett; several cousins; and special caregiver, Nancy
Combow of Franklin, KY.
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IN MEMORY OF
Helen Henson
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Mrs. Helen Henson was born March 14, 1921 in Casey County, KY to the late
James Samuel and Martha Hoskins Allen. She departed this life Thursday, September 20, 2012 in Campbellsville, KY having attained
the age of ninety-one years, six months and sixteen days.
Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her
husband Henry Thomas Henson and two sisters: Pauline Holbrook and Marguerite Davis.
She is survived by one
brother and one sister: Harold Allen and Louise Adams, both of Texas. Locally she is survived by Gerald and Judy
Davis of Campbellsville, KY, plus a host of nieces and nephews.
Entombment will at the Forrest Lawn Memory
Garden in Greenwood, Indiana. Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home in Greensburg is in charge of the arrangements.
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