Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky (2024)

2005 HERALD-LEADER FRIDAY FEBRUARY 18, B5 OBITUARIES MEMORIALS LS From B4 BOONEVILLE Dora Bowman Seale, 102, widow of Chester Seale, died Wed. Feb. 16, 2005. Services, Sat. 11 am and Visit, 5 pm Searcy Strong Funeral Home.

Visit Legacy.com CAMPTON Omer Richard Spencer, 72, Campbell Ridge husband of Inise Coomer Spencer, died Wed. Feb. 16, 2005. Services, 11 am Porter Son Chapel. Visit, 5-9 pm Fri.

Visit Legacy.com COLUMBIA George Clarence Harvey, 94, died Thurs. Feb. 17, 2005. Services, 1 pm Trinity United Methodist Church. Visit, 4:30 pm Grissom Funeral Home.

Guestbook at Legacy.com COLUMBIA James A. Compton, 62, husband of Frances Compton, died Wed. Feb. 16, 2005. Services, 1 pm Big Creek Missionary Baptist Church.

Visit, anytime before service at Grissom Funeral Home. Guestbook at Legacy.com COLUMBIA Ruby Maxine Andrew, 84, died Feb. 17, 2005. Funeral: Sun. 2 pm, Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home.

Visitation 4-6 pm. Visit Legacy.com CORBIN Jeanette Worley, 66, passed away Thurs. Feb. 17, 2005. Services, 2 pm Hart Funeral Home Chapel.

Visit, 6-9 pm funeral home. Visit Legacy.com CRITTENDEN Herbert L. Richardson, 63, husband of Mary L. Richardson, died Wed. Feb.

16, 2005. Visit, 11 am 3:30 pm and services 3:30 pm Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home. Visit Legacy.com CYNTHIANA Jean Wagner Sexton, 72, wife of Ray R. Sexton, died Feb. 16, 2005.

Funeral 1 pm Ware Funeral Home. Visitation 12-8 pm Fri. Visit Legacy.com DANVILLE Mary Elizabeth Singleton, 75, died Wed. Feb. 16, 2005.

Services, 1 pm First Church. Visit, 6-8 pm church. Arrangements, Smith-Jackson Funeral Home. Visit Legacy.com DANVILLE Meranda Spence, 82, died Wed. Feb.

16, 2005. Widow of Cecil Spence. Service, 11 am Sat. Visit, 4-8 pm Stith Funeral Home. Visit Legacy.com FRANKFORT James Porter McCarty.

Life Celebration services for James Por- ter McCarty, 83, of The Neighborhood, Cardwell Lane, Frankfort will be held Fri. 7 pm at LeCompteJohnson-Taylor Funeral Home. Rev. John Sutphin will officiate. Military services will be held Feb.

22, at Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Nicholasville. He died at Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington. A native of Eminence, KY he was a country boy, proud veteran, loving husband, father and grandfather. He enjoyed a lengthy military career. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1963 with the rank of Major after receiving many distinguished service awards.

He was past Commander of the 391st Bomb Group and veteran of WWII and the Korean War. Follow- ing his military career he served as principal of the Somerset Vocational School and was instrumental in establishing the first and only Federal Aviation Maintenance School in Kentucky in 1970. He retired from the Dept. of Education in 1986. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Somerset, where he served as deacon and elder.

He was cofounder of the First Christian Church of Ft. Walton Beach Florida; past member of the Rotary, Kiwanis, Elks, and YMCA. He was the son of the late Stanley and Aleene Constantine McCarty. He was preceded in death by his wife, Wanda Wilson McCarty. Survivors include his son, Jim McCarty (Jenny), Frankfort; two daughters, Pattie Williams, Louisville; and Debby Smart (Ed), Oxford, OH; three sisters, Betsy Moore, Cambellsburg, KY, Bertha Everett, Huntsville, AL, Rosa Clark, LaGrange; three brothers, Gilbert McCarty, Frankfort; Herbert McCarty, Campbellsburg; and Glenn McCarty, Lexington; six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Honorary pallbearers will be his grandchildren Todd Gaslin (Tracy), Louisville; Jon Gaslin (Becky), Michael Tohill (Rachel), Charlotte, NC, Ryan Tohill, Indianapolis, IN, Emily and Alicia McCarty, Frankfort. Visitation will I be held 5-7 pm at LeCompteJohnson-Taylor Funeral Home. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 208 Steele Street, Frankfort, KY 40601. Guestbook at Legacy.com FRANKFORT Samuel David Girtley, 61, passed away Wed. Feb.

16, 2005. Services, 1 pm Gospel Assembly Church. Visit, 12 -1 pm. Arrangements, Harrod Brothers Funeral Home. Guestbook at Legacy.com HARLAN Carl J.

Ayers, 82, Harlan Co. District Court Trial Commissioner, former Harlan Police Chief, and retired restaurant businessman, died Feb. 16, 2005. Funeral 7 pm at Anderson Laws Funeral Chapel. Calling hours 5-7 pm at Anderson Laws.

Visit, Sat. after 11 am until funeral hour at 2 pm, chapel of Marvin S. Hicks Funeral Home. MONTICELLO Helen Sullivan, 66, died Feb. 16, 2005.

Visitation, Fri. after 11 am until the funeral at 2 pm, Piney Woods Mission Church. Marvin S. Hicks Funeral Home. www.marvinhicksfuneralhome.com MOREHEAD Iris Gwyneth Potter, 81, wife of Jim Potter, passed away Wed.

Feb. 16, 2005. A very active member of the Morehead Congregation of Jehovah's Witness. Services, 1 pm Northcutt Son Home for Funerals. Visitation, after 7 pm funeral home.

Guestbook at Legacy.com MORELAND Carl G. "Fuzzy" McMullin, 74, died Thurs. Feb. 17, 2005 at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center. Services, 2 pm W.L.

Pruitt Funeral Home. Visit, 5-9 pm Fri. Visit Legacy.com MT. STERLING John Seldon Fugate, 84, died Wed. Feb.

16, 2005 at his home on Spencer Road. He was born Jan. 13, 1921 in Breathitt County. He was a farmer, retired superintendent for Foster and Creighton Construction, and an avid fisherman. As an active and faithful member of Hope Church of God, he served as Sunday School teacher for 45 years and was a member of the Board of Trustees.

He was the son of the late McKinley Fugate and the late Rosalee Williams Mann. He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Floria Mann Fugate, and a son, Paul C. Fugate. Surviving are a son, Garroll Seldon Fugate, Mt. Sterling, KY; three daughters: Gaye Fugate Gomulka, New York City, Karen Fugate, New Smyrna Beach, FL, Gwenda (Ross) Winder, Lexington; a foster daughter, Betty Payne (Rick) Miller, Paint Lick; three grandchildren: Brooke R.

Fugate, Philip McKinley and Charles David Winder, all of Lexington; two foster grandchildren: Patricia Payne, Raleigh, NC, and Bill Payne, Nashville, TN. Visitation will be 5-8 pm Fri. Feb. 18, at Herald and Stewart Home for Funerals, 1002 Woodford Drive, Mt. Sterling.

Funeral services will be 2 pm Sat. Feb. 19, 2005 with the Reverend Stanley Hutchinson officiating. Burial will be in the Mann's Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Charles Caskey, Mickey Hawkins, Skip Holley, Randy Mann, Bill Payne, and Henry Skidmore.

Honorary pallbearers will be Howard Clemons, Wayne Craycraft, Wendell Culbertson, Bill Helfin, Junior Holley, Kinnell Joseph, Harlan Tackett and Earl Whisman. Memorials can be made to St. Claire Hospice Care, 222 Medical Circle, Morehead, KY 40351. Guestbook at Legacy.com MT. STERLING Ollie James Willoughby, 75, husband of Ruby Allen Willoughby, died Feb.

17, 2005. Funeral, 11 am Herald Stewart Home for Funerals. Visit, 6-9 pm Fri. Visit Legacy.com MT. VERNON Mr.

Marion Abney, 88, Montpelier, IN, and formerly of Rockcastle County, died Tues. Feb. 15, 2005 in Marion, IN. He was born in Rockcastle County on Dec. 19, 1916, the son of Jack and Wilma Abney, was a farmer and Brick Mason and a member of the New Hope Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Della Myrtle Abney, five sons: Denzil: and Preston Dola Abney, both of Kokoma, IN, Keytron, Terry and Johnny Abney, all of Montpelier, IN; six daughters: Zella Miller, Faye Holbrook, Barbara Johnson and Ruby Slone, all of Mt. Vernon, Kathy Utterback, Lexington and Ruth Nestleroad, Montpelier, IN; 27 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three sons: Keith Ray, Marion and Tenon Abney. Funeral services for Mr. Marion Abney will be conducted 11 am Sat.

Feb. 19, 2005 at the New Hope Baptist Church by Bro. Jerry Ballinger. Burial will follow in the Johnetta Cemetery. Friends may call at the Dowell Martin Funeral Home from 6-9 pm Fri.

Guestbook at Legacy.com OLIVE HILL Charles Taylor Burchett, 69, passed away Wed. Feb. 16, 2005. Services, 2 pm Globe Funeral Chapel. Visit, after 6 pm Fri.

Visit Legacy.com OWINGSVILLE Shirley Bilbrey, 64, Preston, died Wed. Feb. 16, 2005. Son, Avery and sister, Sylverine Waskom survive. No visitation or services at Richardson Funeral Home.

Visit Legacy.com PAINTSVILLE Hazel Nadine Hartline, 80, passed away Wed. Feb. 16, 2005. Services, 11 am Tom's Creek Freewill Baptist Church. Visit, 6-10 pm Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Guestbook at Legacy.com PAINTSVILLE Ivory Sparks Daniels, 73, passed away Thurs. Feb. 17, 2005. Services, 1 pm JonesPreston Funeral Home Chapel. Visit, 5 pm funeral home.

Visit Legacy.com PAINTSVILLE Florris Pauline Stapleton, 84. Services, 11 a am Phelps Son Funeral Home. Visit, 8 am funeral home, Paintsville. PIKEVILLE Judy Ann McClanahan Ison, 58. Service, 1 pm J.W.

Call Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation, 6-9 pm this evening in the chapel. Guestbook at PRESTONSBURG Elijah "E.B." May 81, died Wed. Feb. 16, 2005.

Services, 11 am Community Methodist Church. Visit, 12-9 pm Carter Funeral Home. Visit Legacy.com RICHMOND Cletis Baker, 64, Walter Lakes Road, died Sun. Feb. 13, 2005.

Services, 11 am today, Combs, Parsons, Collins Funeral Home. Visit Legacy.com RICHMOND Reba J. Green, 89, Chris Drive, wife of Harlan Green, died Tues. Feb. 15, 2005.

Services, 11 am Combs, Parsons Collins Funeral Home. Visit, 2-9 pm Sun. Visit Legacy.com SOMERSET Arettia Goff, 72, passed away Feb. 16, 2005. Services, 2 pm Lange New Bros.

Family Funeral Home. Visitation, after 6 pm at the funeral home. www.langenewbros.com SOMERSET David Alan Taylor, 36, died Feb. 16, 2005. Visitation, Fri.

after 5 pm. Funeral, Sat. 1 pm, Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home. Visit Legacy.com SOMERSET Henry Virl Wilson, 99, passed away Wed. Feb.

16, 2005. Services, Fri. 11 am, funeral home chapel. Visit, Fri. after 9 am, funeral home.

Arrangements, Pulaski Funeral Home. Visit Legacy.com STAMPING GROUND Archie Gray Burchfield 67, Stamping Ground, KY, and the husband of Betty Metts Burchfield, died Wed. Feb. 16, 2005 at his home. He was born in Springhill, TN on Sept.

20, 1937 and was the son of the late Archie Gray and Juanita James Burchfield Sr. He was a farmer and a member of the Minorsville Christian Church where he served as a Deacon. He was a Kentucky Colonel, and was a member of the Masonic Lodge. He is currently the reigning Kentucky Croquet State Champion and having won 16 state championships, nine singles and seven doubles, he is in the Kentucky Croquet Hall of Fame. In 1982 he won the National (with Mark) in New York in Central Park, 1985 and won Club Team Nationals, Palm Beach, FL, 1987 Won National (with Damon) in Newport, RI, 1987 won Club Team National in Palm Beach, FL, and won the International Croquet Tournament.

He is also in the U.S.C.A. Croquet Hall of Fame, he was also an International Ambassador for the U.S.C.A. Currently there is a movie under contract about Archie's croquet experiences. He was featured in a number of magazine articles including New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, People Magazine, and Connoisseur Magazine. He was also on several television programs including: On The Road Again, The Pat Sajak Show, Lifestyle On Sports and Portrait of America.

Survivors in addition to his wife include children: David Gray (Cindi) Burchfield, Mark Coleman (Jennifer) Burchfield, both of Stamping Ground, Reba Carol (Jimbo) Lewis, Frankfort, KY, Shari Elizabeth (David) Coleman, Stamping Ground, KY; and 12 grandchildren: Jennifer, David, Markus, Travis, Justin and Ashley Burchfield, Jami and Jimmy Lewis, Joy, Hope, Buddy and Kacey Coleman. Also survived by a special mother-in-law, Opal Metts and a special sister-in-law, Ruby Tuttle. Funeral services will be 2 pm Sat. Feb. 19, 2005 at the Tucker, Yocum Wilson Funeral Home with Minister Wayne Smith and Minister Tom Kelley officiating.

Burial will be in Masonic Cemetery, Stamping Ground, KY. Casket Bearers: David, Mark, and Butch Burchfield, Jimbo Lewis, David Coleman, Alvin Tuttle, Steve Popp, and Lloyd Luttrell. Honorary Bearers will be the Kentucky and the U.S.C.A. Croquet Players. Visitation will be from 2-8 pm Fri.

at the funeral home. Guestbook at Legacy.com WEST LIBERTY Leona Fairchild Nickell, 94, widow of Ernest Nickell, died Tues. Feb. 15, 2005. Services, 1 pm Potter Funeral Home.

Visit, 11 am-1 pm funeral home. Visit Legacy.com WHITESBURG Hassie B. Helton, 89, died Wed. Feb. 16, 2005.

Services, 11 am Letcher Funeral Home. Visit, 6 pm funeral home. Visit Legacy.com In Memory IN LOVING MEMORY Rhoda L. Allen May 18, 1916 Feb. 18, 2004 Our lives aren't the same since you went away.

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