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Saturday, June 18, 2005
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Knifley soldier, Kenneth D. Carter, remembered in Bob Hill column


Column a fine World War II story, a great account of a father and a son
Ron Devore of Metcalfe County spotted a story online which should interest every Columbiamagazine.com reader.

It is Bob Hill's column in the Saturday, June 18, 2005, Louisville Courier-Journal which tells the story of a Knifley, KY, man who served in World War II and is now buried in the National Cemetery in Lebanon, KY.


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Festival petting zoo fun for Buchner twins



2005-06-18 - Columbia, KY - Photo Linda Waggener. EMILY and BRADLEY BUCHNER, four-year-old children of Mary and David Buchner of Ashville, North Carolina, had a great time in the petting zoo at the Festival. The twins are the grandchildren of Emily Cain Edwards Sargent, and the grand neice and nephew of Mary Frances May. Emily says they are thoroughly enjoying their vacation in Columbia.
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PROCLAMATION: Flags to be flown at half-mast in memorial to Earl Conover

Mayor Bell Proclaims Week of June 18-24, 2005, a Period of Memorial to World War II hero Earl Conover
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Earl Conover, US Army, was a survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March in the Pacific Theater during World War II; and,


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Earl Conover, 87, WWII Death March survivor, dies


Links to related stories and a photo of the Wyatt and Ila Conover family follow this obituary.
The funeral service for Earl Conover, 87, Wall Street, Columbia, KY, will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 20, 2005 at Grissom Funeral Home, 200 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY, with Bro. Raymond Martin officiating.

He was born September 17, 1917, the son of the late Wyatt and Ila Epperson Conover of Columbia, KY.

He volunteered for military service with the U.S. Army in April of 1941. He trained at Ft. Knox, KY, and was assigned to service in the Phillippines. He was surrendered in April of 1942 to the Japanese. He was a survivor of the Bataan Death March while a prisoner of war in World War II.


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Birthdays and Anniversaries for June 18
Happy Anniversary, Wayne and Tammy Bryant (1975) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Addison "Addie" Rose Way (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brittany Janes (1989) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bruce Willis | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, David Burris (1949) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Della Hughes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Garnett Baker (1926) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Hayes Hadley | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Irene Harmon | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jeffery Lynn Willis (1963) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Patty Rush Smith | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Relda Rucker Kerr (1954) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sandy Smith | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tammy Stearns Stotts | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Whitney Wade (June 18, 1995) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bro. Cleveland Grant Johnson, Russell County, KY | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Herbert Richard, Columbia, KY (1929-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ida Belle Lee Thomas, Casey County, KY (1932-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Karen Ann Milby Jeffries, Greensburg, KY (1968-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruth McFarland Hadley, Russell County, KY (1940-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pauline Rigney Scearce (1925-2006) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Myrtie Karnes Curry McAllister, Adair Co., KY native (1915) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marian Grace Walker Woosley, Taylor Co., KY (1920) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dewey Lee McGaha, Russell Co., KY (1946) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Margarett Keltner, Adair County, KY (1922 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Carol Bethune, 58, Green Co., KY (1954) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pauline Sneed, Adair County, KY (1920) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Myra Ellen Smith, Dunnville, KY (1945) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert (Bobby) Foster, Campbellsville, KY (1957) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elizabeth Thurman Scott Carter, Metcalfe Co., KY (1925-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mildred McGuffin, 63, Adair County, KY (1950-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Elmer Earl Clark, 91, Green Co., KY (1923-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Frances Marie McCubbins, Green Co., KY (1931-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Walter C. Curry, Adair County, KY (1928-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Marson Ray Scott, 72, Green Co., KY (1943-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bonnie Louise Conatser Gordon, 76, Summer Shade, KY (1939-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Justina McCoy, 89, Cumberland Co., KY (1927-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, George Coe, 79, Russell Springs, KY (1938-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Gwenda Morris Hitch, 67, Taylor County, KY (1950-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tammy Lynn Hare, Russell Co., KY/Adair Co. native (1967-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bernice Wisdom, 76, Adair Co., KY native (1947-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brenda Delores Matthews, 68, Campbellsville, KY (1954-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Debbie Demrow, 69, Liberty, KY (1953-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jeffery L. Willis, 59, Columbia, KY (1963-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marsha Brown, 63, Hustonville, KY (1957-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roger Arthur Ussery, 77, Columbia, KY (1943-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tresia Ann Morgan Dial, 67, Edmonton, KY (1956-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wanda Joyce Branham, 74, Burkesville, KY (1946-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

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