| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
Gene Clarke remembered, growing up in Columbia "We grew up on the Square in Columbia... Gene had a mischievous streak, he and the late Jimmy Harper (former postmaster) sold iced-down watermelons at the county fair, along with cold beer hidden under the watermelons. Their concession was more popular than most of the others..." -BC By Bruce Clarke My second oldest brother, Gene Clarke, passed away this summer. We held a memorial service for him at his church in Centralia, Illinois. Family members attended from all over the US. The service included a 21 gun salute by the VFW from the sidewalk in front of the church. He would have thoroughly enjoyed being at such a large family reunion and gathering of his friends. He was there in spirit. My father and mother ran the Hotel Miller on the corner of the "Square" and Greensburg St. across from the street from Rexall Drug Store (the hotel burned down many years later). All my siblings worked at the hotel. Gene had a mischievous streak. He and the late Jimmy Harper (former postmaster) sold iced-down watermelons at the county fair, along with cold beer hidden under the watermelons. Their concession was more popular than most of the others, it seemed. He also would drive my Mother's '48 Mercury, which had a fine V-8 in it, out to run errands for her. Well, word got back to Mother, that Gene, was making "Jack Rabbit" starts and stops all over town. He was smoking the tires pretty good! I thought that was funny in a couple ways. One being that there weren't any Jack Rabbits even close to Adair Co.! Musta been somebody from Texas that ratted Gene out? Well, Gene decided to go to UK and he pledged a fraternity. He was having a great time and flunking out in the process. My father being a Major in the Marine Corps wasn't about to put up with that and jerked him out of UK and Gene was soon at beautiful Paris Island, S.C. in Marine Boot Camp. He played football in the Marines, made Sergeant and developed a lot of self-discipline. He decided on dentistry, got out of the Marines, went to Southern California for pre-dentistry and had a 3.8 GPA out of a possible 4.0. He then went on to Washington University Dental School and worked hard and got his DDS degree. He continued dentistry well beyond the normal retirement age. Many of his patients attended his memorial service. When I was a kid and he was home (706 Greensburg St.) on leave from the Marine Corp, i would watch him pop off a hundred pushups at a time and not even be breathing hard. He was my role model that taught me with hard work and discipline, you can accomplish whatever you WANT to. He leaves behind his siblings Tony, Sue and me, his loving, supportive wife Nancy who partnered with him to raise three successful, healthy children (Linda, Joe and Chrissy) and a slew of grandchildren. We will always be telling "Gene stories" at all the future family reunions. Thanks Gene. - Love ya, Bruce This story was posted on 2022-11-05 08:34:31
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. Located one block off the Square at 200 Campbellsville Street in Columbia, KY. To reach David and Cathy Martin, phone (270)-384-2149, or e-mail: grissomfuneralhome@windstream.net. Large enough to serve comfortably; Small enough to serve personally. Todd and Mandi Green and Jared Conover 1670 Liberty Road, Columbia, KY. email: toddg12@windstream.net, 270-634-0359 First Quality Marble and Granite Established 1922 | 210 Greensburg St., Columbia, KY 42728 | Jeff Jessie, Owner 270-384-2145, www.stottsphelpsmcquearyfh.com, email stottspm@duo-county.com
More articles from topic Obituaries:
Charles Thomas Rhynearson, 82, Campbellsville, KY (1940-2022) John Thomas (Johnny) Richerson, 58, Campbellsville, KY (1964-2022) Nancy Elizabeth Grider, 80, Columbia, KY (1942-2022) Vontrice J. Brown, 90, Russell Co., KY native (1932-2022) Lula Mae Bryant Hedgespeth, 88, Campbellsville, KY (1934-2022) Miyanta Emony (Mony) Matney, 25, Greensburg, KY (1997-2022) Rachel Lee Wojtanowski, 39, Elizabethtown, KY (1983-2022) Mary Irene Nell, 107, Columbia KY (1915-2022) Larry Bowman Franklin, 86, Campbellsville, KY (1936-2022) Delbert Corbin, 92, Columbia, KY (1930-2022) View even more articles in topic Obituaries |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
