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Ernest Calvin Bennett, 70, Russell County, KY (1944-2014)

He was a native of Columbia, KY, and a resident of Russell Springs, KY, at the time of his death. He was the son of the late Nora Catherine (Wheeler) and Dallas Ray Bennett. He was a member of a very large, highly respected family, with deep roots in Adair County, Russell County, Taylor County, and other areas of South Central Kentucky. His wife, Brenda Taylor Bennett, survives. He leaves 37 direct living descendants. Eleven siblings, residents of Adair, Russell, Taylor, Hart Counties, KY; and Morgan County, Indiana, survive. He worked as a Concrete Truck Driver and was a member of Coffey Grove Separate Baptist Church.

Ernest Calvin Bennett, 70, of Russell Springs, KY, passed away Saturday, November 29, 2014, at his residence.

Funeral Services at Wilson Funeral Home, Russell Springs, KY, at 1pmCT on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, with Bro. Steve Willis officiating. Interment will be in the Tarter Cemetery in Adair County, KY. Visitation will be after 5pmCT on Monday at Wilson Funeral Home in Russell Springs.


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2014-11-30 17:36:07 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

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2014-11-30 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. Cousins Hailey Waggener and Tillie Waggener share Thanksgiving dessert with their Great-Grandmother, Geniece Marcum.
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Adair Co. Retired Teachers meet at Anderson's 16 Dec 2014

Adair County Retired Teachers will meet Tuesday, December 16, 2014 , 10amCT, at Anderson's Pizzeria, 1411 Campbellsville Road, Columbia, Kentucky. New retirees will be honored. Urgent request to support our pension plan will be addressed. Teachers are asked to bring canned food items to donate to local food pantry. All retired teachers are urged to attend this important meeting. - Bobbie Coomer

2014-11-30 17:34:34 | Comments | Printable version

Letter: different agels entirely

Tammy Phelps writes:
Hello, just saw my daughter's picture from the ACPC 2nd grade Veteran's program. The names you have listed are incorrect for both girls! My daughter, Arraya Phelps is on the left and her classmate Alyssa Hibbard is on the right. Thought I should let you know, if you can fix it. Great picture, thank you! --Tammy Phelps
Tammy, thanks very much for writing. We've updated the photo with the correct identification for both girls.

Comments re Photo: Arraya Phelps and Alyssa Hibbard. Two little angels


2014-11-30 17:30:19 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Mr. Garland Paxton, Green Co., KY (1924-2014)

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Mr. Garland Paxton, age 89, of Greensburg, passed away on Saturday, November 29, 2014, at the Golden Living Center Green Hill in Greensburg, KY.

The funeral services for Mr. Garland Paxton will be conducted at 10amCT, Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at the Cowherd & Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S Main Street, Greensburg, KY, with burial in the Bethlehem Cemetery. There will be full military rites at the gravesite by the Marion County Honor Guaurd. Visitation will be 4pm-8pmCT, Monday and after 7amCT, Tuesday until time of the service at Cowherd & Parrott Funeral Home.


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2014-11-30 14:01:38 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Epicurean Kentuckian: Seven best country ham brands in nation?

What do you think? Here's a list suggested for the best country ham there is.
See also: Chris Cato: Don't get between KY Gal and her country ham
  1. Adair County 4-H Country Ham, 409 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY
  2. Penn's, Campbellsville, KY
  3. Jimmie Siddens, Bowling Green
  4. Harper's, Clinton, KY
  5. Meacham's, Sturgis, KY
  6. Broadbent's, Cadiz, KY
  7. Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Ham, Madisonville, TN
Related: Joyce Coomer: Thankful for 7 Favorite Foods


2014-11-30 09:13:23 | Comments | Printable version

Chris Cato: Liberty Sausage-Making Was a Community Event

Comments re article 71544 George Rice story evokes memory of sausage grinding accident

By Chris Cato

I too found Mr. Rice's detailed description of an essential process of the day to almost take us back to that very time. A process that we carnivores probably would have had to participate in, or at the very least witnessed. The socializing that went on during the event. As well as the hardy meal that accompanied it would surely make a person in today's hectic world quite envious of that simpler time. I found myself witnessing this very same process just a few years back, purely by chance.


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2014-11-30 07:32:40 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Souse sandwiches at Reece's Market topped off bird hunts

Comments about: Billy Joe Fudge: Old time hog-killings ended with souse making

Geniece Marcum remembers that the highlight of bird hunting for her late husband Earl Reid Marcum, and brothers-in-law Russell Hughes and Brent Anderson was to stop by after the hunt at Reece's Market on S Main in Edmonton for souse sandwiches. She doesn't remember if it was homemade - made in Metcalfe County - or not. If not, it was probably Fischers. A Kentucky company which turns out superb souse.

She remembers that Earl Reed liked to eat souse on white bread. And he like hot sauce, the hotter the better. His drink of choice was orange or grape soda. There was often more talk about the souse sandwiches, after the hunts, than about the hunt, unless, as so often happened, it was to tell stories about Bill Reese, the proprietor of Reese's Market, an unforgettably good humored, witty man.


2014-11-30 05:55:02 | Comments | Printable version

JIM: The massive 1914 CG&HS Gymnasium - we can seat 200

Basketball in 1914 Season: The first Columbia Graded & High School gymnasium
Jim: Local History

By JIM

In the spring of 1914, Prof. Chesterfield Turner, principal of the Columbia Graded and High School, tendered his resignation to answer another calling, the ordination as a Baptist minister. To replace him, the school trustees hired Prof. W.M. Wilson, who had served in the same position immediately before Prof. Turner's tenure. During his previous stay in Columbia, Prof. Wilson had married one of the belles of the town, Miss Martha Hancock, a daughter of Judge & Mrs. Junius Hancock. Likely, her ties to the town lured the couple back to Columbia after a hiatus in Monticello, where Prof. Wilson had served in a like capacity for the previous two years.


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2014-11-30 05:30:47 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Jim: History

Chris Cato: Don't get between KY Gal and her country ham

It's a small world, writer finds; Meacham's Country Ham was his Venice, FL grandmother's favorite brand - she was from Western Kentucky.

Chris Cato writes:
Also it may be of some interest, or should I say humorous to Von Price, that my grandmother lived full time in Venice, FL, for the last twenty years of her life.

It is only about fifteen miles North of Englewood. She always kept a supply of Meacham's country ham in her freezer she was from Western Kentucky so she wasn't familiar with Penn's.

Just goes to show you, you better not get between a Kentucky Gal and her country ham. It truly is a small world. --Chris Cato
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2014-11-30 03:48:59 | Comments | Printable version

Adair County Indians basketball teams open season at Cumberland Co.

The Adair County Indians Boy's and Girl's Basketball teams open the 2014-2015 season at Cumberland County High School (Google Map), 912 N Main Street, Burkesville, KY, on Tue 2 Dec 2014. The girls game starts at 6pmCT; the boys at 7:30pmCT. Mark Fudge is the boys coach. James Turner is the girls head coach.

2014-11-30 01:36:41 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports

Happy Tail: The story of a horse named Cathyweloveyou


I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving. Ours was quiet and I got to thinking about a Thanksgiving I had my health to be thankful for - all thanks to a horse named Cathyweloveyou.
The Next Earlier Happy Tail: Finders keepers - SFR dogs not available for adoption. Last 200 Happy Tails

By Peg Schaeffer

Keith and I bought a Thoroughbred mare at an auction several years ago. The price was right and Quarter Horse/Thoroughbred crosses are popular for the hunter/jumper circuits. So we figured if we couldn't ride her she'd be a good broodmare prospect. We nicknamed her "Cat".


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2014-11-30 01:01:31 | Comments | Printable version

Chuck Hinman: IJMA. Depression Days

Depression Days. Chuck says that during the depression the Hinmans had to learn a new way of life called 'making do.'
Next earlier Chuck Hinman column - Changing Oil

By Chuck Hinman

Depression Days

I was a seven year old Nebraska farm boy when the stock market crashed in 1929. It set off the Great Depression that severely disrupted the lives of most every one in the United States. It hit people where it hurt -- in their pocketbooks!

Following the stock market crash, there was widespread closing of banks. People lost all their savings in those banks. The Blue Springs (Nebraska) State Bank where my parents (Arley and Merle Hinman) banked stayed solvent through the depression. The bank was run by Floyd Patton and Arthur Krauss, long-time friends and classmates of my parents. Other banks in Gage County, Nebraska, were not so fortunate.


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Today, SUNDAY with CM, 30 Nov 2014

Haiku by Robert Stone for November 30, 2014:
In matters of love
it is often best to be
passive spectator.
--Robert Stone, Sunday, 30 November 2014.
-1000 haiku countdown finished, now for some more days, Day 1174

Your favorite, generally Sunday with CM, columnists: The CHRISTMAS STORY ANTHOLOGY
Some new, some old, the way we remember Christmas, through stories of the past. If you have one of your own a new one or a remembered one from CM, let us know. Christmas is a time of remembering:


2014-11-30 00:19:48 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

Tom Chaney: Think BOOKS for Christmas

Of Writers And Their Books: Think BOOKS for Christmas. Tom suggests three categories of books for presents: local history, signed first editions, and classics for young folks. This column first appeared 29 November 2009.
The next earlier Tom Chaney column: Western Trails and Ralph Compton

By Tom Chaney

Think BOOKS for Christmas

My favorite Christmas gifts have always been books. I don't remember a time when that was not true. Early on I recall an aunt giving me Bram Stoker's Dracula with an inscription in her hand urging me to read it late at night by dim light amidst a howling wind.

I had a best friend at the other end of the block. After Christmas day got somewhat light, we'd meet at one house or the other to see what the other got under the tree.



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Chester Ernest Williams, Sr., Taylor Co., KY (1927-2014)

He was a member of Pleasant Union Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as a trustee and sang in the Men’s Chorus. He worked as a carpenter and enjoyed spending time fishing. His wife, Mary Chatherine Davis Williams, survives. He leaves 38 direct living descendants.

Chester Ernest Williams, Sr., age 87, of Campbellsville, KY died Thursday, November 27, 2014 in Campbellsville.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1pmCT, Monday, December 1, 2014, at Pleasant Union Missionary Baptist Church, Pleasant Union Church Road, Campbellsville, KY with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family requests visitation 10am-12pm noon CT/11am-1pmCT, Monday at the church


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Birthdays and Anniversaries for November 30
Happy Anniversary, Billy and Loretto Grant (1963) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Randy and Debbie Murray (2002) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Roy and Wanda Garrett | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Alvin Stotts (1984) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Barry Bradshaw (1967) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bobby Maxi Bennett (1938) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Cindy Goetz Way (1975) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Colton Hadley (1991) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dalton Grider | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dawson Bradshaw (2005) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Diane Murphy | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jessica Fox | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Joe N. Collins (1954) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Linda Bennett | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lisa Neat | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mandel Denton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mandy Withers Cross | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Marilyn Heitz | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mike Watson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Norene Willis Feese | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Phillip Richard | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Rhonda Padilla | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sharon Hovious | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Steve Richards | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Travis Smith | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy BIrthday, Treyton McClister (2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, J.B. Crawley, Taylor County, KY (1920-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobby Maxie Bennett, Columbia, KY (1938-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rosie Bennett, Columbia, KY (1944-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gerald Gilpin, Casey County, KY (1932-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Elmer Clark, Taylor Co., KY (1929-2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kathryn White, Taylor Co., KY (1930) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Rachel Kate Shirrell, Green Co., KY (1920) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Woody Reece, Shelbyville, IN (1926) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Aline Beams, Green Co., KY (1923) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Ancilla Bunch, Adair Co., KY (1945) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Becky Anderson, Burkesville, KY (1950) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marsha Peyton, 40, Casey County, KY (1971) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kenneth Bumpus, 57, Edmonton, KY (1954) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Milford Cain, Russell County, KY (1929-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Christine Gupton Tucker, Green Co., KY (1922-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Oscar Sizemore, 59, Jamestown, KY (1966-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jamie A. King, Russell County, KY (1981-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruth Price Warren, Taylor Co., KY (1926-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James M. Reynolds, 85, Adair Co., KY (1930-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, J.F. Grider, 54, Russell Springs, KY (1961-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Louise S. Meadows, Russell Co., KY/Russell Co, native (1927-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lois M. Berge, 84, Cumberland County, KY (1932-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charlotte Raney Carman, 76, Casey County, KY (1940-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Michael Anthony Priddy, Green County, KY (1957-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty A. Bunch | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles (Doug) Turner, 81, Adair Co, KY native (1941-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Chris Appleby, 46, Columbia, KY (1975-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Kenneth (Kenny) Clark, 57, Columbia, KY (1965-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joe N. Collins, 68, Columbia, KY (1954-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, John David Rigney, Sr., 97, Columbia, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lawrence Edward (Sonny) Lyons, 80, Campbellsville, KY (1940-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lawrence Teal, 70, Burkesville, KY (1950-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Maxine Jones, 100, Adair Co., KY native (1921-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Michelle Shietze, 58, Campbellsville, KY (1964-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nancy Fudge Lacy, 85, Breeding, KY native (1936-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nathen Franklin Bolt, 89, Casey Co., KY native (1932-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Norene Feese, 83, Knifley, KY (1939-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pauline Harris, 93, Campbellsville, KY (1927-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert Glen (Bobby) Mitchum, 81, Glensfork, KY (1941-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 74, Florida, MO (1835-1910)
Grandson of Adair Co. KY, and Father of American Literature as "Mark Twain" | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Steve Hamilton, 63, Adair Co. native (1934-1997)
All American, Major League Baseball Star | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Thelbert Dean Richards, 89, Russell Springs, KY (1932-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wanda Diane Murphy, 72, Adair County, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Michael Stevenson, 44, Russell Springs, KY (1975-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Sunday, November 30, 2014
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
6:00amCTTime to check CM Directory of Churches for Sunday worship service schedules. | (ID:31221, Comment)
10:30amCTBeulah Chapel Brethren in Christ Special Singing - Heavenbound | (ID:31360, Comment)
NoonCTServices, Liberty, KY, for Kathryn E. Hall , Casey County, KY (1950-2014) | (ID:31598, Comment)
1:00pmCTServices, Campbellsville, KY, for Tim Cox, Taylor County, KY (1958-2014) | (ID:31597, Comment)
2:00pmCTCommunity Thanksgiving Meal at Columbia church of Christ, 2pmCT until 4pmCT, 501 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY. given by the host church and Southside church of Christ. | (ID:31542, Comment)
Services, Burkesville, KY, for Willie Earl Sells, 84, Cumberland Co., KY (1929-2014) | (ID:31583, Comment)
Services, Russell Springs, KY, for Charles H. Caudill, Russell County, KY (1959-2014) | (ID:31593, Comment)
5:00pmCTChimes at the Evening, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:31160, Comment)
6:00pmCTAdair County Lady Indians Basketball team at Cumberland County High School (Google Map), 912 N Main Street, Burkesville, KY | (ID:31604, Comment)
6:30pmCTEgypt Christian Church Hanging of The Greens. Everyone invited, families are encouraged bring an ornament. | (ID:31770, Comment)
10:59pmCTLiving Prayer Gospel Group at Flatwoods Separate Baptist Church, 1025 Wheeler Hill Road, Columbia, KY | (ID:31573, Comment)

 


































 
 
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