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Daily News for Saturday, March 24, 2018
Billie Jean Moore Hart, 48, Green County, KY Her husband, Michael Thomas Hart survives. She leaves three direct living descendants and a widespread family with ties in LaRue, Barren, Harlan Counties of Kentucky, as well as the Corbin area of Kentucky and Michigan. Click on headline for complete obituary, available at time of posting. Billie Jean Moore Hart, age 48, of Greensburg, KY, passed away on Friday, March 23, 2018, at her home Funeral services will be conducted at 1pmCT, Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at the Cowherd & Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S Main Street, Greensburg, KY, with burial in the Macedonia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2-8pmCT Monday, March 26, 2018 at the funeral home and after 7amCT Tuesday until time of the service. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2018-03-24 23:06:24 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
William Edward (Bill) Preston, Taylor County, KY (1933-2018) He was a retired realtor and had served his country honorably in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Always a proud and supportive husband and father, he enjoyed being outside gardening and coaching Little League. Click on headline for complete obituary William Edward "Bill" Preston of Campbellsville, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 23, 2018 at the VA Medical Center in Lexington after a brief illness. There will be a funeral service to honor his life on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 12pmNoonCT/1pmET in the chapel of the L.R. Petty Funeral Home, 1765 New Columbia Road, Campbellsville, KY. Bro. Jim Collison will be officiating. Burial will follow in the Lebanon National Cemetery, 20 Hwy 208, Lebanon, KY. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday, March 26, 2018 from 4pm-6pmCT/5pm-7pmET. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2018-03-24 22:28:37 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Mary Knight: Teacher pensions, well said Mary Knight writes: Well said, Ellen Zornes!!!! --Mary KnightAbout: Pension letter to the Editor from AC Retired teachers 2018-03-24 21:24:45 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
Gary Lee (Curly) Burton, Metcalfe Co., KY/Adair Co. KY native (1950-2018) He was a farmer. He was the son of the late Benny and Gracie Simpson Burton of Adair County, KY. His wife, Elizabeth Burton, survives. He was the patriarch of a large, respected family, leaving 25 direct living descendants. His final resting place will be in the Walker Cemetery Click on headline for complete obituary Gary Lee "Curly" Burton age 67 of Edmonton passed away Friday, March 23, 2018 in Knob Lick, KY. Funeral services will be held 1pmCT, Wednesday March 28, 2018 at Butler Funeral Home, 201 East Street, Edmonton, KY, with burial in the Walker Cemetery. Visitation will be 4pm-8pmCT, Tuesday, March 27, 2018, and after 9amCT, Wednesday at the funeral home. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2018-03-24 21:04:48 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
George Williams, Taylor County, KY (1924-2018) He was an outstanding community leader, achieving many firsts, locally and nationally. He professed faith in Christ and was baptized a member of Mt. Union Baptist Church in Green County, later changing his membership to Pleasant Union Baptist Church. He was the widower of Allene Cowherd. His wife, Celia Robinson DeMers, survives. He leaves 51 direct and five step living descendants. He was a native of Taylor County, KY. His final resting place will be in Green County, KY. Click on headline for complete obituary George Williams, 94, of Campbellsville, KY died at 7:15pmET, Friday, March 23, 2017 in Campbellsville, KY. The funeral services will be at 10amCT/11amET, Tuesday, March 27, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY, by Rev. Michael Caldwell. Visitation will be 4pm-7pmCT/5pm-8pmET, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Pleasant Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Green County, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2018-03-24 20:19:27 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Mary Knight: ACGC making Columbia prettiest in Commonwealth Mary Knight writes: You Garden Club people are amazing!!! Between the Square, the Trabue House, the library, and, now, the Jim Blair Center, you could be responsible for making Columbia the prettiest city in the Commonwealth!!! I wonder why Donna and David Jones weren't there digging? Gee, guys, David's back surgery was a whole 5 days ago!!! --Mary KnightAbout: Adair Garden Club adds 90 trees around Jim Blair Park 2018-03-24 18:23:33 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
Harold E. (Hudge) Hudgins, Green County, KY (1935-2018) He had made a profession of faith in Christ and had been a member of the Greensburg Cumberland Presbyterian church for 61 years, where he served as an Elder, Deacon and a choir member. He was a member of the Greensburg Masonic Lodge #54 F&AM, and a charter member of the Greensburg Country Club. He sang in the Community Cantata for 44 years. He was the oldest person in the Cantata. He was a KY Colonel. He was a Postal Clerk for 44 years. He was the widower of Larkie McGinnis Hudgins. He leaves 19 direct and three step living descendants. Click on headline for complete obituary Harold "Hudge" Hudgins, 84, departed this life Friday, March 23, 2018 at the Norton Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville, KY. Funeral services for Harold "Hudge" Hudgins will be 11amCT, Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at the Greensburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Greensburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 729 Old Hodgenville Road, Greensburg, KY, with Rev. Matthew Ingram officiating. Burial will follow in the Greensburg Cemetery, N Main Street, Greensburg, KY. Visitation will be from 3pm until 8pmCT, Monday and after 7amCTm Central Time Tuesday at the church. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2018-03-24 17:26:59 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Donna Jones: Garden Club has best membership lately Donna Jones writes: We have the best garden club lately. I have lots of family issues and the gardeners have been wonderful - from planning the Expo to planting these trees. Thank you all so very much - Donna Jones, President, Adair County Garden ClubComments re photo 77843 A perfect day for planting 90 new trees in Blair Park 2018-03-24 17:11:05 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Farm and Garden
BJ Fudge: Make past officials responsible for pension situation Billy Joe Fudge writes: Maybe we could check the record to determine the Legislators and Governors of the past who voted to both under fund and unlawfully withdraw funds from the Commonwealth’s pension fund and seek to require them to make restitution! - Billy Joe FudgeComments re article 96342 Pension letter to the Editor from AC Retired teachers 2018-03-24 16:44:39 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
Letter: Teachers deserve their retirement Alice Wheeler writes: Through no fault of our teachers. They paid into retirement. What was done with the money is not their fault! They have worked hard and deserve their retirement. --Alice WheelerComments re article 96342 Pension letter to the Editor from AC Retired teachers 2018-03-24 12:27:42 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
DA Russell Coleman announces surge to fight violent crime United States Attorney announces charges against more than two dozen felons in law enforcement surge to reduce violent crime. Several charged in a conspiracy with stealing nearly one-hundred firearms from licensed dealers in Kentucky Note: The indictment of a person by a Grand Jury is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty From U.S. Attorney's Office U.S. Justice Department, Western District of Kentucky LOUISVILLE, KY - (Fri 23 Mar 2018) - United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman announced that the Louisville Federal Grand Jury returned 21 felony indictments charging 23 individuals this week with multiple counts, including firearms violations, possession and distribution of scheduled drugs as well as the filing of an additional criminal complaint of two Tennessee residents charged in a conspiracy of stealing nearly one-hundred firearms from dealers licensed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2018-03-24 10:32:40 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky
A Day of Visual Arts is for students of art and design at CU Students from Campbellsville High School, Taylor County High School, John Hardin High School, Metcalfe County High School and Washington County High School will be in attendance. Click on headline for complete story By Austin Fitzgerald, intern writer, Office of University Communications CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - Campbellsville University will host the Fourth Annual "A Day in Visual Arts" on Monday, March 26, 2018, presentation at 9:40amCT/10:40amET, with about 90 high school students participating at The Gheens Recital Hall, 210 University Drive, Campbellsville, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2018-03-24 09:41:42 | Comments | Printable version
Adair Garden Club adds 90 trees around Jim Blair Park Volunteers are welcome - the Adair County Garden Club will kick off its season the first Tuesday of next month, April 3, 2018, at 8amCT at the Trabue Russell House, 201 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY. Click on headline for complete story By Linda Waggener Adair County Garden Club members -- Betty Knifley, Inette Goodin, Bill Coleman, Alicia Bosela and Jeanne Marshburn -- are working their magic at Columbia's Jim Blair Park & Recreation Center. They planted a total of 90 trees there on Friday, March 23, 2018. Alicia, owner of Ironweed Native Plant Nursery, working with both the Adair County Garden Club and the Parks & Recreation Board, led the effort to increase the number of trees around the park. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2018-03-24 09:13:57 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Farm and Garden
Community leaders read to Elementary students A Few Good Men & A Woman, all of whom held kids in rapt attention, included Trent Ford, Neil Salvaterra, Mark Johnson, Dan Durham and Edwina Rowell. Click on headline for complete story with the readers and the beautiful faces of the read to By Calen McKinney Campbellsville Elementary School students recently received a visit from several special guests. CES Family Resource and Youth Services Center hosted "A Few Good Men and Women" during the week of March 19, 2018, to read some of their favorite books to students. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2018-03-24 07:37:27 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education
LWC softball sweeps Georgetown in opening MSC play It was LWC 3, Georgetown 1; then LWC 9-6, in play at Marilyn D. Sparks Park in Columbia on Friday, March 23, 2018 Next: Blue Raider Softball Doubleheader at Cumberlands (KY), 6178 College Station Drive (Campus, not baseball venue), Williamsburg, KY 40769 3pmCT/4pmET, Thursday, March 29, 2018 By Anthony Latessa COLUMBIA, KY - (Fri 23 Mar 2018) - The No. 11-ranked Lindsey Wilson softball team opened Mid-South Conference play with a doubleheader sweep against Georgetown (Ky.) Friday at Marilyn D. Sparks Park. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2018-03-24 06:29:40 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
Linda Sue Staples, 43, Russell County, KY (1974-2018) She was born in Somerset, KY, and was a resident of Jamestown, KY, at the time of her death. She was the daughter of Mary Alice Bernard McDonald and the late Cleo Clifton McDonald. She leaves four direct living descendants. Her fiance, Jordan Hawkins, survives. Click on headline for complete obituary Linda Sue Staples, 43, of Jamestown, KY passed away on Thursday March 22, 2018, at her home. The Family chose care and cremation. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2018-03-24 06:03:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Today, SATURDAY with CM - 24 Mar 2018 Haiku by Robert Stone for March 24, 2018: Hearing words breaks spell,--Robert Stone, Saturday, 24 March 2018. -1000 haiku twice now, now on to more days, Day 2384 2018-03-24 05:30:34 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today Birthdays and Anniversaries for March 24 Happy Anniversary, Doug and Naomi Cave (1953) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Alisa Shirrell (1968) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Amy Cox | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Anthony Gilpin (1978) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Brandy Lawless | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Brian Melton | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Byron Moss | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Claris Sears | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Clint Aaron (1990) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Donna Simpson | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Emme Moss | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, J. W. Houk | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Joe Hale | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Kelsie Stotts (2005) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Khaleesi Derman (2015) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Mary W. Stephens | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Matt Pickett | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Mike Ferguson | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Patsy Kemp | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Phyllis Ann Sneed | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Runa Willis | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Sallie Cheatham | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Shelby Hatcher | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Shelby Maggard (1995) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Sherry Brockman | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Sherry Hodges | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Timothy Kessler | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Valerie Woody (1960) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, William Lonzo Moss | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Paul Hendrickson, 83, Adair Co., KY (1932-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday Leonard Barnes, Campbellsville, KY, native of Green Co., KY (1913) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Martha Stein, Taylor Co., KY (1924) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Anthony Tony Edward Wheatley, formerly of Columbia, KY (1939) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Cecil Lloyd Buck Casey Co., KY (1945) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Walter Lee (Blue) Roach, Cumberland Co., KY (1923) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Thomas A. White, Jr., Adair Co., KY native (1956) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Cleatus Cordell Coffey, Russell County, KY (1924) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Margaret Grasham, Adair Co., KY (1922) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Marie Grant, Russell Co., KY (1923) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Edith Warren, Taylor Co., KY native (1927) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bessie Juanita Janes, Cumberland Co., KY native (1932) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Reva Maxine Whittle, Russell County, KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Anna Bell Anderson Morrison, Cumberland Co., KY (1933) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rethel Asbery, Casey County, KY(1916-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mae Wilson, Russell Springs, KY (1941-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ivan E. Pepper, Taylor Co., KY (1918-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Margaret Yvonne Gaddie, Green Co., KY (1932-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Donna Jean Frazier, Adair County, KY (1949-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Warren Vaught, Casey Co., KY (1933-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mr. Robert Kail (Bob) Lewis, Cumberland County, KY | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Runa E. Willis, Adair County, KY (1926-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dana Nunnally Sympson, Metcalfe Co., KY (1932-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Geneva Bell Pierce Thompson McAllister, Green County, KY (1931-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Lou Robertson, 78, Russell Co. KY (1937-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Henry Spears, 76, Burkesville, KY (1939-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mildred (Millie) Wright Milby, Green Co., KY 1929-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Richard Marshall Goode, 85, Adair Co., KY (1930-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Juanita Jo Case Sharp-Adkins, Burkesville, KY (1939-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rodney Franklin Cox, 81, Taylor Co., KY (1935-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Clara Geneva Hayes, Russell Co., KY native (1921-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Harry R. Steele, 70, Russell County, KY (1947-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Sharon Kay Higgason, 52, Greensburg, KY (1960-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lenuell W. Young, 85, Metcalfe County, KY (1932-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Alice Marie Murphy, 79, Adair County, KY (1939-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Raymond Lee, 88, Casey County, KY (1930-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Marcille Schwerin Wardle, 91, Edmonton, KY (1927-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Betty Richerson, 83, Campbellsville, KY (1937-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Danny Wendell Buster, 80, Russell Springs, KY (1941-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ephraim Z. Burkholder, 61, Liberty, KY (1960-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Joyce Kelley, 65, Columbia, KY (1955-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Otis Burle Collins, II, 60, Elkhorn, KY (1960-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Tom A. Dulworth, 78, Adair Co., KY native (1942-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Winfred Jolly Humphress, 92, Adair Co., KY native (1931-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory, Mr. Clayton Garrison , Green Co., KY (1937) | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Saturday, March 24, 2018 All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
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