John Al Brady, 93
John Allard “Al” Brady, the son of the Joseph Patrick and Josephine (Morris) Brady, was born February 28, 1929 in the St. Joe Community of Marion County and departed this life on Saturday, October 15, 2022 in Lebanon at his home. He was 93 years of age.
He was of the Catholic Faith being of the St. Francis Xavier Parish.
He worked at Ward/Montgomery asphalt paving Co for several years and then Mago Construction paving Co for around 35 years while overseeing a 300 acre farm and sawmill operation. After retiring from all that he helped his sons, Pat and and Danny Brady to build houses for several years and later helped them in their Brady Paving Co until 2016 at the age of 87.
Before getting into asphalt paving with W&M he worked at General Electric in Louisville for five years.
Al, as he was known lived life to the fullest, with his family at the top of the list, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, music of all kinds, loved the outdoors, enjoyed refinishing antique furniture and restored more than twenty old convertible cars, he was a wine maker, a farmer, and avid shooter of craps on the boat until the age of 91 and was the most compassionate person to everyone and was known to be the best storyteller in Marion County.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a son: Pat Brady; seven brothers and sisters: Elizabeth Riney, Borgia Lee, Jim, Mack, Charles, Norris, Donald and Gabe Brady and two sets of twins and two grandchildren: Billy Pat Brady and Robbie Brady.
Survivors include his children: Danny Brady and wife Ruth, Pamela Brady and husband Ronnie Hill, Loretta Farmer and husband Bobby Joe, John Brady and wife Lisa, Charlotte Rose Mattingly and husband Doug, Timmy “Woody” Brady and Sheila Hagan; a brother: Bobby Brady and wife Bernice; nineteen grandchildren; twenty-five great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
To honor the request of Mr. Brady, cremation rites were entrusted to L.R. Petty Funeral Home in Campbellsville.
A Funeral Mass will be held at a later date and burial will be in the St. Joe Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the St. Joe Cemetery Fund or Hosparus of Green River, both can be made at the funeral home or by clicking the “Donation” tab at the top of this obituary.
Mrs. Jean (Eggers) Pyles of Somerset, formerly of Taylor County, passed peacefully from this life on Saturday, October 15, 2022 at the Jean Waddle Care Center in Somerset. Born in Taylor County on August 28, 1928 to the late James and Sara Ann (Greer) Eggers, she was 94 years of age. She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Pyles was a former employee of Fruit of the Loom and GTE, and was a retired realtor with Associated Realty in Elizabethtown.
Cordie Ellen “Sissy” Mardis Hedgespeth, of Campbellsville, the daughter of the late Herbert St.Clair and Naomi (Short) Mardis and stepdad: Arle Mardis was born October 11, 1941 in Greenville, Indiana and departed this life on Thursday, October 13, 2022 in Louisville at the Jewish Hospital. She was 81 years of age.
Pamela Jean Kilian of Columbia, the daughter of the late Charles and Lillian (Schall) Kilian, was born February 12, 1947 in South Bend, Indiana and departed this life on Saturday, October 15, 2022 in Jamestown at the Fair Oaks Nursing Home. She was 75 years of age.
Fred Alvin Purvis, Jr., of Campbellsville, the son of the late Fred Sr. and Dolly (Patterson) Purvis, was born October 29, 1947 in Mercer County, KY and departed this life on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 in Greensburg at the Green Hill Manor. He was 74 years of age and of the Christian Faith.