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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jul 8, 2017
Lorene Caulk of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Thomas Close and Alice Hudgins Close, was born December 31, 1932, in Green County, Kentucky. She died Friday, July 7, 2017 in Campbellsville. Age: 84
She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Campbellsville Baptist Church.
Lorene was former owner of Little People Daycare. She was a teacher’s aid at the first kindergarten program at Campbellsville Independent School and had worked as a childcare provider for over fifty years.
She united in marriage to Bobby Caulk February 10, 1949. He preceded her in death June 28, 2008.
She is survived by two sons and three daughters: Doug Caulk and wife, Patty, Cheryl Magers and husband, Gary, Jeanne Brown and husband, E.G ., Chris Caulk and Libby Caulk of Campbellsville; eight grandchildren: Casey Graves and husband, David of Lexington, Carrie Caulk of Cincinnati, Ohio, Kristen Brockman of San Francisco, California, Emily Caulk, Alice Gaines, Vivian Grace Caulk of Campbellsville, Truman Caulk of Shelbyville and Jessica Bohanon and husband, Eric of Louisville; eight great grandchildren: Cooper Bohanon, Jillie Bohanon, Reed Graves, Clay Graves, Braxton Tucker, Darcy Parker, Scarlett Parker and Hannah Smith; one sister and one brother: Marilyn Sue Holmes of Campbellsville and Russell Close and wife, Fay Carol of Tuscan, Arizona; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Steve Allen Caulk; a granddaughter, Kelsi Brown; ten sisters and two brothers: Phyllis Milby, Lula Rae Mitchell, Faye Sallee, Marcella Close, Dean Close, Bobby Close, Wanda Stone, Dorothy Davis, Frances Benningfield, Betty Chick, Nancy Druin and Helena Warren.
VISITATION: 5:00 – 8:00 P.M. Monday, July 10,2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home by Rev. Ken Forman
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jul 6, 2017
Leonard Sowards, Jr. of Campbellsville, son of the late Leonard Sowards, Sr. and Cordia Bryant Sowards, was born April 17, 1932 in Fayette County, Kentucky. He died at 9:45 P.M., Wednesday, July 5, 2017 in Campbellsville. Age: 85
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of First United Methodist Church.
He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served his country honorably in the United States Army.
Leonard was a retired electrical supervisor with R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company where he was one of the first employees hired and the last employee to leave when they closed the plant.
He loved his family, his country and his church. He was an avid sports fan and a well-known athlete in Lexington.
He united in marriage to Susan Ross July 23, 1972.
Besides his wife, Susan Ross Sowards of Campbellsville, he is survived by three sons and three daughters: Suzanne Sowards Grubesic and husband, Matt of Campbellsville, George Robert Mateyoke and wife, Jennifer of Richmond, Scott Sowards and wife, Renee of Lake Mary, Florida, Leonard Matthew “Bo” Sowards and wife, Carrie of Midway, Patricia Sowards and partner, John Mondelli of Lexington and Kathy Sowards and husband, Grant Reeher of Manlius, New York; several grandchildren and nieces and nephews; one sister, Terry Sue Rice of Elizabethtown; one sister-in-law, Sara Sowards of Harrodsburg and many other relatives and friends.
He was also preceded in death by one brother and two sisters: Jimmy Sowards, Joyce Angelucci and Myrtle Norvell.
VISITATION: 12:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M., Saturday
FUNERAL SERVICE: 2:00 P.M., Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home by Dr. Neil Salvaterra
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery with full military honors by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jul 6, 2017
Henrietta “Hank” Shaw, child of The Great Depression who had a vague sense of motherhood when a mother she barely knew (Eva Gore) died; who kept her love alive first by mothering her younger brothers and then perfecting the art far and wide for the next nine decades; who embraced light and defied darkness with solar energy and seismic force of will; who, as a standout of The Greatest Generation, helped save a world at war; who championed an informed, engaged citizenship, civility, education, healthcare, equality, fairness, liberty and justice for all; whose life of service and sacrifice to family, faith, community and country personified mother love; who survived numerous beloved humans, pampered dogs and two forms of cancer; died peacefully in Campbellsville June 28 after a long, defenseless war of attrition with dementia. She was 98.
Born Henrietta Marie Gore on April 25, 1919, her formative struggles amid a nationwide economic crisis and a family tragedy taught her to not to underestimate the power of love and righteous resistance in the face of injustice. When life wasn’t fair, it wasn’t merely possible to make it right; it was necessary. She seized every opportunity to mitigate outrageous misfortune and compensate for deprivations and inequalities.
She and her husband, Gordon L. Shaw Sr., were young in their marriage when Pearl Harbor was attacked and they answered the call of a patriotic nation amid an existential threat.
They fought exhaustively; he, as a Marine sergeant in the Pacific theater; she, among 44,000 Consolidated Aircraft factory workers in San Diego. Her workforce seized the heavy burden of producing the B-24 Liberator, the long-range, heavy-bomber hero of American and Allied forces. She wrote to him every day the war separated them.
Horrors of war and indignities of discrimination shaped their faith and social activism. While Gordon played trumpet for a band led by jazz violinist Joe Venuti, they traveled the country, witnessing talented musicians of color forced to use separate, lesser amenities.
After the war, veterans of color who fought to save the “free” world were still treated as second-class citizens.
Gordon practiced law in Louisville as they adopted four children and raised funds to build Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church, which became deeply rooted in the social justice and anti-war moments of the 1960s.
They were high-profile, Wendell Ford Democrats whose Derby parties spanned the political spectrum. For nearly a decade, Hank was precinct worker at Norton Elementary School.
Widowed at 52 in 1972, Hank scrambled to provide for her children. She served as assistant to Louisville Pubic Schools Deputy Superintendent Milburn T. Maupin, the first African-American appointed as a central office administrator, until he retired in 1978.
For the next decade, she worked at the merged Jefferson County Public Schools central office, helping thousands of teachers optimize their retirement benefits. Regardless of who said it first, she said, “Failing to plan is planning to fail” most. Her 25-year tenure was extended beyond retirement,when Supt. Don Ingwerson insisted she continue under contract.
She retired to Campbellsville, where she played a key role in rearing her three grandchildren. Her twilight was highlighted by travels to Alaska and to Europe, where Rev, James Jones captured her eye for detail. “You notice things that others overlook,” he said.
One of her other favorite quotes comes from Lincoln’s second inaugural address:
“With malice toward none, with charity for all … let us strive on to finish the work we are in … to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”
Hers was the soul of strength and resilience; hers was the face of amazing grace in shadows and in light.
She was preceded in death by a husband, Gordon Shaw, Sr.; a son, Gordon “Gordy” Shaw Jr.; a sister, Lucille Bratcher; and a brother, Paul Gore.
She is survived by a brother, James Gore; a daughter, Susan (Eugene) Shively, two sons, Ronald Shaw and Steven Shaw; a son-in-law, John Olinger; three grandchilden, Torie (Michael) Graham, Alex (Christina) Shively and Ashley Shaw; four great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews she rarely saw but dearly loved.
Cremation services provided by Parrott & Ramsey. At Mrs. Shaw’s request, there will be no memorial service. Memorial gifts to tjuc.org or the Bonnie Ford Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund.
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jul 4, 2017
Velma McVay of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Claude Russell and Annie Lee Saunders Russell was born April 23, 1924 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at 11:00 P.M., Sunday in Campbellsville. Age: 93
She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Green River Memorial Baptist Church.
She was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville.
Velma was an avid reader, loved playing rook with friends, working puzzles and she loved her flowers.
Velma united in marriage to Russell McVay April 24, 1942. He preceded her in death September 21, 1993.
She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law: John and Helen McVay, Tommy and Margaret McVay and Randy and Mary McVay of Campbellsville; eight grandchildren: Debbie Tungate and husband, Martin, Lisa Cave and husband, Kevin, John W. McVay and wife, Kim, Amy Colvin and husband, Jerry, Stephanie Maggard, and Tommy McVay, Jr., of Campbellsville, Andrea Hartman and husband, Todd of Bowling Green and Allen McVay and wife, Natalie of Hopkinsville; thirteen great- grandchildren: Wade Cave, Lydia Cave who was her special friend and caregiver, Brayden McVay, Brianna McVay, Bailey Colvin, Riley Colvin, Briar McVay, Lexie McVay, Lily Hartman, Emerson McVay, Cobe McVay, Mykenzi McVay and Emily McVay; one great-great granddaughter, Braelyn Ann McVay; one sister, Grace Wilson of Campbellsville and one brother, Les Russell and wife, Mary Ann of Liberty; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by five brothers: Richard Russell, Tom Russell, Wallace Russell, Bob Russell and Fred Louis Russell.
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VISITATION: 5:00-8:00 P.M., Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 2:00 P.M., Thursday July 6, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home by Rev. A. Landon Hadley
BURIAL: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jul 3, 2017
Margaret Hall French of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Robert Dorsey Hall and Margie Arbell Gupton Hall, was born April 3, 1958, in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died Friday, June 30, 2017 in Campbellsville. Age: 59
She professed faith in Christ and attended Pleasant Valley Baptist Church.
Margaret was employed as an RTM Clerk at Lowes for fourteen years.
She is survived by one son and one daughter: Tim French of Lexington and Tara Willis and husband, Bro. Jonathon of Campbellsville; three grandchildren: Brayden Willis, Alayna Willis and Savannah Willis; two brothers and two sisters: Doug Hall and wife, Lisa of Westminster, Colorado and Bill Hall and wife, Deborah and Melinda Hayes of Campbellsville and Barbara Hall of Louisville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
VISITATION: 5:00- 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 A.M., Thursday, July 6, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home by Bro. Jonathon Willis
BURIAL: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens
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