Thomas “Tommy” Leon Wilcher

Posted by on Aug 24, 2015

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Thomas “Tommy” Leon Wilcher, of Campbellsville, son of the late Donzie Wilcher and Ruby Mae Shipp Wilcher, was born December 22, 1951, in Marion County, Kentucky. He died at 10:00 P.M., Sunday, August 23, 2015 in Campbellsville. Age: 63
He was a graduate of the 1971 Charter Class of Marion County High School where he played football.
He was an employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville for twenty-eight years and also an employee of Amazon.com in Campbellsville for fifteen and one-half years.
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of Muldraugh Hill Baptist Church.
He united in marriage to Donna Melton September 9, 1972.
Besides his wife, Donna Melton Wilcher of Campbellsville, he is survived by one son and one daughter: Scott Wilcher and wife, Kristin of Bardstown and Amy Hall and husband, Jon of Lexington; five grandchildren: Brianna Hall, Cayden Hall, Lucas Wilcher, Jackson Wilcher and Rebecca Wilcher; three brothers and eight sisters: James “Fuzz” Wilcher of Finley, Myrtle “Ted” Buckman, Ruth Ann Buckman and Rita Wise of Campbellsville, Jeanette “Tootsie” Kays of Bowling Green, Helen Newcome of Lebanon, Virgie Moore and Bonnie Johnson of Louisville, Donzie Wilcher, Jr. of Bardstown, Louise Wright and Randall Wilcher of Samuels, Kentucky; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was also preceded in death by three brothers: Laurence Wilcher, Carl Wilcher and Mitchell Dean Wilcher in infancy.

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VISITATION: 5:00 – 8:00 P.M., Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Steve Skaggs
BURIAL: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO HOSPARUS OF GREEN RIVER AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME

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Elwood Tucker

Posted by on Aug 21, 2015

Tucker edited1Elwood Tucker of Campbellsville, son of the late W. R. “Bob” Tucker and Naomi Harden Tucker, was born March 27, 1937 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He died at 11:14 A.M., Friday, August 21, 2015 in Campbellsville. Age: 78
He was Vice President of Manufacturing with Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville and retired after forty-three years.
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of Elk Horn United Methodist Church.
He united in marriage to Peggy Feather August 14, 1954.
Besides his wife, Peggy Tucker of Campbellsville, he is survived by one son and two daughters: Chris Tucker, Tina Jo Pelly and Lisa Holmes and husband, Maurice of Campbellsville; six grandchildren: Christina Pelly, Robbie Pelly and Tyler Tucker and wife, Emily of Campbellsville, Drs. Amanda and Aaron Rowland of Danville, John Holmes and wife, Erica of Florida and Rachel Ayers and husband, Blake of Bowling Green; five great-grandchildren: Ryan Tucker, Avery Tucker, Alexandria Rowland, Aubrey Rowland and Taylor Ann Tucker; two sisters-in-law: Eleanor Hedgespeth and husband, Lilburn of Campbellsville and Ann Tucker of Horse Cave; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was also preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Jane Tucker; three brothers and one sister: Winfrey L. Tucker, Dwight L. Tucker, William Arvin Tucker and Anna Laura Morris; one sister-in-law, Louise Tucker and one brother-in-law, Oscar Morris.

VISITATION: 6:00 P.M., Monday, August 24, 2015 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Darrell Lyons and Rev. Ronnie Dooley with burial to follow in Campbellsville Memorial Gardens

EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO HOSPARUS OF GREEN RIVER, THE GALILEAN CHILDREN’S HOME OR
METHODIST CHILDREN’S HOME AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME

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Opal Wright

Posted by on Aug 21, 2015

Opal Wright 2Opal Wright of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Samuel Bennett and Rhoda Hunt Bennett, was born September 16, 1938 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at 9:42 P.M., Thursday, August 20, 2015 in Campbellsville. Age: 76
She was a retired employee of Taylor Regional Hospital.
She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Campbellsville First Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
She united in marriage to Veachel Wright December 21, 1956. He preceded her in death October 9, 1993.
She is survived by one son and two daughters: Jeff Wright and wife, Donna, Sue Ann Wheatley and husband, Barry and Cindy Gabehart and husband, Tony; six grandchildren:
Cory Wright and wife, Chelsea, Lindsay Franklin and husband, Andrew, Brennan Wheatley, Caden Wheatley and Blasé Wheatley of Campbellsville and Olivia Gabehart of Nashville; three great-grandchildren; one sister, Shelby Moore of Greensburg;
several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
She was also preceded in death by two sisters: Frances Knopp and Beulah Quinn and one half-sister, May Bell.

VISITATION: 12 NOON Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

FUNERAL SERVICE: 3:00 P.M., Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Wayne Brooks with burial to follow in Brookside Cemetery

EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO GIDEON BIBLES AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME

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George Thomas “Uncle Mose” Mattingly

Posted by on Aug 21, 2015

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George Thomas (Uncle Mose) Mattingly of Campbellsville, son of the late Earl Mattingly and Alice Bertha Spalding Mattingly was born April 25, 1945 in Marion County, Kentucky. He died at 5:20 A.M., Thursday, August 20, 2015 in Lexington. Age: 70
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church.
He was a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict having served his country honorably in the United States Army and was a recipient of the Purple Heart.
He was a retired operator with Tennessee Gas Transmission Company.
He united in marriage to Phyllis Hazelwood September 19, 1969.
Besides his wife, Phyllis Hazelwood Mattingly of Campbellsville, he is survived by one son and one daughter, Dominitius Mattingly and wife, Myra of Nashville, Tennessee and Danielle Mattingly of Campbellsville; five grandchildren: Kaleb Ridgeway, Dalyn Williams, Aliyah Langley, Sasha Mattingly and Nadia Mattingly; six brothers and ten sisters: Betty Thornton of Bardstown, Alice Rose Smith of Campbellsville, Joe Mattingly of Frankfort, John R. Mattingly of Lebanon, Earl Mattingly of Connecticut, Catherine Dotson and Amy Dotson of Lebanon, Edith Headly of Gravel Switch, Nancy Gayle Barnett of Lebanon, Carl Mattingly and Richard Mattingly of Missouri, Carolyn Dotson of Danville, Cornelia Daugherty and Ann Daugherty of Lebanon , Mary Frances Bell of Louisville and Darrell Mattingly of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Barbara Jean Mattingly and Mary Elizabeth Thompson.

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VISITATION: 5:00 – 8:00 P.M., Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

PRAYER SERVICE: 6:00 P.M., Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

FUNERAL MASS: 10:30 A.M., Monday, August 24, 2015 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Campbellsville by Rev. David Cockson
BURIAL: Pleasant Union Cemetery with full military honors by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard

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Raymond Tye Faulkner, Jr.

Posted by on Aug 16, 2015

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Raymond Tye Faulkner, Jr. of Campbellsville, son of the late Raymond Tye Faulkner, Sr. and Sallie E. Murphy Faulkner, was born March 17, 1923, in Casey County, Kentucky. He died at 12:29 P.M., Friday, August 14, 2015 in Elizabethtown. Age: 92
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of Campbellsville Christian Church, where he was on the Cradle Roll and served as a former Deacon, Elder, and Trustee.
He served his country honorable as a medic in the United States Air Force during WWII.
He was a retired employee of P. Lorillard Tobacco Co., where he served as Leaf Manager and was known as “ Mr. Burley”
He united in marriage to Cora Money November 17, 1946.
Besides his wife, Cora Money Faulkner, he is survived by one son and two daughters: Raymond Tye Faulkner III and wife, Cathy of St. Petersburg, Florida, Sherry Fickling and husband, Kurt of Greenville, North Carolina, and Olivia Kirtley and husband, Dr. Louis Ray of Louisville; eight grandchildren: Tye Fickling and wife, Marjorie, Joel Fickling and wife, Susan, Wade Fickling and wife, Beth, Chris Kirtley and wife, Katie, Andrew Kirtley, Tyler Kirtley and wife, Joanna, Ellen Huenink and husband, Jeff and Sarah Bolhofner and husband, Ross; nine great-grandchildren: Will Fickling, Matts Fickling, Griffin Fickling, Clark Fickling, Gray Fickling, Thomas Fickling, Rhett Kirtley, Kathryn Kirtley and Ella Kirtley; as well as many other relatives and friends.
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VISITATION: 5:00-8:00P.M., Monday, August 17, 2015 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home and after 9:00A.M., Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Campbellsville Christian Church

FUNERAL SERVICE: 1:30P.M., Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Campbellsville Christian Church by Dr. Paul W. Patton and Dr. Joel Patton

BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery with full military honors by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard

FAMILY REQUEST EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY BE DONATIONS TO THE GALILEAN HOME AND MAY BE MADE AT THE PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME

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