Elsie Rae Whitley

Posted by on May 14, 2011

 

ELSIE RAE WHITLEY

Elsie Rae Whitley of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Milton Tungate and Elnora Herron Tungate, was born in Taylor County, Kentucky, November 29, 1927.  She died at 7:12 A.M., Friday, May 13, 2011 in Campbellsville.  Age:  83

She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Mannsville United Methodist Church.

She was an employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville.

She united in marriage to Lewis W. Whitley December 7, 1946.  He preceded her in death September 14, 2001.

She is survived by two daughters:  Phyllis Fair and husband, Brad and Brenda Emerson and companion, Lanis Goode of Campbellsville; two grandsons:  Jeff Roark of Campbellsville and Timmy Roark of Monticello; seven great-grandchildren:  Cody Cox, Kelly McKenzie Cox, Chris Roark, Chad Roark, Amber Roark, Kyle Roark and Kelly Cave; two great-great-grandchildren:  Kalab Roark and Kaden Cave; three sisters: Mrs. Elmer Gipson, Mandy Harden and Olene Gaddis of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by a grandson, Ricky Dean Cox November 30, 2001; four brothers and two sisters:  Jesse Earl Tungate, Onie Tungate, Perry Tungate, Albert Tungate, Janie Farmer and Mae Farmer.

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VISITATION:     After 5:00 P.M., Sunday, May 15, 2011 at the Parrott and Ramsey Funeral Home               

FUNERAL SERVICES:          1:00 P.M., Monday, May 16, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville

by Rev. Troy Elmore

BURIAL:                                 Campbellsville Memorial Gardens

 

PALLBEARERS:

Odell Callahan

Brent Cox

Sam Cox

Jeff Roark

Timmy Roark

Donald Whitley

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Dr. J. Chester Badgett

Posted by on May 11, 2011

Dr. J. Chester Badgett of Campbellsville, son of the late Thomas F. Badgett and Lelia Grace McClanahan Badgett was born in Casey County, Kentucky, January 18, 1915. He died at 12:38 P.M., Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Louisville.              Age:    96

He professed faith in Christ early in life and is a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church.

He was a 1936 graduate of Georgetown College and received his Th. D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Dr. and Mrs. Badgett served Clear Creek Baptist Church in Woodford County, Little Mount Baptist Church in Spencer County, Utica Baptist Church in Daviess County, Beaver Dam Baptist Church in Ohio County and Campbellsville Baptist Church in Taylor County, Kowloon Baptist Church in Hong Kong and Bethel Baptist Church in Caracas, Venezuela.  He served on the Boards of Trustees at Campbellsville University and New Orleans Theological Seminary, and was past president of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention.

He was the last surviving charter member of the Campbellsville Kiwanis Club.

He united in marriage to Ruth W. Cloyd September 15, 1936. She preceded him in death November 11, 2009.

He is survived by two sons and one daughter: Tony Badgett and wife Priscilla, Ruth Ann Badgett Shaw and husband Bob of Frankfort and Dr. Thomas Badgett and wife Rachel of Louisville; five grandchildren: Dr. Joseph Russell Shaw and wife Caroline of Bloomington, Indiana, Jason Robert Shaw and wife Rachel of Frankfort, Jill Badgett Van Tassel and husband Joel of Lexington, Julie Badgett of Richmond, and Dr. Thomas Curry Badgett and wife Jeanne of Kensington, Maryland; seven great-grandchildren: Ian Shaw, Emma Shaw, Merritt Shaw, Sawyier Shaw, Elizabeth (Beppy) Badgett, Eleanor Ruth Badgett, and Lois Curry Badgett; one sister and brother-in-law, Sue Ella and Victor Gehlhausen of Stanford; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Faulkner Badgett and Wesley Badgett.

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VISITATION:  After 5:00 P.M., Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the Campbellsville Baptist Church 

FUNERAL SERVICE:   10:00 A.M. Friday, May 13, 2011, at the Campbellsville Baptist Church by Rev. Harold Pike, Dr. Skip Alexander, Dr. James E. Jones, Rev. Ken Forman and Rev. Robert Oldham

 BURIAL:                        Brookside Cemetery

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Rev. Billy Ray Bowen, 77

Posted by on May 10, 2011

Rev. Billy Ray Bowen of Campbellsville, son of the late Leslie B. Bowen and Lola Holt Bowen, was born September 20, 1933 in Taylor County, Kentucky.  He died at 2:08 A.M., Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 in Campbellsville.  Age: 77

He professed faith in Christ and was a member of South Campbellsville Baptist Church.

He served his country honorably in the United States Army.

He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #48.

He was a retired Baptist minister for over fifty years and was also a retired police officer with the Anderson Indiana Police Department.

He united in marriage to Sheila Warren Skaggs September 21, 2007.  

Besides his wife, Sheila Skaggs Bowen, he is survived by three sons and one daughter:  Danny Bowen and wife, Penny of Franklin, Indiana, Jeffrey Bowen and wife, Christina and Barbara Harris and husband, J. B. of Anderson, Indiana and John Bowen and wife, Melissa of Petersburg, Illinois; two step-children:  Brandon Skaggs and wife, Amanda and Lori Skaggs and fiancee’, David Lowe of Campbellsville; eight grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; six step-grandchildren; one sister and one brother:  Helen Glasscock of Campbellsville and Edward Bowen of Clarkson; sisters-in-law, Rita Bowen of Campbellsville and Gladys Bowen of Fairfield, Ohio; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Gilbert and Agnes Warren of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by three brothers and five sisters:  Leslie Bowen, Robert E. Bowen, Raymond Bowen, Bertha Hiestan, Ruth Turner Parrott, Hazel Craig, Lou Belle Anderson and Sarah Morgan.

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VISITATION:  After 11:00 A.M., Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the South Campbellsville Baptist Church 

FUNERAL SERVICE:    2:00 P.M., Thursday, May 12, 2011, at the South Campbellsville Baptist Church in Campbellsville by Rev. Shaun Caudill

 BURIAL:                        Brookside Cemetery

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Kenneth Minor, 66

Posted by on May 10, 2011

Kenneth Minor of Campbellsville, son of Nora Lee Edelen Minor and the late Hanley Minor, was born August 27, 1944 in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 9:50 P.M., Monday, May 9th, 2011 in Elizabethtown.  Age: 66
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of Acton Baptist Church.
He was a member of the Elk Horn Masonic Lodge #568 F & AM. 
He was a residential construction contractor.
He united in marriage to Della Ann Wise November 19, 1962. 
Besides his wife, Della Ann Minor, he is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Brad Scalos of Campbellsville; three grandchildren:  Stephanie Scalos of Louisville, Meredith Scalos and Andrew Scalos of Campbellsville; his mother, Nora Lee Minor of Campbellsville; three sisters:  Maxine White and husband, Willie, Connie White and husband, Ronnie and Brenda Watson and husband, Doug of Campbellsville; one sister-in-law, Kathy Minor of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Minor June 2, 1991.

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VISITATION: After 5:00 P.M., Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 A.M., Friday, May 13, 2011, at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Dr. James Jones & Rev. John Batcher

BURIAL: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens

PALLBEARERS:

Jimmy Bault
David Minor
Chad White
Mark White
Todd White
Danny Williams

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Leola Sallee

Posted by on May 10, 2011

Leola Sallee of Campbellsville, daughter of the late James H. Mardis and Dellie Sullivan Mardis, was born in Taylor County, Kentucky, January 13, 1924.  She died at 6:08 P.M., Monday, May 9, 2011 in Campbellsville.  Age:  87

She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.

She was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville.

She united in marriage to Joey Sallee November 21, 1945.  He preceded her in death April 11, 1993.  

She is survived by one brother and three sisters:  Thomas Mardis, Louise Bohanon, Bernice Bowen and husband, J. R. and Betty Stearman of Campbellsville; two sisters-in-law, Pauline Mardis of Campbellsville and Gwen Sallee of Saybrook, Illinois; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by one brother and one sister:  Charles Mardis and Lela Harmon.

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VISITATION:  After 5:00 P.M., Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home 

FUNERAL SERVICES:           11:00 A.M., Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Troy Elmore

 BURIAL:                                  Campbellsville Memorial Gardens

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Peggy Sue Corbin

Posted by on May 7, 2011

Peggy Sue Corbin, age 49, died Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Taylor Regional Hospital after an illness.

She is survived by her children, Billy Corbin, Travis Corbin, Amanda Corbin all of
Campbellsville, one brother, Curtis Howell of South Carolina.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 PM, Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at the Lyon-DeWitt
Funeral Home, with burial to follow in the Whitehill Cemetery in Cumberland
County.

Family request visitation after 10AM, Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at the Lyon-DeWitt Funeral
Home

In lieu of flowers the family request expressions of sympathy take the form of
donations to the funeral fund and those can be made at the Lyon-DeWitt Funeral
Home.

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Nevell Van Spivey

Posted by on May 6, 2011

Nevell Van Spivey, age 37, of Hodgenville Road, Campbellsville
died Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

He is survived by his wife, Lisa Spivey of Campbellsville, four children, Nicolette
Spivey, Alexandria Spivey, Alyssa Spivey and Nicholas Spivey all of
Campbellsville, his mother, Claudean Spivey of Chicago and his mother& father-in-law, Patricia and Bob Cooper of Campbellsville.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 PM, Friday at the Lyon-DeWitt Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be conducted at a later date in Chicago.

Lyon-DeWitt
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

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John Shively Barnett

Posted by on May 6, 2011

John Shively Barnett, 46, of Vintage Lane, died Thursday,
May 5, 2011.

He is survived by his wife, Melissa Ann Barnett of Campbellsville, two step-daughters, Angela Miller and Rebecca Price of Latonia, Kentucky, his mother, Sue Miller of Campbellsville, one sister, Debbie Claywell of Campbellsville, three nephews, Shannon, Brandon and Shawn Claywell all of Campbellsville.

Funeral services 10:00AM, Saturday, May 7, 2011 at the Lyon-DeWitt Funeral Home with
burial in Jones Chapel Cemetery.

Family request visitation 5-8 PM, Friday, May 6, 2011 at the Lyon-DeWitt Funeral Home.

In lieu of flower family request donations to the funeral fund and those can be made at
the Lyon-DeWitt Funeral Home.

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Harold “Bo” Burress

Posted by on May 3, 2011

Mr. Harold “Bo” Burress, age 82, of Speck Ridge Road, Elkhorn, died Monday, May 2, at the Taylor Regional Hospital after an illness.

He is survived by four sons and spouses and three daughters and spouses, Jimmy and Connie Burress, Danny Burress, David and Juanita Burress and Johnny and Sharon Burress, Betty and Byron Eastridge and Bernice and Tommy Wood all of Taylor County and Bonnie and Noel Harper of Indiana. Eighteen grandchildren and twenty-two great grandchildren also survive along with two brothers, Lester and Bobby Lee Burress all of Elkhorn and three sisters, Christine Wise, Shirley Chelf and Loretta Gaddis all of Taylor County.

Funeral services for Mr. Harold Burress will be held at 1:00 P.M. Thursday at the Lyon-DeWitt Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Callahan Cemetery.

The family request visitation after 9:30 A.M. Thursday at the Lyon-DeWitt Funeral Home.

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John Fay

Posted by on May 2, 2011

John Fay of Campbellsville, son of the late John Fay and Mary Feeney Fay was born January 25, 1924 in New Rochelle, New York. He died at 6:20 P.M., Sunday, May 1st, 2011 in Campbellsville. Age: 87

He was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church and a long time volunteer at the C& S Mission store.

He was a veteran of World War II having served his country honorably in the United States Navy.

He was a retired engineer at Parker Kalon.

He united in marriage to Mary Sue Galvin October 27, 1956. She preceded him in death March 22, 1997.

He is survived by five daughters and one son and their spouses: Mary Lou and Richard Ross of Georgia, Margaret and Stephen Bertrand, Susan and Stan Milby, and Joanne and Gary Mowery of North Carolina, Jeanne and Tony Smith of Campbellsville, and John and Yvonne Fay of Hodgenville; eleven grandchildren: Faith Ann Moffatt, Margaret-Ann Melvin, Steven Ross, Robert Ross, Amanda Smith, Heather Smith, Whitney Milby, Brittany Milby, Dalton Fay, Mason Fay and Nova Fay; four great-grandchildren: Carol Ann Melvin, James Joseph Melvin, Elese Ann Moffatt, Aidyn Charles Woodward; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

VISITATION: 5:00 P.M. Thursday, May 5, 2011

PRAYER SERVICE: 7:00 P.M., Thursday ,Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

 

FUNERAL SERVICE:  10:00 A.M., Friday, May 6, 2011, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Campbellsville by Rev. James Bromwich

 

BURIAL:                       Lebanon National Cemetery with full military

                                      honors by the Marion County Veterans Honor

Guard

DONATIONS:     Hospice of Central Kentucky. May be made at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

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