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

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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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