Kenneth Ray Pike, 74

Posted by on Apr 6, 2014

pike, kenneth cropped 2Kenneth Ray Pike, age 74, of Elkhorn died there on Sunday, April 6, 2014 after an illness.
He was born in Taylor County on June 14, 1939 to the late Omer and Marie Wooldridge Pike. A retired truck driver, he was a member of the Knifley Area Volunteer Fire Department, the Campbellsville-Taylor County Rescue Squad and the Taylor County Sheriff’s Department.
He is survived by his wife Sharon Warren Pike; his children, Latisha Markins and her husband, Mike of Vine Grove, KY, Beverly Saumier and her husband, Lance of Bardstown, KY, Alexis Pike, of Frankfort, KY and Jacob Pike of Elkhorn; a brother, Melvin Pike, of Campbellsville; a sister, Opal Judd and her husband, Paul of Campbellsville; his grandchildren, Ashley King, Austin Powell, Devin Brady, Haley Brady and Jamie Brady and a great-grandson, Bently Hughes.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Katherine Pike, Nellie Webb, Edna Reed and Mary Ann Clark.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 8th at the Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home, Campbellsville with burial to follow in Robinson Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 7th at the Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home.
Serving as pallbearers are Devin Brady, Austin Powell, Mike Markins, Stacey Loy, Darrell Caldwell and Wayne Warren. Honorary pallbearers will be , Jacob Pike, Melvin Pike, Roger Pike and Jerry Pike.
The family suggests that expressions of sympathy may take the form contributions the Muscular Dystrophy Association or Gideon Bibles.

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Jewell Beard

Posted by on Apr 5, 2014

 

Jewell Beard of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Roy W. Sexton and Pearl Elizabeth Dixon Sexton, was born in Taylor County, Kentucky, December 4, 1927.   She died at 10:00 A.M., Friday, April 4, 2014 in Campbellsville.       Age: 86

She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Campbellsville First Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

She was a childcare provider.

She united in marriage to Rev. Shiley Beard in 1945. He preceded her in death April 18, 1987.

She is survived by one son and one daughter: Paul Beard and wife, Ann and Phyllis Milby and husband, Tom of Campbellsville; a son-in-law and his wife, John and Debbie Cable of Bowling Green;   eight grandchildren: Damon Beard, Paula Rose, Laura Marcum, Vicki Milby, Anthony Harris, Tye Cable, Ryan Cable and Michelle Stewart; five great-grandchildren: Mark Evan Harris, Katie Harris, Elizabeth Marcum, Alayna Marcum, and Mia Harris;  four sisters: Wilma Farmer and husband, Gerald, Sue Burriss and husband, Jackie, Kay Harrison and husband, Harold of Campbellsville, and Linda O. Castillo and husband, Pepi of Birmingham, Alabama; brother-in-law, Conrad Claycomb and sister-in-law, Faye Sexton of Campbellsville;

She was preceded in death by two daughters: Patricia Stewart and Peggy Cable; a grandson, Timothy Perkins; and three sisters and two brothers: Dorothy Claycomb, Billy Frank Sexton, Deloris Graham, Roy O. “Tom” Sexton and Geneva Mattingly.

VISITATION:                9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Monday

FUNERAL SERVICE:  1:00 P.M., Monday, April 7, 2014 at the Parrott &

                                      Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by

                                      Rev. Freddie Norris and Rev. Wayne Brooks

 

BURIAL:                        Campbellsville Memorial Gardens

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Bertrom H. Sneed, 80

Posted by on Apr 4, 2014

sneed, bertrom webBertrom H. Sneed, 80, of Campbellsville, died Thursday, April 3, 2014 at Baptist Health Louisville. He was retired from the Brown Williamson Tobacco Company where he had worked for over 30 years. Born in Adair County, KY to the late Hershel and Maggie Sneed, he later moved to Macon, GA where he lived for several years before returning to Kentucky and settling in Campbellsville. He had served in the US Army and was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church.

He married Mary Jo Wooley on July 14, 1956. To this union were born five children, Bertrom Sneed and his wife, Carol of Macon, GA, Debra Johnson and her husband Wayne of Louisville, Steven Sneed and his wife, Leda of Macon, GA, Peggy Rigdon and her husband, Greg of Campbellsville and Shelby Sneed and his wife, Andrea of Macon, GA. Also surviving are sisters, Virginia Jones and Montry Harris and her husband, Bill, all of Greensburg; a sister-in-law, Faye Sneed, of Greensburg; 12 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Claves L. Sneed and a grandson, Matthew Scott Sneed.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Monday at the Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home, Campbellsville with burial to follow in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 5th and from 2 to 6 pm Sunday, April 6th at the Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home.

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