Linda Dale Sneed

Posted by on Feb 14, 2014

Linda Dale Sneed of Campbellsville, daughter of Wallace Parke and Eleanor Murrell Parke, was born in Barren County, Kentucky June 13, 1955.   She died at 6:42 A.M., Thursday, February 13, 2014 in Campbellsville.     Age:   58

She was an employee of Campbellsville Housing Authority.

She is survived by two daughters:  Elizabeth Eleanor Roos and husband, Christoffer and Samantha Dale Sneed and special friend, Kyle Patrick Wilson of Campbellsville; one grandson, Logan Goesta Alexander Roos of Campbellsville;

her parents, Wallace and Eleanor Parke of Campbellsville; one brother and one sister:  Michael Parke and wife, Cheri and Brenda Sullivan and husband, Mike of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

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VISITATION:  After 10:00 A.M., Monday, February 17, 2014 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

FUNERAL SERVICE:  1:00 P.M., Monday, February 17, 2014 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Bro. John Batcher

BURIAL:                                 Murrell Family Cemetery, Metcalfe County, Kentucky

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Laura Tesseneer

Posted by on Feb 14, 2014

Laura Mae Fisher Tesseneer of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Herbert Cooper Fisher and Bernice Wyman Fisher, was born in Graves County, Kentucky on August 30, 1923.  She died at 7:24 a.m., on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at her home.

The life of Laura Tesseneer was focused on family, church, higher education and involvements in the various communities in which she lived. After her early life in Earlington, Kentucky, she attended Murray State College where she earned a degree in Physics, with minors in Math, English, and Art. Her first job was as a Math teacher in Vienna, Illinois.

On May 5, 1946, Laura married Ralph Athen Tesseneer, Jr. of Littleville, Alabama and they had three children. Their lives together were spent in the area of higher education at these institutions/communities:

Tufts College in Framingham, Massachusetts, Western Kentucky State College in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee, McNeese State College in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky, the University of Durham in Durham, England, and Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Kentucky.  During this time, she received a Master’s Degree in Counseling and worked for some time in that field, as well as serving as editor/illustrator for the Northern Kentucky University alumni magazine, “The Communique”. She was a writer/illustrator, artist, gardener, amateur architect and traveler.  Her creative and organizational skills were boundless, influencing people in many spheres, and she showed hospitality to international persons in each community where they lived. Outside church and home, Laura’s important activities included Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, the PEO Sisterhood, the Women’s Club of Kentucky, and the Coterie Club of Campbellsville.

Laura is survived by her husband, Dr. Ralph Tesseneer, and by her children: Susan T. Walters and husband, Joe, of Campbellsville, Ralph A. Tesseneer, III, M.D. and wife, Beverly, of Spartanburg, South Carolina and Herbert H. Tesseneer and wife, Gale, of Florence, Kentucky; three grandchildren:  John Athen Tesseneer, Neely T. Benton and husband, Brad, and Davaajargal Dorjsuren.  She was preceded in death by a grandson, Ralph Joseph Walters, on July 29, 1993.  She had two great grandsons:  Thomas Athen Benton and John William Benton of Moorhead, Minnesota.  Also surviving are one brother and two sisters:  J. Edward Fisher, M.D. and wife, Martha, of Atlanta, Georgia, Rebecca Jean Fesmire of Cloverdale, Alabama, and Evelyn Spencer and husband, Bob, M.D., of Louisville, Kentucky, along with several nieces and nephews.

VISITATION:                        2:00 – 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville

FUNERAL SERVICE:          2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at the Parrott and Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Dr. Mike O’Neal and General Noah E. Loy

BURIAL:                                Brookside Cemetery

 

PALLBEARERS:

 

Bruce Dangerfield           Jonathan Meeksoul

David Fisher                    Scott Spencer

Edward Fisher                  Ralph Street

Troy Hadley                     John Tesseneer

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY MAY BE DONATIONS TO THE RALPH AND LAURA TESSENEER SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY, GIDEONS INTERNATIONAL OR HOSPARUS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY, AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME www.parrottramsey.com

 

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Tommie Jess Barnett

Posted by on Feb 11, 2014

Tommie Jess Barnett of Campbellsville, son of the late William Thomas Barnett and Lizzie Powell Barnett, was born May 4, 1920 in Casey County, Kentucky.  He died at 3:45 P.M., Monday, February 10, 2014 in Campbellsville.     Age:    93

He professed faith in Christ and was a member of Barnett’s Creek United Methodist Church.

He was a retired farmer and construction worker.

He united in marriage to Nellie Mills March, 1943.  She preceded him in death August 24, 2011.

He is survived by two daughters and one son: Donna Cox and husband, Tim of Campbellsville, Tina Estes and husband, Henry of Greensburg, Tom Barnett and wife, Diane of Lexington; son-in-law Kenneth Barnett of Campbellsville; seven grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

He was also preceded in death by two daughters: Bonnie Barnett and Joan Fisher Ford, one brother and five sisters: Delmer Barnett and wife, Ethel, Della Burton, Pearl Brogan, Nona Scott and husband, Ray, Edna Patton and husband, Robert , Lorene Marshall and a sister at a young age.

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VISITATION:  5:00 – 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

FUNERAL SERVICE:  11:00 A.M., Thursday, February 13, 2014 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Dr. Paul W. Patton

BURIAL:                        Campbellsville Memorial Gardens

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