Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Sep 14, 2013
Rev. Samuel Carl Holmes, of Campbellsville, son of the late Alonzo Holmes and Florence Burton Holmes, was born June 14, 1927, in Adair County, Kentucky. He died at 11:00 P.M., Friday, September 13, 2013 in Campbellsville. Age: 86 He professed faith in Christ and attended Jesus Name Church. He was a veteran of World War II and served his country honorably in the United States Army. He was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville. He united in marriage to Ella Johnson on March 1, 1947. Besides his wife, Ella Holmes, he is survived by five sons and four daughters: Danny Holmes, Terry Holmes, Pam Russell and husband, Jerry, Judy Jones and husband, Jimmy, Janey Read and husband, Lemuel of Campbellsville, Linda Sharpe and husband, Edward of Greensburg, Ronnie Holmes of Finley, Ohio, Jerry Holmes and wife, Nancy of St. Paul, Indiana, and Sam Holmes of Greenwood, Indiana; fourteen grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren; two brothers: Edgar Holmes of Columbia and Rev. Charles Holmes of Louisville. He was also preceded in death by two grandchildren: Bethany Mann and Todd Holmes, two sisters and two brothers: Marie Vaughn, Lucille Roy, J.C. Holmes and Herbert Holmes.
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VISITATION: 5-8 P.M., Sunday, September 15 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 A.M., Monday, September 16, 2013 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Elder Rueal Boils, Elder Raymond Alstott and Rev. Charles Holmes
BURIAL: Jesus Name Church Cemetery with full Military Honors by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard
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Posted by Hinton-Turner Funeral Home, Paris, KY on Sep 11, 2013
Lyon- DeWitt Funeral Home
503 East Main Street
Campbellsville, Ky 42718
270-465-4141 Phone
270-789-4424 Fax
Larry R. DeWitt (Owner)
Phillip DeSpain (Director)
Geri Hunt, age 46 of Campbellsville died Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, KY.
Geri was the daughter of the late Gary Hunt.
She was a member of South Campbellsville Baptist Church and worked as a Social Worker. Geri was a loving and caring mother, sister and daughter and a friend to many.
She is survived by her mother Phyllis Milby and one son Aubrey J Hunt both of Campbellsville, two brothers; Jacky (Marlina) Hunt of Bowling Green and Jason Milby (Marcella) of Campbellsville, along with a host of family and friends.
Services for Geri Hunt were conducted 11:00 AM Friday, September 13, 2013 at Lyon-DeWitt Funeral Home with burial in the Benningfield Cemetery.
Officiating: Brother Shaun Caudill
Pallbearers: Zachery Hunt, Preston Sparkman, Clay Milby, Hunter Milby, Blake Milby and Justin Eastridge
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Sep 6, 2013
Dr. Donald A. Benz, PhD, residing in Campbellsville, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2013. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, September 7, 2013, at 3pm at Parrott and Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, Kentucky.
Dr. Benz (Don) was a college professor who dedicated his life to bettering his community through his work, devotion to family, friends, and church.
He was born in March 1931 in Park Falls, Wisconsin, to Carl and Marcella (Altman) Benz. Don grew up in nearby Butternut eventually attending Park Falls High School as a star athlete and excellent student, afterward graduating from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. Shortly after graduation Don was drafted out of his first teaching position to serve two years in the United States Army on the edge of the newly created Korean demilitarized zone.
Following his honorable discharge Don obtained a Masters in Education from Peabody College (now part of Vanderbilt University) in Nashville, Tennessee, where he also completed his PhD. At Vanderbilt Don met a fellow student and soon-to-be love of his life, Mary Lynn Phillips of Campbellsville. They were married in Phoenix in 1956.
Upon completion of their graduate studies in Nashville, the two began an extended American road trip vis–à–vis teaching positions in New Orleans, Colorado, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. In 1966 Don accepted a professorship at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (UWSP) where he would specialize in training future reading specialists and teachers. Don viewed education as not only a profession but a personal calling and critical ingredient to the health of his community and society writ large. He served a term as president of the Wisconsin State Reading Association (WSRA) and later as the organization’s state coordinator while continuing to teach at UWSP until his retirement in 1993.
Some years after retiring, Don and Mary Lynn relocated to Westfield, Indiana, to play a more active role in the lives of their granddaughters, whom he loved deeply. Don and Mary Lynn moved again last year to her ancestral home of Kentucky to be close to the family and natural surroundings they shared deep affection for.
Throughout, Don was a devotee of lifelong learning, an avid golfer, outdoorsman, patron of the arts, comprehensive reader of Asian and Civil War histories and remained ever passionate about American politics.
Don is survived by his wife Mary Lynn, their children Steven, David, Tom and grandchildren, Claudia and Olivia.
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