Campbellsville Traffic Signal Work / Lane Closures

Posted by on Feb 28, 2011

ELIZABETHTOWN, KY. (Feb. 28, 2011) — The traffic signal at US68 and KY70/527 (Broadway and Central Avenue) in Campbellsville will be out of service beginning Tuesday Morning, March 1st. Detours will be in place beginning at 6am. Deteriorating wood poles are scheduled to be replaced. During this time, left turn lanes onto Central from Broadway will be shut down.

Vehicles traveling east or west on US68 will not be able to turn onto Central Avenue. Also, South Central Avenue will be closed on the north side of 1st Street. Vehicles traveling north on South Central Avenue will use 1st Street as a detour to get to US68. North Central Avenue will be closed on the south side of Maple Street. Vehicles traveling south on North Central Avenue will use East or West Maple Street as a detour to get to US68.

Tractor-trailer trucks/commercial motor vehicles traveling north on South Central Avenue will use Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as a detour to US68. Message boards will be in place to provide detour assistance.

Replacement work should be completed and by 5pm on Wednesday, March 2nd, depending on weather or unforeseen construction circumstances.

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Floy Cox, 93

Posted by on Feb 25, 2011

Floy Cox of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Ben D. Cox and Fannie Cox, was born in Taylor County, Kentucky, July 4, 1917.  She died at 12:10 P.M., Friday, February 25, 2011 in Campbellsville.        Age:   93

She had professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Bible Baptist Tabernacle.

She was a retired nurse’s aid at Metzmeier Nursing Home.

She united in marriage to James Herman Cox in 1940.  He preceded her in

death in 1960.

She is survived by a son, James A. Cox of Campbellsville; two granddaughters:  Gail Shofner and Susan Shofner of Campbellsville; five great-grandchildren:  Jeffrey David Muncie, Jedidiah Lee Rash, Keely Rash, Justin Begley and Job Hunt of Campbellsville; two great-great-granddaughters:  Kileigh Begley and Jocelyn Begley of Campbellsville; one sister, Bonnie Robison of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by one son and one daughter:  Donald Cox and Annetta Shofner and one brother and three sisters:  Lanous Cox, Ethel Simpson, Zelma Bottoms and Flora Cox.

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VISITATION:  From 5:00 to 8:00 P.M., Saturday, February 26, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

FUNERAL SERVICES:  2:00 P.M., Sunday, February 27, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Bob Cutler

BURIAL:                        Jones Chapel Cemetery

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Russell B. Underwood, 83

Posted by on Feb 22, 2011

Russell B. Underwood of Buffalo, son of the late Alfred Thomas Underwood and Gertrude Bloyd Underwood, was born in Larue County, Kentucky, August 26, 1927.  He died at 1:46 A.M., Tuesday, February 22, 2011 in Elizabethtown.    Age:  83

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