Posted by John Humphress on Jan 5, 2012
(Columbia, KY) – During the month of December, 2011, there were 27 traffic accidents investigated by the State Police working in the Post 15 area in the 11 counties of Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Marion, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell, Taylor and Washington.
There was one fatality during the month of December in the Post 15 area:
Rhodes, Robert K.; Campbellsville, KY, was killed in Adair Co, KY on 12/22/11.
This brings our yearly fatality count to 43 compared with 31 through this same period in 2010.
State wide fatality count stands at 715 compared with 760 through this same period in 2010.
During the month of December there were 1250 citations written, 467 courtesy notices written, 1711 vehicles inspected, 725 complaints answered, 105 motorists assisted, 62 criminal cases opened and 165 criminal arrests made.
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jan 4, 2012
Betty Jo Silas of Campbellsville, daughter of Geneva Phillips Corbin and the late Phillip L. Corbin, was born in Taylor County, Kentucky, March 19, 1942. She died at 3:30 P.M., Tuesday, January 3, 2012, in Campbellsville. Age: 69
She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Palestine Baptist Church.
She was a retired school teacher with the Taylor County School System.
She united in marriage to Fred Silas August 4, 1961.
Besides her husband, Fred Silas, she is survived by one daughter and one son:
Joann Wethington and husband, Harold of Campbellsville and Glenn Silas and wife, Marsha of Portland, Oregon; four grandchildren: Jon Silas and wife, Ashley of Elizabethtown, Chris Silas, Will Wethington and Shelby Wethington of Campbellsville; her mother, Geneva Corbin of Campbellsville; one brother, Norman Richard Corbin and wife, Mary Lou of Campbellsville; several other relatives and many friends.
She was also preceded in death by a brother, Jimmie Carlton Corbin in infancy.
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VISITATION: From 5:00 to 8:00 P.M., Thursday, January 5, 2012 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 A.M., Friday, January 6, 2012 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. A. Landon Hadley
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery
FAMILY REQUESTS EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY BE DONATIONS TO HOSPICE OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND MAY BE MADE AT THE PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME
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Posted by John Humphress on Jan 4, 2012
On 1/3/2012 at approximately 3:59PM, April Milby and a passenger, Joe Milby, were traveling west in a 1999 Ford Ranger Pickup Truck on Cave Road, ran off the shoulder of the road, lost control of the vehicle, struck a ditch and an embankment. Ms Milby, who was entrapped in the vehicle was freed by the Taylor Co. Fire Department, treated at the scene by Taylor County EMS and then taken to Taylor Regional Hospital with a possible back injury. Joe Milby did not suffer any injuries. Ms. Milby was treated and released.
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