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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Feb 14, 2025

Wilma Hazel Lester Gaddie, 94, of Campbellsville, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2025 in Campbellsville. She was born in Mercer County, Kentucky on July 31, 1930 to Thomas and Sara Jane Russell Lester, who preceded her in death. She united in marriage to George Ray Gaddie on November 21, 1951 and he preceded her in death on April 12, 2009.
Wilma graduated from Campbellsville College and Western Kentucky University and was a second and third grade teacher at Taylor County Elementary School until her retirement. She was a devoted wife and mother and very active in ministry with her husband at the churches he pastored including Friendship Baptist, Salem Baptist, Good Hope Baptist and Yuma Baptist in Taylor County. She was active in the Campbellsville/Taylor County BPW, Retired Teacher’s Association, The President’s Club at Campbellsville University and the Women’s Missionary Union. Wilma was a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church where she loved her Sunday School class and teaching Vacation Bible School.
Wilma is survived by three children: Ray Gaddie, Punta Gorda, Florida, Jane Wheatley, Campbellsville and Rebecca (Van) Ford, Ft. Myers, Florida. She is also survived by one brother, Devon Lester of Mackville, Kentucky and a sister-in-law, Blanche Gaddie of Campbellsville. She was also preceded in death by a son, David Gaddie and a brother, Wallace Lester.
Wilma is survived by four grandchildren: Ben (Jordan) Ford, Campbellsville, Steve (Amanda) Ford, Campbellsville, Jaclyn (Neil) Dabney, Mannsville and Landon (Kenzie) Dickens, Lexington, Kentucky.
Wilma is also survived by ten great-grandchildren: Zach, Desmond, Devon, Zach, Elissa, Hunter, Ethan, Hayden, Noah and Reid, and four great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other friends and family.
The funeral for Wilma Hazel Gaddie will be Sunday, February 16, 2025 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home at 2:00 P.M., with visitation from 10:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M., before the funeral. The burial will be in Brookside Cemetery.
Officiating at the funeral will be her pastor, Dr. Dwayne Norman. The pallbearers will be Ben Ford, Steve Ford, Neil Dabney, Landon Dickens, Mike Stein and Greg Rice. Honorary pallbearers are the members of her Women’s Sunday School Class.
Contributions should be to Gideon Bibles or the George & Wilma Gaddie Scholarship Fund at Campbellsville University for Ministerial students, and can be made at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home.
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Feb 14, 2025

Randal Rafferty of Campbellsville, son of the late Elbert Carter Rafferty and Pauline Colvin Rafferty, was born July 24, 1949 in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 8:45 P.M., Wednesday, February 12, 2025 in Louisville. Age: 75
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of Campbellsville Baptist Church.
Randal was a retired employee of GTE. He later sold real estate and drove the cancer van from Taylor Regional Hospital to Louisville until the Cancer Center at Taylor Regional Hospital was established. Randal then started and ran Broadway Auto Mart and later added Broadway Auto & Tire.
Randall dearly loved his family and enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren. He also enjoyed watching Westerns and working in his yard.
He united in marriage to Lee Anna Blevins January 3, 1986.
Besides his wife, Lee Anna Rafferty of Campbellsville, Randal is survived by two sons and two daughters: Kevin Rafferty, Angie Wise and husband, Brad, Meagan Rafferty and significant other, Juan Hernandez and Matthew Rafferty, all of Campbellsville; three grandchildren: Justin Wise and wife, Erin of Covington, Connor Wise and Ryker Hernandez of Campbellsville; one great-grandson, Reid Wise; one sister, Alice Vaughn and husband, David and one sister-in-law, Wanda Rafferty Sapp, both of Campbellsville; several other nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
Randal was also preceded in death by a brother, Virgil Rafferty.
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VISITATION: 5:00 – 8:00 P.M., Monday, February 17, 2025 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Dr. Dwayne Norman
ENTOMBMENT: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens Mausoleum
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO GIDEON BIBLES OR CAMPBELLSVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT CAMPBELLSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME
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Posted by Lyndell Petty on Feb 13, 2025
Jewelline Shipp of Campbellsville, KY, the daughter of the late Creed Thomas Allen and Gertrude Carlisle Allen, was born February 20, 1952 in Campbellsville, KY, and departed this life on Tuesday, February 9, 2025 in Elizabethtown. She was 73 years of age.
She was of the Baptist faith and was retired from Fruit of The Loom. She enjoyed bowling, watching television, shopping with her sister and spending time with her nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews.
She is survived by her sister, Ruby Sanders of Greensburg and eleven nieces and nephews: Jason Pace and wife Alisha, Misty Smith and husband Tommy, Crystal Gebler and husband Phillip, Bradley Pace and wife Katie, Chris Morgan and companion Sherri, Paul R Allen and companion Verniece, Danny Allen and wife Jenny, Jannifer Fisher and husband Lee, Amanda Allen and husband William, Scottie Allen, Marie Hammack and husband Kevin, and several great-nieces and great-nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister: Sammy Allen, Charles Allen, and Mary Pike.
The Funeral Service for Jewelline Shipp will be held at 12:00 P.M. Saturday, February 22, 2025, at the L.R. Petty Funeral Home Chapel in Campbellsville with burial to follow in the Otter Creek Cemetery.
Bro. Daniel Marcum will officiate.
The family has requested visitation on Saturday, February 22, 2025, from 10:00 A.M. until the time of the service.
In lieu of flowers please consider donating Gideon Bibles, which can be made at the funeral home.
Pallbearers: P.R. Allen, Danny Allen, Chris Morgan, Tommy Smith, Phillip Gebler, and Lee Fisher.

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