Louise Shofner of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Charlie Matt Thompson and Edna Marie Skaggs Thompson was born October 7, 1940, in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at 11:15 A.M., Saturday, September 19, 2020 in Campbellsville. Age: 79
She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Zion Separate Baptist Church.
Louise retired from Fruit of the Loom after some forty years
She was a great wife and a loving mother who cherished her family; and she was “Granny” to all kids.
Louise united in marriage to Elbert Shofner December 3, 1955.
Besides her husband, Elbert Shofner of Campbellsville, she is survived by two daughters: Dixie Sprowles and Debra Sprowles and husband, Roger of Campbellsville; four grandchildren: Chris Sprowles of Lexington, Jeremy Sprowles, Wendi Akin and husband, Bryan, and Josh Sprowles and fiancé, Kassie Grant of Campbellsville ; nine great-grandchildren: Chase Brockman and wife, Whitney, Chance Brockman, McKayla Sprowles, Baylee Sprowles, Jayde Sprowles and Brylee Sprowles of Campbellsville, and Christopher Sprowles, Nathaniel Sprowles, and Hudson Cooper Sprowles of Lexington; three great-great-grandchildren: Nevaeh Brockman, Bentley Brockman, and Addison Brockman; two sisters and four brothers: Wanda Lewis and husband, Buck, and Sue Sprowles and husband, Coleman, Mike Thompson, Dean Thompson and wife, Penny, and Danny Thompson and wife, Pam of Campbellsville, and David Thompson; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
Louise was also preceded in death by a great-great-granddaughter, Ember Brockman, and a brother, Bobby Kenneth Thompson in infancy.
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VISITATION: 4:00 – 8:00 P.M., Tuesday, September, 22, 2020 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 12:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Bro. Ronda Arnett and Bro. Brent Gupton
Mrs. Tommy Ann Pyles, the daughter of the late Tommie and Dorothy (Rucker) Brockman, was born October 23, 1940 in Taylor County and departed this life on Friday, September 18, 2020 in Campbellsville at the Grandview Nursing and Rehab. She was 79 years of age. She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Shiloh Presbyterian Church and a retiree of Fruit of the Loom after more than forty years. She united in marriage to Bobby Pyles of Campbellsville, who survives. Besides her husband, she is survived by a son: Brad Pyles and wife Mary of Wilmore; two grandchildren: Eli Pyles and Emmy Pyles; a brother: Charles Brockman and wife Barbara of Florida; aunt and special friend: JoAnn Blevins of Campbellsville. The funeral service for Tommy Ann Pyles will be conducted Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. in the chapel of the L.R. Petty Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Campbellsville Memorial Gardens. Bro. Paul Dicken will be officiating. Visitation after 11:00 A.M. Tuesday until time for the service. Memorials are suggested to the Shiloh Presbyterian Church and can be made at the funeral home. Social distancing and Masks are REQUIRED.Read More
James
Raymond Angel, M.D. 69 of Lebanon, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by
his loving family on September 17, 2020.
James
was born in Lebanon, Kentucky and was the younger child of the late John and
Jane Angel. He was preceded in death by
his beloved sister Elizabeth Smith of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. James was educated in the farms and fields of
Marion County in his youth, but also graduated valedictorian of Lebanon High
School class of 1968. He attended the
University of Kentucky where he obtained the remarkable 99th percentile score
on the national annual chemistry placement exam, but chose to leave college
early in 1971 to pursue his dream of becoming a doctor. He graduated at the top of his class from the
Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1975 and completed his
Urology residency training through Tulane University at Charity Hospital in New
Orleans in 1980. His list of academic
accomplishments included being named to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha
medical honor society, winning the Tulane Medical School Owl Club Teaching
Award, and he was the National Kidney Foundation and American Urologic Association
Scholar in 1977.
James
left New Orleans and returned home to central Kentucky and founded his private
practice in Campbellsville, Kentucky in 1980.
He served the communities of central Kentucky tirelessly as a practicing
physician and Urologic surgeon for 38 years before retiring in 2018. He performed hundreds of thousands of
surgeries, and was a passionate member of the medical staff of Taylor County
Hospital (now Taylor Regional Hospital) as well as the Chief of Surgery for
decades. He was instrumental in the
creation of The Cancer Center at Taylor Regional Hospital and founder of Taylor
Regional Urology which continues his legacy of medical service in central
Kentucky.
An
intrepid adventurer and traveler, James explored the world but always was drawn
back to Kentucky. A lifelong farmer, he
was also an avid outdoorsman and conservationist and served as an appointed
Commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife for Kentucky’s Fourth
District for 13 years. He volunteered
much of his free time to the protection of Kentucky’s fish and wildlife, and
cultivation of the next generation of adventurers through his time as a
Commissioner and also as an Assistant Scoutmaster with local Boy Scout Troop
616. His varied interests and fields of
practical expertise included agriculture, hunting, fishing, chemistry and
astronomy and he was a lifelong booster of University of Kentucky sports.
His interests may have revolved around the farm and the outdoors, but his true passion has always been his family. He met his soulmate, a young nurse at Taylor County Hospital named Sherri Sapp who became his wife in 1982. Over the course of 38 years of marriage and love they were blessed with a large family. James is survived by his wife Sherri Angel and their three children, Ben Angel, M.D. (Carolyn), John Angel (Sarah), and Meredith Angel, M.D. (Ryan); grandchildren Athena Angel, Vesper Angel, and Gwendolyn Angel; siblings-in-law, Michael Sapp (Shirley), Debbie Sapp, and Vance Smith; beloved nieces and nephews, Jordan Smith, Christy Sapp, M.D., Jason Sapp, Dawn Thompson, Dana Sapp, Jeffrey Sapp, and Kevin Sapp. He was preceded in death by his parents John and Jane Angel, his sister Elizabeth Smith; father and mother-in-law Thomas and Edith Sapp, and his brothers-in-law Terry Sapp and Thomas Sapp, Jr. and nephew Keith Sapp.
Visitation
service will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 20, 2020 at Parrott and
Ramsey Funeral Home. Funeral will be
held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, September 21, 2020 also at Parrott and Ramsey
Funeral Home with a private family burial to follow.
In
keeping with James’s wishes, memorial contributions may be made to the Make
Today Count support group at The Cancer Center at Taylor Regional
Hospital.
His
family would like to thank his many colleagues, the entire staff of Taylor
Regional Hospital and Spring View Hospital, valued managers Susan Kelly and
Josh Purdom, his treasured friends and his many devoted patients.
