Posted by Lyndell Petty on Dec 2, 2017
Mrs. Mary Esther Russell of Campbellsville was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on August 22, 1947. Daughter of the late Stewart Roy and Elizabeth (Ewing) McVay, she was 70 years, 3 months, and 8 days of age at the time of her passing. She was a former administrator of a nursing home until her retirement. She professed faith in Christ and attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. As a young lady, she was very athletic, and in 1965 was named MVP of the World – Softball. Though she was fiercely independent, she had a big heart and loved cooking and caring for her family and friends.
She leaves to cherish her memory:
One son: Jimmy Russell and wife Angela of Campbellsville,
Three sisters and a brother: Rita, Shirley, Betty, and Earl McVay,
Four grandchildren: Clayton Russell, Jimmy Russell, Jr., Mary Elizabeth Russell, and Austin Belt,
And a host of extended family and friends.
She was also preceded in death by her husband, Clayton Howard Russell, and a son, Alfred Willis Blackman, Jr.
There will be a funeral service to honor the life of Mrs. Russell on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 11:00 AM EST at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 213 University Dr, Campbellsville, KY. Interment will follow in the Brookside Cemetery, W Main St, Campbellsville, KY.
The family will receive friends at the L.R. Petty Funeral Home, 1765 New Columbia Rd, Campbellsville, KY, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, from 9:00-10:30 AM.
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Posted by Lyndell Petty on Dec 1, 2017
Aaron Walton Rattliff, the son of the late Ruby Walton and Mary Chaudoin Rattliff, was born Friday, June 10, 1958 in Summersville, KY and departed this life on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 in Louisville at the Hosparus Inpatient Care Center. He was 79 years, 5 months and 19 days of age.
He had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Brush Creek Baptist Church and was a mechanic.
He was a Veteran, having served in the United States Army.
Survivors include a daughter: Rhonda Rattliff of Campbellsville; a son: Sammy Rattliff and wife Shelley of Greensburg; three sisters: Brenda Shofner and husband William, Rita Paxton and husband Eddie and Emma Shuffett and husband Mel, all of Greensburg; a sister-in-law: Ethel Rattliff of Greensburg.
Also surviving are two grandchildren: Kyle Veatch and wife Jessica and Summer Rattliff and a host of other relatives and friends.
Besides his parents, Mr. Rattliff was preceded in death by a brother: Bobby Rattliff.
The funeral service for Aaron Walton Rattliff will be conducted Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 1:00 P.M. in the chapel of the L.R. Petty Funeral Home in Campbellsville with burial to follow in the Bloyd-Perkins Cemetery in Green County. Bro. Jerry Noe will be officiating.
Visitation after 10:00 A.M. Saturday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the Funeral Expense Fund, which can be made at the funeral home.
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Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Nov 28, 2017
Mary Catherine Gaines of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Frank Gaines and Irene Sallee Gaines, was born July 2, 1928, in Green County, Kentucky. She died at 7:38 P.M., Monday, November 27, 2017 in Campbellsville. Age: 89
She professed faith in Christ and was a member of First United Methodist Church.
She was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville after thirty plus years of service.
Mary provided many great Sunday dinners for the family and her salmon patties were the best. She was little but fierce, it only took “the look” to correct the children when they did or said something of which she disapproved. Mary had a way of always seeing good in everything, could always make you smile and had faith that God would work things out for the best. She was an avid crocheter, blessing her family with many special handmade items such a doilies and Christmas ornaments.
She is survived by two daughters: Delois Taylor and husband, Jim and Linda Rogers of Campbellsville; five grandchildren: Mark Dudgeon and wife, Chris and Deanna Hunt and husband, Robbie of Campbellsville, Traci Hooper of Nolensville, Tennessee, Jessica Steward of Russellville and Brandi O’Marah and husband, Kevin of Lake City, Arkansas; twelve great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; one brother, John W. Gaines of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
She was also preceded in death by one brother and one sister: James Allen “Jimmy” Gaines and Frances Phillips, and the father of her children, Paul E. Rogers.
VISITATION: 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M., Thursday
FUNERAL SERVICE: 1:00 P.M., Thursday, November 30, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home by John David Gaines
ENTOMBMENT: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens Mausoleum
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY ARE REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH BUILING FUND, GIDEON BIBLES OR THE UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN’S HOME AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME
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