OBIT: J.W. VanArsdall, 2002, Boyle & Mercer Co. 
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Date: 6 Apr 2003
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From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 4 Jan 2002

HARRODSBURG -- Services for J.W. VanArsdall, 66, of Gose Pike, 
Danville, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Alexander & Royalty Funeral 
Home by the Revs. Gerald Payne and David Collier. Burial will be 
in Spring Hill Cemetery with military rites.

He died Wednesday at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Lexington.

Born April 11, 1935, in Mercer County, he was the son of the late 
George W. and Alice Devine VanArsdall. He was self-employed, an 
Air Force veteran of the Korean War, and a member of American Legion 
Post 52 and Gethsemane Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Esther Payne VanArsdall; a son, John W. 
VanArsdall of Andalusia, Ala.; a brother, George VanArsdall of 
Danville; a sister, Bessie Coffman of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and a 
granddaughter.

Pallbearers will be Bobby Payne, Steve Irvin, Donnie Coffman, Victor 
VanArsdall, Mike Curtis and Kevin Blankford. Honorary pallbearers 
are Kenneth Hopper, Raymond Payne, Dalton Irvin, Leo Conley, Jimmy 
Adkins, Phillip Payne, Todd May and Donald Sallee.

Visitation is 6-9 p.m. today and after 7 a.m. Saturday.

Memorials may go to Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1101 
Veterans Drive, Lexington 40502-2236; or American Heart Association, 
c/o Linda Bugg, P.O. Box 198, Burgin 40310.