Breckinridge-Meade County KyArchives Obituaries.....Conner Sr., Roger Lee August 21, 2008
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Meade County Messenger
Roger Lee Conner Sr., 74, Irvington, died Aug. 21, 2008. He was born Sept. 9, 
1933, in Irvington, the son of the late Henry Walker and Mary Lora (Skaggs) 
Conner. 

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Pat (Meyer) 
Conner, and a daughter, Teresa Lynn. 

He was a member of the Irvington Masonic Lodge # 868 F&AM and a dual member of 
the Bewleyville Lodge # 228 F&AM, the Order of Eastern Star, Chapter 544 of 
Irvington and the York Rite Chapter # 34 of Elizabethtown, the York Rite James 
B. Wall Chapter # 145 of Radcliff; York Rite Hocker Council # 89 of 
Elizabethtown, the York Rite Conrad H. Gates Commandry # 37 of Elizabethtown, 
the Scottish Rite Valley of Louisville, Kosair Shrine of Louisville and the 
Knights Temple of Elizabethtown. He was Past Master of the Irvington Lodge in 
1967, 1968, 1995, and 1996; former Senior Warden in 1966 and 2008; Junior 
Warden in 2007; Senior Deacon in 1963, Junior Deacon in 1962; Senior Steward in 
1988 and 2006; and Junior Steward in 2006. He was a Kentucky Colonel, a U.S. 
Army veteran of the Korean War, former member of the Army National Guard; 
worked with civil service at Fort Knox as a tank inspector for 28 years; served 
on the Board of Elders of the Irvington Cumberland Presbyterian Church and was 
a member of the Irvington Volunteer Fire Department for 42 years.

Mr. Conner is survived by a son, Roger Lee Conner Jr., Irvington; two 
daughters, Sharon Ra Hilley, Alabama, and Lora May, Irvington; four sisters, 
Helen Gonterman, Mary Katherine Roller, Jane Anderson and Gladys Hardin; two 
brothers, Roy Wayne Conner and Kenneth Eugene Conner; three grandchildren; and 
one great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held Aug. 25 from the chapel of Alexander Funeral Home 
with Brother Meredith officating. Burial was in Bethel Cemetery, Irvington. 

Pallbearers were Larry Robinson, Paul Ledford, Billy Johnson, Randy Skinner, 
Donnie Robinson and Mike Brown.


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