Garrard County, KY - OBIT:  Herbert K. Dorton

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                             Herbert K. Dorton
                                      
   LANCASTER - Herbert K. Dorton, 90, of Lexington Road died Saturday Jan
   2, 1999 at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center.
   Born Sept. 30, 1908, in Garrard County, he was a son of the late
   William A. and Sallie Huffman Dorton. He was a farmer, the oldest
   member of Forks of Dix River Baptist Church and served as grand
   marshall of the 1998 Garrard County Tobacco Festival. He was a board
   member of Garrard County Water Association, Garrard County Soil
   Conservation and Camp Dick Fire and Rescue Department. He was a former
   member of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
   committee and an Army veteran of World War II.
   Survivors include his wife, Bertha Howard Dorton; a daughter, Carolyn
   D. Mulcahy of Lancaster; five grandchildren; and three
   great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Donna F.
   Hancock.
   Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ramsey Funeral Home by the Rev.
   Jerry Browning. Burial will be in Lancaster Cemetery.
   Pallbearers will be Gordon and Gary Long, Billy Doolin, Mark Metcalf,
   Woody Leavell, Paul Greer and Jimmy Huffman.
   Honorary pallbearers are James McCane, Clyde Sherrow, J.W. Cormney,
   Kenneth Sowder, Vickie Gibson, Tammy Ellis, Jenny Whittaker and Paul
   Ballard.
   Visitation is 5-9 p.m. Monday.
   NOT MY FAMILY!!!