Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 02:00:28 GMT To: ky-footsteps@sirius.dsenter.com Subject: ky-footsteps V1 #62 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Maria & Tim Troutman Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 16:10:20 +-200 Subject: KY-F: Union County, KY Obits Obits from the Sturgis News, permission granted to post obituaries by Paul Monsour, Managing Editor. 112th Year Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky, Wednesday April 9, 1997 Number 15 VADEN HAILMAN Vaden Hailman, 75, Henderson, died at 4:25 Thursday at Community Methodist Hospital. Survivors include two daughers, Wanda Beaven of Morganfield and Peggy Huber of Bloomington, IL; two sisters, Mary Lewis Duncan and Willie Lee Galloway, both of Henderson; one brother, Grover Cleveland of Henderson; two grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Services were at 2pm Monday at Benton-Glunt Funeral Home. Burial was in Fairmont Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Vaden C. Hailman Fund. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- REV. DONALD P. BRATCHER Rev. Donald P. Bratcher, 73, Owensboro, Morganfield native, died Wednesday April 2 at Owensboro Mercy Health Systems. A Baptist minister, he was pastor of Lamplite Mission of Yellow Creek Baptist Church. He also was the former pastor of Buttons Berry Baptist Church in Island, KY., Pleasant Memorial Baptist Church in Owensboro and Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Calhoun. He was also a jail chaplin at the Daviess County Detention and a U.S. Marine Corps World War II veteran, serving in the 2nd Division. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Jodie Maloy Bratcher; two daughters, Dona McCurry of Elizabethtown and Laura Goins of Worthington, PA.; one son, Doug Bratcher of LIberty, MO.; three brothers, David Bratcher of Henderson, Harold Bratcher of Manaus, Brazil, and Charles Bratcher of Frankfort; and nine grandchildren. Services were at 3:30pm Saturday at Yellow Creek Baptist Church in Thurston, KY. Burial was in the church cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Lamplite Mission, c/o Yellow Creek Baptist Church, 1555 Kentucky 144, Owensboro, Ky 42303. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- BILLY D. DUNCAN Billy D. Duncan, 65, Sturgis, died at 11:20am Friday at Community Methodist Hospital in Henderson. A member of the Masonic Lodge and the Union County Planning and Zoning Board, he was the Union County road supervisor. He organized and coached the Union County High School softball program and was also a former Union County magistrate. Surviors include his wife, Sara; two daughters, Beth Cooper and son in law James Cooper of Sturgis and Alicia Duncan of Louisville; one half sister, Mary Ellen Allen of Evansville; and two grandsons, Jimmy and James Cooper of Sturgis. Services were at 2pm Monday at Whitsell Funeral Home in Sturgis. Burial was in Pythian Ridge Cemetery in Sturgis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAROLYN J. GRAY Carolyn J. Gray, 56, Morganfield, died Sunday at 6:50am at her residence near Morganfield after a long illness. Mrs. Gray was a member of the Morganfield First Baptist Church and Breckinridge Golf and Country Club. Survivors include her husband, Robert F. Gray; her mother, Gertrude Duckworth of Morganfield; three daughters, Valerie Lynn Gray of Evansville; Jennifer Faulconer of Sturgis and Paige Alves of Morganfield; one son, Scott Robert Gray of Columbus, OH.; and four grandchildren. Services were at 2pm Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Morganfield. Burial was in Odd Fellow Cemetery in Morganfield. Expressions of sympathy may be made to St. Anthony's Hospice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IN LOVING MEMORY OF GRANDDAUGHTER STEFANIE LEA STALION APRIL 8-1974-1989 Happy 23rd birthday "Steffy". We love you much and miss you so much. The years pass by but the pain is still with us but your smile is too. Until we meet again. Love Forever, Your Mamaw & Papaw, Carl and Virginia West ------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN MEMORY OF MOTHER Marianna McDowell 4/22/27 - 4/11/96 "I remember thee in this solemn hour, my dear mother. I remember the days when thou didst dwell on earth, and they tender love watched over me like a guardian angel. Thou hast gone from me, but the bond which unites our souls can never be severed; thine images lives within my heart. May the merciful Father reward thee for the faithfulness and kindness thou hast ever shown me; may he lift up the light of his countenance upon these and grant thee eternal peace! Amen." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Death and Funerals were listed on page 2. Maria DeMoss Troutman - Schopp,Germany Maria DeMoss Troutman Home Page: http://www.bunt.com/~troutman ------------------------------ End of ky-footsteps V1 #62 ************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.