ky-footsteps Friday, November 22, 2002 Volume 02 : Issue 74 Today's Topics: # 1 [KYF] OBIT: Fannie Overfelt, 1993, Hart Co. # 2 [KYF] NEWS: Maloy C. Byrns, 1996, Hart Co. & Georgia # 3 [KYF] OBIT: Gertrude Waddell, 1984, Hart Co. # 4 [KYF] OBIT: Kenneth Dale Bastin, 1993, Hart & Warren Co. # 5 [KYF] OBIT: Ford Washington Philpott, 1983, Hart Co. # 6 [KYF] OBIT: Estelle Wilkerson, 1998, Hart & Jefferson Co. # 7 [KYF] OBIT: Emmett Thomas "Uncle Tom" Polston, 1973, Hart Co. # 8 [KYF] OBIT: Delba Wilkerson, 2001, Hart & Jefferson Co. # 9 [KYF] OBIT: David Larkin Waddle, 1946, Hart Co. # 10 [KYF] OBIT: Darrell Tharpe, 1998, Hart & Hardin Co. # 11 [KYF] OBIT: Betty Frances Houk Bastin, Hart & Green Co. # 12 [KYF] OBIT: Allen Waddle, 1990, Hart Co. _____________________________X-Message: #1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Edith Bastin Date: 29 Aug 2002 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Fannie Overfelt, 1993, Hart Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ From the Hart County News, Munfordville, KY, 17 Aug 1993: Mrs. Fannie Overfelt, 86, Horse Cave, died Monday, August 9 (1993), at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. A native of Hart County, she was a member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church and a daughter of the late Edward and Mary Jane Bastin Smith. She was married to the late Bruce Overfelt. Survivors include two sons, Billy Overfelt, Washington court House, Ohio, and Phillip Overfelt, Munfordville; three daughters, Marjorie Bowen, Elizabethtown, Betty Johnson, Edmonton, and Wanda slaughter, Uno; a sister, Carolyn Jaggers, Sonora; 31 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 11, in the chapel of Winn Funeral Home in Horse Cave. Burial was in the Center Cemetery in Metcalf county. _____________________________X-Message: #2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Edith Bastin Date: 30 Aug 2002 Subject: [KYF] NEWS: Maloy C. Byrns, 1996, Hart Co. & Georgia ------------------------------------------------------------ From the Hart Co. News, Munfordville, KY MALOY C. BYRNS, Kessinger, A Poet of Distinction, Dies In Late September Her Frequent Poems Were Joy to Readers Word has just come to this newspaper of the death of beloved correspendent and poet of distinction, Maloy Carwell Byrns, of the Kessinger community. (It is with deep regret that we failed to learn of her death in the Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Sept. 29 - else we would have carried a complete obituary and tribute at that time.) Although it is now late, we of the staff grew to know and love Mrs. Byrns - as did many of you - through the rhymthical beauty and incisive perception of her poetry which we frequently published in these columns, so we take this means to publish the facts of her death. Maloy Carwell Byrns, 73, a native of Georgia but a long-time resident of Kessinger, Hart County, passed away in a Louisville hospital Sept. 29, folowing declining heath of about a year's duration. Her parents were the late Robert and Della Carwell. She is survived by her beloved husband, Lennie Byrns; two sons, Keith and Gene Byrns, Louisville; three sisters, Mrs. Ermis Wilson, Cave City; Mrs. Grace Mercer and Mrs. Gladys Heizer, Louisivlle, and three brothers, Garth and Noel Carwell, Louisville, and Ivan Carwell, with the Air Force in Illinois. Final rites were held at a Louisville Funeral Home, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery there. NOTES BY Edith Presley Bastin: She lived in a house on the corner of Hwy 88 & John Logsdon Rd. The house was propped up with poles for 40 years or more. It was a tall house that shook violently during storms. The poles rotted out after many years, and the house still stood. _____________________________X-Message: #3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Edith Bastin Date: 29 Aug 2002 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Gertrude Waddell, 1984, Hart Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ From the Hart county News, Munfordville, KY, 31 May 1984: Gertrude Waddell, 80, Route 2, Hardyville, died Friday morning at Homewood Health Care Center, Glasgow. she was the widow of curl Waddell. Her parents were the late Will and Elzada (Zade) Martin McKinney. Funeral services were held at 4:30 Sunday at the Winn Funeral Home. burial was in the Cosby Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Margoleen Sexton, Louisville; Mrs. Margie Byrd, Cave City; four sons, Wynland, Route 1, Hardyville, and Harold Lee (Tommy) Waddell, Route 2, Hardyville, Jim (Fatty) Waddell, Sellersburg, Indiana, and C.L. Waddell, clarksville, Indiana; one nephew, Delbert McKinney, Tompkinsville; 15 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sons, Calvin and Bobby. _____________________________X-Message: #4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Edith Bastin Date: 30 Aug 2002 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Kenneth Dale Bastin, 1993, Hart & Warren Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ From the Hart County News-Herald, Horse Cave, KY, 22 June 1993 Kenneth Dale Bastin, 53, died Sunday, June 13th while camping at Barren River Lake. He was a native of Hart county and plant manager for Ironwood Furniture, bowling Green and the son of the late Lloyd "Baltimore" and Lela Wilson Bastin. He is survived by wife, Marguerite "Peg" Bastin, Bowling Green; daughter, Beverly "Buffy" Stewart, rockfield; son, Dr. Kenneth Tyrone Bastin, Madison, WI; four sisters, Shirley Estes, Sheperdsville; Sarah Pennington, Horse Cave; Gail Van Arsdale, Louisville; Amanda Delonis, Colorado; two brothers, Norman Dennis Bastin, Marion, IN; billy Bastin, Gas City, IN and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 16 at the Winn Funeral Home Chapel, Horse Cave. Expressions of sympathy are asked to take the form of donations to the Arthritis Foundation and the american Lung Association. _____________________________X-Message: #5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Edith Bastin Date: 30 Aug 2002 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Ford Washington Philpott, 1983, Hart Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ From the Hart County News, Munfordville, KY, 10 March 1983: Floyd Washington Philpott, 69, Route 1, Bonnieville, died at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at Caverna Memorial Hospital in Horse Cave. He was a retired farmer, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Philpott and a member of the Cave Springs Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Polston Philpott, Route 1, Bonnieville; three daughters, Rene Childress, Brownsville, Donna Rugledge, Hardyville, Melissa Philpott, at home; two sons, Robert Philpott, Hodgenville, Danny Philpott, at home; three sisters, Mrs. goldie Hayes, Mrs. Ethel Russell and Mrs. Bertha Bryant, all of Horse Cave; two brothers, clyde Philpott, Hodgenville, Carl Philpott, Cave City; three step daughters, Wilma Dennis, Bonnieville; Bonnie Welder, Camner; Riga Riggs, Hodgenville; a step son, Harvey Logsdon, Horse Cave; 16 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Stearman Funeral Home in Munfordville with the Rev. James Jackson officiating. Burial was in the Concord Cemetery. _____________________________X-Message: #6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Edith Bastin Date: 30 Aug 2002 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Estelle Wilkerson, 1998, Hart & Jefferson Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ From the Hart Co. News-Herald, Horse Cave, KY, July 1998: Estelle L. wilkerson, 78, Louisville, died Monday morning, July 28, 1998 at Caritas Medical Center in Louisville. She was a native of Hart county, a member of Oak Hill Baptist church, a retired employee of Phillip Morris Tobacco company and the daughter of the late Ed and Mittie Waddell Brown. She is survived by her husband, Delba Wilkerson, Louisville; a brother, W.G. Brown, Munfordville; two sisters, Frances Jaggers, Louisville; Bessie Keith, Hodgenville and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Sego Funeral Home in Munfordville. burial was in the Wilkerson Temple Cemetery. _____________________________X-Message: #7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Edith Bastin Date: 30 Aug 2002 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Emmett Thomas "Uncle Tom" Polston, 1973, Hart Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ From the Hart County News, Munfordville, KY, 5 April 1973: Emmett Thomas "Uncle Tom" Polston, 98, Horse Cave, died Wednesday morning at Caverna Memorial Hospital in Horse Cave. He was a former resident of bonnieville, a retired farmer and a member of the Glen Lily Church of God of Prophecy. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Logsdon Polston, Horse Cave; a daughter, Mrs. Lillie Wheeler, Jonesville; 10 grand children, several great grand- children and great great grandchildren; three step-daughters, Mrs. Letha Polston, bonnieville; Mrs. Mary Frances Spencer, Indiana; Mrs. Ruby Philpot, Cave City; four stepsons, Paul Logsdon, Horse Cave; George Logsdon, Horse Cave; George Logsdon, Pascal; Clifford Logsdon, Indianapolis; James e. Logsdon, Bonnieville; a brother, Jeff Polston, Bonnieville. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. friday in the chapel of Hart County Funeral Home in Munfordville. Burial will be in the Concord Cemetery. _____________________________X-Message: #8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Edith Bastin Date: 30 Aug 2002 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Delba Wilkerson, 2001, Hart & Jefferson Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ From the Hart County News-Herald, Horse Cave, Ky, 13 Nov 2001: Delba Wilkerson, 86, of Louisville, formerly of Hart County, died at 6:10 a.m. Saturday morning, November 3, 2001, at the Caritas Medical Center in Louisville. He was the son of the late Mel & Lessie Philpott Wilkerson and the husband of the late Estelle Wilkerson. He was a member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include one sister, Katherine Jaggers, Munfordville; nieces and nephews. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Jake and Joe Wilkerson; and one sister, Ada Lamb. Funeral services were held at 1 pm Monday in the chapel of Sego Funeral Home with Bro. Bob Powell officiating. Burial was in the Wilkerson Temple Cemetery. Sego Funeral Home, Munfordville, was in charge of arrangements. _____________________________X-Message: #9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Edith Bastin Date: 30 Aug 2002 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: David Larkin Waddle, 1946, Hart Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ From the Hart County News, Munfordville, KY, 1946 David Larkin Waddle, age 94 years, died March 29 (1946). He was born March 25, 1852. Mr. Waddle professed faith in Christ early in life, joining the Methodist church and lived a true and devoted Christian life until death. He was married to Betty Wilkerson and to this union was born four children, three daughters and one son, all of who survive him. He is also survived by 17 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, and 8 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at Kessinger, Sunday morning, March 31, by Rev. A. G. Hodges. Burial was made in the Craddock cemetery. The following named sons of Mrs. Rosa Puckett acted as pallbearers: Howard, Clayton, Lovelace, Raymond, Romaine and William. _____________________________X-Message: #10 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Edith Bastin Date: 29 Aug 2002 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Darrell Tharpe, 1998, Hart & Hardin Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ From the Hart Co. News-Herald, Horse Cave, KY, 20 Jan 1998: Darrell Tharpe, 68, of Elizabethtown, died Wednesday, January 14, 1998 at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. He was a native of Hart county, a U.S. Army veteran, a member of American Legion Post #113 and retired from civil service at Fort Knox after working approximately 30 years. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Stokley Tharpe and Harold Tharpe and a sister, Geraldine Tharpe. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Cash Tharpe, Elizabethtown; a daughter, Deborah Jean Tharpe, Elizabethtown; a son, Mitchell Tharpe, Leitchfield; three brothers, Glenial Tharpe, Arnold Tharpe and Robert "Bobby" Tharpe, all of Elizabethtown; a sister-in-law, Jackie Pedigo, Glasgow; three granddaughters. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Brown Funeral Home in ELizabethtown with the Rev. James Jessie officiating. Burial was in Elizabethtown Memorial Gardens. Visitation was at Brown Funeral Home in Elizabethtown. _____________________________X-Message: #11 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Edith Bastin Date: 29 Aug 2002 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Betty Frances Houk Bastin, Hart & Green Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ From the Hart County News-Herald, Horse Cave, KY, 5 Feb 2002: Betty Frances Houk Bastin, 66, Cave City, died at 5:41 p.m., Sunday, January 27, at the Medical Center in Bowling Green. She was a Green County native, a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Ausbon and Margaret Thompson Houk. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Phillip Dexter Houk. Survivors include her husband, Keith Bastin, Cave City; one son, Steve Bastin, Hiseville; two duaghters, Julie Taylor, Cub Run, Sandra Parsley, Cave City; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m., Wednesday, January 30, 2002, in the chapel of Winn Funeral Home with burial in Horse Cave Municipal Cemetery. _____________________________X-Message: #12 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Edith Bastin Date: 29 Aug 2002 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Allen Waddle, 1990, Hart Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ From the Hart County News, 20 Feb 1990 Horse Cave - Allen Waddell, 78, of Route 3, died Tuesday, February 13, at Caverna Memorial Hospital. He was a member of the Clearpoint Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a retired farmer. Survivors include a sister-in-law, Lavora Gossett, Horse Cave; eight nieces, Anna Lee Ogden Jones, Margoline Sexton, Margie Burd, Wanda Weller, Jean Hedgepeth, June Burks, Barbara Steffel, and Betty Waddell; ten nephews, Glen Bastin, Keith Bastin, Don Bastin, W.R. Waddell, Harold Lee "Tommy" Waddell, James Clellon Waddell, C.L. Waddell, J.C. (Bub) Waddell, Don Waddell, and Johnnie Lee Waddell; several great-nieces and great-nephews also survive. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Winn Funeral Home with burial in the Cosby Cemetery. End of ky-footsteps-digest V02 #02-074 ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. **************************************************************************