OBIT: Jon Pancake , July 24, 1995, McCracken Co., Kentucky Contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by: "Kelly Courtney-Blizzard" Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:56:59 -0400 **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ****************************************************************************** July 24, 1995 Jon Pancake of Eddyville, vice chairman of the state Republican Party, died Saturday evening at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah of an apparent heart attack. He was 43. Pancake had been Republican chairman of the 1st Congressional District for three years before being elevated to state vice chairman early last month by Larry Forgy, the party's nominee for governor. "Jon Pancake represented politics at its best -- an exercise in civic responsibility," Forgy said yesterday. "He moved people not out of personal ambition, but out of dedication to causes and beliefs he held dear. He was truly one of the most fair-minded men I have ever known." The state party's senior elected official, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, said Pancake was an effective leader who will be greatly missed. Pancake recently started his own law practice in Eddyville after working for 14 years in the Paducah firm of Hardy, Terrell, Boswell & Sims. He is survived by his wife, Becky, and an 8-year-old daughter, Courtney. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Grand Rivers United Methodist Church in Grand Rivers, with burial in Rolling Hills Cemetery in Eddyville. Visitation will be at Lakeland Funeral Home in Eddyville from 4 to 9 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow.