KENTUCKY ADVOCATE, Danville, Kentucky, Sunday, December 18, 1988 Deaths J. Robert Downey Sr. MORELAND James Robert Downey 62, of 219 Stanford Danville, died at 6:45 p.m. Friday at Garrard County Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. He operated Danville Monument Co.
for 25 years. Born in Casey County on Oct. 12, 1926, he was the son of the late William Howard and Alma Graham Downey. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Broadway, Danville. A 32nd-Degree Mason, he was a member of Franklin Masonic Lodge, and the Scottish Rite.
Survivors include two sons, Jim Downey of Danville and Timothy Downey, both of Danville; a brother, William Downey of San Pablo, a sister, Patricia Ann Jones of Danville. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at W.L. Pruitt Funeral Home, Moreland, by the Rev. Paul Tolliver.
Burial will be in Hustonville Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Herschel McKinley, Floyd Peyton, Reed Reese, Otis Ford, Don Norvell and Allen Edwards. Visitation is from 2 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Masonic rites will be held at 7 tonight at the funeral home.
Zada C. Jones WHITLEY CITY Zada Crabtree Jones of Memphis, died Friday after a long illness. She was the sister of Mrs. Hoyt Williams of Danville. Born in McCreary County, she was the daughter of the late D.T.
and Jane Martin Crabtree. Additional survivors include two other sisters, Myrtle Duncan of Lake City, and Ruth Englerth of Wilmot, a brother, Lloyd Crabtree of Mansfield, Ohio; and two sons, Norman Stephens of Memphis, and Glenn Stephens of Milton, Fla. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at McCreary County Funeral Home, Whitley City. Burial will be in Pine Knot Cemetery.
Ruby Cooley LIBERTY Ruby Cooley, 60, of Broughton Hills Apartments died Friday at her home. Born May 10, 1928, she was the News daughter of the late Edward and Mattie Shelton Rigney. She was the widow of Earl Cooley. Survivors include a son, Mike Cooley of Liberty; a grandson; three brothers, Earl Rigney of Lexington, Harrison Rigney of Louisville and Ed Rigney of Memphis, and two sisters, Grace Harmon of Illinois and Mary Vina Hanna of Murfreesboro, Tenn. The funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m.
today at McKinney-Brown Funeral Home, Liberty. Burial will be at Glenwood Cemetery. Visitation is at the funeral home. Timothy D. Douglas LAWRENCEBURG Timothy Dale Douglas, 3-week-old son of Ronnie Gayle and Joy Lavane Hicks Douglas of Wheat School Road, Salvisa, died Friday at his home.
The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. today at Gash Memorial Chapel, Lawrenceburg. Lucretia Emerson LIBERTY Lucretia Emer- son, 92, formerly of Liberty, died Friday at Elizabethan Nursing Home, Elizabethtown. Born in Casey County on Nov. 23, 1897, she was the daughter of the late Solomon and Mary Elizabeth Godbey Bastin.
She was a homemaker and a member of Mount Olive Christian Church. She was the widow of James H. Emerson. Survivors include five sons, Carlos and Harold Emerson, both of Elmwood Ohio, Charles Emerson of Tampa, Jesse D. Emerson of Redding, Ohio, and Johnnie Emerson of Norwood, Ohio; two daughters, Virgie Tedder of Hodgensville and Gertrude Russell of Norwood, Ohio; a brother, Quincy Bastin of the Mount Olive community; a sister, Amanda Caudill of Waynesburg; 19 grandchildren; and 22 greatgrandchildren; and two greatgreat-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 1p.m. Monday at Bartle Funeral Home, Liberty, by the Rev. Dwight Coffman. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Visitation is after 5 p.m.
today at the funeral home. In Boyle County Woodlawn concert is Monday Woodlawn Elementary School's Christmas concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the gymnasium of Boyle County Middle School. It is free and open to the public. Each grade will perform two Christmas selections.
The finale will feature the Woodlawn Special Singers from grades 3-5. They have Emerson entitled, "Christmas as For Two," has five songs. rehearsed before and after school to prepare, a a a new work by Roger Curtis files for re-election Magistrate Martin G. Curtis has filed for re-election to the first district seat on Boyle County Fiscal Court. Curtis filed his candidacy papers for the May Democratic primary Friday in the Boyle County clerk's office.
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Main St. 236-9621 Clyde Hardin HARRODSBURG Clyde Hardin, 75, of 119 E. Broadway died Saturday at his home. Survivors include his wife, Bessie Hardin. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Alexander and Royalty Funeral Home, Harrodsburg.
Kenneth Sexton HARRODSBURG Kenneth Sexton, 54, of Poteet Street died Friday at Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, after an illness. Born in Mercer County, he was the son of the late George and Julia Jenkins Sexton. Survivors include a brother, Dan Sexton of Harrodsburg; and a sister, Maryrose Sexton of Harrodsburg. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m.
Monday at Alexander and Royalty Funeral Home, Harrodsburg, by the Rev. Greg Ison. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Visitation is after 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Curtis Trailor ly of Hustonville, died Thursday at Summit Manor Nursing Home, RUSSELL SPRINGS Curtis Trailor, 66, of Jamestown, former- Columbia. Born in Casey County on Sept. 30, 1922, he was the son of the late Daniel and Oma Cox Trailor. He had owned Trailor's Service Station and drove a school bus for 33 years. Survivors include his wife, Lucille Burger Trailor; two daughters, Linda Russell of Hustonville and Jeannie Phillips of Jupiter, seven stepdaughters, Helen Whittaker, Martha Harlow and Beulah Whittaker, all of Harrodsburg, Nora Sims of wood, Sue Moss of Perryville Florida, Glenna a Sallee of Greenand Rebecca Shearer of Hustonville; a brother, Lawrence Trailor of Hustonville; two sisters, Cleo Sears of Hustonville and Maydell Mullins of Junction City; 17 stepgrandchildren; and 19 stepgreat-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. today at H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapel, Jamestown, by Dale Gessart. Burial will be in Hustonville Cemetery. Carl Whited LIBERTY Carl Whited, 68, of Liberty died Friday at Casey County War Memorial Hospital.
Born Jan. 3, 1920, in Casey County, he was the son of the late Charlie and Ida Derringer Whited. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and had been a steelworker in Cincinnati. He was a member of New Testament Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Gladys Odle of Matoaka, W.Va., and Paula Fry of Cincinnati; a stepson, Lester Roy of Cincinnati; a stepdaughter, Patsy Hermes of Miamitown, Ohio; four brothers, Ira and Home Whited, both of Columbus, Harold Whited of Taylorsville, and Jerry Whited of Elizabethtown, and six sisters, Rilda Coppage and Mabel Allen, both of Liberty, Pauline Richardson of Morrow, Ohio, Nellie Goode of Danville, Jane Lee of Columbus, and Ida Lee Woods of Danville.
The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Bartle Funeral Home, Liberty, by the Revs. Jerry Adams and Dwight Coffman. Burial will be in Whited Cemetery. Visitation is after 6 p.m.
Sunday at the funeral home. Alicia Y. Smith HARRODSBURG Alicia Christine Yeaste Smith, 38, of 466 Ashley Drive died Friday at 7:40 a.m. at Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, after a long illness. Born in Mercer County on Sept.
20, 1950, she was the daughter of Leroy and Catherine Dunn Yeaste of Harrodsburg. She was a member of Centennial Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Survivors i include her husband, John W. Smith III; a daughter, Karen Denise Smith, at home; son, Donald Wayne Smith, 'at home; a stepson, Scotty Anthony Bottoms of Harrodsburg; four sisters, Sarah Mae Ellis of Lexington and Carol Frances Short, Catherine Ann Wheat and Bobbi Jo Yeaste, all of Harrodsburg; five brothers, William Bo, Robert George Lee, Steve Lawrence and Nick R. Yeaste, all of Harrodsburg; and a stepbrother, David Lee Payne of Lexington.
The funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Centennial Baptist Church, Harrodsburg, by the Rev. L.L. Garr. Burial will be in Decorating contest in Junction JUNCTION CITY Residents of Junction City are urged to decorate their homes as part of a community Christmas celebration.
To add to the festivities, several members from various churches are forming a group to carol around town. Judging will take place between 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 23. No formal entry is necessary.
All decorated houses will be judged. Senior citizens who cannot do extensive outside decorating can take part by decorating a door or window. Beverly Cox, who is coordinating the decorating contest, said the citywide event gives everyone a chance to "decorate your home and let your spirit Charge dismissed A charge of second-degree criminal mischief against Wilfred Bowling of 300 Nichols Terrace was dismissed last week in Boyle District Court. ICE ON ICE A LITTLE ICE CAN CAUSE A HEATWAVE IN DECEMBER. Pour on the ice.
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Bess, David Lee Payne, Benjamin Stokes, Carl Walker, Cecil Smith, Alex Sanders, James Gus Parks and Tim Best. Honorary pallbearers will be Michael VanDyke, Wayne Bugg, Jerry McGinnis, Wally Bottoms, Robert Bean and Steve Smith. Visitation is from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the church. Parks Funeral Home, Harrodsburg, is in charge of arrangements.
Margaret R. Yocum HARRODSBURG Margaret Rosaline Yocum, 32, of Cogar Avenue died Friday at James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital after an illness. Born in Taylorsville, she was the daughter of Elmore Middleton of Mercer County and Margaret Hoskins Middleton of Shelbyville. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church.
Additional survivors include her husband, Sidney C. Yocum; two sons, Roy Dale and William K. Lutes, both of Harrodsburg; a stepdaughter, Cindy G. Yocum of Harrodsburg; four sisters, Mrs. Nelson (Elaine) Lutes of Shelbyville, Mrs.
Delbert (Joyce) Lutes of Pleasureville, Betty Lutes of Harrodsburg and Mrs. Bill (Peggy) Bottoms of Burgin; and three brothers, Roger, Ronnie and Joseph Middleton, all of Shelbyville. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Ransdell Funeral Chapel, Harrodsburg, by the Rev. James Harley.
Burial will be in Ebenezer Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bill Bottoms, Bill Harris, Nelson and Delbert Lutes, Bo Logue and James A. Logue. Honorary pallbearers will be Christopher and Jimmy Lutes, Sherman Sires, Bobby Bell, Randall Lewis and Travis Logue. Visitation is after 2 p.m.
today at the funeral home. Funerals A. Murrell Byrd LIBERTY The funeral of Ansel Murrell Byrd, 55, of the Gilpin community will be held at 1 p.m. today at Bartle Funeral Home, Liberty, by the Rev. Woodrow Damron.
Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery. He died Thursday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Lexington. He owned Byrd's Grocery in the Gilpin community. Born Oct. 19, 1933, in Casey County, he was the son of Zella Lay Byrd of Casey County and the late Freddie Byrd.
He was a veteran of the Korean War. Additional survivors include his wife, Anita June Ellison Byrd; two daughters, Jacqueline McCormick of Gamaliel and Jennifer Sue Byrd of Liberty; a son, Michael Byrd of Indianapolis; five brothers, Truman Byrd of Cincinnati, T.C. and Leeman Byrd, both of Liberty, Librun Byrd of the Bethelridge community and Harold Byrd of Erlanger; two sisters, Shirley Luster of Cincinnati and Cathy Hines of Liberty; and two grandchildren. Visitation is at the funeral home. Byrd's middle name was incorrect Friday due to wrong information given the newspaper.
Farris F. Combs STANFORD The funeral of Farris Fox Combs, 75, of Jamestown, Ohio, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Fox Funeral Home, Stanford, by the Rev. Elmore Ray. Burial will be in Buffalo Springs Cemetery.
Combs died Thursday in Dayton, Ohio. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the American Cancer THE KENTUCKY ADVOCATE The Kentucky -Advocate USPS 292-800 Published Sunday by Advocate Communications, 330 S. Fourth Street, Danville, Kentucky. Second class postage paid at Danville, Kentucky. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication and not otherwise of all news dispatches credited to this paper and also the local news published herein.
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Ask someone who's far from home (or has no home) to share your Christmas dinner Use your mistletoe generously thank you a lot Pick someone up and take them with you to Christmas services out bread crumbs for the birds and nuts for the squirrels and take time to notice the beauty of nature Invite someone who has no fireplace over to enjoy yours up your 1989 Calendars at your convenience at our place. the little kids in your neighborhood build their first snowman (if there's snow) someone you love them Realize that people are the gifts of this life and be thankful at everybody the people you care about that you love them Merry Christmas from the people who care all year long. Stith Funeral Home 318 WEST BROADWAY PHONE 236-2113 MEMBER BY INVITATION NATIONAL SELECTED MORTICIANS Member Kentucky Funeral Directors Burial AssociationPolicies Sold By Commonwealth Lite Insurance Co..
