Contributed By:
E. T. "Hammer" Smith
Edith Breeden
Mrs. Edith E. Breeden, 84 of Route 1,
Campbellsburg, died Friday, March 18 at her residence. She was a native
of Owen County; formerly of Middletown, Kentucky; retired cook at
Middletown Dairy Bar; and a member of the Middletown Christian Church.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Bessie
Mefford, LaGrange, Mrs. Robert (Alberta) Graves, Worthville and Mrs.
Tommy (Claudene) Tingle, Route 1, Campbellsburg; one son, William Dallas
Bolling, Junction City, Kentucky; one sister, Mrs. Harold (Gertrude)
Mefford, Worthville, Kentucky; 17 grandchildren and 31
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Sunday, March 20th
from Prewitt Funeral Home, New Castle. Dr. Clayton Klingenfus, pastor
of the New Castle Christian Church, officiated. Interment was in the
Worthville Cemetery in Carroll County.
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Mrs. Melba Briley
Mrs. Melba Briley, 64, of Route 1, Smithfield, died
Saturday, August 20 at the Jewish Hospital, Louisville. She was a
native of Carroll County.
She is survived by her husband, Henry Briley, Route
1, Smithfield; one daughter, Mrs. Jesse (Jo Ann) Cammack, Elizabethtown;
one son, Charles T. Briley, Eminence; four sisters, Mrs. Gayle (Anne)
Hawkins, Port Royal, Mrs. John (Ada Belle) Suafford, Madison, Indiana,
Mrs. Bertha Oaker, Carrollton and Mary Meeks, Carrollton; two brothers,
John Smith, LaGrange and Benjamin Smith, Carrollton; and six
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Tuesday, August
23rd from Prewitt's, New Castle. Rev. Michael Duncan, pastor
of the Eminence Baptist Church, officiated. Interment was in the
Eminence Cemetery
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James Bruce
James H. Bruce, 75, of Carrollton, died at the
Carroll County Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Henry County; a
member of the Methodist Church; and was a labor attendant at Butler
State Park.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maude Bruce,
Carrollton; one son, Russell Bruce, Washington; one daughtyer, Vivian
Aldridge, Hardin ,Kentucky; 6 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 3rd
at the Tandy-Eckler-Darnold Funeral Home, Carrollton. Rev. W. Frank
Rhodus, officiated. Rev. W. Frank Rhodus, officiated.
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Walker Thomas
Buckner
Walker Thomas Buckner, II, 56, a resident of
Hilltop Drive, Carrollton, passed away Monday, March 14, at Norton's
Hospital in Louisville, after an illness of about a year and a half. He
owned and operated Buckner Sheet Metal and Electric Shop in Carrollton
from 1958-1971 and was most recently employed as a heating and
refrigeration instructor at the Carroll County Vocational School. He
was a past president of the Carrollton Kiwanis Club (1969-70) and the
Carroll County Jaycees and was an elder and trustee of the Carrollton
Christian Church.
Mr. Buckner was born in Franklin on May 2, 1926,
and was the son of Walker T. and Bertha Smith Buckner. He moved to
Carrollton in 1958.
He is survived by his wife, the former Dorothy
Martin, Bowling Green; two daughters, Mrs. Julie Stewart, Carrollton and
Mrs. Janice Chilton, Campbellsburg; one son, Walker Buckner, III,
Mobile, Alabama; a brother, Richard Buckner, Louisville; and five
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Thomas
Phelps on Wednesday, March 16, at 2 p.m., at the E. P. Gentry Funeral
Home. Burial was in the Carrollton I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
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Justine Campbell
Justine Tandy Campbell, Ghent, died Monday, March
28 at her residence. She was the widow of John Thomas Campbell,
formerly of Campbellsburg. She was a member of the Ghent Christian
Church and a clerk there for many years; a member of the Caby M. Froman
Club of Ghent; the DAR; the Port William Historical Society; and the
retired Teachers of Carroll County. She was a graduate of Simmons
College in Boston; had a Masters Degree from the University of
Cincinnati; and was Supervisor of Education in the Carroll County
Schools for eight years. She taught in the Ghent School and in the
University of Cincinnati.
She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held March 31 at the Ghent
Christian Church. Rev. Randy Chemberlin officiated. Interment was in
the Ghent Cemetery.
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Darlene Chisholm
Darlene Marie Chisholm, 24 of Route 6, Shelbyville,
died Wednesday, February 23rd at the King’s Daughters
Hospital, Shelbyville, after an illness. She was a member of the New
Castle Christian Church and formerly of Henry and Carroll Counties.
She is urvived by her mother: Mrs. Vernon (Ruth)
Dixon Mahoney, Route 6, Shelbyville; her father, Sterling Chisholm,
Route 1, Pleasureville; two sons: Chris and Joseph Chisholm, both of
Route 6, Shelbyville; four step-sisters: Annie Marie Evans, Route 1,
Pleasureville; Mrs. Donnie (Mary Lou) Moore, Route 1, Sulphur; Mrs.
George (Lisa Ann) Shipler, Norwood, Ohio; and Pam K. Mahoney, Valley
Station; three step-brothers: Edward (Buck) Evans, Bedford; Forrest
Evans, Route 1, Sulphur; David Lee Evans, Pleasureville.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday,
February 25th from Prewitt’s, New Castle. Rev. Ted Shouse,
pastor of Christ Ambassador Church, Shelbyville, officiated. Interment
was in the Point Pleasant Cemetery.
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Jack Chowning
Jack Chowning, age 52, of Carrollton, died Friday,
January 21, 2005 in Carrollton. He was retired from Dow Corning
Chemical Company in Carrollton, attended Owenton Christian Church, a
member of the Sons of American Legion in Carrollton and of Emergency
Hazmat Response Team for Carroll County, and son of the late Jeffrey
David “J. D.” Chowning and Martha Chowning.
He is survived by his wife: Judy Ann Kindoll
Chowning, Carrollton; one daughter: Joanna Beth Chowning, Carrollton;
two sons, Jared Wayne Chowning, Louisville and Jeffrey Everett Chowning,
Campbellsburg, two brothers: Marshall Scott Chowning and David “Muffett”
Chowning, both of Carrollton; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday,
January 25 at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Rev. Chris
White officiated. Interment was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Carrollton.
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Judy Taylor Cox
Mrs. Judy Taylor Cox, age 46, of Murfreesboro,
Tennessee, died suddenly Wednesday, August 15, at the Baptist Hospital,
Nashville, Tennessee. She was a native of Carroll County. She was
Assistant Principal at Mitchell-Neilson Elementary and Primary Schools
in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She was a member of the First Baptist
Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
She is survived by her mother: Irene Hawkins
Taylor, Carrollton; one daughter: Shannon Lynn Cox, Murfreesboro,
Tennessee; one son, Darrin Taylor Cox, Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and two
brothers: Richard Vernon Taylor, Carrollton and Russell Taylor,
Carrollton.
Graveside services were held at 5 p.m. Saturday,
August 18, at the Port Royal Cemetery. Officiated by Rev. Tom Nefford,
Pastor of the Georgetown Christian Church, Georgetown. Prewitt Funeral
Home , New Castle, was in charge of arrangements.
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Mary Craig
Mary Lou Chandler Craig, age 59 of Turners Station,
died Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at the Carroll County Memorial
Hospital. She was a member of the American Legion, the Moose Lodge, a
member of the White’s Run Baptist Church, a daughter of the late Gus
Estill and Wilma Evelyn Banks Chandler and a homemaker.
She is survived by her husband: David Craig,
Carrollton; two stepsons: David Keith Craig and Troy Allen Craig, both
of Carrollton; one sister: Linda Luhn, Scipio, Indiana; two brothers:
Jimmy Chandler, Worthville and Charlie Chandler, Gas City, Indiana and
several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two brothers
and one sister.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday,
January 13 at the Graham- Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton. Rev. Scott
Williams officiated. Interment was in the Carrollton I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
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