Casey County Obituaries |
Contributed By: Tanya Sweet
George
Atwood
George Atwood, 48, of Seymour died at 5:17 a.m. Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, at his home. The funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at Voss Chapel in Seymour with the Rev. Frank Holt officiating. Calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from noon until service time Thursday. Burial will be at Cana Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society or Hospice of Schneck Medical Center in Seymour. Mr. Atwood is survived by his mother, Ada M. McFarland Atwood; his wife, Rose M. Abner Atwood; children, George Adam Atwood and Ashley Elizabeth Atwood; five grandchildren; a brother, Willie Lyle (Melissa) Atwood; and sisters, Nettie Elizabeth Atwood, Emma Plisko, Wilma (Herb) Taylor, Anna (Tom) Bishop, Lana Peyton, Martha (Bob) Malone, Theresa (Bob) Vondielingen, Nancy (Brad) Goben and Sue M. Smith. He was preceded in death by his father, Willie Lee Atwood. Gracie E. Taylor, 84, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, in Greenwood. She was a resident of Greenwood. Survivors include three sons, Phillip, Tony and Darrell Taylor; seven daughters, Rita Samuels, Roberta Jones, Jerri Dykes, Janice Flaugher, Gloria Byard, Karen Davis and Sheila Taylor; two sisters, Joyce Atwood and Velma Allen; 25 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Ida (Hughett) Derringer; her husband, Ausbie Taylor; five brothers; and three sisters. A funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Forest Lawn Funeral Home, 1977 S. State Road 135, Greenwood. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in Greenwood. Bobby Joe Atwood, 68, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, at Casey County Memorial Hospital in Liberty, Ky. He was a resident of Liberty. Survivors include three sons, Randy, Robert and Chris Atwood, all of Liberty; three brothers, Junior Atwood of Harrison, Ohio, Roger Atwood of Richmond, Ky., and Gerald Atwood of Cincinnati; three sisters, Marie Reeves of Franklin, Kathleen Shanklin of Liberty and Diann Hamm of Russell Springs, Ky.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clay and Nettie Atwood; a brother, J.C. Atwood; and four sisters, Irene Powell, Freda Santee, Julie Thompson and Joyce Roberts. The Rev. Glenn Singleton will conduct a funeral service at McKinney-Brown Funeral Home in Liberty.
Willie Lee Atwood, 52, father of Mrs. Tom Bishop of Route 3, died Sunday at the Johnson county Memorial hospital in Franklin. He lived on Morgantown route 1 and was a watchmaker at the Bertlesen shop in Martinsville. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Chestnut Grove Baptist church in Liberty, Ky. Persons may call today at the Flinn and Maguire funeral home in Franklin and Tuesday until time of services at the Bartell funeral home in Liberty. Mr. Atwood had been living on Morgantown route 1 for eight years
and prior to that had lived in Liberty. Surviving with his daughter
are his wife,the former Ada McFarland whom he married March 14,
1939; his mother, Mrs. Nettie Brown of Liberty; 13 other sons and
daughters, Mrs. Emma Plisko of Greenwood, Edward Atwood and Mrs.
Wilma Burton both of Morgantown route 1 and Lana, Wayne, Billy,
Linda, Martha, Theresa, Nancy, Elizabeth, George and Sue Atwood, all
at home; a half brother, Jeff Brown of Liberty; a half sister, Mrs.
Paul Carman of Jal, N. Mex.; two stepbrothers, Elmer and Grover
Brown; a stepsister, Mrs. Mamie Meade and seven grandchildren. Willie Lee Atwood, 52, father of Mrs. Tom Bishop of Route 3, died
Sunday at the Johnson county Memorial hospital in Franklin. He lived
on Morgantown route 1 and was a watchmaker at the Bertlesen shop in
Martinsville. |