Henry County Obituary Records -

These records are a PARTIAL extract of the Henry County Local (HCL) Obituaries. These records range from the early 1900's to the present day and were Submitted By: the contributor listed below. Not all the obituaries contained during the years of the newspaper have been extracted. Please use this information as a starting point for your own research.

This Page was Updated Monday, October 01, 2012 02:24 PM

Contributed By: E. T. "Hammer" Smith

Elmer J. McAlister

 

            Elmer J. McAlister, 84, of Pleasureville, died Friday, May 13, 2011, at Homestead Nursing Center in New Castle.  He was born in Henry County, the son of the late Minice Jones McAlister and Laura Arnold McAlister.  Mr. McAlister was a master plumber and was retired from the Henry County Water District.  He was a member of the Pleasureville Baptist Church.

            He is survived by his son: Darrell (JoAnn) McAlister, Pleasureville; his daughter: Shelia (Ray) Swenson, Keller, TX; his brother: Minice McAlister, Jr., Smithfield; his sisters: Norma Jean Heightchew and Hazel Baxter, both of Pleasureville; his granddaughter: Heather McAlister, Georgetown; and several nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Daisy Gilbert McAlister and three brothers, Elzy, Rhonald and Russell McAlister.

            Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 18th at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville.  Rev. Jerry Anderson, Pastor of the Pleasureville Baptist Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Pleasureville Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    May 18, 2011

 

 

Virginia Raisor McCardwell

 

            Virginia Raisor McCardwell, 85, of New Castle, died Sunday, May 1, 2011, at Norton Hospital in Louisville.  She was born in Midway and was the daughter of the late Rowan and Mary Tharp Raisor.  She was a homemaker and a member of the Providence Baptist Church.

          She is survived by one son: Michael T. (Phyllis) McCardwell, Shelby County; one daughter: Paula (Terry) Petree, Campbellsburg; one sister: Mildred Morrissey, San Jose, CA; three grandchildren: Katherine McCardwell, Sarah Petree and Mathew Petree; and several nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Dean McCardwell.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville.  Mr. Howard Lee Byers officiated.  Interment was in the Pleasureville Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    May 4, 2011

 

 

Albert Lee McCarthy, Sr.

 

            Albert lee McCarthy, Sr., 98, of Eminence, died Friday, July 1, 2011, at his residence.  He was a retired school teacher.  Albert was a WWII Army Veteran and an Air Medal, Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient.  He was the son of the late John William and Martha Ellen Pollard McCarthy.

            He is survived by three daughters: Mary Ellen (Leslie) Stayer, Sr., Middletown, Stacy (Andy) Mill, Goshen, and Lee Ann (Tom) Wilson, New Castle; four sons: Larry (Patricia) McCarthy, Shelbyville, Michael (Chickie) McCarthy, Troutman, NC, John McCarthy, New Castle and Albert Lee “Buck” McCarthy, Jr., Eminence; thirteen grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by two sisters: Nellie McCarthy Purvis Adams and Lillie Mae McCarthy and two brothers: Paul and John William McCarthy.

            Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 6th at Prewitt Eminence Funeral Home.  Rev. Michael Duncan, Pastor of the Eminence Baptist Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Eminence Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    July 6, 2011

 

 

Tim McClure

 

            Thomas “Tim” McClure, 54, died Saturday, May 10, 2008.  A graduate of Trinity High School and the University of Kentucky, he was the State Forest health Specialist for the Kentucky Department of Forestry, served as the Horticulture Agent for Shelby County and was the owner /operator of Buck Creek Perennials.  He was the son of the late Thomas G. and Carrie D. McClure.

            He is survived by his wife: Kricket McClure; one son: Colin McClure; two daughters: Caitlyn and Hannah McClure; and one sister: Theresa McClure.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 15th at Shannon Funeral Home, Shelbyville.  Interment was in the Resthaven Cemetery in Louisville.

 

Henry County Local    May 14, 2008

 

 

June McConnell

 

            June Mallory Redding McConnell, 87, of New Castle, died Tuesday, November 11, 2003 at her residence.  She was a native of Owen County, formerly of Louisville, the daughter of the late Walker B. and Lucy Mildred Sherfy Redding and a member of the New Castle Christian Church.

            She is survived by three daughters: Kae Crenshaw, Owenton, Linda O’Dell, Cherokee, NC, and Elizabeth Sherfy Browning, Coal City, IL; three sons: Dr. Robert Redding McConnell, Raliegh, NC, Dr. William Thomas McConnell, III, Harrison, OH, and Dr. William Holmes McConnell, Wichita, KS; seventeen grandchildren and twenty-six great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband, William T. McConnell, Jr.

            Funeral services were held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, November 14th at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Dr. Clayton Klingenfus, Pastor of the Cascade Michigan Christian Church, Grand Rapids, MI, officiated.  Interment was in the Smithfield Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    November 19, 2003

 

 

Conley McGuire

 

          Conley McGuire, 85, of Campbellsburg, died Monday, March 10, 2008 in LaGrange.  Son of the late Johnnie and Pearl Richardson McGuire, he was a member of the First Christian Church, Tarpon Springs, FL and attended the Campbellsburg Baptist Church.  He was a WWII Army Veteran.

            He is survived by one daughter: Robbie (Terry) James, Sulphur; three sons: David (Phyllis McGuire, Campbellsburg, Gordon (Priscilla) McGuire, Nashville, TN and Randy (Christy) McGuire, Chandler, IN; one sister: Nancy McConkey, Champagne, IL; one brother: Tricky McGuire, Beattyville; ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Maurine F. McGuire, two sisters, Loraine and Georgia and two brothers, Eddie and Burton.

            Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, March 13th at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Rev. Nick Coleman officiated.  Interment was in the New Castle Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    March 12, 2008

 

 

Sally McGuire

 

            Sally D. McGuire, 71, of Eminence, died Saturday, May 12, 2012, at Baptist Hospital Northeast in LaGrange.  She was the daughter of the late Robert Taylor and Maggie Rucker McGuire.

            She was survived by several nieces and nephews.

            Cremation was chosen and memorial services will be held at a later date.

            Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home was in charge of Arrangements.

 

Henry County Local    May 16, 2012

 

 

Franklin McIntosh

 

            Franklin Delano McIntosh, 68, of Shelbyville, died Friday, May 25, 2012, at Jewish Hospital, Shelbyville.  He was the son of the late Lora Monroe and Nelson McIntosh.

            He is survived by one son Franklin Douglas McIntosh, Defoe and one daughter: Lora Ann Luna, Shelbyville.

            Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 27th, at Shannon Funeral Home, Shelbyville.  Bro. Roy Temple, Jr. officiated.  Burial was in the Defoe Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    May 30, 2012

 

 

Regina McIntosh

 

            Regina Crawford “Blondie” McIntosh, 65, of LaGrange, died Thursday, January 17, 2008.

            She is survived by her children: Vince (Betty) McIntosh, Vicky (Joe) Barnes, and Nancy (Donald) Duncan; two brothers: Elliston “Shorty” Crawford and George Albert Crawford; two sisters: Mary Payton and Mildred Toombs; and two grandchildren.

            Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 20th at Heady Radcliffe Funeral Home, LaGrange.  Dr. Tommy Purvis officiated.  Interment was in the Valley of Rest Cemetery, LaGrange.

 

Henry County Local    January 23, 2008

 

 

Ralph Morgan

 

          Ralph Beckley Morgan, 76, of Fort Gay, WVA, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at the Imogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington, WVA.  He was born May 22, 1936, in Sligo, the son of the late Gurney Lee and Ola Belle Estes Morgan.  He was a controller and CFO for the Casey County Hospital and June Todd Crawford Hospital.  Ralph was a member of the Louisa Church of God.

            He is survived by his wife: Paige Hutchinson Morgan, Fort Gay, WVA; one daughter: Jessica Morgan, Fort Gay, WVA; two sons: Brian Morgan and Patrick Morgan, both of Fort Gay, WVA; four grandchildren; two brothers: Billy Morgan, Pendleton and Clyde Morgan, Pleasureville.

            Funeral services were held Friday, August 3rd at Young Funeral Home Chapel in Louisa.  Rev. Paul Stepp officiated.  Interment was in the Morgan Family Cemetery, Fort Gay, WVA.

 

Henry County Local    August 15, 2012

 

 

Drexell Sharp

 

Drexell Sharp, 69, of Turners Station, died Monday, February 16, 2009 at his residence.  He was the son of the late Henry and Ruby Holmes Sharp.       

            He is survived by his wife: Deloris Jean McAllister Sharp, Turners Station; two daughters: Robin Boyle and companion, Sean Cobb, Carrollton and Jennifer Foree (Kevin), Turners Station; two sons: Troy Sharp, Bedford and David Sharp (Rita), Port Royal; two sisters: Elizabeth Wright, Turners Station and Wanda Mahoney, Toledo, OH; two brothers: Lesley Sharp, Sun Ray, TX and Phillip Sharp; sixteen grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by two brothers, Joe Bill Sharp and Loni Sharp, two sisters: Leola Hogam and Viola “Ginny” Peyton.

            Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 20th, at Ransdell Funeral Home, Campbellsburg.  Rev. Bobby Wade officiated.  Interment was in the Turners Station Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    February 25, 2009

 

 

Ella Sharp

 

Ella Virginia “Jenny” Sharp, 85, of Cropper, died Friday, January 15, 2009 at Homestead Nursing Center in New Castle.  She was a member of the Cropper Baptist Church.

            She is survived by four daughters: Patsy Wilson and Wilma J. Sharp, both of Shelbyville, Alice Ferguson (Tom) and Erma McAllister (Mike), all of Eminence; one son: Charles A. Waldridge (Brenda), Richmond, VA; one sister: Myra Curry, Louisville; thirteen grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 17th at Shannon Funeral Home, Shelbyville.  Rev. James Cavender officiated.  Interment was in the Cropper Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    January 21, 2009

 

 

Elmer Sharp, Sr.

 

            Elmer A. “Shorty” Sharp, Sr., 87, of new Castle, died Wednesday, May 3, 2007 at Homestead Nursing Center, New Castle.  He was a member of the Cropper Baptist Church and active in the Cropper Baptist brotherhood Association.

            He is survived by his wife: Virginia Sharp, New Castle; four daughters: Patsy Wilson, Eminence, Wilma J. Sharp, Anchorage, Alice Ferguson (Thomas) and Erma McAllister (Mike) all of Eminence; one brother: Charles R. Waldridge, Richmond, VA; thirteen grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by two sons Thomas Butch Sharp and Elmer A. Sharp, Jr.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 5th at Shannon Funeral Home, Shelbyville.  Rev. James R. Cavender officiated.

 

 

Ethel “Granny” Sharp

 

Ethel “Granny” Sharp, 88, of Lockport, died Saturday, December 20, 2008.  She was the daughter of the late James Williams and Lacie Katherine Clark Holmes and a member of the Drennon Christian Church.

            She is survived by two daughters: Betty Eddins (Ronnie) Campbellsburg and Barbara Jones (Bobby), Pleasureville; four sons: Glenn Sharp, New Castle, Allie Sharp, Jr. (Shirley), LaGrange, Vernon Sharp (Carolyn) and Jerry Sharp (Betty), all of Lockport; daughter-in-law: Laverne Sharp, Lockport; fourteen grandchildren; twenty-five great grandchildren and twenty-one great-great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband: Allie Sharp, Sr., son: Jackie Sharp; two granddaughters: Susan Denise Sharp and Peggy Sue Lindsay; grandson: Gregory A. Sharp, Sr.; and great-grandson: John Sharp.

            Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 23rd, at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Bro. Shawn Golden, Pastor of the Drennon Christian Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Franklinton Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    December 24, 2008 

 

 

Greg Sharp, Sr.

 

Greg A. Sharp, Sr., 46, of new Castle, died Tuesday, September 9, 2008.  He was a member of the Drennon Christian Church.

He is survived by his son: Allen Sharp, Jr., New Castle; father: Allie Sharp, Jr. (Shirley), LaGrange; sister: Sharon Braden: Gulf Breeze, Florida; brother: Todd Sharp, Campbellsburg; grandmother: Ethel Sharp, Lockport; and three grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by one son, John Thomas Sharp and his mother, Mildred Jones Sharp.

Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 12th at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Bro. Shawn Golden, Pastor of the Drennon Christian Church, officiated.  Interment was in the New Castle Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    September 17, 2008

 

 

John Sharp

 

John Sharp, 56, of New Castle, died Thursday, July 27, 2006, at Baptist Hospital Northeast in LaGrange.  He was the son of the late Johnnie Lafon and Anna Mae Raney Sharp.

He is survived by his wife: Sandra Sharp, New Castle; three daughters: Tammy Meredith, Campbellsburg, Jennifer Tucker, Louisville and Peggy Sharp, New Castle;   

Two sons: Brian Sharp, Attala, AL and Adam Sharp, New Castle; one foster son: Daniel Moody, New Castle and thirteen grandchildren.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 31st at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Rev. Ed Berry, Pastor of the Henry Christian Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Valley of Rest Cemetery, LaGrange.

 

Henry County Local    August 2, 2006

 

 

John Thomas Sharp

 

          John Thomas Sharp, 21, of Drennon, died Sunday, August 6, 2006.  He was a graduate of Henry County High School and worked at Nationwide Fence Company.

            He is survived by his wife: Heather Sharp; daughter: April Lynn Sharp; and son: Jonathan Thomas Sharp, all of Drennon; Gregory Sharp, Sr. ( Paula) Campbellsburg; brother: Gregory Sharp, Jr., Campbellsburg; grandparents: Janna L. King and mildred Sharp, both of Campbellsburg and Allie and Shirley Sharp, LaGrange; great-grandmother: Ethel Sharp, Lockport; one niece and one nephew.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 10th at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Rev. Shawn Golden, Pastor of the Drennon Christian Church officiated.  Interment was in the New Castle Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    August 9, 2006

 

 

Mildred Sharp

 

Mildred J. Sharp, 69, of Campbellsburg, died Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at Baptist Hospital Northeast.  She was the daughter of the late Frank and Eleanor Quickert Jones member of the Drennon Christian Church.

            She is survived by one daughter: Sharon Braden (David), Gulf Breeze, FL; two sons: Greg Sharp, Jr.(Paula), Campbellsburg and Lowell Todd Sharp (Sandy), Campbellsburg; two sisters: Helen Hardin, Port Royal and Eleanora Sharp, Turners Station; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her daughter, Susan Denise Sharp, one grandson and four brothers, Melvin, Robert, Willie C. and Edwin Jones.

            Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 2nd at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Rev. Shawn Golden, Pastor of the Drennon Christian Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Port Royal Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    June 6, 2007

 

 

Ralph Sharp

 

Ralph Kenneth Sharp, 70, of Pleasureville, died Friday, September 19, 2008 at Residence of Greystone in Cincinnati, Ohio.  He was the son of the late H. T. and Lovell Brown Sharp, retired from GE and a farmer.  He was a member of the Franklinton Baptist Church.

            He is survived by his wife: Bobbye Harper Sharp, Pleasureville; one daughter: Gweneth Kyrose Sharp, Pleasureville; one brother: L. T. Sharp, Waddy; three sisters: Shirley Case, Shelbyville, Eunice Vest and Doris Jeffries, both of Louisville and several nieces and nephews.

            Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, September 22nd at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville.  Rev. Jacky Newton, Pastor of the Franklinton Baptist Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Defoe Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    September 24, 2008

 

 

Donnie Shaw

 

Donnie Lee Shaw, 65, of Eminence, formerly of Pleasureville, died Friday, December 14, 2007, at Norton Suburban Hospital, Louisville.  He was the son of the late Lennie and Rose Baldwin Shaw, a member of the New Castle First Baptist Church, a U.S. Army Veteran, a member of the Eminence Odd Fellow Lodge and a farmer.

            He is survived by his wife: Thelma R. Shaw, Eminence; two daughters: Terina Bryant, Eminence and Anita Roberson, Defoe; one son: Neil Lentini, Bethlehem; two step-sons: Tony Kurtz, Eminence and Greg Kurtz, Ft. Worth, TX; one brother: E. B. Shaw, Elmburg; seven grandchildren and three nephews.  He was preceded in death by one son, Donnie Lee Shaw, Jr. and granddaughter, Loren Beth Edwards.

            Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 16th, at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville.  Rev. Dave Charlton, Pastor of the New Castle First Baptist Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Pleasureville Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    December 19, 2007

 

 

Margaret Shay

 

            Margaret Ruth Shay, 73, of Versailles, IN, died Friday, May 16, 2008.  She was a homemaker and the daughter of the late Anthony and Dimentina Carvalho Souza.

            She is survived by two daughters: Anna Ester, Knoxville, TN and Gina Roepke, Sunman, IN; two sons: Jack Berold, Cincinnati, OH and Rick Shay, Morning View; one sister: Dianna Raposa, Orange, CA; one brother: Anthony Souza, IL; eleven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

            Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 19th, at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Rev. Bert Montgomery, Pastor of the Campbellsburg Baptist Church, officiated.  Interment was in the New Castle Cemetery.           

 

Henry County Local    May 21, 2008

 

 

Rebecca Shell

 

Rebecca Brent Shell, 93, of Campbellsburg, died Thursday, January 15, 2009.  She was the daughter of the late Oveta Adkins and Edward Walker Brent.  She attended the Cincinnati Business School for Women and was the administrator of the Henry County Clinic in Eminence for 24 years.  She was a member of the Huguenot Society, the Campbellsburg Homemakers and the Campbellsburg United Methodist Church and the DAR.

          She is survived by two daughters: Eileen Shell Hepp, Bowling Green and Carolyn Shell Wiltse, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh David Shell, one sister, Kathryn Brent Dunaway and one brother, Edward Sterling Brent.

            Memorial services were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 19th at Johnson-Vaughn-Phelps Funeral Home.

 

Henry County Local    January 21, 2009

 

 

Linda Wyatt

 

Linda Sue Wyatt, 45, of Louisville, died suddenly Friday, October 10, 2003 at her residence.  She was a native of Oldham County and the daughter of the late Quintis E. “Tuck” Raisor.

            She is survived by one daughter: Alice Marie (Mike) Riggs, Campbellsburg; one son: Timothy Wyatt, Jr., Charlestown, IN; her mother: Mary Alice Waits Raisor, Louisville; two sisters: Rebecca (Herman) Harvey and Donna Lynn Ross, both of Louisville; two brothers: Ronald A. Raisor and Chester B. Raisor, both of Smithfield; companion: Donnie Dukes, Louisville and five grandsons.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 14th at Prewitt Eminence Funeral Home.  Rev. M. L. “Bud” Harper, Louisville, officiated.  Interment was in the Point Pleasant Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    October 15, 2003