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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. |
Contributed By: E. T. "Hammer" Smith
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Louise Baugh Truman, age 92, of Pleasureville, died Wednesday, October 20, 2004 at Homestead Nursing Center. She was a member of the Women’s Missionary Union, a homemaker, oldest member of Pleasureville Baptist Church, and daughter of the late George T. and Laura Sheehan Baugh. She is survived by one daughter, Ellen Truman Rynes, Eminence; two sons: Wendell T. Truman, Pleasureville; Harry L. Truman, Louisville; 12 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey R. Truman, her daughter, Phyllis Truman West, and one brother. Funeral services were held Saturday, October 23, 2004 at 11 a.m. at Sholar Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Anderson and Rev. Mark Combs, Pleasureville Baptist Church officiated. Special music was provided by Todd and Cathy Toole. Burial was in Pleasureville Cemetery. Henry County Local October 27, 2004 Graveside services were held Thursday, February 24 at the Pleasureville Cemetery for the infant daughter of Eddie and Lora Baxter of Bagdad. Other survivors are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mahuron, Louisville and Mr. and Mrs. William Baxter, Eminence. Henry County Local March 4, 1983 Debbie Adcock Baxter passed away at age 44 on Saturday, November 13, 1999 at LaGrange, Kentucky. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 16, 1999 at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home. Rev. Todd G. Woodward officiated. Interment in the New Castle Cemetery. Funeral program from Prewitt Funeral Home Everett Carter Baxter, age 68 of Turners Station died Friday, June 24, 2005 at University of Louisville Hospital. He was the son of the late Harvey and Pearl Lindell Baxter, a tool and die machinist and member of Port Royal Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Betty Yvonne Ransdell Baxter, Port Royal; two daughters: Mrs. Joel (Cindy) Smith, Nashville, Tennessee; Sandy Baxter, Port Royal; two sons: Barry Baxter, Turners Station; Garry Baxter, New Castle; two sisters: Susie Payton, Port Royal; Lucy Quire, Pleasureville; two brothers: Dennis Baxter, Campbellsurg; Harvey Baxter, Jr., Pleasureville; and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three sisters. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 27 at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home. Rev. Carl Rucker, pastor of Port Royal Baptist Church, officiated. Interment was in Port Royal Cemetery. Henry County Local June 29, 2005 Harvey S. Baxter, Sr., age 90 of Route 1, Turners Station, died Friday, April 1st at his residence. He was a native of Shelby County; a retired farmer; and member of the Port Royal Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Lindell Baxter, Route 1, Turners Station; three daughters, Mrs. Leonard (Lillian) Wilson, Eminence, Mrs. Cecil (Lucy) Quire, Pleasureville and Mrs. David (Susie) Payton, Turners Station; three sons, Dennis Baxter, Campbellsburg, Harvey Baxter, Jr., Smithfield and Everett Baxter, Turners Station; one sister, Mrs. Hallie Harlow, Frankfort; one Brother, Celester Baxter, Bethlehem; 31 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held 3 p.m. Sunday, April 3rd from Prewitt’s Funeral Home, New Castle. Rev. Bob Green, pastor of Port Royal Baptist Church, officiated, assisted by Rev. Robert Couey, pastor of White Run Baptist Church, Carrollton. Interment was in the Defoe Cemetery. Henry County Local April 7, 1983 James E. Baxter, Jr. passed away in his 46th year on Tuesday, April 7, 1992 at Naples, Florida. Memorial services were held 11 a.m. Monday, April 13, 1992 at Prewitt Funeral Home in New Castle. Lin Powell officiated, assisted by Father John Lesousky. Funeral program from Prewitt Funeral Home Mrs. Mary Foree Baxter, 66, of Pendleton, died Thursday, August 16the at the Highland Baptist Hospital, Louisville. She was a native of Trimble County and a member of the Sulphur Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband, Mr. G. D. Baxter, Pendleton; one daughter, Mrs. Mike (Patty) Tracy, Shelbyville; one son, Mr. Donald R. Baxter, Louisville; her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Foree, Bedford; four sisters, Mrs. Lenora Barnett, Campbellsburg, Mrs. Frances Newman, Louisville, Mrs. George (Warrena) Reid, Louisville and Mrs. Chester (Anita) Herron, Bradfordsville, KY.; four brothers, John Foree, Jericho, Kenneth Foree, Bedford, Joseph Lynn Foree, Bedford, William Foree, Louisville; four grandchildren; and one great-grandson. Funeral services were held 1 p.m. Saturday, August 18th at Prewitt’s Funeral Home, New Castle. Rev. Ray Snider, pastor of the Sulphur Methodist Church, officiated. Interment was in the Sulphur Cemetery. Henry County Local August 23, 1984 Neppie Anslie Berry Baxter, age 100, of Louisville, formerly of Henry County, passed away on Thursday, May 25, 2006 at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Lillian Harris Berry, retired after 30 years as a teacher for various schools in Port Royal, Lockport, Elkhorn in Frankfort, Sulphur and LaGrange. She was a member of Frankfort Baptist Church and Worthville Chapter of the Eastern Star. She is survived by two daughters: Mrs. Al Cleve (Evelyn Dean) Davis, Mt. Washington; Mrs. Roy Leon (Jean) Ricketts, Louisville; two sons: Morris Baxter, Jr., and wife Fran, Rockville, MD; Robert E. Baxter and wife Dorothy, Louisville; eight grandchildren: Stacey Dawn Wilson, Roy Michael Ricketts, Becky Baxter Ricketts, Robert Wayne Baxter, Robin Carol Pullias, Laura Louise Baxter, Anslie Jean Baxter, Helen Adele Southworth, and eleven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Morris Baxter and one grandson, Robert Gerald Baxter. Funeral services will be today (Wednesday, May 31) at 2 p.m. at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home. Rev. Nick Coleman, Sulphur, will officiate. Burial will be in Sulphur Cemetery. Henry County Local May 31, 2006 Martha Ellen Gividen was born August 1, 1855, and was married to Pryor Hayden, November 26, 1873. To this union was born two children, William and Scottie, who still survive. After the death of Mr. Hayden, she was married to Pascal Baxter, March 23, 1887. She departed this life February 12, 1904, being 48 years, 4 months and 11 days old. Mrs. Baxter had been afflicted with rheumatism for thirteen years, from which she had suffered constantly every day. Henry County Local February 12, 2004 Patty Lou Greenwood Baxter passed away at age 73 on Friday, January 7, 1994 at LaGrange, Kentucky. Funeral services were held 2 p.m., Monday, January 10, 1994 at Prewitt Funeral Home in New Castle. Rev. Garnett Slone officiated. Interment was in the Sulphur Cemetery. Funeral program from Prewitt Funeral Home Mr. Ludie Foster Beard, 88, died Saturday, November 24th at the Trimble Nursing Center, Bedford. He was formerly of Campbellsburg; a retired farmer; retired restaurant operator; and a member of the Bedford Pentecostal Church. He is survived by two sons, Brown Beard, Carrollton and Kenneth Lee Beard, Louisville; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Johnson, Campbellsburg and Mrs. Evelyn Barrickman, Pendleton; one sister, Mrs. Ella Griffith, Carrollton; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and 4 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 27th at the Ransdell Funeral Home, Bedford. Rev. Paul Perry, Rev. John Chandler and Rev. Bob Speagle, officiated. Interment was in the Bedford I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Henry County Local November 29, 1984 Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Beard 88, of the Trimble County Nursing Center, died there Saturday, April 14th, 1984. She was a member of the Bedford Pentecostal Church. She is survived by her husband, Ludie Beard, Trimble County Nursing Center; two sons, Joseph (Brown) Beard, Carrollton and Kenneth Lee Beard, St. Matthews; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Johnson, Campbellsburg and Mrs. Evelyn Barrickman, Pendleton; one brother, Arthur Mefford, Van Nuys, California; one sister, Mrs. Maude Jones, LaGrange; 12 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, 1984 at the Ransdell Funeral Home, Bedford. Rev. Paul Perry and Rev. John Chandler, officiated. Interment was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Bedford. Henry County Local April 19, 1984 Viola Reid Beard passed away at age 86 Friday, May 2, 1997 at LaGrange, Kentucky. Funeral services were at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, May 4, 1997 at Prewitt Funeral Home, New Castle. Rev. Garnett Slone and Rev. Jerry Stanley, officiated. Funeral program from Prewitt Funeral Home Forest Beckley, 69 of Pleasureville, died Saturday, April 17th at his residence after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Pleasureville Christian Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Hellice Beckley, Pleasureville; one daughter, Mrs. Morris (Lois) Johnson, Louisville; one son, Edwin Sherwood Beckley, Orlando, Florida; one brother, Jim Beckley, Route 1, Pleasureville; 7 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Monday, April 19th from Prewitt’s New Castle. Rev. Stephen S. Bentley, pastor of the Pleasureville Christian Church, officiated. Interment was in the Pleasureville Cemetery. Henry County Local April 22, 1982 Mrs. Katherine Simpson Beckley, 83, of Frankfort, died Tuesday, October 29 at her residence. She was a native of Henry County, the widow of the former Clarence Beckley. She is survived by two sons, Clarence Beckley, Frankfort and Paul Beckley, Lexington; one sister, Mrs. Jim Newby, Sulphur; three stepchildren, Sam Beckley, Silver Springs, Maryland, Ida Mae Hayden, Eminence, and James R. Beckley, Turner Station; five step-grandchildren; and one grandson. Funeral services were held 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 1st at Rogers Funeral Home in Frankfort. Interment was in the Frankfort Cemetery. Henry County Local November 7, 1985 Larry Ray Beckley, age 52 of Pleasueville, died Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at his residence. He was the son of the late Joe and Mary Edith Walker Beckley, Baptist by faith and a farmer. He is survived by his wife, Vivian Montgomery Beckley, Pleasureville; one son, Larry Joe Beckley, Pleasureville; four daughters: Stephanie Stewart, Cropper; Robin Stephens, Gamaliel; Donna Reardon, Owenton; Jessica Clark, New Castle; Three brothers: Joe Beckley, Jr., Trimble County; Wayne Beckley and Bobby Beckley, both of Pleasureville; three sisters: Wanda B. Maddox and Jean Wilson, both of Cincinnati, Sue Allen, Pleasureville; nine grandchildren and several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral services were held at noon on Friday, May 19 at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville. Rev. Ed Berry, Henry Christian Church, officiated. Interment was in the Cropper Cemetery. Henry County Local May 24, 2006 Mr. James Morrison Beckley, age 74, of Pleasureville died Saturday, January 15, 1994 at Jewish Hospital Louisville. He was a member of Cropper Christian Church and a retired farmer. He is survived by his wife, Roselyn Dunavan Beckley, Pleasureville; three sons: Darrell Beckley, Terry Beckley and Bill Beckley, all of Pleasureville; three daughters: Deane Doyle, Shelbyville; Leta Roberts, Elmburg; and Deba Jesse, Waddy; one brother, Joe Beckley, Pleasureville; one sister, Mae Workman, Marysville, Ohio; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Services were held Thursday, January 20 at Sholar-Thomas Funeral Home, Pleasureville. Rev. Ed Parker, Pleasureville Baptist Church, officiated. Graveside services were at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 22, at Pleasureville Cemetery. Henry County Local (No date) Wilma Tingle Beckley, age 82 of Campbellsburg, died Friday, June 9, 2006, at Baptist Hospital Northeast in LaGrange. She was a member of Turners Station Christian Church and daughter of the late Roy Bryan and Clara Aldridge Tingle. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jerry C. (Debra) Briscoe, Lawrenceburg; two sons: James Coleman Beckley, Louisville; Keith Beckley, Centerfield; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Beckley, two sisters and one brother. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 13 at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home. Rev. Carl Rucker, pastor of Port Royal Baptist Church officiated, assisted by Rev. Earl Wayne Perry, pastor of Sligo Baptist Church. Interment was in Port Royal Cemetery. Henry County Local June 14, 2006 Mrs. Marie Clackey Beetum, 87 died 3:01 a.m. April 5 at Milburn, Kentucky. She is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Jeanett McAllister and Mrs. Virginia Haley of Ft. Mitchell, Mrs. Marjorie Dooley, Campbellsburg, Mrs. Dorothy Sutton, Covington, Mrs. Elizabeth Skelding, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Georgia Tumerink, Carrollton; three sons, Tom Beetum, St. Petersburg, Florida, Ed. Beetum, Florence and Ray Beetum, Milburn; 20 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were 10 a.m. Monday at the Dunn-Graham Funeral Home, Carrollton conducted by Barnett Funeral Home with Rev. Lindsay officiating. Burial was in the Turners Station Cemetery. Henry County Local April 11, 1974 Raymond Beetem Raymond Hart Beetem, age 76, of Alexandria, died Saturday, March 26 at Northern Kentucky Hospice. He was retired from Don’s Crankshaft in Cincinnati. He is survived by one son, Raymond Beetem, Jr., Peach Grove; three daughters: Diane Schweitzer and Georgia Barry, both of Alexandria; Terri Johnson, Crestview; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Ruth Perry Beetem. Funeral services will be from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. today (Wednesday, March 30) at Ransdell Funeral Home, Campbellsburg. Interment will be in Turners Station Cemetery, Turners Station. Henry County Local March 30, 2005 Lloyd W. Begley, age 71, of Pleasureville, formerly of Winchester, died Saturday, March 31, 2001 at Vencor Hospital, Louisville after a long illness. He was a native of Powell County, the son of the late C. B. and Ethel Evans Begley, a retired employee of Louisville General Electric for 30 years, and a member of First Church of God, Winchester. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude Kerr Begley, Pleasureville; one daughter, Mrs. Fletcher (Sharon) Shouse, Eminence; one son, Larry W. Begley, Louisville; four sisters: ruth McElro, Winchester; Emmajean Lucas, Warren, Michigan; Mrs. Beckner (Frances) Shimfessel, Pilot View; and Mrs. Liston (Faye) Blackman, Clay City; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one granddaughter. A memorial graveside service will be held at a later date. Prewitt Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Henry County Local April 4, 2001 Anna H. Bell, age 94 of Eminence, died Tuesday, November 29, 2005 in LaGrange. She was a member of Monterey Baptist Church and daughter of the late Leonard Wyatt and Polly Ann Tate Parker. She is survived by two sons: George W. Bell, Eminence and A. J. Bell, Pleasureville; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. Willard Bell and eight brothers and sisters. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Thursday, December 1, 2005 at Prewitt Eminence Funeral Home. Pastor Alan Browning of Greater Life Apostolic Church in Middletown officiated. Interment was in Bedford I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Henry County Local December 7, 2005 Mrs. Brenda Hollar Bell, age 45, of Memphis, Tennessee died Saturday, March 11, 1995 at her residence after an illness. She was a native of Smithfield, formerly of Hernando, Mississippi, an employee of Coors Brewery, Memphis, Tennessee and attended Robersonville United Methodist Church, Robersonville, Mississippi. She is survived by her husband, Sonny Bell, Memphis; two daughters: Mrs. Kim Hammersmith, Memphis; Carrie Chancellor, Beckville, Texas; two sons: Danny Luell McClain, South Haven, Mississippi; and Jerry Statler, Memphis; her parents: Mr. and Mrs. Luell Hollar, Hernando, Mississippi; three sisters: her twin, Mrs. Linda Faye Webb, Hernando, Mississippi; Mrs. Marilyn Hirsh, Charlotte, North Carolina; and Mrs. Janet Froyen, West Palm Beach, Florida; her grandmother, Mrs. Lula Price Roberts and step-grandmother, Mrs. Pauline Bond Hollar, both of Eminence. Graveside services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, at the Smithfield Cemetery. Rev. LeRoy Froyen, Hampton, Virginia, officiated. Prewitt Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Henry County Local March 15, 1995 Ms. Irene Bell, age 81, of Berry, Kentucky died September 15, 1991 at Humana Hospital, Lexington. She was the daughter of the late Edward Grogan and Effie Wagner and was a fifty year member of the Fairview Baptist Church in Kelat, Kentucky. Survivors include her husband, Piercy Bell, Lexington; one son, Leonard Bell, Harrison County; one daughter, Wilma Hutcherson, Frankfort; 7 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held September 18 at the Fairview Baptist Church in Kelat. Rev. Ronnie Angel officiated. Burial was in the Pythian Grove Cemetery in Harrison County. Blackburn and Ward Funeral Home , Versailles and Woodhead Funeral Home, Berry were in charge of arrangements. Henry County Local September 25, 1991 Mrs. Nannie Bell, 83, widow of the late John Henry Bell, died Saturday, February 5, at her residence near Elmberg, after a long illness. A native of Shelby County, she was the daughter of Hiram and Susan Katherine Bell. She lived all her married life on the farm where she died. The farm, at Chestnut Grove, has been in the Bell family for 74 years. She was a lifelong member of the Christian Church of Cropper. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Isafena Harper, Mrs. Lloyd Roberts and Mrs. Fannie Sewell and eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted at the Elmberg Christian Church at 2:; p.m., Monday, with Rev. E. J. Bruce officiating. Interment was in the Pleasureville Cemetery. Henry County Local February 18, 1949 Reed Bell, 79 of Frankfort, died Monday, April 6th at his home. He was a retired engineer with the State Highway Department. His wife was the late Rebecca Henderson of Bethlehem. He is survived by one son, David Bell, Frankfort; one daughter, Mrs. Sandra Hill, Waddy; two grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Eura Vance, Frankfort. Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Thursday, April 9th at the Thomas Funeral Home, Pleasureville. Rev. Kenneth Shouse, pastor of the Shelby Christian Church, officiated. Interment was in the Pleasureville Cemetery. Henry County Local April 23, 1981 William H. Bell, 57, Mayor of Campbellsburg, died Friday, February 10th at his residence. He was born in Harrison County; was self employed as a manufacture representative; a member of the Campbellsburg Christian Church; an Elder of the Campbellsburg Christian Church; a member of the Campbellsburg Lions Club; had received the Outstanding Citizen of Campbellsburg Award; and had been Mayor of Campbellsburg, since 1974, except for two years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Betty Cavinall Bell, Campbellsburg; one daughter, Mrs. Vicky B. Posey, Campbellsburg; two grandchildren, Beth and Betsy Posey, Campbellsburg; his father, Charles A. Bell, Jr., Berry, Kentucky; and one sister, Doll B. Lenox, Berry, Kentucky. Funeral services were held 2:30 p.m. Sunday, February 12th at the Barnett-Ransdell Funeral Home, Campbellsburg. Rev. Carl Rucker, pastor of the Campbellsburg Christian Church, officiated. Interment was in the Campbellsburg Cemetery. Henry County Local February 16, 1984 Mrs. Kathryn Belwood, age 75, of Pleasureville, died Tuesday, October 1, 1991, at the United Medical Center, Shelbyville. She was a member of the Elmberg Baptist Church and was preceded in death by a grandson, Lee J. Belwood. Survivors include one son, M. L. Belwood, Pleasureville; three daughters, Patsy Brown, Pleasureville; Carolyn Chesher, Shelbyville; Bobbye Brown, Frankfort; six grandchildren, Diana Dell Eldridge, James Burns Brown, Patty Lee Brown, Robbie Lee Belwood, Kathryn Mae Brown, Shawn Brown; four great-grandchildren, Melissa Eldridge, Jennifer Sue Eldridge, Maggie Belwood, Jake Belwood; and one niece, Barbara Kaye Hasfurder. Services were held Thursday, October 3, at Thomas Funeral Home, Pleasureville, with Rev. Andrew Shull, ELmberg Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Shady Lawn Memory Gardens. Henry County Local October 9, 1991 Martha Batts Belwood passed away at the age of 75 on Friday, February 14, 2003 at Shelbyville, Kentucky. Services were at 11 a.m., Tuesday, February 18, 2003 at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home. Rev. Carl Rucker officiated, assisted by Rev. Kurt Ellis and Steve Thurman. Interment was in the Smithfield Cemetery. Funeral program from Prewitt Funeral Home Barbara Ann Bennett, age 61, of New Castle passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2005 at Baptist Hospital Northeast. She was a member of New Castle First Baptist Church and the former Food Service Manager at Henry County High School. She was the daughter of J.W. and Dorothy (Bramblett) Scriber. She is survived by her husband, Ralph Bennett, New Castle; two daughters: Mrs. Kenny (Wendy) James, Eminence and Mrs. Byron (Heather) Reynolds, LaGrange; one sister, Mrs. Billy (Marcine) Powell, Pleasureville; two brothers: Darrell Scriber and Connie Scriber, both of Eminence and two granddaughters: Whitney James, Eminence and Preslie Reynolds, LaGrange. Funeral services will be held today (Wednesday, April 13) at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home. Officiated by Rev. Michael Duncan, pastor of Eminence Baptist Church and assisted by Dr. Dave Charlton, pastor of New Castle First Baptist Church. Interment will be in the New Castle Cemetery. Henry County Local April 13, 2005 Bobby Gene Bennett, age 47, of Taylorsville, formerly of Bagdad, died Friday, April 29, 2005 at Valley View Health Care and Rehabilitation Center of Taylorsville. He was a former truck driver for Goodman Brothers, a U. S. Air Force Veteran, member of the Bagdad Baptist Church, and son of the late William Goebel, Sr., and Edna Lee Nelson Bennett. He is survived by a step-daughter, Hope Reese, LaGrange; and four sisters: Nannie Jordan, Elizabethtown; Ann Chism, Defoe; Shelia Stivers, Bagdad; and Connie Stivers, Waddy. There will be a memorial service held at a later date. Arrangements were handled by Hall-Taylor Funeral Home. Henry County Local May 4, 2005 Eddie Mack Bennett passed away at age 88 on Friday, April 9, 1999at Shelbyville, Kentucky. Services were held 2 p.m. Sunday, April 11, 1999 at Prewitt Funeral Home in New Castle. Rev. Nick Coleman officiated. Interment was in the New Castle Cemetery. Funeral program from Prewitt Funeral Home Mrs. Patsy Jean Casey Bennett, 43 of Eminence died at 1 a.m. Friday, March 17 at her residence. She was a native of Shelby County. She was an employee of Lee-McClain Clothing Co. in Shelbyville and a member of the Cropper Baptist Church. Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Casey, Eminence; one son, Kenneth G. Bennett and one daughter, Susan Bennett, both of Route 1, Pleasureville; one grandchild; one sister, Mrs. William H. Willis, Shelby County; and one brother, Robert M. Casey, Eminence. Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 20 at the Shannon Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Steve Carraker, pastor of the Cropper Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in the Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville. Henry County Local March 23, 1978 Charley W. “Boy” Berry, 72 died at 5:00 a.m. Thursday at his home at Port Royal. He had been a member of the Port Royal Baptist Church for many years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs Laura Hawkins Berry; five daughters, Mrs. Woodrow Batts, Turners Station, Mrs. Howard Erwin and Miss Ann Berry, both of Indiana, Mrs. Morris Baxter, Frankfort, and Miss Linda Perry, Port Royal; ten sons, Gilbert Berry, Louisville, Gordon Berry, Goebel Berry, Grant Berry, Parker Berry, Sherman Berry, Bobby Berry, Charley Berry, Vivian Berry and Gayle Berry, all of Port Royal; two brothers, Rowan Berry and Chester Berry, both of Port royal, several grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted at the Port Royal Baptist Church at 3:00 p.m. Saturday with Rev. N H. McCrummen officiating. Burial was in the Port Royal Cemetery. Henry County Local August 18, 1950 Estell Berry, 69 of Louisville, died Sunday, October 19th at the Suburban Hospital, Louisville after an illness. He was a retired employee with the Reliance Universal Concrete Company in Louisville. He was a native of Henry County and a member of the New Castle Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Genevieve DeVore Berry, Louisville; three sisters, Mrs. Nell Power, Turners station, Mrs. Newt (Goldie) McClellan, Turners Station and Mrs. LeRoy (Sarah V.) Sanders, Elmwood, Illinois; one brother, Earl Berry, Turners Station. Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 21 from Prewitt’s, New Castle. Rev. Vernon Thwaites, pastor of the New Castle Methodist Church, officiated. Interment was in the Port Royal Cemetery. Henry County Local October 23, 1980 Herman Berry, 79 of Route 1, Turners Station, died Wednesday, February 16 at the Bethesda Manor Nursing Home in Louisville. He was a retired farmer; a Deacon; and member of the Port Royal Baptist Church. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Willanna) Kindoll, Carrollton and mrs. Norman (Betty) Beetem, Louisville; one sister, Mrs. Cecil (Ruby) Hawkins, Route 1, Turners Station; thirteen grandchildren; and 9 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held 2:30 p.m., Friday, February 18th from Prewitt’s, New Castle. Rev. Robert Green, pastor of the Port Royal Baptist Church, officiated. Interment was in the Port Royal Cemetery. Mr. Jack Berry, 81 of Route 1, Turners Station, died Sunday, October 23 at the Baptist East Hospital, Louisville. He was a retired farmer; a former Magistrate with twenty years service; former State Highway Department employee; and former spot checker at the ASCS Office. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Steve (Marjorie) Wood, Cincinnati, Ohio; two sons, Joe L. Berry, Louisville and Howard E, Berry, Jeffersonville, Indiana; one sister, Mrs. Neppie Baxter, Louisville; his stepmother, Mrs. Laura Mae Berry, Port Royal; four half sisters, Mrs. Curtly (Beulah) Marsh, Prestonville, Kentucky, Mrs. Neal (Ann) Berrier, Louisville, Mrs. Buster (Linda) Bates, Worthville, Kentucky and Mrs. Georgia Lee Towns, Bluffton, Indiana; six half brothers, Gayle Berry, Port Royal, Gilbert Berry, Route 1, Sulphur, Parker Berry, English, Gordon Berry, Louisville, Sherman Berry, Port Royal and Bobby Berry, Gas City, Indiana; 7 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; and 3 stepgrandchildren. Funeral services were held 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 25 from Prewitt’s, New Castle. Rev. Bob Green, pastor of the Port Royal Baptist Church, officiated. Interment was in the Port Royal Cemetery. Henry County Local October 27, 1983 James G. Berry, age 51 of Owenton, died Sunday, January 29, 2006 ay his residence. He was the son of the late Chester A. Berry, Jr. and Betty Norwood Berry and an Actaris and Quarter Horse Trainer. He is survived by his wife, Shawna Fitzgerald Berry, Owenton; one son, Sonny Berry, Owenton; one daughter, Jessie Berry, Owenton; one brother, Philip N. Berry, Henry County; and one sister, Patricia B. Lynch, Frankfort. He was preceded in death by one brother. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 1 at McDonald and New Funeral Home, Owenton. Ken Collins officiated. Interment was in Owenton I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Henry County Local February 8, 2006 Jeff Fuzz Berry, age 44, of Port Royal died Sunday, July 17, 2005 at his home. He was the son of the late Arthur Bud Wallace Berry. He was an U. S. Marine Corps veteran and worked at CA Garner Veneer. He was a member of the Port Royal Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Teresa Berry, Port Royal; three step-children: Amanda Tarryn Bryant, Andrew Bryant and Emily Ann Bryant, Louisville; his mother, Patsy Ann Berry, Port Royal; a brother, Dwayne Berry, Mt. Washington; two nephews: Chad Berry Baltimore, Maryland and Kyle Berry, stationed in Iraq with the U. S. Army. Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 19 at 7 p.m. at Prewitt Funeral Home, New Castle. Officiated by Rev. Carl Rucker, pastor of the Port Royal Baptist Church. Henry County Local July 20, 2005 Joe L. Berry, age 82, of Louisville died Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at University Hospital, Louisville. He was the son of the late Charles Jack and Dora Batts Berry, a World War II Army veteran, retired from Fisher Equipment Company after 20 years as an engineer. He is survived by his wife, Agnes Jackie Kindred Berry, Louisville; three daughters: Mrs. Jerry (Melodye) Norris and Faye Wright, both of Louisville and JoAnn Siade, Lakeland, Florida; one son, Charles Berry, Lancaster; one sister: Marjorie Wood, Louisville; one brother: Howard E. Berry, Jeffersonville, Indiana; and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 29 at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home. Rev. Wayne Kelly, pastor of Lockport Baptist Church officiated. Interment was in Port Royal Cemetery. Henry County Local February 2, 2005 Lisa D. Berry, age 40, of Campbellsburg died Tuesday, June 15, 2004 at Jewish Hospital, Louisville. She was a former employee of Ostlen Health Care, Louisville and Shelbyville and attended Port Royal Baptist Church. She is survived by her parents, Sherman and Joyce Louden Berry, Port Royal; one sister, Mrs. Joe (Veronica) Smith, Georgetown; one brother, Larry Gibson, Campbellsburg. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Adrienne Dawn and one brother. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Friday, June18, at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home. Rev. Carl Rucker, pastor of Port Royal Baptist Church, officiated. Interment was in Port Royal Cemetery. Henry County Local June 23, 2004 Mrs. Virginia Perry Barry passed away at age 89, Friday, January 3, 1997 at LaGrange, Kentucky. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 5, 1997 at Prewitt Funeral Home, New Castle. Dr. David Charlton officiated. Interment was in the Port Royal Cemetery. Funeral program from Prewitt Funeral Home Mrs. Amanda Shaw Beutel, 58, died at her home in Pleasureville at one o’clock Wednesday morning, December 20. She had been in ill health several years and during these years she was always patient and kind. She is survived by her husband, Will Beutel; one daughter, Mrs. Everett Carter; one son, Fred Beutel; an adopted daughter, Miss Emma Norris; four grandchildren, Freda and J. W. Beutel and Zola and Kenneth Carter. Funeral services were conducted at the Bethlehem Baptist Church, of which she was a faithful member, on Thursday afternoon, with Rev. J. W. Self officiating, assisted by Rev. James Windham, of Eminence. Burial was in the Point Pleasant Cemetery. Henry County Local December 29, 1939 Fred E. Beutel, 88, of 206 vale avenue, died Tuesday at Methodist Evangelical Hospital. He was a former resident of Henry County. Survivors include two daughters, Emma Scudder of Vevay, Indiana and Sarah Hance; a son, Eddie Beutel of Pleasureville; 11 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Thomas Funeral Home in Pleasureville, with burial in Pleasureville Cemetery. Louisville Times (Newspaper) January 22, 1986 Mrs. Cardie Bruce Bevarly, 79, died Tuesday, October 7 in the Owen County Memorial Hospital. Her home was in Gratz. Survivors are her husband, Steve Bevarly; three daughters, Mrs. Pauline Smith, Sanders, Kentucky, Mrs. Louise Cammack, Shelbyville, Mrs. Beatrice Roberts, Bethlehem, one son, Oldham (Buck) Bevarly, Owenton; fourteen grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at Gratz Methodist Church by Bros, Harold Dorsey, Howard Sewell and Tommy Henderson. Burial was at the family cemetery, Lockport. Henry County Local October 16, 1969 Melvin (Red) Beverly, 59, of Route 1, Turners Station, died Wednesday, April 25 at the Baptist East Hospital, Louisville. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fredia Beverly, Route 1, Turners Station; two sons, Ronald Beverly, Lockport and Leslie Beverly, Route 1, Turners Station; one daughter, Mrs. Violet Wilson, Route 1, Eminence; six grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; two brothers, J. W. Beverly and Hillis Beverly, both of Pleasureville; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Carter, Lockport and Mrs. Joyce Chisholm, Eminence. Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Friday, April 27th at the Thomas Funeral Home, Pleasureville. Rev. Allen Brewer, officiated, assisted by Rev. Eugene Webster. Interment was in the Pleasureville Cemetery. Henry County Local May 3, 1984 Mrs. Beulah Dunavent Bibb, 89, Monterey, died 2 p.m. Sunday, January 29, at Owen County Memorial Hospital after a long illness. The widow of Robert Bibb, she was an Owen County native, the daughter of Brutus and Mary Frances Duvall Dunavent, and a member of the Monterey Baptist Church. She is survived by five sons, J. B., Louisville, R. K., Owenton, Malone, Monterey, Ned and Homer Bibb, Ashland; two daughters, Mrs. Fanny Willhoite, Pleasant Home and Mrs. Anna Bea Fitzgerald, Eminence; three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Perry, Ashland, Mrs. Margaret Smoot, Monterey and Mrs. Edith Smoot, Greenup; one brother, Elmer Dunavent, Sparta; 19 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Owen Funeral Service, Seminary Street, Owenton. Rev, Mike Cooper and Rev. Kenneth Underwood, officiated. Interment was in the Monterey Cemetery. Henry County Local February 9, 1984 Roscoe L. Bibb, 56, sales manager of B. J. Distributors, died at Baptist Hospital, Louisville, at 3 a.m. Friday. His home was at 714 Lyndon Lane, Lyndon. Mr. Bibb formerly of Pleasureville was the son of the late W. E. and Ella Shuck Bibb. He was a member of the Suburban Christian Church. He had been living in the Louisville area for 38 years. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Isabelle Rankin Bibb; two daughters, Misses Carolyn Lee and Marilyn Ann Bibb; one sister, Mrs. Lewis King, and one nephew, T. M. Bibb, Louisville. Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at Pearson's Funeral Home, Louisville, with burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Henry County Local March 6, 1958 Thomas M. Bibb, formerly of Pleasureville, died at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, August 9, at the Kentucky Baptist Hospital in Louisville. He lived at 2502 Valetta Road, Louisville. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida Griffin Bibb; one son, Thomas M. Bibb II; one sister, Mrs. Lewis King, and a brother, Roscoe L. Bibb. Funeral from Pearson's, 1310 South Third Street at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial was in Cave Hill Cemetery. Henry County Local August 18, 1950 Will Bibb is dead! Great is the shock to all and deep is the sorrow in a multitude of bosoms. His death occurred about 1:40 o:clock Thursday morning, and was due ro pneumonia complicated with uremic poisoning. He had not been sick many days. Mr. Bibb was a son of Mrs. E. F. Bibb, a brother of Mrs. Ida Figg. His wife who is a daughter of Mr. Frank Shuck survives with three sons and I daughter, the oldest a son 16 years of age. Mr. Bibb was a member of the Methodist church And was a prominent Mason. In politics he was Republican in all relations he was true and faithful. His age was 42 years. Mr. Bibb was truly a self-made man. Most of his life he followed mercantile pursuits first as a clerk, afterwards as a member of the firm Bryant & Bibb and later a dealer in lumber and coal. The funeral will take place today from the local Methodist church. Services by Rev. P. C. Eversole. The Masonic fraternity will have charge of the obsequies and pay every possible honor to his memory. Burial at Pleasureville Cemetery. Henry County Local January 20, 1911 Mr. Clyde Bickers, age 94, of Eminence died Saturday, January 2, 1993 at the Green Valley Health Care Center, Carrollton. He was a native of Owen County, formerly of Campbellsburg, a retired farmer, a member of the Eminence United Methodist Church for 30 years and Campbellsburg Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bertha Tingle Bickers, Eminence; one daughter-in-law, Omega Jervis, Eminence; one foster son, Ecra Jervis, Louisville; one grandson, Gary Jervis, Louisville; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 5, at the Prewitt Funeral Home, New Castle. Officiating was Rev. Joan Stephenson, pastor of the Eminence United Methodist Church. Interment was in the New Castle Cemetery. Henry County Local January 6, 1993 Kenneth (Jiggs) Bickers, 80, of Eddyville, died March 5th at the Princeton Hospital. He was formerly of Henry County. He is survived by his wife, Odella K. Bickers; and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ernest Tingle, New Castle. Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 7th at the Dunns Funeral Home, Eddyville. Rev. Clayton Klingenfus, pastor of the New Castle Christian Church, officiated. Graveside services were held at the Eminence Cemetery, March 8th. Henry County Local March 22, 1984 Winnie "Big Winnie" Johnson was born in 1839 and died September 14, 1888 at the age of 49. Her obsequies took place from her late home on East Street in Baltimore, Maryland, at 4 o:clock yesterday afternoon. "Big Winnie" died of fatty degeneration of the heart at 11:30 p.m. Monday. She was well-known to the public as the prize fat colored woman in the world, tipping the scales at 849 pounds. Evans and Spence, the undertakers who had charge of the funeral, experienced the greatest difficulty in preparing the body for burial. They searched every establishment in the city to find a coffin large enough, but without success, and finally they were compelled to order a special box from Maryland Burial Case Company. It took 20 pallbearers to lift "Big Winnie" and the coffin. Winnie Johnson was born in Henry County, Kentucky, in 1839. As a child she gave no signs of attaining her wonderfully unusual size. She was born in a cabin on either the Boyd Clubb farm or the farm of E. M. Bryant, near Franklinton. When she was 15 years of age she married a man of her own race by the name of Johnson, and when 20 years of age she began to grow large, until Monday night the time of her death, she had amassed the enormous weight of 849 pounds. There was no bed big enough for her, so she slept on the floor. She was the mother of ten children of whom three survived. Her husband died about six years ago (1882), and soon after she contracted with a showman to go on exhibition, and has since then traveled over a considerable portion of this country. The Baltimore Herald (newspaper) (no date) Mr. J. D. "Hop" Birch, 61, of Eminence, died suddenly Thursday, July 19 at his residence. He was a retired employee of Boone Gardiner Nursery, Louisville, for over 30 years. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Jim (Geneva) Cinnamond, Frankfort and Mrs. Mary Reinhardt, Coppell, Texas; two brothers, Ben Birch, New Castle and Lee Birch, Eminence; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Sunday, July 22nd from Prewitt's, New Castle. Rev. Mikeal Duncan, pastor of the Eminence Baptist Church, officiated. Interment in the Eminence Cemetery. Henry County Local July 26, 1984 Mrs. Mary G. Birch, 61, of New Castle, R.F.D., died Monday, January 23 at the Humana Hospital University, Louisville, after an illness. She was a member of the Eminence Pentecostal Church. She is survived by her husband, Lee S. Birch, New Castle; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held 1 p.m. Thursday, January 26 from Prewitt's, New Castle. Rev. Barclay Brown, pastor of the New Castle Methodist Church, officiated. Interment in the Smithfield Cemetery. Henry County Local January 26, 1984 Nasbye Kephart Mershon Bird, of Pleasureville, passed died Tuesday, May 18th at her residence. She was a retired school teacher. She is survived by one son, Lee Mershon, Saratoga, California; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Curtright, Louisa, Kentucky and two nieces. Funeral services were held 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 20th at the Thomas Funeral Home, Pleasureville. Rev. John Caldwell, officiated. Interment was in the Pleasureville Cemetery. Henry County Local May 27, 1982 Mrs. Aleene Hall Bishop, 73, of Route 1, Campbellsburg, died Sunday, August 11 at the Norton Hospital, Louisville. She was a member of the Campbellsburg Christian Church. She is survived by one niece, Mrs. Charlene Black, Route 1, Campbellsburg; three half-sisters, Mrs. Chester (Leona Ruth) Stivers, Sr., Bethlehem, Mrs. Violet Thurmond, Erlanger, and Mrs. John (Marcia) Dever, Danville, Virginia; her step-mother, Mrs. Naomi Hall, Bethlehem. Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 12 from Prewitt's New Castle. Dr. Clayton Klingenfus, pastor of the New Castle Christian Church, officiated. Interment was in the New Castle Cemetery. Henry County Local August 14, 1986 Mrs. Kate Breckenridge Bishop, 83, pioneer Louisville children's welfare worker and widow of the late Harry Bishop, bank president, died in flames of her home at 1953 Bardstown Road, early Monday morning. She was an aunt of Hunt Jones, Eminence. Mrs. Bishop organized the Children's Protective Association, fore-runner of the present day Children's Agency, and she aided in setting up the Theodore Ahrens Trade School, as a part of her long-time effort in behalf of young people. Two other nephews also survive, Dr. Lafon Jones, Flint, Michigan, and Breckenridge Jones, Montclair, New Jersey, and five great-nieces and nephews. Funeral Services were conducted Tuesday with burial in Cave Hill Cemetery. Henry County Local February 18, 1949 Mrs. Melvina Bishop, 72 years old, who has been ill for some time at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. E. Lee, near Vance, passed away on Sunday morning at 2 o:clock. Her remains were taken to English Tuesday where her funeral was preached at the Christian Church by her pastor, Rev. E. M. Armitage, of the Worthville M. E. Church of which she was a member. She is survived by 2 children, Mrs. Lee and Harry Bishop, also four brothers, Rile, James, Down and Robert Hicks. Burial was in the English Cemetery. Henry County Local October 26, 1934 J. B. Barnett, age 79 of Turners Station, died Monday, July 31, 2006, in his home. Son of the late Price Barnett, Sr., and Reta Jones Barnett, he was a farmer, salesman and tobacco warehouse owner. J. B. was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and a member of the New Castle Christian Church. He was preceded in death by four sisters. He is survived by his wife Sue E. Barnett, Turners Station; one daughter, Thelma Louise Douglas and her husband Steve, Franklinton; one son, John Dudley Barnett and his wife, Glenna, Campbellsburg; one brother, Price Barnett, Jr., Eminence; one sister, Thelma Elam, Nashville; six grandchildren: Mrs. Carrie Smith, Mrs. Kristin Ware, Kylen Douglas, Brad Barnett, Drew Barnett and Micah Douglas; and two great-grandchildren: Nic Kavanaugh and Jackson Ware. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 4 at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home. Rev. Anthony Pierce, pastor of New Castle Christian Church will officiate. Interment will be in Port Royal Cemetery. Henry County Local August 2, 2006 |