From: Sherri Hall [ldrbelties@earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 5:16 AM
To: KY-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: [KYF] OBIT: William F. Stearman, 2002, Boyle & Green Co.

>From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 24 Dec 2002

Services for William "Bill" F. Stearman, 79, of Lisa Avenue will 
be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Indian Hills Christian Church by the Rev. 
Otis Clark.

He died Sunday at Thompson-Hood Veterans Center in Wilmore.

Born May 18, 1923, in Greensburg, he was the son of the late Foster 
Ray and Myrtle Marcum Stearman. He was a grocer and antique dealer. 
He was a charter member and elder emeritus at Indian Hills Christian 
Church. He also was chairman of the church board and mission 
committee, a Sunday school teacher and charter member of Men for Christ.

Survivors include his wife, Thelma Douglas Stearman; two daughters, 
Cheryl J. Stearman and Beverly K. Wolfe, both of Danville; a son, 
William Douglas Stearman of Lebanon, Tenn.; four brothers, David 
and Eudell Stearman, both of Hodgensville, Lee Stearman of Elizabeth-
town and James Stearman of Greensburg; a sister, Rachel Conrad of 
Butler; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Ben and Jeremy Wolfe, Kevin Stearman David 
Hoskins, and Bill and Melvyn Douglas.

Honorary pallbearers will be elders and deacons of Indian Hills 
Christian Church, Hollis Perry and Garland Vest.

Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Thursday at the church.

Stith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.