1977

LaRue County Herald Obituary Index

Located at the LaRue County Public Library

This obit index is for the newspaper date---NOT THE DEATH DATE

Name Age Paper Date Page/Col. Spouse or ( Parent )

Adams, Louella 95 05 MAY 3 1 S. P. Adams

Adamson, Mayme M. Harper 72 28 JUL 3 3

Akers, Frank D. 64 17 MAR 16 5 Vara Johnson

Allen, Cazzie 88 29 DEC 3 2

Allen, Edna 70 03 MAR 7 3 Mason L. Allen

Allen, Gertrude 85 27 JAN 3 2

Allen, Walter 13 JAN 3 1 Annie Marie

Allison, Lucille Carroll 70 13 JAN 3 3 Luther Allison

Andrews, Hulda E. 01 DEC 3 1 Hubert Andrews

Arnett, John Monroe 65 17 FEB 3 3 Mary Lucille Huff

Arnett, Pros 88 03 FEB 3 1

Ash, Owsley A. 74 30 JUN 3 3 Sarah Margaret Price

Badgett/Padgett, Myrtle 67 23 JUN 3 2

Barnes, Anna Lee 70 15 SEP 3 2

Bayne, Dezzie B. 75 30 JUN 3 3 Mrs. Clydie Brown

Beeler, Imelda House 62 25 AUG 3 2 George G. Beeler

Bell, Mary E. Hubbard 86 21 APR 3 1 George W. Bell

Bennett, Betty Ovesen 51 04 AUG 3 5 Edward Bennett

Bennett, David H. 88 28 JUL 3 2

Bennett, Geneva Crump 58 22 DEC 3 1 John Henry Bennett

Benningfield, Charlie Earl 69 02 JUN 3 2 Wigginton

Berry, Vester 77 17 MAR 16 6 Helen Irene Johnson

Blair, Walter L. 62 24 MAR 3 2 Viola Devine

Bland, Maeolia 64 10 FEB 3 2

Blankenship, Marcelene Day 05 MAY 1 1

Boles, Selbert Ellis 57 12 MAY 3 2

Booker, Terry Lynn 18 01 SEP 1 1 ( Mitchell Booker )

Booker, Vernie E. 60 07 JUL 3 5 Viola Priddy

Bossung, Francis Earl, Rev. 61 20 JAN 1 1

Bowen, Everett 70 16 JUN 3 2

Bowling, Anna Laura 80 25 AUG 3 1

Bowling, Kathleen Dant 75 10 FEB 3 2 James Martin Bowling

Boyd, William J., Mrs. 69 23 JUN 3 4

Braden, Boyd Allen 62 25 AUG 3 4 Myrtle Simmons

Braden, Ernest 74 17 FEB 3 2 Audrey Nallia

Branden, Cecil 63 07 JUL 3 1 Lotus Douglass

Bray, Timothy Lee 66 02 JUN 3 3 Martha Bright

Brewer, Stanley Hardin 43 13 JAN 3 1 Dorothy Beard

Brooks, Willie 90 28 JUL 3 1

Brown, Austin 77 08 SEP 3 2 Nell Thurman

Brown, Charles K. 69 15 SEP 3 2 Katherine Nash

Brown, Edna Lee 63 05 MAY 3 2 Coy Brown

Brown, Edward, Rev. 86 09 JUN 3 2

Brown, Kate Richardson 102 24 FEB 3 1 W. C. Brown

Brown, Lorene Frances 53 22 DEC 3 2 William Conrad Brown

Brown, Mark Anthony 16 03 FEB 1 1 ( William Brown & Thelma

Brown, Richard Walton 58 06 JAN 3 4 Lorene Conder

Brown, Roscoe 62 24 NOV 3 3 Vinnie Williams

Brown, Sherry Lynn 12 08 SEP 3 2 ( James Robert Brown )

Burba, Irene 07 JUL 3 1

Burchett, James 71 04 AUG 1 1 Minnie

Burchett, Minnie 71 04 AUG 1 1 James Burchett

Burks, Elzia 83 11 AUG 3 2

Butler, Arvil 77 10 NOV 3 2 Ersley Exier

Cantrell, Robert Lee 95 19 MAY 3 3 Minnie Etel Graham

Carr, Bertram D. 70 19 MAY 3 5 Juanita Powers

Carrico, Jesse Demint 71 03 FEB 3 2 Juanita Mitchell

Carter, Anna Reno 81 20 OCT 3 3

Caswell, Bertie Lee Morris 79 08 DEC 3 3 Allen J. Caswell, Sr.

Cayce, William Hobert 18 03 NOV 1 3

Cecil, Marietta Howard 78 20 OCT 3 4 Joseph Alvin Cecil

Cessna, Joseph Walters 93 30 JUN 3 2

Chaudoin, Leighlan 66 18 AUG 3 1 Sudie Alice Jones

Chelf, Mildred Druen 69 15 SEP 3 2 Mark Chelf

Chelf, Walter 58 15 DEC 3 2 Elizabeth Pauline Milburn

Clingman, Evelyn Atherton 87 14 APR 3 1 Paul W. Clingman

Close, James Thomas 25 28 APR 3 3 ( Leamon & Nina Close

Coakley, Stuart Brown 02 JUN 1 1 ( Lula Brown Coakley )

Cofer, Charlie L. 61 22 SEP 3 3 Elizabeth Cleaver

Constant, Margie Marie 15 DEC 3 2 ( Joe Burks )

Coplin, Ethel F. 81 24 NOV 3 2 Roley Coplin

Cottrell, Ralph E. 69 12 MAY 3 3 Olive McCubbins

Cottrell, Ralph E. 69 19 MAY 3 3 Olive McCubbins

Cottrill, James Donald 19 01 DEC 1 1 ( Paul Cottrill )

Cox, Robert H. 54 19 MAY 3 4 Nina Chandler

Coyle, Agnes Devers 60 01 DEC 3 2 Milborn Coyle

Crawford, Ella Kennedy 88 21 APR 3 3

Crump, Herbert 85 17 MAR 16 6

Cruse, Ethel Bolton 83 17 FEB 3 2

Cull, Louis E. Mrs. 89 10 NOV 3 3

Culver, Belinda K.(twin) Inf. 25 AUG 3 4 (Joseph Howard Culver

Culver, Melinda K. (twin) Inf 25 AUG 3 4 (Joseph Howard Culver

Daugherty, Leonard 92 14 JUL 3 1 Louise Sims

Davis, Louise E. Stiefel 62 14 JUL 3 2

Deane, Bessie Sharp 83 01 DEC 3 2 William E. Deane

Decker, Mike 19 01 SEP 1 1 ( Jack Decker )

Derrett, William Lindy 38 02 JUN 3 3 ( Arthur L. Durrett )

DeSpain, Henry G. 70 04 AUG 3 6 Mary Lucy Thompson

Dever, George D. 78 09 JUN 3 2

DeZarn, Creed H., USMC 81 24 FEB 3 3

Dickery, Robert K. 40 12 MAY 3 1

Dixon, Sallie Cruse 84 17 NOV 3 1 Horace Dixon

Downs, Mary Regina 07 JUL 3 4 James Leon Downs

Duncan, Mike 84 13 OCT 3 1

Durbin, Robert Donald 39 20 JAN 3 3 ( Oscar Durbin )

Dye, Oscar 61 03 NOV 3 1 Annie Ford

Dye, Vera Owen 87 29 SEP 3 3 Charlie Dye

Eads, James Elmer 73 10 MAR 16 7 Maggie Hornback

Edmunds, Walter C. 58 20 JAN 3 2 Virginia

Elliott, Elizabeth Mather 95 17 MAR 16 4 H. C. Elliott

Elmore, Virgil J. 90 17 FEB 3 2 Kathie

Etherton, Lonnie 76 07 JUL 3 2

Flaherty, Mary E. Chase 81 03 MAR 7 3 Martin P. Flaherty, Sr.

Flanders, James Gail 33 17 FEB 3 1 Phyllis Cruse

Flowers, J. T. 67 17 MAR 16 5 Marie O’Dell

Forsee, Tyre Guy, Dr. 05 MAY 3 3 Irene Helena Smith

Foushee, Mary Dowell 76 01 DEC 3 3 Eugene Foushee

French, Jesse 62 14 APR 3 1 Florence Klotter

Friedl, Lillian 63 17 FEB 3 5 Charles J. Friedl

Gardner, Mary Lou Jaggers 87 31 MAR 3 5 Charlie W. Gardner

Gardner, Ray Corydon 65 12 MAY 3 1 Helen Spratt

Garrett, Edward 59 21 APR 3 3 ( Lislie Garrett )

Gibson, Pearl 58 06 OCT 3 3 Otis Gibson

Goodin, Albert Soloman 67 31 MAR 3 4

Gorin, Henry H. 63 12 MAY 3 3 Roxye

Gregory, William F. 65 28 JUL 3 1 Helen Elizabeth

Grimes, John E. 26 29 SEP 6 2 ( Orville Grimes )

Gross, Allen F. 81 27 OCT 3 3 Mildred Boyd

Gunning, Mary Beth 13 26 MAY 3 2 ( Ed Gunning )

Gupton, Earl 64 17 FEB 3 1 Halice Hazelwood

Hager, John O. 63 05 MAY 3 1 Allene Wood

Hall, Joseph Cleve 85 01 DEC 3 3 Vianna Warner

Hall, Lawrence William 49 26 MAY 3 2 Frances Helen Mattingly

Hall, Lizzie Myrtle 83 14 APR 3 2 Ambrose Jackson Hall

Hall, Vianna Werna 89 22 DEC 3 2

Hall, William Thomas, Sr. 96 01 DEC 3 1

Handley, Fayette Thomas 66 29 SEP 3 2 Leonard Handley

Handley, Lucille Boles 15 DEC 1 4 Judge L. B. Handley

Harbin, Pearl Friend 86 15 SEP 3 1

Hatcher, Wilson Dante 04 29 SEP 1 1 (Herbert Hatcher, Jr.& Virg.

Hatfield, William 73 23 JUN 3 3

Hazelwood, Edgar, Jr. 06 17 FEB 2 1 ( Edgar Hazelwood )

Head, Cornelius 76 08 SEP 3 1

Heady, Ethel A. 84 21 JUL 3 2

Heady, Nell Boles 83 28 APR 3 1 Colonel C. Heady

Hedgespeth, Ralph 46 14 APR 3 2 Gladys Hudson

Hess, William Carroll 58 17 FEB 3 4 Edith Kinkade

Higdon, Ancil 74 06 OCT 3 1 Daisy Bratcher

Highbaugh, Holland 77 28 APR 3 4

Hoback, Hallie Lee 49 20 OCT 3 4 Walter Hoback

Hoback, John Thomas 84 10 FEB 4 4

Hobson, Allye Leming 72 06 JAN 3 3 Robert Pusey Hobson

Hodges, Margaret 69 07 JUL 3 2 Henry L. Hodges

Horn, Hugh T. 64 10 MAR 16 6 Delia Russell

Hornback, Rondall Darrell 25 20 JAN 1 4 Jo Ann Reynolds

Howell, Grady Herman 61 24 MAR 3 1 Dorothy

Howell, James A. 76 03 NOV 3 2 Nellie Bradley

Howell, Lewis Marion 70 01 SEP 3 1 Catherine Cruse

Howell, Lucy Skaggs 75 20 OCT 3 2

Howell, Nellie Uptegrove 81 27 OCT 3 1 ( John & Isabelle Uptegrove

Hudgins, Mary Thelma 72 01 SEP 3 1

Hudgins, W. S. 79 11 AUG 3 1 Thelma Cook

Ilaria, Patricia Pittinger 44 21 JUL 3 1 Dr. Robert Ilaria

Ireland, Arthur L. 78 05 MAY 3 3 Lola Jenkins

Janes, Michael L. 17 17 FEB 2 2

Jenkins, J. Ray 17 NOV 3 1 Helen Nusz

Jones, J. T. 44 02 JUN 3 3

Jones, Nora Myrtle 90 06 OCT 3 3

Kastor, Nell 76 03 MAR 7 1

Keller, Nannie J. 80 01 SEP 3 2

Kennedy, Fredolph A. 66 27 OCT 3 2 Marie Cundiff

Kennedy, Gregory Scott 15 12 MAY 1 1 ( Roy Kennedy )

Kerrick, Nannie Maud 81 10 FEB 3 3

Kessler, Nannie J. 80 01 SEP 3 2 Thomas Kessler

Kinkade, Melvin C. 53 20 OCT 3 1 Samuel David Kinkade

Kirkpatrick, Harvey 81 10 NOV 3 1 Nell Howard

Krigbaum, Carl, Jr. 55 02 JUN 1 1 Betty McGuire

LaFollette, Arvin 70 22 SEP 3 1 Bertha Atherton

Langley, Frances 91 03 FEB 3 1 S. W. Langley

Lee, Edward Duell 72 17 MAR 1 4 Annie

LeGrande, Chester R. 08 DEC 3 3 Catherine Catlett

Light, Alford Bascom 88 06 OCT 3 1 Zelda

Lightsey, Audrea 45 07 JUL 3 5 ( Josie Rayburn )

Lipsey, William Avery 71 24 FEB 3 1 Myrtle Hart

Logsdon, Mary V. 86 23 JUN 3 3 Charles F. Logsdon

Luncford, Edward 69 17 FEB 3 1

Lyons, Lester W. 63 07 APR 3 1 Maggie Crown

Mabe, Willie R. 72 08 DEC 3 2

Manion, Rance L. 60 27 JAN 3 2 Kathryn Ann Moore

Marr, Pelmen C. 86 28 APR 3 1

Martin, Willis D. 44 05 MAY 3 4 Hazel Farmer

Masterson, Stephen Jude 15 29 DEC 3 1 ( Jasper Masterson )

Mathis, Anita 56 06 OCT 3 2

Mawson, Blanch 76 24 FEB 3 3

Mayfield, Clarkie 35 02 JUN 1 1 Susie

Mayfield, Clarkie 35 02 JUN 6 4 Susie

McCubbin, Bertha Gibson 73 05 MAY 3 1 Curtis McCubbin

McCubbin, Otis 89 24 NOV 3 1 Viva Wright

McDowell, Edith Lee Martin 75 23 JUN 3 1 Joseph E. McDowell

McGuffin, Jess 67 20 JAN 3 2

McQuillan, Mary Leona 67 30 JUN 3 2

Meers, Fred B. 84 13 OCT 3 2 Lottie Whitfield

Merrifield, Lawrence 65 17 FEB 3 4 Creola Miller

Merrifield, Robert 15 SEP 3 1 Mary Margaret Roberts

Middleton, Elsie Williams 83 21 APR 3 2 ( George Williams )

Milby, Elmer Leo 45 18 AUG 3 4 Eunice Dobson

Milby, James 45 30 JUN 3 1 Carolyn Price

Milby, Ralph W. 68 13 JAN 3 2 Edna Mann

Miller, Annie Belle 76 31 MAR 3 4

Miller, Lillie Agnes 76 20 OCT 3 3

Mills, Nannie 73 19 MAY 3 4

Miracle, Gillis 62 22 SEP 3 1 Louise Young

Mitchell, Alouise Settle 22 SEP 3 2 George T. Mitchell

Moore, William A. 30 21 APR 1 1 Mary Agnes Culver

Moorman, Richard 47 20 JAN 3 1 Jean Gray

Morgan, L. L. 81 29 DEC 3 1 Annie B.

Morrison, Anna B. 67 20 OCT 3 2 John Lee Morrison

Morrison, Will 86 29 SEP 3 1

Myers, Lena M. 80 18 AUG 3 3 Bertram Myers

Nather, Blanche Harp 89 21 JUL 3 1

Nicholas, Fayette 72 08 DEC 3 2 Laura Dever

Oliver, Mattie T. 96 20 JAN 3 1 Thomas Oliver

Owen, Robert Lee 30 07 APR 3 2 ( William G. Owen & Louise

Owens, Nina Carlton 83 31 MAR 3 5 Mason H. Owens

Parkerson, Howard 84 15 DEC 3 2 Pearl Foote

Patterson, Jim Burba 73 16 JUN 3 1

Pearman, Alex Jerome Inf. 10 FEB 3 1 ( Jacob Pearman )

Pirrman, Bobbie Jean 42 15 SEP 3 1 Martin E. Pirrman

Polley, Fan 80 24 FEB 3 2 Marshall Polley

Polley, William Lewis 58 07 JUL 3 2 Juanita

Price, Caroline Shofner 81 09 JUN 3 3 Robert Price

Price, Isabelle Florence 75 01 DEC 3 3

Price, Shirley R. 40 28 APR 3 3 ( Mrs. Isabelle Price )

Priddy, Dillard Marvin 62 16 JUN 3 2 ( Mrs. Dova Jenkins )

Priddy, Margaret Lee 49 15 DEC 3 1 Roy J. Priddy

Pritchard, Lora 74 29 SEP 3 3

Puckett, Ada Vance 80 16 JUN 3 1 Rev. Harvey Puckett

Puckett, Clarence D. 70 14 APR 3 1

Quesenberry, Clarence M. 92 24 NOV 3 2

Quesenberry, Mattie Belle 62 07 JUL 3 4 ( Clarence Quesenberry

Ramsey, Fred, Sr. 85 27 JAN 3 1

Redman, Paul Adrian, Sr. 70 22 DEC 3 1

Rider, Thora B. 63 07 JUL 3 3 ( Robert F. Rider )

Riggs, Jenetta Lee Inf. 08 DEC 3 1 ( Johnny Riggs )

Risen, Gertrude H. 71 17 NOV 3 2

Roark, James 24 NOV 3 1 Bess

Rock, Betty Hill 34 14 JUL 3 3 Herbert Rock

Rock, Cora Lee Rock 10 MAR 16 5 Sylvester B. Rock

Rock, Roy, Sr. 75 17 FEB 3 3 Ruby Routt

Rose, Joseph Clark 67 24 MAR 3 1 Claretha

Ross, Clyde H. 78 10 MAR 10 8

Roten, Minnie 88 23 JUN 3 2 W. V. Roten

Routh, Harry L. 24 MAR 3 2 Marylou Hayes

Routt, Betty P. Blanchard 75 20 OCT 3 5

Routt, Shirley Ann 84 10 MAR 16 4 Clark Routt

Sanders, Geraldine 83 12 MAY 3 2

Scott, Lee 10 FEB 3 1 Clara Whitlow

Scott, Mary 65 04 AUG 3 6 Earl Herman Scott

Self, Jennie Adeline 76 01 DEC 3 2

Shaw, Warren LaRue 57 02 JUN 3 2 ( Charles & Sallie Shaw

Sheeran, Joseph A., Rev. 18 AUG 3 4

Sheffield, Carl Richard 32 17 MAR 16 4 Loucretia

Sheffield, Carl Richard 32 24 MAR 3 1 Loucrettia

Shipp, Gladys Judelle 46 28 APR 3 2 Roscoe Shipp

Shipp, Virgil Hubbard 49 27 JAN 3 1 Betty Evans

Shives, Stella Patton 80 19 MAY 3 1 V. J. Shives

Sidebottom, Mildred Risen 61 15 SEP 3 1 Jesse Sidebottom

Skaggs, Edd 88 25 AUG 3 1

Skaggs, Eva Mae 45 29 SEP 3 1 ( Mrs. Annie Skaggs )

Skaggs, Joel H. 65 26 MAY 1 5 Lucy

Skaggs, Otto, Jr. 43 20 OCT 3 3 Joyce Noe

Slaughter, Della Cox 65 07 JUL 3 3 Sam Slaughter

Smith, J. E. 66 04 AUG 1 3 Ada Miller

Smith, Stacy Sue Inf. 01 DEC 3 1 ( Frank G. Smith )

Smith, Wallace Henderson 31 08 SEP 3 3 ( Lovie Dixon Smith )

Smith, Wallace Henderson 31 15 SEP 3 2

Stinnett, Beatrice Skaggs 71 05 MAY 3 2 Edward Stinnett

Sutherland, Paul E. 54 25 AUG 3 3 Virginia Isbell

Sutherland, Willie Taylor 77 13 JAN 3 2 Inez Thomas

Sympson, Reuben 89 30 JUN 3 2

Talley, Harvey 74 10 NOV 3 2 Virginia Terrill

Taylor, Lula May Goff 90 15 SEP 3 2

Taylor, Ruth Pickerell 83 29 SEP 3 3

Terry, Guy 82 04 AUG 3 5

Tharp, Leonard 77 18 AUG 3 3 Louise Blankenship

Tharp, Mary M. 73 22 SEP 3 2 Mary M. Dixon

Thomas, Carl W. 59 20 JAN 3 4 Geneva Miller

Thomas, Gertrude Cundiff 78 02 JUN 3 1 Y. R. Thomas

Thomas, Jesse 56 26 MAY 3 1 Dorothy Smith

Thomas, Mary Jane 82 06 JAN 3 1 Stanley Thomas

Thomason, Peggy Marie 21 05 MAY 1 1 (Marcelene Day Blankenship

Thompson, Elizabeth 20 JAN 3 2

Thompson, Herbert 74 03 MAR 7 4 Clora Warren

Thompson, Mary Josephine 15 10 NOV 3 4 ( Patrick Thompson )

Thompson, Rise Carol 20 03 NOV 1 3

Thurman, Martha 74 14 JUL 3 2 B. I. Thurman

Thurman, Willie 74 07 JUL 3 3

Tingle, Marvin 53 06 OCT 1 1 (Marvin P. Tingle & Victoria

Tingle, Victoria 80 06 OCT 1 1

Toole, Lawrence E. 68 10 FEB 3 4 Mary Belle Davis

Turner, Joe 76 09 JUN 3 1 Ethel Puckett

Turner, Lula Mell Lyons 88 10 MAR 16 4

Turner, Valerie Linn 33 29 SEP 6 2 ( Thomas Coleman )

Twyman, James Iversen 64 10 MAR 16 5 Iva Yates

Underwood, Marvin L. 77 06 OCT 3 2 Jesse Holman

Upton, Henry Elmo 65 08 SEP 3 3 Lorane Goodman

Vance, Daisy Scott 89 23 JUN 3 1

VanMeter, Della 79 12 MAY 3 3

VanMeter, Helen Fryrear 84 03 NOV 3 1

Vaughn, Effie 84 19 MAY 3 4 Willie Vaughn

Vaughn, John 94 18 AUG 3 1

Vertrees, William S. 74 31 MAR 3 4 Georgia McMurty

Vettoo, Joseph 81 29 SEP 3 4

Vittitow, Francis Eugene 73 07 JUN 3 1 Mary Lillian Smith

Walker, Anna Mae Mather 83 30 JUN 3 3 John W. Walker

Wallace, Chester 65 08 DEC 3 1 Mabel Meers

Warren, Ather Lee 68 07 JUL 3 4 Dixie Short

Warren, Darlene 40 28 JUL 3 2 Charlie Tho. Warren

Warren, Henry Dewey 79 29 SEP 3 2 Carrie Thompson

Warren, Ruby 65 03 MAR 7 4 Howard Warren

Watson, Ollie 66 22 DEC 3 2

Weathers, Maggie L. Handley 71 07 JUL 3 3

Weller, Alonzo D. 79 06 JAN 3 2

Whitlow, Henry C. 76 22 SEP 3 2 Norma Reynolds

Wildt, Annie Lura Devore 69 13 OCT 3 1 Fred A. Wildt

Wilkins, Hobart Lee 80 05 MAY 3 2 Janie Simpson

Williamson, James Walter 62 18 AUG 3 3 Margaret O’Bryan

Willian, Bruce T. 51 24 FEB 1 1 Loraine Rayhill

Wilson, George 48 20 JAN 3 1 Betty Anderson

Winstead, Thomas Durham 78 03 NOV 3 2 Guy Wolford

Wise, Bessie Williams 87 18 AUG 3 2 Walter Lane/R. J. Wise

Wise, Jessie J. 89 30 JUN 3 4 Flora Vanmeter

Witherspoon, Rebecca Bennett 96 17 FEB 3 4

Wolfe, Thelma Johnsey 74 10 FEB 3 3

Woolridge, Fred C., Sr. 80 08 SEP 3 3 Mildred Wilson

Wright, Ira 73 14 JUL 3 1 Clara Puckett