Pendleton County Obituaries

Obituaries are posted with the permission of Debbie Dennie, Editor of the "Falmouth Outlook"

Falmouth Outlook, December 9, 2003

John Charles Wesley Hinton, 77, of Falmouth, passed away on Saturday December 6, 2003 at the St. Luke Hospital East in Ft. Thomas, Ky. He was born in Hardinsburg, Ky., on June 15, 1927, the youngest son of the late Rev. William A. and Florence Williams Hinton. He married C. Juanita Pharris Hinton on November 12, 1950 and his dear wife survives his passing. They were married for 53 years, he was preceded in death by a son, Joseph McRae Hinton, December 5, 1985. He was a member of the former Allen Chapel United Methodist Church in Falmouth, where his father pastored for many years and he served as treasurer and song leader. He owned the former Supreme Radio and Television in Falmouth, retiring in 1977 after 25 years, he then went to work for Square D. Company in Florence for 15 years.
Surviving in addition to his wife Juanita are two daughters; Jacqueline Hinton-Cravanas and her husband Vyrone Cravanas of Knoxville, Tenn., Billie Jean Stout of Batavia, Ohio, and a son John Anthony Hinton of Easton, Pa., six grandchildren; Brooke Stout, John Anthony Hinton, II, Tiffany Hinton, Michael Hinton, Alex Cravanas, and Taylor Cravanas; two sister-in-laws; Jewel Pharris and Gladys Grant of Georgetown, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday December 13, 2003 at 1 p.m. at the Woodhead Funeral Home in Falmouth, Ky., with Rev. William Hinton, Jr. officiating assisted by Rev. Harry Crozier. Visitation will be on Friday December 12 from 7-9 p.m. at Woodhead Funeral Home. Casket bearers will be Gary, Skip and Ronnie Allen, David and Danny Hinton and Roger Jenkins.
Interment will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Falmouth, Ky.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Heart Association.


Jane Foss, 83, of Highland Heights, Ky., passed away on Thursday December 4, 2003 at The Lexington County Place, Lexington, Ky. She was a retired Bank Manager at The Bank of Alexandria, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Dr. David Yandall Ragan and Rebekah Ragan of Cold Spring, Ky., the wife of the late Charles Foss.
Survivors include her son, William Griffin, Alexandria, Ky.; daughter Pat Childres, Lexington, Ky.; brother George W. Ragan, Cold Spring, Ky., and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Monday December 8, 2003 at 1 p.m. at The Asbury Methodist Church, Highland Heights, Ky.
Interment took place in The Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill, Ky.
Memorials are suggested to The Hospice of The Bluegrass 2312 Alex. Pike, Lexington, Ky. 40501 or to The Shriners Burns Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio.


Verdie Tipton, 79, of Highland Heights, Ky., passed away on Thursday December 4, 2003 at The N. Ky. Rehabilitation Center, Highland Heights, Ky., she was a kitchen employee of The Beverly Hills Club, Southgate, Ky.
Survivors include daughters; Sally Smith, Highland Heights, Ky., Patricia Harris, Indiana-polis, Indiana, Barbara Carney, South Carolina, son; David Tipton, Alexandria, Ky., thirteen grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services were held at 12 noon on Monday, at The Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick, Ky.
Interment took place in The Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill, Ky.


Tom Nichols Jr., 42, of Southgate, Ky., passed away on Thursday December 4, 2003 at The St. Luke East Hospital, Fort Thomas, Ky. He was disabled, the son of the late Beulah Nichols who passed away on October 28, 1981.
Survivors include his father, Tom Nichols Sr., Highland Heights, Ky., one son, Thomas Brandon Nichols, Covington, Ky., one sister Darlene Compton, also of Covington, Ky., three brothers; Lloyd Compton, Dayton, Ky., Art Nichols, Cincinnatio, Ohio and Tracy Nichols, Erlanger, Ky.
Services will be held on Tuesday December 9, at 8 p.m. at The Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick, Ky.
Interment will be in The Peach Grove Cemetery, Peach Grove, Ky.


Velma Agnes Bishop, 94, of Florence, formerly of Falmouth, passed away on Thursday December 4, 2003, at the St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. Born on August 4, 1909 in Pendleton County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late James Wadsworth and Flavie Sharon Smith. She was preceded in death by her husbands, William W. DeArmond on May 31, 1969 and Everett Bishop on July 20, 1984, and her brothers, Edward and Howard Smith, and her sisters; Nancy Schneider, Stella Fardo, Viola Paynter, Mary Adair and Dorothy Cookendorfer.
She fondly remembered working to feed the soldiers at Camp Atterberry in Indianapolis, Indiana, she had also worked handling eggs for the Farm Bureau Insurance Agency, housekeeping for Loraine Hotel, and operating a rooming house, all in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was also a member of the Mt. Moriah Christian Church, Pendleton County.
Survivors include; daughter, Flavie Elmore of Florence, with whom she lived , three step-children; Doyne Hartman, Cayuga, Indiana, Doris DeArmond, Clinton, Indiana, Dick Bishop, Falmouth, Ky., two grandchildren; Miranda and William Elmore; fifteen step grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Sunday December 7, 2003 at the Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth, with Rev. John N. Elmore officiating. Casket bearers were Larry, Jeffrey, and Kevin Vanlanding-ham, Dick and Rick Bishop, and William Elmore. Music was shared by Gerald Stephenson and Randy Wallace.
Interment took place in the Bethel Cemetery, Butler, Ky.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society, c/o Mrs. Pauline Chalfant, Pendleton County Tribute Gift Chair, 325 Southside Church Road, Falmouth, Ky. 41040


Clarence Bauer, 67, of Maysville, passed away on Tuesday December 2, 2003 at Meadowview Regional Medical Center of complications from cancer. He was born on August 24, 1936 the late Augustine Augustus and Edith Case Bauer.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Teresa Skidmore and brothers, Donald, Joe and Danny Bauer.
He was an avid hunter, bingo player and wildlife enthusiast. He was a member of the Germantown United Methodist Church and a veteran of the U.S. Army, the beloved husband of Diana Jolley Bauer, his wife of 21 years, the devoted father of Violet (Clay) Hedgecock, Germantown, Ky., Lois (Danny) Wheeler, Cindy (Mole) Gentry, and Christy (Efraim) Rosen-baum, all of Maysville.
Other survivors include his grandchildren: Amber Bauer, Lola Gentry, Josh Wheeler and also Nicholas, Randi, Levi, and Alex Rosenbaum, brothers; Augustus (Jerry Ann) Bauer, Jr., Minerve, Charles (Judy) Bauer, Maysville, sister; Emma (Ronnie) Hord, Rectorville. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday December 6, 2003 at the Germantown United Methodist Church. Palmer Funeral Home, Germantown served the family.
Memorials are suggested to St. Patrick School, the American Cancer Society or the Maysville VFW.


Jerry Mitchell Waters, 41, of Dayton, Ky., passed away on Tuesday December 2, 2003 at his residence. He was a self employed construction worker.
Survivors include his mother Patricia Jessee, Dayton, Ky., one daughter Christina Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio, one sister, Jennifer Waters, Dayton, Ky. and one grandson.
Funeral services were held on Friday December 5, at 8 p.m. at The Cooper Funeral Home.


Falmouth Outlook, December 16, 2003

Randall Lee Bowen, 82, of Demossville, passed away on Wednesday December 10, 2003, at his home. Born on March 30, 1921 in Pendleton County, he was the son of the late James Columbus and Mary Katherine Mangold Bowen. He married Geneva Pearl Donahue Bowen on October 24, 1945, and his dear wife survives his passing. He was a well-known Pendleton County farmer and carpenter, for many years he was a valued employee in the Produce Department of Wyatt's Super Valu, Falmouth, a member of the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church for over 60 years, where he had been active with Sunday school and Discipleship Programs, for over 25 years, he and his wife Geneva, had maintained the church.
In addition to his wife of 58 years, Geneva, he leaves seven children: Mary Lou (Carl) Gray, Williamstown, Teddie (Gail) Bowen, Freddie (Sharon) Bowen, Dollie (Clinton) Gray, Eddie Bowen, Tim (Becky) Bowen all of Demossville, and Randall (Velma) Bowen Jr., of Dry Ridge. Grandchildren: Melissa York, Stacy Gray, Greg Bowen, Amber Burgemeir, Chad Bowen, Amy Shoemaker, Aaron Bowen, Lindsay Bowen, Charity Gray, Erin Bowen, Dustin Bowen, Kyle Bowen, and Mikayla Bowen; great-grandchildren, Hailey York, Mary Kate Shoemaker, Molly and Maggie Burgemeir, Zak Bowen, and Tucker Gray; brothers: George Bowen and Bernard Bowen both of Demossville and a host of nieces and nephews, and friends.
Services were held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 14, 2003 at the Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth, with Rev. Chad Quick officiating, also shared the music. The pallbearers were his grandsons: Stacy Gray, Greg Bowen, Chad Bowen, Aaron Bowen, Dustin Bowen, and Kyle Bowen. The honorary pallbearers were Brian Burgemeir, Mitchell “Micky” Shoemaker, Danny York, Bobby Straub, and Mark Dressman.
Interment took place in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Pendleton County.
Memorials are suggested to the Hospice of Hope, 909 Kenton Station Drive, Maysville, KY 41056


Lucy Roseberry

, 94, of Menzie Bottoms Road, Butler, passed away on Sunday December 14, 2003 at the St. Luke Hospital East. Lucy was born in Ky on January 7, 1909, she was the daughter of Thomas and Emma Lawson, a charter member of Fairlane Baptist Church, she worked at the Grants Lick Elementary School lunch room, and was retired from the D.A.V. She married Frank Roseberry whom passed on December 22, 1959. She was preceded in death by her son Albert Roseberry and daughter Mary Jackson.
Survivors include: sons, Elmer Roseberry, Butler, Ky., Alan Roseberry, Independence, Ky.; daughter, Dorothy Montgomery Jackson, Grants Lick, Ky.; brothers, Donald Lawson, Florence, Ky., Allie Lawson, Covington, Ky.; sisters, Velma Walthers, Ellenton, Fla., Lillian Nazi, Taylor Mill Ky., Minnie Roseberry, Butler, Ky.; nineteen grandchildren, thirty four great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held on Thursday December 18, 2003 at the Fairlane Baptist Church under the direction of Peoples Funeral Home, Grants Lick, Ky.
Interment took place in the Oakland Cemetery, Grants Lick, Ky.


Lola Mae Sacra Berardi, 89, of Butler, Ky., formerly of Louisville and Lexington, Ky., passed away on Saturday December 13, 2003 at River Valley Nursing Home, Butler, Ky., born in Lexington, Ky. on August 15, 1914 she was the daughter of John and Vinnie Sacra, she was a waitress at the Campbell House Restaurant and Golden Horseshoe in Lexington, Ky. She was a member of Clifton Heights Christian Church, Louisville, Ky., she was preceded in death by two sons in infancy, four sisters and one brother.
Survivors include her husband, Donald Berardi, Louisville, Ky., sons: Robert M. Ockerman, North Port, Fla., Gary W. Ockerman, Park City, Ill. and William R. Ockerman, Butler, Ky. three grandchildren: Lisa Arnold, Falmouth, Ky. Sheila Ullrich, Naples, Fla., Billie Jean Ockerman, Ft. Thomas, Ky., and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be at 10-11 a.m. on Tuesday December 16, 2003 at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth, Ky.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday Dec-ember 16, 2003 at Louisville Memorial Garden, Louisville, Ky.
Interment will take place in Louisville Memorial Garden, Louisville, Ky.
Memorials are suggested to Alzheimers Assoc. 644 Linn St. Suite 1026, Cincinnati, OH 45203


Kimberly Kay (Doyle) Cooper, 43, of Augusta, passed away on Saturday December 6, 2003 at Meadowview Reg. Med. Center in Maysville, Ky.
She served as Payroll Specialist for Emerson Power Transmission, a member of Germantown United Methodist and Germantown Brite Siders Homemakers. She married Roby Cooper on June 24, 1978 and he survives her passing. She was born on January 12, 1960 in Maysville, Ky., the daughter of the late William “Billy” Doyle, whom passed on January 17, 2001, and Mary Ann (Jefferson) Doyle of Germantown.
Additional survivors include her daughter Tabitha (Stevie) Sorrell, Germantown, Ky, and a grandson, Logan Thomas Sorrell.
Services were held on Wed-nesday December 10, 2003 at 11 a.m. at Palmer Funeral Home, Germantown, Ky.
Interment took place in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Germantown, Ky.
Memorial contributions are suggested to American Heart Association, or Hospice of Hope.


Earl R. Daniel, Jr., 82, of California, Ky., passed away on Sunday December 14, 2003. He was a retired rigger for Interlake Steel, Newport, Ky., a senior Deacon at The Flag Springs Baptist Church, California, Ky. He was a WWII Marine.
Survivors include: his wife, Marion Daniel, daughters: Brenda White and Wanda Wanner, both of California, son: Tom Daniel, Alexandria, sister: Genevieve Daniel, North Carolina, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday December 17, 2003 at The Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick, Ky. Visitation will be 5-9 p.m. on Tuesday December 16, 2003 at The Cooper Funeral Home, Grants Lick.
Interment will take place at The Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill, Ky.


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