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James Delbert Williams
Feb 8, 1916 - Mar 30, 2001
Mr. James Delbert Williams, 85, of 4682 Pleasant Grove Road, died Friday, March 30 at the Owensboro Mercy Health System. The Daviess County native was a member of St Stephen Cathedral and was a retired upholsterer from the Whitehall Furniture Company. He was an Army veteran of World War II and loved to play chess…
Margaret Louise Lancaster
Feb 12, 1928 - Mar 29, 2001
Mrs. Margaret Louise Ward Lancaster, 73, of 2940 Dixianna Court, died Thursday, March 29 at the Owensboro Mercy Health System. A native od Daviess County, Mrs. Lancaster was a member of the West Side Church of Christ and enjoyed reading,spending time with her family and UK basketball.She is survived by 3 sons, Paul Gauselman, Billy…
John Joseph Johnston
Sep 3, 1930 - Mar 29, 2001
Mr. John J. Johnston, Jr., 70, of 4642 Strickland Dr., Owensboro, died Thursday, March 29 at Bon Harbor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Owensboro. A native of Owensboro, Mr. Johnston was a member of Walnut Memorial Baptist Church and was retired from Green River Steel. He graduated from St Francis Academy in 1949, was an…
Anna Catherine Millay
Sep 9, 1924 - Mar 25, 2001
Mrs. Anna Catherine Adams Millay, 76, of 2920 Yale Place #303, died Sunday, March 25th at her home. A native of Daviess County, Mrs. Millay was a member of Blessed Mother Catholic Church and was a retired Real Estate Broker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert B. Millay in 1994 and a…
Flora Mae King
Apr 11, 1912 - Mar 24, 2001
Mrs. Flora Mae King, 88, died Saturday, March 24 at the Leisure Years Nursing Home in Owensboro. A native of Hart County, she had worked in various factory jobs as well as being a homemaker.She was preceded in death by 3 husbands, Walter Brook Spencer, Ted Decker and Earl King. She is survived by a…
Elizabeth Creason Carter
Jul 2, 1929 - Mar 23, 2001
Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, 71, of Owensboro, died Friday, March 23, 2001 at Bon Harbor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A native of Spencer County, Indiana, Mrs. Carter worked as a private sitter.She was a member of Walnut Memorial Baptist Church, the VFW Women's Auxiliary, and volunteered for the Audobon Area Senior Companions Program.She is survived by…
Wilford P. Fenwick
Aug 20, 1933 - Mar 23, 2001
Mr. Wilford P. ''Skeeter'' Fenwick, 67, of Calhoun, died Friday, March 23 at the Owensboro Mercy Health System. A native of Daviess County, he was a retired plumber and welder.He enjoyed hunting and fishing and could play several musical instruments.He is survived by a son Ricky Femwick of Whitesville and 2 step-sons, Bubby and Mike…
Mary Damien Abell
Aug 23, 1910 - Mar 22, 2001
Sister Mary Damien Abell, 90, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, of Maple Mount, Kentucky died March 22, 2001 at Mount Saint Joseph. She was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. She was in the 73rd year of her religious life. She entered the Ursuline Sisters of Mount St. Joseph Community on March 19, 1928.She was…
Robert Austin Meythaler
Mar 1, 1982 - Mar 22, 2001
Robert Austin Meythaler, 19, of Owensboro, Kentucky died Thursday, March 22, 2001 at the Greenville Health System in Greenville, South Carolina. The son of Teri Austin and Robert Virgil Meythaler of Owensboro, he was born March 1, 1982, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Mr. Meythaler was Valedictorian of the class of 2000 of Owensboro High School, where he…
Jackie Lee Bennett
Nov 4, 1958 - Mar 21, 2001
Jackie Lee Bennett, 42, of 7009 Lamplite Circle, Owensboro, died Wednesday, March 21, 2001, at his home. Mr. Bennett was born in Richwood, W. Va., on November 4, 1958, he was the son of the late Jack Dee Bennett and Loryene Donahue Litton.Mr. Bennett was a truck driver, Vietnam War veteran and member of Life…