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Joseph Wright Heady
Feb 7, 1914 - Mar 12, 2003
Joseph W. Heady, 89, Yelvington, died Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, KY from burns suffered in a fire Tuesday, March 11. His wife, Katie Bell Heady died in 1993. The Maceo native was a retired farmer and well known breeder of draft horses. He was a member of Thruston…
Catherine Helsley Lyons
Jul 5, 1909 - Mar 11, 2003
Catherine Helsley Lyons, 93, of the Episcopal Church Home in Louisville, Ky., died March 11, 2003 at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville. She was born in Muhlenburg Co., Ky. She was retired as a school teacher and principal where she had been principal at the former Emerson Elementary School and principal at Seven Hills Elementary…
James William Dickens
Dec 17, 1932 - Mar 11, 2003
James William Dickens, age 70, of 1020 Holly Avenue, Owensboro, Kentucky, died Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at Owensboro Mercy Health System. He was a retired custodian for Sutton Elementary after 13 years with Owensboro Board of Education. He attended the Church of God of Prophesy in Owensboro for 11 years. He volunteered his services at…
Phillip Dennis Hardesty
Nov 27, 1960 - Mar 10, 2003
Phillip Dennis Hardesty, 42, of 4238 Hayden Park Drive, Owensboro, died on March 10, 2003, at Owensboro Mercy Health System. He was born in Daviess Co., Ky. He was employed at Applied Industrial Technologies as an Account Manager and had worked there for 24 years. He was a member of the Immaculate Catholic Church, the…
Adeline B. Mehlbauer
Mar 29, 1911 - Mar 7, 2003
Adeline B. Mehlbauer, 91 of 2925 Strawbridge Place, Owensboro, Kentucky, died at Owensboro Mercy Health System on, Friday March 7, 2003. She was a Daviess County native, born to the late Henry and Bertha Clayton Bethel. She was a member of Blessed Mother Catholic Church, loved to read, garden, and spend time with her family.…
Louise C. Nole
May 13, 1913 - Mar 7, 2003
Louise C. Nole, 89, of 1205 Leitchfield Road, Owensboro, died Friday, March 07, 2003 at Leisure Years Nursing Home. She was born in Butler County, Kentucky the daughter of Hubert and Sarah Webster Nole. She was retired from General Electric and was a member of Walnut Memorial Baptist Church.A sister, Opaline Parsons of Owensboro; four…
Elizabeth Lightfoot
- Mar 7, 2003
Elizabeth Johnson Lightfoot was embraced by her family when her courageous battle with cancer ended with peace and dignity, on March 7, 2003. Elizabeth was born on July 25, 1941 in Owensboro, KY, to J Sam and Elizabeth Ballantine Johnson. A devout Christian, she was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, friend, colleague,…
Joseph A. Lanham
Jul 26, 1917 - Mar 6, 2003
Joseph A. Tony Lanham, 85, of 520 Owen Court died Thursday, March 6, 2002 at Owensboro Mercy Health System. The Knottsville, KY native was an electrician and charter member of IBEW #1701, founded Lanham Electric in 1960, a life-long member of Sts. Joseph and Paul Catholic Church, a member of Knights of Columbus, a Kentucky…
Wilbur S. Moreland
Jan 1, 1925 - Mar 4, 2003
Wilbur S. ''Essie'' Moreland, 78, of 401 Maple Ave, died Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at Hermitage Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Daviess Co., Ky. He was a member of Third Baptist Church, a charter member of Lewis Lane Baptist Church, a U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, a past member…
Jo Ann Woodward Fortner
Dec 4, 1937 - Mar 4, 2003
Jo Ann Fortner, 65, of Philpot, died, Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at the Owensboro Mercy Health System. The Daviess County native was a member of the South Hampton Baptist Church and was retired from the Owensboro Board of Education where she worked for 43 years21 years at Foust Elementary and 22 years at Central Office.…
