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Monia Jean Petticord Foulke
Feb 24, 1923 - Jun 18, 2004
Monia Jean Petticord Foulke, 81, of Owensboro died Friday, June 18, 2004 at the Owensboro Mercy Health System. Born February 24, 1923, Mrs. Foulke was a homemaker and a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses. Mrs. Foulke was an accomplished dressmaker and enjoyed crafts and was a member of the Happy Hookers Crocheting Club.…
Ronald E. Midkiff
Mar 8, 1943 - Jun 17, 2004
Ronald E. Midkiff, 61, of 901 Isaac Shelby Drive, Owensboro, died Thursday, June 17, 2004 at Owensboro Medical Health System. He was born in Whitesville to the late James and Mary Louise Midkiff. He attended Owensboro Business College.He was employed by Swedish Match North America, and a member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, and…
Agnes Marie Thomas
Sep 12, 1936 - Jun 17, 2004
Agnes Marie Thomas, 67, of 1613 East 21st Street, Owensboro, died Thursday, June 17, 2004 at her home. Agnes was born in Owensboro, September 12, 1936 to the late Simon and Lucy (Wink) Schell. She was a homemaker, who loved to be with her children, grandchildren and friends. She was a member of Blessed Mother…

Joan Gower
Sep 12, 1936 - Jun 17, 2004
Joan Gower, 67, of 3426 B. Wandering Lane, Owensboro, Kentucky died Thursday, June 17, 2004 at her residence. Mrs. Gower was born September 20, 1936 to Johnny and Inez Cusic Cummings in Henderson County, Kentucky. Survivors include her husband, Larry Gower; two daughters, Candace Martin of Newburgh, IN. and Peggy Freeman of Owensboro; two sons,…
Maurice Allan Lovan
Nov 17, 1935 - Jun 16, 2004
Maurice Allan Lovan, 68, of 1329 Center Street, Owensboro, died Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at the Hermitage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born November 17, 1935 in Providence, Kentucky to Pearl and Ida Mayes Lovan. Mr. Lovan was a counselor for New Horizons and an Army veteran. He had attended Indiana University. He was…
Louva Violet Ford Medley
Jan 20, 1914 - Jun 14, 2004
Louva Ford Medley, 90, of Owensboro died Monday, June 14, 2004 at the Hermitage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Ohio County, Mrs. Medley was retired from Medley Distillery and was a member of the Walnut Memorial Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin Wathen Medley in 1953, and a son,…
Earline Sharer Heflin
Apr 21, 1928 - Jun 13, 2004
Earline Sharer Heflin, 76, of 4725 Foors Lane, Owensboro, died Friday, June 11, 2004, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was born April 21, 1928, to the late Earl and Prince Williams Sharer in Daviess County. She was a homemaker, and a charter member of Masonville Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School for…
Nellie Ruth Smith
Jun 12, 1948 - Jun 10, 2004
Nellie Ruth Nanny Pierce Smith, 55, of 2802 W. 4th. Street, Owensboro, died on Thursday, June 10, 2004. She was born in Daviess Co., Ky., had been a private sitter, and was a member of the Lighthouse Baptist Church in Central City. She enjoyed reading and listening to gospel music.Surviving is her brother and his…
Kenneth Dale Shown
Jun 25, 1929 - Jun 9, 2004
Kenneth Kenny Dale Shown, 74, of Maceo, died Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at the Hillcrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Ohio County, June 25, 1929, Mr. Shown was a retired equipment operator. He was a member of the Maceo Baptist Church; an Army veteran of the Korean War; and lifetime member of the Veterans…
Mary Pearl Blandford
Sep 28, 1911 - Jun 9, 2004
Mary Pearl Blandford, 92, of Owensboro, died Wednesday, June 9, 2004, at Bon Harbor Nursing Facility after a brief illness. A resident of the Carmel Home since 1999, Mary Pearl was preceded in death by her first husband of 31 years, Joseph Guy Clark, in 1962 and an infant son, Thomas Guy; by her second…