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Joseph William Sparks
Oct 21, 1928 - Sep 28, 2003
Joseph W. Sparks, 74, of 1231 Rosehill Drive, Owensboro, died Sunday, September 28, 2003, at Wellington Parc of Owensboro. He was born in Daviess Co., Ky. and was a retired electrician with the United Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He was a U. S. Marine Corps veteran.He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Mariam…
Jack Todd Wilkerson
Dec 6, 1919 - Sep 26, 2003
Jack Wilkerson age 83, of Peachtree City, Georgia, formerly of Owensboro, died Friday, September 26, 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr Wilkerson was a radio personality for 35 years. He was a radio announcer in Owensboro during the 1960s at WVJS and WSTO. He then spent the rest of his career in the Ann Arbor area.…
Winifred Grimes Paschal
May 24, 1917 - Sep 26, 2003
Winifred Grimes Winnie Paschal, 86, of 1723 Virginia Court, Owensboro, died Friday, September 26, 2003, at Owensboro Mercy Health System. She was born in Warren Co., Ky. on May 24, 1917,. and was a member of Third Baptist Church. She graduated from Bowling Green Business University in 1937.She is survived by her husband of 63…
Gordon Lee Rhoades
Feb 13, 1928 - Sep 25, 2003
Gordon Lee Rhoades, 75, of 807 Parkway Drive South, Owensboro, died Thursday, September 25, 2003 at Owensboro Mercy Health System. Mr. Rhoades was a lifelong oil driller, partnered in Rhoades-Trogden Drilling, and owner of Rhoades Garage. He was a member and deacon of Barnetts Creek Baptist Church. He was an Army Veteran of WWII. He…
Floyd Lester Hooks
Apr 30, 1926 - Sep 23, 2003
Floyd Lester Hooks,77, of Fairfield Glade, TN, formerly of Owensboro, passed away September 23, 2003. He was born April 30, 1926 in Paducah, KY the son of Floyd Lester, Sr. and Ileen Jones Hooks. He was a retired school teacher, a member of Central Baptist Church, and a US Navy veteran having served our country…
Mona Ruark Carr
Feb 26, 1914 - Sep 21, 2003
Mona Charlotte Carr, 89, died Sunday, September 21, 2003 at the Carmel Home. She was born February 26, 1914 in Uniontown, KY, the daughter of the late Earl F. and Mary Bernadette Ruark. She was a member of Immaculate Catholic Church where she was a member of the choir; Eucharistic minister; lector; greeter; Daughters of…
Lonnie Berry Pate
Dec 8, 1916 - Sep 21, 2003
Lonnie Berry Pate, 86, of Owensboro died Sunday, September 21, 2003 at the Leisure Years Nursing Home. The Daviess County native was retired from the Yellow Cab Company where he was a mechanic for many years and had also worked for the Evansville Shipyard.. He attended church services at the Salvation Army. Mr. Pate was…
M. C. Shelton
Dec 13, 1918 - Sep 19, 2003
M. C. Shelton, 84, of 4449 Old Hartford Road, died Friday, September 19, 2003 at Owensboro Mercy Health System. He was born on December 13, 1918 in Daviess County, Kentucky, a son of the late Ivan Ivo and Chlora Pryor Shelton.He was also preceded in death by six brothers, Homer, Elmer,Hubert, Thurman, Delbert and Woodrow…
Carolyn Parks Midkiff
Feb 17, 1951 - Sep 19, 2003
Carolyn Parks Midkiff, 52, of 512 Stockton Drive, Owensboro, died Friday, September 19, 2003, at Owensboro Mercy Health System following a brief and intense illness that included hospitalization at Vanderbilt University Hospital. Mrs. Midkiff attended Western Kentucky University and had worked for over 30 years for Dr. W. Neil Padgett and the Womens Pavilion. She…
Helen Colbert Hopkins
Jul 30, 1911 - Sep 19, 2003
Helen Colbert Hopkins, 92, of 2017 Clinton Place West, Owensboro, died Friday, September 19, 2003, at Owensboro Mercy Health System. She was born July 30, 1911, to Hulman and Margaret Marsch Colbert, in Hancock County. She was a homemaker, a member of St. Stephen Cathedral, and enjoyed her family, children, and her flowers. She was…
