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Martha Lou Choate
Aug 17, 1930 - Nov 8, 2022
Martha Lou Choate, 92, of Owensboro, passed away November 8, 2022. She was born to Urnel Samuel and Eula McGregor Choate on August 17, 1930. Martha was a graduate of Earlington High School. She enjoyed doing work with her hands and sharing her sewing, crocheting, and knitting with others. Martha was civic-minded and worked in different areas…
Rhett Daniel Beckhart
Aug 11, 1989 - Nov 7, 2022
Rhett Daniel Beckhart, 33, of Elizabethtown, passed away November 7, 2022. He was born August 11, 1989, in Owensboro, to Ellen Beckhart Lively. Rhett was an avid guitar player and enjoyed rock music. He was also a seasoned outdoorsman who enjoyed fishing and hunting. Rhett retired from the army after bravely serving our country for…
Charley R. Mattingly
Apr 4, 1946 - Nov 7, 2022
Charley R. Mattingly, 76, of Owensboro passed away Monday, November 7, 2022, under the care of Hospice of W. Kentucky. As one of twelve children, the Daviess County native was born April 4, 1946, to the late Edwin and Mary Conner Mattingly. Charley was of the Catholic faith and served honorably in the U.S. Army.…
Beatrice Cecilia Wooldridge
Dec 21, 1925 - Nov 7, 2022
Beatrice Cecilia Wooldridge, 96, of Owensboro, passed away November 7, 2022, while under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky. She was born December 21, 1925, in Browns Valley to the late Sherman Alexander and Mary Ethel Knott Howard. Beatrice was a wife and stay at home mother. She not only cared for her children,…
Doris Jean Smith
Oct 18, 1939 - Nov 5, 2022
Doris Smith, 83 years old of Owensboro, KY united with her husband, Melvin J. Smith, Sr. on November 5th, 2022. She was born October 18, 1939, to the late Gertrude Douglas and Stephen Hayden. She was the oldest sister to the late Bertram Riley, Thelma Acton, and William “Bubba” Douglas. Her siblings here to morn…
Jane Latimer Stevenson
Mar 20, 1931 - Nov 4, 2022
Jane Latimer Stevenson, 91, died on Friday, November 4, 2022. She was born in Owensboro on March 20, 1931 to William and Dora Lee Birk Stevenson. Jane attended Owensboro High School where she was a member of Rose Curtain Players, the Science Club, International Relations Club, and Girl Scouts. She was voted Most Popular…
Vonda Lee Ball
Oct 5, 1947 - Nov 4, 2022
Vonda Ball was born on October 5, 1947, in Bowling Green, Kentucky to parents Lydia and Cedric Hatcher. She passed away on November 4, 2022. Vonda lived on a farm near Morgantown in Butler County, Kentucky until she was eight years old, and then moved with her family to Bowling Green, Kentucky. She attended…
Norma Jean Chapman
Feb 5, 1949 - Nov 4, 2022
Norma Jean Chapman, 73, of Philpot, passed away on Friday, November 4, 2022, while under the care of Hospice of Southern Kentucky in Bowling Green. She was born February 5, 1949 in Daviess County to the late Oda and Maud Ambrose Chapman. Jean was retired from the Owensboro Independent School System after 30 years…
Sarah Dean Johnson
Apr 18, 1930 - Nov 4, 2022
Sarah Dean Johnson, 92, of Owensboro, passed away Friday, November 4, 2022, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born April 18, 1930, in Spa, Kentucky to the late Lloyd Lester Johns and Eula Blanche Hall Johns. Sarah and her husband, Lloyd raised 4 boys and one girl in Tell City, IN and eventually…
John Thomas "Tom" Lanham
Dec 9, 1938 - Nov 4, 2022
John Thomas “Tom” Lanham passed away at the age of 83, at home in Owensboro KY, on November 4, 2022. Born in Bear Creek Montana, to Roy and Eva Lanham, Tom moved to Kentucky at an early age and worked in carpentry. Tom was a lifelong member of the Carpenters Local Union #224. From dam…
