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Betty Hall
- Apr 26, 2022
Betty Frances Hall, 70, of Owensboro, passed away April 26, 2022, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born in Daviess County to the late Arvin and Lilly Mae Early. She loved crafts and cooking, going to thrift stores, garage sales and spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents…
Curtis J. Howard
Dec 29, 1959 - Apr 25, 2022
Curtis J. Howard, 62, of Utica, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2022, at his home. He was born December 29, 1959 in Daviess County to the late John C. and Mary Wedding Howard. Curtis had been the owner-operator of Howard Post Frame Co. and was a 1978 graduate of Trinity High School in Whitesville.…
Terry Wayne Calhoun
Jan 20, 1956 - Apr 24, 2022
Terry Wayne Calhoun, 66, of Mt. Vernon, formerly of Owensboro, passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at the Rockcastle Regional Hospital in Mt. Vernon. He was born January 20, 1956 in Daviess County to the late Richard Calhoun and Coreen Rutledge Talbot. Terry had worked for Dahl and Groezinger, Inc. and was a member…
Dave Baker
Nov 23, 1940 - Apr 23, 2022
Dave Baker, 81, died at home on April 22, 2022, from renal cancer. He was born in Louisville, KY, on November 23, 1940, to David L. Baker and Evelyn Beville Baker Woods. Dave returned to Kentucky in 2001 after retiring from the University of Wyoming and the University of Louisville, where he served as legal…
Debbie Long Bellwood
Oct 14, 1955 - Apr 23, 2022
Debbie Long Bellwood, 66, of Owensboro, passed away April 23, 2022, while under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky. She was born October 14, 1955, in Owensboro, to Harmon and Martha Long. Debbie was of the Catholic faith and a member of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles. She worked in human resources for…
Gregory Rudolph "Rudy" Strahan, Jr.
Apr 10, 1978 - Apr 23, 2022
Gregory Rudolph "Rudy" Strahan, Jr. passed away Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Plano, TX. Born in Bogalusa, LA, son of Gregory "Greg" Strahan and Susie Strahan, and the late JoAnn Starkey Strahan, Rudy grew up in Hattiesburg, MS thru his junior year in high school and graduated from Tupelo High School in Tupelo, MS. Following…
James Richard "Jim" Powers
Apr 11, 1942 - Apr 22, 2022
James Richard "Jim" Powers, 80, of Owensboro, passed away April 22, 2022, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. He was born April 11, 1942, in Owensboro, to the late Maxwell Powers and Carmel Wathen Powers. Jim was of the Catholic faith, graduated from Owensboro Catholic High School and attended Brescia University. He retired from G.E. and…
Adrianna Hope Simmons
Jan 4, 1978 - Apr 22, 2022
Adrianna Hope Simmons, 44, of Owensboro, passed away Friday, April 22, 2022, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born January 4, 1978, to Adriel Simmons and Frances Yvonne Wink Simmons. She was a graduate of Apollo High School in 1996, an administrative assistant from 2001-2006 and graduate from Brescia University. She then went on…
Debbie S. Burdon
Aug 15, 1985 - Apr 20, 2022
Debbie Burdon, 36, died Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at her home in Connersville, IN. She was born August 15, 1985, in Owensboro, KY to Lotus and Pam (Newcomb) Stogner. Debbie was a graduate of Daviess Co. High School (03), Campbellsville University (BS 07), and University of the Cumberlands (M.Ed. 12). She married Jeremiah Burdon on…
Joe Milton Thomas
Sep 9, 1932 - Apr 20, 2022
Rev. Joe Milton Thomas, 89, formerly of Owensboro, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at the Episcopal Church Home in Louisville, KY. He was born September 9, 1932, in Magee, Mississippi to the late Cedric Milton Thomas and Essie Grace Mangum Thomas of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Joe was valedictorian of Baton Rouge High School and…
