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Eugene Tapp Hayden
Oct 25, 1952 - Apr 4, 2018
Eugene Tapp Hayden, 65, of Owensboro passed away April 4, 2018 at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. Born in Owensboro on October 25, 1952, he was the son of the late Eugene Tapp, Sr. and Evelyn Hayden Tapp. Mr. Hayden was a 1970 graduate of Owensboro Catholic High School. He played in two bands during…
David E. Worth
Aug 25, 1943 - Apr 3, 2018
David E. Worth, 74, of Philpot, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. He was born in Daviess County to the late Theodore and Lillian Sublett Worth. David was employed as a mechanic for Doug Evans Auto Sales for many years before operating his own business from home. He was a…
Rebecca Wells Duncan
Aug 12, 1924 - Apr 3, 2018
Rebecca Wells Duncan, 93, passed away April 3, 2018, while in the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky. She was born in Thruston, KY on August 12, 1924 to the late Robert and Henry Wells. Mrs. Duncan was a 1942 graduate of Daviess County High School. She attended Brescia University and later earned an art…
Ben Lee Hartz
Feb 12, 1958 - Apr 2, 2018
Ben Lee Hartz, 60, of Owensboro passed away on April 2, 2018 at his home. He died comfortably in the same room to which his parents, the late Joseph Frank and Julia Maxine Hartz, brought him from the hospital following his birth on February 12, 1958. Ben graduated from Owensboro Catholic High School and the…
Maverick Lee Sumner
Mar 31, 2018 - Apr 2, 2018
Maverick Lee Sumner, 3 days old, passed away April 2, 2018 at Norton Children's Hospital. He was born March 31, 2018, in Louisville, to Zachary Sumner and Sabrina Nash. Maverick was preceded in death by his great-grandfather, Freddie Lee Falloway.Those left to cherish his memory are his sisters; Promise, Dallis, Alaina, and Racshel; brother, William;…
Ted Purcell
Mar 2, 1947 - Mar 31, 2018
Ted Purcell, 71, of Owensboro, passed away March 31, 2018, at Transcendent Healthcare Center in Booneville, IN. He was born March 2, 1947, in Daviess County to the late Carl and Bertha Wilson Purcell. Ted had worked as a truck driver for Clark Restaurant Service and enjoyed watching NASCAR, playing Bingo, and was a basketball…
Joe Ewing
Jun 12, 1943 - Mar 31, 2018
Joe Ewing, 74, of Owensboro, went to be with Jesus on March 31, 2018. He was born in Evansville, IN on June 12, 1943 and attended Drakesboro High School. Mr. Ewing was in sales and security most of his life, over the past 25 years found his passion volunteering and serving as Head of Security…
Mildred Faye Hayden
Feb 16, 1943 - Mar 30, 2018
Mildred Faye Hayden, 75, of Owensboro, passed away Friday, March 30 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. Mrs. Hayden was born February 16, 1943 in Whitesville to the late William and Clara Howard. Mildred raised her five children and was the matriarch of her family while she helped her husband farm and raise tobacco. She was…
Thelma "Genie" Prescott
Nov 28, 1925 - Mar 30, 2018
Genie Hardesty McMillian Prescott was born on November 28, 1925 and has gone to be with her Lord March 30, 2018.She has been reunited in heaven with her parents, James Michael and Alberta Hardesty; her husbands, Joseph Patrick McMillian and Chester Clyde Prescott; her son, James McMillian; and her brothers and sisters Dennis, Charles, Fred,…
Norma Jean Stone
Mar 2, 1928 - Mar 28, 2018
Norma Jean Smith Stone, 90, of Owensboro, died Wednesday, March 28, 2018. She was born March 2, 1928, in Owensboro to the late Elmer and Helen Prince Smith.Jean, as she was known to her friends, graduated from Owensboro Senior High in 1944 and attended Western Kentucky University where she played clarinet in the marching band.…
