Obituaries
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Frances Rebecca "Becky" Buckman Higdon
Jul 18, 1941 - Jul 28, 2016
Frances Rebecca "Becky" Buckman Higdon, 75, went to God while under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, July 28, 2016. She was born July 18, 1941 in Uniontown to Alvin and Veronica Eckmans Buckman. Becky lived all her adult life in Owensboro where she was a long…
Joseph Marvin Morris
Mar 6, 1922 - Jul 28, 2016
Joseph Marvin Morris, 94, of Owensboro, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016 at the Carmel Home. Born in Knottsville March 6, 1922 to Joseph B. and Emma Dell Morris, Marvin was a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church where he was a long time member of the picnic cooking team, and retired from NSA…
Mary Cabrini Foushee
- Jul 27, 2016
Sister Mary Cabrini Foushee, OSU Maple Mount — Sister Mary Cabrini Foushee, 85, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died July 27, 2016, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 66th year of religious life. She was a native of Ekron in Meade County. Sister Mary Cabrini made beautiful quilts and always had a smile…
Leona "Lee" Carter Gaddis
Sep 25, 1929 - Jul 21, 2016
Leona "Lee" Carter Gaddis joined her Heavenly Father on Thursday, July 21, 2016 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. Born on September 25, 1929 in Leitchfield, KY to the late Robert Slayton Carter Sr. and Mattie Kinchel Hack Carter, she was for more than 65 years a member of Eaton Memorial Baptist Church where she was…
Aubry LeVaughn Heflin
Sep 5, 1924 - Jul 20, 2016
Aubry LeVaughn Heflin, 91, of Owensboro, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at the Baptist Health Hospice in Madisonville. The oldest child of nine, he was born September 5, 1924, on the Ashby Farm in Ohio County to the late William Bradford and Martha Jane Ashby Heflin. Immediately after high school graduation in…
Frances L. Humphrey
Nov 26, 1930 - Jul 19, 2016
Frances L. Humphrey, 85, formerly of Central City went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at U of L Hospital after sustaining injuries from an auto accident. Mrs. Humphrey was born November 26, 1930 in Gardiner, Maine to the late Erwin and Laura Bishop Tarr. She retired in 1998 from…
John "Podjo" Aull
Feb 22, 1936 - Jul 19, 2016
John "Podjo" Aull, Jr., 80, of Owensboro passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at his home Tuesday, July 19, 2016. He was born in Daviess County to the late John I. (Sr.) and Lula Mae McBride Aull. After 32 years he retired from Gabe's Restaurant where he served as a chef. Podjo was a member…
Robert (Bob) Godthaab
Nov 24, 1945 - Jul 16, 2016
Robert "Bob" Godthaab, 71, of Owensboro died July 16, 2016 at Owensboro Regional Health Hospital. He was born in Union, NJ to the late George and Ruth Moore Godthaab. Bob was accepted to Dartmouth College on a one semester deferment and decided to attend Kentucky Wesleyan College, where he majored in English and minored in…
Charles Henry McCarty
Mar 24, 1931 - Jul 16, 2016
Charles Henry "Buck" McCarty, 85, of Maceo, passed away on July 16, 2016 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. He was born March 24, 1931 in Breckinridge Co., to the late John Henry and Eliza Jane Poole McCarty. Buck was a self-employed logger all his life and loved his work very much. He was a member…
Micky G. Howard
Oct 16, 1957 - Jul 16, 2016
Micky G. Howard, 58, of Gastonia, NC, formerly of Owensboro, died Saturday, July 16, 2016 in a fatal car wreck. He was born in Daviess County to the late Oswald and Lucille Sipes Howard, and had worked as a control room operator for Duke Energy. Micky was a loyal fan of the Carolina Panthers, and…
