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Curran Eugene Perry
Jan 22, 1929 - Dec 7, 2011
Curran Eugene Perry, 81, of Rockport, IN., died Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at his home. He was the owner of Perry's Pest Control for 65 years, and a past president of the Kentucky Pest Control Association. He was born in Yankeetown, Indiana to the late Earl C. and Ada Kay (Barnett) Perry. He was a…
Mary Ellen Ford Hamilton
Feb 13, 1938 - Dec 7, 2011
Mary Ellen Ford Hamilton, 73, of Owensboro, died Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at Owensboro Medical Health System. She was a native of Ohio County, born to the late Walter and Mary (Jewell) Ford. Mary was a homemaker and a volunteer foster grandmother for Audubon Area at Estes Elementary School. She loved children, and was a…
Mildred Dean Powers Roby
Dec 23, 1925 - Dec 6, 2011
Mildred Dean Powers Roby, 85, of Owensboro, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at St Anthony Hospice in Henderson. Born December 23, 1925 in Ohio County, Mrs. Roby was the daughter of the late Ottie and Beulah Lanham Powers; was a homemaker and member of Walnut Memorial Baptist Church. Mrs.…
Oba Gilbert Onstott
Sep 7, 1915 - Dec 5, 2011
Oba Gilbert Onstott, 96, of Owensboro, formerly of Philpot, passed away Monday, December 5, 2011 at Owensboro Medical Health System. Mr. Onstott was born in Daviess County, a son of the late Everett L. and Lucy Bristow Onstott. A member of Friendship Baptist Church for more than 70 years, he had been a deacon and…
Avtar Singh Aujla
Apr 28, 1937 - Dec 5, 2011
Avtar Singh Aujla, 74, of Owensboro, KY passed away Monday, December 05, 2011 at Owensboro Medical Health System. Born in Boprai Kallan, India, a son of the late Ujagar and Beant Randhawa Aujla, he was retired from the Indian Army. Mr. Aujla moved to the United States in 2001 and to Owensboro in 2004.Mr. Aujla…
Betty Sue Stevens
Aug 29, 1936 - Dec 5, 2011
Betty Sue Stevens, 75, of Owensboro died Monday, December 5, 2011 at Bon Harbor Nursing Home. She was of the Baptist faith and had run an in-home daycare. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Susie Coy Pendleton; husbands, Steven Davis, Herbert Webster and George Stevens. She is survived by her children,…
Lt Colonel Richard Neal Smith
Jun 23, 1934 - Dec 4, 2011
Lt. Colonel (U. S. Army Retired) Richard Neal Smith, 77, of Owensboro, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at Riverside Manor in Calhoun. He was born on June 23, 1934 in Churchville, MD to the late Bruce A. and Irma Faye Smith. Richard was retired as a Lt. Colonel after 13 years of active…
Ruby May Shelton
Feb 22, 1935 - Dec 4, 2011
Mrs. Ruby Shelton, 76, of Owensboro, KY passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on December 4, 2011, Mrs. Shelton was born in Lawrence Co, Mo. on February 22, 1935 to the late Mr. Earn and Tressie Johnson. She was preceded in death by her husband of 27 years O. L. "Joe" Shelton…
James R. Tron
Sep 30, 1929 - Dec 2, 2011
James Robert Tron, 82, of Owensboro, passed away on December 2, 2011 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was born and raised in New Harmony, Indiana where he graduated from high school in 1945. He later joined the U.S. Air Force and served in the Korean Conflict.He retired from Indiana Bell Telephone Company. After retirement Jim…
Bernice Dixon Redmon
Jul 21, 1909 - Dec 2, 2011
Bernice Dixon Redmon, 102, of Owensboro passed away Friday, December 2, 2011 at the Hermitage Health Care. Born in Hart County on July 21, 1909, she was the daughter of the late James Henry and Sally Allen Dixon; was a graduate of Munfordville High School and attended business school; and retired from the Baptist Bookstore…
