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Florine Varner Spencer
May 16, 1926 - Nov 18, 2011
Florine Varner Spencer, 85, of Owensboro, passed away on Friday, November 18, 2011 at Owensboro Medical Health System. She was born on May 16, 1926 in Grandview, IN to the late Ben and Odas Harris Varner. She was retired from teaching having taught in Boonville, IN, Cleveland, OH, Somerset, KY, and Owensboro. When she was…
Margaret Hayden
Jun 8, 1923 - Nov 18, 2011
Margaret Hayden, 88, of Owensboro, passed away on November 18, 2011. She was born in Daviess County to the late Romuald and Marie Johnson. Margaret was a lifetime and very active member of St. Pius the Tenth Catholic Church. She worked as a cook for St. Pius the Tenth Catholic School for several years. Margaret…
Lawrence R. Parker
Feb 16, 1927 - Nov 17, 2011
Lawrence R. "Larry" Parker, 84, of Bradenton, FL, formerly of Owensboro, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Blake memorial Hospital in Bradenton. He was born in Butler Co., PA on Feburary 16, 1927 to the late Richard M. and Amelda Myers Parker. Larry was retired from American Transportation Co. as a broker and…
Perry Smith
Dec 7, 1927 - Nov 16, 2011
Perry Lee Smith, known as Pop, of Owensboro, went to be with The Lord on Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Pop, a family patriarch, was born in Meridian, Mississippi on December 7, 1927, was a retired US Air Force engineer and a beloved member of the community, he passed away at his home at age 83…
Floyd Allen Ray
Apr 18, 1950 - Nov 16, 2011
Floyd Allen "Mr." Ray, 61, of Maceo, died at the Nortons Hospital in Louisville, KY on Wednesday November 16, 2011. He was born on April 18, 1950 in Owensboro to the late Autry and Cecelia Trodglen Ray. In 1970, he was married to Barbara Katherine Adcock and they have two sons.Floyd was employed by Mayfield-Hodges…
O.C. Herrington
Nov 30, 1921 - Nov 15, 2011
O.C. Herrington, 89, of Owensboro, KY died Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at Owensboro Medical Health System. Born in Cynthiana, KY to the late Clarence and Willa Hollar Herrington, he graduated from Transylvania University with a degree in electrical engineering. Mr. Herrington was the owner of Herrington and Associates Insurance a division of Life of Alabama…
Golda Alyene Damin
Aug 13, 1917 - Nov 15, 2011
Golda Alyene Whitaker Damin, 94, of Owensboro passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Wellington Parc. Born in Livermore on August 13, 1917, she was the daughter of the late George P. and Katie Howard Whitaker; was a 1934 graduate of Livermore High School and Secretarial School in Washington, DC; and worked for the FBI…
Beverly Euleen Miller Heppler
Nov 14, 2011 - Nov 14, 2011
Beverly Euleen Miller Heppler, of Owensboro, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2011 at the Carmel Home. A life-long resident of Owensboro, she was the daughter of the late Henry Joseph and Clara Wheatley Miller. She was a graduate of Daviess County High School and attended Brescia College.For much of her adult life, she was…
Betty McAfee Pendleton
Sep 25, 1925 - Nov 14, 2011
Betty McAfee Pendleton, 86, of Owensboro, died Monday, November 14th, 2011 at her residence. She was born in Island, Kentucky to the late John Daniel McAfee and Willie Catherine (Berry) McAfee. She was married to William Trimble "Bill" Pendleton, Jr. until his death in 1982 and was also preceded in death by her sister Ellora…
Oliver Clyde McLemore
Oct 18, 1930 - Nov 14, 2011
Oliver Clyde "Mac" McLemore, Jr., 81, of Owensboro, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2011 at his home. He was born in Rogersville, AL on October 18, 1930 to the late Oliver Clyde and Josephine Elizabeth Grisham McLemore, Sr. Mac was retired from the Firestone and General Tire Co, as a chief engineer for over…
