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Tammy Faye Carpenter
Oct 6, 1965 - Oct 19, 2011
Tammy Faye Carpenter, 46, of West Fifth Street, Owensboro, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at Owensboro Medical Health System. She was a homemaker, and wife of Chris Carpenter who survives. A sister, Tonya Jones and brother, Artie Sutton also survive. No services are planned. Glenn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.Birthplace: Hopkinsville, KentuckyResided In: Owensboro KY…
Bobby William Crask
Dec 3, 1929 - Oct 18, 2011
Bobby William Crask, 81, of Sorgho passed away peacefully in his home on Tuesday, October 18, 2011. Born December 3, 1929 in Sorgho, he was the son of the late Claude and Ona Mae Crask. He married Rosetta Cates Crask on December 26, 1954 and they were married for 52 years. Mr. Crask worked as…
Wanda Opal Bennett
Dec 7, 1915 - Oct 18, 2011
Wanda Opal Shields Bennett, 95, of Owensboro passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2011.Surviving are daughters, Norma Jean Teare and Linda Kay Henderson and a son, Larry Bennett. Services are 10 a.m. Saturday, October 22, 2011 in the Chapel of Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev. Bruce Teare officiating followed by burial in Rosehill Cemetery.…
Donald Roger Yates
Nov 8, 1944 - Oct 18, 2011
Donald R. Yates, Sr., of Henderson, passed away on October 18, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Henderson to the late Luther W. and Ollie May Yates. Donald was a Vietnam Veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of the American Legion. Donald had worked as a machinist at Eaton Axle and…
Margaret Evelyn Vertrees Jones
Apr 18, 1921 - Oct 17, 2011
Margaret Evelyn Vertrees-Jones, 90, of Owensboro, passed away on October 17, 2011. She was born in Daviess County to the late Ira T. and Mildred Vertrees. Evelyn was baptized in 1958 as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Owensboro East Congregation. She had worked at V.E. Anderson (Sun) Windows and also as a cook at…
Robert Sheldon Baird
Feb 19, 1969 - Oct 15, 2011
Robert "Robbie" Sheldon Baird, 42, of Owensboro died Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Owensboro Medical Health System. He was born in Owensboro to Murlin and Bonnie (Burden) Baird, February 19, 1969. Robert was retired from RWRA, and of the Baptist faith. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, member of NRA, and collected knives and…
Bernice M. Abel
Nov 19, 1923 - Oct 10, 2011
Bernice Abel, 87, of Owensboro, passed away on Monday, October 10, 2011 at Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on November 19, 1923 in Dallas Co., TX to the late George L. and Virgie Belle Ford Moore. She was a homemaker and a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. She was…
Herman J. Wethington
Dec 20, 1927 - Oct 10, 2011
Herman J. Wethington, 83, passed away on October 10, 2011, at the Owensboro Medical Health System. Mr. Wethington was born in Daviess County, KY on December 20, 1927, the son of the late Mr. Joseph Gregory Wethington and Mrs. Mary Ellen Payne Wethington. He was preceded in death by four sisters and seven brothers. Mr.…
Barbadean Mayfield Rhoades
Jun 18, 1929 - Oct 9, 2011
Barbadean Mayfield Rhoades, 82, of Owensboro passed away Sunday, October 9, 2011 at the Owensboro Medical Health System. Born in Daviess County on June 18, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Reatus and Maggie Lee Hudson Mayfield; was retired from General Electric where she worked for 42 years; had worked at Wal-Mart as…
Jeffrey Wayne Mccarty
Feb 24, 1958 - Oct 9, 2011
Jeffery Wayne McCarty, 53, of Owensboro, passed away on October 9, 2011. He was born in Chicago, IL to the late Harold and Rebecca McCarty.Jeffery is survived by a sister, Dena McCarty of Owensboro; brother, Harold McCarty, Jr. of Owensboro; two nieces, Ashly Ellyn Padgett and Autumn Paige Padgett, both of Owensboro, an uncle Jim…
