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Ruby Bond Butler
Sep 28, 1924 - May 6, 2011
Ruby Bond Butler, 86, of Owensboro, passed away on May 6, 2011 at Hermitage Care and Rehabilitation Center. Ruby was born in Logan County, Kentucky to her late parents John and Grace Bond. She was a member of First Baptist Church for 52 years where she had attended the Service Sunday school class. She retired…
Delbert Durwood Knight
Dec 25, 1942 - May 4, 2011
Delbert "Buddy" Knight, 68, of Owensboro passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at the Owensboro Medical Health System. Born in Daviess County on December 25, 1942, he was the son of the late James V. and Mary Joe Ballard Knight; was retired from Modern Welding; worked as a delivery driver for the Eight-Ball; and was…
Austin Ramsey Martin
Sep 3, 1948 - May 4, 2011
Austin R. "Audie" Martin, 62, of Owensboro, was escorted by Heaven's angels to his new home on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 2:43 p.m. He was born September 3, 1948 to Austin R. Martin and Elizabeth Mercer Martin Schmidt; was owner and operator of Audie's Vinyl, Inc.; and was co-director of Word and Spirit Ministry…
Tommie Virginia Melton Miller
Aug 30, 1922 - May 4, 2011
Tommie Virginia Melton Miller passed away May 4, 2011, surrounded as always by her loving family.Tommie was born in 1922 in Sebree, Kentucky, the youngest of five children of Clarence Monroe Melton and Waleska Jane Powell Melton. She was salutatorian of her class at Sebree High School, and attended Mount Saint Joseph Junior College and…
Catherine Stull Bickwermert
Jul 10, 1927 - May 3, 2011
Catherine Stull Bickwermert, 83, of Owensboro passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at the Owensboro Medical Health System. Born in Daviess County on July 10, 1927, she was the daughter of the late John William and Josephine Young Stull; was a member of Immaculate Catholic Church; and had served on the Altar Society at St…
Florence F. Farmer
Nov 28, 1927 - May 3, 2011
Florence Faye Farmer, 83, of Owensboro, Ky died Tuesday, May 03, 2011, at Wellington Parc. She was born in Ohio County to the late Dee and Gracie Muffett Harrison, was an RN at Owensboro Daviess County Hospital, a member of Owensboro Church of Christ and enjoyed fishing, NASCAR, and University of Kentucky Basketball. She was…
Wilma Jean Nash
Apr 27, 1956 - Apr 30, 2011
Wilma Jean Nash, 55, of Owensboro, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Select Specialty Hospital in Evansville, IN. She was born on April 27, 1956 in Henderson Co., KY to the late J. B. and Lillian Denton Nash. She had worked in several restaurants and loved her dogs, bingo, and cooking.Surviving are two…
Betty Jean Gore Toor
May 8, 1930 - Apr 30, 2011
Betty Jean Gore Toor, 80, of Masonville, KY went to be with her Lord on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Owensboro Medical Health System. Born May 8, 1930 in Owensboro KY, she was the daughter of the late Robert O. Gore and Bodine Calhoun Gore; was a member of Masonville Baptist Church where she…
Charles E. Smith
Dec 3, 1936 - Apr 30, 2011
Charles E. "Eddie" Smith, 74, of Owensboro, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Owensboro Medical Health System. He was born on December 3, 1936 in Daviess Co., KY to the late William Charles and Edith Underhill Smith. He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Shane Akers on February 27, 2001. He…
Mary Evelyn Duvall
Sep 8, 1922 - Apr 26, 2011
Maple Mount Sister Mary Evelyn Duvall, 88, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died April 26 at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 70th year of religious life. She was a native of Sunfish, Ky.Sister Mary Evelyn loved to travel, and was an excellent cook, seamstress, and craft maker. She was a teacher for 44…
