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Navonnah Rain Renfrow
Aug 18, 2009 - Aug 18, 2009
Navonnah Rain Renfrow, infant daughter of Josh Newcomb and Kimberly Renfrow, was born Tuesday, August 18, 2009, at the Owensboro Medical Health System. Navonnah Rain, a star in the sky. Sent to heaven with God and papaw up high, left the world without many days spent. I love you anyway that heaven sent.She was preceded…
Curtis Calhoun
Oct 10, 1978 - Aug 15, 2009
Curtis "Curt" Calhoun, 30, of Bowling Green, formerly of Owensboro, died Saturday, August 15, 2009, as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was born October 10, 1978, to Tom and Jane Higdon Calhoun in Daviess County. He was a 1997 graduate of Owensboro Catholic High School, where he was a dedicated member of the…

Karl D. Gilbert
Apr 1, 1924 - Aug 13, 2009
Karl D. Gilbert, Jr., 85 of Owensboro, passed away on Thursday, August 13, 2009 at Hillcrest Healthcare Center. He was born in April of 1924 in LaGrange, IN to the late Karl D. and Mildred Gilhams Gilbert, Sr. He was retired after 37 years as an accountant with Texas Gas Transmission and had been a…
Jeffrey Lynn Nichols
May 16, 1955 - Aug 12, 2009
Jeffrey Lynn "Petie" Nichols, 54, of Owensboro, son of Pete Nichols and the late Lois Ann McCowan was born on May 16, 1955 in Greenville, KY, and departed this life at 12:30 PM Wednesday, August 12, 2009. Jeffrey was raised by the late Bill and Rachel Franklin. He attended and graduated from Greenville High School…
Kendall Grace
Feb 17, 1962 - Aug 11, 2009
Kendall "Kenny" Grace, 47, of Browder, Ky., passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 from injuries he received in a traffic accident. He was born February 17, 1962 in Redbud, IL and was a truck driver for J. & S. Bulk Transport in Rockport, IN. He was a member of Mud River Union General Baptist…
Debra Ann Record
May 21, 1955 - Aug 11, 2009
Debra Ann Record, 54, of Owensboro, died Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at her home. She was born May 21, 1955 to Roland and Shirley Grimm Karr in Gallipolis, OH. She was retired from the Owensboro Board of Education after more than 30 years of teaching. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, KEA, NEA,…
Samuel C. Rickard
Jan 23, 1929 - Aug 8, 2009
Samuel C. "Zeak" Rickard, 80, of Sacramento, died Saturday, August 8, 2009 at Riverside Manor in Calhoun. He was the owner of Zeak's Y Market from 1958 to 1970. He later retired from Goodyear in Madisonville, Kentucky in 1994. Mr. Rickard served in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1954, and was stationed…
Ethel Foster Coffey
Feb 18, 1915 - Aug 8, 2009
Ethel Foster Coffey, 94, of Owensboro died peacefully, Saturday, August 8, 2009 at her home. She was born in Daviess County on February 18, 1915 to the late Stewart and Ree Ora Adams Foster. Mrs. Foster retired from General Electric; enjoyed gardening, traveling, genealogy, quilting, and spending time with her family. She was a charter…
Linda Sue Schweikarth Clark
Mar 11, 1946 - Aug 8, 2009
Linda Schweikarth Clark, 63, went home to be with Jesus, Saturday, August 8, 2009 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. Born in Owensboro on March 11, 1946, Mrs. Clark was the loving daughter of the late Joseph "J.C." and Mary Lucille Johnson Schweikarth; was retired from Owensboro National/Area Bank where she was a teller and worked…
Mary F. Phillips Fulkerson
Jan 12, 1923 - Aug 6, 2009
Mary Phillips Fulkerson, 86, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away Thursday, August 6, 2009 at the Owensboro Medical Health System. Born January 12, 1923 in St. Louis, MO, she was the daughter of the late Bascom and Mary Elizabeth Padon Phillips; was owner and Secretary/Treasurer of Lark Electric Co for 45 years; a homemaker;…