Obituaries
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Olive Ruth Irish
Jan 2, 1914 - Oct 20, 2007
Olive Ruth Irish, 93, left this earthly pale and went home to her Lord Saturday, October 20, 2007. Born January 2, 1914 to Martha Jane Stewart Wiseman and Charles Allen Wiseman at their country home in Arabia, OH, the youngest of 12 children; she was a long time member of First Christian Church in Owensboro…
Linda Carol Clouse Mattingly
Jan 27, 1955 - Oct 20, 2007
Linda Carol Clouse Mattingly, 52 of 1903 Mc Culloch Avenue, Owensboro, died Saturday, October 20, 2007 at her home. She was born in Daviess County to the late Delbert Lewis Mattingly and Jonell Clark Mattingly Jefferson. She was a member of Hall Street Baptist Church ,a graduate of Kentucky Tech., and she liked to travel,…
Joseph Allen Payne
Nov 9, 1936 - Oct 19, 2007
Joseph Buster Payne, 70, of Owensboro passed away Friday, October 19, 2007 at his daughters home. Born in Knottsville on November 9, 1936, he was retired from W.R. Grace Maintenance Department (Boilermaker), was a member of St. William Catholic Church, and enjoyed watching movies. He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Bernard JB…
Afreda Robertson Whobrey Cole
Feb 28, 1916 - Oct 18, 2007
Alfreda Robertson Whobrey (Freda) Cole, 91 passed away Thursday, October 18, 2007 at the Hermitage Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born February 28, 1916, Mrs. Cole was the daughter of the late George and Bertha Martin Robertson; a member of First Baptist Church and the Friendship Sunday School Class; and retired from S.W. Anderson. She…
Isabella DeAnne Hardin
Oct 16, 2007 - Oct 16, 2007
Isabella DeAnne Hardin, infant daughter of Mari and Daniel Hardin of Fordsville, passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at Owensboro Medical Health System. Surviving along with her parents is her paternal grandparents, Mike and Sharon Hardin of Fordsville, maternal grandparents Darrell and Cindy Evans of Lewisport, maternal and paternal grandmothers, Dorothy Finley of Rineyville and…
Edna Wigginton Newcomb
Sep 13, 1906 - Oct 13, 2007
Edna Wigginton Newcomb, 101, of Owensboro, died Saturday, October 13, 2007, at the Owensboro Medical Health System. She was born September 13, 1906 to the late Jerry and Cordia Jolly Wigginton in Ohio County. She was the oldest member of Yellow Creek Baptist Church where she was a member of the Cross Bearers Sunday School…
Shannon G. Peterson
Jul 21, 1971 - Oct 11, 2007
Shannon Peterson, 36, of 633 Princeton Parkway, Owensboro passed away on Thursday October 11, 2007 at her home. She was born in Madisonville and was a member of the Free Welcome Church. She was a great joy and inspiration to all who knew her as a friend or as their helper at Winn-Dixie or Kroger…
Catherine Boswell Tabor
Apr 6, 1914 - Oct 11, 2007
Catherine Boswell Tabor, 93, formerly of Placid Place in Owensboro, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2007, at Hillcrest Healthcare Center. She was born April 6, 1914 in Ohio County, to the late Henry Wayne and Annie Mae Mitchell Boswell. Catherine graduated from Dundee High School in the first graduating class in 1932 and received her…
James Lee Harper
May 9, 1956 - Oct 9, 2007
James Lee Harper, 51, of 1709 Leitchfield Rd., Owensboro, passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at his home. He was born in Jefferson Co., Ky. and was of the Baptist faith.Surviving is his wife, Ronda Harper, a son, James David Harper, three stepsons, Tom Hayes, Herman Wood, and C. J. Wood, his father and stepmother,…
Tabatha Dawn Wilkerson
Nov 9, 1984 - Oct 6, 2007
Tabatha Dawn Wilkerson, 22, of Louisville, Kentucky, died Saturday, October 6, 2007 at her residence. Tabatha graduated from the Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) in 2003 where she was active in swimming, cheerleading, track and an assistant leader for Girl Scout Troop #2060. She participated in the summer enrichment program at KSB and was…
