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Joseph Roy Payne
Aug 23, 1925 - Jan 22, 2005
Joseph Roy Payne, 79, of 2931 Tanglewood Dr., Owensboro, died Saturday, January 22, 2005, at Owensboro Medical Health System. He was born August 23, 1925 to the late Roy and Hallie Payne in Daviess County. He was retired from Pipefitters Local 633 , was a member of the Catholic faith and a marine veteran of…

Nancy Faye Parks
Apr 19, 1949 - Jan 21, 2005
Nancy Faye Parks, 55, of 1525 Center Street, Owensboro, died Friday, January 21, 2005, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was born April 19, 1949 to the late Cecil and Nancy French Allen in Daviess County. She was a homemaker, a member of First Baptist Church and she enjoyed watching TV, chatting on the…
Mary Lee Rearden Shaver
Nov 22, 1922 - Jan 21, 2005
Mary Lee Rearden Shaver, 82, of Owensboro, left to join her heavenly family on Friday, January 21, 2004, at Leisure Years Nursing Home. She was born at West Point in Hancock Co., Ky. on Nov. 4, 1922 to the late Otis & Dora Lee Newton Rearden. and was a homemaker. She was a member of…
Jesse B. Oliver
Jul 14, 1938 - Jan 21, 2005
Jesse B. "Jay" Oliver, 66, of 511 Tampa Drive, Owensboro, passed away on Friday, January 21, 2005, at his home. He was born in Daviess Co., Ky. and had been a self-employed auto mechanic. He enjoyed Nascar and watching basketball. He was preceded in death by a son, Scott Alan Oliver on May 17, 2003.Surviving…
Kenneth Larry Stallings
Feb 26, 1938 - Jan 19, 2005
Kenneth L. Stallings, 66, of Danville, formerly of Owensboro, died Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at the Ephrim-McDowell Hospital in Danville. Mr. Stallings was born February 26, 1938 to the late Cleveland Martin and Mary Frances Stallings. He was retired from Bell South; was a member of St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Danville; and…
Paige Johnson
Sep 26, 1992 - Jan 18, 2005
Hayden Paige Johnson, 12, of 2830 Old Masonville Loop, Utica, died Tuesday, January 18, 2005, at her home, following a courageous battle with pontiene glioma. A student at Deer Park Elementary School, and a member of Masonville United Methodist Church, Paige was a cheerful and optimistic girl who loved school and demonstrated a positive outlook…
Mary Gertrude Mitchell
Dec 20, 1906 - Jan 18, 2005
Mary Gertrude Mitchell, 98, of 2501 Old Hartford Road, Owensboro, died Tuesday, January 18, 2004 at the Carmel Home. She was born December 20, 1906, to the late Fred and Ada Sims Russell in Daviess County. She had been a bookkeeper for Owensboro Forging Company and S.W. Anderson Company. She was a member of St.…
James E. Daugherty
May 14, 1948 - Jan 17, 2005
James E. "Jim" Daugherty of 2231 Twenty Grand Ave., Owensboro, passed away Monday, January 17, 2005 at home after a courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrigh's Disease), surrounded by his family. He retired from Century Aluminum in 2004 as an electrician after 34 years of service, of which the last 17 years he worked without…
David Edward Cole
Jan 8, 1915 - Jan 16, 2005
David E. Cole, a long-time resident of Daviess County, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2005 at Central Baptist Chospital in Lexington. Born January 8, 1915 on Laketown Road near the community of Newman in western Daviess County, he was the son of the late Stella Rush Cole and Jasper Henderson Cole. He was preceded in…
George Ellis Cravens
Sep 18, 1918 - Jan 14, 2005
George Ellis Cravens, of Owensboro died Friday, January 14, 2005 at his home. Born September 18, 1918, Mr. Cravens was a native of Daviess County, the son of the late, Elbert G. and Bessie Mae Morris Cravens. He retired in 1981 as a meat cutter for Kroger. He was a member of Owensboro Christian Church,…