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Arthur Elsworth Tyro
Mar 10, 1911 - Mar 13, 2004
Mr . Arthur E. Buck Tyro, 93 of Owensboro, died Saturday, March 13, 2004 at his home. He was born March 10, 1911 in Ohio County. He retired from Inland Container Corporation of Evansville, Indiana. He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Frances Sims Tyro, two stepsons, Gilbert Sims and wife Mary Ann,…
Martha Lee Magruder Survant
Nov 18, 1914 - Mar 12, 2004
Martha Magruder Survant, 89, of Owensboro, died Friday, March 12, 2004 at Owensboro Medical Health System. Born in McLean County, a daughter of the late Noel and Anastasia Hall Magruder, she retired from the Owensboro School System, where she was an assistant to the librarian at Owensboro High School. She was a member of Third…
Ricky Dale Farmer
May 26, 1957 - Mar 12, 2004
Ricky Dale Farmer, 46, of Owensboro, died Friday, March 12, 2004 at the Owensboro Medical Health System. The Owensboro native worked in paint and body automobile maintenance and was a member of the Parrish Avenue Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Leonard Farmer in 1972.He is survived by his mother, Marie…
Sibyl Henton Bennett
Jul 18, 1920 - Mar 12, 2004
Sibyl Henton Bennett of Owensboro died March 12, 2004 at the Owensboro Medical Health System. Born in Daviess County on July 18, 1920, she was a member of the Lewis Lane Baptist Church, the Women's Club of Owensboro, the American Business Women's Association, the Garden Club, was a former Dale Carnegie Member and was a…
Ellis Edward Gray
Jul 12, 1914 - Mar 12, 2004
Ellis Edward Gray, 89, of Owensboro, died Friday, March 12, 2004 at the Owensboro Medical Health System. The Daviess County native was a retired farmer and member of the Rushing Wind Methodist Church. He enjoyed gardening, UK basketball, traveling and his pets. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Thelma Greer.He is survived by…
Mary Louise Phelps Maddox
Jul 15, 1921 - Mar 11, 2004
Mary Louise Phelps Maddox, 82, of Owensboro, died Thursday, March 11, 2004 at Owensboro Mercy Health System. Born in Sharpsburg, KY, a daughter of the late Earl and Hazel King Phelps, she was a graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan College and retired from the Owensboro Board of Education as a teacher of mathematics and science after…
Gladys Z. Renfrow Ballard
Aug 31, 1926 - Mar 11, 2004
Gladys Z. Renfrow Ballard, 77, of Owensboro, died Thursday, March 11, 2004 at the Owensboro Medical Health System. The Ohio County native was the daughter of the late Otis Cary and Mary Frances Schroader Renfrow. Mrs. Ballard enjoyed spending time with her family, was a homemaker ; and of the Baptist Faith. She is survived…
Barbara Ann Hayden Alvey
Mar 19, 1928 - Mar 11, 2004
Barbara Ann Hayden Alvey, 75, of Owensboro, died Thursday, March 11, 2004 at the Hermitage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The Owensboro native was a very active member of the Immaculate Catholic Church. She was a 1946 graduate of St. Francis Academy; and was a retired secretary having worked for Senator Wendell Ford, Brescia College and…
Leslie M. Riherd
May 1, 1916 - Mar 11, 2004
Rev. Leslie M. Riherd, Sr., 87, of Owensboro, a preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, whose favorite Bible verse was Job 19:25, I know that my redeemer liveth, died Thursday, March 11, 2004 at Owensboro Medical Health Center. Born in Park City, Kentucky, a son of the late Clitus B. and Annie Martin Riherd,…
Howard D. Griffith
Jan 16, 1934 - Mar 9, 2004
Howard D. Griffith, Jr., 70, of 736 Alexandria, died Tuesday, March 9, 2004 at Owensboro Medical Health System. Born in Owensboro, a son of the late Howard Dan and Pearl Sands Griffith, he was a graduate of Daviess County High School, Brescia College, and attended graduate school at the University of Michigan and Texas A&…
