Obituaries
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Virginia Lucretia Hurst
Jul 15, 1918 - May 23, 2003
Lucretia Johnson Hurst, 84 formely of Heritage Place, on Buckland Square & of 1730 Shawnee Drive Apartments, Owensboro, died Friday, May 23, 2003 at Hermitage Manor Nursing Home. She retired from General Electric after 32 years. She enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family and friends.She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Anita…
Frances Tooley Roberts
Nov 8, 1924 - May 23, 2003
Frances Tooley Roberts, 78, of Owensboro, died Friday, May 23, 2003 at the Hermitage Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Warren Co., Ky. and was a homemaker. She was a member of Immaculate Catholic Church and had been active in the Legion of Mary, Telephone Pioneers of America, and as a Girl Scout…
Larry Junior Aubrey
Feb 11, 1947 - May 22, 2003
Larry Junior Aubrey, 56, of 2209 West 10th St., Owensboro, died Thursday, May 22, 2003 at the Owensboro Mercy Health System. The Daviess County native was a member of the Apostolic Lighthouse and prior to becoming disabled had worked for the Yellow Cab Company as head mechanic. He enjoyed fishing, working on cars, country music,…
James OBrien Rutigliano
Jun 24, 1935 - May 22, 2003
James O. Jim Rutigliano, 67, of 3301 Meadowland Drive, Owensboro, died Thursday, May 22, 2003, at his home. He was born in Daviess Co., Ky. and was retired from South Central Bell. He was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. He also was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, the…
Mary Lou Phillips
Jan 14, 1905 - May 20, 2003
Mary Lou Phillips, 98, of Atlanta, formerly of Owensboro, died Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at her home. Mrs. Phillips was born in Water Valley, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Walter and Delia Lovelace Jones Gossum. Her husband Stanley Phillips preceded her in death in 1969.Mrs. Phillips was a graduate of the Tennessee College for…
Rachel Burns Blanton
May 3, 1955 - May 20, 2003
Rachel Burns Blanton, 48, formerly of Owenbsoro, died Tuesday, May 20, 2003, in Tampa, Fl. The Daviess County native was a dental hygienist in Lakeland, FL; a member of Bell Shoals Baptist Church; and was active in childrens choir and Sunday School. She was a graduate of Daviess County High School and the University of…
Scott Alan Oliver
Oct 4, 1965 - May 17, 2003
Scott Alan Oliver, 37, of 511 Tampa Dr., Owensboro, died Saturday, May 17, 2003 at the Owensboro Mercy Health System after an extended battle with cancer. The Daviess County native worked for the Los Angeles Times as a Lead Digital Advertising Technician. He was a 1983 graduate of Apollo High School; a 1988 graduate of…
Gloria Nell Wathen
Jan 2, 1938 - May 16, 2003
Mrs. Gloria Nell Wathen, 65, of 2820 Strawbridge Place, Owensboro, died Friday, May 16, 2003, at Owensboro Mercy Health System. She was born of Leon and Jessie Albright Kinman on January 2, 1938 in Monroe, LA. She retired from J.C. Penny, was a member of Blessed Mother Catholic Church, enjoyed traveling, working in her flower…
Myrtle Stewart Bruner
May 2, 1919 - May 15, 2003
Myrtle Stewart Bruner, 84, of Owensboro, died Thursday, May 15, 2003 at the Owensboro Mercy Health System. The Daviess County native was a member of the Hall Street Baptist Church and had retired from General Electric where she worked for 42 years. She enjoyed sewing and cooking. She was preceded in death by her husband,…
Alma Weller Gilmore
Jun 9, 1895 - May 15, 2003
Alma Weller Gilmore died Thursday, May 15, 2003 at the Carmel Home a few days before her 108th birthday. Born in 1895 near Taffy in Ohio County, she moved to Daviess County with her parents, George and Alice Ford Weller around 1904 and grew up in the Whitesville area. After attending Bowling Green College, she…
