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Lee Roy "Doodle" Banta, 69, of Pleasureville, died Friday, Oct. 24, 2003.

Survivors include his wife, Wanda Long Banta; a daughter, Kim Banta Batts of Pleasureville; brothers Marvin Banta of Pleasureville and Lloyd Thomas Banta of Shelbyville; and sisters Ruth Ellegood and Anna Mary Eldridge of Pleasureville.

The funeral is 11 a.m. Tuesday at Sholar Funeral Home.


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Margie Bramblett, 79, of Louisville, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003.

Survivors include a son, Dan Bramblett of Bagdad; and daughters Linda Bramblett of Shelbyville and Sandy Yount of Louisville.

The funeral is 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hall-Taylor Funeral Home. Visitation is 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.


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Luther "Elmo" Rogers, 62, of Jeffersonville, Ind., formerly of Shelby County, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003.

Survivors include his wife, Diana J. Lewis of Jeffersonville; a brother, Harrell Rogers of Louisville; sisters Corinne Washburn of Spencer County and Marlene Taylor of Louisville; stepsons Adam and Jeremy Lewis of Jeffersonville; and two grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at Pearson's Funeral Home, 149 Breckenridge Ln., in Louisville. Visitation begins at 3 p.m.


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Robert M. Eggen Jr., 94, of Shelbyville, died Monday, Oct. 27, 2003.

Survivors include his nephew and caregiver, Bill Eggen of Waddy.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Grove Hill Cemetery. Visitation is 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at Shannon Funeral Home.


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Ann Collings, 86, of Shelbyville, died Friday, Oct. 24, 2003.

Survivors include her husband, Roy J. Collings and a son, Blythe Collings of Shelbyville.

The funeral was Monday at Shannon Funeral Home.


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Calvin L. Baird Sr., 79, of Simpsonville, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003.

Survivors include a son, Calvin L. Baird Jr.; and daughters Betty Baird Kregor and Genevieve Lacer.

The funeral was held at Simpsonville United Methodist Church.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Pearson-Ratterman Bros. Funeral Home.


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Mary Jo Purvis, 58, of Shelbyville, died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003.

Survivors include a daughter, Michele Kays of Lawrenceburg; a son, Scott Purvis of Shelbyville; and a brother, Barney Lee Hall of Shelbyville.

The funeral is 2 p.m. Saturday at Shannon Funeral Home.

Visitation is 2 to 9 p.m. Friday.


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Virginia Drane Logan, 95, of Shelbyville, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003.

Survivors include a son, Walter F. Logan of Shelbyville.

The funeral is 11 a.m. Tuesday at Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Monday.


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Heather Montgomery Mackey, 28, of Shelbyville, died Friday, Oct. 31, 2003.

Survivors include her husband, Jeff Mackey; a daughter, Lauren Mackey; a son, Jake Mackey; parents, Dwain and Pam Montgomery of Shelbyville; and grandparents, Virgil Montgomery and Bea Montgomery of Shelbyville and Pearl Cline of Baisen, W. Va.

The funeral is 2 p.m. Monday at Shannon Funeral Home.


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Edna Morrow Moffett, 83, of Shelbyville, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003.

Survivors include a son, Daniel Moffett of Shelbyville; and a brother, Ben Morrow of Vallejo, Calif.

The funeral was 2 p.m. Monday at Shannon Funeral Home.


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Boyd "Bobie" Radcliff, 66, of Pleasureville, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce Ann Radcliff; a son, David "Chuck" Radcliff of Shelbyville; a daughter, Beverly Ann Roberts of Shelbyville; and a brother, Gerald L. Radcliff of Cropper.

The funeral is 2 p.m. Tuesday at Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation is 4 to 9 p.m. Monday.


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Winburn L. "Mitch" Mitchum, 89, of Lexington, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003.

Survivors include wife, Mary Charles Cox Mitchum, formerly of Shelbyville; two daughters, Anita Williams of Elizabethtown and Susan Fulcher of Lexington; and a son, Lawrence Mitchum of Midway.

The funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Andrew Antiochian Orthodox Church. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home, Harrodsburg Road.


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Pauline Murphy Berryman, 69, of Louisville, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003.

Survivors include a daughter, Sandy Doss of Louisville; a son, Dan Berryman of San Francisco; a brother, Tom Murphy of Lexington; and sisters Katherine Miller and Frances Clark of Frankfort and Shirley Dailey of Louisville.

The funeral is 2 p.m. Thursday at Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation is after 9 a.m. Thursday.


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Phyllis Branham, 81, of Caldwell, Texas, formerly of Shelbyville, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003.

Survivors include a son, David Branham, and a daughter, Joyce Branham Young.

A graveside memorial will be held at a later date at Grove Hill Cemetery.


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John Milton Wynn, 53, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003.

Survivors include his wife, Wendi Lovett Wynn; sisters Mary Teague of Chicago, May Starks of Paris, Tenn., and Mamie Woodard of Nashville, Tenn.; and a brother, Freddie Wynn of Paris.

The funeral was Monday in Paris.


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R.G. Bryan, 81, of Simpsonville, died Friday, Nov. 7, 2003,.

Survivors include his wife, Ruth W. Bryan; and a son, Jacob T. Bryan of Simpsonville.

The funeral was Nov. 10 at Shannon Funeral Home.


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Mary E. Gaddis, 93, of Shelbyville, died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003.

Survivors include a daughter, Doris Riddle of Shelbyville; a brother, Bradley Long of London, Ky.; and a sister, Juanita Baxter of Leitchfield.

The funeral is 2 p.m. Tuesday at Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation is 2 to 9 p.m. Monday.


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Frankie Mitchell, 39, of Shelbyville, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003.

Survivors include his wife, Donna Sue Mitchell; sons Christopher Mitchell and Frank Mitchell of Shelbyville; a daughter, Sherry Caranto of Louisville; father, David Allen Mitchell of Frankfort; mother and stepfather Emma Samples Cole and David Cole of Shelbyville; brothers Danny Smith of Willisburg and Curtis Ray Mitchell and Lee Ray Smith of Shelbyville; grandparents Edward and Mary Ellen Mitchell of Cropper; and stepgrandparents Harlan and Mary Hanson of New Castle.

The funeral was Saturday at Hall-Taylor Funeral Home.


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Samuel F. Newton Jr., 52, of Shelbyville, died Friday, Nov. 7, 2003.

Survivors include his wife, Lena Newton; daughters Sonya Blackburn and Samantha Newton of Shelbyville; his mother, Clara Lee Wilson of Shelbyville; brothers Orlando Wilson of Louisville, Charles Wilson of Crestwood and John Wilson of Shelbyville; sisters Mary Lee Commodore of Louisville and Pearle Mae Tinsley of Shelbyville; half-brother Bobby Newton of Lexington; half-sisters Delores Murphy and Maxine Henderson of Louisville.

The funeral is 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hall-Taylor Funeral Home. Visitation is 6 to 9 p.m. Monday.


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Gerald W. Thurman, 53, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2003.

Survivors include his wife, Juanita Thurman; a son, James Edward Davis Moore of Nashville, Tenn.; his mother, Elizabeth Dial of Frankfort; a sister, Pat Thurman of Frankfort; a stepson, John Hawkins Jr. of Louisville; and stepdaughters Pam Daily of Frankfort and Patricia Gayhart of Shelbyville.

A memorial service was held Nov. 7 at Grace Assembly of God, Shelbyville.


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Clarence "C.W." White, 80, of Simpsonville, died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003.

Survivors include sons William "Sonny" White, the Rev. Norman White and Clarence "Abby" White; daughters Shirley K. White, Artie A. Byrd and Ashley Campbell; a brother, Charles White; and sisters Cleo Spencer, Emma Stone, Annie Maddox, Eva Taylor, Florina Higgins, Kathy Lovings and Nancy Simpson.

The funeral is 1 p.m. Wednesday at Bethel A.M.E. Church in Shelbyville. Visitation is 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Owen Funeral Home in Jeffersontown and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the church.


Lexington Herald-Leader
Mar 3, 1996

SHELBYVILLE -- A 22-year-old Shelbyville man was fatally injured yesterday in a traffic accident in Shelby County, Kentucky State Police said.
Michael D. Johnson
of 352 Rockbridge Road was pronounced dead at 5:25 a.m. at University of Louisville Hospital, about three hours after the crash on Old Mount Eden Road. Police said Mr. Johnson was southbound about a mile south of Shelbyville when his pickup left the road and hit a tree. Mr. Johnson, an employee of Johnson Controls, is survived by his wife, Lisa. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Hall-Taylor Funeral Home. Visitation will be 2 to 9 p.m. today.

Lexington Herald-Leader
Jul 14, 1997

SHELBYVILLE - R. David Covert, 54, 677 Cross Keys Road, retired teacher and administrator for the Jefferson County Public Schools, husband of Susan K. Covert, died Saturday. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday, Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation 5-8 p.m. today and 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday. Contribution suggested to the Shelby County Humane Society or the Old Kentucky Home Council Boy Scouts of America.


Lexington Herald-Leader
Sep 21, 1989

SHELBYVILLE -- Mary Bell Vaughan, 84, an educator who brought the first state chapter of the Future Homemakers of America to Kentucky, died Tuesday at the United Medical Center in Shelbyville. Miss Vaughan, of Old Mount Eden Road in Shelbyville, graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in home education and teaching. She taught home economics at high schools in Shelbyville, Versailles and Lexington. During World War II, Miss Vaughan worked with Kentucky teachers to establish night classes for an adult education program in homemaking. In 1945, she proved instrumental in Kentucky's becoming the first state with a Future Homemakers of America charter. From 1967 until her retirement in 1972, she served as state director of the FHA. Miss Vaughan was made a life member of the American Vocational Association for her vocational work.

She is the aunt of Franklin B. Vaughan, Jr. Services are 3:30 p.m. today at Shannon Funeral Home, visitation noon to 2 p.m. today. Contributions are suggested to the Shelbyville First Presbyterian Church.

Lexington-Herald-Leader
Aug 1, 2003

Eloise Smith Bohn, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. She was an owner of B&B Ice Cream Co., Bardstown, and a former sales associate with Spalding & Son Department Store in Bardstown, and Lawson's Department Store and Wakefield-Scearce Galleries, both of Shelbyville. She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Shelbyville and Order of the Eastern Star Shelby Chapter No. 170, and a former member of Old Kentucky Home Chapter No. 436, Bardstown. Her husband, Frank R. Bohn, preceded her in death.

Survivors include sons, Francis Roemmele Bohn of Brooksville, Fla., and Joseph Allen Bohn of St. Charles, Mo.; a daughter, Kathy Bohn Moore of Edgewood; a brother, George Frank Smith of Simpsonville; nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. 
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hall-Taylor Funeral Home, Shelbyville. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville. Memorials are suggested to Centenary United Methodist Church, 429 Main St., Shelbyville, Ky.

Lexington Herald-Leader
Apr 29, 2004

SHELBYVILLE - Mattie B. Brown, 84, died Wed., April 28, 2004. Service, 10 am Fri., Hall-Taylor Funeral Home. Arrangements handled by Hall-Taylor Funeral Home. 

 

SHELBYVILLE - Ronnie Walls, 53, died Tues., April 27, 2004. Service, 2 pm Fri., Hall-Taylor Funeral Home. Visitation from 4-9 pm Thurs. 

Lexington Herald-Leader
Aug 11, 1986

SHELBYVILLE - J. W. Milligan, 82, of Shelbyville, a retired Kentucky State Highway Department employee, uncle of Eleanor Blackburn of Manchester, died yesterday at his home, after a long illness. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Tuesday.


 

SHELBYVILLE -- Stuart L. Demaree Sr., 77, of Shelbyville, former employee of the Kentucky Artificial Breeders Association and husband of Elizabeth Perkins Demaree, died of an apparent heart attack at the United Medical Center. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday at Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight.


Lexington Herald-Leader
Aug 1, 1999

SHELBYVILLE - Ken Murphy, 60, Kentucky Baptist Convention associate director of partnership missions and former minister, husband of Robbie Murphy, died yesterday. Services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church. Visitation 3:30-9 p.m. Monday, Shannon Funeral Home. Contributions suggested to Bagdad Baptist Church building fund.


Lexington Herald-Leader
Dec 23, 1996

SHELBYVILLE - Cecile Drake Cunningham, 91, Masonic Home of Kentucky, retired house mother and dietitian for Spring Meadows Children's Home, mother of Kathryn Payne Hulette, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation 4 p.m. today.


Lexington Herald-Leader
Oct 7, 1997

SHELBYVILLE - Andrew W. DeWeese, 90, Masonic Home of Kentucky, retired Louisville & Nashville Railroad crane operator, husband of Stella DeWeese, died yesterday. Services 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation 6-9 p.m. today. Contributions suggested to American Heart Association.


Lexington Herald-Leader
Apr 7, 1993

SHELBYVILLE -- Nancy E. Smith, 71, 253 Kentucky Street, wife of Marshall "Jack" Smith, died of cancer yesterday. Services 1 p.m. Friday, Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation 1-9 p.m. Thursday. Contributions suggested to the Church of the Annunciation or Hospice of Louisville.


Lexington Herald-Leader
Apr 22, 1992

SHELBYVILLE -- Kenneth L. Harris Sr., 59, Kentucky Street, retired hospital orderly and operator of Harris Sanitation, husband of Natholee Harris, died Monday, following surgery. Services 1 p.m. Friday, Clay Street Baptist Church. Visitation 4 p.m. Thursday, church. Morton-Beckley Funeral Directors in charge.


Lexington Herald-Leader
Jul 15, 1994

SHELBYVILLE -- William C. Crombie, 78, Masonic Homes of Kentucky, retired plumber and electrician, husband of Christine Noel Crombie, died Wednesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation 4-9 p.m. today.


Lexington Herald-Leader
Jun 14, 1995

SHELBYVILLE -- Beryl Campbell, 72, Masonic Home of Kentucky, former child care worker, mother of Joyce Bell, died yesterday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation 6-9 p.m. today; 1 p.m. Thursday. Contributions suggested to Hospice of Louisville.


Lexington Herald-Leader
Mar 17, 1998

SHELBYVILLE - Stella Perkinson DeWeese, 85, Masonic Homes of Kentucky, former Jefferson County schools cafeteria worker, widow of Andrew DeWeese, died yesterday. Services 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation 4-9 p.m. Wednesday.


Daily National Intelligencer
Nov 2, 1821

Died- at Shelbyville, Kentucky, on the 13th ultimo, Wingfield Bullock, Esq. a member elect from the state of Kentucky, to the 17th Congress.


Arkansas Gazette
Aug 10, 1889

Death of a Distinguished Kentuckian

Louisville , Aug. 9.—Judge Wm. F.Bullock died at his son's home near Shelbyvllle , Ky. , this afternoon, aged
82. He was one of the founders of public, schools in Kentucky, having presented the first bill for their establishment.


Morning Republican
Jul 8, 1873

Died - in Little Rock, Ark., July 4, 1873, Edward S. Redding, aged six weeks, child of Merit Redding Jr., of Shelbyville, Ky., and Lizzie Redding, deceased, and grandchild of Col. S. M. and Lizzie Barnes.
Kentucky papers please copy.


Morning Herald
Apr 15, 1905

SHELBYVILLE Ky. , April 14,— Mrs. Jesse Glass, Sr., died last night in this city, after a long illness. Mrs. Glass
before her marriage was Miss Redd, of Woodford county. She leaves many relatives in Central Kentucky. Her
husband died a few months ago.


Morning Herald
Mar 2, 1902

SHELBYVILLE, Ky. , March 1 - Mrs. Mary L. Graves, aged 77, died at her home, about a mile from Simpsonville, at 2:30 o'clock this morning,  She came here from Lawrenceburg ,   Ky. , about thirly-five years ago.

SHELBYVILLE, Ky. , March 1 —The remains of John Boswell, who died here yesterday, were buried at 10 o'clock this morning.


Morning Herald
Jun 13, 1904

The funeral services of Mrs. Mildred Jane Paxton McCormack. who died at the residence of Mr. W. S. Bells on Barr street, yesterday morning,. will take-place at the Methodist Church in
Shelbyvllle , Ky. , tomorrow, morning upon the arrival of the C & O train that leaves here at 8:20. Burial in Grove Hill cemetery, Shelbyvllle.

Mrs. McCormack was born in Shelby county March 25, 1833, and was married to Mr. Wm.H.  McCormack,  December 4, 1848. She was the  daughter of Mr. John B. Paxton, one of the
pioneers of Shelby county. The family is widely connected  in Anderson , Jefferson and Shelby counties. She was the mother of nine children, four of whom survive her. They are John A., of Lee burg, Va. ;. Robert L.,  of Baltimore, Md, Mrs. Alice Hansbro Laird and Mr. Charles B. McCormack, of this city, with whom she was living at the time of her death. Her husband died at Columbus, Ga., in 1900.  Mrs. McCormack was of the highest type of Christian womanhood, of high ideals and unswerving faith.




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