BANKS James "Ed" Edward, 85, the widower of Mildred Louise Banks, died Sun, July 29, 2012. He was born Aug 6, 1926 in Lexington, KY to the late Elmer Banks and Martha Sellers Banks Davis. Ed was a life long farmer, a WWII US Naval Veteran, retired employee of Kirk and Blum and member of Boones Creek Baptist Church. He is survived by his daughter, Holly (Ken) Grayson; sister, Mildred Short; brother, Gene Banks, all of Lexington, KY; three grandchildren, Marcus (Jen) Schrader, Jon (Deirdre) Schrader and Ann Janel (Patrick) McClure; 8 great grandchildren; and dedicated friend, Linda Owens. In addition to his wife and parents, Ed was preceded in death by his daughter, Ann Schrader.
Visitation will be 5-8pm, Wed, Aug 1 at Clark Legacy Center in Brannon Crossing. Funeral will be 10am, Thu, August 2, also at Clark Legacy Center, followed by burial in Athens Boonesboro Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in name to Baptist Bible Fellowship International: Patrick McClure Family, PO Box 191, Springfield, MO 65801. www.clarklegacycenter.com COLLIVER Daisy Merritt, 88, wife of William C. Colliver, and widow of George W.
Merritt, died Sunday, July 29, 2012 at her residence. Born in Fay- ette she was a daughter of the late Clinton and Jesse Newkirk. She was an em- ployee of Fayette County School System for over 27 years working at Bryan Sta- tion High School. She was a member of Eastland Church of God, was active in the WCG, and member of Indian-Oldfields Homemak- ers Club. Survivors are four children, Terri Hockensmith, Lexington, George C.
Mer- ritt, Winchester, Kenneth (Patty) Merritt, Lexington, and Hazel (Randall) Short, Morgantown, KY; two stepchildren, Bill (Betty) Colliver and Judy Colliver, both of Lexington; ten grandchildren; and 16 great- grandchildren. Funeral serv- ices will be 2pm Thu at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home- Main St. Burial will be in Lexington Cemetery. Visita- tion will be from 5-8pm Wed- nesday. Contributions are suggested to the Association, Greater KY and Southern Indiana Chapter, Kaden Tower, 6100 Dutchmans Lane.
Ste. 401, Louisville, KY 40205. HORTON Mary Wilson, 66, widow of Leroy Horton, died Mon- day from complications from Gehrig Disease. She was retired from the Fayette County Clerks Of- fice. She was the daughter of Ruth Cornett and the late Estes Cornett.
Additional survivors are three children, Carol (Brent) Hollis, Terri Wilson, Tom (Denise) Wil- son, two step children, Vick- ie (Terry) Turner, Kim (Jim- my) Miller, six grandchil- dren, Ryan Dedman, Kelcie Hollis, Hannah Wilson, Mor- gan Wilson, Jacob Hollis and Jonathan Rader Wilson, great grandchildren, Bradley Dedman and Elijah Davis- Dedman, step grandchildren, Ashlee (Scott) Bolin, Alan Turner, Austin and Josh Miller, a step great grand- child, Emma Grayce Bolin, a brother, Billy (Peggy) Cornett, a sister, Kaye (Stan) Collett, numerous other loving relatives and friends. Services will be 2pm Thursday at Betts West Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Wilmore Ceme- tery. Visitation will be from 4-8pm Wednesday. Online guestbook at www.Bettsand Westfuneralhome.com MAY Clifford 77, husband of Jenetta Ferguson May, died Sunday, July 29, 2012 at the Hospice Care Center.
Born April 29, 1935 in Pike Coun- ty, KY, he was the son of the late Ernest and Viola Alley May. Having served as min- ister in Churches of Christ in Texas, Georgia, Ohio, and Kentucky, May served as an Elder at the Versailles and No. Lexington Churches of Christ. Survivors other than his wife, include a daughter, Rhonda Juett (Chris Juett), Lexington; a son, Jack May, Versailles; five grandchil- dren, Brad, Stacy, and Jason Murphy, Kayla Alcorn, and Kimberly Fannin; four great- grandchildren; and two sis- ters, Loretta Birt, and Carol Nichols, both of Piqua, OH. He was preceded in death by his son, Ernie May; three sis- ters, and two brothers.
Fu- neral services will be at noon Wednesday, Aug 1, at No. Lexington Church of Christ at Hume Road by Steve Johnson, Minister. Burial will follow in Sunset Memo- rial Gardens. Visitation will be 5-8pm Tuesday at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home, Harrodsburg Road, and 11am-12pm Wednesday pre- ceding the funeral. NOBLE Helen Douglas, 97, died July 29, 2012.
She was the daughter of the late Edward and Lula Whisman and mother of the late George Noble. Survivors include a son, James Noble; 6 grandchildren; and 9 great- grandchildren. Funeral Thu, Milward-Broadway with burial to follow at Hill- crest Memorial Park. Visita- tion Wed, 6-8pm. www.milwardfuneral.com RUPURED Arthur Jr, 76, husband of Patricia Rupured, died Sun- day, July 29, 2012 at his resi- dence.
Born in April 23, 1936 in Lexington, he was a son of the late Arthur and Callie Starns Rupured. After serving as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne, he joined the Lexington Fire Dept. in 1958. After serving 29 years, he retired in 1987. He loved the fire department and his most favorite time was as chief of training.
The Rupured award was awarded by the training staff to the outstanding member of each recruit class between 1988 and 1992. He had a deep af- fection for Lexington and its history and proud to pro- claim he was born here, and was a Kentucky Colonel. Survivors other than his wife are two children, Michael Rupured and Melissa Ann (Barry) Mason IV; two grandchildren, Audrey and Trevor Mason; four sisters, Joann Patrick, Mildred John- son, Doris McGinnis and Geraldine Brown; two broth- ers, Raymond (Jeanne) and Sammy (Suzanne); and sev- eral nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Rupured. Funeral services will be 2pm Wednesday at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home-Main St.
Buri- al will be in Lexington Ceme- tery. Pallbearers will be Chip Rupured, Larry McGinnis, Jerry Brown, John Plummer, Bill Hardin and Merrill Blauvelt. Visitation will be from 5-8pm Tue at the funer- al home. BARBOURVILLE Michelle Taylor Murphy, 40, died Sun. Visit Tue, 6- 9pm at Barbourville Funeral Home.
Memorial service at a later date. BEATTYVILLE Ethel L. Edmonson, 70, died Sun, July 29, 2012. Service 1pm Thu Newnam Funeral Home. Visit 6-8pm Wed.
www.newnamfuneralhome.com BELFRY Crystal Robinson, 37, Sidney, died Mon. Funeral 12 noon Thu, R.E. Rogers Funeral Home, Belfry. Visit after 6pm Wed at Rogers. rerogersfuneralhome.com BURKESVILLE James Abney, 77, died Sun.
Funeral 2pm Tue, Ballou Stotts Funeral Home. Visit 6am Tue. CAMPBELLSVILLE Charles McCarty, 75, husband of Joanna, died Mon. Funeral 2pm, Thu, Parrott Ramsey Funeral Home. Visitation 5-8pm, Wed.
CAMPBELLSVILLE Lois Whitney Gilpin, 94, Sun. Funeral 10am Wed, Parrott Ramsey Funeral Home. Visit 5-8pm Tue. CAMPBELLSVILLE Marion R. Davenport, 84, died Mon.
Private service and burial at Brookside Cemetery. Arr, Lyon-DeWitt Funeral Home. CAMPTON Jessie Albert Crase, 68, husband of Lois Gibson Crase, died July 29, 2012. Service 2pm Wed, Porter Son. Visit 6pm Tue.
CARLISLE John D. Faulconer, 68, died Sat. Service 10am Thu, Mathers-Gaunce. Visit 6pm Wed. www.mathersgaunce.com COLUMBIA Travis "Tater" Pyles, 68.
Service Wed at 1pm, Barnetts Creek Church. Visit after 4pm Tue at Stotts- Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home. ELKTON Kenneth Michael "Mike" Miller, 58, died Sat, July 28, 2012. Funeral 10am Tue, Providence United Methodist. Arr, Latham Funeral Home.
GREENSBURG Clara Pearl Creason, 95, died Sat. Service 11am Tue at Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home. Visit 4-8pm Mon. HAZARD Charles Mitchell Merrill, 83, died July 29, 2012. Visit Wed, 6-8pm.
Funeral 10am Thu, Maggard Brothers Funeral Home. JACKSON Charlene a Dieringer Vanover, 55, passed away Sat. Funeral Tue, 11am; visitation Tue, anytime. thebreathittfuneralhome.com JACKSON Letcher Noble, 82, died Sat. Service 12pm Thu; visit 6pm Wed, Deaton Funeral Home.
JACKSON Maudie Neace Fugate, 94, passed away Mon. Visita- tion Tue, 6pm. Funeral Wed, 1pm. www.thebreathittfuneralhome JACKSON Zachary Combs, 16, died Sat. Parents Ricky and Leigh Ann.
Service Wed 11am; visit 5pm Tue, Deaton Chapel. LANCASTER Betty June Howard Miller, 73, of Meadowlark Dr. Lancaster, passed away Saturday. She was the widow of Harvey Miller. Funeral services will be 11am Thursday at Spurlin Funeral Home.
Visitation Wednesday, 4-9pm. www.spurlinfuneralhomelanc aster.com LAWRENCEBURG Anthony Joseph Glover, 39, died July 28, 2012. Survived by wife, Mar- garet and children, Ashley, Heather, and Anthony Jr. Service 8pm Thu at Ritchie Peach. Visit 6-8pm Thu.
LEBANON Mary Virginia Fenwick Langevin, 91, passed away Sat, July 28, 2012. Bosley Funeral Home. LOUISVILLE Charles Mullins, 50, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2012 at University of Louisville Hospital surround- ed by his family. Left to cher- ish his memory is his daugh- ter, Tansy Mullins; sons, Charles Mullins and Tanner Ball-Mullins; grandchildren, Ethan Sumner and Shelby Horsley; father, Charles Mi- chael Mullins; step-mother, Connie Mullins; mother, Ti- na Leonard; step-father, Chuck Leonard; brother, To- ny Mullins; a special aunt, Sandy Cummings; and a spe- cial cousin, J.D. Russell.
His funeral service will be held at noon, Thursday at Joseph E. Ratterman Son Funeral Home, 7336 Southside Dr. Louisville, KY 40214, with burial in Louisville Memorial Gardens-West. Visitation will be from 9am until time of service on Thursday. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Rattermans for funeral costs.
MANCHESTER Joann Turner, 75. Serv- ice 1pm Wed, Rominger Fu- neral Home. Visit 6pm Tue. www.romingerfuneralhome.com MANCHESTER Timothy W. Pennington, 48.
Service 1pm Tue, Rominger Funeral Home. Visit Tue. www.romingerfuneralhome.com MARTIN John Poe, 36, of Blue River, died Sat. Funeral noon Wed, Nelson Frazier Funeral Home. Visit after 6pm Mon.
MARTIN Raymond Denver Mullins, 70, of Weeksbury, died Sat. Funeral 1pm Wed, Wheelwright Freewill Baptist. Visit after 6pm Mon, church. Arr, Nelson Frazier. MCKEE Justin M.
McQueen, 25, husband of April, died Sat. Service 2pm Tue at Lakes Funeral Home. www.lakesfuneralhomemckee.com MT STERLING Christine Gabbard left this world to go home to the Lord and her mother on July 28, 2012. She was born on Houston Creek Rd in Breathitt County, Kentucky on Feb 27, 1955 and was the daughter of the late Rev. Virgil and Martha Gabbard.
Chris was the loving wife, confident, partner, and best friend of her husband of a too short 27 and half years, mother of two daughters, Joyce (Mike) Kelsay, Jennifer (Ben) Wright, and a son, Bobby Haddix. She was the loving grandmother of Jonica Davis, Kyle Kelsay, Kayla Kelsay, Tommy Wright, Jackson Wright, Mason Wright, Hunter Clay Wright, Dylan Patrick Wright, and Delaney Haddix, and close friend, Melanie Gabbard whom she thought of as a sister and whom showed incredible support throughout their friendship. Chris loved to travel, read, and garden. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology with honors from Eastern Kentucky University, a Bachelor of Science in Chemisty from Northern Kentucky University, and a Master in Arts in Education from Eastern Kentucky University. After beginning he career as a chemist with Ef-Atochem and then Keebler Manufacturing, she decided her talents could be better utilized educating children to make the world a better place for them and our future.
Chris began her teaching career at Franklin County High School teaching then, feeling the need to return to her home of eastern Kentucky to teach Chemistry at Jackson Independent High to improve the lives of the children she felt needed someone to not only educate them but to also help them learn to believe in themselves and realize any dream or goal can be accomplished with hard work and determination. She finished her teaching career at Montgomery County High teaching students that anything was possible, even passing Algebra. Many of her former students credit her to becoming doctors, lawyers, military academy appointees, and even educators. Her greatest reward in teaching was observing the moment when a child could understand a concept that they had been struggling with and seeing the look of achievement in their face and former students telling her how she helped their lives. Chris is also survived by her mother-in-law, Della (Ken) Baker whom she thought of as a mother, brother-in-law, Paul Gabbard, sisters, Helen (Roger) James, Norma (Johnny) Gross, Lois (Bruce) Brindley, Anna (Barry) Morris, Evangeline Gabbard, and Elizabeth Roberts, and brothers, Howard (Lois) Gabbard and J.B.
Gabbard and numerous neices and nephews. She was preceded in death by 2 sisters and a brother. A Celebration of her Life will be held at Herald Stewart Home for Funerals in Mt. Sterling on Wed from 4-8pm with a private family service at the graveside. MT STERLING Eugene Moore, 77, widower of Dora Moore, passed Mon.
Funeral 1pm Wed, Herald Stewart Home for Funerals. Visit 5- 8pm Tue. NICHOLASVILLE Anne C. Preston, 78. Services 11am Wednesday at Betts West Funeral Home.
Visitation 5-8pm today. Guestbook at www.Bettsand Westfuneralhome.com OWINGSVILLE- Donald Lewis Norris, 78, died July 26, 2012. No services planned. www.richardsonfh.com PIKEVILLE Samuel Pete Lee, 55, died July 29, 2012. Visit 6pm Tue, Thacker Memorial Chapel.
Funeral 12pm Wed. PINE KNOT Zelma Ball, 82, died Mon. Service 1pm Wed, Pine Knot Funeral Home. Visit 6- 9pm Tue. RUSSELL SPRINGS Benjamin C.
Montgom- ery, 66, died Sat. Visit 11am-1pm. Funeral 1pm, Thu, Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home. www.stanleyfuneralhomes.com SALYERSVILLE Russell Perkins, 69, died Fri. Funeral 1pm Wed, Bethlehem to Calvary Church.
Visit after 5pm to- day. SCIENCE HILL Bobby Vincent Akin, 58, died July 28, 2012. Private memorial service 6pm Wed. Arr, Lake Cumberland Funeral Home. SCIENCE HILL James Archie Camp- bell, 64, died Fri.
Service 11am Wed, Mill Springs Na- tional Cemetery. Arr, Mor- ris Hislope Funeral Home. www.morrisandhislope.com STANTON Darrell "Lefty" Wayne Brewer, 49, passed away on July 29, 2012. Visit at 12 noon, memorial services at 2pm Thu, Hearne Funeral Home. TAYLORSVILLE- Edith Slucher Helton, 89, died July 28, 2012.
Funeral 2pm, Thu, Hall- Taylor Funeral Home. Visit from Wed. TOMPKINSVILLE Stephen Cavanaugh, 59, died July 29, 2012. Ser- vice 1pm Tue, Gamaliel Chapel. Visit 5-8pm Mon.
www.strodefuneralhome.com VERSAILLES Jessica Nicole Snipp, 31, died Sat. Funeral 10am Wed. at Clark Funeral Home, Rose Hill. Visit Tue 5-8pm. www.clarklegacycenter.com VERSAILLES Robert Lee Raybourn, 82, of Versailles, passed peacefully at his home on Saturday, July 28, 2012.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Honey Lee (Jones) Raybourn. Survivors include his children, Robert Thomas Raybourn, Melinda Lee (Ken) Lloyd, and Carole Ann Raybourn; two grandsons, Braxton Coleman Payne IV and Andrew Robert Raybourn Payne; and one nephew, Nick Raybourn. We will celebrate his life at 6pm Wednesday at Blackburn- Ward Funeral Home in Versailles. Memorial contributions may be made to the Association. VERSAILLES William Carroll Sallee, 69, died Sun.
Graveside service 3pm Wed, Midway Cemetery. Visit Wed, Clark Funeral Home, Rose Hill. WHITESBURG Billie J. Bates, 65, died Mon. Visit 6pm Tue, Everidge Funeral Home.
Funeral 11am Thu, Bill Moore Branch Holiness Church. WHITESBURG James W. Sapp, 86, died Sat. Funeral 11am Wed, Haymond Freewill Baptist Church. Arr, Everidge Funeral Home.
WHITLEY CITY Rosemary Daugherty, 78, died July 29, 2012. Fu- neral Wed, 11am, McCreary County Funeral Home. Visit 6pm Tue. WILLIAMSBURG Vincent Petry, 46, passed away July 29, 2012. Funeral Wed, 11am, Ellison Funeral Home Chapel.
Visit Tue, 6-8pm. WILLIAMSTOWN Jimmie Hubbard, 64, died Sat. Visit noon-2pm; funeral, 2pm Wed, Aug 1, Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home. www.stanleyfuneralhomes.com Rather than mourn the absence of the flame, let us celebrate how brightly it glowed. LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER KENTUCKY.COMA 4 TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012.
