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Harles Richard Payne
08/19/2004
Harles Richard Payne, 73, of Owensboro died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Hospital in Evansville. Born Jan. 1, 1931, he was the son of the late Richard Harles and Viola Frances Miles Payne. He was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and was a charter member of St. Pius X Catholic Church, where he served as a liturgical minister. He was instrumental in establishing the St. Pius X Day Care Center and Kindergarten, where he served on the board for many years. He had also served as a Eucharistic minister. He retired from Owensboro Mercy Health System, where he was plant engineer for 19 years. He was owner of H.R. Payne Service Co. for 19 years and was co-owner of Kid Crossing Day Care. His interests were remodeling and renovating and he was a member of the 9 a.m. Wesleyan Park Plaza McDonalds World Problem Solving and Coffee Drinkers Club. He was preceded in death by four sisters, Oralee Schultz, Mary Oneida Gilmore, Mary Oma Cronin and Mary Imogene Payne; and a granddaughter, Cameron Michelle Howard.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Dorothy Barrett Payne; three daughters, Debbie (and her husband, Greg) Hayden, Marcy (and her husband, Keith) Howard, both of Owensboro, and Carol Higdon of Cynthiana; and three sons, Stephen R. Payne, Chris (and his wife, Cheryl) Payne of Owensboro and Kevin (and his wife, Christina) Payne of Jacksonville, Fla. He was devoted to his six grandsons; 11 granddaughters; and nine great-grandchildren. He is also survived by two sisters, Joyce (and her husband, Stewart) Howard and Delores (and her husband, Bill) Blincoe of Owensboro; an aunt, Helen Miles of Owensboro; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services are at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, with burial in Resurrection cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today and after noon Friday. Prayers will be at 5 p.m. today at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to National Kidney Foundation or the Free Clinic of Owensboro.
Stephen W. Sharp
08/19/2004
Stephen W. Sharp, 47, of 500 Allen St., Owensboro, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004, at Owensboro Medical Health System, due to complications from a heart condition. He was born on Dec. 25, 1956, in Owensboro. He was previously employed at Commonwealth Aluminum Co. for more than 17 years. He was a member of The Vineyard Baptist Fellowship.
Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Betty and George Moseley of Owensboro; his father, Clyde Sharp of Owensboro; and a half brother, Roger Lindsey of Owensboro.
Services are at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 20, at James H. Davis Funeral Home chapel in Owensboro. Burial is in Resurrection cemetery in Owensboro. Visitation is from 3 to 7 p.m. today and from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to The Vineyard Baptist Fellowship, 1501 E. 26th St., Owensboro, KY 42303.
Vivian F. (Boyd) Smith
08/19/2004
HAMMOND, Ind. - Vivian F. (Boyd) Smith, 84, of Hammond passed away Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004, at Regency Place in Dyer. She was a special mother and grandmother and will be dearly missed. She was preceded in death by her husband, Geoffrey.
Vivian is survived by her children, Janice (Michael) Brzinski of Hammond, Roger (Paula) Smith of Kentucky and Larry Smith of Colorado; grandchildren, Stephen (Leah) Smith of Texas and Brian (Stacey) Brzinski of Griffith; and great-grandchildren, Faith, Victoria, Paula, Beth and Daniel Smith and Isaac and Molly Brzinski.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, at Chapel Lawn Funeral Home, 8178 Cline Ave., Schererville, Ind., with Edith Downes officiating. Burial will take place at Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens in Schererville. Friends may meet with the family Friday, Aug. 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Logan Scott Lamar Stinnett
08/19/2004
HARNED - Logan Scott Lamar Stinnett, 3 months, of Harned died Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, at Breckinridge Memorial Hospital.
Survivors include his parents, Scott and Cheryl Stinnett; two sisters, Marianna and Sylvia Stinnett; his grandparents, Mary Patt and Glenn York, Edward and Nelda Powers and David Stinnett Sr.; and his great-grandmother, Starr Puckett.
Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Mount Zion Church near Westview. Burial: Westview cemetery. Visitation: From 3:30 to 8 p.m. today at Trent-Dowell Funeral Home and from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at the church.
Wayne Tharp
08/19/2004
CALHOUN - Wayne Tharp, 56, of Calhoun died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004, at his home. He was a farmer and an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
Survivors include a son, Franklin Tharp; a brother, William Tharp; and a sister, Wilma Knight.
Services: 2 p.m. today at Muster Funeral Homes, Calhoun Chapel. Burial: Poplar Grove cemetery. Visitation: After 11 a.m. today at the funeral home.
Clem Cecil
08/18/2004
Clem Cecil, 92, formerly of Thruston, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004, at Bon Harbor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. He was born in West Louisville to the late Oliver and Loretta Murphy Cecil. He was a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church and was retired from farming. He had farmed the T.J. Bartlett and Jagoe farms before purchasing his own farm in Knottsville in 1965. He was also a member of St. Vincent DePaul Society, past member of the Trust Division on Farm Management at Central Bank & Trust Co., past member of the Lions Club, past president of Kentucky Farm Bureau of Daviess County, had served on the board of Knottsville Credit Union and at St. Williams Catholic Church and was a Kentucky Colonel.
He loved to fish and one of his greatest enjoyments was going fishing with his brothers on their yearly fishing trip to Cumberland Lake and also going fishing with his grandchildren at Kentucky Lake. He enjoyed helping out with the cooking at some of the local Catholic church picnics and gardening, where he always made sure he gave plenty of vegetables to some of the rest homes in the area and to the Help Office of Owensboro.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Anna Elizabeth Wink Cecil, on June 28, 1980; a son, John David Cecil, on Oct. 4, 1975; a daughter, Margaret Cecil Terry, on Nov. 27, 1991; a grandson, Michael Greene, on Nov. 27, 1967; a great-granddaughter, Ashley Mattingly, on Feb. 15, 2002; a brother, Dick Cecil, on Aug. 7, 1994; and two sisters, Teresa Ling, on Jan. 22, 1999, and Toby Matthews, on Aug. 29, 2002.
Surviving is his wife, Mary Castlen Cecil; five daughters and spouses, Sister Ann Patrice Cecil of Maple Mount, Dorothy and Doug Hood of Owensboro, Joan and Mickey Greene of Rockport, Ind., Rose Mary and Cyrus "Bubby" Sharp of Gilbertsville and Teresa and Jeff Gray of Philpot; two stepdaughters and spouses, Carolyn and Ronald Brown of Beaver Dam and Mary Ann and John McKinney of Richmond; four sons and spouses, Thomas M. and Mary (DeHart) Cecil of Philpot, Joseph C. and Diann (Meredith) Cecil and Donald L. and Charlotte (Schrecker) Cecil, all of Owensboro, and William P. Cecil of Powder Springs, Ga.; four stepsons and spouses, Earl and Peggy (Franey) Castlen of Lewisport, Donald and Sandy (Johnson) Castlen of Philpot, Sherill and Julie (Head) Castlen and Tim and Debbie (Young) Castlen, all of Maceo; four sisters and spouses, Jean Keller, Margaret Oberst and Alicia and Bill Wright, all of Owensboro, and Polly and Jake Leibfreid of Bowling Green; a brother and his spouse, Louis and Mary Elizabeth Cecil of Owensboro; 29 grandchildren; 11 stepgrandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at noon Friday, Aug. 20, at St. Williams Catholic Church, with burial following in Resurrection cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, with prayers at 6:30 p.m., and after 9 a.m. Friday at Glenn Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Vincent DePaul Society, P.O. Box 8025, Owensboro, KY 42302.
Margie H. Hardesty
08/18/2004
Margie H. Hardesty, 79, of 311 E. 22nd St., Owensboro, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004, at Bellemeade Nursing Home in Greenville. She was born on June 23, 1925, in Muhlenberg County to the late James A. and Anna Nell (Jarnigan) Hendricks. She retired as station manager for Hertz Car Rental and was a member of Blessed Mother Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Hardesty, on June 22, 1981.
Survivors include a son, Jerry Hardesty of Owensboro; three daughters, Myra (Larry) Bender of Central City, Rebecca "B.J." Hardesty of Bloomington, Ind., and Linda (Bill) Kerchusky of Columbia, S.C.; four grandchildren, Elizabeth Lehner, Hal Bender, Cynda Hardesty and Julie Anne Kerchusky; two stepgrandchildren, Brian Kamuf and Jeremy Kamuf; a great-grandchild, Katherine Lehner; and two sisters, Mary Gish of Evansville and Thelma Boling of Glendale, Ariz.
Services are at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19, at Blessed Mother Catholic Church in Owensboro. Burial is in Resurrection cemetery in Owensboro. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at James H. Davis Funeral Home, where prayers will be said at 6:45 p.m. today. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to Alzheimer's Association, Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter, Chapter Processing Center, 3703 Taylorsville Road, Suite 120, Louisville, KY 40220-1330.
Lena Mae Howard Rummage
08/18/2004
SWEETWATER, Tenn. - Lena Mae Howard Rummage, 85, of Sweetwater, formerly of Owensboro, died Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, in Sweetwater. Born in Whitesville on Nov. 13, 1918, Mrs. Rummage was the daughter of the late William Linus and Effie Sparks Howard. She retired from American Tobacco Co. in Owensboro and was a member of St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church. Mrs. Rummage had lived with her daughter in Sweetwater for the past several years.
She is survived by six children, Wanda Scarbrough of Louisville, Gerald Rummage of Martinsville, Ind., Darleen (and her husband, Kenneth) Shope of Sweetwater, Rondal (and his wife, Jenny) Rummage of Lebanon Junction, Gene (and his wife, Juana) Rummage of Trenton, Fla., and Imelda Haynes of Owensboro; 20 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Lucy Millay and Elizabeth Studer of Owensboro; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church in Whitesville. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Glenn Funeral Home. There will be no visitation Friday - the family and friends will gather at the church.
Agnes Payne Stafford
08/18/2004
HARDINSBURG - Agnes Payne Stafford, 88, of Hardinsburg died Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, at Baptist East Hospital in Louisville. She was a member of Hardinsburg United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Art Stafford; a son, David Stafford; a daughter, Janis Gimbrone; a brother, Edgar Payne; and a sister, Annette Payne.
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Trent-Dowell Funeral Home. Burial: Ivy Hill cemetery in Hardinsburg. Visitation: From 5:30 to 8 p.m. today and after 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions: Hardinsburg United Methodist Church.
Sharon Tuttle Hermann
08/17/2004
Sharon Tuttle Hermann, 68, of Owensboro died Monday morning, Aug. 16, 2004, at Wellington Parc from complications of cancer and Alzheimer's. A graduate of Owensboro Catholic High School class of 1954, Mrs. Hermann went on to receive a bachelor of arts degree from University of Evansville and a masters from Western Kentucky University, all after the age of 50. Following her academic training, she accepted a position with WKU's department of English, where she taught for seven years.
Following the death of her husband, Jim, in 1986, Mrs. Hermann wrote a series of poetry and short stories to assist her and others through the grief process. The works were published as part of a compendium of recovery work in 1992 ("AfterLoss," Thomas Nelson Inc.). Although writing and the English language were among the loves of her life, it was perhaps teaching that most defined Mrs. Hermann later in life. She had a passion for teaching others and felt it was her calling.
Before teaching, Mrs. Hermann's previous work experience included stints as a Realtor with Castlen Realty, communications specialist with Pinkerton Tobacco and reporter for Hartford Herald (Ohio County). She also co-owned the Ann Herbert dress shop in the 1970s with her late husband. In addition to her professional interests, she was an avid traveler and a voracious reader and also enjoyed classical music and theater.
In addition to her husband, Jim, she is preceded in death by her parents, Jessica Heppler Tuttle and Walker Tuttle, formerly of Owensboro; and a brother, Lynn Tuttle of Houston.
She is survived by a daughter, Christina Smith of San Diego; three sons, James Tracy of Palm Springs, Calif., Brett B. of Owensboro and Jonathan L. Hermann of Washington, D.C.; two sisters, Dalarna Breetz of Fisherville and Camilla "Cammy" Frey of Owensboro; four brothers, Kenneth Tuttle of Corpus Christi, Texas, Steve Tuttle of Owensboro, Kevin Coomes of Bowling Green and Mark Coomes of Henderson; a grandson, Jarrett Stites of San Diego; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at noon Thursday, Aug. 19, at Blessed Mother Catholic Church, with burial following in Resurrection cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and after 9 a.m. Thursday at Glenn Funeral Home. Prayers will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Association, Evansville Region, 4770 Covert Ave., Evansville, IN 47714.
