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Lefevers, Beatrice Taylor
Cary -- Beatrice Lefevers, 82, passed away Monday, November 20, 1995, at Pineville Community Hospital.
She was born February 28, 1913, at Arjay, a daughter of the late William Taylor and Anna Elizabeth lowe Taylor. She was a homemaker and believed in the Church of God of Prophecy faith.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold (Bud) Lefevers.
Survivors include seven sons, Joe Ray Lefevers, Wilce Lefevers, Lavern Lefevers, all of Cincinnati, Ohio, Harold Lefevers, Mike Lefevers, Glenn Lefevers, Larry Lefevers, all of Cary; four daughters, Mrs. Marie Secen, Somerset, KY, Mrs. Shirley Hollingsworth, Pineville, Mrs. Loretta Klinger, Giradsville, PA and Mrs. Muriel Lefevers of Cary; one brother, Paul Taylor, Hamilton, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs Dorothy Powell, Corbin, KY, Mrs. Bernice Miller, Wallsend, and 55 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Services were held at the Durham Funeral Home with the Revs. Allen Lord and Marshall Reynolds presiding. Burial was in Pinelawn Memorial Gardens at Laurel Hill.
Family and friends were pallbearers.
Durham Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Slusher, William Madison (Bill)
William Madison "Bill" Slusher, who guided Bell County schools from 1942 to 1978, died Tuesday at his Clear Creek home, apparently of a heart attack. He was 80.
Slusher was instrumental in consolidating Bell County schools and laying the groundwork for the construction of Bell County High School, which was completed after he retired. As superintendent, he also helped establish county vocational education programs and vocational schools.
"I always found that Mr. Slusher was an honorable and a good administrator. He brought Bell County out of the dark ages of one-room school houses into consolidated schools, " said Middlesboro furniture businessman Dewey Morgan.
Slusher also was instrumental in keeping the county's tax rate under control so taxpayers were not overburdened, he said.
Morgan said that Slusher, a Republican, heavily influenced Bell County politics during his heyday.
"You seldom ran for any office if you didn't have his blessing, I'll say that, " Morgan said.
Dr. David C. Asher, a Pineville physician and a former member of the state and Pineville school boards, described Slusher as "the educator of Bell County."
"He was a political powerhouse, but he didn't use his politics for his own glory. He used it for the school system -- to promulgate good education, " Asher said.
"He kept in mind the children of Bell County."
Slusher's influence in education extended beyond Bell County public schools.
He had been on a committee that established vocational education guidelines for state schools. He was a former member of the board of directors of Southeast Community College and Henderson Settlement Mission in Bell County. He also was a former Union College trustee and a former president of the Upper Cumberland Superintendents Association and the Upper Cumberland and Bell County education associations.
Slusher was born Aug. 8, 1907, in Bell County.
He graduated from Pineville High School in 1927 and from Union College in 1931. While at Union, he played football and basketball.
He was inducted into Union's Athletic Hall of Fame last fall and had been named an outstanding alumnus of the college.
Slusher did graduate work at the University of Kentucky and received a master's degree from what is now Eastern Kentucky University.
He taught in rural Bell County schools and at Corbin High School early in his career. He was superintendent of Lone Jack Independent Schools at Fourmile for six years in the 1930s. He later was principal of Bell County High School and an assistant Bell superintendent.
While Bell school superintendent in the 1940s, he ran unsuccessfully for state superintendent of public instruction.
Slusher helped organize Bell County's first 4-H council and was twice its president. He helped establish the Bell County Volunteer Fire Department.
He was a member of the Pineville Water Commission and the Pineville-Bell County Community Development board at his death. He attended Pineville First Baptist church and was president of the its men's Bible class.
He was a former president of the Union College Alumni Association and the Pineville Kiwanis Club.
Slusher received several awards over the years. He once was named Man of the Year by the Pineville Rotary Club and received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Cumberland College.
After retirement he remained active as president of the Bell County and Upper Cumberland retired teachers associations.
Slusher is survived by his wife, Flossie Sharp Slusher; two sons, Dr. Murph Madison Slusher of Winston-Salem, N.C., and William Wade Slusher of London; five grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Pineville First Baptist Church.
Visitation will be after 3 p.m. today at Arnett Funeral Home in Pineville.
Smith, Alice Warren
Alice Warren Smith, 92, of Jacksboro, died on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at the Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center.
She was born on June 4, 1915 the daughter of the late Dora Reynolds Warren Beverly and James Warren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Parker Smith, daughter, Pauline Smith, son, Richard L. Smith, sisters, Ethel Hall, Linda Taylor, Ada Beverly, Ellen Beverly and brothers, Floyd Warren, Archie Beverly, Oscar Beverly, Jim Beverly and Flem Beverly.
Survivors include her daughter, Dorothy Carden and husband G.B. of Jacksboro; sons, Bill Smith and wife, Connie of Harlan and Robert Roscoe Smith and wife, Ann of Hulen; daughter-in-law, Wanda Delores Smith of Fort Wayne, IN; twelve grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren, sister, Minnie Hooker of Indianapolis, IN, Gladys Hooker and Viola Lewis both of Arjay, brothers, Charlie Warren of Barbourville, KY, Eugene Warren of London, KY, Britten Beverly of Muskegon, MI, J.D. Warren of Middlesboro, KY and Carlos Lee Warren of Spring City, IN and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends
Services will be at 2 PM Friday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Eli Craig and Rev. Melvin Beverly.
Burial will be in the Green Hills Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons and great-grandsons.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 9 PM Thursday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
Smith, Bell
PINEVILLE - Bell Smith, 80, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2004, at Pineville Community Hospital.
Born April 26, 1924, in Clay County, she was the daughter of the late Gus Smith and Jane Smith. She believed in the Holiness faith.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sons, Beechel Smith and Boone Smith.
Survivors include her two sons, Henry Smith, Arjay, and Michael Smith, Pineville; daughter, Linda Smith, Middlesboro; daughters-in-law, Carolyn Sue Smith and Ruby Smith, both of Pineville; eight grandchildren, Steven Smith, Tammy West, Sandra Lingar, Klan Smith Jr., Jerry Smith, Janet Peace, David Smith, and Joann Holland; 12 great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Creech-Durham Funeral Home with the Rev. Arthur Jackson presiding.
Interment will be in the Wallsend cemetery. Pallbearers will be her grandsons and grandsons-in-law. The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Creech-Durham Funeral Home, Pineville, which is in charge of arrangements.
Smith, Lester Carl
ARJAY — Lester Carl Smith, 61, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2008, in Ely Hollow.
He was born in Pineville on March 22, 1947, the son of the late Helen B. Webb and Roscoe Smith.
Survivors include his son, Lester Carl Smith Jr. and wife, Rachel Letendre; grandson, Cameron Alexander Dewayne Smith; sister, Carolyn Smith; brothers, Stanley Smith, Macarthur Smith, and JC Smith; and host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Arrangements by Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
Smith, Opal Warren Taylor
STRAIGHT CREEK — Opal Warren Taylor Smith, 74, passed away on Monday, May 19, 2008, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville.
She was born in Alex Creek, Knox County, KY., on February 7, 1934, a daughter of the late Martha Jane Gambrel Warren Mills and Frank Warren. She was a member of the Trinity Pentecostal Church on 25 E North, and had worked in housekeeping at the Pineville Community Hospital for many years.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, George Taylor and Floyd Smith; step-father, Bige Mills; children, Rudy Taylor, Bobby Taylor, Ronald Taylor and Connie Garland; grandson, George Darrin Taylor; brothers, Fred Warren, Rice Warren, Walter Warren and special little brother, R.E. Warren; sisters, Bertha Christopher and Beulah Warren; brother-in-law, John Henry Warren and sisters-in-law, Pauline Baker Warren and Lily Warren.
Survivors include her children, Dorothy Emery and husband, Steve of Dorton Branch, Kaye Emery and husband, Jerry of Dorton Branch, Harold Taylor and wife, Bonnie of Straight Creek, Kathy Elliott of Pineville, and Freddie Taylor of Straight Creek; step-sons, Gilbert Smith of Louisville and Edward Smith of Columbia, Tenn.; grandchildren, Tina Lambdin, Gary Taylor, George Emery, Lisa Helton, Amy Smith, Kevin Emery, Eric Emery, Christy Brock, Janie Taylor, Alicia Taylor and Kayla Smith; great-grandchildren, Stephanie Lambdin, Cody Smith, Logan Smith, Will Emery, Jasmine Emery and Lance Smith; 12 step-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Hazel Warren; niece, Irene Warren Mills; several special and dear lifelong friends, her extended family at Trinity Pentecostal Church, and a host of friends and family.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with the Rev. Danny Hall and the Rev. Bill Engle Jr. presiding. Music will be by her church family and friends.
Burial will be in the Pinelawn Memorial Gardens, Pineville. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Jai and Dr. Jeffrey Hirsh.
The family will receive friends Thursday, from 6 until 9 PM at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville.
Smith, Slusher (Shorty)
Arjay - Slusher "Shorty" Smith, 82, passed away on Friday, Nov. 18, 2005 at his home.
He was born in Arjay on July 21, 1923, the son of the late Albert and America Howard Smith. He was a member of the Arjay Baptist Church and had been a coal, miner for 27 years.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Claiborne, Paul, Clell, Ford and Clarence Smith; sister, Myrtle Smith Laws; nephew, Phillip Laws; and great-nephew, Barry Philpot
Survivors include his wife, Mary Betty Jackson Smith of Arjay; son, Ralph (Sheila) Smith of Arjay; daughters, Billie Jo (Don) Brock of Huntertown, Ind., Eloise Baker Brown of Washington, and Sue (Bill) Carroll of Mt. Sterling, Ky.; grandchildren, Timothy Wayne and Patti Baker, WA., Heather Sue and Shane Silver, Huntertown, Ind., Bill and Holly Carroll, Mt. Sterling, Ky., Cory, Brittany and Stephanie Smith of Arjay, and James Brown of Washington; great-grandchildren, Emily Sue Silver, Huntertown, Ind., Jake and Feliciana Baker of Washington, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Arjay Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Poore and the Rev. A.Y. Mills presiding. Music will be by the Arjay Baptist Church.
Burial will be in the Green Hills Memorial Gardens in Middlesboro. Pallbearers will be his grandsons.
The family will receive friends after 7 p.m. Saturday, and all day Sunday until the funeral hour Monday at the Arjay Baptist Church.
Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Pineville is in charge of arrangements.
Southern, Ethel Lee Lefevers
Middlesboro -- Ethel Lee Southern, 79, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 23, 1994 at the Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital.
She was born Aug. 22, 1915 at Cary, Ky. the daughter of the late Wilc and Mary Goodman Lefevers. She believed in the Baptist Faith.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Roy Southern, three brothers Lloyd, Floyd and Arnold Lefevers and one sister, Flora.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Mildred (Dot) and Theodore Rittenhouse, Piqua, Ohio; sons and daughters-in-law, Earl Southern, Middlesboro; James and Bille Southern, Middlesboro, Doyle and Jan Southern, Pineville, Ky; 9 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Yeary cemetery with the Rev. Astor Simpson residing. Interment will follow. Pallbearers will be grandsons.
Visitation is from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Creech Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.
Spurlock, Ardee Jr.
Ardee Spurlock Jr., age 26 of Woodbine, Kentucky, passed away on Monday August 20, 2007 in Covington, Indiana.
He was the son of Ardee Spurlock and Linda Kay McDonald Spurlock.
He was born on September 4, 1980 in Georgetown, Kentucky. Ardee attended the Chapel Grove Baptist Church.
Ardee is survived by his mother; Linda Kay Spurlock of Woodbine, Kentucky.
His father; Ardee Spurlock and wife Patsy of Georgetown, Kentucky.
Two sons; Ardee Spurlock III and Jonathon Wayne Spurlock, both of Georgetown, Kentucky.
Two sisters; Eva Kay Cox of Gray, Kentucky, and Angelia Ava Renee Jackson of Woodbine, Kentucky.
He also leaves behind several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.
Funeral services for Ardee Spurlock, Jr. will be conducted in the Hopper Funeral Home chapel on Saturday August 25, 2007 at 10:00am with Rev. Greg Jones and Rev. Junior Disney officiating.
Burial will follow in the Spurlock & Lawson cemetery at Owens hollow will Doug Harris, Aaron Frederick, Roger Dingas, Marcum Spurlock, Johnny Farmer, David Wyatt, Charles Miller, and Brandon Murphey serving as pallbearers.
The Spurlock family will receive friends on Friday from 6:00 until 9:00pm, and on Saturday after 9:00am until the funeral hour at 10:00am.
Arrangements are under the direction of Hopper Funeral Home.
