Henry County Obituary Records -

These records are a PARTIAL extract of the Henry County Local (HCL) Obituaries. These records range from the early 1900's to the present day and were Submitted By: the contributor listed below. Not all the obituaries contained during the years of the newspaper have been extracted. Please use this information as a starting point for your own research.

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Contributed By: E. T. "Hammer" Smith

Bessie Adams

 

          Bessie Peyton Adams, 90, of Pleasureville, formerly of Frankfort, died Thursday, July 10, 2003 at Jewish Hospital Shelbyville.  She was the daughter of the late Ben and Elizabeth Purvis Peyton, a native of Henry County, a retired waitress at the Frankfort Country Club, and a member of the Baptist faith.

            She is survived by her brother: Ernest (Skinny) Peyton, Bethlehem; two granddaughters, and several nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Hudson Adams, a daughter, Aloha Harleen Morrison and a son Donald Brentwood Adams.

            Funeral services were held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, July 13th at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville.  Rev. Hayward Yeary, Pastor of the Union Baptist Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Pt. Pleasant Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    July 16, 2003

 

 

Mary Adams

 

          Mary Cathalene Adams, 70, of Worthville, died Sunday, June 3, 2001 at Tri-County Hospital, LaGrange after an illness of several months.  She was a native of Franklin, the daughter of the late William Brown, a homemaker and a KY Colonel and a member of the Church of Christ, Dry Ridge.

            She is survived by her husband: Donald Ray Adams, Sanders; one daughter: Nora Elaine Downey, Port Royal; two sons: Robert “Bobby” Jones, Jr., Pleasureville and Donald Ray Jones, Carrollton; her mother: Rosa Lee Young Brown, Sanders; five sisters: Sue Gail Braden, LaGrange, Rose Margaret Beach and Alma Joyce Snow, both of Sanders; Virginia Frances McElfresh, Indianapolis, IN, and Linda Charlene Hemingway, Madison, IN; one brother: Charles Chandler Brown, Pleasureville; two half-sisters: Dale (Julian) Brewer, Defoe and Hazel Woods, Pleasureville; two half-brothers: Michael Brown, Eminence and Tony Brown, New Castle; five grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.

            Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 6th at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home.  Rev. Bob Phalen officiated.  Burial was in the Port Royal Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    June 6, 2001

 

 

Raymond Adams

 

          Raymond Adams, 85, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, June 11, 2003.  He was the son of the late Leroy Adams and Lori Shelton Adams, an oil truck driver for Long Buick and a member of the Shelbyville First Baptist Church.

            He is survived by one son: Scott Adams, Campbellsburg; one sister: Mayme Blankenship, Versailles and six grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Wilma Roberts Snavely Adams.

            Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 14th at Shannon Funeral Home, Shelbyville.  Interment was in the Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville.

 

Henry County Local    June 18, 2003

 

 

Donald Adcock

 

          Donald R. Adcock, 65, of Eminence, died Tuesday, February 17, 2004 at the Hospice and Palliative Care of Louisville, Inpatient Unit.  He was a native of Louisville, the son of the late Roy William, Sr. and Mary Frances Thurman Adcock, a retired mechanic and a member of the Eminence Christian Church.

            He is survived by his wife: Rebecca “Polly” Harlow Adcock, Smithfield; three daughters: Diana Lynn Casey, Sandra Dee Prestigacamo and Lisa Kim Adcock, all of Louisville; four step-daughters: Ramona (Norbert) Durbin, LaGrange, Barbara (John) Renn, Salem, IN, Rebecca (Boyd) Noel, Crestwood and LaVinia (Bryan) Norris, Bedford; twenty-eight grandchildren; and twenty-one great grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by a sister and a brother.

            Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 20th at Prewitt Eminence Funeral Home.  Rev. Sharon Fields, Pastor of the Eminence Christian Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Eminence Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    February 25, 2004

 

 

Rose Adcock

 

          Rose Ann Erwin Henderson Adcock, 71, of Pleasureville, died Thursday, July 17, 2003 at her residence.  She was the daughter of the late Forrest and Ruby Baugh Erwin, a telephone operator for South Central Bell, owner and operator of the 421 Mart, a member of the Love, Faith and Hope study group and a member of the Henry Christian Church.

            She is survived by her husband: G. W. (Bill) Adcock, Pleasureville; three daughters: Sue Carolyn “Susie” Henderson, Port Royal, Jeannie Waits, Smithfield and Debra Ann Mahoney, Pleasureville; two step-daughters: Cindy Couch and Carolyn Adcock, both of Eminence; one step-son: John Adcock, Eminence; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one step-grandchild; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.  She was preceded in death by her husband, William C. Henderson.

            Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, July 20th , at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville.  Rev. Ed Berry officiated, assisted by Rev. Nick Coleman.  Burial was in the Pleasureville Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    July 23, 2003

 

 

Carl Aldridge

 

          Carl G. Aldridge, 84, of Bethlehem, died Thursday, March 15, 2001 at Tri-County Hospital, LaGrange.  He was the son of the late Clarence and Mattie Dyke Aldridge and a retired carpenter.

            He is survived by two daughters: Brenda (Timothy) Tabor, Monterey and Barbara Tingle, Franklinton; two sons: Carroll Aldridge, Bethlehem and Tim G. Aldridge, Pleasureville; one sister: Bernice Aldridge, Shelbyville; six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

            Graveside services were held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 17th at Wallace Cemetery, Lockport.  Rev. Terrye Williams, Pastor of the Eminence Christian Church, officiated.  Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

 

Henry County Local    March 21, 2001

 

 

Robert Aldridge

 

          Robert Dean Aldridge, 46, of Lockport, died Saturday, March 24, 2001 at Jewish Hospital Shelbyville.  He was the son of the late Forest T. Aldridge, previously employed as a high lift operator at Ohio Valley Aluminum Co. and a member of the United Baptist Church, Gratz.

            He is survived by his mother: Hester Moore Aldridge, Lockport; one daughter: Robin Tracy, Frankfort; two brothers: Roy T. Aldridge, Pleasureville and Glen I. Aldridge, Bethlehem; two sisters: Betty (Gayle) Moore, Eminence and Brenda (Clyde) Webster, Lockport; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by one grandson.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, march 26th at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville.  Rev. Donnie Brisoce, Pastor of the United Baptist Church, officiated.  Burial was in the Wallace Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    March 28, 2001

 

 

Gloria Anderson

 

          Gloria Jean Powell Anderson, 54, of Smithfield, died suddenly Monday, October 28, 2002 as a result of an automobile accident.  She was a native of Oldham County, the daughter of the late Joseph Howard and Juanita Ogden Powell and a homemaker.

            She is survived by her husband: Louis Anderson, Smithfield; one son: Daniel (Eddie) Anderson, Houston, TX; one daughter: Lesley Anderson, Smithfield; one brother: Jody Powell, Smithfield; three sisters: JoAnn (Darrell) McAlister, Pleasureville; Mary Lou (Bobby) Roberts, New Castle and Kathy (Shawn) Bright, Pleasureville; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 31st, at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville.  Rev. Garry Polston, Pastor of the New Castle United Methodist Church, officiated.  Burial was in the Sulphur Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local     October 30, 2002  

 

 

Scudder Auxier

 

          Scudder Edward Auxier, 73, of Pleasureville, died Friday, July 20, 2001 at his son’s residence in Shelbyville.  He was a native of Greenup County, the son of the late James Franklin and Eliza Howard Auxier, a production worker for 25 years at GE and a member of the Union Baptist Church.

            He is survived by his wife: Etta Mae Heightchew Auxier, Shelbyville; two sons: James Edward Auxier, Merritt Island, FL and Tony Auxier, Shelbyville; one daughter: Angela Auxier Kent, Pleasureville; two brothers: Amos Auxier, Salyersville and Hubert Auxier, Northville, MI; two sisters: Marion Kinnard, Venus, FL and Renie Bradley, Southgate, MI; four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

            Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, July 22nd at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville.  Rev. Bill Brumley, Hospice Chaplain, officiated, assisted by Rev. Mike Huff.  Burial was in the Pleasureville Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    July 25, 2001

 

 

Marsha Bachmann

 

          Marsha Gail Bryant Bachmann, 28, of Turners Station, died Thursday, June 5, 2003 at Baptist Hospital Northeast, LaGrange.  She was a computer programmer for Insight Communications.

            She is survived by her husband: Paul Bachmann; parents: Marie Staniford and Raymond Bryant; one brother: Dennis Bryant; grandmother: Irene Bryan and several nieces and nephews.

            Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 7th at the Arch L. Heady Radcliffe Funeral Home, LaGrange.  Father Mark Spalding officiated.  Burial was in the Louisville Memorial Gardens East.

 

Henry County Local    June 18, 2003

 

 

Helen Banta

 

          Helen Payne Banta, 72, of Defoe, died Monday, July 9, 2001 at her residence.  She was the daughter of the late Lewis Thomas and Virginia Shingleton Payne, a retired state employee and a member of the Pleasureville United Methodist Church.

            She is survived by one granddaughter: Chastity Clark, Defoe; one grandson: Chuckie Clark, Defoe; and one great-granddaughter.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Ira Banta and one daughter, Brenda Darlene Clark.

            Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 11th at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville.  Rev. Jesse Baxter, Chaplain of the Masonic Home, officiated.  Burial was in the Defoe Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    July 18, 2001

 

 

Louise Barnett

 

          Louise Davis Barnett, 87, of Pleasureville, died Monday, February 2, 2004 at Jewish Hospital Shelbyville.  She was a native of Jefferson County, the daughter of the late Charles Christopher and Willie Roberta Neel Davis, a homemaker, attended the Eminence Baptist Church and was a member of the Elmburg Baptist Church.

            She is survived by four sons: Richard and Charles Barnett, both of Elmburg, Ralph Barnett, Shelbyville and Sterling Barnett, Louisville; two daughters: Martha Perry, Mt. Eden and Berttye Hardin, Lawrenceburg; one brother: James Richard Davis, Colorado; sixteen grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband, William Stanley Barnett and one sister.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 6th at Shannon Funeral Home, Shelbyville.  Rev. Tom Conway officiated.  Interment was in the Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville.

 

Henry County Local    February 11, 2004     

 

 

George Baxter

 

          George D. Baxter, 89, of Pendleton, died Monday, October 28, 2002 at Crestview Health Care Center, Shelbyville.  He was the son of the late Milo and Florida Smith Baxter, a retired farmer, and a member of the Sulphur United Methodist Church.

            He is survived by one daughter: Patricia Tracy, Shelbyville; one son: Donald R. Baxter, Louisville; four grandsons and five great-grandchildren.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 31st at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Rev. David Terry, Pastor of the Sulphur United Methodist Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Sulphur Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    October 30, 2002

 

 

Eunice Bertelkamp

 

          Eunice Bertelkamp, 88, of New Castle, died Monday, May 21, 2001 at her residence.  She was a native of Meade County, the daughter of the late Owen and Amanda Alice Brown Chenault.

            She is survived by one son: Charles R. Berelkamp, New Castle; one daughter: Betty R. Allen, Winchester; one sister: Sarah Collins Five; thirteen grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

            A memorial service was held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 26th, at Audubon Baptist Church.  Interment was in the Evergreen Cemetery.  Evergreen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

 

Henry County Local    May 30, 2001

 

 

Deborah Brierly

 

          Deborah Brierly, 70, of Turners Station, died peacefully surrounded by her family at her residence on December 7, 2012.

            She is survived by her husband of 52 years: Robert “Dinker” Brierly; two daughters: Jennifer (John) Allgeier, Smithfield and Michelle (Scott) Newland, Turners Station; four grandchildren: Crystal (Kevin) Metz, Louisville, Christopher Newland, Dustin Clark and Michael Newland, all of Turners Station; two great-grandchildren: Alex Metz, Louisville and Zeke Metz, Cleveland, OH.

            A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 15th at the Eminence Baptist Church.

 

Henry County Local    December 12, 2012

 

 

Ruben Brown

 

          Ruben Brown, 82, of Campbellsburg, died Monday, May 28, 2001 at the Jewish Hospital, Shelbyville.  He was the son of the late Alvie and America Bromback Brown and a farmer.

            He is survived by two sisters: Dorothy (George) Pinto, Louisville and Hazel (Lemuel) Cherry, Hawaii and several nieces and nephews.

            Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 30th  at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Rev. Carl Rucker, Pastor of the Port Royal Baptist Church, officiated.  Interment was in the New Castle Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    May 30, 2001

 

 

Rose Bruce

 

          Rose Taylor Bruce, 91, of Port Royal, died Sunday, October 13, 2002 at her granddaughter’s residence in Louisville.  She was the daughter of the Late Tholley and Ada Hundley Taylor, a retired hairdresser in Port Royal and a member of the Port Royal United Methodist Church.

            She is survived by two daughters: Cleo James and Phyllis (Charles) Craig, both of Louisville; one son: Harvey Rondal Bruce, Louisville; one sister: Martha (Ed) Tomlinson, St Petersburg, FL; fifteen grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond J. Bruce.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 15th at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Rev. Ron Laughlin, Pastor of the Port Royal United Methodist Church, officiated.  Interment was in the Port Royal Cemetery.

 

Henry County Local    October 16, 2002

 

 

William Burgin

 

          William Becham Burgin, 63, of Eminence, died Sunday, June 10, 2001 at his home.  He was a native of Jefferson County, the son of the late Charles Ellis and Frances Louise Logsdon Burgin, a Veteran of the U.S. Army, and the owner/operator of Burgin Roofing of Eminence.

            He is survived by his wife: Vakle Priest Burgin, Eminence; one son: Bobby Franklin, Eminence; three daughters: Deadra Goodman and Kellie Raisor, both of Eminence and Sheryl Burgin, Campbellsburg; two brothers: James Burgin, Louisville and Charles Burgin, Simpsonville; four sisters: Ella Doljack, Cleveland, OH, Mary Ann Burgin, Sarah Burgin and Ruby Burgin, all of Buckner.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. at the Arch L. Heady Radcliffe Funeral Home, LaGrange.  Chaplain Bill Brumley, Hospice of Louisville, officiated.  Burial was in the Louisville Memorial Gardens, Louisville.

 

Henry County Local    June 13, 2001

 

 

Richard Burns

 

          Richard C. Burns, 78, of Pleasureville, died Thursday, November 22, 2012, at Jewish Hospital, Shelbyville.  He was the son of the late Walter and Mildred Koons Burns.

            He is survived by his wife: Donna Burns, Pleasureville; two daughters: Kathleen Burns Wagner and Lisa DeAnn Peterson, Louisville; and one son: Scott Hoskins, Pendleton.

            Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 27th at Prewitt New Castle Funeral Home.  Interment was in the Resthaven Memorial park in Louisville.

 

Henry County Local    November 28, 2012