Rev. Norris E. Ford, 68, dies; retired KU plant employee
The Rev. Norris E. Ford, 68, of Central City, died at 7:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 in the Muhlenberg Community Hospital.
Born Aug. 2, 1917 in Christian County, he was a minister and retired boiler operator at the Green River Power Station of the Kentucky Utilities Co. He was a member of the Echols Church of God. He was a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Melva Ford; two sons, Wayne Ford and Jerry Ford of Central City; four daughters, Mrs. Connie Gibson of Dixon, Mrs. Judith Dunning of Greenville, Mrs. Nancy Locke and Mrs. Cynthia Terry of Central City; 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; five brothers, James Ford and Cletus Ford of Madisonville, Clyde Ford and Frank Ford of Earlington and Douglas Ford of Nashville, Tenn.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Tucker Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jack Crockett officiating, assisted by the Rev. Frank Penniger and the Rev. Larry Marler. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Forgy Baby Dies
Dunmor - Connie Sue Forgy, 10-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernie Forgy of Lewisburg Route 2, died Wednesday, March 19.
Funeral services were held at Dunmor Baptist Church on Thursday, March 20, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Enin Hall officiating. Interment was in Olive Grove Cemetery in Muhlenberg County.
Survivors besides the parents are the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walton Forgy of Lewisburg Route 2; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Margeret Covington of Clifty; and great-grandmother, Mrs. Bessie Sumner of Dunmor.
Miss Anna Pearl Fortney Dies in Central City
Funeral services for Miss Anna Pearl Fortney, 69, who died at 5:30 p.m., Friday were held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday at the grave in Fairmount Cemetery.
Surviving are two brothers, U.C. Fortney, Central City, and Carl Fortney, Louisville; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Lam, Mrs. Ina Carson of Louisville, and Mrs. Flora Risley of Jeffersonville, IN, and several nieces and nephews.
The body was taken to the Anderson Funeral Home.
“Uncle” Mike Fosko Taken By Death
Funeral Services Held Sunday Afternoon, Conducted by the Rev. Paul S. Durbin.
Mike Fosco, known to most of his acquaintances as “Uncle Mike,” died at his home in North Third street last Saturday about noon. He was 73 years of age, a native of Italy, but had lived in America some 45 years and in this city for the greater part of that time, where he operated a peanut and pop-corn machine.
Father Durbin conducted a service for the deceased at the Catholic church Sunday afternoon, which was followed by interment in Fairmount Cemetery.
Mike Fosco is survived by a brother, Henry Fosco, a resident also of Central City. His wife died some four years ago. He took an orphan boy in its babyhood and raised him as Tony Fosko. He now lives in Paducah.
Updated May 10, 2025.