Obituaries Ra
- Rager, Catherine. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 5 Jan 1969, Obituary.
- Rager, Edgar A. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 31 Oct 1971, Obituary.
- Rager, Homer Lee. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 24 Oct 2001, Obituary
- Rager, Lyman. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 14 Sept 1975, Obituary.
- Rager, Moses “Mose.” Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 15 May 1986, Obituary.
- Country music pioneer Rager dies. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 15 May 1986, page 1A, page 12A.
- Rager, Odell. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 30 Jan 1975, Obituary.
- Rager, Robert Lee. Owensboro Messenger [KY], 8 Sept 1951, Obituary.
- Rager, Rufus Sr. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 11 Sept 1965, Obituary.
- Rainwaters, Michael N. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 17 Sept 1997, Obituary.
- Evansville man killed in Spencer County accident. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 15 Sept 1997, Article.
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Central City - Mrs. Nettie Mae Raley, 68, of Beaver Dam, died at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Ohio County Hospital, Hartford. Mrs. Raley was born Jan. 26, 1900 in Butler County and was a member of Cleaton Baptist Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. E. M. Pierce, Beaver Dam, Mrs. Otis Tucker and mrs. Henry Triplett, both of Louisville; three sons, Hardin Geary of Cleveland, Miss., Andy Geary, Louisville, and Carl E. Geary, Chicago, Ill.; 18 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Johnny Heath, Central City; one brother, Andy Bryant, Jackson, Tenn.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Tucker Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. R.D. Mize, pastor of Cleaton Baptist Church, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
The body is at the funeral home.
- Source: Messenger & Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 9 Jan 1969.
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- Randolph, Richard Wayne. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 5 Jan 1969, Obituary.
- Greenville man killed in Viet. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 21 Dec 1968, Article.
- Richard Randolph of Greenville killed in Vietnam. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 4 Jan 1969, Article.
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Mrs. Hurshel Ray, 45, Ex-Countian, Dies
Sacramento - Mrs. Cherry Ray, 45, Sacramento Route 1, died at 4:45 p.m. Monday at the Hopkins County Hospital in Madisonville after a long illness.
She was born Aug. 24, 1915, in Muhlenberg County.
Survivors include her husband, Hershel Ray, Sacramento; three daughters, Mrs. Norman Harper, Central City, Mrs. Gerald Abrams, Assara, Kans., and Miss Gaye Ray, Sacramento; four brothers, Robert and E.T. Drake, both of Bremen, Barnes Drake, Owensboro, and Hobert Drake, Maceo; four grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Calhoun.
Burial was in Station Cemetery in McLean County.
- Source: Messenger [Central City, KY], 16 Mar 1961.
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- Ray, F. Millard. Times Argus [Central City, KY], 13 Jan 1939, Obituary.
- Ray, Louis Sheldon. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 5 Feb 1975, Obituary.
- Raymer, Betty. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 9 Sept 1953, Obituary.
- Raymer, Cary Thomas. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 17 Jan 1962, Obituary.
- Raymer, William. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 15 Jan 1975, Obituary.
- Raymer, William Latna Sr. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 15 June 1975, Obituary.
Updated June 10, 2025.