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1 i mm 4 THE COURIERObURIt'PtAY, OCTOBER 30, 1992 LMiMiMiiiM LOUISVILLE ARSA DEATHS if i LOUISVILLE Christina H. Ballou, 85 Mrs. Clair C. Connor, 86 Mary E. Daub, 84 Joseph Everette Davis 48 Charles Louis Delph, 84 Virginia Louise Hammond, 71 Emma B.

Hunter, 82 Gregory W. Jones, 33 Dennis H. Laws, 79 Mrs. S. H.

Lyverse, 95 William A. Paulley, 68 Edward M. Saltsman, 65 Robert Schwab, 51 Frances Shrode, 86 Raymond J. Schwelckhardt, 71 Christine B. Searle, 89 Edward J.

Selfert, 88 Dorothy A. "Potts" Thorp, 64 Robert P. Wathen, 58 CORRECTED OBITUARY James Harold Tlmmons, 81 Indiana deaths, Page 5 sfl.snr:- wiii sir. 'x'-'ito; PHOTOS BY BUD KRAFT Michael Eugene Collier rested his foot on the rear bumper of a Louisville Police Department cruiser before being subdued by SWAT team members yesterday In Louisville. Louisville police subdue man, 24, who threatened suicide in standoff Christine K.

Ballou, 85, of 910 Hess Lane, died Thursday at Methodist Evangelical Hospital. She was the former Christine Hornback and a native of Shelby County. Survivors: her husband, William E. Ballou; a daughter, Judith Dur-bin; a son, Robert Ballou; a half brother, Billy Gene Hornback of Shelbyyille; a stepsister, Gladys Franklin; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Funeral: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Embry-Bosse Funeral Home, 2723 Preston Highway. Cremation to follow. Visitation: after 1 p.m. Saturday. Memorial gifts: donor's favorite charity.

Mrs. Clair C. Connor, 86, died Tuesday at Mount Holly Nursing Center. She was the former Charlotte McCollum and a professional organist and entertainer who performed as Charlotte Mack. She had taught piano and organ at the old Durlauf Music Store and was a member of Musicians Union Local 11-637.

Survivors: a daughter, Charlotte Haynie. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Saturday, Cave Hill Cemetery. Visitation: Pearson's, 149 Breckenridge Lane, 6-9 p.m. Friday.

Mary E. Daub, 84, Hikes Point, died Thursday at Hurstbourne Healthcare Center. She was a native of Crestwood and a member of St. Andrew United Church of Christ. Survivors: a son, James Daub; two daughters, Dolores Willis and Emily Kesselring; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Arch L. Heady Hikes Point Funeral Home, 4109 Taylorsville Road. Burial: Floydsburg Cemetery, Crestwood. Visitation: 1-9 p.m.

Friday. Memorial gifts: church building fund. Joseph Everette Davis 48, Route 4, Taylorsville, died Thursday at Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a native of Hardin County and an Army veteran. Survivors: his wife, the former Sandra Chelf; two sons, Joseph E.

Jr. and Jason E. Davis, both of Mount Washington; three daughters, Sonya D. Owens, Barbara Pul-len and Shelia Davis, all of Mount Washington; his mother, Rosaline M. Thomas of Elizabethtown; five brothers, William T.

Davis of Upton, Anthony and Freddie Thomas, both of Elizabethtown, David M. Thomas of Hawaii and Danny Thomas of Tennessee; six sisters, Betty Kieta of Radcliff, Virginia Drake of Vine Grove, Martha Elsworth of Maryland, Marie Wirch of Oregon, Rita T. Wedig of Evansville, and Pat Campiglia of Elizabethtown; and four grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, McFar-land-Troutman Funeral Home, Mount Washington.

Burial: Highland Memory Gardens, Mount Washington. Visitation: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday. Memorial gifts: American Diabetes Association. Charles Louis Delph, 84, died Wednesday at Humana Hospital-University of Louisville.

He was a retired maintenance engineer for Brown Suburban Hotel. Survivors: his wife, the former Charlotte Bryant; a daughter, Norma Putt; a son, Louis C. Delph; seven grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, Arch Heady Okolona Funeral Home, 8519 Preston Highway.

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation: 1-9 p.m. Friday. Virginia Louise Hammond, 71, died Wednesday at Jefferson Manor. She was the former Virginia Don-ohue.

Survivors: her husband, Earl Hammond; two daughters, Adrian F. Kimberlin of Prospect and Marianne Page; a son, Thomas B. Hammond; and six grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday, St.

Albert the Great Catholic Church, 1405 Techny Lane. Burial: Calvary Cemetery. Visitation: Ratterman's, 3711 Lexington Road, 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Friday. Memorial gifts: American Cancer Society or Hospice of Louisville.

Emma B. Hunter, 82, of 800 S. Fourth died Wednesday at St. By MARVIN GREENE Staff Writer Around 2 p.m. yesterday, a shirtless Michael Eugene Collier laid his gun in the grass, walked to a Louisville Police Department cruiser and lifted his foot onto the rear bumper.

When Collier moved to the side of the cruiser, away from his gun, SWAT team officers diverted him with a "flash bang," a hand-tossed percussion grenade that created a plume of smoke, and subdued him. "The hostage negotiating team was able to talk him away from the weapon far enough where we felt comfortable that we could get to him before he could get back to his weapon," said Lt. Jim Cain, SWAT team commander. Moments later, the 24-year-old Louisville man who had held police off for several hours, periodical-. ly placing a gun to his head and threatening to kill himself in a field hear the Iroquois Homes housing project was on his way to a hos-; pital for a mental evaluation.

Collier had been in the field since around noon, after running from an Iroquois Homes apartment where he allegedly held a woman at gun-; point during a domestic squabble. At one point, he was able to commandeer a police car until officers shot out two tires to prevent him from driving away, said police Capt. Steve Thompson. Described as having emotional, family and medical problems, Collier was taken to Humana Hospital-University of Louisville on a mental-inquest warrant to be evaluated, Thompson said. He could face other charges, including wanton endan-germent and terroristic threatening, he said.

"There was a possibility of a suicide there for a while," said Lt. Schwab, 51, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church, Bardstown Road and Lancashire Avenue. Burial: St.

Mary Cemetery, Hamilton, Ohio. Arrangements: Ratterman's-Bards-town Road. He died Wednesday. Frances Shrode, 86, died Thursday at St. Anthony Medical Center.

She was the former Frances Lehman and a member of Clifton Unitarian Church. Survivors: her husband, Harold J. Shrode; two stepdaughters, Betty Lehman of Tempe, and Patricia Brumley of Jeffersontown; two stepsons, Melvin W. Shrode of Athens, and Ronald K. Shrode; a sister, Thelma Higgason; a brother, Frank Lehman of Jeffersonville, 17 grandchildren; and 15 greatgrandchildren.

The body was cremated. Graveside service: 1 p.m. CST Saturday, Kingswood Cemetery, Harned. Arrangements: Arch Heady Crescent Hill Funeral Home. Memorial gifts: American Lung Association or the Kentucky Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation.

Raymond J. Schwelckhardt, 71, formerly of Hillebrand House, died Tuesday at Humana Hospital-Suburban. He was a retired parts supervisor and a Navy veteran of World War II. Survivors: a sister, C. Adele Spoelken and two brothers, Hubert V.

and Virgil E. Schweickhardt. The body was donated to the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Christine B. Searle, 89, died Thursday at Parkway Medical Center.

She was the former Christine Buck, a native of Forbus, a retired supervisor for South Central Bell Telephone Co. and a member of Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church and Telephone Pioneers of America. Survivors: a sister, Mary C. Be-liles. Funeral: 1 p.m.

Saturday, O.D. White Sons Funeral Home, 2727 S. Third St. Burial: Resthaven Memorial Park. Visitation: 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Edward J. Selfert, 88, died Wednesday at Methodist Evangelical Hospital. He was a retired account executive for Yellow Pages for R.

Donnelly Corp. in Pittsburgh and a member of Bell Telephone Pioneers of America and Christ United Methodist Church in Bethel Park, Pa. Survivors: two sons, James E. Seifert of Atlanta and Richard Seifert; two sisters, Mildred Grace and Marty Shaner, both of Apollo, six grandchildren; and 15 greatgrandchildren. Funeral: 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, Laughlin Funeral Home, Mount Lebanon, Pa. Burial: Mount Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation: 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday. Memorial gifts: Gideons International.

Dorothy A. "Potts" Thorp, 64, died Thursday at her home. Survivors: her husband, William H. Thorp; two sons, Dennis and Michael Thorp; a daughter, Sandra Lynn Thorp of Houston; a brother, Eugene Walter, three sisters, Ruth Counterman and Muriel Hottel, both of Corydon, and Jane Fowler; and three grandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m.

Sunday, Ratter-man's-Southwest, 4832 Cane Run Road. Burial: Bethany Memorial Cemetery. Visitation: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday. Memorial gifts: Hospice of Louisville.

Robert P. Wathen, 58, formerly of Louisville, died Oct. 22 in Ellicott City, Md. He was an engineer for Westing-house a Maryland Air National Guard officer, a Boy Scout leader in Ellicott City and a member of Sons of the American Revolution, Glenmore Rifle Club and Amateur Radio and Radio Controlled Airplane Club, all in Ellicott City. Survivors: his wife, the former Ann Schmalz; a son, Joseph P.

Wathen of Ellicott City; his mother, Helen P. Wathen; two brothers, George H. and Joseph W. Wathen; and three sisters, Fran Delaney, Mimi Dingman and Margie Brand. The funeral was Saturday at Resurrection Catholic Church, Ellicott City.

Burial: Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, Ellicott City. Arrangements: Harry H. Witzke Funeral Home, Ellicott City. Memorial gifts: Howard County Chapter of the American Cancer Society, in care of Suzie Tornatore, 10118 Maplewood Drive, Ellicott City, Md. 21042.

CORRECTED OBITUARY James Harold Tlmmons, 81, died Tuesday at Baptist Hospital East. He was a native of Sebree, a retired mail carrier for the U. S. Postal Service and an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors: a cousin, Lydia Fugit; and a friend, Betty Washburn, who cared for him.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday, Arch L. Heady Westport Road Funeral Home, 7410 Westport Road. Burial: Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Nicholasville. 5 ss.

Miry A Elizabeth Hospital STAFF MAP BY WES KENDALL Collier's mother, Alberta Thompson, waited anxiously at the scene after his arrest. him with guns drawn, Collier turned on the public-address system and siren and drove forward and backward several times, he said. Yates said that after about 20 minutes, Collier backed up the car 10 to 12 feet and officers fired four to five shots, flattening two tires. Several family members and friends of Collier's came to the scene. The Rev.

Michael George, an associate pastor at First Virginia Avenue Missionary Baptist Church who has counseled Collier, said the man recently lost his job as a security guard and had medical problems. Police said it was another successful ending to a police-civilian standoff. In the nearly 11 years since the city police hostage negotiation team has been formed, no one police or civilians has been killed or seriously injured, Yates said. for early next month. Kessinger said police are trying to determine whether the Chaotic Brothers is an organized hate group or a loosely knit bunch of people who don't like gays.

"Whether it's four or 400, we're concerned about the fact that someone could seriously be injured or killed as result of their acts," he said. Kessinger said that if police can link the men to a hate group they will also seek federal civil-rights charges against them. The name of the man who fled from the attackers on Oct. 8 was not released because he is considered a witness, police said. He told police he was not injured and could not identify the assailants, Kessinger said.

KENTUCKY DEATHS ALBANY Georgia M. Melton, 77 BEREA Charles Botkin, 92: Sarah Adair Hembree, 58; Leonard Isaacs, 81 BOWUNQ GREEN Peter "King" Wan, 78 BROWNSVILLE Virge Lee Kidwell, 78 CALHOUN Haynes Scott. 88 CAMPBELLSVILLE Ralph Mitchell Rod- gers, 79 COLUMBIA Mary Jane Burton, 82; Dorothy Blair GerricK, 58 EVARTS Mildred Johnson, 43 FORT KNOX Nola Gentry Magruder, 80 FRANKFORT William C. Bostic, 62 FRANKUN Mary Joiner, 59 FULTON Hassell Williams, 75 GLASGOW Zola Mae Wood, 48 GREENSBURQ Vacie Bagby, 90; Maer- ine Rogers, 73 HARLAN Thomas Jake Fee, 74 HARTFORD Wilbert Everett Ashby, 81; Emllu Henderson Ratclltf, 63 HAWESVILLE Gertrude S. Adklns, 71 HOPKINSVILLE Anna Grace Carey, 78; Catherine Manning Reybum, 42 HORSE CAVE Wick Lathery, 82 (I GUNMAN I CAYUGA A C.

HlMtwOOdTeiCKNaL I I Anthony Medical Center. She was a native of Stanford, a retired teacher for the Jefferson County Board of Education, a former member of Epicurettes Club and a member of Amphitryonne Club and Dexceymia Club. Survivors: a cousin, Hortense Perry, who cared for her. Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday, Lamp-ton Baptist Church, 850 S.

Fourth St. Burial: Calvary Cemetery. Visitation: A. D. Porter Sons Funeral Home, 1300 W.

Chestnut after noon Sunday and the church after 9 a.m. Monday. Gregory W. Jones, 33, of 1125 S. Sixth died there Sunday.

He was an employee of Liquor Store, a Navy veteran and a member of Greater Faith Baptist Church. Survivors: his parents, Julia M. and Eddie Jones; a brother, Warren G. Jones; and nine sisters, Eddie J. Carr, Lynda, Gwendolyn and Cynthia Jones, Karren Brown, Gail and Sandra White and Janice Hillye.

Funeral: 1 p.m. Monday, A.D. Porter Sons Funeral Home, 1300 W. Chestnut St. Burial: River Valley Cemetery.

Visitation: after 11 a.m. Monday. Dennis H. Laws 79, died Wednesday at his home. He was a native of Decatur, 111., a retired laundry worker for the old Baptist Hospital Highlands and a member of Pearl Baptist Church in New Albany.

Survivors: his wife, Mary A. Laws; a son, Jerry Laws; a brother, Raymond Laws of Oceanside, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral: 9 a.m. Saturday, Arch Heady Southern Funeral Home, 3601 Taylor Blvd. Burial: Resthaven Memorial Park.

Visitation: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday. Memorial gifts: Hospice of Louisville. Mrs. S.

H. Lyverse, 95, died Tuesday at Meadowview Nursing Convalescent Center. She was the former Elizabeth Rudd, a former treasurer of Christian Business Women's Club of Louisville and a member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church, Crescent Hill Woman's Club and PEO Chapter A. Survivors: two sons, Sam W. Lyverse of Anchorage and Carroll R.

Lyverse of Prospect; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Private funeral: Saturday, Will-hite-Ballard-Heady Funeral Home, 11507 Main Middletown. Memorial gifts: her church or charity. William A. Paulley, 68, died Wednesday at his home.

He was a retired engineer for General Electric an Army Air Corps veteran of World War and a member of the Elfun Society. Survivors: his wife, the former Patricia Gunn; two sons, Mark A. and Thomas A. Paulley; a daughter, Anne P. Moran; a sister, Margaret A.

Pitchford; a stepbrother, Robert Vincent; and a grandchild. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, 2040 Buechel Bank Road. Burial: Calvary Cemetery.

Visitation: McAfee Funeral Home, 4501 Bardstown Road, 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Friday. Memorial gifts: Hospice of Louisville. Edward M. Saltsman, 65, died Thursday at SS.

Mary Elizabeth Hospital. He was a native of Edmonson County, a retired maintenance worker for P. Lorillard Tobacco Co. and an Army veteran of the Korean War. Survivors: his wife, the former Glenna Skaggs; a son, David Bra-den; three daughters, Patricia Slider of Houston, and Cheryl Bischof and Angela Morgan; a brother, Larry Saltsman of Richmond, and four grandchildren.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday, Keen-an's Funeral Home, 4724 Dixie Highway. Burial: Louisville Memorial Gardens West. Visitation: 3-9 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m.

Saturday. The funeral for Robert Louisville police look into beating, allegedly by men in anti-gay group George Barrett, the chief negotiator. "We were afraid he would either shoot at an officer or kill himself. We were trying to help him problem-solve. The officer's main job is just to let him kind of vent on him." Collier did not make any specific demands, Barrett said.

The incident began when police received a report at 10:19 a.m. that a man was threatening Wandella Re-nee Hall, 20, Collier's girlfriend, with a handgun at 1673 Cayuga Building 25, said Sgt. Carl Yates, police spokesman. Three small children also were in the apartment. Neither Hall nor the children were reported injured.

Beat officers arrived and Collier ran from the apartment and jumped into the police car, whose motor was running, Yates said. While in the car and with officers watching gathering spots for gay men, he said. "There are numerous, numerous citations written nightly for people being in the park after the closing hours," he said. "Enforcement is to try to curtail some of the sexual activities that are occurring." None of the other assault cases being investigated involved injuries as severe as the ones Bailey suffered, Kessinger said. One of the men charged in Bailey's beating, Ramon Dale Julian, 21, of the 400 block of Downs Lane, also was arrested in the park in August and charged with fourth-degree assault on a man, police said.

According to court records, Julian pleaded guilty Sept. 3 and received a six-month suspended sentence. The others charged in the attack on Bailey are Damien Chad White, 18, no fixed address, and Robert Willard Eve, 21, of the 1500 block of South Seventh Street. Eve was arrested Saturday and Julian and White Monday. Julian and White are being held in the Jefferson County Jail in lieu of $5,000 bond and Eve on $500 bond.

All three have court hearings scheduled 1L It mhwmhI Ir mm wit '1 Julian Eve By MARVIN GREENE Staff Writer Louisville police are investigating the severe beating of a man in Cherokee Park earlier this month, allegedly by members of a group that professes contempt for gay men. Three men who told police they belong to a group called the Chaotic Brothers have been charged with first-degree assault. Police were looking for a fourth suspect. The men told police they are "Skinheads" and supporters of neo-Nazi beliefs, said Louisville police Capt. Wayne Kessinger.

Mark Jeffrey Bailey, 30, of Louisville was in the park at Hill No. 1 with another man about 11 p.m. Oct. 8 when he was hit repeatedly on the head and face with a stick, police said. The second man fled and has not pressed charges, police said.

According to a police report, Bai-' ley did not tell police of the assault until five days later, after the severity of his injuries became apparent. He spent several days at Baptist Hospital East, some of that time "in critical condition with life-threatening symptoms," the police report said. Bailey went to the hospital the night of the attack, received stitches and returned home. But his condition worsened a few days later from bleeding inside his skull, police said. Kessinger said police are investigating whether a hate group was involved in other recent incidents in which men have been assaulted in the park.

Sections of the park are HYDEN Charlie Brewer, 90; Matthew David Melton, Infant son of James D. and Melissa Ann Melton LEBANON James Mark Daugherty Infant son of James and Ann Daugherty LIBERTY Jlmbo Cook, 57 LIVERMORE Ernest Oliver Newberry, 89 MADISONVILLE Mildred S. Johnston, 72; Mintie Peart Miller, 50 MANCHESTER Hansel Sibert 80 MONTICELLO Joe Wallen, 46 MORTONS GAP Katheryn E. Browning, 67 PIKEVILLE Jesse James Thacker, 62 PINEVILLE LaVinla Taylor, 97 PRESTONSBURQ Pansy Goble, 52 PROVIDENCE Helen Hoe Benjamin, 69 RICHMOND Luther Anglln, 88 ROCKHOUSE Okie Sanders, 86 RUSSELL SPRINGS Garvin Boiin, 68 RUSSELLVILLE Henry Blankenship, 75 SOMERSET Lois Marie Kelly, 83; Floyd Ray Wilson, 75 STANFORD Ullian M. Ickes, 78 WHITLEY CITY Brenda Gilreath Combs, 39 WILLIAMSBURG Herschel Strickland.

73 WILUAMSTOWN Ernest Epperson, 81.