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37 5 1 THE COURIER-JOURNAL DEATHS THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1998 D5 KENTUCKY DEATHS REGIONAL BRIEFS COMPILED FROM WIRE DISPATCHES Ex-Rep. Charles Diggs 75, dies Mother pleads innocent in son's death JAMESTOWN, Ky. A woman and her boyfriend have pleaded innocent to charges stemming from the death of her 21-month-old son last week. Elizabeth R. Turner, 23, of Jamestown, pleaded innocent Tuesday in Russell District Court to a felony charge of complicity to commit murder.

She was arrested Sunday after failing to make a "proper effort" to prevent the death of her son, Nathaniel Turner, according to her arrest warrant. Turner's boyfriend, Timothy B. Polston, 20, was charged Aug. 19 with the killing. He also pleaded innocent Tuesday.

A state medical examiner concluded that the boy died of "battered child syndrome." Nathaniel died Aug. 18 at Russell County Hospital. He was taken there after Polston called an ambulance from Turner's home, police Chief Joey Hoover said. Police crack down on 1-75 speeders INDEPENDENCE, Ky. State police along Interstate 7b in Northern Kentucky are writing hundreds of speeding tickets.

One officer averaged 40 lations per day in a 10-day period between Florence and Walton. T'hose citations will mean more than $37,000 in revenue for Boone County! The crackdown is part of a pr that has been in effect for several years, but a Kentucky ce spokesman said troopers in issuing citations, nave been writing more an for the Dry Ridge post. recently assigned to it have been "These two boys we just pu citations," said Lt. C.T. Hens "They hustle up there." Providence man ch; lgt.

OWENSBORO, Ky. A X. bank robbery, the FBI said. Chad Brooks, 26, was 1 boro branch of National City' one of two men charged wi robbery involving a planned roa Also charged in that case son. Bichler was arrested at FBI.

Detention hearings for both susp wife, Evellean, survives. Funeral, 1 p.m. Friday, Hickey Son Funeral Home. Visitation after 3 p.m. Thursday.

MUNFORDVILLE Mary C. Hudson, 53, died Wednesday in Louisville. Funeral, 10 a.m. Friday, Sego Funeral Home. Visitation after 5 p.m.

Thursday. MURRAY Harley A. Roberson, 82, died here Tuesday. Graveside service, 10 a.m. Thursday, Green Plain Cemetery.

Visitation at J.H. Churchill Funeral Home after 8 am. Thursday. OWENTON Dale Keith, 51, died Tuesday in Frankfort. His wife, Janice, survives.

Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, McDonald Funeral Home, Main Street. Visitation after 4 p.m. Thursday. PADUCAH Richard Bryant, 61, died here Sunday.

His wife, Betty, survives. The funeral was Wednesday at Milner Orr Funeral Home. PADUCAH Florence Campbell, 77, formerly of Paducah, died Aug. 12 in Lamar, Mo. The graveside service was Tuesday at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Arrangements: Roth Funeral Chapel. PADUCAH Ralph Cardin, 75, died here Tuesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Thursday, Milner Orr Funeral Home. Visitation after 8 a.m.

Thursday. PADUCAH Joseph Elder, 72, died here Sunday. His wife, Doris, survives. The funeral was Wednesday at Milner Orr Funeral Home. PIKEVILLE Kirby Vanover, 59, died Wednesday in Huntington, W.Va.

His wife, Montana, survives. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Call Funeral Home. Visitation aftei 5 p.m. Thursday.

RACCOON Ireland Pinion 67, died Tuesday in Lexington. His wife, Sophia, survives. Funeral, 11 a.m. Thursday, Justice Funeral Home. Visitation after 9 a.m.

Thursday. RAYWICK Callie Nugent, 88, died Tuesday in Lebanon. Her husband, Willie, survives. Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, St.

Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Visitation at Mattingly Funeral Home, Loretto, after 3 p.m. Thursday. RICHMOND Clara G. Barnes, 92, died here Wednesday.

Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, Combs, Parsons Collins Funeral Home Visitation after 6 p.m. Thursday. RICHMOND Earl Todd, 98, died here Tuesday. Funeral, 11 a m.

Friday, Oldham, Roberts Powell Funeral Home. Visitation after 6 p.m. Thursday. SHELBYVILLE Cecil Cheak, 70, died here Tuesday. His wife, Joyce, survives.

Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Shannon Funeral Home. Visitation after 4 p.m. Thursday. SOMERSET Effie Haley Childers, 82, died here Wednesday Funeral, 2 p.m.

Friday, Pulaski Funer al Home. Visitation after 6 p.m Thursday. TAYLORSVILLE Maxine Fran-ces Coleman Smith, 70, died Tuesday in Shelbyville. Her husband, Goe-bel, survives. Funeral, 1 p.m.

Friday, Hall-Taylor Funeral Home. Visitation after 3 p.m. Thursday. WEST LIBERTY Danny Fraley, 56, of Grassy Creek, died Monday in Richmond, Va. His wife, Julia, survives.

Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Herald Stewart Halsey Funeral Home. Visitation after 6 p.m. COLUMBIA-Joe Willard Blair, 74, formerly of Glens Fork, died Tuesday in Louisville. Funeral, 11 a.m.

CDT Friday, Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home. Visitation after 1 p.m. Thursday. COLUMBIA Ernest G. Spur-lock, 62, of Louisville, formerly of Jamestown, died Tuesday in Tucson, Ariz.

His wife, Angela, survives. Funeral, 3 p.m. Saturday, Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home. Visitation after 4 p.m. Friday.

DANVILLE Robert Carroll Russell, 71, died here Tuesday. His wife, Kathleen, survives. Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, Stith Funeral Home. Visitation after 5 p.m.

Thursday. ELIZABETHTOWN Charles John Ausec, 87 of Jeanette, died here Tuesday. Funeral: Saturday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Jeanette. Arrangements: Brown Funeral Home. ELIZABETHTOWN Evelyn Berger, 89, died Wednesday in Rad-cliff.

Funeral, 10 a.m. Friday, Severns Valley Baptist Church. Visitation at Brown Funeral Home after 5 p.m. Thursday. ELIZABETHTOWN Paul Clark, 66, died here Tuesday.

Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Dixon-Atwood-Brown-field Funeral Home. Visitation after 10 a.m. Friday. ELIZABETHTOWN Catherine C.

Donnelly, 94, of Louisville, died here Tuesday. A private funeral will be held. Arrangements: Brown Funeral Home. FRANKFORT Oscar Thomas Kays, 88, died here Wednesday. Funeral 2 p.m.

Friday, LeCompte-John-son-Taylor Funeral Home. Visitation after 2 p.m. Thursday. GLASGOW Robert Ernest Matthews, 89, died here Monday. The funeral was held Wednesday.

Arrangements: Hatcher Saddler Funeral Home. HARTFORD Elmer Clay "Buck" Buchanan 79, died here Tuesday. Memorial service, 11 a.m. Saturday, Miller-Schapmire Funeral Home. Visitation after 9 a.m.

Saturday. HODGENVILLE Arthur O. Goo- din, 92, died Wednesday in Elizabeth-town. Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home.

Visitation after 3 p.m. Thursday. HODGENVILLE Maude Lee Walters Leslie, 95, formerly of Hod- fenville, died Tuesday in Fordsville. uneral, 10 a.m. Friday, Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home.

Visitation after 5 p.m. Thursday. LEITCHFIELD Kenneth M. Lasley, 81, died here Tuesday. His wife, Virgie, survives.

Funeral, 11 a.m. Thursday, Watkins Funeral Home. Visitation after 9 a.m. Thursday. LEXINGTON Lawrence T.

Boos, 78, died here Sunday. His wife, Gerry, survives. Funeral, 10 a.m. Thursday, Kerr Brothers Funeral Home. LEXINGTON Arthur Christian Hall, 78, died here Tuesday.

Funeral, 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Paul Catholic Church. Visitation at W.R. Milward Mortuary-Broadway after 5 p.m.

Friday. LONDON John Conrad McCowan, 85, died here Wednesday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Friday, Bowling Funeral Home. Visitation after 6 p.m.

Thursday. MELVIN Robert Virgil Eng. land, 82, died Tuesday in McDowell. Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, Hall Funeral Home, Martin.

MONTICELLO Elburn Keith, 83, died Tuesday in Lexington. His BARDSTOWN Crystal "Skye" Draper, 18, died Tuesday in a traffic accident in Marion County. Her parents, Kenneth and Helen, survive. Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, Bardstown United Methodist Church.

Visitation at Mann Greenwell Funeral Home after 3 p.m. Thursday. BEDFORD Gracie B. Harmon, 89, died here Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m.

Saturday, Mount Tabor Methodist Church. Visitation at Ransdell Funeral Home after 4 p.m. Friday. BELTON Walter Lee Young, 68, died Wednesday in Elkton. Funeral, 11 a.m.

Friday, Tucker Beechmont Funeral Home. Visitation after 6 p.m. Thursday. BEREA Mary Gay Walker, 85, died here Tuesday. Her husband, Gordon, survives.

Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, Reppert Funeral Home. Visitation after 6 p.m. Thursday. BEREA Bessie Webb, 81, died here Tuesday.

Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Lakes Funeral Home. Visitation after 6 p.m. Friday. BOSTON Gertrude Reed Cartwrlght, 91, died Wednesday in Elizabethtown.

Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Youngers Creek Baptist Church, Hardin County. Visitation at Joseph L. Greenwell Funeral Home, New Haven, after 10:30 a.m. Friday.

BOWLING GREEN Willie Barksdale, 82, died here Sunday. His wife, Mildred, survives. Funeral, 1 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church of Woodburn. Visitation at Burnam Son Mortuary after 9 a.m.

Thursday. BOWLING GREEN Carmine Ferrigno, 85, died here Wednesday. His wife, Madeline, survives. A private graveside service will be held. Arrangements: Johnson-Vaughn Funeral Home.

BOWLING GREEN Ellison McGlothin, 62, of Franklin, died Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. His wife, Betty, survives. Funeral, 1 p.m. Friday, Elevated Baptist Church, Franklin. Visitation at the church after 6 p.m.

Thursday. Arrangements: Burnam Son Mortuary. BOWLING GREEN Paul O'Bryan, 75, died here Wednesday. His wife, Oma Ree, survives. Funeral, 11:30 a.m.

Saturday, J.C. Kirby Son Funeral Home-Broadway. Visitation after 5 p.m. Thursday. BOWLING GREEN James Wallace Sparks, 94, died here Wednesday.

His wife, Dorothy, survives. Graveside service, 1 p.m. Friday, Fair-view Cemetery. Visitation at J.C. Kirby Son Funeral Home-Broadway after noon Thursday.

BRANDENBURG J.W. Harrison, 77, formerly of Brandenburg, died Tuesday in Sheffield, Ala. His wife, Georgia, survives. Funeral, 2 p.m. Thursday, Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home.

CADIZ Boyd Guier, 83, died here Tuesday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Thursday, Goodwin Funeral Home. Visitation after 8 a.m. Thursday.

CADIZ Thomas G. Ralston, 91, died here Wednesday. Funeral, 10 a.m. Saturday, Goodwin Funeral Home. Visitation after 5 p.m.

Friday. CAMPBELLSVILLE Viehelen Fisher, 87, died Monday in Springfield. Funeral, 11 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church. Visitation at the church after 8 a.m.

Thursday. Arrangements: Lyon-DeWitt Funeral Home. CARLISLE Eliza Smoot, 91, died Wednesday in Cynthiana. Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, Mathers-Gaunce Funeral Home.

Visitation after 6 p.m. Thursday. By IRVIN MOLOTSKY The New York Times WASHINGTON Charles C. Diggs a founder of the Congressional Black Caucus whose 26-year House career ended in disgrace when he was convicted of taking kickbacks from his staff, died Monday. He was 75 and lived in suburban Washington.

His son, Douglass, said the cause was a stroke. Diggs, a Democrat from Detroit, was an early and aggressive congressional advocate for black causes and helped increase U.S. aid to Africa. But in 1978 he was indicted on charges that, among other things, he had taken kickbacks from three congressional employees. Testifying on his own behalf, Diggs said the employees had made their salaries available willingly when he was in "very dire financial straits." The jury found him guilty of all 29 counts against him in October 1978, but he was re-elected to his 13th term the next month while awaiting sentencing.

He was sentenced to up to three years in prison. In July 1979, the House voted unanimously to censure Diggs, who had remained free on appeal. He resigned in June 1980. A month later, he entered the minimum-security prison at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama and was released after serving seven months. Diggs was elected to Congress in 1954 at 31, a victory that increased the number of blacks in the House to three from two.

There are 39 members of the Congressional Black Caucus now. Rep. William Clay, and Rep. John Conyers D-Detroit, said Diggs pressed the United States to improve relations with the developing countries in Africa and to provide them with assistance. That made Diggs a hero to many Africans, Clay said.

"We went on a trip to Sierra Leone," Clay said, "and the plane was due to arrive at 8 o'clock at night. We were delayed until 1 a.m., but there were 10,000 people still there waiting at the airport to greet us. "Until Muhammad Ali came along, Diggs was the most popular American in Africa." Besides his son, Diggs is survived by his wife, Darlene; another son; four daughters; and 13 grandchildren. J2. Robbery suspects caught in Southern Kentucky ank robbery been charged with ay r-! at robbing an Owens-It Feb.

5. Brooks is also commit armed bank iird Bank. otvBichler, 22, of Hender-S. 41 on Tuesday by the 1 be held today. near the state line, Kentucky State Police said.

The car was chased about 10 miles into Kentucky, where Williamsburg officers and state troopers were waiting. Someone in the car leaned out and fired a shot just before the vehicle stopped and three people fled on foot, police said. No one was hit by the gunfire. Williamsburg police charged Tweed with wanton endangerment, attempting to elude and oossession of marijuana. Tweed handed over an undetermined amount of cash when he was arrested, and officers found a rifle and ammunition in his car, police said.

Allen and Collins were charged with criminal attempt to commit murder. More money from the robbery was recovered yesterday. Associated Press ROCKHOLDS, Ky. The remaining two suspects in a gas-station robbery in Tennessee were arrested yesterday in Southern Kentucky. State troopers and Williamsburg police arrested Steve Charles Allen, 19, of Centersville, Ohio, and Michael Anthony Collins, 18, of Miamisburg, Ohio, after receiving a telephone call from a citizen.

A third, suspect, Brian Edward Tweed, 21, of Dayton, Ohio, went into a convenience store in Williamsburg Tuesday night and told the owner he wanted to surrender. Tweed handed a gun to store owner Bill Perkins and waited for police to come. After a robbery at a Pilot gas station in Knoxville, on Tuesday, three suspects fled north on Interstate 75 toward Kentucky. Campbell County, police saw the car When You Want 1 1 A xv ToBeWith LOUISVILLE-AREA DEATHS Family. During life's most difficult moments, you feci better just being with family.

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CDT Friday, Patton Funeral Home, Brownsville. Visitation at after 11 a.m. CDT Thursday. Terry Vonette Berry, 30. Funeral: 11 a.m.

Friday, Hathaway Clark, 2718 Virginia Ave. Visitation after 6 p.m. Thursday. Mary Ann Blandford, 68. Funeral: 10 a.m.

Friday, St. James Catholic Church, Bardstown Road at Edenside Avenue. Visitation at Keenan's, 4724 Dixie Highway, after 2 p.m. Thursday. Jane Elizabeth Hettinger Boggs, 60, of Grayson, formerly of Louisville.

Funeral: 11 a.m. Thursday, SS. John Elizabeth Catholic Church, Grayson. Arrangements: Sparks Funeral Home, Grayson. Katherine Donnelly, 94.

Arrangements: Embry-Bosse. Minnie D. Gay, 79. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday, Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, 747 Harrison Ave.

Arrangements: Arch L. Heady Son, Oak Street. Carol Ownby Hollander, 65, of Crestwood. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Stoess, Crestwood.

Visitation after 4 p.m. Thursday. John L. "Jack" Hollenbach, 79, of Wadsworth, Ohio, formerly of Louisville. His funeral was in Wadsworth.

Local arrangements: Scott Funeral Home, Jeffersonville, Ind. Henrietta M. Koshewa, 99, of Charlotte, N.C., formerly of Louisville. Funeral: 2:30 p.m. Friday, Evergreen, 4623 Preston Highway.

Visitation after 2 p.m. Thursday. Tliank you for allowing our family Robert Reddish, 67, of New-burgh, formerly of Louisville. Graveside service, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Cave Hill.

Arrangements: R.D. Pyke Funeral Service, Henryville, Ind. Ida Mae Reed, 70. Funeral: 1 p.m. Friday, Elim Baptist Church, 3114 Greenwood Avenue.

Visitation at A.D. Porter, 1300 W. Chestnut after 2 p.m. Thursday. Edna Jane Renfro, 88.

Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday, Arch L. Heady-Cralle, 2428 Frankfort Ave. Visitation after 3 p.m. Thursday.

Alma Ernst Tackett, 84. Funerals: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Arch L. Heady Southern, 3601 Taylor and 2 p.m. Friday, Olive Hill Baptist Church.

Visitation at Arch L. Heady Southern, after 10 a.m. Thursday. Bess L. Uhl, 78.

Funeral: 11 a.m. Thursday, Bethel-St. Paul United Church of Christ, 4004 Shelbyville Road. Arrangements: Ratterman's, Lexington Road. Joseph Meyers Vittitow 93, of Elizabethtown, formerly of Louisville.

Funeral: 11:30 a.m. Friday, O.D. White Sons, 2727 S. Third St. Visitation after 11 a.m.

Thursday. Dardanella Whitaker, 51. Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Resthaven, 4400 Bardstown Road. Lucy A.

Wooden, 58. Arrangements: Nunnelley. Norma Lee Wagoner, 72, of Jef-fersontown. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday, Foreman's, Jeffersontown.

Effie M. Weber, 91, of Milan, formerly of Louisville. Arrangements: J.B. Ratterman's-Southwest. Somerset rape raped her in June 1996.

The Navy prosecutor, Lt. Christopher L. Ludmer, said he was not sure of the exact age of either victim, but both were older than 16. The second teen-ager, who did not know the first, came forward in May 1997, saying Forbes had raped her in October 1996, Ludmer said. The two victims gave similar accounts.

Each said Forbes drove her around for hours in his car, then stopped after dark in a remote area and raped her, Ludmer said. Betty M. Laird, 72. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday, W.G.

Hardy Valley, 10907 Dixie Highway. Visitation after noon Thursday. Mary Carmel Lenz, 79, of Crestwood. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday, St.

Aloysius Catholic Church, Pewee Valley. Arrangements: Stoess, Crestwood. George F. Mayer, 73, of Norwich, England, formerly of Louisville. Funeral: 9:30 a.m.

Friday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Walcham, England. Arrangements: Owen. Mary A. Mazzoli, 86. Funeral: 10 a.m.

Friday, Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, 747 Harrison Ave. Visitation at Bosse, Barret and Ellison avenues, after 1 p.m. Thursday. Mary Margaret Minogue, 90. Graveside service: 2 p.m.

Thursday, Evergreen. Arrangements: Arch L. Heady Son, Oak Street. Louise E. Neikirk Moyers, 94, of Indianapolis, formerly of Louisville.

Funeral: 11 a.m. Thursday, Crooked Creek Baptist Church. Arrangements: Flanner Buchanan Funeral Home, Carmel, Ind. Robert H. Penland, 75.

Funeral: 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Resthaven, 4400 Bardstown Road. Ella L. Pfannmoeller, 77. Funeral: 11:30 a.m.

Friday, Arch L. Heady Southern, 3601 Taylor Blvd. Visitation after 2 p.m. Thursday. William N.

"Boho the Clown" Rayner, 75. Funeral: 11:30 a.m. Friday, Resthaven, 4400 Bardstown Road. Visitation after 10 a.m. Thursday.

convicted of in a court-martial at Fort Knox on one count of rape, two counts of indecent assault and several related charges, including violating orders and obstructing justice, the Navy said. Forbes will be transferred to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He was dishonorably discharged. He was assigned to the Somerset recruiting office from October 1995 until February 1997, when he was moved to administrative duty. That action came after one of the teen-agers accused Forbes of having to serve yours.

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Associated Press SOMERSET, Ky. A Navy recruiter formerly assigned to Somerset was sentenced to 15 years in military prison for raping a teen-ager from the area who wanted to join the Navy. Petty Officer 1st Class Todd Richard Forbes also was convicted of sexually assaulting another potential recruit, also a Somerset teen-ager, the Navy said. Forbes, 36, was convicted Sunday.