The Advocate-Messenger from Danville, Kentucky • Page 2

A2 THE ADVOCATE-MESSENGER, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2001 msam William Balden, tobacco warehouse owner, dies at 79 Virginia Gray of Harrodsburg and Orine Gibson of six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Preston-Pruitt Funeral Home by the Revs. Gary Webster and Mike Wright. Burial will be in Danville Memorial Gardens.

Pallbearers will be Greg Jones, Tony House, Anthony Baldridge, Shane Lassiter, and Billy, Jeff and Bob Taylor. Visitation is 6-9 p.m. today. Daisy I. Clark of Lancaster; four sons, Irvin R.

Clark of Tallahassee, Roy H. Clark of Rockcastle County, and Roger L. and William R. Clark, both of Lancaster; a daughter, Meta R. Clark Sinkhorn of Moreland; a brother, Lee Clark of Jacksonville, a sister, Ethel Hazelwood of Crab Orchard; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Spurlin Funeral Home by the Rev. Irvin Clark. Burial will be in Camp Nelson National Cemetery. Pallbearers will be David, Darrell and Jerome Salyers, Richard Asberry, Bobby Cook, Bradley Pemilton, Ronald Maples and Larry Adams.

Honorary pallbearers are J.W. Cormhey, Cecil Dunn, Vicky Byrd and Ruth Visitation, will be 6-9 p.m. Tuesday. Fort Myers. Born Oct.

9, 1928, in Stanford, she was the daughter of the late Milton and Ha New-land Powell. She was a home-maker and member of Stanford United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husi band, Thomas "Buster" Ralston; two daughters, Patricia Goins of Lakeland, and Jan Selby of Fort Myers; three sons, Jeffrey and Steve Ralston, both of Stanford, and Thomas. Ralston of Lexington; a brother, William Powell of Fort Myers; and Nancy Weber of Lexington; 15 grandchildren; and 12 greatgrandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m.

Wednesday at Spurlin Funeral Home! Burial will be Buffalo Springs Cemetery. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Tuesday. Russell L. Sims WAYNESBURG Russell L.

"Little Russell" Sims, 71, of Kings Mountain died Saturday at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington. Born Dec. 30, 1929, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Everett and Eva Gastineau Sims. He was a former employee of National Casket Co. in Lancaster.

Survivors include his wife, Fern Elliott Sims of Kings Mountain; four sons, Kenneth and Jody Sims, both of Kings Mountain, and Ronnie and Donnie Sims, both of Waynesburg; six daughters, Brenda Eldridge of Waynesburg, Linda Working toward the best interests of farmers was the Mercer County native's lifelong pursuit, said Rankin. "His convictions ran deep." An owner of People's Tobacco Warehouse in Danville, Balden was active irf farming organizations across Kentucky. Any program "that would strengthen tobacco farming, he was involved in," said Jerry Little, Boyle County extension agent for agriculture. Balden's demeanor was unfailingly courteous, said those who knew him. "When you looked up the word his picture was right there said Little.

Balden received the Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Service to Agriculture Award in 1990 for outstanding leadership in agriculture and service that improved Kentucky agriculture. He had served as president of the state's Council for Bur-ley Tobacco for several years and was appointed to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture's Advisory Committee on Trade, Tobacco Marketing and Tax. He had been active in Kentucky Farm Bureau, the Danville-Boyle Fair Board, the Kentucky Sheep Association and Danville Rotary Club. Arrangements are incomplete at Stith Funeral Home.

Thelma C. Williams Thelma Crabtree Williams, 89, of Beech Street died Sunday at Charleston Health Care Center. Born Dec. 6, 1911, in Stearns, she was the daughter of the late Dee T. and Jane Martin Crabtree.

She was an employee of GENESCO for 27 years and a home-maker. She Williams was a member of Lexington Avenue Baptist Church and North America Benefits Association. She was the widow of Hoyt Williams. Survivors include a son, Lan-don Williams of Stanford; three daughters, Lois W. "Pete" Taylor of Horseshoe, N.C., Marijane W.

Yankey and Jolene W. Hutchinson, both of Danville; nine grandchildren; and 26 greatgrandchildren. 7 She was preceded in death by a son, Billy B. Williams; two grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Services will be 10 a.m.

Wednesday at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church. Burial will be in Bellevue Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Stith Funeral Home. Memorials may go to Lexington Avenue Baptist Church or Gideons International.

Andrew Burdette Jr. LANCASTER Andrew Burdette 77, of Boones Creek Road died Friday at the home of a daughter in Lexington. Born Nov. 18, 1924, in Garrard County, he was the son of the late Lettie J. Terrence and Andrew Burdette Sr.

He was the widower of Carrie Mae Burdette. He was retired from state government and was a retired farmer. He was a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, a Mason and a World War II veteran. Survivors include a daugh- ter, Audrey Johnson of Lexington; a son, Garland Burdette of Lexington; two grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services will be 11 a.m.

Thursday at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church by the Rev. Bob Brown. Burial will be in Camp Nelson National Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-9 p.m.! Wednesday at Ramsey Funeral Home. Green C.

Clark LANCASTER Green C. Clark, 70, of Lancaster died Sunday at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Lexington. Born Jan. 28, 1931, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Walker and Susie Mills Clark. He was a retired electrician and a member of Oakside Baptist Church in LaGrange, Ga.

He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. Survivors include his wife, -mm. Peavey and Elaine Durham, both of Liberty, Dianne Jones of Burnside, and Laverne Duff and Jennifer Carrier, both of Stanford; a brother, Ray Sims of Cincinnati; three sisters, Mat-tie Adams of Kings Mountain, Ora Potter of Fulton, Texas, and Hazel Ashley of Cincinnati; 14 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Kenny Sims. Services will be 10 a.m.

Tuesday at Barnett Demrow Funeral Home by Curtis Bree-den. Burial will be in Double Springs Cemetery. Pallbearers will be James Brown, Herman Cornett, Andy Durham, Larry Peavey, Brent Meeks and Casey Horton. Honorary pallbearers are Brad Luttrell, Kenny Sims, Nathan Durham, and Josh and Joey Hurst. Visitation is 6-9 p.m.

today. Robert Zeliff HARRODSBURG Robert Zeliff, 82, of High Street, husband of Mary Harrigan Zeliff, died Sunday. Arrangements are incomplete at Ransdell Funeral Home. George Carpenter Jr. DAYTON, Ohio Services ior ueorge onuiguxi carpenter 68, of Dayton, Ohio, formerly of Danville, will be noon Thursday at Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church by the Rev.

Hence C. Coats. Burial will be in Jefferson- view vycmcieijr. He died Friday. Born May 18, 1932, in Danville, he was the son of the late ueorge and IN an uarpen-; ter.

He was a retired employee of Gim City Engineering and a member of Pleasant Green Mis- sionary Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mary Miller Carpenter; a daughter, Michelle Miller of Dayton; a son, George Carpenter III of Los Angeles, a brother, Billy Joe Carpenter of Danville; two sisters, Rosie Lee Pittman and Conine both of Danville; and three grandchildren. Visitation will be 11 a.m. Thursday until time of service. House "of Wheat Funeral Home in Dayton is in charge of arrangements.

Information was courtesy of Smith-Jackson Funeral Home. John M. West Sr. LANCASTER Services for Marrs Wost Rr rtf Lancaster were today at Spurlin Funeral Home by the Revs. Don Hatton and Bob Cop-ping.

Burial was in Lancaster Cemetery. He died Friday at Garrard County Memorial Hospital. Born May 30, 1911, in Lexington, he was the son of the late Ed Hockensmith and Lulie Catherine Marrs West. He was a retired farmer and farm equipment salesman for Marrs Despain of Nicholasville and Fourth Street Ford Equipment Co. of He served eight years as a member of the Jessamine County Board of Education and was an Army veteran.

He was a lifelong member of Providence Christian Church of Nicholasville and attended Lancaster United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Doris Poindexter West; two sons, John H. West of Lancaster and Charles E. West of Danville; and four grandchildren. Pallbearers were T.W.

Hayes, John A. Walker, Wesley Cor-man, Goable Brickey, Cliff Cole, Harold Waits, Russell Abner and Randy Cline. Danville, KY 40422 Web site: http:www.amnews.com The Advocate-Messenger Copyright 2000 Pearl R. Jarvis HARRODSBURG Pearl R. Jarvis, 93, of Willisburg died Saturday at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center.

Born Feb. 21, 1908, in Clay County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Hedgeman and Sarah Collins Triplett. She was a homemaker and the widow of Lawrence Dale Jarvis. Survivors include two sons, Dale Jarvis of Willisburg and Alfred Jarvis of Newport Ritchie, three sisters, Audra Walker of Mount Ver non, Uhio, and Vera Itiplett and Melissa Browning, both of Fairmont W.Va.; seyengrand- children; 15 great-grandclil- dren; and four great-greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Waldo Carl Jarvis.

Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bartlett Cemetery, Bartlett, Ohio, by the Rev. Richard Woodin. There will be no visitation. Ransdell Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may go to a favorite charity Homer B. Luster Jr. MIDDLEBURG Homer B. Luster 71, of Hustonville died Saturday at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical -Center. Born Sept; 9, 1929, in Yosemite, he was the son of the late Homer B.

and Allie Mae Martin Luster. He was a retired employee of Oakwood in Somerset and a member of Mount Salem Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Martha Elliott Luster; five daughters, Rita F. Pierce of Lexington, Betty D. Tipton of Nicholasville, Ruth A.

Fair of Liberty, Mary Lou Cope of Crab Orchard, and Carolyn S. Hubble of Hustonville; two sons, Gary Luster and Homer Luster III, both of Hustonville; a sister, Bessie Woods of roe, Ohio; and seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Evelyn Luster. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bartle Funeral Home by the Rev.

Tim Cochran. Burial will be in Estes Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Gary Luster, Homer Luster III, Allen and Matthew Pierce, Donny and Timothy Tipton, James Fair and Junior Hubble. Honorary pallbearers are Rita Pierce, Darlene Tipton, Ruth Fair, Carolyn Hubble and Mary Cope. Visitation is after 6 p.m.

today Ha Ralston STANFORD Ila Ralston, 72, of Fort Myers, formerly of Stanford, died Saturday in Monday, April 2, 2001 ADVERTISER INDEX The farming community lost one of its longtime leaders Saturday with the death of William Henry Balden Jr. in Scottsdale, Arizona. Balden," 79, of Boone Trail, Danville, -was a former tobacco farming advocate and farmer. "The Balden tobacco' farmers have a lost a good friend," said Clyde Jackson, whosefriendship with Balden stretched over half a century. Jackson said Balden's efforts on behalf of farming extended past the borders of Kentucky to the corridors of Washington.

One of those efforts was his advocacy of tobacco baling, said Jackson. Initiated in the early 1980s, the process has been a savings to tobacco farmers, said Jerry Rankin, owner of Farmers Tobacco Warehouse. Pointing to their lifelong friendship, Jackson said that he and Balden were neighbors as hisi Caverndale- Farms and Balden's Blue Meadows adjoined each other on Blue-grass Pike. In the early 1960s, the two were partners in Country Seed Cleaners. Ralph J.

Coulter Jr Ralph Jerome Coulter 32, of Holtzclaw Lane died Born Aug. 29, 1968, in Danville, he was the son of i Flora Taylor-Coulter and the late Ralph J. Coulter Sr. He was a graduate of Danville High School and an employee of Huntsman Co. Other survivors include his girlfriend, Jo Anne Stigall of Harrodsburg; a daughter, Raven Simone Coulter of Harrodsburg; maternal grandpar-' ents, Warnell and Ida Taylor of Lancaster paternal grandparents, Moses and Suzie Coulter of Danville; and two sisters, Pamela L.

Coulter of Danville and Danita J. Coulter of Lexington. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. James AME Church by the Rev.

Kenneth Clay. Burial will be in Duncan-town Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Troy and Joe Warner, Darnell Prewitt, Robert Kinley, Chris Simpson and Shawn Napier. Honorary pallbearers are Clifford Dawson, Rubin Baiigh-man, Derrick Kinley and Anthony Letcher. Visitation will be noon-1 p.m.

Wednesday at the church. Violet Powell Violet Padgett Powell, 79, of Seminole Trail died Sunday at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center. Born Feb. 17, in Lincoln County, she Powell was the daughter of the late Harve and Lela Toadvine Pad- Davistown church plans revival DAVISTOWN First Baptist Church will have a revival at 7 nightly Wednesday through Friday. The Rev.

C.B. Atkins of First Baptist Church, Bracktown, will be the speaker. Meetings Toliver Elementary School Council 6 p.m. Thursday in the conference room. Danville Board of Education 3 p.m.

Wednesday at the board office on Proctor Street to approve an architectural contract for a renovation project at Hogsett Elementary School. j' 7 About your Advocate-Messenger gett. She was a retired employee of American Greetings Co. and a member of First Christian Church, Order of the Eastern Star and the Christian Women's Fellowship. Survivors include her husband, Russell Powell; a stepson, Robert Powell of Tampa, six brothers, Orville Padgett and Richard Padgett, both of Waynesburg, Willard Padgett of Milburn, Ernest Padgett of Clinton, Alvin Padgett of Lancaster and Bill Padgett of Erlanger; and six sisters, Mae Coleman of Kings Mountain, Ethel Jones of Somerset, Barbara Eldridge of Dry Ridge, Ina Padgett of Lexington, Martha Black of Eubank and Bertie Brown of Yosemite.

Services will be 1 p.m. Thurs-. day at Stith Funeral Home by the Rev. Caroline Bloomfield. Burial will be in Double Springs Cemetery Visitation will be after 4 p.m.

Wednesday with an Order of the Eastern Star service at 7:30 p.m. Memorials may go to Danville-Boyle County Emergency Medical Service. Geneva M. Taylor Geneva Mae Taylor, 88, of Madison Avenue died Saturday at her home. Born Aug.

22, 1912, in Boyle County, she was the daughter of the late Shelby and Mittie Southerland Wilcher. She was a homemaker and a member of Mitchellsburg Baptist Church. She was the widow of Henley "Bill" Taylor. Survivors include a son, Gerald Taylor of Parksville; a daughter, Jean House of Lexington; two brothers, Frank Wilcher of Gravel Switch and Virgil Wilcher of Wilmore; four sisters, Nina Brewer and Lillian Keeling, both of Danville, IN HOME SERVICES INC. 5 To Subscribe or for Customer Service (MF) To place News Items (M-F) For all departments, call toll free in KY: 1-800-428-0409 TDD Line space bar (M-F) Classified Line Ads (M-F) Other Ads (M-F) REGULAR OFFICE HOURS: 8 a.m.

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