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(J) THE COURIER-JOWRNAtTRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2001 D5 KENTUCKY DEATHS Find the obituaries at www.courler-Journal.com Federal agents torch dorm room to study campus fire-safety systems green grass smolder below. Smoke billowed beyond the four-story building, and a plastic sign put up by the federal agency on the building melted in the heat. In September, the agency conducted experiments in Air Force barracks at Myrtle Beach, S.C., and plans to-perform additional work at other, universities. The six-person team used four-rooms for its experiments, filmed them, and placed sensors on the floors, walls and ceilings to collect; temperature, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and oxygen readings. The dorm's concrete construction would prevent fires from beyond the rooms set aside for the agency's work, the university said.

of the research in public to show how fast a fire can spread. The Arkansas experiments occurred in Fulbright Hall, which is slated for demolition as part of a university expansion program. The university made the dorm available for the federal research. Dropping a burning match into a wastepaper basket started a fire that triggered a sprinkler system within two minutes, said Dan Madrzy-kowski, a fire protection engineer for NIST. Paper-filled trash cans are commonplace on college campuses, Madrzykowski noted.

Using the same scenario without a sprinkler system, the room was consumed in a matter of minutes glass burst from windows and its shards were so hot they made the By KELLY WIESE Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Federal agents yesterday set fire to a dormitory room at the University of Arkansas to study how smoke detectors and sprinkler systems can improve safety on college campuses. At least 24 people have died in college fires since 1990, including three at Seton Hall University in 2000 and five each at Bloomsburg (Pa.) University and North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1994 and 1996. In 1998, one student died in a dorm fire at Murray State University in Kentucky. For a week, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has experimented with different fire scenarios and yesterday conducted part Mother of dorm-fire victim testifies and money to go to a massage par- 1 lor.

Prosecution witness Matt McBride testified earlier in the week that Walker said that he spent $150 to go to a massage parlor and planned to go back. Walker is married to a choir direc- tor and works as a youth minister. The trial was moved to Hopkins- ville because of pretrial publicity. Calloway Circuit Judge Dennis Foust is presiding. his car.

Richard Null said it wasn't uncommon for a student short on cash to buy such a small amount of gasoline. Defense witness Chris Carman, who said he has been a friend of Walker's for several years, testified yesterday that Walker often buys only a dollar's worth of gas. "He's been doing that for years," Carman said. But under cross-examination, Carman said Walker has also spent possibly $20 to $30 to go to strip clubs Continued from Page 1 Null said. The prosecution has presented surveillance photos and a transaction receipt showing Walker purchased about $1 worth of gasoline about 30 minutes before the blaze began at 2:38 a.m.

The fire was started by gasoline, arson investigators have testified. During opening arguments, Richard Null acknowledged that Walker did buy the gas, but said it was for ASHLAND Owen W. Serey 75, died here Wednesday. His wife, Joann, survives. Funeral Mass: 11 a.m.

Saturday, Holy Family Catholic Church. Visitation: Lazear Funeral Home, 6-9 p.m. Friday. BARDSTOWN Mary Ann Du- gan Clark, 63, died Wednesday in Kissimmee, Fla. Arrangements: Mann Greenwell Funeral Home.

BARDSTOWN Jennie Culley Hayden, 76, died here Wednesday. Her husband, Arnold, survives. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Saturday, Bluegrass Memorial Gardens, Lexington. Visitation: Greenwell-Houghhn Northside Funeral Home, 5-7 p.m.

Friday. BELFRY Cora H. Carter, 86, formerly of Stone, died Tuesday in Sarasota, Fla. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday, Rogers Funeral Home.

Visitation: after 6 p.m. Friday. BENTON Forrest L. Cole, 95, died here Thursday. His wife, Beatrice, survives.

Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, Collier Funeral Home. Visitation: after 5 p.m. Friday. BENTON James Arthur Oakley, 62, died here Wednesday.

His wire, Shirley, survives. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday, Collier Funeral Home. Visitation: after 5 p.m. Friday.

BOWLING GREEN Deborah Alaine Britt Cllne, 37, died here Tuesday in a car accident on Penns Chapel Road. Funeral: 4 p.m. Friday, J.C. Kirby Son Funeral Home-Lovers Lane. Visitation: 5-9 p.m.

Thursday. CARROLLTON Vesta D. Eger- ton, 83, died Wednesday in Louisville. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church of Carrollton.

the church, 5-8 p.m. Friday. Arrangements: Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home. COLUMBIA Steve M. Roy, 54, of Georgetown, formerly of Columbia, died Wednesday in New Albany, Ind.

His wife, Vickie Sue, survives. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday, Freedom Separate Baptist Church. Visitation: Grissom Funeral Home, after 10 a.m. Saturday.

CUMBERLAND Silas Aaron Dixon, 71, died Wednesday in Corbin. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday, Cumberland Valley Funeral Home. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Friday.

ELIZABETHTOWN Catherine Crittenden, 81, died Thursday in Radcliff. Arrangements: Brown Funeral Home. ELIZABETHTOWN Eleanor G. DeSpain, 78, died here Thursday. Funeral: 11 a.m.

Saturday, Brown Funeral Home. Visitation: after 6 p.m. Friday. ELIZABETHTOWN Altis Culley Richardson, 79, of Summit, died there Thursday. His wife, Virginia, survives.

Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday, Brown Funeral Home. Visitation: OWENSBORO Joe Daniel Sharp, 85, died here Thursday. His wife, Ruby May, survives. Funeral: 1 p.m.

Saturday, Glenn Funeral Home, Visitation: 4-8 p.m. Friday. PADUCAH Archie Ray Bar- rett, 83, died here Thursday. His wife, Moriene, survives. Funeral: 1 p.m.

Saturday, Milner Orr Funeral Home. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Friday. PADUCAH Wendelle J. Clark, 86, of Bartlett, formerly of Lone Oak, died Sunday in Memphis, Tenn.

Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Milner Orr Funeral Home. Visitation: after 9:30 a.m. Saturday. RICHMOND Harry Dale Ang-lin, 54, died here Wednesday.

His wife, Judy, survives. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, Combs, Parsons Collins Funeral Home. Visitation: 5-9 p.m. Friday.

RICHMOND Chester V. Den-nis, 72, died Thursday in Lexington. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday, Oldham, Roberts Powell Funeral Home. Visitation: 5-9 p.m.

Friday. SHELBYVILLE Charles F. Dodd, 55, died here Wednesday. His wife, Susan, survives. Graveside service: noon Friday, Grove Hill Cemetery.

Visitation: Hall-Taylor Funeral Home, after 11:30 a.m. Friday. SOMERSET Jack Jubal Early, 83, died here Thursday. Funeral: 2 p.m. Sunday, Somerset Undertaking Co.

Visitation: after 5 p.m. Saturday. TOMPKINSVILLE Elma Pen-nington Head, 91, died here Wednesday. Funeral: 1 p.m. Friday, Freedom No.

2 Baptist Church. Visitation: the church, after 10 a.m. Friday. Arrangements: Strode Funeral Home. TOMPKINSVILLE Fannie Keith Vinson, 75, died Thursday in Bowling Green.

3 p.m. Saturday, Strode's Gamaliel (Ky.) Funeral Chapel. Visitation: after 10 a.m. Friday. TOMPKINSVILLE Gertrude Ross Williams, 92, died here Wednesday.

Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday, Strode Funeral Home. Visitation: after 1 p.m. Friday. TOPMOST Cullen K.

Bryant, 67, died Wednesday in Hazard. Funeral: 10 a.m. Sunday, Topmost Baptist Church. Visitation: the church, after 5 p.m. Friday.

Arrangements: Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home. VINE GROVE Ernest Combs, 80, died Thursday in Elizabethtown. His wife, Frances, survives. Funeral: 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Vine Grove United Methodist Church.

Visitation: Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home, after 5 p.m. Saturday and after noon Sunday. WHITLEY CITY Larry Henry, 64, formerly of Whitley City, died Jan. 31 in Jacksonville, Fla. Memorial service: 2 p.m.

Saturday, Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home. Visitation: after 1 p.m. Saturday. 1 after 3 p.m. Friday.

ELIZABETHTOWN George W. Tabb, 92, died here Thursday. His wife, Mary Ella, survives. Funeral: 2 p.m. Sunday, Brown Funeral Home.

Visitation: after 5 p.m. Saturday. ELIZABETHTOWN Barnle Lee Vlers, 84, died Thursday in Radcliff. His wife, Mary, survives. Funeral: 4 p.m.

Saturday, Brown Funeral Home. Visitation: after 3:30 p.m. Friday. EMINENCE Ruby Moore Lefner, 82, died Wednesday in Shel-byville. Funeral: 11 a.m.

Saturday, Prewitt Funeral Home, New Castle. Visitation: after 6 p.m. Friday. FRENCHBURG Samuel Mason Hunt, 89, of Means, died Wednesday in Mount Sterling. Funeral: 1 p.m.

Saturday, Menifee Home for Funerals. Visitation: after 6:30 p.m. Friday. HARRODSBURG Margaret Blsset Shewmaker, 85, died here Tuesday. Funeral: 4 p.m.

Saturday, Harrodsburg United Presbyterian Church. Visitation: the church, after 3 p.m. Saturday. Arrangements: Rans-dell Funeral Chapel. LAWRENCEBURG Aileen "Granny" Crouch Barnett, 80, died here Wednesday.

Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday, Ritchie-Peach-Todd Funeral Home. Visitation: after 4 p.m. Friday. LIBERTY Terry Wayne Car-man, 51, of Corbin, died there Tuesday.

Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday, Bartle'. Funeral Home. Visitation: after 6 p.m. Friday.

LONDON Homer Proff itt, 79, died here Wednesday. His wife, Jewell, survives. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, House-Rawlings Funeral Home. Visitation: after 6 p.m.

Friday. MARTIN Ann V. Barnett, 61, of Garrett, died Thursday in Paintsville. Funeral: 1 p.m. Sunday, Nelson-Fra-zier Funeral Home.

Visitation: after 4 p.m. Friday. MARTIN Ralph D. Spencer, 85, of Eastern, died Thursday in Pres-tonsburg. His wife, Jean, survives.

Funeral: 11 a.m. Sunday, Hall Funeral Home. Visitation: after 6 p.m. Friday. MAYFIELD Norma Lou Enoch, 81, died here Wednesday.

Graveside service: 11 a.m. Saturday, Highland Park Cemetery. Visitation: Brown Funeral Home, after 5 p.m. Friday. MAYFIELD Frank Rein- heimer, 78, of Pottsville, died there Wednesday.

His wife, Olala, survives. Funeral: 3 p.m. Saturday, Brown Funeral Home. Visitation: after 5 p.m. Friday.

MONTICELLO Neva Fields, 93, died here Wednesday. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday, Hickey Son Funeral Home. Visitation: after 5 p.m. Friday.

MUNFORDVILLE Floyd T. Puckett, 81, died here Thursday. Funeral: 1 p.m. CDT Saturday, Hawkins-Brooks Funeral Home. Visitation: p.m.

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40 Entire Stock of Gloria Vanderbilt Tapestry Luggage Retail S75 to $240 CLOSEOUT $19.99 TO $59.99 OFF ALREADY LOW CLOSEOUT PRICES Aurora, Colo. Mary Rose Payne, 83. Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday, Owen, 5317 Dixie Highway. William Milton Preston, 84.

Funeral; 10 a.m. Friday, Arch L. Heady Okolona, 8519 Preston Highway. Robert Charles Pryor, 47, of Rangeland Manor. Memorial service: 6 p.m.

Sunday, Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1472 Dixie Highway. The funeral will be in Chicago. Local arrangements: G.C. Williams. Arcile Rallo, 72.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 7813 Shelbyville Road. Visitation: Highlands, 3331 Taylorsville Road, 1-9 p.m. Friday.

Celoise Roston, 54, of 920 E. Madison St. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday, Greater Bethel Temple Apostolic Church, 834 S. Third St.

Visitation: G.C. Williams, 1935 W. Broadway, 7-9 p.m. Friday. Bonnie J.

Smith, 76. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday, O.D. White Sons, 2727 S. Third St.

Robert W. Smith, 85. Funeral Mass: noon Friday, Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, 760 Eastern Parkway. Visitation: Embry-Bosse, 2723 Preston Highway, after 10 a.m. Friday.

Virginia Mae Townsend, 66. Funeral: noon Friday, Arch L. Heady Okolona, 8519 Preston Highway. Forest "June" White 72. Funeral: 11 a.m.

Saturday, G.C. Williams, 1935 W. Broadway. Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Friday.

Cecil Eugene Wilburn, 66. The funeral was Thursday at Gehlbach Royse in Georgetown, Ind. ments: Coots, Jeffersonville. Mrs. Leroy E.

Drane, 85, formerly of Louisville. The graveside service will be held later in Louisville Memorial Gardens West. Arrangements: Ratterman's, Bardstown Road. Marian Krekel Gilchrist, 78. Funeral: 10 a.m.

Friday, St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, 2040 Buechel Bank Road. Arrangements: Ratterman's, Lexington Road. Verges Haymon, 90, formerly of Community Towers. Funeral: 11 a.m.

Saturday, New Zion Baptist Church, 1501 S. 34th St. Visitation: the church, 7-9 p.m. Friday. Arrangements: Rod-gers-Awkard.

Opal Keltner Hedden, 83, formerly of Louisville. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, Shannon Funeral Home, Shelbyville. Visitation: 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Mary Lee Heitkemper, 73. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday, her St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church, 1020 E. Burnett Ave.

Arrangements: Bosse. Jeannie D. Hodge, 49, of Shep-herdsville. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, Maraman-Billings, Shepherdsville.

Visitation: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Mary Helen Hyland, 83. Funeral: 10 a.m.

Friday, St. William Catholic Church, 1226 W. Oak St. Arrangements: Highlands. Lawrence "Doby" McKinley, 77, formerly of Louisville.

Memorial service: 7 p.m. Friday, Anderson, 2200 W. Broadway. Susan Ann Hochstrasser Mul-larkey, 81. The funeral Mass was Monday at Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Denver.

Arrangements: Horan McConaty Family Chapel, Edward L. App, 64. Private graveside service: Dunkard Family Cemetery, near Elizabeth, Ind. Visitation: Paul V. Shrader, New Albany, 5-8 p.m.

Friday. Virginia K. Ashby, 80. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 9718 Dixie Highway.

Visitation: W.G. Hardy Valley, 10907 Dixie Highway, 3-8 p.m. Friday. Mildred Bellucci, 78. Funeral: 10 a.m.

Saturday, Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 501 Cherrywood Road. Visitation: Ratterman's, 3711 Lexington Road, 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Friday. Von Floyd Bloom, 66, of Betts-ville, Ohio, formerly of Louisville. Memorial service: 4 p.m.

Sunday, Robert Bomer's home. There will be no visitation. Arrangements: Stoess, Crestwood. Bernard W. Buckel 82.

The funeral Mass was private. Arrangements: Bosse. Jack E. Carroll, 72, of Jefferson-town. Funeral: 11 a.m.

Friday, Foreman's, Jeffersontown. Marcella J. Carroll, 86. Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Arch L.

Heady Hikes Point, 4109 Taylorsville Road. James Raymond Cecil, 74. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday, Highlands, 3331 Taylorsville Road. Visitation: 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m.

Friday and after 11 a.m. Saturday. William Kenneth "Cookie" Cook, 65. Memorial service: 2 p.m. Saturday, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1630 W.

Muhammad AH Blvd. Visitation: G.C. Williams, 1935 W. Broadway, 7-9 p.m. Friday.

Sadie Juanlta Curry, 49. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, First Trinity Baptist Church, Jeffersonville, Ind. Visitation: the church, 6-9 p.m. Friday.

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