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The Paducah Sun from Paducah, Kentucky • 25

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The Paducah Suni
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Paducah, Kentucky
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PAGE THE PADUCAH SUN, PADUCAH, KENTUCKY FRIDAY, OCTOEEH 11, FREE PUMPKIN Pick veers mi wUt yte're it Mcfehys look ever Mm special perchcM of lower triced 71 cars mi tracks. There Is NetterLee, 87, dies of accident injuries here Louis Board Weaks is dead at Fulton James Speakes, Henderson, dies James Raymond Speaks, 73, Henderson, the father of the special cask inctirtive matt Iimm mtitb. SOmr IS IllMITID te step by wUt I WchbM. McNULTX VS SALE. AND LIANO Mr.

Crockett is dead at 61 after seizure BENTON, Ky. Garvin (Monk) Crockett, 61, Symsonia Rt 1, died at 2 p.m. Thursday of an apparent heart attack while working at Clarks River Cemetery. An employee of Merit Clothing Co. in Mayfleld, he was member and deacon of Clarks River Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susie Crockett; one daughter, Mrs. Brenda Counts, Reidland; his mother, Mrs. Edna Crockett, Hickory; one brother, Johnnie Crockett, Mayfleld. Services will be Saturday at 2 PORSCHE tAua TOYOTA Rev.

John R. Speaks, assistant pastor of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Chord here, died Thursday morning in Henderson. In addition to his son, he is survived by three other sons and four daughters including Sister Mary Lois of Louisville. Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m.

at Holy Name Church in Henderson with burial in the Catholic cemetery there. Benton-Glunt Funeral Home in Henderson is in charge of arrangements. 44t-Ml IfltllMMM Netter Lee, 17, of 1207 Jackson House, died Thursday at 8:10 p.m. at Western Baptist Hospital of injuries be received in a car-pedestrian accident on Oct. 5.

According to McCracken County Deputy Coroner Jerry Beyer, Mr. Lee received severe head injuries when be was struck by a car driven by Alfred Allen 23, of 502 N. 6th Si, at approximately 1:15 p.m. on Oct. 5.

The accident occured at the intersection of 6th and Clark Streets. No charges have been filed. Con this time set for parole JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Convicted wife-slayer William Privette says he's ready for parole this time. Now 64, Privette spent 15 years behind bars before being paroled last year.

He was back in prison, at his own request, a few months later: he couldn't make it on the outside. But with a $2,500 bankroll from Social Security payments, and guarantees of a temporary job and a place to live, Privette says this time he'll be out to stay. "I didn't have a dime and no way in the world I could get work," he says of his parole in 1977, granted on the condition he live with relatives in Monroe, N.C. "All I was thinking about was where I was going to eat. I want everyone to know I didn't come back because I like it or it's a good place." He says this time will be different.

"And I'm going to church the first Sunday after I get out. I've been born again," he said. "I know I took one of the most precious things of all a life. But Paul (the apostle, who persecuted Christians before his conversion) did worse than that. "God forgives me," Privette says, "I'm just hoping that other people will." The state Parole Commission granted his parole, effectiveT)ct.

31, after the Salvation Army at Jacksonville offered temporary work and housing. "I couldn't believe it," said Privette, now at the Lawtey Correctional Institution 40 miles southwest of Jacksonville. "I ran in the office and saw that the 31st was a Tuesday. That's when I kind of believed it. They always let you out on a Tuesday." Privette plans a first dinner of shrimp and froglegs.

And he hopes for a part-time job as an umpire, a skill he picked up overseeing baseball and Softball games in prison. At a husky, 6-foot-6, he has no trouble enforcing his rulings on the diamond. Chamber of Commerce. He was a Boy Scout leader and had received the Silver Beaver Award. He was citizen of the year in 1976 in Fulton.

A member of First United Methodist Church, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elsie Davis Weaks; one daughter, Mrs. John (Mary Davis) Dlcken, Lexington; one grandson, John Dicken Lexington. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hornbeak Funeral Home.

The Rev. Gordon Henderson will officiate and entombment will be in Fulton Mausoleum. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 8 this evening. FULTON, Ky. Louis Board Weaks, of 219 3rd died Thursday at 10:30 p.m.

at his borne. He Joined the firm of P. H. Weaks Department Store in 1921 and was employed there until 1977 when he retired. He was a charter member of Fulton Lions Club and a member of Fulton-South Fulton Mrs.

Garnett, Cadiz, dies CADIZ, Ky. Mrs. Annie Mae Garnett, 80, Cadiz, died Wednesday at 10:10 p.m. at Shady Lawn Nursing Home in Trigg County. She was a member of Linton United Methodist Church and a native of Trigg County.

Surviving are her husband, Walter E. Garnett; three sons, Julian E. Taylor and Joe Wilson Taylor, both of Trigg County, p.m. at Clarks Kiver Baptist Church. The Revs.

Leamoft k1 Mr. Lee, a native of Muhlen-burg County, had been a resident of Seminole, Fla. for 45 years until moving to Paducah Slock and Stephen Cobb7 will elate and burial will be in AIITIQUE BIBLES AKD60GXS RESIGNED New Covers and Bindings All kinds of Restoration and Repair work oa pictures and documents etc. AVERY COURTISEY 85214 Paris Road Mayfield, Ky. 42066 Phone: 247-6439 Clark? RiverjCemetery.

Friends may call at Filbeck and Cann Funeral Home until 9 a.m. Saturday at which time the body will be taken to the church where friends may call from 10 a.m. until the funeral hour. Henry Ward dies at 71 CLINTON, Ky. Henry Ward, 71, Clinton Rt.

3, died Thursday at 7 p.m. at Obion County Hospital in Union City, Tenn. He was a retired farmer and a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church. Survivors Include one son, Thomas Ward, Clinton; one sister, Mrs. Ruth Perry, Clinton; three brothers, Mike Ward, Mack Ward and Herschel Brazzell, all of Clinton, and one granddaughter, Miss Pamela Ward, Clinton.

Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Hopkins and Brown Funeral Home here. The Rev. Fred Thomas will officiate and burial will be in Shiloh Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m.

today. km -n two years ago. He was a retired home builder and real estate representative. A veteran of World War II and a member of the Methodist church, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lmae Jones Lee; one brother, Jesse Lee, Greenville, and several nieces and nephews.

One son, Raymond Lee, preceded him in death in 1925. Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Roth Funeral Home. The Rev. Marshall Conway will officiate and burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens.

Pallbearers will be Douglas Moore, Marshall Jones, Stephen Jones, Robert Pirtle, Arian Wyatt, John Hurst and Carl Gene Lee. Friends may call at the funeral home. if Mrs. Crouch dies at 39 MAYFIELD, Ky. Mrs.

Martha Jane Crouch, 39, Hickory Rt. 2, died at 7:05 a.m. Thursday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Chapman of Mayfield Rt.

6. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Billy J. Crouch; two sons. Ricky Crouch, Mayfield, and Randy Crouch, Hickory; one daughter, Mrs. Darla Pearson, Mayfield; two brothers, Amos J.

Chapman, Hickory, and Chester Chapman, Boaz; one sister, Mrs. Thelma Sayre, Mayfield. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Byrn Funeral Home. The Rev.

James Robertson Jr. and the Rev. Ronnie Stinson will officiate. Burial will be in Trace Creek Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Congratulations Paducah Area Chamber Of Commerce for sponsoring the "Chuck" Colson Prayer Program. Your Fayette County Friend, George Herman Kendall Mr. Dalton, Fulton, dies FULTON, Ky. K. P.

Dalton 79, of 506 Green died Thursday at 11:50 p.m. at Haws Memorial Nursing Home. A retired liquor dealer for K.P. Liquor Store, he was a field representative for the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, former Fulton chief of police and was president of the Fulton Baseball Association from 1938 until the 1950s. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.

Frances Elizabeth Preuett Dalton; one son, K.P. Dalton Water Valley; one sister, Mrs. Edna Turner, Orlando, one brother, Burnie Dalton, Cleveland, Ohio, and three grandsons. Services will be Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Hornbeak Funeral Home.

The Rev. Gordon Henderson will officiate. Burial will be in Obion County Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.

Wl George Herman Kendall i 1709 Wyatt-Lexington, Ky. Carriage House hawnnv 114 North Third St. Were YOU Married In October, 1928? Well, now (TO fll and Lacy Clayton Taylor, Orlando, one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Hutchison, Hopkinsville; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Kelley Mitchell, Princeton, and Miss Mae Garnett, Illinois; four brothers, William Nunn and James Nunn, both of Borden, Charles Nunn, Sellersburg, and Felix Nunn, Louisville; four sisters, Mrs.

Minnie G. Walters, Louisville, Mrs. Georgia Shelton and Mrs. Thula Shelton, both of Hopkinsville, and Mrs. Jesse Holmes, Sellersburg, seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, James M. Taylor, in 1970. Services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Goodwin Funeral Home. The Rev.

George Neal will officiate and burial will be in East End Cemetery in Cadiz. B. Arnett dies at home MURRAY, Ky. George B. Arnett, 87, Murray Rt.

7, died at 4 p.m. Thursday at his home. He was a retired fanner and a member of Salem Baptist Church. His wife, Mrs. Rubye Ruth Arnett, preceded him in death in 1975.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harlan Spann, Murray, and Mrs. Glen Sims, Elkton; one son, Hugh Arnett, Murray; one sister, Mrs. Cora Scott, Murray; 10 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m.

at Blalock-Coleman Funeral Home. The Rev. Virgil Blankenship will officiate and burial will be in Young Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.

Mrs. Shemwell is dead at 80 BENTON, Ky. Mrs. Lela May Shemwell, (0, Gilberts ville Rt. 1, formerly of Symsonia, died today at 7:45 a.m.

at Cedar Crest Senior Citizens Home. A member of Symsonia United Methodist Church, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Barton Reid, Gilbertsville; one grandson, Mike Reid, Symsonia; two sisters, Miss La la Reed, Mayfleld, and Mrs. Nell Donovan, Akron, Ohio; four brothers, Parker Reed, Klrksey, Cecil Reed, Clyde Reed and Willie Reed, all of Benton. Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m.

at Linn Funeral Home. The Rev. J. D. Featherston will officiate and burial will be in Symsonia Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 11 a.m. Saturday. We're Opening 5 Additional Rooms On Our Balcony Filling It Full Of Outstanding "Ethan Allen" Furniture, Lamps, Pictures and Accessory Items All Priced To Save You From 20 to 50 Including Some Slightly Soiled Floor Samples, Discontinued Pieces One-of-a-Kind Items-All Sold For Immediate Delivery. lo Refunds or Mrs. Bybee, 55, Murray, dies MURRAY, Ky.

Mrs. Sue Bybee, 55, Murray, died at 11 :53 a.m. Thursday as the result of an automobile accident near Forsythe, Ga. Other details were not available. She is survived by her husband, Joe W.

Bybee; two sons, Barry Bybee, Murray, and Buddy Bybee, Murray; one sister, Mrs. Hafton Garner, Murray; two brothers, Holmes Coleman, New Concord, and Pat Coleman, Murray, and two grandchildren. She was a member of New Concord Church of Christ. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Blalock-Coleman Funeral Home here. 1978 is a mighty important year for you and the Sun-Democrat would like to give you an 8x10 portrait of yourselves together.

it you will simply fill out and mail the coupon below, we will advise you promptly how to make an appointment for your free portrait. Don't put it off This offer is limited. This offer applies to residents of the following counties. In Kentucky Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken and Trigg. In Illinois Massac, Pope, Johnson, Hardin, and Alexander.

TEAR OUT AND MAIL TODAY TO: 50th Anniversary The Paducah Sun Paducah, Ky. 42001 Yes, we woula like a free portrait of ourselves as a memento of our 50th anniversary. Requests must be received at least two weeks prior to anniversary date. We were married on Exchanges. (date) Mr.

and Mrs. Floor Sample Pictures Mirrors Lamps Fixtures Discontinued Accessories Floor Sample i ti r'li a mo John McCulley is dead at 63 John (Blackie) McCulley, 63, a resident of Life Care Center, died Thursday at 8 p.m. at Western Baptist Hospital. He is survived by one daughter, Ms. Mary Ellen McCulley.

Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Kennedy Funeral Home. The Rev. Irby Reed will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Floor Samp! tMju uiAins i rrr (name) TUB CHAIRS toU70OFF 30 (address) (Zip) (State) (City) FinnrSnmni. rnnTk BEDROOM PIECES fm I YlVS Wit 50 Off DISCONTINUED XfaSSSS llV QOo 7 RECLINERS ausom-a-i floor samples WE I I 1 1 Valurii to 12.95 Jvrril'-i Am jOTTi )'" 0 CASH A Jt' "JL UjMfM Mid RcIkw Full RaclMnf Rocking fe I Ms. Hamby, 86, dies at Benton BENTON, Ky. Ms. Donna May Hamby, 86, Benton Rt.

3, died Thursday at 2:40 p.m. at Marshall County Hospital. She is survived by one nephew, Marlow Hamby, Benton; two grandnephews, Danny Hamby and David Hamby, both of Benton; one grand-, niece, Mrs. Julia Seaford, Benton. Services will be 1 p.m.

Saturday at Linn Funeral Home. The Revs. Fred Alexander and Aubert Rose will officiate and burial will be in Jackson Larks Cemetery in Marshall County. Friends may call at the funeral home. "Willi MJ'KII IIOMk It ftTJ 4t'" All Sales Final Open Friday Night 4.H than auen fudNiruRE 1110...

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