Mary A. Biggs FRANKLIN Mary Alice Biggs, 94, of Franklin, died Dec. 27, 2010, at The Medical Center at Bowling Green. The Simpson County native was retired from the Co. and was a member of Macedonia General Baptist Church.
She was a daughter of the late John Biggs and Arrah Stinson Biggs. Funeral is at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Crafton Funeral Home, with burial in Macedonia Cemetery. Visitation is from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
today and begins at 6 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Survivors include a great- niece, Barbara Denning Cummings of Portland, two great-nephews, Glen Denning of Franklin and Mike Denning of Portland; several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great- nephews; a longtime special friend, Helen Crafton; and special caregivers, Jennifer Payne, Sharron Johnson and Michelle Estes. Chester G. Emmitt Jr.
Chester G. Emmitt 60, of Cave City, died Dec. 25, 2010, at Caverna Memorial Hospital. The Glasgow native was a former employee of the Barren County Correctional Facility and a former member of the Cave City Volunteer Fire Department. He was a son of the late Chester Guy and Verda Kate Thomas Emmitt.
He was preceded in death by a stepson, David Dickson; and two brothers, Jackie Daryl and Gary Michael Emmitt. Funeral is at 2 p.m. Wednesday at A.F. Crow and Son Funeral Home, with burial in Emmitt- Clack Cemetery. Visitation begins at 4 p.m.
today at the funeral home. Survivors include his wife, Joyce; a daughter, Stacey Thompson and her husband, Joey, of Cub Rub; two stepchildren, Cheryl Page of Nashville and Joe Donald Dickson of Columbia; four grandchildren, Kristen, Blake, Noah and Matthew; a brother, Jerry Emmitt of Edmonton; a sister, Judy Walker of Glasgow; and several nieces and nephews. Wilma R. Gibson Wilma Ree Gibson, 81, of Brownsville, died at 7:14 p.m. Dec.
27, 2010, at The Medical Center. Funeral arrangements, which are incomplete, are under the direction of Hardy Son Funeral Home, Bowling Green chapel. Lillie B. Gilbert Lillie B. Gilbert, 71, of Bowling Green, died Dec.
26, 2010, at her residence. She was a retired employee of The Medical Center at Bowling Green as a housekeeping technician. She was a member of the former First Born Church of Christ and attended State Street High School. Lillie enjoyed shopping and she loved to read. She also enjoyed playing spades and poker.
She was a daughter of the late James and Mary Gilbert. She was preceded in death by three sons, Vernon Starks, Howard Gilbert and Marcus Gilbert; three sisters, Mary Anderson, Lila Price and Brendella Gilbert; and a brother, William Sanders. Funeral is at 1 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Full Gospel Baptist Church, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation is from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Thursday at the church. Burnam Son Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include two sons, Richard Gilbert and his wife, Diane, of Houston, and Earnest Gilbert and his companion, Heather, of Bowling Green; a sister, Ora Travis of Hardyville; three brothers, James Gilbert and his wife, Delores, William Dallas Gilbert and Ernest Gilbert and his wife, Teresa, all of Bowling Green; 15 grandchildren, Shatika and Vernon Starks Dante Starks, Takia and Monte Starks, Timothy and Anthony Gilbert, Karen Young, Mario Winn, Tene- sha Gilbert, Crystal Reed, Keisha Muriel, Rochele Owens, Howard Gilbert and Natusshia Masses; 12 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Violet V.
Jackson LOUISVILLE Violet Virginia Cole Jackson, 89, died Dec. 27, 2010, at a Louisville nursing home. The Cedar Springs native was a self-employed housekeeper and a member of Victory General Baptist Church. She was raised in Edmonson County. She was the wife of the late Albert Grant Jackson.
Funeral is at 11 a.m. EST Thursday at Victory General Baptist Church. Visitation is from 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ESTWednesday at Owen Funeral Home.
There will be a short visitation around 2 p.m. ESTThursday at the church, with burial to follow. Survivors include her children, Valerie Steinlander, Reni Jackson, Eudene Jackson, Surue Jackson and Kolene Woodrum; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a brother, Benjamin Cole. Jesse L. Johnson LOUISVILLE Jesse Lee Johnson, 83, of Louisville, died Dec.
25, 2010, at his residence. The Butler County native was a retired clerk at TARC, a member of Expressway Church of Christ and an Army veteran. He was a son of the late Maggie Shain Johnson and Norwood Johnson and the husband of the late Kathleen Mae Johnson. Funeral is at 2 p.m. Thursday at Jones Funeral Chapel, with burial in Christian Home Cemetery.
Visitation is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Survivors include a son, Rodney N. Johnson of Elizabethtown; a daughter, Donna Heil of Louisville; a sister, Esther Lou Gregory of Lewisburg; a brother, James Daniel Johnson of Morgantown; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Howard L. Lindsey Howard L. Lindsey, 70, of Bowling Green, formerly of Louisville until his illness, died at 6:22 a.m. Dec. 28, 2010, at a Bowling Green nursing home.
The Brownsville native was born Feb. 15, 1940. He was a butcher in Louisville. He was a Baptist and loved watching Kentucky basketball and football. He was a son of the late Velzie and Pearl Lindsey.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Sherry Edwards Sloan; three brothers; and a sister. Private services will be held. Cremation was chosen. He will be buried with his daughter in Etoile. J.C.
Kirby Son Funeral Home, Broadway Avenue chapel, is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include four daughters, Penny Hogue, Pam Bailey, Sandra Lindsey and Debra Jones, all of Bowling Green; a sister, Dorothy Mills of Franklin; and several grandchildren, great- grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Kenneth C. Norman HORSE CAVE Kenneth C. Norman, 78, of Louisville, died Dec.
27, 2010, in Louisville. The Hart County native was a retired Brown-Forman employee and a member of Plumb Lodge No. 77 and Knights AC Club. Funeral is at 1 p.m. Thursday at Northtown Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation is from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Winn Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, Geraldine Poteet Norman; four sons, Glenn and his wife, Joyce, Phillip and his wife, Anita, Mike and his wife, Ellen, and Monty Norman and his wife, Celeste; four daughters, Marzetta Vernon and her husband, Herb, Darlene Rountree and her husband, Jimmy, JoAnna Norman and Tonya Olges and her husband, Tony; a sister, Rosa Harper; a brother, Donald Norman; 16 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Christine Orange LEWISBURG Christine Orange, 78, of Toledo, Ohio, died Dec. 25, 2010. The Logan County native was born Jan. 26, 1932. She was a daughter of the late Walter Cornilius and Mary Cornilius.
Graveside service is at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Lewisburg. Price Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her husband, Edward R. Orange of Toledo; two sons, Danny Ray Orange and his wife, Sharon, of Riverton, and Kenneth Orange and his wife, Terri, of North Port, a daughter, Connie Garber and her hus- band, William, of San Diego; a sister, Cathy Orange of Toledo; four grandchildren; and six great- grandchildren.
Rosalie M. Parks Rosalie M. Parks, 42, of Bowling Green, died at 5:06 p.m. Dec. 27, 2010, at Greenview Regional Hospital.
Funeral arrangements, which are incomplete, are under the direction of J.C. Kirby Son Funeral Home, Lovers Lane chapel. Clarene Peden Clarene Peden, 91, of Glasgow, died Dec. 25, 2010, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital.
She was born May 2, 1919. She was an employee of Handmacher for 35 years and a Baptist. She was a daughter of the late Buck Rich and Rosie Pedigo Rich Gravens and the wife of the late Kirby Peden. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Pearl Woodco*ck and Lela Gravens; and three brothers, James Rich, Cecil Gravens and Charlie Gravens. Funeral is at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Hatcher Saddler Funeral Home, with burial in Glasgow Municipal Cemetery. Visitation begins at 4 p.m. today at the funeral home. Survivors include two sisters- in-law, Marie Gravens of Crawfordsville, and Jean Gravens of Texas; several nieces and nephews; and caregivers, James and Betty Pedigo. Leda M.
Pedigo Leda Mae Pedigo, 70, died at 6:29 a.m. Dec. 27, 2010, at Greenview Regional Hospital. The Six, W.Va., native was born June 24, 1940. She was a a daughter of the late Joseph W.
Gullett and Beulah Gullett and the wife of the late Charles Pedigo. Memorial service is at 11 a.m. Thursday at J.C. Kirby Son Funeral Home, Lovers Lane chapel, with burial in Bowling Green Gardens. Visitation is from 9 a.m.
to 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Survivors include a son, Craig Hyatt of Bowling Green; a daugh- ter, Sharleda Blankenship and her husband, Ben, of Bowling Green; two sisters, Sharlett Peercy of Louisville and Bonnie Grubbs of Bowling Green; a brother, Harry Gullett of Bowling Green; and a granddaughter, Kelsey Sledge of Bowling Green. Kathy B. Smelser MOGRANTOWN Kathy Bartley Smelser, 58, of Scottsville, died at 6:08 a.m.
Dec. 26, 2010, at Greenview Regional Hospital in Bowling Green. The Ashland, Ohio, native was a 1971 graduate of Loudonville High School and a 1982 graduate of Wright State University. She was a social worker for the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation until 1989 and started a handicapped newsletter while employed there. She was a board member of online RGC Christian Ministries.
She moved to Scottsville from Dayton, Ohio, in 1989 and married her loving companion of 10 years, Louis Smelser, in 1989, at Beech Grove General Baptist Church, where she was a member. After her health declined and she was unable to attend church, she remained a devoted Baptist through Stanley Bible Studies and anywhere else she could receive and spread the word. She was a daughter of the late James Theodore Bartley and JoAnn Richmond Bartley. Funeral is at 11 a.m. Thursday at Goad Funeral Home, with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Visitation begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Survivors include her husband, Louis Smelser; a brother, Michael Roger Bartley of Holland, a nephew, Paul Reed Bartley of Nashville; a niece, Jolynne Bartley of Seminole, an aunt, Marian Burr and her husband, Jeremy, of Ashland, Ohio; and an uncle, Jack Richmond and his wife, Eleanor, of Colorado Springs, Colo. Charles N. Tines MORGANTOWN Charles Nelson Tines, 86, of Morgantown, died Dec.
26, 2010, at The Medical Center at Bowling Green. The Butler County native was a retired truck driver for the Butler County Road Department and was a Baptist. He was a son of the late Roy Tines and Hester Proctor Tines. He was preceded in death by a brother, Drexel Tines; a sister, Wilma Phelps; and a son, David Nelson Tines. Funeral is at 11 a.m.
Thursday at Smith Funeral Home, with burial in Sandy Creek Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and begins at 8 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Survivors include two sons, Clifford Ray Tines and his wife, Beth, of Louisville, and Jeff Tines and his wife, Dana, of Morgantown; two daughters, Sue Tines Iler of Morgantown and Dianna Morrison and her husband, Roland, of Vineland, N.J.; four grandchildren, Lesia M. Cessna and her husband, Troy, Michael A. Iler and his wife, Melissa, and Danielle Tines Fugate, all of Morgantown, and Jenna Marie Morrison of Vineland; four great-grandchildren, Trenton Cessna, Lucas Cessna, Mikayla Iler and Wrangler Fugate; a sister, Lula Marie Clark of Morgantown; and several nieces and nephews. DAILY NEWS, BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2010 PAGE 5A Finest in Flowers Since PHONE 843-4334 861 Fairview Ave. WILLIAM MILLER Let our experienced staff help you in your time of need.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe DEATHS Alex Slitz 12 people escape fire on Valleybrook Avenue Bowling Green Firefighters Andy Shultz (from left), Larry Wehr, Capt. Matt Martin and Steve Candela respond Monday to a fire at the residence of Charles and Virginia Patterson, 143 Valleybrook Ave. The Bowling Green Fire Department received the call at 10:44 a.m. Monday, according to Michael Alexander, a city fire investigator. Alexander said a loose connection in a light switch caused the fire, which firefighters managed to confine to an attached garage area and sun room.
Twelve people were in the residence at the time the fire broke out, Alexander said, but they escaped unharmed. were fixing to leave, actually, but they said they were glad they had- left Alexander said. LILLIE B. GILBERT KATHYB. SMELSER CLARENE PEDEN CHARLES N.
TINES LEDAM. PEDIGO By SUE MAJOR HOLMES The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. More people say they favor a pardon for Billy the Kid than oppose the idea after Gov. Bill office set up a website and email address to take comments on a possible posthumous pardon for one of New most famous Old West outlaws. office received 809 e-mails and letters in the survey that ended Sunday.
Some 430 argued for a pardon and 379 opposed it. The website was created in mid- December after Albuquerque attorney Randi McGinn petitioned for a pardon, contending New Mexico Territorial Gov. Lew Wallace promised one in return for the testimony in a murder case against three men. term ends Friday leaving him only a few days to decide whether to pardon the Kid in the 1878 killing of Lincoln County Sheriff William Brady. might not pardon him.
But then I Richardson told The Associated Press last week. Billy the Kid, also known as William Bonney or Henry McCarty, was shot to death by Sheriff Pat Garrett in July 1881, a few months after escaping from the Lincoln County jail where he was awaiting hanging for death. He killed two deputies while escaping, but pardon request does not cover those deaths. McGinn, knowing interest in the Kid, offered to look into the issue this summer. She petitioned for a pardon Dec.
14 after reviewing historical documents and other material. E-mails debating the issue came from all over the U.S. and beyond, including England, Japan, France and New Zealand, said deputy chief of staff, Eric Witt. has clearly generated a lot of interest Witt said. He said responses, pro and con, came from people familiar with the legend of Billy the Kid, as well as from people knowledgeable about the territorial era and the Lincoln County War, in which the Kid and Brady were on opposite sides.
Some argued that circ*mstantial evidence points toward Wallace offering a pardon and said it was not implausible since Wallace pardoned other people involved in the Lincoln County War. Others questioned why Richardson would consider pardoning cop Witt said. E-mails, letters support pardon for Billy the Kid.
