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Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, August 22, 2013 • Pg. A3 Obituaries Obituaries Joseph “Jody” Adams Joseph “Jody” Ingram Adams, 37 of Nicholasville, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 16, 2013 at Rockcastle Regional Hospi- tal in Mount Vernon, after a long battle with Muscular Dystrophy. He was born on Septem- ber 9, 1975 in Lexington. He was a resident of Rockcastle Regional Hospi- tal for the past 16 years. He was an avid published car- toonist, sculptor, illustrator, clown and politician. In ad- dition, he was an advocate for people with disabilities. Through his courage, inspi- ration and humor he touched many lives along his way, and will be dearly missed by all who knew him. He was a member of the Nicholasville Baptist Church, and had been bap- tized at Southland Christian Church. He is survived by: his parents, Glenn and Betty (Kirby) Williams of Nicholasville and Tim and Jackie Adams of Pewee Val- ley; two sisters, Yvette Wil- liams (fiance’ Dustin Gibson) of Nicholasville, and Kesha Williams Kemp (Dean) of Nicholasville; two nephews, Colton Kemp and Kiptyn Kemp; and a host of family, friends and neighbors. He is preceded in death by: his paternal grandpar- ents, Chub and Ruby Adams; his maternal grand- parents, John “Ing” and Flonnie Kirby; paternal grandparents, Glenn and Murrel “Jean” Williams; and his brother, Timothy Winford Adams. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, Au- gust 21, 2013 at Poplar Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Rodney Murphy and Bro. Harold Harris officiat- ing. Burial was in the Pop- lar Grove Cemetery. Casketbearers were: Mike Adams, Nelson Bond, Mike Carpenter, Mike McFerron, Mike McGuire and Brandon Rogers. Honorary casketbearers were: Dustin Gibson, Dean Kemp, Colton Kemp, Kiptyn Kemp, David Parker and Johnna Rose. Expressions of sympathy can be made in the form of contributions to the memo- rial garden at Rockcastle Regional Hospital in Mount Vernon, Kentucky. The family would like to thank our dear friends at Rockcastle Regional Hospi- tal and Respiratory Care Center who became family to Jody and ourselves. Condolences to the family may be made at his online registry at marvineowensfuneralhome.com. Jimmy L. Smith Jimmy L. Smith, 73, of London and formerly of Rockcastle County, died Sunday, August 18, 2013 at his home. He is survived by: his wife, JoAnn Pace Smith; and children, James (Teresa) Smith, Kevin (Sonya) Smith and Rebecca (Charlie) Isaacs. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, Aug. 21 at Dowell & Martin Fu- neral Home. A complete obituary will appear in next week’s Sig- nal. Please visit www.DowellMartin.com to view online obituary. Cinda Mink Cinda Mink, 93, of Mt. Vernon, died Friday, August 16, 2013 at the Rockcastle Health & Rehabilitation Center in Brodhead. She was born in Laurel County on May 23, 1920 the daugh- ter of William and Mary Gumm McWhorter. She was a homemaker and a member of the Providence Church of Christ. She is survived by two sisters, Mildred Day and Ellen Kidd, both of Ohio, as well as several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ed Mink. Funeral services were conducted Monday, August 19 at the Providence Church of Christ by Bro. Dan McKibben. Burial was in the Providence Cemetery. Arrangements were by Dowell & Martin Funeral Home. Pallbearers were: Red Clemmons, Glen Harris, Billy Long, Dean Mink, Dwane Mink, and Clinton Thompson. Please visit www.DowellMartin.com to view online obituary. Doris Louise Brown Doris Louise Cummins Brown, 85 of Mt. Vernon, died Monday, August 12, 2013 at the Rockcastle Health & Rehabilitation Center in Brodhead. She was born in Mt. Vernon, on June 19, 1928 the daughter of Ewell D. and Ina Mead- ows Cummins. She was a homemaker and a member of the Wildie Christian Church. She is survived by: her daughter, Marsha Brown (David) Parsons of Wildie; two brothers, Alfred (Vivian) Cummins of Berea, and Jimmy (Midge) Cummins of Corbin; four grandchildren, Christian (Tiffany) Parsons of Versailles, and Amy K. Par- sons (Aaron) Caldwell, Joliann Parsons, and Jack Ryan Parsons, all of Wildie; and four great grandchil- dren, Eden, Isla, Conrad, and Millie. She was pre- ceded in death by her hus- band, Lonnie Brown, and a son, Mark Brown. Funeral services were conducted Friday, August 16 at the Dowell & Martin Fu- neral Home by Bros. Mark Eaton and Kenton Parkey. Burial was in the Elmwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Dwight Brown, Felix Brown, Aaron Caldwell, Doug Cummins, Randy Cummins, Roy Martin, and Christian Parsons. Visit www.DowellMartin.com to view online obituary. Marie Burton Marie Burton, 86, of Brodhead, died Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at Somerset Nursing and Re- habilitation in Somerset. She was born March 11, 1927 in Preachersville, a daughter of the late Owen and Hettie Rigsby Duvall. She had been a dedicated 18 year employee of Cowden Manufacturing in Stanford. She was a member of the Fairview Church of Christ, enjoyed collecting antiques, attending auction sales, quilting, sewing and garden- ing. In July of 1950 she was united in matrimony to Owen Burton, and from that union came two daughters. She is survived by: her husband of 63 years, Owen Burton of Brodhead; two daughters, Gail Burton Ledford (Garry) Keith of Somerset, and Janet Burton (Randy) Parsons of Bronston; two grandchil- dren, Michele (Bruce) Blanton of Bagdad, Kristal (Matthew) Mattingly of Shelbyville; five great grandchildren, Trenton Tay- lor, Bailey Mattingly, Kaden Mattingly, April Blanton and Abigail Blanton; one sister, Dorothy Jane Duvall of Somerset; and a host of nieces, nephews, friends and neighbors. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by five brothers, Raymond, Clarence, Henry, Bobby and Sammy Duvall. Funeral services were conducted Saturday, August 17, 2013 at the Marvin E. Owens Home for Funerals with Bro. Curt Herrington officiating. Burial was in the Fairview Church of Christ Cemetery. Casketbearers were: Ronnie Duvall, David Duvall, Mike Duvall, Matt Mattingly, Bruce Blanton and Kevin Adams. In lieu of flowers, expres- sions of sympathy may be made in the form of contri- butions to the Fairview Church of Christ Cemetery or the Preachersville Cem- etery. Condolences may be made at marvineowensfuneralhome.com. Hazel Burdette Hazel Burdette, 92, died Friday, August 16, 2013 at the Terrace Nursing Home in Berea. She was born on November 27, 1920 in Rockcastle County the daughter of the late Leonard and Bertha York Burdette. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Brindle Ridge Baptist Church. Survivors are: two sons, James Morris of Mt.Vernon, and Rodger Morris of Homosassa, FL; two daugh- ters, Billie Sharon Hiers of Readington Shores, FL, and Lisa Hounshell of Shelbyville, IN; 10 grand- children; and 25 great grandchildren. She was pre- ceded in death by two hus- bands, Linzie Morris, and Everette Burdette. Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Cox Funeral Home with Bro. Jesse Wright and Bro. Gary Reppert officiat- ing. Burial was in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Zack Morris, Scott Oda, David Foster, Ronald Hounshell, Linzie Hounshell and A.J. Houshell. View the complete obituary, sign the guest registry, or send condolences to the family online at www.coxfuneralhomeky.com. Marilyn Hale Marilyn Hale, 80, of Mt. Vernon and wife of Bobby Hale, died Tuesday at Rockcastle Regional Hospi- tal. Arrangements are in- complete at Dowell and Martin Funeral Home. I Wish I Could See You One More Time I wish I could see you one more time, Come walking through the door. But I know that is impos- sible I will hear your voice no more. I know you can feel my tears, And you don’t want me to cry, Yet my heart is broken Because you had to die. I pray that God will give me strength and somehow get me through, As I struggle with this heart- ache, That came when I lost you. Love and Miss You, So Much, Daddy Your kids and grandkids In Loving Memory Follow us on Twitter @mvsignal
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Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, August 22, 2013 • Pg. A3
ObituariesObituaries
Joseph“Jody”Adams
Joseph “Jody” IngramAdams, 37 of Nicholasville,went to be with the Lord onFriday, August 16, 2013 atRockcastle Regional Hospi-tal in Mount Vernon, aftera long battle with MuscularDystrophy.
He was born on Septem-ber 9, 1975 in Lexington.He was a resident ofRockcastle Regional Hospi-tal for the past 16 years. Hewas an avid published car-toonist, sculptor, illustrator,clown and politician. In ad-dition, he was an advocatefor people with disabilities.Through his courage, inspi-ration and humor hetouched many lives alonghis way, and will be dearlymissed by all who knewhim. He was a member ofthe Nicholasville BaptistChurch, and had been bap-tized at Southland ChristianChurch.
He is survived by: hisparents, Glenn and Betty(Kirby) Williams ofNicholasville and Tim andJackie Adams of Pewee Val-ley; two sisters, Yvette Wil-liams (fiance’ DustinGibson) of Nicholasville,and Kesha Williams Kemp(Dean) of Nicholasville;two nephews, Colton Kempand Kiptyn Kemp; and ahost of family, friends andneighbors.
He is preceded in deathby: his paternal grandpar-ents, Chub and RubyAdams; his maternal grand-parents, John “Ing” andFlonnie Kirby; paternalgrandparents, Glenn andMurrel “Jean” Williams;and his brother, TimothyWinford Adams.
Funeral services wereconducted Wednesday, Au-gust 21, 2013 at PoplarGrove Baptist Church withRev. Rodney Murphy andBro. Harold Harris officiat-ing. Burial was in the Pop-lar Grove Cemetery.
Casketbearers were:Mike Adams, Nelson Bond,Mike Carpenter, MikeMcFerron, Mike McGuireand Brandon Rogers.
Honorary casketbearerswere: Dustin Gibson, DeanKemp, Colton Kemp,Kiptyn Kemp, David Parkerand Johnna Rose.
Expressions of sympathycan be made in the form ofcontributions to the memo-rial garden at RockcastleRegional Hospital in MountVernon, Kentucky.
The family would like tothank our dear friends atRockcastle Regional Hospi-tal and Respiratory CareCenter who became familyto Jody and ourselves.Condolences to the family may be
made at his online registry atmarvineowensfuneralhome.com.
Jimmy L.Smith
Jimmy L. Smith, 73, ofLondon and formerly ofRockcastle County, diedSunday, August 18, 2013 athis home.
He is survived by: hiswife, JoAnn Pace Smith;and children, James(Teresa) Smith, Kevin(Sonya) Smith and Rebecca(Charlie) Isaacs.
Funeral services wereconducted Wednesday, Aug.21 at Dowell & Martin Fu-neral Home.
A complete obituary willappear in next week’s Sig-nal.
Please visitwww.DowellMartin.com to view
online obituary.
Cinda MinkCinda Mink, 93, of Mt.
Vernon, died Friday, August16, 2013 at the RockcastleHealth & RehabilitationCenter in Brodhead. Shewas born in Laurel Countyon May 23, 1920 the daugh-ter of William and MaryGumm McWhorter. Shewas a homemaker and amember of the ProvidenceChurch of Christ.
She is survived by twosisters, Mildred Day andEllen Kidd, both of Ohio, aswell as several nieces andnephews. She was precededin death by her husband, EdMink.
Funeral services wereconducted Monday, August19 at the Providence Churchof Christ by Bro. DanMcKibben. Burial was inthe Providence Cemetery.
Arrangements were byDowell & Martin FuneralHome.
Pallbearers were: RedClemmons, Glen Harris,Billy Long, Dean Mink,Dwane Mink, and ClintonThompson.
Please visitwww.DowellMartin.com to view
online obituary.
Doris LouiseBrown
Doris Louise CumminsBrown, 85 of Mt. Vernon,died Monday, August 12,2013 at the RockcastleHealth & RehabilitationCenter in Brodhead. Shewas born in Mt. Vernon, onJune 19, 1928 the daughterof Ewell D. and Ina Mead-ows Cummins. She was ahomemaker and a memberof the Wildie ChristianChurch.
She is survived by: herdaughter, Marsha Brown(David) Parsons of Wildie;two brothers, Alfred(Vivian) Cummins of Berea,and Jimmy (Midge)Cummins of Corbin; fourgrandchildren, Christian(Tiffany) Parsons ofVersailles, and Amy K. Par-sons (Aaron) Caldwell,Joliann Parsons, and JackRyan Parsons, all of Wildie;and four great grandchil-dren, Eden, Isla, Conrad,and Millie. She was pre-ceded in death by her hus-band, Lonnie Brown, and ason, Mark Brown.
Funeral services wereconducted Friday, August 16at the Dowell & Martin Fu-neral Home by Bros. MarkEaton and Kenton Parkey.Burial was in the ElmwoodCemetery.
Pallbearers were:Dwight Brown, FelixBrown, Aaron Caldwell,Doug Cummins, RandyCummins, Roy Martin, andChristian Parsons.Visit www.DowellMartin.com to
view online obituary.
MarieBurton
Marie Burton, 86, ofBrodhead, died Wednesday,August 14, 2013 atSomerset Nursing and Re-habilitation in Somerset.
She was born March 11,1927 in Preachersville, adaughter of the late Owenand Hettie Rigsby Duvall.She had been a dedicated 18year employee of CowdenManufacturing in Stanford.She was a member of theFairview Church of Christ,enjoyed collecting antiques,attending auction sales,quilting, sewing and garden-ing. In July of 1950 she wasunited in matrimony toOwen Burton, and from thatunion came two daughters.
She is survived by: herhusband of 63 years, OwenBurton of Brodhead; twodaughters, Gail BurtonLedford (Garry) Keith ofSomerset, and Janet Burton(Randy) Parsons ofBronston; two grandchil-dren, Michele (Bruce)Blanton of Bagdad, Kristal(Matthew) Mattingly ofShelbyville; five greatgrandchildren, Trenton Tay-lor, Bailey Mattingly, KadenMattingly, April Blantonand Abigail Blanton; onesister, Dorothy Jane Duvallof Somerset; and a host ofnieces, nephews, friends andneighbors.
Besides her parents, sheis preceded in death by fivebrothers, Raymond,Clarence, Henry, Bobby andSammy Duvall.
Funeral services wereconducted Saturday, August17, 2013 at the Marvin E.Owens Home for Funeralswith Bro. Curt Herringtonofficiating. Burial was inthe Fairview Church ofChrist Cemetery.
Casketbearers were:Ronnie Duvall, DavidDuvall, Mike Duvall, MattMattingly, Bruce Blantonand Kevin Adams.
In lieu of flowers, expres-sions of sympathy may bemade in the form of contri-butions to the FairviewChurch of Christ Cemeteryor the Preachersville Cem-etery.
Condolences may be made atmarvineowensfuneralhome.com.
HazelBurdette
Hazel Burdette, 92, diedFriday, August 16, 2013 atthe Terrace Nursing Homein Berea. She was born onNovember 27, 1920 inRockcastle County thedaughter of the late Leonardand Bertha York Burdette.She was a homemaker, anda member of the BrindleRidge Baptist Church.
Survivors are: two sons,James Morris of Mt.Vernon,and Rodger Morris ofHomosassa, FL; two daugh-ters, Billie Sharon Hiers ofReadington Shores, FL, andLisa Hounshell ofShelbyville, IN; 10 grand-children; and 25 greatgrandchildren. She was pre-ceded in death by two hus-
bands, Linzie Morris, andEverette Burdette.
Funeral services wereheld Tuesday, August 20,2013 at Cox Funeral Homewith Bro. Jesse Wright andBro. Gary Reppert officiat-ing. Burial was in GreenHill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: ZackMorris, Scott Oda, DavidFoster, Ronald Hounshell,Linzie Hounshell and A.J.Houshell.View the complete obituary, sign
the guest registry, or sendcondolences to the family onlineat www.coxfuneralhomeky.com.
MarilynHale
Marilyn Hale, 80, of Mt.Vernon and wife of BobbyHale, died Tuesday atRockcastle Regional Hospi-tal. Arrangements are in-complete at Dowell andMartin Funeral Home.
I Wish I Could See YouOne More Time
I wish I could see you onemore time,
Come walking through thedoor.
But I know that is impos-sible
I will hear your voice nomore.
I know you can feel mytears,
And you don’t want me tocry,
Yet my heart is brokenBecause you had to die.I pray that God will give me
strengthand somehow get me
through,As I struggle with this heart-
ache,That came when I lost you.
Love and Miss You, SoMuch, Daddy
Your kids and grandkids
In Loving Memory
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