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George Skinner
Obituary – George T. Skinner dies at age 70, Lexington Herald-Leader (February 2, 1983) George Trimble Skinner, 70, a retired attorney for U.S. Steel Corp., died yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital after an illness of several months. Skinner, who grew up in Lexington, worked for U.S. Steel for about 27 years, retiring in 1977. He was an attorney for…
John Morris
John Morris was born John Edmund Morris on December 12, 1912, in Sexton, Kentucky to Sarah Chestnut Morris and James Madison Morris. Morris played on the freshman squad at Kentucky from 1931-32 and saw action in two games with the varsity as a sophomore from 1932-33. He passed away on December 9, 1992, at the…
Edward Tierney
Obituary – Edward J. Tierney, State Journal (Frankfort) The Mass of the Resurrection for Edward Joseph Tierney, 67, 1115 Louisville Road, will be offered Saturday, 9 a.m., in the Church of the Good Shepherd. Tierney died Thursday at 4:40 a.m. in King’s Daughters Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Ashland Cemetery,…
Evan Settle
Evan Settle was born Evan Evans Settle, Jr. on October 13, 1912 in Kentucky to Evan Evans Settle, Sr. and Eula Walker. Settle played for Kentucky from 1931-34 and was a member of Adolph Rupp’s first team. Settle played basketball at Crab Orchard and Owenton high schools and led the Shelbyville High School boys’ basketball…
Milerd Anderson
Milerd Anderson, also known as Andy, was an all-state guard in 1931 when the Covington Holmes basketball team advanced to the state tournament semi-finals. Mr. Anderson played two years of football and four years of basketball at the University of Kentucky. He was captain of the 1936 basketball. After leaving the University, he was general…
John DeMoisey
John DeMoisey was born John R. “Frenchy” DeMoisey on August 5, 1912, in Walton, Kentucky. He was a standout basketball player at Walton High School, where he led the team to the state championship in 1932. DeMoisey was also a member of the Kentucky All-Star team in 1932. After graduating from high school, DeMoisey enrolled…
Joe Rupert
Obituary – Joe Frank Rupert, Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune (February 7, 1996) Joe Frank Rupert, 83, Venice, died Feb. 5, 1996. He was born July 24, 1912, in Van Lear, Ky. The chairman of the board of Rupert-Hager-Crowell Agency in Ashland, he retired in 1984. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, he was a Navy veteran of World War…
Russell Ellington
Obituary – RUSSELL ‘DUKE’ ELLINGTON, FORMER UK ATHLETE, DIES, Lexington Herald-Leader (April 25, 1986) by Staff Russell F. “Duke” Ellington, a former University of Kentucky athlete, died yesterday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center off Cooper Drive after a long illness. Ellington, of 111 Woodland Avenue, was 73. Ellington lettered in basketball and football at UK during the 1930s.…