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Legal Name: Claire Henry Dees Date of Death: February 4, 1966 Graduated in 1929 with a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering. He also received his Masters in Metallurgical Engineering from UK. Captain of the football team in 1928. Freshman team football coach in fall of 1929. Sophomore Class President; Senior Class President. President of Lamp…
Crittenden Blair was born Crittenden D. Blair in Fleming County, Kentucky, on August 21, 1908, to Harrison “Harry” Crittenden Blair and Ida M. Harvin Blair. A native Kentuckian, Crittenden Blair played basketball for the Wildcats during the 1930s. Blair graduated from the University of Kentucky on May 6, 1934 with a bachelor of arts in…
Obituary – Ercel Little, Madisonville Messenger Ercel B. Little, 79, of 107 Highland Drive, died 12:35 a.m. today in Regional Medical Center. Born in Livingston County, August 14, 1908, he was the son of the late Dallas Hickman Little and Elizabeth Watson Little. He was a retired assistant principal at Madisonville North Hopkins High School; member of the…
Legal Name: Cecil Wilbur Combs Nickname: Cecil “Pisgah” Combs Date of Death: August 10, 1974 A native of Berea, Ky., Combs was a graduate of the University of Kentucky (1930) where he was an All-Southeastern Conference basketball player and a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He also played tennis during his freshman and sophomore years at UK. …
Fred McLane was born Frederick Louis McLane, Jr. on April 11, 1908, in Newport, Kentucky to Frederick Lewis McLane, Sr. and Emma Kisker McLane. McLane was a forward for the University of Kentucky Wildcats from 1928 to 1930. McLane was listed as 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighed 173 pounds. Before joining the University of…