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Rudy Yessin
Truett DeMoisey
Transferred to Ohio State after time in armed services Obituary – Kentucky Deaths, Cincinnati Post (August 23, 2005) Truett R. “Plucker” DeMoisey, 79, of Walton, died Sunday at his home. He was a retired consultant with the Kentucky attorney general, and a member of First Baptist Church of Walton, where he was a former deacon, trustee and chairman of the church personnel…
Walter Johnson
Obituary – Former Wildcat Cager Died During Sinking, Lexington Herald (September 21, 1945) MT. STERLING, Ky., Sept. 20 (Special) – Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Johnson Sr. today received a message from the War Department stating that their son, Walter Marion Johnson Jr., was killed in action on July 30. They previously were notified that their son was missing…
Clyde Cooper
Obituary – Mr. Cooper, Bracken County News Clyde C. Cooper, 70 of Route 1 Brooksville, died Wedenesday, March 15, 1995 at Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville. Mr. Cooper, the son of the late Alfred and Mary Cooper was born in Mason County on October 10, 1924. He was retired machinist who worked for General Electric in Cincinnati,…
Don Whitehead
Don Whitehead was born Donald Lee Whitehead on October 3, 1925, in Evansville, Indiana to Gladys Vesta Barton Whitehead and Clifford Aleon Whitehead. Whitehead was a graduate of Bosse High School where he excelled in baseball, track, swimming, and basketball. On February 5, 1942, he scored all but 5 of Bosse’s points in a win…
Joe Holland
Obituary – Fab Five-era player, car dealer dies, Lexington Herald-Leader (September 20, 2010) by Scott Sloan Joseph Burnett “Joe” Holland, a member of the first University of Kentucky men’s basketball national championship team, died Saturday. After his basketball years, Mr. Holland, 84, was a prominent car dealer in West Virginia and Kentucky. “Joe and his wife, Betty, were just…
Ernest Sparkman
Obituary – Eastern Kentucky broadcasting legend Ernest Sparkman has died., WKYT.com (January 16, 2010) Eastern Kentucky broadcasting legend Ernest Sparkman has died. Sparkman died peacefully at his home in Hazard Friday afternoon. He was 84. He was President of the Kentucky Broadcaster’s Association in 1975 and his voice was one of the most recognized in East Kentucky, echoing across…
Singleton Yeary
Obituary – Lexington Herald-Leader (November 16, 2000) Singleton Joseph Yeary Jr., 75, Garden Springs Drive, former president of Yeary Lumber & Concrete Co. in Nicholasville, former Second National Bank employee, former University of Kentucky basketball player, died yesterday. Services 11:30 a.m. Friday, Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville. Visitation 10 a.m. Friday, Betts & West Funeral Home, Nicholasville. Singleton J.…
Garland Townes
Garland Townes was born Garland Roy Townes, Jr. on July 10, 1925, in Hazard, Kentucky to Emma and Garland Roy Townes, Sr. Townes played for coach Adolph Rupp from 1947-50 and was a reserve guard on the 1948 and 1949 national championship teams. Townes, also known as “Spec,” was described as a fast, slick, six-footer.…
Bob Brannum
Obituary – Robert W. Brannum, ex-UK basketball player, Lexington Herald-Leader (February 8, 2005) by Mark Pratt (AP) ALSO HAD PLAYED FOUR YEARS FOR BOSTON CELTICS BOSTON – Robert W. Brannum, a standout basketball player at the University of Kentucky who went on to play four seasons for the Boston Celtics, has died after an 18-month battle with pancreatic cancer.…