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Obituary – NBA Star became Versailles mayor, Lexington Herald-Leader (November 17, 2005) by Jennifer Hewlett Paul W. Noel, a former Versailles mayor who, as a young man, became one of the first University of Kentucky basketball players to play the sport professionally, died Wednesday at his home in Versailles, apparently of complications from cancer. He was 81. Known in…
Transferred from Alabama and Transferred to Alabama Obituary by Anonymous Maurice “Red” Bell, a longtime resident of Montgomery, died on December 24, 2012 at 88 years old. He was born in Montgomery on July 31, 1924. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Bell, by his sons Mark Bell, Scott Bell, Ralph Kimbrell, and Roy Kimbrell, and by 10 grandchildren…
Obituary – Coal magnate Bill Sturgill, UK benefactor and former chairman of its board, dies at 89, Lexington Herald-Leader (July 20, 2014) by Greg Kocher William B. “Bill” Sturgill, an Eastern Kentucky native who played basketball under Adolph Rupp, chaired the University of Kentucky board of trustees for a decade, and was a wealthy and powerful figure at the…
Obituary – ‘BUDDY’ PARKER, EX-UK PLAYER, BUSINESSMAN, DIES , Lexington Herald-Leader (December 29, 1999) by Jennifer Hewlett James Edward “Buddy” Parker III, a Lexington real estate businessman and former University of Kentucky basketball player, died Monday at Mayfair Manor Nursing & Convalescent Center. Mr. Parker, who lived at 328 Holiday Road, was 75. He had had a massive heart…
Jack Parkinson was born Jack Gordon Parkinson in Yorktown, Indiana on March 4, 1924, to George Washington Parkinson and Hattie Eudora “Dora” May Parkinson. Parkinson was a remarkable basketball player who left an indelible mark on the University of Kentucky’s basketball program in the 1940s. Parkinson attended Yorktown High School, where he excelled in both…
Ed Allin was born Edward Wiley Allin in Dayton, Kentucky on March 2, 1924, to Edward Wiley Allin, Sr. and Helen Heckle Allin. He and his family lived in the area where the present William T. Young Library stands. His grandfather, Bushrod Warren Allin, was a member of Morgan’s Raiders, a group of Confederate cavalry…
Obituary – Homa, Michael E., Connecticut Post (April 11, 2014) Michael “Mickey” Homa, age 90, the devoted husband of Wanda Soltys Homa for over sixty-three years, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 with his family by his side. Born in Fairfield to the late Peter and Eva Homa, Mickey attended St. Thomas Parochial School and…
Adrian Back was born Adrian Griffeth Back, Jr. on September 23, 1923, in Drakesboro in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky to Ida Ursa Funk and Dr. Adrian Griffeth Back, Sr. His father was a dentist in Hodgenville and in the Army during World War I. Sometime between 1935 and 1940, Back and his family moved to Hodgenville,…
Ken Rollins was born Kenneth Herman Rollins on September 14, 1923, in Charleston, Missouri to William Egbert Rollins and Olga Corinne Malone Rollins. He grew up in Wickliffe in far Western Kentucky and graduated from Wickliffe High School in 1941. He attended the University of Kentucky from 1941 until 1943 where he started on the…
Transferred to Louisville after time in armed services Obituary – Dr. Clyde W. Parker, Evansville (IN) Courier & Press (November 7, 2008) Dr. Clyde W. Parker, 85, of Evansville, IN, passed away at 5:25 p.m. on Wednesday, November 5, 2008, surrounded by his family. Dr. Parker practiced general dentistry in Evansville for 44 years, retiring in 1990. Clyde, a native of Spencer…