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Obituary – Former UK men’s basketball player, 93, dies, Lexington Herald-Leader (April 16, 2012) by Karla Ward Dr. Layton “Mickey” Rouse, 93, a retired dentist who was the first University of Kentucky men’s basketball letterman to have his jersey retired, died Saturday at Twin Oaks Assisted Living in Henry County. Dr. Rouse was a 6-foot 1-inch guard for UK…
Billie Jackson was born on December 5, 1917, in Anderson, Indiana, to James Franklin Jackson and Elizabeth Ladonia “Betty” O’Hern Jackson. A standout at Anderson High School, he helped the Indians earn a berth in the 1936 Indiana state basketball finals. Listed at 5-foot-11 and 160 pounds as a high school senior, he later grew…
Harris Walker was born Harris Collins Walker on September 7, 1917, in Lewis County, Kentucky, the elder of two sons born to Henry Means Walker and Barbara Cook Walker. He was educated in the Maysville school system and later attended Columbia Military Academy in Tennessee before enrolling at the University of Kentucky in the fall…
Transferred to Bowling Green Obituary – Bruce D. Boehler dies, was educational leader, Elyria (OH) Chronicle-Telegram (July 4, 1987) A former superintendent of two area school systems also widely known for his athletic and coaching achievements, is dead at age 69. Bruce D. Boehler, of Grafton, died Thursday at Elyria Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Superintendent of the Keystone School…
Obituary – Ernest Jefferson, Former Midway, UK athlete dies, Woodford Sun (September 28, 1972) Ernest Orden Jefferson, 55, husband of Rose Johns Jefferson and the son of the late Emery Orden and Ella Pittman Jefferson, died Saturday at 1:02 p.m. at the Woodford Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born in Midway on April 19, 1917, he graduated from…
Obituary – ROBERT M. TICE, Kentucky Alumnus Robert M. Tice, 44, died June 6 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. A native of Lexington, he attended Henry Clay High School and was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1938. In 1939-40 he was a teacher and basketball coach at Athens High School. Later he worked with the Lexington Recreation…
Bernard Opper was born on September 1, 1915, in New York City to Isaac Opper and Katherine Katz. Raised in the Bronx, he attended Morris High School from 1931 to 1935 and developed into a talented guard amid New York City’s thriving Jewish basketball culture. Opper enrolled at the University of Kentucky in 1935 and…
Obituary – Donohue, Former UK Basketball Star, Dies, Louisville Courier-Journal (October 11, 1969) Warfield Donohue, a basketball player at the University of Kentucky in the 1930s, died yesterday at Kentucky Baptist Hospital after an extended illness. Donohue captained the UK team in 1937 and was named to the All-Southern basketball team. He also excelled in tennis, winning numerous tournaments.…
Obituary – Charles S. Combs, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer (October 30, 2007) Charles S. Combs, 92 of 1252 Castlewood Place, Owensboro, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 28, 207, at Owensboro Medical Health System. He was born in Happy in Perry County to the late Col. Dilce and Leoma Shepard Combs. He was a member of First Christian Church and was an…