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Obituary – Homer W. “Tub” Thompson, Louisville Courier-Journal (June 24, 2007) THOMPSON HOMER W. “TUB,” 91 of Jeffersonville died Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at Hillcrest Centre in Jeffersonville. He was a native of Jeffersonville, born January 18, 1916, and graduated from Jeffersonville High School where he played on the celebrated 1935 Jeffersonville Basketball team. He was a teacher at…
Leroy Edwards was born Harry Leroy Edwards on April 11, 1914, in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Charles and Millie M. Edwards. Edwards became one of the earliest stars in University of Kentucky basketball history, playing under legendary coach Adolph Rupp during the early 1930s. He was a pioneering basketball player who made a lasting impact on…
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…
Joe Rupert was born Joe Franklin Rupert on July 24, 1912, in Van Lear, Johnson County, Kentucky, to Frank and Minnie Conley Rupert. Raised in Catlettsburg, he became one of northeastern Kentucky’s outstanding prep athletes, starring in football and basketball at Catlettsburg High School. During his senior basketball season, Rupert scored more than 300 points…
Obituary – Charles ‘Gar’ Lewis, 1912-2009, Charles Garland ‘Gar’ Lewis, the first employee hired by the San Marino Unified School District when it organized in 1952, passed away last month. He was 97. Lewis was born when Taft was President, lived through the Great Depression and grew up on a farm when he picked up a bushel…
Bill Congleton was born William Edwin Congleton on September 21, 1911, in Lexington, Kentucky, to William Thomas Congleton and Effie May Kilgore Congleton. He attended Henry Clay High School before enrolling in the College of Commerce at the University of Kentucky. A 6-foot-1 player, Congleton joined Coach M. E. Potter’s freshman basketball team before earning…
George Yates was born George Milton Yates in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, on May 3, 1910, to Charles Milton Yates and Mattie Cecil Yates. Yates was a member of the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team during the early 1930s, a significant era that saw the Wildcats emerge as a southern powerhouse under legendary head coach Adolph…
