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the Meade county messenger, brandenburg, kentucky THURSDAY, May 5, 2016
OBITUARIES
JOSEPH R. “DOC” ARNOLD
Joseph R. “Doc” Arnold,
85, Lodiburg, Ky., died May
1, 2016 at U of L Hospital in
Louisville, Ky.
He was born Feb. 8, 1931,
in Chenault, Ky., the son of
the late John Morgan and Lula
Alice Prather Arnold.
He was preceded in death
by his sisters, Lula Mae Poole,
Belle Bennett and Nana Lee
Arnold; brothers, Willie Earl “Boots” Arnold, Leon,
Robert and Elmer Arnold.
He is survived by his children; Ruby Mae Hall, Wolf
Creek, Ky., Victoria Sue (Glen) Wyatt, Brandenburg,
Joseph Bruce (Denise) Arnold, Hardinsburg, Lisa Gail
Arnold, Louisville, Nathan (Elizabeth) Arnold, Guston,
Ky., Travis Aaron (Amanda), Brandenburg and Joseph
Daniel Arnold, Lodiburg; 10 grandchildren; many greatgrandchildren and his loving companion of over 27 years
Janet Smith, Lodiburg.
He worked at Ashburn Farms as Farm Manager and
also at Parrish Implement West, Brandenburg, Ky. for 24
years. He retired from the Breckinridge County Board of
Education as Custodian at Milner School in Union Star,
Ky. He loved to hunt and farm.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on May 5, from
the Chapel of the Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral
Home. Burial followed in New Highland Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 6100 Dutchman’s Lane Suite 401
Louisville, KY 40205-3284.
Condolences may be expressed at www.bjsfunerals.com.
SHIRLEY ANN HARRIS
Shirley Ann Harris, 70,
Elizabethtown, Ky. and formerly of Leitchfield, Ky. died
May 1, 2016 at the Kensington
Center, Elizabethtown.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Eugene Harris; her parents, Vollie (Vergie)
Farris; one brother, Buck; and
three sisters, Annie Mae, Kay,
and Danny.
She is survived by four children, Beverly Lewis (William), Sue “Ginny” Arndell (Tom), James Horton (Michelle), Lora Boling (Billy); six stepchildren, Randall
Harris (Regina), Don Harris (Patrick), Lottie Meredith
(Coleman), Cricket Thompson (Mike), Lola Williams
(Jeff), Missie Harris (Crissie); 10 grandchildren, Jimmy,
Eddy, Christopher, Ashley, Cody, Carly, Bryce, Claire,
Maddie, Logan; two great-grandchildren, Eli, B; several
step grandchildren, step great-grandchildren; two sisters,
Georgie Trafton, Alice McGrew; several nieces, nephews;
and a host of family and friends.
A funeral service was held May 4 at the Eveleigh Independent Church, Leitchfield, Ky. Pastor Kevin Roberts
and Pastor Wayne Clemmons officiated. Burial followed
at the Eveleigh Cemetery, Leitchfield.
Condolences may be expressed at www.coffeyandchism.
com.
Minister’s Corner
By DEACON
GREG BEAVIN
SS Mary
and Theresa
Catholic Parishes
“Gather the fragments left
over, so that nothing will be
wasted.” John 6: 12.
One of the challenges we
face as Christians today is to
take the word of God that we
hear and read in our churches
and personal prayer time and
relate it to our daily lives that
we live thousands of years
after it had been written and
proclaimed.
The above verse may be
one of them. It is the command Jesus gave to his disciples just after he had taken
a few fish and a couple loaves
of bread and fed thousands.
Had you ever considered that
this may have been the first
advertisement for recycling,
sharing or not wasting?
In Jesus’s time there were
many poor, the same for
today. He was aware that the
poor struggled for food daily,
the same for today.
His
greatest desire was to provide
for the poor daily, both for
their physical and spiritual
welfare; is that not why in
the prayer he gave us that he
includes giving daily bread?
Since he would not physically
be with us very long he knew
that his body, us, would need
to perform the miracle of
feeding the poor. Could that
not be one of his messages to
us by the command to gather
the fragments? Isn’t he telling us that in order to feed
the hungry of the world that
it only takes a few fragment
from each of us?
So the next time we have
a meal and are scraping
up the leftovers, may it be
a reminder that those few
fragments would feed some
hungry family in our community or around the world.
May it also be a reminder for
us to give regularly a fragment of what we have to a
local food bank or food drive
at church or in our community.
If we all practiced giving
just a fragment of what we
have to the poor; we could
feed them all! Wouldn’t that
be a miracle!
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PATRICIA NEWMAN MILLER
BOBBY JOE TOMES
Patricia Newman Miller, 60, Brandenburg, Ky., died
April 17, 2016, at her residence.
She is survived by two children, Sara Lee Jones and
Samuel L. McGee; four brothers, Melvin, Donald, Robert
and Douglas Newman; and two sisters, Susan Ferguson
and Marlene Embery.
Private family services were held for Miller at her
request. Hager Funeral Home has been entrusted with
arrangements.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.hagerfuneralhome.com.
LARRY DALE MUCHOW
Larry Dale Muchow, 67,
Georgetown, Ind., died April
28, 2016.
He was born on Sept. 6,
1948, in Hot Springs, South
Dakota, to the late Alfred
J. a nd Dorot hy ( H i xon)
Muchow.
He was also preceded in
death by his siblings, Robert
Nehren and Margaret Land-
Bobby Joe Tomes, 68, died April 29, 2016, at his home
in Guston, Ky.
He was born on Jan. 22, 1948, in Louisville, Ky. to John
Lee Tomes and Arie Johnson of Butler County, Ky.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John Lee (Arie)
Tomes; and three brothers, Chuck Tomes, Glen Tomes
and Kenny Tomes.
He is survived by his loving wife, Betty Tomes; a
sister, Shirley (Don) Devore, Louisville; two daughters,
Melissa (John) Lucas, Pensacola, Fla., and Karen (Ryan)
Fogle, Elizabethtown, Ky.; nine grandchildren, Meagan
(Brandon) Moats, Elizabethtown, Tevin Lucas, Pensacola,
Andrew Meischke, Spencer Meischke, Piper Fogle, Drake
Fogle, Gage Fogle and Chase Fogle, all of Elizabethtown,
Jonathan (Courtney) Lucas, Louisville; and five greatgrandchildren, Braxton Moats and Benjamin Moats, Elizabethtown, Riley Lucas, Jax Lucas and Analeigh Lucas, all
of Louisville.
He loved horses, especially his mare, sis; steel board
shooting and motorcycles. He was a long-time supporter
of the Grim Reapers Motorcycle Club and Second Brigade
Motorcycle Club. He attended many benefit rides for the
less fortunate.
He was a proud Vietnam Veteran; member of DAV
(Disabled American Veterans); VFW (Veterans of Foreign
War); American Legion; and the Moose Lodge.He was a
long-time truck driver.
Cremation was chosen. There was a celebration of Bobby’s life on May 3, at Hager Funeral Home, Brandenburg.
He requested this be a casual affair as he hated pomp and
circumstance. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy
may take the form of contributions to Hosparus of Central
Kentucky, 105 Diecks Drive, Elizabethtown, KY 42701.
Condolences may be expressed at www.hagerfuneral.
com.
ers.
He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Margarette (DaVania) Muchow; brother, James Nehren; and many nieces
and nephews.
He retired from the United States Air Force and was
soon to retire from Louisville Metro EMS. He also enjoyed
traveling around the world with his wife.
Cremation was chosen following Larry’s wishes. A
Memorial service with military honors will take place
at 11 a.m. on May 14 at Edwardsville United Methodist
Church (4830 State Road 64, Georgetown, Indiana 47122).
Private burial will follow at Cap Anderson Cemetery in
RONALD R. WILCHECK
Brandenburg, Ky.
Contributions in Larry’s memory may be made to
Ronald R. Wilcheck, 80, Harned, Ky. died April 26,
Edwardsville United Methodist Church or to a charity of 2016 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital.
the donor’s choice.
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 8, 1935, the
To leave a special message for the family, please visit son of the late Charles Leonard and Norma Catherine
www.newcomerkentuckiana.com.
Ralph Wilcheck.
He is survived by his wife Carolyn Wilcheck, Harned,
Ky.; his children, Kathleen Barnes (Robbie), Mauckport,
Ind., Theresa Mattingly (Butch), Corydon, Ind., Michael
JAMES EDWARD ROWLETTE
Wilcheck, Palmer, Alaska, Ralph Wilcheck (Kimberly),
James Edward Rowlette, 84, Radcliff, Ky. died April Louisville, Jeffrey Wilcheck (Christie), Anchorage, Alaska,
Kevin Wilcheck (Carrie), Anchorage, Alaska, Carolyn’s
25, 2016 at his residence.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Barbara; one children, Rudy Brumfield Jr. (Kathy), Hardinsburg, Scott
daughter, Barbara Carol Bonnell (Jerry) Radcliff; two Brumfield (Butchie), Hardinsburg, Andy Brumfield (Consons, Michael Rowlette (Rita), Radcliff and Scott Rowlett nie), Hardinsburg, Davy Brumfield (Kim), Hardinsburg,
(Jayne), Dayton Ohio; five grandchildren, Christopher 11 grandchildren, eight step-grandchildren, eight greatRowlett and Melissa Tolle, Dayton Ohio; Kenneth Moore, grandchildren, two step-great-grandchildren, two sisters,
Louisville, Ky.; Barbara Shea, Elizabethtown, Ky.; Shan- Michelle Mattingly, Louisville, and Marlene Weirsum,
non Moore, Radcliff; nine great-grandchildren and three Ocala, Fla.
He attended John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio
great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Miron McGraw,
and
Sullivan College, Louisville, Ky. He was a former
Lilburn, Ga.; three brothers, H.C. Rowlette, Hazelton,
Ala.; Max Rowlette, Rock Springs, Ga., and Don Rowlette, member of St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church,
Whitesville, Ky. where he served as eucharistic minister
Sugar Valley, Ga.
He was retired U.S. Army Sergeant Major, a Vietnam and was involved in many parish activities. He moved to
Veteran, and retired Fort Knox Civil Service employee. He Hardinsburg, Ky. with his wife Carolyn and became a
was a member of Mill Creek Baptist Church in Radcliff. member of St. Romuald Catholic Church where he was
A memorial service was held May 2, 2016 at the chapel a eucharistic minister. He retired from Barton Brands in
of Coffey & Chism Funeral Home. Pastor Faron Knopp Owensboro, Ky., was a veteran of the United States Air
Force, a Kentucky Colonel , a member of the Knights of
officiated.
Cremation was selected. Ashes were entombed at the Columbus and former member of the Whitesville Lions
Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central, Radcliff at a later Club. He enjoyed raising quarter horses, bass fishing, but
mostly spending time with his family.
date in a private family ceremony.
Funeral services were held at St. Romuald Catholic
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contribuChurch
on April 30. Burial followed in the church cemtions to Hospice of Central Kentucky.
Condolences may be expressed at www.coffeyandchism. etery. The rosary was recited on April 29.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the American
com.
Cancer Society or St. Romuald Catholic Church.
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