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OBITUARIES FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH, 2024

Henderson, KY, USA / WSON AM & FM


JIM PENDERGRAFT              75       OF HENDERSON

DIED ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 14TH, AT DEACONESS HENDERSON HOSPITAL.  JIM WAS A MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND HAD WORKED AS AN ACCOUNTANT FOR OVER 50 YEARS. HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF HENDERSON CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS TREASURER.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE:

HIS WIFE                               PHYLLIS MITCHELL

STEPDAUGHTER                  KRYSTAL BOOK

SISTER                                   JULIE DIXON

3 BROTHERS                         RICHARD PENDERGRAFT

KENNY PENDERGRAFT

LARRY PENDERGRAFT

2 GRANDCHILDREN            ALL OF HENDERSON

NIECES AND NEPHEWS

THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 12PM ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17TH, AT BENTON-GLUNT & TAPP FUNERAL HOME WITH PASTOR SAM HINKSON OFFICIATING.

BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN ROSELAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS

FRIENDS AND FAMILY  ARE INVITED TO JIM’S LIFE CELEBRATION FROM 5PM UNTIL 7PM ON TUESDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY FROM 10AM UNTIL SERVICE TIME AT THE FUNERAL HOME

EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY MAY TAKE THE FORM OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

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JOE LOCKETT CRAIG                       95       OF HENDERSON

DIED FRIDAY, JANUARY 12TH, UNDER THE CARE OF ST. ANTHONY’S HOSPICE. JOE GRADUATED FROM BARRETT MANUAL TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE WAS A VALEDICTORIAN. HE GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, AND FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY WITH A MASTER’S DEGREE IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING. WHILE AT UK HE WAS INDUCTED INTO TAU BETA PI, THE MAJOR ENGINEERING HONOR SOCIETY. HE WAS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER.  JOE SERVED IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS A FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND.  JOE WAS EMPLOYED FOR 16 YEARS AT SPENCER CHEMICAL COMPANY AND ITS SUCCESSORS IN HENDERSON, REACHING THE POSITION OF SUPERINTENDENT OF MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING. HE THEN WAS EMPLOYED AT BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPORATION AT HENDERSON FOR 21 YEARS, REACHING THE POSITION OF VICE GENERAL MANAGER FOR FUELS, ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS.  JOE WAS A LIFE-LONG MEMBER OF HENDERSON’S FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE HE SERVED AS A DEACON. HE SERVED TWO TERMS AS CHAIRMAN OF DEACONS AND WAS CHURCH MODERATOR FOR 14 YEARS.  A GREAT PLEASURE FOR HIM WAS TEACHING THE 7TH GRADE BOYS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. IN HIS LAST YEARS HE WAS ELECTED BY THE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP TO THE HONORARY STATUS OF DEACON EMERITUS.  JOE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN CIVIC AFFAIRS; WAS ACTIVE IN THE JAYCEES AND SERVED ON THE BOARD OF JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT, BOTH FOR MANY YEARS.  HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ELKS LODGE.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE:

HIS WIFE OF 66 YEARS                   NAN

1 DAUGHTER                                   LAURA LINGER

3 GRANDSONS

1 GREAT-GRANDSON

THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 2PM ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH, AT BENTON-GLUNT & TAPP FUNERAL HOME WITH REVEREND ALAN CHAMNESS OFFICIATING.

BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT FERNWOOD CEMETERY

FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE INVITED TO JOE’S LIFE CELEBRATION FROM 12PM UNTIL SERVICE TIME THURSDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME

EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY MAY TAKE THE FORM OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO: ST. ANTHONY’S HOSPICE: 2410 SOUTH GREEN ST., HENDERSON, KY, 42420, OR TO THE YOUTH PROGRAM AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

FOR JOE LOCKETT CRAIG

 

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ERVENIA KENDRICK           OF HENDERSON

DIED TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TH.

THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD AT NOON ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17TH, AT THE GREATER NORRIS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. 

BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT FERNWOOD CEMETERY.

THE VISITATION WILL BE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17TH, FROM 10AM TO NOON AT THE CHURCH.

FOR ERVENIA KENDRICK

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