KENNETH WAYNE “NEWT” FULKERSON 66 OF HENDERSON
DIED SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2021 AT HIS HOME. HE GRADUATED FROM HENDERSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1972 AND ATTENDED HENDERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 4 SIBLINGS, JIMMY AND BARBARA BERRY, FAYE GIBSON AND MARGIE ORSBURN.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE:
3 BROTHERS DON BERRY,
MIKE FULKERSON AND
LARRY IVIE, ALL OF HENDERSON
1 SISTER PAMELA SUE PIPPIN, OF HENDERSON
FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO A CELEBRATION OF KENNY’S LIFE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH FROM 11 AM TO 2 PM AT ST. MARGARET’S CHAPEL ON WATSON LANE
THE REVEREND RICK O’DANIEL WILL HAVE A PRAYER AT 2 PM
PRIVATE FAMILY BURIAL WILL BE HELD
TOMBLINSON FUNERAL HOME HENDERSON CHAPEL IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR KENNETH WAYNE “NEWT” FULKERSON
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MICHAEL WILLIAM “DOC” HOLLIDAY 74 OF HENDERSON
DIED TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2021 AT THE LUCY SMITH KING CARE CENTER. A 1964 GRADUATE OF HENDERSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, HE ATTENDED KILGORE JUNIOR COLLEGE IN KILGORE, TEXAS, AS WELL AS U.T. MARTIN AND THEN GRADUATED FROM MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1969. HE THEN BECAME A TEACHER AND FOOTBALL COACH IN THE HENDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND ALSO LAUNCHED A WRESTLING PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1971 HE JOINED THE U.S. MARINE CORPS RESERVE, SERVING ACTIVE DUTY AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA AND CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE RETURNING TO EVANSVILLE TO SERVE THE REMINDER OF HIS MILITARY DUTY. IN 1977, HE AND HIS BROTHER OPENED A BAR AND DISCO CALLED DOC HOLLIDAY’S SALOON, NOW ROOKIES, AND THEN, WITH PARTNERS, OPENED THE SUGAR CREEK INN IN 1985. HE AND HIS WIFE OPERATED IT UNTIL 1998 WHEN IT WAS SOLD. HE THEN WENT INTO THE FAMILY’S REAL ESTATE BUSINESS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHER, MARK HOLLIDAY.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE:
HIS WIFE OF 31 YEARS JO CATES HOLLIDAY
4 CHILDREN LESLIE ABBOTT, MARY ELLEN HOLLIDAY, LIBBY JOYNER AND TYLER
HOLLIDAY
7 GRANDCHILDREN, 1 UNCLE, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE 2 PM SATURDAY, MAY 29, 2021 AT HOLY NAME OF JESUS CATHOLIC CHURCH
FATHER J. EDWARD BRADLEY AND FATHER LARRY McBRIDE WILL OFFICIATE
BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. LOUIS CEMETERY
FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 10 AM TO 1 PM SATURDAY AT RUDY ROWLAND FUNERAL HOME
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY MAY TAKE THE FORM OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO ST. ANTHONY’S HOSPICE
FOR MICHAEL WILLIAM “DOC” HOLLIDAY
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