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Double funeral services were held for Alta Dugan and Eleanor Craycroft who
were in the Brandenburg Beauty Shoppe at the time the tornado struck.
 MRS.
ELEANOR CRAYCROFT
Mrs. Emma Eleanor Craycroft, 54 years old, of 107 Ridgeway Drive,
Brandenburg, Ky., died April 3, 1974.
She was born August 18, 1919 in Meade County, Kentucky, the daughter of the
late William Robert Ashcraft and Clara Foushee Ashcraft.
Mrs. Craycroft was a bookkeeper for Farmers Deposit Bank. She had been a
teacher in Meade County schools, and was a member of the Phillips Memorial
Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, James Saxton Craycroft, Jr.; two children,
Mrs. Lacy (Eliane) Brock, Louisville, Ky., and Harry Craycroft, Brandenburg,
Ky.; two brothers, Fred Ashcraft, Louisville, Ky., and Abbott Ashcraft,
Brandenburg, Ky.; and one granddaughter, Erin Brock.
Funeral services were held at 3: 00 p.m. Saturday, April 6th at St. John
School with Rev. Billy Marcum officiating. Interment was in Cap Anderson
Cemetery directed by Jenkins- Sturgeon Funeral Home.
 MISSALTA
MARIE DUGAN
Miss Alta Marie Dugan, 57 years old, of 318 Meadowview Drive, Brandenburg,
Ky., died Wednesday, April 3, 1974.
She was born February 20, 1917 in Meade County, a daughter of Harlan White
Dugan and Frankie Board Dugan.
Alta was the owner and operator for many years of Brandenburg Beauty Shoppe.
She was a member of Phillips Memorial Baptist Church.
She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Harlan (Frankie) Dugan, Brandenburg,
Ky., two sisters, Mrs. J. P. (Dorothy) Powell, Route 1, Brandenburg, Ky.,
and Mrs. Robert G. (Lois) Poling, Lakeland, Fla.; one brother, Owen White
Dugan, also of Brandenburg.
Funeral services were held at 3: 00 p.m. Saturday, April 6th, from St; John
School with Rev. Billy Marcum officiating. Interment was in Cap Anderson
Cemetery directed by Jenkins- Sturgeon Funeral Home.
 ROBERT
J. Dresel
Mr. Robert J. Dresel, 45 years old, of Muldraugh, Kentucky passed away on
April 3, 1974. He was born on June 8, 1928 at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
Mr. Dresellost his life in the tornado at Brandenburg. He is survived by his
wife, Mavis Jean; one daughter, Denise Kay; two sons, Dean Robert and Daniel
James, all at home; his parents, Herman and Viola Dresel; two brothers,
Kenneth and Howard Dresel; and one sister, Mrs. Carol Sedlacek, all of Jim
Falls and Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. He was preceded in death by one
brother, Carl Dresel, in 1956.
Robert Dresel was united in marriage on June 9, 1951 to the former Miss Jean
Kaska of Cadott, Wisconsin. He served the Armed Forces from December 20,
1950 to January 23, 1954 stationed at Fort Knox,Kentucky. After which, he
went into business at Muldraugh, Kentucky and had been self-employed since.
He had served the Muldraugh City Council for several years, was a member of
the Muldraugh Lions Club and active in County affairs. He was a member of
the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.
Funeral services with Rev. Roger Newell officiating were held at 3 p.m. on
April 6, 1974 at the W. G. Hardy Chapel, Valley Station, Kentucky with
interment in Bethany Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Wesley Lusk, David
Ridenour, Robert Crawford, Gaylon King, Eugene Basham, and Robert Haley.
 CALVIN
GLEEN ADAIR, JR.
Calvin Gleen Adair, Jr., 15 years old, of Brandenburg, Route 1, at Midway,
died April 3 1974 at Midway.
He was born August 28, 1958 the son of Calvin Adair and Dorthy Alice Durbin.
He is survived by three sisters, Joanne Hollabaugh, Guston, Ky., Tammy Sue
Adair Guston, Ky., and Caroline June Yates, Brandenburg, Ky.; also his
grandparents, Mr. an Mrs. Duard Durbin of Ekron, Ky.
Funeral services were held Sunday, April 7, 1974 at 2: 00 p.m. from Meade
County High School Gymnasium with Meade County Ministerial Association
officiating. Interment was in Ekron Cemetery directed by Hager-Wright
Funeral Home of Brandenburg.
MR. & MRS. COLUMBUS SKILLMAN & BARBARA
All three members of the Skillman family were killed in the tornado,
apparently shortly after reaching their home on Fairway Drive.
Columbus Skillman, 55 years old, was born February 6, 1919, the son of
Dallie Skillman and Lottie Williams Skillman.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lottie Williams Skillman of Louisville,
two sisters, Miss Agnes Skillman of Louisville, and Mrs. Beatrice Edwards of
Birmingham, Ala., and one half- brother, Raymond Banks of Louisville.
Mrs. Florence Owens Skillman, 62 years old, was the daughter of the late
Richard Owens . and Cordelia Burch Owens. A native of Brandenburg, she was
born in September, 1911.
She is survived by three cousins, Marjorie Shanklin of Louisville, Nellie
Lee Grundy of Sonora, and Addie Ditto of Brandenburg, who later died of
injuries received in the tornado.
The Skillmans had one daughter, Barbara Ann, 27 years old, born June 27,
1945. She was a graduate of Meade County High School and was employed
at Fort Knox.
The Skillmans were a close-knit family, and it was rare that one was seen
without the others. Funeral services for all three were held Sunday, April
7, in a Mass Funeral Service at the
Meade County High School Gymnasium. Interment for Mr. Skillman was at 6 p.m.
Sunday at Zion Grove Cemetery, directed by Hager-Wright Funeral Home.
Interment for Mrs. Skillman was also at Zion Grove Cemetery, with the Rev.
A.J. Nelson officiating, and directed by Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home.
Interment for Miss Barbara Skillman was Tuesday, at 1 p.m. at Zion Grove
Cemetery, directed by Hager-Wright Funeral Home.
MRS. DESSIE SHUMATE AND MISS CARRIE LYNN LUCAS
Mrs. Dessie Shumate and her young granddaughter were killed April 3 as a
result of the tornado. They were found in a ditch about 100 yards from the
Shumate's destroyed home.
Mrs. Dessie Shumate, 64 years old, a daughter of Will Sipes and Blanche
Horsley Sipes, was a resident of Guston. She was a native of Breckinridge
County.
She is survived by her husband, Wilbur H. Shumate, one daughter, Mrs.
William R. (Sheila) Lucas of Irvington, one step-son, Kenneth W. Shumate of
Missouri, and three step- grandchildren.
Carrie Lynn Lucas, three years old, was the daughter of William R. Lucas and
Sheila Shumate Lucas of Irvington.
She is survived by her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lucas, as
well as by her parents and her maternal grandfather.
Joint funeral services were held for Mrs. Shumate and her granddaughter
Friday, April 5, at Alexander Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike McGarvey
officiating. Interment was in Buck Grove Cemetery.
WILLIAM L. GILLILAND
William L. Gilliland, 73 years old, of Route 1, Guston, Ky., died April 3,
1974 at Brandenburg, Ky., near Midway.
He was born July 16, 1900 the son of Emmitt Gilliland and Commie McCoy. He
is survived by 17 first cousins.
Funeral services were held April 7, 1974 at 2:00 p.m. from Meade County High
School Gymnasium with the Meade County Ministerial Association officiating.
Interment was at 3: 00 p.m. Monday in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery with
Bro. Charles Blanc officiating, and was directed by Hager-Wright Funeral
Home.
 LYNN
M. CHITWOOD
The first to be killed as the tornado entered Meade County was 67-year-old
Lynn M. Chitwood of Guston.
Mr. and Mrs. Chitwood had purchased the old
Nick Mills place after his retirement as a barber in Detroit, Michigan. They
had remodeled the house completely and moved here in October of 1971.
Mrs. Chitwood, the aunt of Mrs. Richard Claycomb of Guston, was the former
Ruth Davis of Breckinridge County. She preceded him in death February
17,1973.
Mr. Chitwood, a native of Tennessee, was an avid sportsman with a love for
fishing, hunting and just enjoying nature.
He was a member of Composite Masonic Lodge No. 499 in Grosse Pointe Woods,
Mich.
Mr. Chitwood's home and all buildings were completely destroyed and his body
was found in a field about 150 yards from where the house once stood.
He was the son of the late Creed Chitwood and Betty Powell Chitwood. He is
survived by a brother and sister of Tennessee and a half-brother of
Louisville.
In addition to Mrs. Claycomb, other local survivors include a great-nephew,
Bobby Claycomb of Irvington, and three great-nieces, Mrs. Shirley Thornhill,
Harned, Mrs. Ruth Gail Butler and Shirley Gail Claycomb, Guston.
MRS. ADA A. MERCER
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Ann Chancellor Mercer, 83, of Leitchfield,
Ky., Route 2, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 7, 1974 in the Arch L.
Heady-Ellis Funeral Home, Leitchfield, with burial in Eveleigh Cemetery. She
died of injuries received in the tornado at Brandenburg, Ky., Wednesday
April 3rd. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ona Craycroft, of
Brandenburg, Ky., and Mrs. Lorraine Allen, of Port Charlotte, Fla.; a son,
John L. Mercer, of Leitchfield; six grand- children, and three
great-grandchildren. She was the aunt of television newsman John Chancellor.
MARTHA GILBERT SON
Martha was born Oct. 25, 1934 at Valley Station, Ky. James C. and Clara (Haas)
Polston ,were her parents.
They moved to Brandenburg in 1961 after he retired from Southern Bell
Telephone Co. Her father preceded her in death on Nov. 18, 1968. Her mother
moved from Battletown Road in to he city in 1969. I met Martha then when her
mother moved across the street from me. She became a good and faithful
friend, and helped me so much when I was sick and after I had surgery. She
would come over every morning to check on me to see if I needed anything.
She was always ready to help anyone. She was a good cook and loved to bake
and make candy. One if her hobbies was recipes and reading, she visited the
library about every two weeks.
She did a lot of handcraft. She made all the gifts she gave at Christmas and
birthdays. I will always remember her as a good friend and mother. Her
children were the joy of her life.
She is survived by her mother Mrs. Clara Polston and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth
Wallace, Louisville, Ky. and Mrs. Louise Gilbert, Elizabethtown, Ky.
One brother Mr. William E. Polston, Muldraugh, Ky.
 JAMES
RUSSELL SON
Born in Louisville in 1960. He was an honor roll student at Brandenburg Jr.
High School, and was a staff member of the school paper Battlecry. One of
his favorite subjects was science. He liked to make experiments. His reading
of books included outer-space and poetry. He was very interested in space
trips to the moon. He liked all sports and enjoyed P. E. in school. I think
two of his favorite teachers were Mr. Fultz and Mrs. Bruington. He is
survived by his grandmother and two aunts and one uncle.
 LARRY
FRANKLIN SON
Born in Louisville, Sept. 17, 1961. He was a student in the Meade County
schools. He had one subject that kept him off the honor roll. He collected
baseball cards and was interested in all sports. He also liked to cook, and
Mexican food was his favorite, he said he was going to be a chef. He liked
art and could draw real well. I think I was one of his favorite people. He
is survived by his grandmother and two aunts and one uncle.
 WILLIAM
TERRY SON
Born March 13, 1963 in Meade County, Ky. He was an honor roll student in
Meade County schools. He loved to do handcrafts and always had something
started. He was interested in all sports and especially wrestling. He
collected football cards and had about all the teams. He loved the outdoors
and helped in the garden and flowers. Mr. C. F. Wolfe was one of his
favorite people along with his Grandmother, Mrs. Clara Polston. He is
survived by his grandmother and two aunts and one uncle-Written by Mrs. Mary
E. - Trent
 MR.
& MRS. LOUIS H. 0 ‘BRYAN, SR.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. 0 ‘Bryan celebrated fifty-two years of life together,
and together they went home to God on the afternoon of the incredible
disaster that swept away so much of our beloved Brandenburg on April 3,
1974.
Louis Henry 0 ‘Bryan, Sr., one of seven children, was born to Henry and
Julia (Sims)
O’Bryan in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, on February 22, 1881. Mr. O’Bryan
attended schools in Breckinridge County and received his college education
at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana. During his college years, he
and two brothers, Herman and Ambrose, with Mr. Percy Fullenwider, formed an
orchestra and played the old riverboats that plied the Ohio and Green
Rivers. After teaching at Valparaiso University he was named Professor of
English at the now defunct Columbian College in Owensboro, Kentucky. After a
number of years, he gave up his teaching career and joined the Royal
Typewriter Company as Branch Manager of the Evansville, Indiana, office. He
was later associated with the Underwood Typewriter Company in Louisville,
Kentucky. He owned a farm in Daviess County and subsequently one in the
Little Bend section of Meade County where he resumed his teaching career
for the Meade County Board of Education from which he was retired. Mr. and
Mrs. 0 ‘Bryan
had lived in Brandenburg for the past 21 years. Mrs. O’Bryan was born
Martine Elizabeth Payne on November 10, 1891 at Knottsville, Daviess County,
Kentucky, one of ten children of Marshall and Jane (Raley) Payne. She at-
tended school at Mount St. Joseph Academy in Owensboro, Ky. and Cedar Grove
Academy, Louisville, Ky. She was a graduate of the St. Thomas Hospital
School of Nursing in Nashville, Tennessee, and pursued a nursing career for
twelve years.
Mr. and Mrs. 0 ‘Bryan were married at St. Louis Bertrand Church, Louisville,
Kentucky, on June 14,1922.
All of their ten children, eight daughters and two sons survive. They are:
Mrs. John L.
(Mary Anne) Humbert, Mrs. Ruebush (Betty) McCoy, Mrs. David (Margaret)
Frymire, Mrs. Nevitt (Kathleen) Powell, Mrs. Maurice (Lorene) King, Mrs.
Ray(Joan) McCann, Mr. Louis H. 0 ‘Bryan , Jr., Miss Jane 0 ‘Bryan , Mr.
Daniel M. 0 ‘Bryan, and Mrs. Henry (Judy) Encino. Forty-one grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren also survive. Mr. 0 ‘Bryan is
also survived by one sister, Mrs. Paul (Ruth) Lewis. Other survivors of Mrs.
O’Bryan include Sister Mary Esther of the Sisters of Loretto, Sister Mary
Jane of the Ursuline Sisters, Mrs.
Philip (Ada) Hodgkins, Messrs. Marion, Joseph and Adrian Payne.
The funeral Mass for Mr. and Mrs. O’Bryan was celebrated by Father Brian
Martin at 11 :00 a. m. Saturday, April 6, 1974 at St. John’s Catholic
Church. Interment followed in St. George Cemetery, Brandenburg.
MRS. ADDIE DITTO
Mrs. Addie Ditto, 73 years old, was the 31st victim of the tornado. She died
Thursday, April 9, 1974, after a six day stay in Ireland Army Hospital.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Shanklin of Louisville, two
grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held Friday, April 12, at Mount Vernon Baptist Church
in Louisville, with burial in Cap Anderson Cemetery.
The following tribute to Mrs. Ditto was written by a long time friend, Mrs.
Lois Groves, a member of the Hardin family, for whom Mrs. Ditto had worked
for many years.
"I had known Addie Ditto practically all her life. She lived across the road
from the old graveyard pond and we lived below it toward town, so we all
fished together there quite often. Her father was Henry Mosley and her
mother, Ellen Burch Mosley. She had a brother with whom my brother, Hayard,
played. Her mother died when she was quite young.
Addie went to school at the grade school out on the Payneville road and
finished there.
She grew up and married Johnny Owings and had one daughter, Marjorie, now
living in Louisville. After Johnny died, she came to cook and clean for Guy
and Irby Hardin off and on for the next fifty years. In the meantime, she
married Henry Ditto by whom she had a daughter, Lucille, who preceded her in
death.
All of Irby Hardin's sisters and brother, whenever they came to visit, were
glad to see Addie and to partake of her good cooking. We always remembered
her delicious biscuits and fried chicken. John Richard and Rachel, son and
daughter of the Hardins, were closely associated with her all their lives.
She corrected and criticized their behavior even as she did her own
children's. She was like one of the family.
Soon after Irby Hardin died, Guy said nobody could cook to suit him but
Addie, so she came back and stayed until he died. When I came back to
Brandenburg to live in the Hardin house, Addie was always ready to come help
whenever I needed her.
On the morning of April 3rd, the day the tornado struck, she and I had been
to the bank and the grocery and I had let her out at her house about 12
o'clock, never dreaming that would be the last time we would see each other.
I hurried home to greet my sister, Rachelle Hinchcliffe, and niece, Harriet
Ann Fast, who had lunch with me. Since it looked like a rain storm was
brewing, they decided they would leave in order to get back to Louisville
before the rain and they left about three, thereby missing the tornado when
it struck. I cleaned up the luncheon things and lay down on my bed for a
rest. Soon I heard a violent wind blowing, and sounds like a freight train
passing. I jumped up and ran into the kitchen thinking the big old trees
close to the rear of the house might fall on the house and I had better get
out of the way. The next thing I knew I was flat on my face and held down by
something heavy, only able to move one hand. Some time must have passed. It
was deathly quiet and dark. I could see nothing. I passed in and out of
consciousness. Later I realized my right hand was resting on top of a tin
cart that had been beside the refrigerator and I began to knock on it. Later
still, I learned the refrigerator had partly covered me and no doubt saved
me from being crushed. I heard voices, Henry Coleman or Leslie Jenkins
calling my name. There were men around but I could see nothing.
The next I knew I was being loaded in a helicopter but do not remember being
unloaded at Ireland Hospital at Fort Knox.
Addie also was flown to Fort Knox. My son and my sister found her the next
day on another floor. Her daughter, Marjorie, was there and came faithfully
each day to stay with her. They said her house was completely destroyed and
she was picked up in her yard apparently not hurt too bad. But she got worse
and on Tuesday, April 9th, she passed away. Nobody told me in Intensive Care
Unit, until several days after the funeral was over. I felt greatly
bereaved. They told me of her funeral services at the Mt. Vernon Missionary
Baptist Church in Louisville and the interment at Cap Anderson Cemetery in
Brandenburg. John Hardin and his sons from Henderson; Asbury Groves,
Pittsburgh; Steve Beluk, Ashland, Ky.; and Rachelle Hinchcliffe of
Louisville were the only members of our family able to attend.
I think as long as any of us live who knew her we will remember Addie with
great affection and when we get together each will have an anecdote to tell
of her through the many years we knew her .-Mrs. Lois Groves.
MRS. LENA AZALINE GOINS
Mrs. Lena Azaline (Harper) Goins, 59 years old, of Fair Grounds Road,
Brandenburg, Ky., died April 3, 1974 at Brandenburg, Ky.
She was born February 9, 1915 the daughter of Wavey L. Harper and Martha
Ella Greer Harper.
She is survived by seven children, Mrs. Virginia Cundiff, Brandenburg, Mrs.
Ruby Dupin, Irvington, Mrs. Mary Carwile, and Mrs. Shirley Orr, both of
Louisville, Mrs. Debbie Dupin, Guston, Miss Brenda Goins, and Howard Goins,
both of Brandenburg; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Moore, Seree, Ky., and Mrs.
Hazel Canova of Louisville; three brothers, Raymond Harper, Hardinsburg,
Ky., Hubert Harper, and Russell Harper, both of California; and 13
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 7, 1974 from Meade
County High School Gymnasium with the Meade County Ministerial Association
officiating. Interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Irvington, directed by
Hager-Wright Funeral home
MRS. EMMA F. WILSON
Mrs. Emma F. Wilson, 79 years old, Green Street, Brandenburg, Ky., died
April 3, 1974 at Brandenburg.
She was born Sept. 2, 1894, a daughter of Gerard A. Foote and Annie Cox
Foote. Mrs. Wilson was a member of the Brandenburg United Methodist Church.
She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Willard Hoskinson, Mrs. Lelia W.
Towery. Mrs. Grant Eighmey, Mrs. Delbert Russell and six grandchildren.
Mass funeral services were held Sunday, April 7, 1974, at 2 p.m. from the
Meade County High School Gymnasium with the Meade County Ministerial
Association officiating. Interment was Monday at 3 p.m. in Cave Hill
Cemetery, Louisville, directed by Hager-Wright Funeral Home.
 SUE
ELIZABETH BIRCHER
Sue Elizabeth Bircher was born April 14, 1889 near Irvington, Ky. She was
the daughter of Gerard Alexander Foote and Annie Cox Foote.
She moved to Brandenburg shortly after her marriage in 1914 to John Bircher,
Jr.
Mr. Bircher was manager of the Meade County Telephone Co. for 38 years and
died in 1960. They moved into their home at 105 Broadway where Mrs. Bircher
lived until a year before
her death.
The tornado caused damages to the old house and it had to be demolished. The
house was built before the Civil 'x' The late Mrs. Emmitt Coleman said she
danced with Union soldiers in the living room of the house.
Mrs. Bircher was a faithful member of the Brandenburg Methodist Church and a
devoted wife, and mother of John Griffin Bircher of Las Vegas, Nev. and
Gerard Alexander Bircher of Madison, Ind.
She has four grandchildren, Linda Siess and John P. of Las Vegas, Barbara
and Brenda of Madison.
Mrs. Bircher had been living at the Brandenburg Medco Center until April
1st. , when she moved into the home of her sister Mrs. Emma Wilson. On April
3rd both were killed in the tornado that destroyed Mrs. Wilson's home.
Reverend Lile called Sue Elizabeth Bircher' 'The Little Saint of the
Watering Can", because of her constant service in quiet ways. She was a
respected citizen and will be missed by her family and the community.
REGINA ANN YATES
Regina Ann Yates, 16 years old, of Brandenburg, Ky., died April 3, 1974 at
Brandenburg, Ky.
She was born March 11, 1958 a daughter of John R. Yates and Emma Louise Goff
Yates. She resided at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Morgan, and was a
student at Meade County
High School. She is survived by one sister, Mary Catherine Coghill,
Brandenburg, Ky.; four brothers, John R. Yates, California, Joseph Yates and
Charles Yates of Brandenburg, Ky., and George Yates, Ramsey, Indiana; and
her grandmother, Mrs. J. M. Goff, Harlingen, Texas.
Funeral services were held Sunday, April 7th, at 2:00 p.m. from Meade County
High School Gymnasium with Meade County Ministerial Association officiating.
Another service was in St. John Catholic Church at 11 a. m. Monday with
interment in St. George Cemetery directed by Hager-Wright Funeral Home of
Brandenburg, Ky.
ROBERT DALE MANNING
Robert Dale Manning, 1 1/2 years old, of Brandenburg, Ky., died April 3,
1974 at Brandenburg, Ky.
He was born September 5, 1972 the son of Robert Lynn Manning and Betty Meade
Manning.
He is survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Manning, Brandenburg,
Ky., Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Meade, Brandenburg, Ky., and Mr. Edward Hagan,
Moberly, Mo.; his great-grandparents, Mrs. Agnes Singleton, Sonora, Ky., and
Mr. David Hagan, Culver, Kansas.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 7, 1974 from Meade
County High Gymnasium with Meade County Ministerial Association officiating.
Another funeral service was held at 9 a.m. Monday, April 8, 1974 at St.
John's Catholic Church, Brandenburg, with burial in St. George Cemetery
directed by Hager-Wright Funeral Home.
PEGGY YVONNE WILLIAMS
Peggy Yvonne Williams, 14 years old of Payneville, Ky., died Wednesday,
April 3, 1974 in the tornado area. She was born November 9, 1959 in
Breckinridge County, Ky., a daughter of Curtis Lynn Williams and Glenda Faye
Mattingly Williams.
She is survived by her father, Curtis L. Williams of Brandenburg, Ky.,
mother, Glenda Bridges of Shelby, North Carolina; one sister, Pamela Fay
Williams, Payneville, Ky., two half-sisters, Pam and Mary Sue Jupin; one
brother, Timothy Lynn Williams, Payneville, Ky.; three half-brothers, Ricky
and Timmy Jupin and Michael Gerald Bridges.
Funeral services were held at 3: 00 p.m. Sunday, April 7th from New Highland
Baptist Church Cemetery directed by Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home.
LARRY EDWARD JUPIN
Larry Edward Jupin, 10 years old, of Brandenburg, Ky., died April 3, 1974 at
Brandenburg, Ky.
He was born July 19, 1963 a son of George Jupin and Mary Ann Allen (Jupin)
Williams. He is survived by one sister, Mary Francis Jupin, and one brother,
George Timothy Jupin,
both of Brandenburg, Ky. Funeral services were held April 7, 1974 at 2:00
p.m. from Meade County High School Gymnasium with the Meade County
Ministerial Association officiating. Interment was in Parr Cemetery at 3 :00
p.m. Monday directed by Hager-Wright Funeral Home of Brandenburg, Ky.
CATHERINE EMILY THOMAS
Catherine Emily Thomas, 44 years old, of Brandenburg, Ky., Brandenburg, Ky.
She was born March 14, 1930, the daughter of Joseph Allen and Ida Mae
Bennett. She is survived by eight children, Terry Randall Cain, Richard
Thomas, Lonnie Thomas, Debbie Thomas, Mark Thomas, Jeff Thomas, Cindy Thomas
and Penny Thomas; eight sisters, Mrs. Buddy Allen, Guston, Ky., Mrs. Nellie
Allen, Valley Station, Ky., Mrs. Mary Cain, Brandenburg, Ky., Mrs. Velma
Hall, Ekron, Ky., Mrs. Wanda Branson, Pleasure Ridge Park, Ky., Mrs. Sherry
Farrow, Fairdale, Ky., Mrs. Elizabeth Basham, Valley Station, Ky., Mrs. Rita
Kessinger, Guston, Ky.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Beatrice Hardesty of
Andyville, Ky., and Mrs. Bessie Kendall, Shepherdsville, Ky.; six brothers,
Raymond Allen, Brandenburg, Ky., Everett Allen, West Point, Ky., Louis
Allen, Valley Station, Ky., Chester Allen, Muldraugh, Ky., Harold Allen,
Ekron, Ky., Jimmy Allen, Route 1, Guston, Ky.; two half brothers, Joseph
Allen of Louisville, Ky., and Rufus Allen of Irvington, Ky.
Funeral services were held at 2 :00 p.m. Sunday, April 7, 1974 from Meade
County High School Gymnasium with the Meade County Ministerial Association
officiating. Interment was at 2 p.m. Monday in Cap Anderson Cemetery
directed by Hager-Wright Funeral Home of Brandenburg, Ky.
PATTI MARIA WALLACE AND ANGELA MARIA WALLACE
RICHARD RUSSELL WALLACE
Patti Maria Wallace, 16 years old, and her infant daughter Angela Maria,
were killed in the tornado April 3, 1974. The two were buried in the same
coffin. Little Angela was only three months old, born Dec. 20, 1973.
Patti was born June 15, 1957, the daughter of William R. Wallace, Jr., and
Nannie Lee Durbin Wallace.
Richard Russell Wallace, 13 years old, was also killed in the tornado along
with his sister. He was born Sept. 4, 1960, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William
R. Wallace.
They are survived by their parents, three sisters, Peggy Cain of
Brandenburg, Toni Pridhal of Valley Station and Linda Reinhart of Shively,
two brothers, Larry Wyatt and Walter Wyatt of Louisville, and their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wallace, Sr., of Louisville.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, at the Meade County High School
Gymnasium with the Meade County Ministerial Association officiating.
Interment for Patti and Angela was at 2 p. m. Tuesday, and interment for
Richard Russell was at 3 p. m., in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery directed by
Hager-Wright Funeral Home.
MRS. WINIFRED DIANE WILLIAMS
Mrs. Winifred Diane Williams, 20 years old, of Brandenburg, was killed April
3, 1974 in the tornado.
She was born September 8, 1953, the daughter of William Wemes and Mary
Laverne Worth Wemes.
She is survived by her husband, Donnie L. Williams, one son, Danny Williams,
six sisters, Mrs. Connie Lockard, Vine Grove, Mrs. Randall Hardesty,
Payneville, Mrs. James Mat- tingly, Webster, and Kathy, Deborah and Sherry
Wemes, of the home, three brothers, William Wemes, Brandenburg, James L.
Wemes, Louisville and Dale B. Wemes, Payneville.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 7, at the Meade County
High School Gymnasium with the pastor of Cold Spring Baptist Church, Rev.
Tom Bridge officiating. Interment was at 5 p. m. Sunday, at Raymond Baptist
Church Cemetery, directed by Hager- Wright Funeral Home.
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