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PAGE 2B THE MEADE COUNTY MESSENGER, BRANDENBURG, KENTUCKY THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 OBITUARIES MARY HARDAWAY GRIFFITH Mary Hardaway Griffith, of Louisville and Big Spring, Kentucky, died surrounded by her family on May 7, 2016, from complications arising from amy- otrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). She was born on March 25, 1946, in Louisville, Ky., the eldest daughter of Ben Clarkson Hardaway and Mary Genevieve Duane Hardaway. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her brother Col. Ben C. Hardaway Jr. She was an Episcopalian and was a member of St. Luke’s Chapel at the Episcopal Church Home. She graduated from Flaherty High School and from Centre College where she was Chairman of the Women’s Higher Judiciary, the Chain Club leadership honorary society, and the Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. Her first job after graduation was as an assistant to Barbara Miller, the Louisville Free Public Library’s children’s librarian who was better known as the “storybook lady.” is resulted in a lifelong friendship with Miller and a deep love for the library. She began her career in business at Grey Advertising in New York City, where she became the Assistant Director of Corporate Communications. In 1982, she moved back to Louisville. Unable to find a job, she began her own freelance public relations and corporate communications business, even- tually writing the annual reports for the two largest Kentucky banks in the same year. One of those banks decided to hire her full time, and in 1984, she became Director of Public Re- lations for First National Bank, Louisville. In 1987, she was an integral part of the team that was successful in bringing the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church to Louisville. After First National was acquired, she became Director of Communications at the Cleveland, Ohio headquarters of its parent, National City Corporation. While in Cleveland, she rose to become Senior Vice President Corporate Communica- tions and Marketing and became a member of the Evanston Group, a national organization of the senior leaders of public relations, public affairs, and communications for major banks and financial service companies. In 2001, she returned to Louisville and was made Vice Chairman of National City’s Kentucky operation where she served until her retirement in 2008. She was an active com- munity volunteer and civic leader. She served as Chairman of the Louisville Library Foundation and led the community- wide effort to create a taxing district to support its libraries. She was also the Chairman of the Kentucky Center for the Arts Endowment, the Downtown Development Corporation, Kentuckiana Works, and the Investment Committee of Bel- larmine University. She served on the boards of Centre College, where she was an emeritus trustee at the time of her death, and of Bellarmine University, Actors eatre, Shakertown at Pleasant Hill, Teach Kentucky, the University of Louisville Medical Center, Kentucky Educational Television, Housing Partnership, Inc., e Fund for the Arts, e Community Foundation of Louisville, and Metro United Way. She was named the Advertising Federation of Louisville’s Louisvil- lian of the Year for 2005-2006, and was given National City’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006, the only woman ever to be so honored. All this was done in the face of serious medi- cal challenges which she bore with optimism and courage. In addition to a host of surgeries, she battled kidney disease for over 30 years, eventually receiving a kidney transplant in 2002. e kidney was donated by her brother Dan M. Hardaway, whose selfless gift made possible the many things she was able to accomplish in the remainder of her life. In 2007, she and her brother were the Louisville Chapter of the National Kidney Foundation ‘s Gift of Life Honorees. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Robert W. Griffith, her children Robert (Jennifer), Louisville, and Wil- liam (Cynthia Reynolds), New York City; two grandchildren, Robert Charles Griffith and Olivia Suzanne Griffith; her brothers Dan Hardaway and John Hardaway; her sisters, An- gela Corbett, Bitsy omson, and Julie Berry; and 22 nieces and nephews. She considered herself unusually fortunate to live on a farm which has been in her family since 1817, and in the home on that farm in which her grandmother had been born. During her life there, that home was the center of family gatherings, not only for her immediate family but also for a very large extended family, and a place where multitudes of guests witnessed her extraordinary skills as a cook, event planner, and hostess. She was bright, creative, cheerful, adventurous, and fearless, con- stantly trying her hand at things she couldn’t do so she would learn how to do them. At work she was an inspirational leader, a mentor to younger colleagues, a trusted advisor to the powerful, and a thoughtful presence in board rooms. At home she was a wonderful wife, sister, mother, grandmother, and friend. She had an infectious, explosive laugh which was unmistakable across a crowded room. She loved reading, cooking, the theatre, travel, a good mystery, a glass of wine, her church, her home, her dogs, and above all, her husband and family. e family extends special thanks to her caregivers Shelby Bliss and Twala Miller and to the physicians and staff at Kin- dred Hospital Louisville for their care over the past five months. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on May 12, 2016, at St. Luke’s Chapel at e Episcopal Church Home 7504 Westport Road (Lyndon Lane entrance). Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. on May 11, 2016, at Pearson’s, 149 Breckenridge Lane. A private family burial service will be held on May 13, 2016, at the Clarkson family cemetery in Big Spring, Ky. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be given to the ALS Association Kentucky Chapter, 8640 Haines Drive, Suite F. Florence, KY 41042; the National Kidney Foundation , 8920 Stone Green Way Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40220; or the Library Foundation, 301 York Street, Louisville, KY 40203. NICHOLAS EUGENE HARDESTY Nicholas Eugene “Gene” Hardesty, age 60, of Guston, Ky., passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016, at his residence. Hardesty was a member of St. John the Apostle Catholic Church. Hardesty was a kind hearted man who enjoyed talking to everyone, while never meeting a stranger. However, his family always came first. Hardesty’s greatest joy was spoiling his grand- children. He loved farming, gardening, and college basket- ball, especially his Kentucky Wildcats. Hardesty served many years on the Meade County Fair Board, as well as, volunteering numerous hours to the FFA. Hardesty was preceded in death by his parents, Clar- ence and Joetta Hardesty; his father and mother-in-law, Hubert and Mary West; a brother-in-law, Vince Yustas; and a nephew, Daniel Bridges. He is survived by his loving wife, Debra West Hardesty; two children, Elizabeth Ann (Steven) Heightchew, Salem, In., Nicholas T. (Bethany) Hardesty, Guston, Ky.; five grandchildren, Sarah and Jacob Heightchew, Alea, Maylee and Whitley Hardesty; four brothers, Tommy Hardesty, Brandenburg, Ky., Patrick (Luanne) Hardesty, Nashville, Tenn., Marvin (Mary Ann) Hardesty, Hodgenville, Ky., David (Tammy) Hardesty, Georgetown, Ky.; two sisters, Mary Nell Yustas, Branden- burg, Ky. and Dorothy (Jon) Bridges, Franklin, Tenn.; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11:00 a.m. on May 6, 2016, at St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi Catholic Church in Payneville, Ky., with Rev. Jim Reinhart, officiat- ing. Burial followed in St. George Cemetery in Brandenburg. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Meade County 4-H & FFA Livestock Program, c/o Meade County Extension Office, 1041 Old Ekron Road, Brandenburg, Ky. 40108; or to National Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter, 301 E. Main Street, Suite 100, Louisville, Ky. 40202-1077. Online condolences may be left at www. hagerfuneralhome.com. CLETUS FRANKLIN “FRANK” POWERS Cletus Franklin “Frank” Powers, 69, Brandenburg, Ky., died May 6, 2016, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 49 years, Joyce Dowell Powers; his parents, Joseph (Margaret) Powers; two brothers, Marion “Buddy” Powers and Kenneth Wayne Powers; a sister, Bar- bara Powers; and his mother and father-in-law, Zelmodene “Granny” and William K. Dowell. He is survived by two children, Monica (Daneen) Pow- ers, Louisville, and Jason (Amanda) Powers, Ekron, Ky.; five grandchildren, Jordyn, Mallory and Sydney Powers, Robbie Daugherty and Alex (Ashley) Prunty; four great grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Jo (Ralph) Elliott, Maggie (Danny) Love, both of Brandenburg; two brothers, Larry (Carol) Powers, Battletown, Ky., Joseph “Porky” (Randy) Powers, Ekron; two sisters-in-law, Pam (Jimmy) Ferry, Brandenburg, Susan (David) Medley, Vine Grove, Ky.; three brothers-in-law, Todd (Bobbie Jo) Dowell, Branden- burg, Troy (Jennifer) Dowell, Louisville, William (Fran) Dowell, Magnolia, Ky.; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was a member of the Brandenburg Moose Lodge. He loved to fish and camp and was an avid outdoorsman. He loved little babies. It didn’t matter who they belonged to, he loved them all. His greatest love, however, and what he cherished in this life the most, was his family. He re- tired, after many years, as an Instructor for Civil Service in Ft. Knox, Ky. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11 a.m. on May 16, 2016, at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Flaherty, Ky. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at Hager Funeral Home in Branden- burg, on May 14 from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. Vigil services will be held at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contri- butions to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life in Meade County. Condolences may be expressed at www.hagerfuneral- home.com. MARJORIE E. GILL SHIPLEY Marjorie E. Gill Shipley, age 79, of Brandenburg, Ky. passed away peacefully on May 2, 2016. Marjorie was born March 6, 1937 in Louisville, Ky. to the late Norma and Roy Gill, Sr. Her brother, Roy Gill, Jr. and sister, Wanda Bruce preceded her in death. She is survived by her lov- ing and devoted husband of 58 years, John S. Shipley, Jr.; daughters, Lee Ann (Lonnie) Craig of Georgetown, Ky. and Melissa (Rick) Boone of LaGrange, Ky.; sons, John S. (Sally) Shipley, III of Shelby Co., Ky. and Gregory Shi- pley of Payneville, Ky.; grandchildren, Amanda (Robert) Holcomb, Samantha (Justin) Hamilton, Zachary Craig, John G. Craig, Evan Craig, John S. Shipley, IV, Kaylee Shipley and Ashley Craig; three great-grandchildren, as well as several nieces and nephews and by great friends, Ella Chenault Ramsey since 1949 of Clearwater, Fla., Nora Whipple of Doe Valley and golfing buddies at Timber Greens in New Port Richie, Fla. Funeral services were held May 6, 2016 at the First Baptist Church, 149 Lawrence Street, Brandenburg, Ky., with Rev. Sherman Ramsey officiating. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the American Cancer Society, 701 W. Mohammed Ali Blvd., Louisville, KY 40203. Online condolences may be made at www.bjsfunerals. com. Acts 14: 22 “It is neces- sary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the king- dom of God.” I have always enjoyed witnessing the growth of the early Church through the eyes of the disciples of Jesus as detailed in the book of Acts in the Bible. e verse men- tioned above stands out to me for many reasons; but, mainly as a reminder that we have a role to play in accepting the salvation Jesus won for us. As the Apostles began their ministry by building the Church in numbers through their teaching, they met much Minister’s Corner resistance both within and outside the Church. eir main theme of course was our salvation by way of the cross. at salvation was earned by the Cross of Jesus on Cal- vary; and that salvation was extended to everyone. e common disconnect, then and even today is how that salvation is passed on to us. It’s not for sale, so we can’t buy it, or earn it because it has been freely given to us by our Father, through his son Jesus. But, Jesus made it pretty clear through his teachings that we all need to bear our crosses daily. Even though our salvation is free we still have to accept it, and that requires us to love others as Jesus loves us and that’s not easy, as we all know. But that’s really the only test of our faith isn’t it? By DEACON GREG BEAVIN SS Mary and Theresa Catholic Parishes ANNA PEARL BOWMAN Anna Pearl Bowman, 79, Radcliff, Ky, died May 7, 2016 at Norton Hospital in Louisville, Ky. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walt H. Bowman. She is survived by her two children, Wanda (Richard) Maxwell, Cookeville, Tenn., and Gary (Beth) Bowman, Englewood, Tenn. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on May 13 at Algood Chapel Hooper Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. 124 1st Ave, Cookeville, TN 38506, with Rev. Richard Bond officiating. Burial will follow at Algood Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed at www.nebfh.com. GLENN JOSEPH GARRIDO Glenn Joseph Garrido, 48, Radcliff, Ky., died May 6, 2016 at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown, Ky. He is survived by his wife, Mary Garrido; his father, Jaquin Garrido, Radcliff; five children, Christy (Kevin) Hardaway, Elizabeth (Markie) Breeding, Andrew (Megan) Nalley, Bobby (Megan Renee) Nalley, and, omas Russell Nalley, all of Radcliff; one sister, Carmen (Shawn) Lowen- thal, Hawaii; two brothers, Eugene Garrido, Radcliff and Patrick Garrido, Elizabethtown, Ky.; 24 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were held May 10 from the Chapel of the Hager Funeral Home with burial in Mount Eden Cemetery, Bullitt County, Ky. Condolences may be expressed at www.hagerfuneral- home.com. SELINA G. CRENSHAW Selina G. Crenshaw, 54, Ekron, Ky. died May 8, 2016 at her residence. She was born Jan. 25, 1962 in Oldham County, Ky. to the late omas Allen and Janet Louise Bell Crenshaw. She was preceded in death by her brother, William Darryl Crenshaw. She is survived by her two sons, Jonathan (Vikki) Crenshaw, Ekron and Jeramy Crenshaw, Louisville; sisters, Regina Irene Miller, Ekron and Tonya Kay Singh, Windsor, Calif. and several nieces and nephews. She loved to do her arts and crafts, read, work puzzles and animals, especially her poodles. Funeral services were held May 11 from the Chapel of Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the funeral home to assist with expenses. Condolences may be expressed at www.bjsfunerals.com. NANNIE AMMONS CLARK Nannie Ammons Clark, 92, Guston, Ky., died May 8, 2016 at Kensington Center in Elizabethtown, Ky. She was born April 25, 1925 to the late Joe and Jessie Ammons. She was preceded in death by her husbands Johnnie Am- mons, James Lucas, and Arnold Clark; her children Billy, Sylvia, Kenny, Roger, and Jerry Ammons; her siblings Jack, Tony, Claude Ammons, Zola Ammons, Lucille Sherron, Lena Mae Ammons, and Mary Lea Sherron. She is survived by her children William Herman (Lois) Ammons of Vine Grove, Ky., Ruby (Charles) Creason of Greensburg, Ky., Lucille Crews and friend Wayne Hackett, Winston-Salem, N.C., Kathryn (Paul) Sonders of Brownsville, Ky., Paul (Jane) Ammons of Vine Grove, Ky., Sue (Wayne) Farmer of Big Clifty, Ky., a sister Maxine McCoy; 17 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, 7 great great-grandchildren. Funeral service was held May 12, 2016 at the Alexander Funeral Home. JOHN BENJAMIN PETERS, JR. John Benjamin Peters, Jr., 41 of Louisville, Ky. passed away May 3, 2016 at Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Ky. He is survived by his wife, Shannon Peters, Muldraugh, Ky.; two children, Courtney and Dylan Peters, Flaherty, Ky.; two sisters, Mary Cook and Melodie Peters, Neenah, Wis.; two grandchildren, Braylen Hiner and Joseph Fowler, Jr.; four nieces and nephews, Emily Peters and Samantha, William and Sebastian Cook. Funeral services were held on May 7 from the Chapel of the Hager Funeral Home with Rev. David Kennedy, officiating. Visitation will be from noon until the time of service Saturday. Expressions of sympathy may be dona- tions to the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at www.hagerfuneralhome.com. GARLAND LEE CAVER Garland Lee Caver, 67, of Elizabethtown, Ky., died May 8 at his home. He was an avid bowler and enjoyed riding his Harley. He is survived by his wife, Teresa Jean Caver of Eliza- bethtown, Ky.; two sons Scott Caver and Paul Caver both of Elizabethtown; two sisters and a brother in law, Renie and Wendell Phillips and Elizabeth Hogue all of Eliza- bethtown, Ky.; two grandchildren, Heather and Cristin Caver; and a great grandchild, Ethan Caver. e funeral service was held at May 11 at Nelson- Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home in Radcliff, Ky. with Bro Daniel Borders officiating. Burial followed in the Ken- tucky Veterans Cemetery Central in Radcliff. Condolences may be expressed online at www.nebfh. com. “Christ died for all, that those who live may live no longer for themselves, but for him………………………….” Ref: Jesus put us first in his life here on earth; makes sense for us to do the same for him. Prayer: Father, help me to be less selfish today. Amen Deacon Greg DAILY REFLECTIONS
