Shelby County Life Magazine : Shelby

Posted: 6/28/2010

WILLARD
CLAYVILLAGE -- William "Hank" Willard, 85, of Clayvillage, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at his home.
A member of Living Waters Church, he was retired after 36 years with BellSouth. He was a US Navy Veteran serving in WWII, and he was a Kentucky Colonel.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline Willard.
Survivors include his daughters, Judy (Bruce) Nation, Graefenburg, and Paula (Carter) Barnett, Frankfort; a special friend, Helen Rodgers, Clayvillage; five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral is 1 p.m. Friday, July 30, at Shannon Funeral Home with burial in Bagdad Cemetery. Visitation is 2 until 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to Living Waters Church Building Fund 5425 Frankfort Road Shelbyville, KY 40065.

ral Home with burial in Bagdad Cemetery. Visitation is 2 until 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

WISE

SHELBYVILLE -- Harmon "Mike" Wise, 85, died Thursday, July 22, 2010, at Masonic Home in Shelbyville.
He is preceded in death by wife, Mabel Lay Wise; a sister, Alice Wise; and a brother, Pete Wise.
He is survived by son, Richard Wise of Shelbyville; daughter, Mary Banta of Bagdad; three brothers, Buddy Wise of Simpsonville, Donald Wise of Shelbyville, and Roy Wise of Brandenburg; a sister, Mae Emma Gaines of Shelbyville; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
The funeral is 2 p.m. Sunday at Shannon Funeral Home with the Rev. Jesse Baxter officiating. Visitation is 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to Kosair Children's Hospital.

HAWKINS
SHELBYVILLE -- Sheila Higgins Hawkins, 66, died Tuesday, July 20, 2010, in Shelbyville.
A native of Hopkinsville, she had been a reporter with the Sturgis News and Glasgow Daily News. She was also a former chief of staff for Lt. Gov. Steve Henry, a former deputy director of Kentucky Petroleum Storage Tank Environmental Assurance Fund, and had helped establish the "Education Pays" campaign for Kentucky. She also had been a part owner of six radio stations, including the former Thunder 101 in Shelbyville.

She was a member of St. James Episcopal Church in Shelbyville and the Daughters of the American Revolution John Green chapter in Hopkinsville. She was a former chairperson of the Shelby County Democratic Party and was serving on the State Central Executive Committee for the Kentucky Democratic Party.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Aden Higgins and Virginia Winfree Higgins, and her grandson, Robert Downer Moseley IV.

Survivors include her husband, Walter L. Hawkins of Shelbyville; sons Robert (Kathy) Moseley III of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Walter Aden (Kelli) Hawkins of Bowling Green; her daughter, Glenda Hawkins (Matt) Wilborn of Shelbyville; her brother, Benjamin Aden (Sharon) Higgins of Hopkinsville; her grandchildren, Elizabeth Aden Moseley and Susannah McLemore of Tuscaloosa, Henry Brown Hawkins and Madeline Brown Hawkins of Bowling Green, Ethan Ledley Wilborn and Edwin "Price" Wilborn of Shelbyville.

The funeral is 1 p.m. Friday, July 23, at Shannon Funeral Home with the Rev. Polk Culpepper officiating. Visitation is 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Grove Hill Cemetery.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Norton Cancer Institute, c/o Norton Healthcare Foundation, 234 E. Gray St. Suite 450, Louisville, KY 40202.

FOREE

SHELBYVILLE -- Marietta Johnson Foree, 93, Shelbyville, died July 15, 2010, at Jewish Hospital.
A native of Henry County, she was the daughter of the late James Matthew and Laura Goodloe Johnson. She was the widow of Joseph Harris Foree.
She worked for many prominent families throughout her lifetime. She was a member of Clay Street Baptist Church for about 60 years.
She was preceded in death by her four children -- Ruth Ann Foree, James Matthew Foree, Joseph Clark Foree and John Vernon Foree -- a sister, Maxine Johnson Brown, and a grandson, Jonathan Foree.
Survivors include grandchildren Jahala "Holly" Foree-Odom, Joevonne Foree and Jacotta Foree, all of Cincinnati, and Christian Asante Foree of Denver, Colo./ and her daughter-in-law, Beatrice Foree of Cincinnati.
The funeral is July 24 at Webb Funeral Home. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery.