The Paducah Sun from Paducah, Kentucky (2024)

6-A THE PADUCAH SUN, PADUCAH, KENTUCKY DEATHS Cuba student's death possibly from gasoline MAYFIELD, A 14-year-old 7th grader at Elementary School died of apparent asphyxiation Friday after inhaling or consuming a quantity of gasoline, ac-cording to Grave County Coroner Joe Sanders. An autoposy performed on Eugene Puckett of Cuba Saturday revealed the youth "got something in his stomach" which made him sick, Sanders said. The coroner added that the autoposy also revealed the youth aspirated, and that the substance taken into the body caused brain damage. Although tests are incomplete, the coroner said an investigation of the area where the youth was found at 6:50 p.m. Friday by his uncle, Wavel Williams, indicated the substance may have been gasoline.

He said a hose was found in the gasoline tank of a nearby car. Datha Covington WINGO, Ky. Services for Mrs. Covington will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Hopkins and Funeral Chapel here with in Bradley Cemetery.

Mrs. Covington, 63, a resident of Hornbeak, Rt. 1, died at 5:40 Friday at Baptist Memorial in Memphis, Tenn. She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Roberta Vaughan, Wingo Rt.

2, Mrs. Fern Kell, Clinton Rt. 2, and Mrs. Marjorie Wilson, E. Detroit, two brothers, Cooley Bradley, Wingo Rt.

2, and James Bradley, Ozark, and three half-sisters, Mrs. Edith Miller, Clinton, Mrs. Gertrude Wilson, Roseville, and Mrs. Willie Mae Redden, Murray. Friends may, call at the funeral home.

Lula May Estes ROSICLARE, Ill. Services for Lula May Estes, 77, of Rosiclare, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at General Baptist Church with the Revs. Steve Reed and Berry Winders officiating. Burial will follow in the Good Hope Cemetery.

Mrs. Estes died Saturday morning at the Hardin County Hospital. She is survived by her husband, James Estes; a sister, Maudie Baldwin of Hammond, and a brother, John Oxford of Prescott, Ariz. Friends may call at the HosickCox Funeral Home here after 6 p.m. today.

Cecil Rushing SOUTH FULTON, Tenn. Services for Cecil Owen Rushing, 45, South Fulton Rt. 2, will be at 2 p.m. today at the Jackson Funeral Home in Dukedom. The Rev.

Larry Donaldson will officiate. Burial will be in Pinegar Cemetery. Mr. Rushing died at 12:15 a.m. Saturday at Fulton Hospital following a brief illness.

He was the son of the late Claude and Lorene 'Rushing of Weakley County. Mr. Rushing is survived by two sons, Ronnie Dale Rushing and Mitchell Rushing, both of Wichita Falls, Texas; two brothers, Charles Rushing, Martin, and Bobby G. Roanoke, a sister, Mrs. Lillian Newton, of Jackson.

Chloe Soper VIENNA, Ill. Services for Mrs. Chloe Soper will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Aly Funeral Home. Rev.

Curtis Cox will officiate with burial to follow in the Vienna Fraternal Cemetery. Mrs. Soper, 65, died Friday afternoon at Lourdes hospital in Paducah. She is survived by her stepdaughter, Mrs. Mary Williams, Odessa, Texas; three step-sons, Harold Soper, Longview, Roy Soper, Jacksonville, James Soper, Marion, four sisters, Mrs.

Floe Moller, Marion, Mrs. Emma Lou Carter, Mrs. Velma Barthelme and Mrs. Lena Reed, all of Veinna; four brothers, Dearl Murrie, Sr. and Charles Murrie, both of Battle Creek, Lowell Murrie, Waukegan, and Don Murrie, Anna, Ill.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. today. Robert Gillespie METROPOLIS, Ill. Robert V. Gillespie, 57, Metropolis Rt.

1, died night at Massac Memorial Hospital here. Mr. Gillespie is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Louise Gillespie; a son, Bruce Gillespie, Metropolis; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Lauder, Metropolis, and Mrs.

E. L. McMahan, Vienna; a brother, Sherman Gillespie of Metropolis. Private family services will be held Monday. Friends may call at Miller Funeral Home here from 5 to 9 p.m.

today. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to a favorite charity. SUNDAY, MARCH 8, Mae Sigler PRINCETON, Services for Mrs. Mae Sigler, 86, Princeton Rt. 5, will be held at 1 p.m.

Monday at the Morgan Funeral Horne. Burial will be in the Shady Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Sigler died at 10:20 a.m. Saturday at Crittenden County Hospital.

She was a member of the Quinn Baptist Church in Caldwell County. Survivors include her husband, William F. Sigler; a son, Marlin Sigler of- Evansville, a daughter, Mrs. Medley (Nadine) Horning of Princeton Rt. 5, five grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today. Olga Antos HAMLIN, Ky. Mrs. Olga Antos, 85, Hamlin, died at 12:15 p.m.

Friday at Murray-Calloway County Hospital. The widow of Jim Antos, she is survived by two sons, Charles James Antos of De Borgia, and Richard Fred Antos, Naperville, a sister, Mrs. Joseph Unger of Hamlin and a brother, Bernard Pospishel of Hamlin, 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Blalock-Coleman Funeral Home in Murray. James W.

Nelson BENTON, Ky. James W. Nelson, 302 W. 8th died at 10:50 a.m. Saturday at the Marshall County Long Term Care Center.

He was 84. A veteran of World War he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ruby Harrison of Benton Rt. 2, and several nieces and nephews. Services will at 2 p.m.

Monday at the Collier Funeral Chapel with brother J. Wes Durham officiating. Burial will be in the Thompson Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. today.

Elsie Morris ARLINGTON, Ky. Services for Mrs. Elsie Morris will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Issacs Funeral Home. Revs.

Bill Mann and Joe Harting will officiate with burial following in the Oak Wood Cemetery. Mrs. Morris, 62, died Thursday at Maryvale Samaritan Hospital in Maryvale, Ariz. She was a resident After Williams found the youth in the backyard of his home, he summoned an ambulance which transported the youth to Mayfield Community Hospital. The coroner set the time of death at about 5 p.m.

Sanders said if the death was the result. of, toxic fume inhalation, it would be the first such death in Graves County in more than 10 years. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Bowlin Funeral Home in Dresden, Tenn. Velda Howard ROSICLARE, Ill. Services for Mrs.

Velda Marie Howard, 79, Rosiclare, will be 2 p.m. today at the Church of Christ here. Louis Rushmore will officiate and burial will be in Howard Cemetery. Mrs. Howard died at 1:20 a.m.

Friday at Hardin County General Hospital here. She is survived by her husband, Laurence Howard; a daughter, Mrs. Elinor Threlkeld, Tucson, three sons, Don Howard, Rosiclare, Paul Howard, Paducah, and David Howard, Nashville, two sisters, Mrs. Vennie Morris, Rosiclare, and Mrs. Muriel Ray, Tucson; two brothers, Lynn Simpson, Rosiclare, and William C.

Simpson, Tucson; eight grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. Hosick-Cox Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements. Gordon H. Anderson Gordon H. Anderson, 1364 Ramona Drive East, was dead on arrival at Western Baptist Hospital at 5:20 p.m.

Saturday. He was 62. McCracken County Coroner Jerry Beyer said he died of an apparent heart attack. A native of Buchanan County, he was a member of the West End Baptist Church and recently retired as a conductor for the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. Survivors include his wife, Martha Wallace Anderson; a son, Huey Anderson of Paducah; a daughter, Miss Susan Beth Anderson of Paducah, and two brothers, Earl Anderson of Colorado Springs, and Edgar Anderson of Freemont, Mich.

Friends may call at Roth Funeral Chapel after 5 p.m. today. Other The badly burned body of a man discovered in a burned automobile here early Friday has been identified as James Bryan Bolen, 54, of Metropolis, Ill. McCracken County Jerry Beyer said Saturday that Bolen was positively identified by a check of dental charts by a Paducah orthodontist. Beyer said Bolen's dental records were telecopied from the Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital in Louis, to the orthodontist's Paducah and the identification was completed about 8:50 p.m.

Friday. The coroner said results of some tests still are pending and added it would probably be Monday or later before he would rule on a definite cause of death in Bolen's case. Meanwhile, he said, the body has been taken to Hamock Funeral Home where arrangements are incomplete. Bolen's body was found in his burned car just outside the Paducah floodwall on Terrell Street by a Paducah policeman on a routine patrol about 6:30 a.m. Friday.

Farm conference is at Smithland Metropolis man was in burned car annual West Kentucky Agricultural Conference will be Tuesday at Implement Inc. on U.S. 60 east of here. The conference, sponsored by the Livingston County Cooperative Extension Service, is designed to give western Kentucky farmers an opportunity to talk with farming experts and agricultural suppliers. Program participants from the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture include Dr.

Lee Meyer, livestock marketing specialist; Dr. Steve Riggins, grain marketing; Dr. Lloyd Murdock, soil specialist; Dr. Harley Raney, entomologist; and Dr. Duane Miksch, extension veterinarian.

Dave Williamson of the Kentucky Crop and Livestock Reporting Service in Louisville will discuss the impact of agricultural imports and exports. Stauffer Chemical Co. will present a slide presentation. Thirty-four industry sponsors are expected to attend the conference with chemical, seed and equipment displays. A complimentary lunch will be served by the Livingston County Homemakers Council.

SMITHLAND, Ky. The third Man who robbed pair at inn is sentenced McCracken Circuit Judge Lloyd Emery also sentenced Kenneth Emery has sentenced Martin John Boyd, 1719 Broad to a five-year O'Conner, 3131 Moore Road, to seven prison term for second degree years in prison for robbing and robbery. Boyd pleaded guilty to the Ashville, N.C., couple at Holiday Inn charge, amended from first degree here last Aug. 15. robbery, on Feb.

3. O'Conner pleaded guilty Friday to In other action: a second degree robbery charge Mary F. Bowers, 602 N. 6th amended from first degree robbery. was placed on probation for a year.

The case of Charles Michael Sanders Ms. Bowers pleaded guilty to a 1040 Dundale, charged with first year sentence on three counts degree robbery in the same offense, relating to obtaining drugs by fraud. was continued by Emery until Marvin Maxwell, 1105 Monroe March 13. Both defendants had been was given a 30-day jail sentence scheduled to stand trial last month on terroristic threatening and third in Circuit Court. degree assault charges.

Emery gave O'Conner and Sanders were Maxwell a one-year conditional charged with forcibly entering the discharge. motel room of Dr. and Mrs. William Charles Butler, Eddyville, Wyatt and taking almost $300 from received two years' probation and the couple. O'Conner allegedly was was ordered to pay $3,000 in armed with a handgun and Sanders restitution on a theft charge.

with a knife, according to court Probation resulted from a threerecords. year prison sentence. St. Mary readies humanities study Dr. John Nichols, core curriculum coordinator at St.

Joseph College in Rensselaer, will be the first guest educator to appear at St. Mary High School under a grant program set up by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Nichols will be here Wednesday and Thursday to give three presentations: the relation between religion (organized churches) and life; creativity and global awareness (a two-part presentation to the humanities and interdisciplinary and integrative core curricula. A school spokesman said the public is invited him. St.

Mary was one of 15 schools or school districts selected through national competition to participate in the National Humanities Faculty Program for the Development of Humanities Disciplines within the Schools. The organization is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. One benefit for St. Mary is that nationally recognized authorities in various fields will visit the school to work in developing a humanities program. Nichols directs curriculum development at St.

Joseph College, which in 1969 abandoned the arrangments are incomplete. Arlington, Rt. 2. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. general-education approach of most area.

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