Page 2B the Meade county Messenger, BrandenBurg, kentucky thursday, July 30, 2015

OBITUARIESkenneth “kenny” aMMons

Kenneth “Kenny” Ammons, 56, Big Spring, Ky., died

July 17, 2015 at his residence.He was born Aug. 10, 1958 in Big Spring. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Nicole Renee

Ammons; a sister Sylvia Ammons; his father, Johnny Am-mons; and three brothers, Roger, Jerry, and Billy Ammons.

He is survived by his loving wife, Betty Ammons, Big Spring; two children, Leslie Anne Johnson, Big Spring, and Derrick Wayne Ammons, Louisville, Ky.; mother, Nannie Ammons Clark; four sisters, Ruby Creason, Lu-cille Crews, Betty Farmer, and Katherine Souders; two brothers, William and Paul Ammons; two grandchildren, Cody Wayne and Jordan Lee Johnson; and a lot of nieces, nephews and friends.

Funeral services were held July 21 at Big Spring United Methodist Church. Burial followed in church cemetery.

renate caudIll

Renate Caudill, 76, Radcliff, Ky. died, July 26, 2015 at

Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabeth-town, Ky.

She was preceded in death by a son, Nor-man Lee Caudill; and her parents, Heinrich Alfred and Frieda Erna Schroeder.

She is survived by, her husband, William E. Caudill, Radcliff; two sons, Michael

J.(Karen) Caudill, Vine Grove, Ky., Steven A. (Amy) Cau-dill, of Pennsylvania; a sister, Brigitte of Mexico; and four grandchildren.

She was a member of the Main Post Chapel, Fort Knox, Ky. She was also a member of V.F.W. Post #10281 Ladies Auxil-iary, Vine Grove, and the Edelweiss Club, Radcliff. Some of her hobbies include gardening, painting, spending time with friends, and she was an avid bingo player. She loved playing games, going dancing, spending time with grandchildren and living life to the fullest.

Funeral services were held, July 29, at the chapel of Coffey & Chism Funeral Home, Vine Grove. Burial followed in the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central, Radcliff.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to: VFW National Home, 3573 S Waverly Rd, Eaton Rapids, MI 48827

Condolences can be expressed at www.coffeyandchism.com.

leona rItchIe hoBBs

Leona Ritchie Hobbs, 91, Brandenburg, Ky., died July 21, 2015, at the Brandenburg Nursing and Rehab Center.

She was born on Sept. 25, 1923, the daughter of Charlie and Ada Adams Ritchie.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, C.L. Hobbs; a brother, Charles Raymond Ritchie; five sisters, Mildred Robinson, Ruby Robinson, Hallie Penn, Mable Lee and Irene Wilson.

She is survived by a son, Donald Larry (Ann) Hobbs, Bran-denburg; two grandchildren, Charles Raymond “Chuck” (Anita) Hobbs, Rebecca (John) Deaton; five great grandchildren, Chase (Jordan) Hobbs, Alexis (Joe) Hobbs, John Garrett (Taylor) Dea-ton, Kayle Deaton and Lara Deaton; a brother, Joe (Alice) Ritchie; and two sisters, Elizabeth McMillin and Ada Ruth Mitchell.

She was a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church; and of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Funeral services were held on July 24 from the chapel of the Hager Funeral Home. Rev. Jim Wilson and Rev. Sherman Ramsey officiated. Burial followed in Garnettsville Cemetery.

Condolences may be expressed at www.hagerfuneralhome.com.

carolyn laVada rector

Carolyn  Lavada  Rector,  68,  former-ly of Irvington, Ky., died July 25, 2015 in Gus-ton, Ky.

She  was  born  Nov.  25  1946  in  Lou-isville,  Ky.,  to  the  late  Edward  Frank-lin and Lula Lee Parvis Davis.  

She was preceded in death by her life-long companion, Robert Lee Crutcher, Sr.  

She is survived by her daughter, Patri-cia (Edward L.) Whitworth; two sisters, Sharon R. Dab-ney and Elaine Dabney; two brothers, Edward L. Davis and  James  R.  “Bimbo”  Dabney,  Jr.;  three  grandchil-dren, Bruce D. (Stephanie) Ferrell, Jr., Brian D. (Colette) Ferrell,  and  Brandi  N.  Ferrell;  eight  great‐grandchil-dren; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held July 29 at Alexander Funeral Home in Irvington, Ky. Burial  followed in Ce-dar Hill Cemetery.

terry lee reesor

Terry Lee Reesor, 43, Guston, Ky., died July 16, 2015, at his residence.

He was preceded in death by his father, David Henry Reesor; and a brother, Michael Hawkins.

He is survived by two sons, Nathan and Justin Reesor, both of Willard, Ohio; his mother, Betty Reesor Hawkins; two brothers, David Reesor and John Hawkins; a sister, Regina Spurlock; and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service was held July 26 from the Chapel of the Hager Funeral Home.

Condolences may be expressed at www.hagerfuneral-home.com.

henry WhItlock

Henry Calvin Whitlock, 80, Bran-denburg, Ky., died July 25, 2015, at the Brandenburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

He was born on Aug. 21, 1934, the son of Shirley and Ella Lane Whitlock.

Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by the love of his life, Jessie Mae Holloway, who he married in 1954.

He is survived by nine children, Ann McDaniel, Jimmy Whitlock, Michael Whitlock, all of Ocilla, Ga., Gail Green, Stockton, Calif., Kenny Whitlock, Cynthia Daniels, both of LaGrange, Ga., Pamela Whitlock, Brunswick, Ga., Faye Gast, Reed Whitlock, both of Brandenburg; a grandson whom they raised, Mark Whitlock, Phoenix City, AL; 16 Grandchildren, Buddy, Charles and John Whitlock, Susie Tucker, Brittney McDaniel, Danny, Shane and Chris Green, Scott Stowe, Levi Sharri, Wendy Varnadoe, Ashley Lawson, Daniel Moore, Rebecca Kelley, Dustin Hester and Jessica Powell; and 24 great-grandchildren.

Cremation was chosen by the family, due to his wife be-ing laid to rest four years ago in Fitzgerald, Ga. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Hager Funeral Home to aid with expenses.

Condolences may be expressed at www.hagerfuneral-home.com.com.

Haggai had a spe-cial word from the Lord, “Consider what is hap-pening to you!” Do you ever think that sometimes God is trying to get your attention by the events happening in your life? This was the case in Israel in Haggai’s time. Though they had planted a lot of crops, they weren’t get-ting a good return, which caused there to be less food to go around and less money to live on. Yet they blamed their trou-bles on the economy, on bad weather, on bad luck, and never considered that perhaps God was trying to get their attention. In Haggai’s time, people were neglecting needed repairs on the temple and neglecting worship in general, while living in beautiful houses of their own. They finally caught on that God was speaking to them about

Minister’s Corner repairing the temple and showing Him reverence. Then Haggai spoke to them about the need for personal righteousness before God, and he used the idea of “clean” and “unclean.” Let’s put it this way. If a person is healthy (clean), and hangs around a sick person (unclean), can their good health make a sick person feel better? No way. But in the same situation, can a sick person make a healthy person sick? Yes, they sure can. So what was Haggai’s point? If you hold bitterness or hostil-ity or indifference toward God in your heart, you can’t make yourself better by hanging around church or hanging around Chris-tians or even doing good things. Good doesn’t rub off on you. In fact, whatever good you try to do may not be effective. Haggai’s people thought that simply repairing the temple would make them right with God, but it requires personal repen-tance and seeking Him. Today we can receive new life from God by repen-tance and believing in Jesus Christ.

By BROTHERGUYCORNELL

SalemBaptist Church

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Would like to thank everyone for prayers, visits, calls, cards, donations. Thanks to

family and neighbors for all the good food.We appreciate the many acts of kindness and sympathy that was extended to us.

Thanks to the class of 1971, Hosparus of Southern Ind., Alexander Funeral Home & Staff, John Bruington for the service and

the pallbearers.

May God Bless you.

The family of

Ray A. (Ricky) Cashman III

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