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WEST KY NEWS OBITUARIES A7VFriday, May 5, 2023A Friday, May 5, 2023 a long battle with prostate cancer. A funeral service was held May 2, 2023, in the chapel of Harris Funeral. Burial followed at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Madisonville, KY. Nancy Lucille Johnson, 88, of Mortons Gap, passed away April 29, 2023, at Ridgewood Ter- race Nursing in Madisonville. Service will be private for immediate family only.

MARSHALL Clara Belle Sargent, 87, of Calvert City and formerly of Fulton County and Paducah, KY, passed away April 26, 2023 at Calvert City Convalescent Center. Graveside Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 6, 2023 at the Cayce United Methodist Church Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Milner Orr Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Paducah is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Pat Jean (Downing) Green, 88, of Ben- ton, died April 25, 2023 at the Anna Mae Owen Hospice House, Murray. A funeral service was held April 29, 2023 at Collier Funeral Chapel Benton. Interment followed in the Benton City Cemetery. Mr.

Larry Eugene Brinkley, 78, of Benton, passed away April 25, 2023, at his residence in Benton. A funeral service was held April 29, 2023, at Collier Funeral Home Chapel, Benton. Burial following at Benton Cemetery. Mrs. Edith Carper, 97, of the Oak Level Com- munity, KY, passed away April 25, 2023, at Lake Way Nursing Rehabilitation in Benton.

A fu- neral service was held April 28, 2023 at Collier Funeral Chapel, Benton. Interment followed in Oak Level Cemetery, Benton. Kevin Don Frey, 69, of Gilbertsville, passed away April 29, 2023 at his residence. A private family service will be held at a later date. Col- lier Funeral Home Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Mary Yates, 90, of Benton, passed away April 30, 2023, at home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time at Collier Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Benton. Mr. John W.

Walker, 89, of Benton, passed away April 30, 2023 at Baptist Health in Pa- ducah. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time at Collier Funeral Home and Cre- mation Service in Benton. Ginger Haley, 74, passed away May 1, 2023. Graveside services were held May 4, 2023 at the Brewers Cemetery, Brewers, KY. McCRACKEN Donna Searfoss Ross, 80, of Paducah, passed away April 30, 2023 at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at Milner Orr Funeral Home of Paducah. Buri- al will follow at Maplelawn Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

on Friday, May 5, 2023 at Milner Orr Funeral Home of Paducah. Michael Ragsdale, 72, of Paducah, passed away May 1, 20023 at his residence. Funeral services were held May 4, 2023 at Milner Orr Funeral Home of Paducah. Lynda Songer, 87, of Paducah, passed away April 30, 2023 at Providence Pointe Healthcare. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m.

on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev. Charles Uhlik officiating. OBITUARIES from page 6 Betty Jane Jones, 73, of Paducah, passed away April 30, 2023 at ContinueCARE Hospital at Baptist Health Paducah. Graveside services will be held May 5, 2023 at Mt. Carmel Ceme- tery.

Rocci Ray DeRezza, 66, of Paducah, passed away on April 29, 2023 at Ray Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center. A memorial service was held May 4, 2023 at the Lone Oak Chapel of Mil- ner Orr Funeral Home. Burial will be held at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery. Mary Jane Fuller Albert, 101, died April 25, 2023, at her home. Visitation will be at Milner and Orr of Paducah, 120 Memorial Dr, Sunday, May 7, between 4 and 6 p.m.

The funeral will be at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 5645 Blandville Rd, Paducah, Monday, May 8, at noon. Private graveside services will follow. Clara Grimmitt Austin died at her home on April 26, 2023. A service and celebration of her life was held May 1, 2023, at Milner Orr Funeral Home of Paducah.

Burial followed at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Hung Pham, 48, of West Paducah, passed away April 26, 2023 at Baptist Health Paducah. Visitation was held April 30, 2023 at Milner Orr Funeral Home of Paducah. Paula Mae Quigley, 58, of Paducah, passed away April 28, 2023, at her home. A memorial funeral mass is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.

Satur- day, May 6, 2023, at St. Francis de Sales Cath- olic Church. An urn burial will take place at a later date. Visitation will be held from a.m. Saturday, May 6, 2023 at the church.

All arrangements are being handled by Milner Orr Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Paducah. Greg Smith, 64, of West Paducah, passed away April 28, 2023, at his home. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, May 5, 2023, at the Milner Orr Funeral of Paducah. Visita- tion will be held on Friday, May 5, 2023, from 11:00 a.m.

until service time of 1:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Private family burial will be held at a later date. Theresa Marie Scheer Alsip, 92, of Paducah, passed away April 28, 2023, at Lakeway Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A funeral mass is scheduled for noon, Friday, May 5, 2023, at St.

John Catholic Church. Burial will follow at St. John Catholic Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from a.m., Friday, May 5, 2023, at the Lone Oak Chapel of Milner Orr Funeral Home. Brenda Williams Crain, 74, of Paducah, passed away April 30, 2023, at her residence.

She will be cremated, and no services are scheduled at this time. Online condolences may be left at www.lindseyfuneral.com Julia Ann Byerly, 91, of Paducah, passed away April 24, 2023 at her residence. Funeral services were held April 28, 2023 at Hughes Fu- neral Home in Paducah. Burial followed at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Kirksey, KY.

TRIGG Robert Donald Nimmo, 80, of Cadiz, died April 26, 2023 at Barkley Plantation in Cadiz. Graveside services were held April 30, 2023 at Maplelawn Park Cemetery in Paducah. Burial followed in the cemetery. Frances (Fran) Rainey, 95, of Cadiz, passed away April 27, 2023, at her home. Funeral services were held April 30, 2023 at Goodwin Funeral Home, Cadiz.

James (Woody) Woodford, 68, of Cadiz, passed away April 30, 2023, at his home. There will be no services at this time. Arrangements are being handled by Goodwin Funeral Home, Cadiz. UNION Mary Lucille Borders, 76, of Sturgis, KY, went home to be with her Lord April 28, 2023 at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, IN. A memorial service was held May 5, 2023 at Grace Fellowship Church in Morganfield, KY.

Private family burial to be held in Pythian Ridge Cemetery at a later date. Sandra Ruth Stanelle Benson Butts, 80, passed away April 27, 2023 at St. An- Hospice after a long battle with COVID complications. A funeral service was held May 1, 2023 at Whitsell Funeral Home in Sturgis, KY. Burial to be in Grangertown Cemetery in Sturgis, KY.

Anna Mae Wilson, 83, of Morganfield, KY, went to be with the Lord on April 24, 2023. She passed away peacefully at home. A memorial service was held April 28, 2023, at Whitsell Fu- neral Home in Morganfield, KY. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Morganfield. WEBSTER Floyd A.

Imboden, 76, of Providence, KY, passed away April 24, 2023, at his home. Fu- neral services were held on April 27, 2023, at the Lucille Melton Memorial Chapel at Melton Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Shady Grove Cemetery in Shady Grove, Ky. James Leslie Alexander, 81, of Providence, KY, passed away May 1, 2023, at his home with his family by his side. Graveside ser- vices were held May 4, 2023, at Lakeview Ceme- tery with burial to following in the cemetery.

Jerry Cohnn Melton, 85, of Tilden, KY, went peacefully to his heavenly home April 30, 2023 with his family by his side, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, IN. Funeral services were held May 3, 2023 at Townsend Fu- neral Home in Dixon, KY. Entombment was in Fairmont Cemetery Mausoleum in Henderson, KY. Military rites were performed by American Worsham Post of Henderson, KY at the graveside. A6 THE PADUCAH SUN Thursday, April 6, 2023 OBITUARIES Sarah Pulley Sarah Pulley, 87, of Paducah, died at 6:36 a.m.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at River Haven Nursing Rehabilitation. Arrangements were incomplete at Milner Orr Funeral Home of Paducah. Patsy Marine HICKORY Patsy Carol Marine, 57, of Hickory, died 4 a.m. Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at her home. Arrangements were incomplete at Brown Funeral Home in Mayfield.

Donna Jones MAYFIELD Donna Carol Jones, 60, of Mayfield, died Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. Arrangements were incomplete at Byrn Funeral Home. the things you think about. (At the time of the disaster), we have a book of emergency numbers for all of the people on our staf said, showing a local disaster plan call list that includ- ed representatives from state of fices, state rep- resentatives, local city employees, county offi- ci ls, the Mayfield police and fire par tments, and utility companies. a a expand the local disas- ter preparedness bind- er to include utilities, rash, media sourc es and the highway department.

When the plan comes out in Sep- tember, intends to take the guidelines and fit them to the specific needs. The KLC disaster pre- paredness plan will con- sist of a manual and a sort of menu of the help that FEMA can provide. put in a disaster of this magni- tude, ver dif ficult to navigate because they (FEMA) change so qu ick ly, said. She continued saying that she want- ed to make guidelines for other city of ficials whose towns are going through similar disas- ters. The City of Mayfield received a lot of munic- ipal ai from surround- ing counties, including pol ic ing dur ing the imes at Mayf ie ld police had to enforce a curfew.

FEMA requires that the city keep a record of all the paper- work during the disas- ter so that the city is reimbursed. The framework for disaster organization will consist of important forms, including one to declare a state of emer- gency, and others that of ficials will have on hand in a state of emer- gency. has plenty of advice for mayors and i ty i ia go ing through disasters, such as of ic ia ls need to start immediately keep- ing track of ever sin- gle expense for FEMA reimbursement, includ- ing volunteer hours and mark on ever invoice they receive. a a i that writing a user-friendly guide for of ficials living through a disaster, a guide that goes a bit more in-depth to navigate all of what FEMA has to of fer, for leaders who ini- tially thinking of these specific questions or forms in the middle of a crisis. The isas ter pr paredness plan that and KLC are working on is to supple- ment systems already in place for local emergen- cy management, and give guidance for navi- gating FEMA programs.

are so many par ts of FEMA to learn it all is dif ficult because, until you put some of the par ts into play, it make Warner said. Warner took FEMA training courses in 2012 when she received an EMT license, and now is working on becoming an instructor for several courses. can use what learned, and I can relate to it with what been Warner said. War ner exp la ined that since been through the tor nado disaster, and worked through the programs that FEMA provided, had an excep- tional look at how and why they work. She described how many of disaster plans begin with a head of the command, and branch- es of command that trickle down.

FEMA has programs that consist of boots on the ground, i i a i finance and taking plen- ty of documentation. going through those classes, you know what forms they want to be filled out, making sure that we have doc- umentation to get reim- bursed is so important with Warner said. anyone who had those class- es, it was hard for them to understand how to coordinate the staf to request things. If (May- field Fire) Chief (Jer- emy) Creason needed another ambulance, he would have to send a request to the emergen- cy operations center, and then I would have to request that through the state. a Both and War- ner expressed that if an official had never gone through a course or interacted with FEMA, the of ficial know the best questions to ask or the help to ask for.

have talked with FEMA, saying it would be helpful if you could provide us with a menu of topics to Warner said. Many of reg- ulations and forms have changed since Decem- ber 2021 tornado. so much stuf on FEMA.gov,” Warner said. can learn about all kinds of programs all kinds of preparedness pro- grams, programs for schools, animal shel- ter programs. good information.

just so much out there it would take you for- ever to sit down and go through all of it. You know what going to need until it Warner said still learning, and she has training scheduled for FEMA classes. think now, after a through, that I can teach some of the class- es that they of fer and help people understand where coming from on a local Warner said. I can tell them the I feel like the part usually left of f. I want people to under- stand the whole pro- DISASTER FROM PAGE A1 Miles said it will be two more weeks before Consolidated Election is certified.

Mail- in ballots were to be post- marked by April 4 and have two weeks to arrive to her office. Unofficial local sults for the remainder of Tues- Consolidated Elec- tion ballot are: The City of Metropo- lis had one alderman posi- tion that was contested as there were three candi- dates for Ward 3. Incum- bent Albert P. Wagner won, receiving 75 votes. His competitors Kenneth Parrish and Richard Cor- zine Jr.

received 42 and 35 votes, pectively. In the other wards, incumbent Chuck Short received 38 Ward 1 votes; incumbent Brian Ander- son received 119 Ward 2 votes; and incumbent Jer- emy Holley received 234 Ward 4 votes. In the City of Brook- por only contested alderman race, Greg Wil- liamson received 33 votes to Brond two votes to become alderman of Ward 3. The seats for Brook- other two wards were uncontested. Incum- bent Colleen Br yant received 11 Ward 1 votes; and incumbent Debbie Workman received 14 Ward 2 votes.

There was no candidate for the two- year term of Ward 1 alder- man. All seats for the Vil- lage of Jopp were uncon- tested. For the unexpired two-year term for office of village president, Les- lie Little received 106 votes. There were three ope ings for the office villag trustee with three candidates running incumbent Sue San- dusky receive 98 votes; incumbent Angela Dum- mitt received 65 votes; and incumbent Betty Fry received 68 votes. The Massac County Unit 1 school board had three seats open with four candidates running.

Elect- ed were Kelly Jennings (895 otes), incumbent Mark L. uders (931) and John I. Willis (828). Arthur Davis received 589 votes. Unit 1 is scheduled to hold a swearing-in cer- emony at its next regular board meeting on Mon- day, April 24.

The Joppa-Maple Grove school board had four seats open with five candidates running. Elect- ed were incumbent Kevin Castleman (442 votes), incumbent Chris McGin- ness (446), Adam Tucker Harris (437) and incum- bent Peggy McNeill (434). Incumbent Denise Meyer received 156 votes. For some areas of Mas- sac County, the Consoli- dated Election ballot also included offices for board members of surrounding school districts. These are: Century School Dis- trict 100 board (vote for three to serve a four- year term): Keith Clark (Township 14S Range 1W) received two votes and Wesley Anderson (Township 15S Range 2E) received four votes.

Regional Board of School Trustees for Franklin, Johnson, Massac and Williamson counties (vote for not more than two): Shawn A. Tuth- ill of Williamson County received 815 votes and Louis I. Parker of John- son County received 1,122 votes. Regional Board of School Trustees for Alex- ander, Jackson, Perry, Pulaski and Union coun- ties (vote for not more than two to serve a six- year term): Dean L. Rogan Sr.

of Pulaski County received five votes and Lil- lian Milam of Union Coun- ty received two votes. Regional Board of School Trustees for Alex- ander, Jackson, Perry, Pulaski and Union coun- ties (vote for not more than two to serve a four- year term): Roger Pfis- ter of Jackson County received one vote and Geneva Elaine Bonifield of Union County received five votes. Trustees to Shawnee Community College Dis- trict No. 531 (vote for not more than two to serve a six-year term): Deborah Shelton-Yates received 1,037 votes and Tiffany Schultz received 927 votes. All of results are unofficial and will be certified within the next two weeks.

Swearing-in ceremonies are to be held then. VOTE FROM PAGE A1 TERRA TEMPLE The Planet Several gath red at the Massac County Courthouse on Tuesday night to view in person the results of the Con- solidated Election. The election had a 18.5% voter turn- out with 1,917 of Massac 10,361 registered voters participating. All of results are unoffi- cial and will be certified within the next two weeks. 270-988-3131 212 E.Main St.

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