Published: March 28, 2008 11:39 am         

Friday, March 28, 2008

Marie Day Jenkins
1938-2008

SALT LICK – Marie Day Jenkins, 69, of Wilmington, NC, died Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008, at her home.

She was born in Salt Lick, KY, November 13, 1938, daughter of the late Virgil and Ida Mae Day.

She is survived by her daughter, Sherry Sunderland, granddaughter, Ashleigh Spaulding, grandson, Jordan Spaulding, great-grandson, Jonah Spaulding of Wilmington, NC; daughter, Lisa Robertson and husband Mike, grandson Paul Robertson, granddaughter, Kelsey Robertson of Kure Beach, NC; daughter, Ronda Meehling and husband David, grandson, Ryan Meehling of Wilmington, NC; brother, William Day and wife Kathy of Young Harris, GA; brother, Gene Day and wife Blanche of Salt Lick, KY; sister, Wanda McFarland and husband Harry of Salt Lick, KY; and many nieces and nephews.

A service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 29, 2008, in the Lakeview Community Church, 581 Cave Run Lake Road, Salt Lick, KY. Brother Buy McKenzie and Brother James Allen will officiate and interment will follow in Jones Cemetery in Midland, KY.

In lieu of flowers, memorial s may be made to Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 1406 Physicians Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.andrewsmortuary.com

George Frank Montgomery
1921-2008

MOREHEAD – George Frank Montgomery, 86, passed away Monday morning, March 24, 2008, at his home on Wilson Avenue in Morehead.

George was born Christmas Day 1921 to Emma Kroetsch Montgomery and George Ernest Montgomery in Saskatchewan where they were homesteading. George was their youngest, having three older sisters: Nancy, Eleanor, and Leona. When George was five, the family returned to northeastern North Dakota, where his ancestors had been pioneers.

As his Grandfather Kroetsch had before him, George decided to become a teacher. He enrolled at Valley City State College and began teaching not long afterwards. In 1942, George interrupted his teaching career to join the Army and later the Air Force. He was stationed on the Paci?c island of Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands towards the end of World War II.

Upon discharge from the military, George returned to teaching and earned his bachelor's degree from Valley City State College in 1949. He then went to the University of Colorado in Boulder for his master's degree, graduating in 1950. That spring, he married another student in the degree program, Helen Durako of Riverton, Illinois. George and Helen were the only ones in their respective families to earn advanced degrees.

While George was teaching high school in Nebraska, their daughter was born in Scottsbluff. The family moved to Pembina, North Dakota, where George was a high school principal for a year before accepting a position at Dickinson State College in southwestern North Dakota. From 1953 until 1969, George taught in the business education department, serving as department head for several years. After earning his Ed.D. from the University of North Dakota in 1969, George accepted a position as department head at Morehead State University. The family lived in the Hidden Valley neighborhood until George retired in 1983.

George and Helen moved to a small farm on Bullfork Road, where George raised cattle and Christmas trees until the late 1990s, when they moved into the heart of Morehead to be closer to their volunteer work at the hospital and church. After Helen passed away in 1999, George donated a beautiful gazebo surrounded by red roses to St. Claire Hospice in memory of Helen. He continued his daily volunteer work as long as he was able. Over the years, he served 15,000 volunteer hours at St. Claire. When his cardiovascular health made it impossible for him to continue working, he enjoyed the loving care of his young friends around the clock at home.

George is survived by his daughter Jolene and the loving community of friends he has in Morehead. His parents and sisters went before him in death.

Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 28, 2008, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals. Visitation will conclude with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. George's funeral mass will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 29, 2008, at Jesus our Savior Catholic Church with Pastor Paul Prabell officiating.

Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens where George will rejoin his beloved wife Helen.

Pallbearers: Daniel Totich, Steve Gallenstein, DJ Caudill, Eric Caudill, Tony Caudill,

Tyler Spence.

Honorary Pallbearers: the parish and hospital community, George's Wednesday night Bible study group, and friends from across the miles and years of his life.

In lieu of sending flowers, George asked that his friends consider donations to the charities of their choice or his special charity: St. Claire Regional Medical Center Foundation, 222 Medical Circle, Morehead, KY 40351. George was a great gardener for many decades of his life. For those who wish to remember him with a special tribute, his family asks that you plant a tree or flower with a prayer and a happy memory of George.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.northcuttandson.com

Lettie Ellen Ingle Williams
1915-2008

MOREHEAD – Lettie Ellen Ingle Williams, age 92, of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at the Life Care Center in Morehead.

She was born April 21, 1915, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of the late John and Annie DeWitt Ingle. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Williams on August 16, 1978; two daughters, Edna Little and Mary Watts; two sons, David Williams and Eugene Williams; three sons-in-law, Edward Little, Steve Watts, and Darrel Jones; five sisters, Dicie Fultz, Vinnie Caudill, Hazel Wright, Flora Myers, and Mae Barnes; and one brother, Manuel Ingle.

Lettie is survived by four daughters, Clela and Ivan Markwell, Dorothy and Danny Eden, and Verna Jones, all of Morehead, Kentucky, and Bertha and Lonnie Davis of Middletown, Ohio; two sons, James (Bill) and Carolyn Williams and Rufus and Loretta Williams, all of Morehead, Kentucky; one daughter-in-law, Wilma Jean Williams of Morehead, Kentucky; three sisters, Pearl Netherly and Alice Scott, both of Morehead, Kentucky, LouRana Wilcox of Richmond, Kentucky; one brother, Carl Ingle of Morehead, Kentucky; 19 grandchildren; and a host of great and great-great grandchildren.

Mrs. Williams was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening.

Funeral services were conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Charlie Riggs officiating. Burial was in the Eldridge Cemetery on Bullfork Road.

Grandsons served as pallbearers.

Visitation was Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.northcuttandson.com