Monday, October 19, 2009

Bridge work to start two days early

FLEMINGSBURG - Due to a change in construction schedules, the temporary closure of a bridge on Kelley Pike in Fleming County will begin Tuesday, Oct. 20 - two days earlier than expected.
Construction is starting on a $267,000 project to replace an aging bridge on Kelley Pike (KY 860) at Johnson Creek.
Contractors will remove the existing narrow span and install a new and wider culvert-style concrete bridge, which will require a temporary road closure.
Beginning at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Kelley Pike will be closed to all traffic at the construction site for approximately three weeks. A detour route will be marked along Junction Road (KY 170), Convict Pike (KY 559) and Helena Road (KY 1200).
The highway improvement project is part of $24.2 million in Transportation Cabinet contracts awarded recently in Department of Highways District 9.
Work on the project is expected to be complete by Nov. 30, weather permitting.

Mrs. Pendland

Eunice Niece Pendland, 78, of Flemingsburg passed away Saturday evening at Fleming County Hospital.
Mrs. Pendland was retired from Randall-Textron Co. and was a member of Muses Mills Christian Church.
She was born in Whitesburg, April 15, 1931. Her parents were the late John and Cora Collins Niece.
She was the widow of Charles Pendland Jr.
Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Sue (Johnny) Ingram of Muses Mills and Marsha (Steve) Mason of Amelia Island, Fla.; seven brothers and sisters, Joan (Tony) Gulley, Mae (Sam) Little, Jesse (Brenda) Niece, Mildred Farrow, Shirley Humphries, Lottie Ritchie and John Niece, all of Fleming County; six grandchildren, Angela (Jeff) Humphries of Wallingford, Rebecca Sue Ingram of Richmond, Charles Jonathan Ingram of Muses Mills, Gary Wayne (Carba) Hilterbrand of Maysville, Sean A. Harbin of Sumpter, S.C., and Jessica M. (Shaun) Bond of Dover, Del.; six great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn M. Fearin of Flemingsburg, Destiny N. Ingram and Jonathan M. Ingram of Morehead, Mikayla and Ethan Rowland Hilterbrand of Maysville and Molly Grace Bond of Dover, Del.; and a special sister-in-law, Idas Pendland of Flemingsburg.
She is preceded in death by a brother, Elbert Niece.
Services will be 1 p.m., Tuesday at Boone-Nickell Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park.
Visitation at Boone-Nickell Funeral Home is after 6 p.m., today.

Ms. Jett

Bonnie Jett, 40, of Flemingsburg died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Fort Thomas.
Arrangements pending at Palmer Funeral Home.

Mrs. Shields

Mildred Butler Shields, 82, passed away Oct. 16, 2009, at Fleming County Hospital.
She was born Nov. 30, 1926, in Muses Mill to the late James and Iva Whisman Butler.
Survivors include four sons, Jackie (JoAnn) Shields, Steve (Brenda) Shields, Rocky (Toni) Shields and Richard Shields; three daughters, Shirley (Bill) Cooper, Joyce (Ernie) Gulley and Bonnie (Jimmy) DeAtley, all of Fleming County; six grandchildren, Patricia Hart, Dennis DeAtley, James DeAtley, Jared DeAtley, Denise Brown and Amy York; and nine great-grandchildren.
Two sisters also survive, Mina Littleton of Morehead and Mary Opal Helphinstine of Hillsboro; one brother, Clyde Butler of Tennessee; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Delmar Shields; one daughter, Edna Pauline Shields; three sons, James Kenneth, Larry and Brian Shields; and one brother, Audrey Butler.
Services were Sunday, Oct. 18 at Muses Mill Christian Church.
Visitation at the church was Sunday from 11 a.m. until the hour of service.
Burial was in Newman Cemetery.
Contributions can be made to the Newman Cemetery Fund or the Muses Mill Cemetery Fund.
Boone-Nickell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.