Blood Drive Coming Soon

The Kentucky Blood Center will be conducting a blood drive in Flemingsburg on March 8.

The next chance to donate locally is:

Fleming  County Community

Monday, March 8 from 11 a.m. -5 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall at the First United Methodist Church at 117 W. Main St. in Flemingsburg.

Those wanting to donate must be 17-years old(16 parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds, be in general good health and meet additional requirements.

Sixteen-year-old donors must have a signed parental permission slip, which can be found on the Kentucky Blood Center's web site: www.kybloodcenter.org

The Kentucky Blood Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring a safe, adequate blood supply for 67 Kentucky hospitals and clinics thanks to generous blood donors in 62 counties.

Mrs. Gaines

FLEMINGSBURG -- Juanita Ruth Moran Gaines, 84, of Elizaville Avenue, Flemingsburg died Feb. 25, 2010. She was born August 7, 1925, in Fleming County to the late Frank and Maurine Moran. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leo Gaines. Mrs. Gaines was a dispatcher for the Fleming-Mason RECC. She was a member of the Fleming County Hospital Auxiliary, Rebekah Lodge and CWF.

She is survived by one son, Bill (Sherry) Gaines of Shepherdsville and one daughter, Bobbie McCoy of Lake St. Louis, Mo.; one sister, Sue (Terry) Brooks of Mason County; six grandchildren, Billy Gaines, Melissa Benfield, Sara Elizabeth Gaines, Staci Lockey, Jennifer Waldrop and Kenny McCoy; four great-grandchildren, Lilly Lockey, Liberty Waldrop, Vincent Benfield, and Paige Benfield; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Evelyn (Moran) Peck and Mabel (Moran) Jackson; and two brothers, James "Jake" Clifton Moran and Bernard "Nardy" Franklin Moran.

Services Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at 1 p.m., at the Denton-Workman Funeral Home in Flemingsburg. Rev. Norman Wasson and Rev. Pete Morgan will officiate. Burial will follow in the Fleming County Cemetery.

Visitation 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be made to the Flemingsburg Christian Church, Fleming County Hospital Auxiliary or the Hospice of Hope.

Mr. Jackson

EWING -- Marshall Jackson Jr., 66, of Nepton died Tuesday.

Services 1 p.m., Saturday, First Baptist Church, Nepton.

Visitation 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday at the church.

Memorials to Smith and Smith, 340 E. 3rd Street, Lexington, KY. 40508.