Mr. Hunt

Rev. Roy Clifton Hunt, 88, of Maysville, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 at the Maysville Nursing and Rehab Center.
He was born Dec. 24, 1920 in Nicholas County, the son of the late Forest and Etna Hill Hunt.
Rev. Hunt was a lifetime minister and a former school teacher. He was a member of the Mount Tabor United Methodist Church and he had pastored many Methodist churches in central and eastern Kentucky. He was also a graduate of Ewing High School and Asbury College in Wilmore.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Katheryn Moran Hunt.
Survivors include two sons, Paul Hunt and his wife, Jackie of Lakeside Park, and Mark Hunt and his wife, Tracie of Winchester; one brother, Julian Hunt and his wife, Betty of Ewing; two grandchildren, Erin Hunt and Thomas Hunt; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, at the Mount Tabor United Methodist Church with Rev. James Gaunce, Rev. Gaylord Gillespie and Rev. Don Riggs officiating.

Burial will follow in the Mount Tabor Cemetery. Pallbearers will be family and friends.
Visitation is after 11 a.m., Saturday at the church.
Price Brothers Funeral Home is caring for all arrangements.

Motorists: Drive with caution in high winds

 

Parts of northeast Kentucky under severe weather warnings

FLEMINGSBURG, Ky. – With severe weather advancing across eastern Kentucky, motorists should drive with caution as high winds could down trees or power lines.

Motorists should watch for debris in or near roadway travel lanes, as well as watch for highway and utility crews clearing roadways. If power outages affect traffic lights:

• Intersections with lights completely out should be treated as four-way stops.

• If lights are flashing yellow, proceed with caution.

• If lights are flashing red, stop until there’s a gap in traffic.

Statewide road condition reports for major routes are available by calling 511 or online at www.511.ky.gov.

Find more information about Department of Highways District 9 snow and ice operations online at http://www.transportation.ky.gov/d9/.

Mr. Little

Visitation for Jack Little is at Hall and Jones Funeral Home in Virgie, Ky., after 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Services are at 12 Noon Saturday, Feb. 14.

Mr. Little

Jack Little, 78, of Virgie, Ky., father of Flemingsburg Gazette editor Danetta Barker, passed away Feb. 11 at the Pikeville Medical Center.

He was born July 8, 1930, in Pike County to Marion and Lydia Little. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Jeanette; three daughters, Debra (Lawrence) Bartley, Danetta (Garry) Barker, Dianna (Zack) Howell; and by one son Dale (Ruby) Little.

He is also survived by grandchildren Seth Mullins, Tony Bartley, Christopher Bartley, Mariah Smith, Patrick Smith, Maggie Little, Taylor Howell, and Zachary Howell; great-grandchildren Rachel Bartley, Cody Bartley, Keith Mullins, and James Jackson Mullins.; and by his mother-in-law Lucille Hamby.

He was preceded in death by one daughter, Donna Sue Howard; one son, Michael Wayne, and three grandsons, Shane Mullins, Curry Byrd, and Nathaniel Jack Little.

Mr. Little was a avid hunter and loved to walk the mountains of Eastern Kentucky.

The mountains have called back their own. Jack Little has passed away from this earth. He hunted these hills, roamed the ridges and loved the land. He was one of the last of the mountain men

Visitation for Mr. Little is after 5 pm Thursday and Friday at Hall and Jones Funeral Home in Virgie, Ky., after 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Services are at 12 Noon Saturday, Feb. 14.

Lady Panthers beat Nicholas

2/9/2009

Fleming Co. 61

Nicholas Co. 36

Fleming Co.
15
13
17
16
61

Nicholas Co.
7
13
8
8
36

Fleming Co. (10-11) -- Harmon 2, Emmons 35, S. Boyd 8, Alex 5, M. Boyd 2, McKee 3, Jackson 2, Johnson 4.

Nicholas Co. (10-10) -- B. Sosby 4, Gilkerson 7, S. Sosby 10, Turner 4, Mitchell 9, Bretz 2.

Mrs. Getz

Lula Bell Getz, 83, of Ewing passed Monday, Feb. 9, 2009, at her residence in Fairview.
Lula was a devoted member of the Mount Pisgah Baptist Church.
Lula was born in Nicholas County, Aug. 11, 1925, to Henry Livingood and Elizabeth Ritchie Livingood.
Eula is survived by two children, Connie Hart and Billy (Patti) Getz of Fairview; grandchildren, George Rickett of Maysville, Melinda Strong of Georgetown, Ky., Dawn Getz (Corey) Simmons of Tumwater, Wash., Pat (Keith) Mount of Chillicothe, Ohio, and Clayton (Elizabeth) Getz of Georgetown; eight great-grandchildren, Mikie Strong, Danielle Strong, Tyler Strong, Drew Simmons, Shelby Simmons, Luke Simmons, Brittany Rickett and Will Rickett; and one great-great-grandchild, Isabella Strong.
Lula is also survived by three brothers, Irvin Livingood, Grover Livingood and Garlet Livingood, and one sister, Myrtle Howard, all of Nicholas County.
Preceding Lula in death were two husbands, William (Bud) Getz and George Everett Fryman; and siblings, Virginia Waughs, Lovell Livingood and J.C. Livingood.

Services are 2 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, at the Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Fairview with Rev. Todd Wiley officiating.
Burial will follow in the May's Lick Cemetery.
Visitation is 6 until 9 p.m., Wednesday at the church.
Price Bros. Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Biddle

Howard Franklin "Dump" Biddle, 94, of Ewing passed this life Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, at Fleming County Hospital.
Howard was a farmer and landowner and a member of the Mount Tabor United Methodist Church.
Howards survived by his wife, Ruby Mae Biddle; two sons, Larry (Sue) Biddle of Ewing and Terry (Amy) Biddle of Murrysville, Penn.; four grandchildren, Ashton Biddle and Sarah McCord of Ewing, Ryan Biddle of Monroeville, Penn., and Courtney Biddle of Oxford, Miss; and a brother, Carroll Biddle of Paris, Ky.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Christine Biddle; and two brothers, Marvin Biddle and Pat Biddle.
Services are noon Tuesday at Mount Tabor United Methodist Church with Rev. Charles Walton and Rev. Ron Gill officiating.
Burial will follow in the Elizaville Cemetery.

Visitation is 10 a.m. until noon Tuesday at the church.
Price Brothers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.