Louisville Obituaries

Local obituary notices in Louisville, KY

• 14 hrs ago | via WAVE-TV Louisville 

  Former officer shot in line of duty dies

  According to Supporting Heroes, Detective Bobby Branham, died on May 14, following a surgery he had performed due to complications of a gunshot wound he sustained on July 16, 1972.

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• Monday | via WTVF Nashville 

  Kentucky teen dies with dog lead on neck

  Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says "hearts are broken" for parents wondering about the fate of their children after a tornado devastated suburban Oklahoma City and officials say the search and rescue effort will... Oklahoma Gov.

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• Monday | via KHQ-TV Spokane 

  Teen Dies With Dog Lead On Neck

  Authorities say a Kentucky teenager known as a jokester was strangled by a dog lead he put around his neck while playing with friends at the start of summer vacation.

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• Thursday May 16 | via Chattanooga Times Free Press 

  Obituary for Beatrice Smith

  DAYTON Beatrice Smith, 87, died Monday, May 13, 2013 at her home.Born in Princetown, Ky.

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• Tuesday May 14 | via Lathrup Village Eccentric 

  Victims of horrific DUI crash remembered 25 years later

  Karolyn Nunnallee, right, who lost her daughter in the May 14, 1988, bus crash near Carrollton, Ky., hugs Janice Lord before memorial services Tuesday.

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• Tuesday May 14 | via Chattanooga Times Free Press 

  Obituary for Dora Keener

  WHITWELL Dora Elizabeth Newcomb Keener, 86, of Louisville, Ky., formerly of Whitwell, departed this life and went on to eternal life with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Monday, May 13, 2013.Dora was a loving woman who worked side by side with her husband as they ministered to churches in Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee.

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• Tuesday May 14 | via WHAS11 

  Crash survivors to attend 25th anniversary service

  For 25 years they've built their lives after surviving the nation's deadliest alcohol-related highway crash, which killed 27 people when a drunken driver slammed his pickup truck into a bus carrying a church group.

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• Tuesday May 14 | via KRMG-AM Tulsa 

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  They are reaching middle age, in the midst of raising children and building careers.

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• Monday May 13 | via Chattanooga Times Free Press 

  Obituary for Arthur Burney

  Jr.Arthur Lee Burney Jr., 51, of Chattanooga, passed away Monday, May 6, 2013 in a local hospital.He was a graduate of Brainerd High School.

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• Monday May 13 | via WHAS11 

  Fired gay Ohio teacher: Union won't back complaint

  A gay teacher challenging her firing by an Ohio Catholic school says the local union for Catholic educators has decided not to proceed with her complaint.

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• Monday May 13 | via WHAS11 

  Mother of girl killed in Carrollton bus crash speaks...

  Karolyn Nunnalle spoke to families of homicide victims one day before the 25th anniversary of the deadliest DUI bus crash in U.S. history.

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• Monday May 13 | via Lexington Herald-Leader 

  Carrollton crash survivors prepare for anniversary

  A quarter-century has elapsed since an amusement park outing turned into a terrifying night, when they escaped from an old school bus that burst into flames after a drunken driver slammed into it.

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• Monday May 13 | via WHAS11 

  Victims' Rights memorial service in Louisville

  It's Victims' Rights Day in Kentucky and at noon a special service and dedication of names for the Kentucky Homicide Memorial, It's set for noon at Resthaven Cemetery on Bardstown Road.

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• Monday May 13 | via Recordpub.com 

  Lawrence Clyde Cline, Sr.

  Lawrence Clyde Cline, Sr., 86, passed away peacefully, May 11, 2013 at his home on Catawba Island.

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• Saturday May 11 | via WHAS11 

  DNA test shows Ohio kidnap suspect fathered girl

  As relatives of the Cleveland kidnapping and rape suspect recounted claims of his unnerving paranoia and violent outbursts, DNA testing confirmed the man accused of holding three women captive for nearly a decade is the father of a 6-year-old girl who also escaped from the house.

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• Saturday May 11 | via WHAS11 

  Cleveland kidnap victim slips away from hospital and...

  Cleveland kidnap victim Michelle Knight, who may have had the most harrowing ordeal in Ariel Castro's house, slipped away today from the hospital where she has been staying since being freed from a decade of captivity, leaving her family confused and angry.

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• Wednesday May 8 | via Newark Advocate 

  Miller, Shelli P.

  Shelli P. Miller ST. LOUISVILLE: A funeral service for Shelli P. Miller, 45 of St.

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• Tuesday May 7 | via Grayson News Gazette 

  Marie Paris

  She was born on October 27, 1921 in Leitchfield, KY, the daughter of the late Algenon and Levena Thompson Watkins.

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• Monday May 6 | via WHAS11 

  Gunshot kills Murray State student

  A Murray State University student has died after being shot in the head with a handgun.

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• May 5, 2010 | via Examiner.com 

  Mother's Day history, projects, and ideas

  Though most Louisville and Southern Indiana homeschool moms don't feel the need to draw extra attention to themselves, why not teach your children about the efforts put forth in order to create the national holiday known as Mother's Day? Here are a few facts : Julia Ward Howe originally pushed for the creation of a Mother's Day in the United States ... (more)

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